Zhang Tianhua never imagined that a martial artist would possess supernatural abilities, and a rare spatial one at that. Caught off guard, he was immediately sent flying.
"Spatial ability user!"
Zhang Tianhua scrambled to his feet, looking at Su Fan with a face full of terror. He had felt the spatial fluctuations when Su Fan unleashed his ability; he was definitely a spatial ability user!
Shadow Binding Technique!
Without any further words, Su Fan directly used the Shadow Binding Technique. The shadow beneath Su Fan's feet immediately spread towards Zhang Tianhua. Zhang Tianhua had seen this move before in the restaurant and knew it had the ability to control people. He immediately retreated rapidly.
Instantaneous Movement!
Su Fan's figure flickered, instantly closing the distance to Zhang Tianhua, and the shadow on the ground caught up to Zhang Tianhua in an instant. The shadow climbed onto Zhang Tianhua's own shadow, binding him tightly. Zhang Tianhua immediately felt his body disobeying his commands. This feeling was truly terrifying!
Su Fan merely wanted to test if the Shadow Binding Technique had any effect on SS-class experts and what that effect would be. It seemed to be effective, but he wasn't sure about its limitations.
Zhang Tianhua's gaze narrowed. Although he couldn't move his body, he could still use his abilities. He immediately unleashed his pressure towards Su Fan, intending to force Su Fan to divide his attention and release the control. Su Fan felt the pressure emanating from all around him and immediately circulated his true qi to resist.
This confirmed it: even though the opponent was controlled, his supernatural abilities could still be used freely. It could only control the body's movements, but not the opponent's mental power. Su Fan didn't rush, wanting to see how far Zhang Tianhua could go.
Zhang Tianhua gritted his teeth and used his strongest attack.
"Meat Grinder!"
Zhang Tianhua roared the name of the technique. This move actually utilized Zhang Tianhua's telekinesis to sweep around the enemy, using its twisting force to inflict damage. With Zhang Tianhua's full effort, this move could even injure opponents above his level. However, Su Fan was currently at the peak of the Yuheng realm, just one step away from becoming a Tian realm martial artist. Even if Zhang Tianhua could fight above his level, he couldn't compare to Su Fan. Moreover, Su Fan's Zongheng True Qi was a comprehensively developed true qi, commonly known as a hexagonal warrior. Its defensive power was also extremely high. Zhang Tianhua's telekinesis continuously squeezed and rotated around Su Fan, like a large hand grabbing Su Fan and twisting forcefully, but Su Fan was like a stubborn fruit can, unmoved by Zhang Tianhua's efforts, completely unable to be twisted.
"How is this possible!"
Zhang Tianhua was utterly stunned. How could anyone withstand his move?
"You're an SSS-class expert!"
Zhang Tianhua's mind raced, and a look of terror appeared on his face. This was the only theory that could explain why Su Fan was so powerful.
"Heh, it seems you have no more tricks. You can die now," Su Fan said with a cold smile, seeing that the opponent had no other options.
"Yutong, close your eyes!"
Su Fan reminded Su Yutong. Then, he drew the Zidian Qingshuang Sword and slashed at Zhang Tianhua.
Horizontal Style, One-Line Flash Slash!
Su Fan vanished instantly. A sword light flashed, and Zhang Tianhua seemed to freeze, maintaining his rigid posture.
Boom!
An explosion erupted from Zhang Tianhua's body, accompanied by lightning and an ice blast. Zhang Tianhua was hit in a vital spot. The sword light pierced his heart and emitted an ice blast, instantly stopping his heartbeat. Su Fan retracted his shadow, and Zhang Tianhua collapsed to the ground without a sound.
Su Fan's gaze shifted to Zhang Tiannan, who was already scared stiff. He had never witnessed a battle of this magnitude, and Zhang Tianhua's death left him utterly terrified. Zhang Tianhua, the pride of their Zhang family, was dead just like that? Zhang Tiannan couldn't quite believe it.
Thump!
Zhang Tiannan's legs gave out, and he immediately knelt before Su Fan.
"Brother, please spare my life. I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness! I deserve to die! I shouldn't have had thoughts about your sister-in-law! Just let me go like a fart!"
Zhang Tiannan knew he couldn't escape from Su Fan's hands and immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy. As he spoke, he slapped himself.
"If you don't want to die, dig a hole," Su Fan said calmly to Zhang Tiannan.
"Ah?"
"Okay, okay, I'll dig now!"
Zhang Tiannan showed a hint of confusion, but upon seeing Su Fan's icy gaze, he hurriedly began to dig. It had to be said that it was fast for a Yaoguang realm martial artist to dig a hole. If they were sent to a construction site to lay bricks, they could probably earn five or six hundred a day.
"It's too small, dig a bigger one."
Su Fan looked at the hole Zhang Tiannan had dug with his bare hands and said with dissatisfaction.
"Okay, okay."
Zhang Tiannan dared not object and continued to dig with his hands. Soon, a deep pit large enough to lie down two people was dug.
"Hmm, not bad."
Su Fan nodded, quite satisfied this time.
"Drag him in."
Su Fan said, looking at Zhang Tianhua's corpse. Zhang Tiannan finally understood why Su Fan had him dig the hole – to dispose of the evidence! But he dared not question it and could only obey Su Fan's command and drag Zhang Tianhua's body into the pit.
Why did he make me dig such a large pit for just one person? Zhang Tiannan looked at Zhang Tianhua, who only occupied half the space, and thought with some confusion. Zhang Tiannan paused, as if realizing something, and his face contorted in terror. He was about to flee when Su Fan, from behind him, pierced his heart with his sword.
"I told you this was your graveyard, and I always keep my word."
Su Fan directly kicked Zhang Tiannan's corpse into the pit as well. Then, he proceeded to bury both of them.
Su Fan turned around and found Su Yutong staring at him blankly.
"Uh... didn't I tell you to close your eyes?"
Su Fan said somewhat awkwardly. He just didn't want Su Yutong to witness him killing someone, but Su Yutong seemed to have seen everything.
"You... this isn't the first time you've done something like this, is it?"
To be honest, seeing someone killed for the first time made Su Yutong feel a bit uncomfortable, but she also knew the cruelty of the martial world. Killing and arson were indeed commonplace. If Su Fan hadn't been strong enough today, they would have been the ones buried.
"Don't misunderstand, I really am doing this for the first time!"
Su Fan quickly waved his hands to explain. He was truly doing this burying on the spot for the first time; before, he would just leave their corpses in the deep mountains and old forests.
"Don't lie to me! You were so skilled just now. If you hadn't done it before, could you be so calm? I feel a bit flustered right now, my heart is still pounding."
Su Yutong didn't believe Su Fan was doing this for the first time at all.
Uh...
Su Fan was not speechless because Su Yutong didn't believe him, but because Su Yutong, after seeing him kill, only had an accelerated heartbeat? No other emotions? Su Yutong's psychological resilience was truly strong.
"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go back."
Su Fan didn't want to argue with Su Yutong about this. As long as Su Yutong wasn't affected, that was fine.