"Senior, we are not from the Wang family!" the Xiao family patriarch said repeatedly, terrified of being mistakenly killed.
"You are not from the Wang family? Then who are you? Don't lie, lying also means death!" The cultivator at the Void Refining stage who appeared here was Li Jiangguo. He looked at the cultivators of the Xiao family as if a celestial being was looking down at ants, filled with disdain.
To be honest, he had recently begun to doubt his own strength.
Seven or eight days ago, when he fought with Yang Feilong, Yang Feilong, whom he considered an ant, had suddenly defeated him instantly, crushing him with overwhelming force. It was the first time he had doubted whether his Void Refining stage was real.
The second time was not long ago. He was fighting fiercely with an early Void Refining stage expert, and even with his full strength, he could only fight on par with his opponent.
But what about Yang Feilong? He killed early Void Refining stage existences as easily as he would kill a chick, which once again made him doubt. Why was there such a big difference between cultivators at the same Void Refining stage?
But things were different now. He and several other Li family Void Refining stage experts had invaded the Wang family and were slaughtering indiscriminately. Even battle teams composed of Nascent Soul stage cultivators could not withstand him, being scattered and killed with just a few blows.
Only then did he realize that his Void Refining stage was still quite strong, but he couldn't compare to a monster like Yang Feilong!
Yes, in his and the other Li family members' minds, Yang Feilong was a monster. Otherwise, how could he have reached the perfect Void Refining stage in his twenties? And his combat power was even stronger than their ancestor Li Huagang, who was at the half-step Body Integration stage!
"Don't kill us, we are from the Xiao family..." the Xiao family patriarch said repeatedly.
"People from the Xiao family? The Xiao family that is engaged to the Wang family?" Li Jiangguo's eyes flickered, and he asked.
"We are not formally engaged yet. We were actually forced into this. If my son doesn't join the Wang family through marriage, the Wang family will destroy our clan," Xiao Tengfei explained with fear in his eyes.
"What my son said is true. The eldest daughter of the Wang family is so ugly, how could my son be willing to marry her? And join the family through marriage?" the Xiao family patriarch also said ingratiatingly, explaining.
If it were before, even though he would speak unfavorably of the Wang family in private, he wouldn't dare to do so. But now, he had to say it to survive. The Li family was even attacking them, which showed that the Wang family was finished.
Under such circumstances, the Xiao family naturally had to discredit the Wang family to the fullest extent possible, draw a clear line between themselves and the Wang family, and prevent being implicated.
In fact, the eldest daughter of the Wang family was not ugly, though not exceptionally beautiful. Moreover, the Wang family allowing Xiao Tengfei to join through marriage was indeed because they valued Xiao Tengfei's talent.
However, they had not made any threats like "we will destroy your clan if you don't join through marriage." But now, they couldn't afford to worry about that anymore. They would do whatever it took to separate themselves from the Wang family!
Seeing the pathetic state of the Xiao family members desperately trying to survive, Li Jiangguo showed a trace of ridicule and said, "Although those who are not from the Wang family have a chance to live, unfortunately, someone wants you dead! So, it doesn't matter whether you were forced by the Wang family or whether what you said is true! It's all useless!"
"Who wants to kill us?" Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Xiao family members suddenly changed.
"Even if we have to die, let us die understanding why!" Xiao Tengfei said with unwillingness.
Who would have thought that someone could command these Void Refining stage existences of the Li family!
"Fine, I'll let you be ghosts who understand!" Li Jiangguo said with a half-smile. "Because you offended Yang Feilong!"
"Yang Feilong? How could it be him?" Hearing this name, the Xiao family members trembled all over, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Their family's few Nascent Soul stage experts had all died tragically at Yang Feilong's hands in the Murong family of Yong'an City. They had already concluded this through some intelligence.
But they dared not seek revenge, because anyone who could annihilate their family patriarch would at least be at the perfect Nascent Soul stage, or even stronger.
Yet, they never expected that while they were still plotting to enlist the help of the Wang family to exact revenge after the engagement, this person could actually command the Void Refining stage experts who were about to destroy the Wang family.
Was this the end of the Xiao family?
This was almost all the remaining Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xiao family. Their family had only one left. If they all died here, could the remaining Nascent Soul stage cultivator still protect the Xiao family? Obviously not.
Before, they had the Wang family as a backup, but their backup was annihilated even earlier than them!
"No, why, why are you helping him?" Xiao Tengfei's heart was filled with extreme unwillingness.
"Why help him? Because he first helped us destroy all the Void Refining stage cultivators of the Wang family! Even most of the Wang family's Void Refining stage cultivators died in his hands. You really have the guts. A mere second-rate force dares to offend a powerful cultivator at the perfect Void Refining stage." Li Jiangguo looked at the angry, despairing, and unwilling Xiao family members, and a playful smile appeared on his lips as he said, "Truly don't know what's good for you!"
"What?"
"Void Refining stage?"
"Yang Feilong, he, he is actually at the Void Refining stage!"
"No, how is that possible?"
At this moment, the Xiao family members felt ridiculous and incredulous. This was too unreal.
However, their family patriarch and other Nascent Soul stage experts had entered the Murong family of Yong'an City, a family that had no shortage of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and they had all died tragically. It was evident that the Murong family possessed unimaginably powerful strength, and this was clearly not from the Murong family of the Central Continent. Otherwise, the patriarch and others would have retreated directly, and the people of the Murong family of the Central Continent would not have hunted them down even if they knew they were about to form an alliance with the Wang family.
Excluding the impossible, the greatest possibility was that Yang Feilong did it. Moreover, they had previously speculated that Yang Feilong possessed the strength of a perfect Nascent Soul stage, or even a Void Refining stage. Of course, their prediction was that Yang Feilong's strength was not that great, but the person behind him had that kind of strength.
Now, this Li family Void Refining stage expert told them that Yang Feilong was at the Void Refining stage. The impact on them was too great, too great.
Because two years ago, Yang Feilong had not yet broken through to the Golden Core stage!
And in two years, he had reached the perfect Void Refining stage?
"We are willing to apologize to him and atone. We only beg you to spare us!" The Xiao family patriarch knelt on the ground with a thud.
Seeing their patriarch kneel directly, the other Xiao family members felt both ashamed and hopeful. Would he agree?
"If apologies and begging for mercy were useful, the Wang family wouldn't have been annihilated! If you make a mistake, you have to pay the price for your mistakes!" Li Jiangguo's cold laughter rang out. The next moment, the domain that enveloped them violently vibrated, and a terrifying crushing force instantly erupted.
Then, amidst the shouts of anger, curses, and various other sounds, the Xiao family members turned into bloody mist.
This was the terrifying power of a Void Refining stage existence's domain. They could mobilize the power of the void to kill a group of people. Those who were not of the same realm were simply unable to resist!
Yang Feilong could resist, and even suppress it, because he possessed his innate domain, the Yin-Yang Domain, which was no less powerful than a Void Refining stage domain.