Chapter 15: Unifying Utan City

Aoba Pa lost focus for a moment, Xiao Li's eyes narrowed, he swept his Thunder Scale Spear with both hands, deep blue lightning surged out, turning into a torrent of lightning sweeping the hall.

"Flash Thunder Strike!"

Compared to the previous purple lightning, the current blue lightning surpasses it in both quality and quantity by more than one level, no wonder everyone pursues higher-level techniques.

Aoba Pa dared not be careless in the slightest, looking at the young Xiao Li, he secretly harbored murderous intent; such a young Grand Fighter, given time, would surely become a serious threat, today he must be eliminated!

Although both are one-star Grand Fighters, Aoba Pa is confident that his rich experience will overcome Xiao Li; what combat experience could a youth have? He's merely a hothouse flower.

But the moment they made contact, Aoba Pa felt an irresistible huge force strike him, forcing him to retreat four or five meters before barely stopping.

"How, how is this possible, your strength!"

Xiao Li's eyes were cold, giving Aoba Pa no time to catch his breath, he continued to advance.

Only after absorbing the blood elixir in the Magic Beast Mountains did Xiao Li understand why Xiao Yan, despite taking so many elixirs, still had a solid foundation and could fight above his rank.

If a single elixir could break through three to five levels, others would choose to break through five, even six or seven levels, but Xiao Yan is different; he would definitely choose three and compress his battle qi as much as possible—this is one reason why Xiao Yan is invincible among peers.

As for Xiao Li, the third-rank magic beast blood elixir that could raise his level by at least five was forced down by him to only two levels, fearing impurities weren't fully removed, he spent several days tempering his battle qi.

"You good-for-nothing old thing, today is your day of death!"

Xiao Li wielded his Thunder Scale Spear, flashing thunder strikes coalescing into a massive electric net; since becoming a Grand Fighter, using the Yellow Rank Flash Thunder Strike consumes hardly any energy.

Fortunately, Xiao Li's highest martial technique is only Yellow Rank; Aoba Pa can barely hold his own with a low-level Xuan Rank technique, otherwise he wouldn't last twenty moves.

Jialie Bi exerted all his strength to block Xiao Zhan's assault, but the opponent had the advantage in both age and cultivation, so Jialie Bi could only barely avoid defeat.

"Aoba Pa, quickly settle the opponent, don't hide your clumsiness any longer, or we'll all die today!"

Jialie Bi's angry roar got no response; only a round, rolling head rolled to his feet.

Jialie Bi's soul nearly fled; the head was unmistakably Aoba Pa's—"How is this possible!"

Jialie Bi turned his head in disbelief toward Xiao Li; although Aoba Pa was the most worthless of the three clan chiefs, becoming a Grand Fighter was all thanks to pills, yet it was impossible for him to be defeated so quickly by a junior of the same rank!

"You dare to lose focus while fighting me—Lion Mountain Split!" Xiao Zhan's expression turned fierce, gathering all his strength as he struck forward.

While Jialie Bi spat blood and flew backward, Xiao Li also quickly settled Jialie Nu and Jialie Ao—just a Fighter and a Warrior, a matter of a few moves, not even worth showing.

Xiao Li then eliminated the remaining members of the Aoba family, while Xiao Zhan directly led people to both households, slaughtering the rest.

Now only a few Fighters remain in each household to guard the homes, hardly worth worrying about.

Thus the Jialie and Aoba families were struck from the records of Utan City; all this was caused by Xiao Li's sudden emergence, which broke the balance of the three great clans, and with divisive strikes, ultimately led to the downfall of the two families.

Monopolizing Utan City's resources will surely allow the Xiao family to have more experts above the Fighter level.

At the Utan City auction house, the still-young Ya Fei hid behind Gu Ni, glancing fearfully at the Xiao family members on the street.

The Xiao family's imposing demeanor also made Gu Ni panic; he is an alchemist, sure, but that doesn't mean he's good at fighting—run into a blockhead and even an alchemist will die.

Fortunately, the Xiao family paid no heed to the auction house crowd, instead rushing straight to the Jialie and Aoba households.

While Gu Ni breathed a sigh of relief, his worries grew; it seems Utan City is about to change hands—no matter who dominates, it's bad news for their auction house; whichever side becomes supreme, if they participate in auctions in Utan City, they'll buy goods at the lowest price, because nobody dares to compete with them.

Hopefully there won't be too great an upheaval, Gu Ni silently sighed.

At that time, when Dang Gu Ni saw Xiao Zhan leading several dozen people from the Xiao family carrying several hundred heads and placing them in the market, he knew that the situation in Wutan City had changed.

"Let's send the Xiao family a big gift; from now on, with the emperor far away and the mountains high, relying solely on our neglected branch, we'll hardly be able to contend with the Xiao family, this local tyrant."

Ya Fei nodded solemnly; she still hoped to return to Mitier, but nothing must go wrong.

Xiao family—Xiao Zhan nonchalantly wiped the blood from his hand.

"All dead."

Xiao Li nodded, "What about the women and children?"

"All the children were killed, not a single woman left."

Xiao Li's expression remained unchanged; he seemed satisfied with the result. Fortunately, this was done by the seasoned Xiao Zhan; if it were Xiao Yan, who had received nine years of compulsory education, there would surely be some lingering trouble.

Seeing Xiao Li's calm demeanor, Xiao Zhan nodded in satisfaction; among his three sons, the eldest is the steadiest but lacks decisiveness, while the youngest is the most impulsive and lacks maturity.

Only Xiao Li is ruthless yet has his own principles; having gone out for training, he has become more mature in conduct.

On the training field, the Little Immortal Doctor was helping bandage the wounded; her strength is weak, so that's all she can do.

The Little Immortal Doctor's soft voice and cheerful nature earned the Xiao family's unanimous favor; of course, being treated warmly by the Xiao family from top to bottom is also because she was brought back by Xiao Li, which is also important.

Xiao Yan stood in the market, his expression somewhat grim as he stared at the corpses of the Jialie two households, "Old man, you say, can I still catch up to my second brother?"

An aged voice rose from within Xiao Yan's body, "Rest assured, with me here, you definitely can."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth in anger, "How dare you say that? It's all your fault—I've dropped to eight segments of battle qi, you old coot, and you still make me look at these corpses, claiming it strengthens mental endurance—bah!"

Yao Lao coughed embarrassedly twice, "Cough, I'm not testing you, you know; if it weren't for seeing you still have some conscience, I'd have planned to suck your battle qi for three years."

"Three years?!"

Xiao Yan exclaimed in shock, almost cursing in his heart the cheap master he had just taken as a teacher last night.

... Three days later, Xiao family

Xiao Zhan sat upright in the hall, his face beaming with springtime joy; recently the Xiao family has been flourishing, all the big and small families of Utan City vie to bring him gifts, and the premises of the other two families have been taken over by the Xiao family, instantly expanding its power by more than double.

"Li'er, in three days it's the enrollment time for Ganaan Academy; make preparations early."

"Yes, Father, I will surely be able to."

Ganaan Academy's Grand Fighter-level admissions instructor: Dai, Dai Jiao Bu, you are the student, Wa Da Xi, and what about me?

(End of chapter)