After the Second Protector of the Wu Family fell to the ground, his body trembled slightly.
Grasping for his last breath, he said, "You... you are so treacherous... shameless..."
Before he could finish his sentence, his neck tilted, and he died on the spot!
Xu Hao gave a faint smile.
He accused me of being treacherous and shameless, but in combat, it's all about using one's skills. You couldn't even find where I was and got killed by my strike. Blame me?
If it had been a head-on battle, Xu Hao would naturally not be able to kill him with one palm without using his left hand, but Xu Hao aimed to create an illusion for others, an illusion that he was extremely fast, with immense lethal power, but not great in defense.
With that, Xu Hao would have more aces up his sleeve.
The entire place was dead silent!
No one had expected the fight to end so swiftly and so abruptly.
The outcome of the battle was beyond everyone's expectations.
Wu Mengchong, who had been immersed in the Grandmaster realm for nearly a decade, was killed in one strike by Xu Hao!
This... seemed too incredible!
Wu Mengchong's complexion had already turned extremely pale.
The Second Protector, his greatest support on this trip, had lost, and furthermore, was dead!
And his death was highly sudden!
This plunged him into endless panic and insecurity. Would Xu Hao take this opportunity to kill him?
Everyone, without any prior agreement, quickly retreated, not willing to be anywhere close to Xu Hao even by a little.
Even the previously aggressive Wu Family Bodyguards were a bit panicked now, but having been rigorously trained, they instinctively positioned themselves in front of Wu Mengchong, protecting him steadfastly.
As long as they lived, Wu Mengchong could not die!
Xu Hao casually clapped his hands as if dusting off the dirt, turned his head towards Cao Zhi, and said indifferently, "Cao Zhi, do you still think I am no match for the Second Protector of the Wu Family?"
Cao Zhi was inwardly cursing Xu Hao for his shamelessness, for launching a sneak attack on someone's back, but he didn't dare speak out, afraid that Xu Hao would slap him dead just as he did to the Wu Family's Second Protector.
He quickly responded, "Young Master Xu, it's all my fault for not recognizing Mount Tai earlier. I actually thought the Wu Family's Second Protector was formidable. Only now do I realize that you are by far the most powerful one! Comparing him to you, he's simply too weak. He's not even worthy of carrying your shoes!"
Xu Hao chuckled lightly. Cao Zhi, a fair-weather friend, would do anything to save his life. If he weren't still useful, Xu Hao would have killed him long ago, and Xu Hao said, "Do you want to live?"
"Yes!" Cao Zhi replied without any hesitation. He knew that Wu Mengchong no longer had the ability to protect him, and even Wu Mengchong couldn't save himself now.
Thus, to live, he must save himself!
"Kneel thrice and kowtow nine times in the name of the Cao Family to apologize and admit your guilt," Xu Hao said indifferently.
If it wasn't for the fact that Cao Zhi was still useful, just for harboring the thought of killing him, Xu Hao would have disposed of him already.
Once Xu Hao said this, the faces of all Cao family members turned incredibly ugly.
Three kneels and nine kowtows were the grandest of tributes since ancient times, but also the most humiliating!
By asking Cao Zhi to perform this tribute in the name of the Cao Family, Xu Hao intended to trample the entire Cao Family under his feet!
Cao Zhi's face showed an incredibly conflicted expression, to kneel or not to kneel?
Meanwhile, Xu Hao's right hand was slowly raising, deliberately gathering the Qi Force into a visible ball in the palm of his hand.
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Unless he avoided it!
But, could he escape Xu Hao's attack?
In extreme reluctance, Cao Zhi finally knelt down with a thud, then knocked his head against the ground thrice with a "bang, bang, bang." Getting up, he moved forward a few steps and knelt again, knocking his head...
After repeating this three times, he lay prostrate not far from in front of Xu Hao.
Xu Hao said with a light smile, "Why do I feel so wicked, like a great villain?"
No one dared to answer.
In such a short period, he had killed so many people. To those young members of the Cao Family, he was a devil.
But Xu Hao's principle had always been, "If no one offends me, I offend no one. If someone offends me, I will uproot them," so the things he did that seemed utterly reprehensible to others were done out of compulsion.
The task his father gave him was to integrate the power of Huadu and even Tiannan, but his heart only wished to quietly develop his own power. He hadn't initally set out to do so, but trouble came uninvited.
Because other people thought his development was encroaching on their interests, they wanted to get rid of him to maintain the unchanging state of Huadu that lasted for decades.
This was already a monopoly.
Yet, monopolies are illegal and unreasonable, hampering social development and progress.
Hence, when Xu Hao grew stronger, he didn't strike others, they would strike him.
Eventually, Xu Hao was forced to pick up the butcher's knife.