How Ruthless

"Whether the Zhou Family can fight the royal family or not is not something that you will ever know. If you truly know the power of the most prestigious family in this kingdom then you will not even do this."

Zhou Mengyao said as he felt the changes on him even then he did not continue prying into the changes. He charges directly with the only intention of killing them.

The cold expression on his face coupled with his handsome appearance seems to make him even appear much more godly than he is.

"Fuck! This guy is a psychopath! They told me wrong information!"

He Zhong scream as he pushes the two beside him forward, he wanted to make the two of them be his meat shield. He wanted to delay as long as possible, the teacher that is observing them from afar should arrive quickly.

"Torrential Strike!"

Zhou Mengyao whispered calmly as his aura seems to have taken a shape of a sharp and heavy sword pressuring everything in its way.

He waved it to the two who tried to block his attack with their sword, pouring all their qi into it but it is very clear who has the advantage.

Their sword skill is merely a standard one while Zhou Mengyao's sword skills seem to be refined by countless killings on the battlefield. The Zhou Mengyao now is not the one who did not know how to use a sword.

Instead, he looks like a war veteran who is very experienced in crushing everything on his way using his sword.

BANG!

As the swords connected, the force of Zhou Mengyao's attack has changed. It was not something that they can defend against, due to the large force behind his attack, the two of them flew at a blinding speed as they hit trees on the way to stop them from going any further.

[Congratulations! You have killed a Stage 5 Qi Refining Realm Cultivator! You received 5 soul points!]

[Absolute Pride of the Azure Dragon +50]

...

The two of them died and one can see that their bodies are not in great shape, their joints are twisted in heinous ways as their flesh and some of their bones seems to be pounded into pieces due to the huge force of the attack.

"What the fuck just happened?"

He Zhong confusedly asked himself a question, he did not know what just happened. He is genuinely confused since he can tell that Zhou Mengyao has changed, from his personality to even his skill.

He is suspicious of it but fearing that his life might be in danger at any second, he chose the safest option.

Run Away.

There is just no way for him to fight someone that doesn't know what the meaning of the word mercy is. He is sure that even if he begs for a pardon he will not be forgiven, it is either his head falls on the ground or he can just run away.

Given his cultivation base, he naturally is the faster one so there is no way for Zhou Mengyao to catch up to him. He has already forgotten the deal for his future, surviving the present will be the only way for him to think of his future.

"Trying to run away? Unfortunately, I am not a fan of random people just showing up to take revenge upon me so you have to die here."

Zhou Mengyao just looked coldly at the running back of He Zhong, he have already run for about 20 meters but Zhou Mengyao did not choose to chase him.

He Zhong's method of escaping is right, there is just no way for Zhou Mengyao to be able to approach him given the level of his body that is just comparable to the Third Stage of Qi Refining Realm.

Instead of chasing him, Zhou Mengyao destroyed the array that shackles the berserk bull instead.

With no qi to supply the array, it naturally quickly got destroyed with just a single wave of his sword.

Every time he uses the Torrential Strike, he can feel that most of the energy on his body is leaving him and he can feel that he can only use it one last time and he have to do it to kill He Zhong.

"Chase him."

Zhou Mengyao ordered the berserk bull as no emotion can be detected in his voice as he jumps to ride its back.

"ROAR!"

The berserk bull seems to also want to take revenge so it quickly chased He Zhong who have already run quite far away but with the berserk bulls speed, as long as it charges in a straight line then it will only get faster and faster so there is a chance for them to kill He Zhong.

"Shit! This is bad! Where is Teacher Shen? What is taking him so long!"

He Zhong squealed as he continued running away, the bull in his back seems to be getting nearer to every him every passing second which makes him nervous than he already is.

"MOO!"

A good half a minute passed as they continued chasing He Zhong and one can hear the angry roars of the berserk bull as it rammed He Zhong's back.

He Zhong who got hit flew around before he hits a tree near him, he quickly tries to recover himself as he saw the silhouette of a man and a bull in a very hazy vision.

"Wait! Don't kill me I will tell you anything that you will want to know! You might not know this but this is actually an oriented attempt to harm you and if you were to hear my side then you might be able to prepare yourself since this will not be the last time that this thing will happen."

He Zhong quickly explained in his hoarse voice as he pukes blood.

With the way he explained himself, He Zhong made it look like he is a very valuable source of information so that Zhou Mengyao will not harm him.

Unfortunately though, Zhou Mengyao already has an inkling of what is happening due to the last assassination attempt.

So He Zhong has no value in him.

Zhou Mengyao gets down in the back of the berserk bull as he looks straight into the eye of He Zhong. He Zhong naturally understood his intention, there is just no way for him to live if he did not fight right now.

So he puts the last hope that he has into unleashing the technique that he canceled casting due to the surprising thing that Zhou Mengyao just showed, at that time running away seems to be the only thing in his mind which canceled the skill.

Zhou Mengyao saw red sparks of electricity running through his sword about to form an image of a serpent.

"Falling Red Thunder: Serp.. Arkk!"

"NOOOO! STOPP!"

He died tragically as Zhou Mengyao killed him before he can even finish casting his skill. He did it by using Torrential Strike, he plunges his sword at He Zhong's neck before sliding it down to decapitate him.

Zhou Mengyao heard the system's heavenly rings but he did not pay attention to it.

"What are you doing? You are committing a crime right now besides he is your schoolmates how can you be ruthless to him?!"

"You are?"

Zhou Mengyao asked as another unfamiliar person showed up wearing a red robe with the insignia of the academy at his chest. The man seems to be in his middle ages as the beard and the color of his black hair turning up to be gray tells about his age.

"I am Shen Yaoting, a teacher in the academy and you must be a student so you should have known that killing your fellow classmates is not allowed based on the academy rules."

The middle-aged man, Shen Yaoting lectured as he seems to be in shock and in desperation to know what to do.

"So you must be the teacher that they have bought, these people have come to assassinate me, knowing that you are just nearby means that you are also their accomplice."

"What are you talking about kid? Wait, I am calling the others here as well."

Shen Yaoting did not know what to do since this is not part of the plan, the plan is just to injure Zhou Mengyao, and his task is to make sure that no other teachers will be on the scene but it has been some time and he can hear familiar voices screaming which made him suspicious so he rushed to the scene forgetting about his task.

Since he is in confusion and Zhou Mengyao broke a rule that is strictly enforced he naturally has to report back quickly.

He took out a Voice Talisman and he reported what he just witnessed. If it is known that he did not report this earlier then he will be the one in trouble instead.

"This is Teacher Shen Yaoting, I wanted to report that a student just murdered his fellow students. I am at the peak of the eleventh mountain near the demonic beast forest."

Shen Yaoting reported to his superiors as Zhou Mengyao looked at the berserk bull and whispered to it to go back to his home. The berserk bull understand him so it nodded at him before running away.

The berserk bull's horn seems to be damage but it should be fine with a few days of rest.