I want to kill someone, and no one can stop me.

Su Dinghai was trembling. The arrogance and contempt in his gaze had transformed into utter shock and terror!

The sheer power Ling Xiao had displayed with that single punch was more than enough to completely crush him!

How terrifying!

Just how on earth did this guy cultivate? He was only in his teens. Even if he had started cultivating right from his mother's womb, it would be impossible to reach this level in such a short span of time!

This fellow was simply a monster!

Ling Xiao twisted his neck, making a series of crisp, cracking sounds. With a cold gaze, he walked toward Su Dinghai.

Su Dinghai shivered even more violently, his pupils completely devoid of their former imposing manner!

Ling Xiao's single attack had directly beaten the fight out of him.

This guy was simply too strong!

"You... what do you want? I am a Grand General of the Dragon Directorate! If you attack me, according to the laws of the Dragon Directorate, that is a capital offense!"

Ling Xiao offered a cold smile.

"What? Weren't you acting all high and mighty just a moment ago? Why are you cowing now? Trying to suppress me with the Dragon Directorate? Do you really think... the Directorate can protect you?"

Elder Su immediately roared out:

"Brat Ling Xiao, how dare you be so audacious! My second brother is a Grand General of the Dragon Directorate, and you are merely a Major General. If you dare to lay a finger on him, committing insubordination, the Dragon Directorate will not let you off!"

"Noisy!"

Ling Xiao threw a punch directly.

A fierce, violent aura surged forth, sweeping up shattered stones and directly piercing through Elder Su’s body, riddling him with holes like a sieve.

"Big Brother!"

Su Dinghai cried out in shock, gritting his teeth while his eyes filled with growing terror.

Ling Xiao continued his advance. The killing intent radiating from his eyes was as tangible as reality itself—resembling a reaper of souls crawled straight out of the abyss. It plunged Su Dinghai into panic and broke him out in cold sweat.

At this moment, his heart was pounding wildly. He had a strong predetermination that Ling Xiao would definitely kill him, without showing the slightest regard for the Dragon Directorate's face.

"Damn it!!"

Su Dinghai cursed bitterly, biting down so hard on his teeth that his gums began to bleed.

His eyes were bloodshot and filled with veins, brimming with unwillingness and deep resentment!

"I, Su Dinghai, have galloped across battlefields for decades! To think I would die here! Die in my own homeland! And die at the hands of a mere punk—this is nothing short of utter humiliation!"

Ling Xiao's expression remained indifferent.

"You brought this upon yourself! Provoking me means your death is a foregone conclusion!"

With that, he stopped wasting words. With a cold snort, he delivered a horizontal hand-blade strike.

The hand-blade was as fast as lightning, carrying an overwhelming momentum. The moment it was unleashed, the fierce aura frictioning against the surrounding air produced a barrage of crackling sonic booms, trailing sparks and lightning as it struck straight down toward the top of Su Dinghai's head!

"Damn it!"

Su Dinghai cursed viciously, not daring to be careless in the slightest. He rapidly tapped his feet, darting away from Ling Xiao's line of attack.

Yet, Ling Xiao's expression remained completely unchanged, as cold as ever!

With a flick of his hand and a horizontal sweep, the trajectory of the blade edge abruptly altered!

"What?!"

Su Dinghai lost all color in his face, terrified to the extreme!

Almost all powerful attacks were directional to ensure the effectiveness of the damage remained constant while avoiding excessive energy consumption.

However, abruptly altering the attack's trajectory mid-way would not only diminish its potency, but it would also demand a massive expenditure of energy to twist and redirect the force!

Generally speaking, even martial artists at their Martial Sovereign level could not effortlessly manipulate such a massive onslaught!

Yet Ling Xiao... he actually... he actually did it with such ease! Good heavens, just how boundless was this guy's internal strength?

Aside from his shock, despair filled Su Dinghai's eyes to the absolute limit!

The blade edge was closing in on him, and he could vividly sense the overwhelming might emanating from it!

If he were to take this blow head-on, he would surely be left without a burial site!

"Damn it! How can I, Su Dinghai, die here? I refuse to accept this! I refuse!"

He roared up at the sky. The next instant, several beams of light suddenly shot down from the heavens, heading straight for Ling Xiao.

"Major General Ling, stop at once! You cannot kill him! He is a Grand General of the Dragon Directorate! If you kill him, you will violate our Directorate's rules, bringing great trouble upon yourself!"

Su Dinghai was overjoyed!

Heaven never closes all doors; several elders of the Dragon Directorate had actually come to his rescue!

Splendid.

Faced with those incoming attacks, Ling Xiao frowned and had no choice but to retract his blade and slash backward.

Boom—!

The multiple attacks collided with Ling Xiao's blade in mid-air, triggering four or five violent explosions that set the sky ablaze.

Ling Xiao said coldly:

"No one can stop the person I intend to kill!"

With that, he cast his gaze back toward Su Dinghai, whose expression shifted in alarm.

"Ling Xiao, how dare you kill someone in front of the Dragon Directorate's elders? Have you grown tired of living?"

Ling Xiao let out a cold grunt and threw another punch directly.

"What business is it of yours?"

The punch slammed viciously into Su Dinghai's chest, sending him flying backward like a kite with a severed string, coughing up a mouthful of blood in mid-air.

His chest had even caved inward!

However, the vitality of a Martial Sovereign realm expert was extraordinary. Moreover, Su Dinghai had been prepared; leveraging the momentum of Ling Xiao's punch, he flew several miles away and vanished toward the direction of Capital City in the blink of an eye!

"Trying to run! Do you think you can escape?"

Just as Ling Xiao moved to give chase, several elders arrived to block his path!

Ling Xiao, stop right now! Do not continue down this erroneous path!"

"Indeed! If you stop now, there is still room for redemption. If you remain stubbornly persistent and commit an unforgivable mistake, even we won't be able to save you!"

Ling Xiao stepped forward and threw another punch.

"I, Ling Xiao, have done no wrong! Even if I have, you shall bear the brunt of my fury! Those who block me die! Get lost!"

The elders were blazing with anger.

"You are incorrigible! If you want to kill Su Dinghai, you must get past us first!"

As the words fell, several of them unleashed their techniques simultaneously, clashing against Ling Xiao's single fist!

Confidence filled their faces; they hadn't taken Ling Xiao seriously at all!

And indeed, they were elders of the Dragon Directorate. While dealing with Ling Xiao individually might be slightly strenuous, joining forces meant that no matter how heaven-defying Ling Xiao was, he couldn't possibly defeat the collective might of them all so easily, right?

Yet, the very instant that thought crossed their minds, they abruptly felt the overwhelming, sky-shrouding pressure radiating from Ling Xiao.

"So strong!"

"Oh no!"

"Fall back!"

Their pupils contracted as a sense of foreboding gripped their hearts—but it was already too late to retreat!

On the spot, the several Dragon Directorate elders were blasted backward completely!

"Puff!"

All of them coughed up blood simultaneously in mid-air, sent flying hundreds of meters away before crashing heavily onto the ground, where they spat another mouthful of blood in unison!

Due to the overwhelming force of Ling Xiao's attack, the sleeves on their arms were completely shattered to pieces!