The Su family head, Su Feng, was the only one in the Su Family at the War Sect Realm, yet he had been slapped to death by Long Dou! The strongest of the remaining Su Family members was the Second Elder, Su Lie, who was only at the seventh level of the War Maniac Realm. However, the Long Family had their Great Elder, Long Tian, who was at the ninth level of the War Maniac Realm, far above Su Lie. Therefore, even with Long Dou occupied fighting Shangguan Ming, the Long Family could still annihilate the Su Family.
"Dad, Dad..." Su Miaoyu lay on the ground, unable to move, her head turned painfully toward her family. As she watched Su Feng’s headless body crash to the floor, she shed bloody tears of fury.
A murmur went through the crowd. "It looks like Su Miaoyu is going to die today."
"With Long Dou holding off Shangguan Ming, who can stop Long Chen from killing her?"
Everyone took a deep breath. They had never expected the day’s victors to be Long Chen and the Long Family. By all rights, Long Chen should have died and the Long Family should have been destroyed. This complete reversal was all thanks to him.
"Long Chen is too powerful!" The crowd looked at him with admiration. He had single-handedly turned the tide.
Just then, Long Chen roared, "Kill!" The word had barely left his lips before he charged toward the fallen Su Miaoyu, completely ignoring Shangguan Ming who stood in his path.
"You scoundrel! Does your Long Family not fear annihilation by the Earth Institute?" Shangguan Ming roared in fury. He swung his hand to strike, but Long Chen was completely undeterred, paying the attack no mind. That was because Long Dou had already leaped from below the stage to land beside Shangguan Ming, his hand shooting out to grab his wrist.
"How dare a lowly steward like you humiliate my son?" Long Dou snarled, grabbing Shangguan Ming’s wrist and throwing him with immense force. Shangguan Ming was sent flying, but just as he was about to crash to the ground, his aura suddenly skyrocketed. He had activated the core Martial Ancestor Secret Technique: Martial Body!
In the blink of an eye, Shangguan Ming’s body expanded, growing to a height of ten feet with muscles bulging all over. His physique resembled a wall of bronze and iron, and his gaze was soul-piercing; he looked utterly fierce and domineering.
BANG... SCRAPE, SCRAPE, SCRAPE! In that instant, Shangguan Ming reversed his disadvantage, forcing Long Dou back several steps.
Before using the Martial Ancestor Secret Technique, Shangguan Ming’s combat power had been inferior to Long Dou’s. Once he activated the Martial Body, however, his combat power surpassed Long Dou’s by a small margin. But even that was useless. A slight advantage wasn’t enough to easily shake off Long Dou! Besides, by this point, Long Chen had already reached Su Miaoyu.
"Time to return the Emperor Meridans!" Long Chen snarled, tearing open Su Miaoyu’s dress to reveal a golden disk on her chest. The palm-sized disk shimmered with a faint golden light—it was this that had saved her life. Without it, the Furious Thunder Finger would have pierced straight through her heart.
"A Heavenly Top-Grade Magical Treasure, the Vajra Disk?" Long Chen laughed, his voice tight with rage.
Not even an expert at the ninth layer of the War Sect realm could break the Vajra Disk in a single blow!
"Long... Long Chen, why must you... kill me?" Su Miaoyu coughed up blood, her voice shaking with terror. "The Emperor Meridans can’t be removed a second time. Even if you take them back, they’re useless to you now. Why not let me go? I can still..."
"Shut up!" Long Chen’s furious roar cut her off. "You wretched woman, delusional even at death’s door!" He snatched the Vajra Disk away. Then, as the crowd watched in horror, Long Chen shaped his hand into a blade and plunged it toward Su Miaoyu’s heart.
This strike was meant to take not only Su Miaoyu’s life but also the Emperor Meridans connected to her heart.
"No! No...!" In her final moments of desperation, Su Miaoyu found the strength for one last, tragic, piercing scream.