Free Web NovelChapter 54: Chapter 54: Sword Drawn, Total Annihilation
Bai Heng looked left and right before whispering in reply, "She took Yunxiang and ran off to the Lu Family."
At that moment, Lu Chao had already landed silently atop the carriage. ’Since Bai Wenrong and Bai Heng are also here, then... I’ll kill them!’
But just as he heard those words...
Lu Chao froze, wondering to himself, ’The Lu Family? One of the four great families of Yangzhou City?’
’Bai Xin and Cheng Yunxiang aren’t at the Cheng Mansion? They ran off to the Lu Family?’
Just as Lu Chao was pondering this, Bai Wenrong’s weak voice emerged from inside the carriage. "Why would she go to the Lu Family now?"
Bai Heng immediately replied, "Not long ago, she used a vicious scheme to force Cheng Chuming to choose between Cheng Yunsu and Yunxiang. But it was obvious Cheng Chuming couldn’t bring himself to do it, which would cause problems. The Cheng Family is probably finished."
"Since that’s the case, Yunxiang, of course, has to go... and acknowledge his real father."
As soon as these last words were spoken, Lu Chao’s pupils contracted violently.
’My father-in-law isn’t Cheng Weishan’s flesh and blood, and Cheng Yunxiang isn’t my father-in-law’s flesh and blood. What a complete mess.’
’Every single one of them is worse than a beast.’
Inside the carriage, Bai Wenrong’s voice continued...
"Indeed, Xin’er’s plan was poorly thought out."
"As long as Cheng Yunsu and the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star are alive, the Cheng Mansion is doomed no matter what. They’ll either be destroyed by the City Lord’s Mansion or by Fan Jinhua..."
"It’s true they need to find another way out."
"But this Lu Mi... will he accept Xin’er and Yunxiang?"
His tone was filled with worry; he was afraid the Lu Family would not accept his daughter and grandson.
But Bai Heng just chuckled. "Father, you know my sister’s methods. She had Lu Mi wrapped around her little finger a long time ago. There won’t be any problems at all."
Hearing this, Bai Wenrong couldn’t help but laugh as well. It was true.
"Let’s get out of the Cheng Mansion quickly."
"That damn Life-taking Bone Calamity Star is just too terrifying. He’s only been here a few days and has already brought the entire Cheng Mansion to the brink of ruin. Bai Lu is dead, and I almost died myself. It’s better to stay far away from him."
At this point, Bai Wenrong had little desire to avenge his grandson, Bai Lu.
Even though he hated Lu Chao to his core, he didn’t want to act against him personally. He felt there was something unnatural about the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star, as if he were a harbinger of great disaster.
Bai Heng nodded and quickly ordered the men from the Bai Mansion to depart for their own estate.
But...
A cold voice suddenly rang out from atop the carriage. "I’m afraid you won’t be able to hide."
As the voice faded, the hairs on the necks of everyone from the Bai Mansion stood on end. All the Household Generals and men turned in unison toward the sound, only to discover a tall, dark figure standing atop their Patriarch’s carriage, though none knew when he had appeared.
He was grimly terrifying, like a devil in the dark of night.
Bai Heng scrambled out of his carriage, shouting in terror, "The... The Life-taking Bone Calamity Star."
Gently raising the sword in his hand, Lu Chao said coldly, "I was planning to deal with Cheng Weishan and the others first, then pay a visit to the Bai Mansion to take your worthless lives. Since you haven’t left yet, you can all just stay."
The moment he finished speaking... he struck!
His sword plunged straight down through the roof of the carriage. Before Bai Wenrong could even react, his skull was pierced through.
The life he had just barely saved was gone!
Pulling his blood-stained sword free, Lu Chao looked down from the carriage at the terrified, nearly broken Bai Heng and asked in a low, cold voice, "Tell me the truth. Is Cheng Yunxiang my father-in-law’s biological son?"
At these words, Bai Heng’s entire body trembled violently.
He suddenly seemed to think of something and replied hastily, "Yes, he is! I’m Cheng Yunxiang’s uncle! You can’t kill me!"
It seemed this was the last straw he could clutch at to save his life.
But Lu Chao just gave a cold smile. "Forget it. I’ll just go to the Lu Mansion and see for myself. You can die now."
The sword flashed, and a river of blood flowed.
As Lu Chao sheathed his sword... WHOOSH!
Suddenly, a figure came rushing wildly through the night. It was none other than Cheng Weishan, drawn by the sounds of slaughter.
He hadn’t heard anything when Cheng Chuyan and Cheng Chugong were killed.
But the Bai Mansion had brought many people this time, and Lu Chao’s slaughter had naturally been loud.
Many of the Cheng Mansion’s Household Generals and servants were also rushing to the scene.
The moment he arrived, Cheng Weishan saw the members of the Bai Mansion lying in a river of their own blood. He stared, terrified, at the blood-soaked figure of Lu Chao.
"Life-taking Bone Calamity Star, y-y-you... what have you done?"
Lu Chao turned to face Cheng Weishan, the corner of his mouth twitching into a smirk. His sword was still dripping blood.
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His voice was as cold as a Fierce Ghost’s, and it felt as if an icy wind was whipping around Cheng Weishan in the frigid night.
CLICK. CLACK. CLICK.
Cheng Weishan’s teeth chattered loudly. Dozens of people from the Bai Mansion were dead. Not a single one survived, not even Bai Wenrong or Bai Heng.
He was rendered speechless, his legs trembling violently.
"Cheng Weishan, do you know something?"
"I truly intended to give you all a chance. I was even going to take you to the Tiger Flame Kingdom. As long as you agreed to my three conditions, I would have given you a path to survival."
"For the sake of my father-in-law’s devotion, for the sake of the faint hope for kinship that Xiao Su’er still holds in her heart, I could have tolerated it all."
"But instead, you forced my father-in-law to take poison and kill himself."
Lu Chao’s words were like a clap of thunder on a calm day, causing Cheng Weishan to stumble back several steps.
Finally, Cheng Weishan asked in disbelief, "He... he... he killed himself?"
His scalp went numb. Cheng Weishan’s thoughts were the same as Cheng Chugong’s had been: with Cheng Chuming dead, there would be no one left to plead their case.
He truly hadn’t expected Cheng Chuming to take the poison himself.
Narrowing his eyes, Lu Chao said coldly, "You insisted on forcing him to choose. What could he do but kill himself? Now that my father-in-law is dead, you must all be relieved. I no longer have to consider his feelings of filial piety, and I can just kill everyone who deserves it."
Mouth agape, Cheng Weishan felt his legs go weak. He had an overwhelming urge to drop to his knees and beg for mercy.
But no...
When he saw more of his household servants and Household Generals arriving, Cheng Weishan’s confidence suddenly returned.
His fear of Lu Chao was mainly because he believed Fan Jinhua and the Hundred Flames Trading Company were backing him.
Suddenly... BOOM!
True Qi erupted from Cheng Weishan’s body. As an expert at the Postnatal Eighth Layer, he was, after all, two layers higher than Lu Chao.
With all his household servants and Household Generals here, he had nothing to fear.
’Perhaps after Fan Jinhua found out about the Beast Bone substitute, he really stopped caring whether Lu Chao and his wife live or die.’
Watching Cheng Weishan prepare to attack, Lu Chao just gave a wicked smile and vanished. He flickered among the Cheng Mansion’s servants and Household Generals like a phantom, striking them down one by one.
This time, Lu Chao didn’t kill. But with the slightest touch, every one of the Cheng Mansion’s Household Generals was sent sprawling.
No one could resist him. Their superior numbers were useless. In the blink of an eye, the ground was covered with wailing men.
"You bastard! I’ll kill you!"
Finally, Cheng Weishan roared and charged, unleashing the power of the Postnatal Eighth Layer in an attempt to overwhelm Lu Chao.
But Lu Chao just laughed coldly, spun, and rammed into Cheng Weishan, driving a fist into his stomach. OWWW!
With a miserable howl, Cheng Weishan was sent flying backward.
His two-layer advantage in cultivation meant nothing before Lu Chao. His True Qi shattered instantly.
Before he even hit the ground, Lu Chao was upon him, grabbing his neck and yanking his flying body to a dead stop.
Gripping Cheng Weishan by the neck, he lifted him high into the air...
