"Two little girls, how dare you act so arrogantly here? You killed my son, so I'll let you taste what it's like to lose a loved one."
The person who arrived was none other than Cheng Chuan. The moment Liu Shan was distracted, he had broken away and charged forward.
At this moment, his face was twisted with malevolence. All his Dou Qi was concentrated in his palm, clearly preparing a powerful Dou Technique. He laughed maniacally, "The farce is over!"
Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng felt the terrifying Dou Qi gathering in Cheng Chuan's hand. The two little girls gradually drew closer, and their own Dou Qi slowly began to merge.
As Cheng Chuan approached, a crazed smile spread across his face.
Suddenly, Xuan Yi's figure appeared like a ghost between Cheng Chuan and the two girls.
Seeing Xuan Yi appear, Xiao Ling hastily dispersed the merged Dou Qi in her hand.
"Noisy. Do you think the sun has risen in the west?"
Xuan Yi spoke indifferently, looking at Cheng Chuan before her as if he were nothing more than an ant. As he continued to approach, she casually lifted her right foot slightly. The sharp high heel on her shoe gleamed with a cold light under the moonlight.
Cheng Chuan's pupils contracted sharply. Dou Qi surged frantically as he tried to unleash the long-prepared Dou Technique.
However, Xuan Yi's movement was far faster than his reaction.
Bang!
Xuan Yi delivered a fierce kick—without any fancy techniques, purely an overwhelming display of power and speed.
Crack!
The surface of the high heel struck Cheng Chuan squarely in the waist. A dull thud of shoe meeting bone, accompanied by a grating, bone-shattering sound, echoed clearly through the air.
Seeing that kick land on his waist and hearing that crisp cracking sound, everyone else instinctively felt a pang in their own waists. Who had turned on pain sharing?
With that single kick, let alone producing descendants, even urinating would become difficult for the rest of his life. The pain must have been unimaginable.
Cheng Chuan's body folded backward from the impact. His internal organs were instantly displaced by the terrifying force, and fresh blood spurted from the corner of his mouth.
"Ugh—ahhh!!"
He let out an inhuman scream. His entire body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, slamming face-first onto the bluestone ground with a horrifying sound of breaking bones.
Boom—!
The bluestone cracked under the impact. Cheng Chuan lay motionless on the ground. His fingers convulsed as they clawed at the earth. His eyeballs bulged from the intense pain, and blood gushed from his mouth, staining the bluestone red.
Xuan Yi retracted her leg and looked down at Cheng Chuan with indifferent eyes. "How dare you lay a hand on the two of them in front of me? You're truly courting death."
Cheng Chuan's body twitched a few times on the ground. His hands, which had been clawing desperately, gradually relaxed and finally became completely still.
His eyes remained wide open, pupils unfocused and devoid of any color. He had clearly died with grievances.
If anyone were to examine his Sea of Consciousness with their soul power, they would find that his soul had already been completely shattered.
Evidently, Xuan Yi's kick had been accompanied by a soul attack. As one of the giants of the Pill Tower, she cultivated both soul techniques and soul-attacking Dou Techniques.
As the people of the Cheng Family and Liu Family witnessed Cheng Chuan's death, the entire square fell into a deathly silence.
This was a Seven-Star Dou Zong—a powerful expert who had awed the surrounding region—yet he had been kicked to death like a stray dog on the roadside.
What kind of strength was required to achieve this? It was simply terrifying. Apart from Xiao Jietian and the two little girls, everyone present couldn't help but swallow hard.
Even Liu Shan was stunned. Cheng Chuan, who had just been fighting him evenly, was dead in the blink of an eye. Although he had once felt the other party was not simple, he had never expected them to be this powerful.
"Patriarch!!!"
The first to react was the Cheng Family's Third Elder, who was closest to where Cheng Chuan had fallen. He shrieked and rushed forward, only to see Cheng Chuan's aggrieved expression and twisted body.
The Third Elder's legs went weak. He nearly collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with fear and despair. "This… this is impossible… Patriarch… How could the Patriarch die?"
He muttered to himself, his voice squeezed out from deep within his throat, carrying an undisguised tremor and fear. He knew that without the deterrent power of the Cheng Family's Patriarch, the Cheng Family was finished.
The other elders and guest elders of the Cheng Family all froze in place. Some even went weak in the knees and slumped directly to the ground. They couldn't accept this fact. Their Patriarch, who had seemed as strong as a god, had been casually kicked to death.
Their eyes were filled with despair. They couldn't muster any thought of resistance. The strongest person in their lineup had died so quickly; any further struggle would be meaningless. They could only silently await death, perhaps with a slim chance of survival.
Xuan Yi's gaze swept over the Cheng Family members, then glanced at Xiao Jietian, who was standing calmly on the ground with Dou Qi dissipating from his fingertips.
When she had made her move, she had vaguely sensed that the space in front of Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng had already begun to shatter. If Cheng Chuan had reached that space, he would have been torn apart instantly.
A flash of fire quickly passed through Xuan Yi's hand. A mysterious purplish-red flame appeared on the bodies of the Cheng Family members, instantly burning them to ashes.
Even the Cheng Family's First Elder and Second Elder, who were Dou Zongs, were unable to resist and were reduced to piles of white ash.
Even the already dead Cheng Chuan on the ground…
The people of the Liu Family looked at this eerie scene with slightly pale faces. They had never seen such a terrifying and bizarre sight in their lives.
"Mother Xuan Yi, your kick just now was so cool!"
"It was so heroic and dashing; it almost captivated everyone in that instant."
Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng fluttered their small wings and came before Xuan Yi, chattering excitedly.
Xuan Yi, who had been maintaining her indifferent and emotionless demeanor, was instantly flustered by the address "Mother Xuan Yi." She secretly glanced at Xiao Jietian and saw him smiling faintly at her. Her face turned slightly red.
She feigned anger, pinching Xiao Ling's little cheek and gently teasing her, but she didn't object to the way they addressed her.
She then led them away, but as soon as they reached the ground, Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng suddenly turned around and vomited.
Seeing their condition, Xuan Yi knew this was the aftermath of their first kill—the mental relaxation after the adrenaline had worn off.
She hastily comforted the two girls softly.
Meanwhile, Liu Shan, along with Liu Qing and the others, came to Xiao Jietian's side.
Xiao Jietian looked at Liu Shan, who seemed to have something to say but was hesitating. "Uncle Liu, please speak your mind."
Liu Qing, who was usually straightforward, spoke to Xiao Jietian with a grave expression: "Xiao Jietian, you two must leave quickly. The Burning Flame Valley will send people to investigate the demise of the Cheng Family. If they discover anything, I'm afraid they will be detrimental to you."