Chapter 1288: Chapter 1285: Rampant? I’ll Show You Rampant! (2nd Update)

Boom!

Xue An’s words caused a severe commotion amongst the crowd.

“Good heavens, has this guy lost his mind? How dare he speak to the Sect Leader like that?”

“He’s completely ignorant of his own insignificance! Does he really think that by killing Fu Guang, he can become invincible? Little does he know, there’s always someone better; the Sect Leader is indeed the number one in our sect!”

“Hmph, seeking death! With such provocative words, the Sect Leader will certainly fly into a rage!”

These murmurs were basically coming from those who had always looked at Xue An with disfavor.

Sheng Manyu and the others felt the same way.

Amongst the crowd, only Sheng Miaotong kept watching Xue An with a worried look, her heart tightening into a knot.

Young Master Xue, you mustn’t let anything happen to you!

As expected by the crowd, Xiu Wen, upon hearing Xue An’s words, truly exploded in fury.

His white eyebrows furrowed, eyes bulging with anger, he spoke with an icy chill in his voice.

“Boy, I’ve been lenient towards you due to your coming from the Hua Clan and having decent talent and cultivation level. But don’t push your luck!”

“Oh? So you know that I’m from the Hua Clan. Then let me ask you, is our Hua Clan’s dao used as a tool for your extortion and mistreatment?” Xue An’s voice was cold as ice as he sternly questioned.

“You…” Xiu Wen took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the rage in his heart, and spoke with a cold tone, “I admit we have our flaws, but that doesn’t justify your impulsive misbehavior, or killing my beloved disciple without understanding the full story!”

Xue An laughed, a reckless and wild laugh, then lifted his hand to point at everyone in the plaza, “I’ve seen everything with my own eyes, yet in your mouth, it turned into a frivolous ‘we have our flaws’? On the other hand, you accuse me of acting recklessly without distinguishing right from wrong?”

With that, Xue An revealed a chilling smile, his tone turning frosty as he said, “And so I killed him, what are you going to do about it?”

Such words were like a scoop of cold water plunged into a pot of boiling oil, instantly causing the entire place to erupt.

Sheng Manyu scoffed coldly, “Courting death!”

In her eyes, Xue An’s unabashed arrogance was tantamount to asking for death, especially since he was challenging none other than Sect Leader Xiu Wen and the entire Golden Cauldron Pavilion.

However, Sheng Miaotong didn’t think the same. She covered her mouth tightly, her big eyes full of admiration as she gazed upon the figure of Xue An standing on the high platform.

Especially when she saw the wild smile on Xue An’s face, she felt weak all over, and only one thought remained in her mind.

So badass!

Meanwhile.

Elder Shui Jing, seeing that the moment was ripe, crawled forward a few steps and paid respectful obeisance to Xiu Wen, “Greetings, Sect Leader!”

Then, before others could react, she turned towards Xue An with a fierce look, and said with hatred, “Boy, you killed our chief, and you’ve uttered madness. Today, our Golden Cauldron Pavilion will surely annihilate you.”

As she spoke, a contented gleam filled Shui Jing’s eyes, and her heart overflowed with joy as she thought.

Burn! The fiercer the fire, the better!

If anyone in the place was delighted by Fu Guang’s death, it had to be her.

Because in terms of status and position, she was the most likely candidate to become the next Sect Leader.

That’s why she was so eager to jump out and show herself.

But her smugness did not last long, not even for a single breath, as all her plans and ambitions dissolved into nothingness.

Because at that moment, Xue An slightly furrowed his brow and coldly said, “Babble!”

As he spoke, Xue An reached out with his hand.

Despite the great distance between them, his clenching gesture seemed to cross the barriers of space-time, arriving mysteriously above Shui Jing’s head.

With a dull thud,

Shui Jing’s head burst open in an explosion, and along with it, her spirit shattered.

With one move, Sheng Shuijing, after hundreds of years of careful planning and having only just become the Great Elder of the Golden Cauldron Pavilion, was annihilated, both body and soul!

Her headless corpse trembled slightly, as if in reluctance, but eventually, it helplessly collapsed into the dust.

Such a brutal strike left everyone nearby petrified.

Then a scream of extreme terror rang out.

Ci Yun turned and ran.

At this moment, he was terrified to the verge of insanity.

After all, Shui Jing had just died right in front of him, how could he possibly accept this?

But he had only taken a few steps when Xue An casually slashed with a wave of his hand, sending a beam of sword light cleaving through the air.

Ci Yun’s body shuddered, then he stood frozen in place, soon a fine red line appeared between his eyebrows.

The red line gradually widened, spreading out in the blink of an eye.

Then Ci Yun, now split in two from the middle, fell to the ground on his left and right sides.

Looking at the cut, it was smooth to the extreme, as if a mirror, without even a drop of blood seeping out.

That was because the sword light was too fast, evaporating all his blood in an instant.

This scene left all who witnessed it horrified.

Although Xiu Wen was extremely wary of Xue An, with two elders dead in succession, plus Fu Guang who had just perished, Golden Cauldron Pavilion had already lost three high-ranking individuals to Xue An.

If Xiu Wen were to back down now, he might as well not remain as the Sect Leader.

Therefore, he roared furiously, “Daring to be so brazen right before me, go to hell!”

Boom!

Countless Golden Light Talisman Wheels swept over in a vast torrent.

But Xue An did not even glance at them, instead, he let out a cold laugh and said, “Your disciple acted recklessly, and you as a teacher bear a great part of the responsibility! As for brazen… Haha! Today, I will show you brazenness right before your eyes!”

After speaking, a flash of light glinted in Xue An’s eyes.

A surging Heavenly Divine might erupted from Xue An’s body.

The incoming Golden Light Talisman Wheels did not even stir a ripple, pulverized into dust under the sweeping aura of Xue An.

At the same time, Xue An turned his head, his gaze piercing through the crowd and directly towards these young masters and mistresses from prestigious families.

Where his gaze landed, these normally arrogant masters and wealthy heiresses all displayed colors of terror and desperation.

Especially Sheng Manyu, Lu Shifa, and Su Junneng, who had previous grudges with Xue An, were utterly petrified, their faces ashen.

They had not expected things to turn out this way.

They had thought Xue An was just an ordinary youth, they mocked him earlier, but now reality slapped them in the face mercilessly.

As for Sheng Manyu, when she recalled the words she had said to Xue An, she felt as if death were at her doorstep.

It turned out his earlier statement that the Sheng Family was nothing but ants in his eyes was not an empty boast!

Because under such domineering and unparalleled power, so-called influence and wealth became utterly laughable.

Thoughts raced through Sheng Manyu’s mind.

Lu Shifa was trembling like a leaf, suddenly remembering something, he pointed abruptly at Sheng Manyu and yelled.

“Spare my life, my lord! All these things were instigated by this wretched woman, it has nothing to do with me…”

Splat!

Before he finished speaking, Lu Shifa’s body exploded, his blood and fragments of viscera splashing all over the people nearby.

Then Xue An coldly stated, “Irrelevant, still kill!”

Since Sheng Manyu was very close to Lu Shifa, she naturally got splashed with blood all over her face.

But she didn’t dare to wipe it off, because Lu Shifa’s words had shaken her to the core, and she could only look at Xue An with begging eyes.

“Spare…”

Before she could finish the word “life”, her previously beautiful, cold face also burst apart.

Seemingly not anticipating that Xue An would truly kill her, Sheng Manyu’s corpse stood for a while before slowly collapsing to the ground.

Afterward, Xue An raised his head to look at Xiu Wen, who was nearly driven mad by fury, and spoke indifferently, “Now I have killed them right before your eyes, what… can you do to me?”