43: Chapter 043: A Battle to Decide Life and Death 43: Chapter 043: A Battle to Decide Life and Death “No problem, Grandfather.
I will make sure the person who dared to break my younger brother’s limbs dies a miserable death,” Su Shan firmly responded, looking at Sikong Jing and asking, “Criminal, a fight to the death, do you dare accept the challenge?”
Su Yuexi tightly held Sikong Jing’s hand, vigorously shaking her head, “Brother Jing…”
“Even if you don’t accept the challenge, you can’t hide,” Su Shan took big steps forward, his True Qi bursting forth, fiercely pressing down on Sikong Jing.
“Dark Realm Fifth Level!”
Su Zhenglong involuntarily cried out in shock.
Su Shan’s realm was beyond his expectation; he had previously assessed it to be only at the Third Level of the Dark Realm.
“Dark Realm Fifth Level, how old is Su Shan?” The guests at the venue looked at each other, each with a serious expression.
In Yunye City, to reach the Fifth Level of the Dark Realm at Su Shan’s age was already considered prodigious.
Luo Tong lowered his voice and said, “What good deeds have the Su family’s ancestors accumulated?
After Su Zhenglong was seriously injured, another Su Shan appears.
How can the other Three Great Families be comfortable with this?”
Because of Su Shan’s presence, the guests began to pay renewed attention to the Su Family.
This emerging power among the Four Great Families was likely to dominate over the other three in the future, unstoppable.
Just as the audience was astounded, Sikong Jing’s voice rose faintly, “Are you sure you want a fight to the death?”
His tone remained indifferent.
You want to beg for mercy now?
Su Shan continued to step forward, his True Qi crushing down.
In everyone’s eyes, Sikong Jing seemed like a small boat rocking in the storm under this surge of True Qi, potentially being crushed at any moment.
“Wait a moment!” Suddenly, Su Zhenglong’s hoarse voice rang out.
At this critical moment, he appeared next to the gift he had brought, staring fixedly at Su Xuefeng with a deep voice, “Father, please spare my son-in-law.”
“Do you think that’s possible?” Su Xuefeng was merciless.
Su Zhenglong forcefully opened the door of the gift box in his hand, revealing a statue of Grandma Su Yuexi, which suddenly caught everyone’s eyes.
In an instant, the usually cold-faced Su Xuefeng was stunned.
“Father, this is the gift I brought for you today.
Please, for my mother’s sake, spare my son-in-law.”
“Zhengtao and I were brothers, I am your son.
We should be a harmonious family.
Why must we cause each other’s downfall?
Why must we push each other to death?”
“I, Su Zhenglong, led the Su family to become one of the Four Great Families, but I do not take credit.”
“I only ask for my daughter and son-in-law to be treated fairly by you, Father, and that you might occasionally show them some concern.”
“If Mother were still alive, she definitely wouldn’t want to see this situation, would she?”
The heartrending tone of Su Zhenglong’s words moved many guests.
Then, Su Zhenglong turned to Su Zhengtao and said, “Younger brother, we are siblings.
I have always been baffled why you hold such a grudge against me, but whatever…”
“Please, for our mother’s sake, stop Su Shan.”
Su Zhengtao’s face was downcast, silent, his gaze drifting towards Su Xuefeng.
He had not expected Su Zhenglong to make such a move, and it could be troublesome if it persuaded their father.
Blood brothers meant nothing to him.
Su Zhengtao knew that if his older brother didn’t die, he would forever be trapped under his shadow, forever suppressed beneath his aura.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded.
Su Xuefeng walked step by step towards Su Zhenglong, then stopped.
His hand gently caressed the lifelike statue of Grandma Su Yuexi.
Su Zhenglong, with a face full of expectation, watched Su Xuefeng…
The statue exploded into pieces in Su Xuefeng’s hands.
Instantly, Su Zhenglong’s expression drastically changed as he shouted, “Father!”
Su Xuefeng coldly turned around, “Su Zhenglong, don’t try to threaten me with a dead person, I won’t fall for that.”
Suddenly, Su Zhenglong kept retreating until he fell onto the ground, landing hard on his buttocks.
How could his father be so heartless as to not even be moved by his mother’s statue?
He had actually destroyed his mother’s statue with his own hands.
“If you knew the depth of sibling love, you wouldn’t have let this criminal break Su Yang’s limbs,” he said.
“If you didn’t want father and son to be at each other’s throats, you shouldn’t have let this freak live in this world, bringing disgrace to the Su Family,” he said.
Su Xuefeng barked his orders, then looked at Su Shan: “Do it, kill the criminal!”
Su Shan’s face bore a crazed smile as he gripped his knife, readying the stance of the Golden Thunder Eight Slashes.
“Criminal, you crippled my younger brother’s limbs, I will chop off your limbs one by one,” he said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the knife swung down!
The first slash of the Golden Thunder swung fiercely toward Sikong Jing, the Sword Radiance seemed to carry thunder and lightning, ripping through the air.
Amidst the Sword Radiance, Su Yuexi’s piercing scream was heard, as she was pushed away by Sikong Jing, falling into Mei Xiaofang’s arms.
She watched helplessly as the unstoppable Sword Radiance slashed down.
What followed for Sikong Jing was foreseeable; it would either be death or severe injury.
Su Zhenglong sat next to the shattered statue of Grandma Su Yuexi, forcefully closing his eyes.
The initial cause of breaking Su Yang’s limbs was his own challenge.
And Yue Xi, no matter how ugly, is still your granddaughter Su Xuefeng.
Why doesn’t she deserve to live in this world?
If Sikong Jing were to die, Yue Xi would collapse too.
Just when Su Zhenglong felt as if the entire sky had darkened, a clang of metal rang through the banquet hall, followed by a series of low exclamations: “Impossible!”
Su Zhenglong shook violently, and he instinctively opened his eyes, then froze in shock.
In the center of the hall, Sikong Jing, who suddenly held a knife of his own, was blocking Su Shan’s Golden Thunder Sword Radiance with it.
A surge of True Qi emanated from Sikong Jing.
“Bright Realm Ninth Layer!”
In that instant, Su Zhenglong stood up and shouted in astonishment.
Just ten days ago, when Sikong Jing had crippled Su Yang, he was only at the Bright Realm Fourth Level.
When had he reached the Bright Realm Ninth Layer?
“Bright Realm Ninth Layer?
Was this guy playing possum?”
Su Zhengtao’s eyes widened.
He, too, had sensed Sikong Jing’s realm during their time at the Su Family Law Enforcement Hall ten days ago.
In Su Zhengtao’s opinion, it was impossible to advance from the Bright Realm Fourth Level to the Bright Realm Ninth Layer in just ten days.
Clearly, Sikong Jing had been hiding his true strength.
While everyone was still in shock, Su Shan’s Sword Radiance shattered, and he stared at Sikong Jing in disbelief, his lips slightly curling.
“I didn’t expect you were hiding your strength, actually being at Bright Realm Ninth Layer!”
“But, anything below the Dark Realm is insignificant.”
With these words, a faint light of thunder shimmered in his great knife, Su Shan’s aura becoming even stronger.
Around him, those who had been shocked sat back down.
Luo Tong spoke indifferently, “Indeed, it’s useless.
The gap between the Dark Realm and the Bright Realm is insurmountable.
This criminal is just struggling in vain.”
“Although, reaching the Bright Realm Ninth Layer at such a young age is impressive enough to stand his ground in Yunye City.”
“Unfortunately, he’s doomed.”
None around believed Sikong Jing could win.
At Bright Realm Ninth Layer, it was merely a slightly more desperate struggle before death.