Chapter 0166

Chapter 166: Do Not Say I Didn’t Warn You!

Hundreds of people fell from the sky and landed steadily on the ground.

The young people around bowed to Zhou Tong and spoke together: “Greetings, Grand Elder!”

Even though they had not yet joined the Joyous Union Sect, they had to respect the sect’s number two.

Zhou Tong accepted it naturally, then said with a light wave: “At ease.” As he moved his hand, three earth veins merged into the grand array without causing the slightest ripple. He knew the Mystic Heaven Nine Flowers Grand Array had gained a huge boost and was storing power to advance into a Saint Array. For now it still lacked six earth veins; it looked like he would need to visit the Jade Purity Sect at least two more times.

A contemptuous voice sounded, full of scorn, as Tie Xiong spoke: “Humph… I never thought a piece of trash like you would have a day like this. With no true heroes around, even a monkey can get famous.”

They had fought once at the Hundred Sects Tournament, where Tie Xiong was beaten half to death by Zhou Tong and had held a grudge ever since. In his mind, Zhou Tong was still crippled and could never be his match. As for the grand scene just now, he thought it was only a Joyous Union Sect trick to help Zhou Tong establish authority. He had come representing the five great sects to make the Joyous Union Sect lose face, and now Zhou Tong looked like the perfect opening.

Zhou Tong raised a brow, a wicked smile tugging at his lips, then asked: “If I heard right, you were just cursing my master?”

Tie Xiong answered without fear, emboldened because his Sect Master and the other powerhouses were watching from afar: “So what? Want me to say it again?”

Zhou Tong took one step and appeared above him, looking down from on high as he said: “Looks like you are ready to bear the consequences.”

Tie Xiong frowned; he hated being looked down on and snapped: “You think you can make me bear consequences? Can you even kill me?”

Zhou Tong replied with a calm smile: “No. Whoever tries to kill you, I will kill them first. Even if the King of Hell were here, he would not dare take you away.”

Everyone froze. [Is that how you talk to an enemy?] But Zhou Tong went on, chilling them to the bone, as he said: “Killing you would be too kind. I will keep you alive for a long, long time, making you suffer every moment as if cut by a thousand blades, your soul drawn out and your marrow refined. Then you will learn that death is mercy.”

He struck without warning, calling out: “Life and Death Extinguished!” He pressed a finger, and Tie Xiong’s face turned deathly pale.

“Presumptuous!” Several bodyguards from the Tempered Flesh Sect moved at once. They were Tie Xiong’s guards, all at the Sky Severing Realm, strong enough to be Elders in some second-rate sects.

In the next instant, doom fell on them. Their bodies withered in a breath, turned pitch-black like charcoal, and with a soft puff collapsed into ash that scattered across the ground.

The crowd was horrified. [What did Zhou Tong just do?] With a casual touch, ten Sky Severing Realm experts died. Was this the true power of the Joyous Union Sect’s Grand Elder? Zhou Tong had been strong before, but never this terrifying.

With a thud, Tie Xiong’s legs gave out as he knelt, and his pants went wet at once. [The wise bow to the times.]

He stammered, voice shaking: “D… don’t kill me…”

Zhou Tong answered lazily: “No need to worry. I already said I’ll let you live to a hundred.”

He was about to work him over when a Life and Death Realm expert rushed in to block his path. It was a Tempered Flesh Sect Elder who, seeing his genius disciple in danger, acted without hesitation.

Zhou Tong looked at him with a half-smile and asked: “Why are you the only one who came down? Are the ones watching in the distance not planning to join us?”

The Elder’s heart pounded. Zhou Tong had noticed them long ago. He tried to persuade him as he said: “Young man, show mercy where you can. You have killed enough. Stop now, or you will bring disaster upon yourself.”

Zhou Tong grinned and asked: “If someone cursed your Sect Master, what would you do?”

The Elder fell silent at once. If that really happened, the Tempered Flesh Sect would tear the offender to pieces and wipe out nine generations.

Shamed and angry, he snapped: “Hmph… what use are your words? Without strength, you have no right to ask for fairness!”

With a boom, the Mystic Heaven Nine Flowers Grand Array suddenly began to run, and the Elder’s face changed wildly as he shouted: “What are you trying to do?”

Zhou Tong replied calmly: “I just think you make sense, so from now on, I will talk to you with strength.”

The Elder turned to flee as he cried: “No!”

“So naive,” Zhou Tong said with a cold smile, as the grand array slashed from afar, severed the Elder’s four limbs, and sent him crashing to the ground.

“Don’t kill me!” he screamed in terror, regret written across his face, as Zhou Tong gripped his throat.

Zhou Tong’s eyes were deep as he asked: “Are you using strength to beg me?”

“I’m sorry… I won’t dare again… I am willing to apologize,” the Elder choked.

“If apologizing worked, why would we need enforcers?” Zhou Tong asked in a heavy voice, then added: “Answer one question, and I’ll let you go.”

“O… okay. It’s a deal. I’ll tell you everything,” the Elder said quickly.

Zhou Tong asked in a low voice: “Last time I raided your place I didn’t look carefully. How many earth veins does your Tempered Flesh Sect have?”

“T… three. Why?” the Elder stammered.

“Perfect,” Zhou Tong said as he squeezed, and the Elder burst apart in his hand.

Far away, the powerhouses of the five great factions were stunned by Zhou Tong’s bloody decisiveness. They had known he was ruthless, but they had not expected him to be so clean-cut: if he said he would kill, he killed; if he said he would destroy, he destroyed. A chill ran down their spines.

Then Zhou Tong stepped into the air. His gaze flashed like lightning, pierced hundreds of miles, and seemed to stab right into the eyes of every Sect Master. They felt as if he were standing before them.

Empowered by spirit sense, his voice rolled across the whole Eastern Continent as he declared: “Tempered Flesh Sect has bullied my sect and insulted my master. This hatred cannot stand under the same sky. To seek justice, three days from now my Joyous Union Sect will wipe out the Tempered Flesh Sect. Anyone who does not want to be caught in the blast should leave the Tempered Flesh Sect at once. From that day on, this sect will exist no more. Do not say I didn’t warn you!”