Chapter 72: The Fall of the Xu Family with a Wave of the Hand
"What?"
The Xu family's Golden Core cultivator frowned slightly. "Friend, this joke is not funny. Our Xu family has always been peaceful and has never offended you. Are you spouting nonsense because you think our Xu family is an easy target?"
"Oh?"
Li Changsheng smiled faintly and said indifferently, "Didn't your Xu family send people to get close to my disciple to gather information about me?"
"Now you're saying you've never offended me?"
The Xu family's Golden Core elder's heart tightened, but his expression remained unchanged. "Fellow Daoist, what are you talking about? I don't understand a word of it."
He had already realized that the young-looking man before him was Li Changsheng, the man the higher-ups had ordered them to monitor. According to the intelligence, Li Changsheng was at least at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, possibly even a Divine Transformation cultivator.
Being so close to Li Changsheng, if the latter were to suddenly attack, he would undoubtedly meet his end.
In his heart, he cursed Xu Zhenguan and Xu Miaomiao for messing up the mission. If their failure jeopardized the higher-ups' plans, the Xu family would not be able to withstand the wrath of that powerful figure.
"Enough, enough!"
Li Changsheng shook his head, his expression unchanging. "Whether you admit it or not, the Xu family has no reason to exist today!"
'Run!'
Without any hesitation, the Xu family's Golden Core cultivator's sword light flashed beneath his feet, and he shot toward the protective formations of the estate.
Only by escaping into the family's defensive formations could he have a chance of survival.
The other Xu family cultivators also reacted quickly, turning their sword lights toward the formations.
Li Changsheng stood on the flying boat, not stopping them, allowing them to flee into the formations.
"Elder Li, if they escape into the formations, it will be difficult to kill them," the Su family elder anxiously said.
Ximen Xue also looked at Li Changsheng with confusion. Her master was not one to show mercy.
Li Changsheng smiled faintly and said:
"They won't escape."
…
Once the Xu family cultivators were inside the protective formations, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Xu family's Golden Core cultivator rushed to the base of a radiant sacred mountain and shouted toward the summit, "Ancestors, that Li Changsheng, whom Master Qin ordered us to monitor, has come to kill us!"
"Come to kill us?"
The sacred mountain was instantly activated, dispersing radiant light. Over a dozen figures appeared at the base of the mountain, each exuding terrifying auras. The weakest among them were at the Nascent Soul stage, and two had even reached the Divine Transformation stage.
"A bunch of useless fools."
The Xu family's Divine Transformation peak ancestor, his face filled with barely suppressed anger, roared, "You couldn't even handle this simple task? Li Changsheng is a crucial piece in the master's plans. Now that things have come to this, how am I supposed to explain to the master?"
The reason the Xu family had been able to develop to this level in a thousand years was entirely due to the mysterious master. Now that the task had been botched, he had no idea how the master would deal with the Xu family.
"Father, our top priority now is to capture Li Changsheng and hand him over to the master," a middle-aged man at the mid Divine Transformation stage said in a low voice.
The Xu family ancestor nodded and said to the mid Divine Transformation cultivator, "You go personally and capture him. Do not harm his life, lest he be of use to the master. We must not make any mistakes."
"Understood."
…
In mid-air.
Li Changsheng looked down at the Xu family's estate and said to Ximen Xue, "Master may have to leave for a while, but I've already taught you all the techniques I know."
"Today, master will demonstrate for you!"
"The Divine Demon Nine Transformations, when cultivated to the sixth transformation, possesses the power to obliterate heaven and earth."
After speaking, Li Changsheng gently raised his jade-like right hand and pressed it lightly toward the Xu family's ancestral land below.
Boom!
An invisible force emanated from Li Changsheng's right hand, crashing down toward the Xu family's ancestral land.
The void shattered, and dark clouds loomed overhead.
Boom!
An unimaginable force erupted from Li Changsheng's palm. This force was so immense that it shattered the void, turning it into chaos.
The members of the Xu family first felt a pang of dread in their hearts. When they looked up, they saw a sight they had never witnessed in their lives.
The sky above seemed to vanish, replaced by a chaotic void spanning several dozen miles, completely enveloping the Xu family's ancestral land.
"The sky… it's gone!"
"What's happening?"
"Run!"
Most people hadn't even figured out what was happening. Only a few high-ranking Xu family members at the base of the sacred mountain reacted quickly. Without a second thought for their clansmen, they transformed into streaks of light and fled toward the outskirts of the ancestral land.
The Xu family ancestor stood in place, unmoving.
A bitter smile spread across his face.
"Master, just what kind of formidable power have you provoked?"
With a single punch, the surrounding space had turned into chaos. Facing such a powerhouse, how could they possibly escape?
Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out.
Cultivators within several thousand miles heard the sound.
When the dust and smoke covering the Xu family's ancestral land dissipated, all that remained was a massive handprint hundreds of kilometers wide and a hundred meters deep. The entire Xu family's ancestral land had vanished.
Only by digging a hundred meters underground could one find the remnants of the Xu family's ancestral land.
"This…"
The Su family elder's eyes widened in disbelief, unable to accept that such a feat could be accomplished by a human.
Ximen Xue also gaped, unable to speak for a moment before finally uttering two words:
"So strong!"
Her perception was even more direct than the Su elder's. She could clearly sense that her master hadn't used even a trace of true essence in that palm strike, relying solely on his physical strength.
And yet, that single strike had covered hundreds of kilometers, leaving nothing alive.
After collecting the spoils of war, Li Changsheng directly steered the flying boat toward Blackwind Mountain.
…
Half an hour later.
Cultivators from the surrounding regions arrived at the site of the Xu family's ancestral land.
"Is this the Xu family?"
A Molo Country cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage collapsed to the ground upon seeing the massive handprint spanning hundreds of kilometers.
"What kind of powerhouse could possibly do something like this?"
Someone cried out in despair.
"Could an ancient divine demon have awakened?" A Golden Core cultivator from the Flaming Demon Sect, Molo Country's most prominent force, nearly fell off his flying sword upon witnessing the scene.
…
Li Changsheng piloted the flying boat, sorting through the storage bags he had retrieved from the ruins.
While many of the lower-quality storage bags had been destroyed by his palm strike, a significant number had survived, particularly those belonging to the Xu family's elders.
"Only 60 million spirit stones? That can't be right."
Li Changsheng frowned.
The Su family consumed tens of millions of spirit stones annually. How could the Xu family, another family with a Divine Transformation cultivator, have so few?
"Elder Li, the Xu family has always operated in the shadows and couldn't openly amass wealth. Having over 60 million spirit stones is already quite impressive," the Su family elder carefully glanced at Li Changsheng and said softly:
"The spirit stone mines in the Tiannan Region are essentially monopolized by the major powers. On the surface, the Xu family was just a Golden Core family and couldn't openly exploit spirit stone mines, so their income was naturally much lower."
Hearing this, Li Changsheng nodded.
The Xu family was a covert branch of the Vajra Sect and had to operate in secret. It made sense that they wouldn't be as wealthy as the Su family.
"Recharge!"
Li Changsheng silently thought.
[Recharge successful. Balance: 52.35 million coins.]
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