"Boss."
Everyone exclaimed.
No one expected the boss to make a sudden move.
"Shut up, I am not your boss."
The man berated, "A bunch of people who seek glory through shame. I am ashamed to be associated with you. Today, with Senior Hong Si present," I will kill you scum.
Bang bang bang.
In the room, the boss, single-handedly, almost instantly killed over ten subordinates.
This was the difference between a God-level and Nascent Soul.
From beginning to end, the people brought by Hong Si did not move. Instead, they watched with keen interest as the Durba boss staged his act.
They had heard everything that was said earlier.
If they hadn't heard it, it would have been one thing.
But now that they had, if they still believed this man, well... they would be absolute fools.
A moment later, the battle ended...
The office, clean and bright just a minute ago, was now filled with severed limbs and broken arms, and bodies everywhere.
Hoo.
Durba took a deep breath of stale air.
With the scent of blood lingering in the air, Durba finally suppressed the panic in his heart.
Forcing a smile onto his face, he stepped forward to greet them, "Senior Hong, the appearance of these shame-seeking traitors in Tengfei Company is my mistake. Durba is willing to surrender all his industries and fortune, hoping Senior will overlook my transgression."
Interesting... Hong Si smiled.
This Durba wasn't stupid either; he knew the truth couldn't be hidden.
Was he trying to bribe me with his fortune?
Hoping I would turn a blind eye?
Heh, indeed...
"Apologies."
Hong Si found it amusing and said, "I, personally, have no interest in money. Therefore... Durba, you have betrayed humanity and Wenlan City. By order of the City Lord, I shall send you to hell."
Durba's face contorted in shock, "Mr. Hong, I didn't..."
"Chrr."
The flaming long saber coiled with a long fiery tail.
It sliced down.
Before Durba could finish his words, he was split in two.
Bang!
The corpse fell to the ground, lifeless.
Even until his death, Durba couldn't believe that Hong Si would be so direct, not even giving him a chance to say another word.
"Alright."
Hong Si gathered his team, "Let's move to the next location..."
Tengfei Group was not the only one preparing to betray Wenlan City.
Not just in Wenlan City, but in every city in the Eastern Region, there were people like this.
That day, the killing did not cease.
...
At sunset, a satellite phone call came into the manor.
"It's all resolved." Hong Si's voice came through the phone.
"Understood."
Asdai replied into the phone, "I will report to the City Lord immediately."
"One more thing..."
Hong Si added, "Please tell the City Lord that the Qin Family Army will be fighting their way back from the East Sea and it might take a few days."
"I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Asdai immediately sought out the City Lord to report.
The Qin Family Army was largely free to operate.
Chen Fan did not restrict the Qin Family Army in any way, and he trusted these soldiers.
In the following days, Chen Fan remained in the Eastern Manor.
He did not go out. The entire continent of Damelia seemed to have fallen silent.
The Supreme Realm did not intervene, and the battles were left to cultivators below the Supreme.
This was a clash between civilization and barbarism.
Battlefields were spread across every corner of Damelia.
Fires of war burned, and people died everywhere.
...
Seven days later, Chen Fan emerged from his seclusion.
For these past few days, he had been in closed-door cultivation, and he emerged today.
Upon exiting seclusion, Chen Fan shot straight into the sky.
His figure streaked across the horizon, his aura spanning heaven and earth like a divine light heading towards the Northern Region.
His speed was incredible.
"Scram."
Suddenly, an angry roar came from below.
The roar contained the aura of the Great Dao of Rules, striking towards Chen Fan, "How dare you fly over my forbidden ground, you court death."
"Haha."
Laughter echoed.
Chen Fan unleashed a palm strike, and the Great Dao of Rules that surged upwards instantly shattered, "Old man, are you courting death?"
Below was the former Mia Forest.
A golden willow tree stood tall on the earth, its branches swaying and tracing the patterns of the Great Dao.
"It's you?" the Willow Supreme recognized Chen Fan.
"What?"
Chen Fan stopped his flight, looking down at the golden willow tree, "Giving you a few days of leisure, do you really think my temper has softened? Or do you think you've become powerful?"
The willow tree trembled, and the surging demonic aura turned violent.
As Supremes, who was nobler than the other?
"Chrr."
A golden willow branch shot up into the sky, accompanied by the Willow Supreme's icy voice, "Little insect, letting you live until today, do you really think this Supreme cannot handle you?"
"Courting death."
Chen Fan was also enraged.
He had intended to go to the Northern Region to discuss some matters with Wusheng, but unexpectedly, a formidable obstacle appeared on his path.
Courting death.
"Clang."
Sword light reappeared, descending from the heavens.
A sword strike that split the sky, far more powerful than their previous encounter.
The golden willow branch snapped, and the Great Dao of Rules dispersed.
"What?" the Willow Supreme exclaimed in shock.
This human had become so much stronger than before?
To so easily sever his Dao branch was almost unbelievable.
"Boom."
At this moment, Chen Fan had already descended from the sky.
"Fire..."
With a casual wave, a sword strike fell.
The burning flames slashed down.
Fire, by its nature, countered all wood-elemental things.
The sword light blazed, burning downwards, severing countless branches of the Willow Supreme. Simultaneously, the sword's edge plunged into the Mia Forest, where countless sentient willow trees turned to ash under the flames, cries of agony rising.
"Bastard."
The Willow Supreme roared in fury, "You dare harm my subjects."
All the vegetation in Mia Forest had transformed into willow trees, all subjects of the Willow Supreme.
In this one strike, over a thousand willow trees that had gained sentience were killed.
"Boom."
The towering willow tree reappeared.
The rules of the hundred-foot-tall willow tree manifested, its branches piercing through heaven and earth.
The void itself was being pierced.
"Fire."
Still the rule of fire, clinging to the long sword, it was unleashed.
Pfft pfft pfft.
Branch after branch snapped.
The flaming sword lotus spun, fiercely slicing through the willow branches.
The rules shattered, dissipating into the world.
The Willow Supreme let out muffled groans, his branches injured, and he too was injured.
"Does that feel good?"
Chen Fan laughed heartily and asked, "Today, I'll chop you into firewood..."
It had been so long since he had felt this happy.
"Gravity Domain, activate."
The gravity domain filled the heavens and earth, enveloping the entire Mia Forest.
"Bang bang bang."
The willow branches, unable to bear the weight, collapsed under the gravity domain.
Sword light continued to be unleashed.
The power accumulated, and the branches of the towering willow tree quickly became bare.
"Ah..."
The Willow Supreme's rage was immense, "Explode for me..."
He had gone mad.
"Boom."
The towering willow tree exploded directly.
The King of Willow Trees had actually detonated his Supreme rules.
Chen Fan's body was flung backward; even the Golden Silk Cicada Robe couldn't withstand the self-detonation of the rules of the Great Dao.
"Are you insane?"
Chen Fan was speechless.
Seriously, was this necessary?
"Rumble."
The self-detonation of the towering willow tree blasted a black hole into space.
The destructive storm did not spread but was swallowed by the black hole.
After everything had dissipated, Chen Fan's battered figure reappeared.
Damn it, his whole body ached.
In the distance, the Willow Supreme was stunned, exclaiming in horror, "Impossible, how could you possibly survive?"
He had detonated his own rules; though he could gather them again later, recovery would be extremely difficult and take a very long time.
Had he paid such a heavy price only to make his enemy slightly disheveled?