adbindia Chapter 421: Negotiation? You’re Not Worthy. Burn Them
Chapter 421: Negotiation? You’re Not Worthy. Burn Them
「At the gates of Jing University.」
Ten minutes had passed.
To the onlookers, those ten minutes felt like a century.
But for Gu Yuexi, her patience was nearly exhausted.
She did not like to wait for people.
Especially not for a few old geezers who, in her eyes, were utterly beneath her notice.
A flash of impatience crossed her eyes.
"To make this Empress wait so long."
She spoke coldly. Her voice wasn’t loud, yet it made everyone’s heart leap into their throats.
"Since they still haven’t arrived, don’t blame me for what happens next."
"Let’s start with you."
Her gaze slowly shifted, finally landing on Lady Liu—the one who had been the loudest in her taunts earlier, and was now the most wretched.
Lady Liu, her consciousness already blurring from the pain, felt that icy gaze and shuddered violently. In a sudden, lucid flash, she became completely awake.
"You... What are you going to do?!"
she shrieked in terror.
Gu Yuexi’s tone was calm, as if she were... delivering a verdict!
"Since you started this, it’s only natural that you will be the one to end it."
"Ten minutes are up."
"Your Patriarch didn’t come to save you, so..."
"You can die now."
The moment she finished speaking.
BZZZ—!
The several chains of flame wrapped around Lady Liu instantly flared with blinding light!
"No!!!"
Lady Liu let out a despairing, agonized scream.
She could feel the aura of death closing in. She didn’t want to die! She was the matriarch of the Liu Family! She still had endless riches and glory to enjoy!
Her skin, her flesh, began to fester and decay, inch by inch.
Just at this critical moment.
A voice finally rang out between heaven and earth.
"Enough."
The single word was not loud.
In fact, it was rather plain, like an elder scolding an unruly junior.
But the instant that word was spoken, everyone’s heart skipped a beat.
An indescribably terrifying pressure instantly descended!
It wasn’t aimed at any single person, but at the entire world!
Even Chu Sheng’s once-savage Fire Domain seemed to have met its natural predator; under this pressure, it instantly shrank back a great deal, letting out a fearful thrum.
’He’s here! He’s finally here!’
Everyone subconsciously looked up.
High above, the fabric of space was torn open as if by a pair of invisible, giant hands.
A man in a gray Zhongshan suit stepped out of the rift. He looked perfectly ordinary, like any middle-aged man in his forties or fifties you might see in a park.
It was none other than the head of the Ten Great Clans, the current Patriarch of the Liu Family—Liu Canglan!
A true Peak Emperor Realm powerhouse!
An existence who had even stepped halfway through the threshold of what legends call the "Emperor Realm"!
At the Emperor Realm level, every small step forward represented an exponential increase in power.
An ordinary Early Stage Emperor Realm practitioner was no different from a three-year-old child before him.
His appearance seemed to make time itself pause for a second.
Without any action, just by standing there, his world-dominating aura was enough to suffocate people.
Seeing Liu Canglan appear, Lady Liu, who had been on the verge of despair, found her eyes instantly bursting with the hope of survival.
She abandoned all pretense of dignity, struggling desperately and crying out to the figure in the sky:
"Patriarch!! Husband!!"
"Save me!! Kill her! Kill that little bitch!!"
"She burned my hand! And she wants to kill me!!"
However, in the face of his wife’s cries and pleas for help,
Liu Canglan didn’t spare her so much as a single glance.
His gaze passed over everyone else, landing directly on Gu Yuexi below.
His eyes were calm, holding no anger, no killing intent, only the indifference of one who has seen all the world has to offer.
It was as if the woman burned beyond recognition was not his wedded wife at all, but an insignificant passerby.
This was the Patriarch of a great clan.
In his eyes, the clan’s reputation and the greater good would always take precedence over personal feelings.
"I heard you wanted to see me?"
Liu Canglan spoke.
He had actually taken the initiative to speak to Gu Yuexi.
His tone was level, without any condescending rebuke; instead, it held a hint of inquiry.
This surprised everyone.
This was Liu Canglan! How could he not have just swatted this provocateur dead the moment he arrived?
However, Gu Yuexi’s reaction was even more shocking to everyone.
She didn’t even deign to look Liu Canglan in the eye. She merely gave him a casual glance, then calmly uttered a few words:
"Not everyone is here."
"Just wait over there for now."
Wait over there...
Wait over there...
Those three words echoed in the air.
The entire area fell deathly silent.
Her tone, her attitude... it was as if she weren’t facing a great master at the Peak of Emperor Realm, but a servant who had just reported for duty.
The corner of Liu Canglan’s eye twitched almost imperceptibly.
But before he could say anything, Gu Yuexi had already withdrawn her gaze, looking toward several other directions in the sky.
"Since you’re here, you might as well all come out."
"Is there any point in hiding?"
The moment she finished speaking.
RRRIP—!
RRRIP—!
Several more sounds of Space tearing apart rang out.
One after another, terrifying figures stepped out from the void.
Some had Qi Blood that surged like a dragon, some were shrouded in a ghastly yin energy, and some radiated Sword Qi that pierced the heavens...
Six people in total!
Including Liu Canglan, a full seven supreme powerhouses of the Emperor Realm Late Stage!
Seven Patriarchs from the Ten Great Clans had actually... all gathered here!
Such a scene was exceedingly rare, even in the entire history of Kyoto.
Now, just at this small university gate, more than a dozen Emperor Realm Powerhouses had gathered!
And the cause of it all was just a Seventh-Grade freshman girl... and a mosquito.
"Hmph!!"
One of them, a tall man with a full, bushy beard, let out a thunderous cold snort the moment he appeared.
He was the Sun Family Patriarch, Sun Xiaotian, also known for his explosive temper.
Seeing his own wife hanging in the flames, half-dead, the fury in his eyes was about to erupt.
"You little brat! How dare you humiliate my Sun Family as if we have no one?!"
"You ignorant thing! I’ll cripple you right now!"
As he spoke, his body erupted in a brilliant golden light, and he raised his palm to strike.
"Wait."
A hand blocked his path.
It was Liu Canglan.
"Brother Liu, why are you stopping me?!" Sun Xiaotian’s eyes were wide with fury.
Liu Canglan shook his head, his deep gaze still fixed on Gu Yuexi.
"No rush."
"Everyone’s here. She’s not going anywhere."
He turned to Gu Yuexi, his voice growing a few shades deeper.
"Young lady, your courage is indeed somewhat surprising."
"I will give you two sentences."
"Don’t think you can use these hostages to threaten us."
"Speak. You went to all this trouble to see us. What is it you truly want?"
"If this is about the Divine Son slot... if you release the hostages now and cripple your own Cultivation to atone for your crimes, perhaps I can consider sparing your life."
Liu Canglan was very confident.
In his view, Gu Yuexi had caused such a huge disturbance for one reason only: to use this extreme method to force them into negotiations and fight for that slot.
This was a gamble.
Her methods were a bit drastic, but as long as she wanted something, the situation was manageable.
As long as she wanted something, she had a weakness.
However, upon hearing this, Gu Yuexi laughed.
It was a soft chuckle.
Her gaze slowly swept over the seven high-and-mighty Patriarchs, her eyes filled with scorn and pity.
"Is that so?"
"Negotiations?"
"Aren’t you taking yourselves a little too seriously?"
"I actually have nothing to say to old geezers like you."
Gu Yuexi shook her head.
"I can’t be bothered."
"I didn’t call you here to negotiate any bullshit terms."
"I only wanted you to see with your own eyes..."
Gu Yuexi’s voice suddenly turned icy, and the majesty belonging to an Empress erupted from her.
"...the consequences for offending this Empress and coveting what is mine!"
As her voice fell, she gave the Patriarchs no time to react, turning directly to Chu Sheng on her shoulder.
Chu Sheng, who was linked to her thoughts, had long been waiting impatiently.
"BZZZ! (Then let’s give them a big one!)"
The next second.
Within the Fire Domain, which had contracted slightly a moment ago,
FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH...
Seven... no, eight pillars of ink-black fire erupted from the ground without warning, shooting toward the sky!
They perfectly and precisely engulfed the seven noblewomen, as well as that Liu Yueyao!