Chapter 256

Chapter 256: Chang Wei, Who Was Born with Divine Strength, is Defeated in One Punch

The Zhao family of Qingyun City was in crisis.

The entire Zhao family, along with the City Lord’s Mansion, was surrounded by the people from the Yu family and the Chang family.

The Zhao family was the top force in Qingyun City.

The reason the Zhao family rose to prominence as the leading cultivation family within just a few years was due to the assistance of a mysterious powerful figure.

However, the members of the Yu and Chang families somehow learned that the mysterious figure backing the Zhao family had already left Qingyun City.

So, the Chang and Yu families took action.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to wipe out the Zhao family.

Having been oppressed by the Zhao family for years, they certainly wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

Furthermore, before the Zhao family rose, it was only the Yu and Chang families in Qingyun City.

These two cultivation families were evenly matched; neither could eliminate the other.

Thus, the position of City Lord was rotated between the heads of the two families every three years.

However, after the Zhao family’s rise, the City Lord position solely belonged to Zhao Rufen, the head of the Zhao family.

With a mysterious expert supporting them, the Yu and Chang families didn’t dare to act recklessly.

But now, things were different.

Having endured for so long, today they finally exploded.

“Attack!”

Since Zhao Rufen was being so ungrateful, Yu Dacheng and Chang Wei showed no mercy.

It was a one-sided slaughter.

Not long ago, the Zhao family had suffered an ambush by the Skywolf Gang outside the city, resulting in a significant loss of their elite disciples and greatly weakening their strength.

The remaining disciples of the Zhao family were no match for the people from the Yu and Chang families.

Soon, Yu Dacheng and Chang Wei led their men to storm into the main hall of the City Lord’s Mansion.

In the hall, Yu Dacheng and Chang Wei joined forces to battle Zhao Rufen.

The hall was filled with sword qi and powerful blows, with shadowy leg strikes all around.

“Bang!”

Yu Dacheng kicked Zhao Rufen in the back.

Zhao Rufen staggered forward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

“Bang!”

Chang Wei struck Zhao Rufen’s shoulder with a punch.

He was sent reeling to the side.

“Your swordsmanship is only this much!”

Yu Dacheng sneered at Zhao Rufen, who was spitting blood against the wall.

“Without that person protecting you, you’re nothing but trash, Zhao Rufen!”

Chang Wei laughed coldly.

“You two despicable scoundrels.”

Zhao Rufen glared angrily at the pair.

“In the end, it’s all about survival of the fittest; as long as we can kill you, what’s wrong with being despicable?”

Yu Dacheng said nonchalantly.

“What a pity, that Pang Tianlang from the Skywolf Gang turned out to be useless and failed to kill you.”

Chang Wei smirked, looking coldly at Zhao Rufen.

“You’re the ones…”

Zhao Rufen’s shock turned to fury upon realizing they were involved.

He had found it odd that when they went to pay respects to their ancestors, they encountered the ambush from the Skywolf Gang halfway.

After all, only the higher-ups of the Zhao family knew the time and route for their ancestral rites.

It seemed that there was a traitor within the Zhao family who leaked this information to Yu Dacheng and the others.

“Uncle, you’re too biased; Zhao Fan, that brat, is far beneath me in both talent and constitution, yet you insist on passing the City Lord title to him?”

At that moment, a young man in black stepped out from the back of the hall.

“Zhao Ming, you…”

Zhao Rufen never imagined it was his own nephew, Zhao Ming, who had betrayed him.

The matter of the mysterious expert who had supported the Zhao family leaving Qingyun City was a closely guarded secret within the Zhao family.

How could Yu Dacheng and Chang Wei possibly know about it?

It turned out it was perpetrated by his own nephew.

Even the previous ambush by the Skywolf Gang was orchestrated by this treacherous nephew.

Years ago, after his brother died, he took Zhao Ming to Qingyun City and treated him like a biological son.

He believed he had never treated this nephew unfairly!

Who would have thought that Zhao Ming would betray him?

Zhao Rufen had raised a white-eyed wolf.

“Zhao Ming, I’ll kill you!”

Just then, Zhao Ziyu rushed out from the back hall and lunged at Zhao Ming with her sword.

Zhao Ming let out a sinister laugh, swiftly grabbed the sword coming at him, and kicked Zhao Ziyu away.

Zhao Ziyu smashed into the City Lord’s throne and tumbled to the floor, spitting out blood.

“Daughter… Zhao Ming, you…”

Zhao Rufen’s eyes turned red with rage.

“Uncle, it’s time for you to go!”

Zhao Ming coldly glared at Zhao Rufen.

“Zhao Rufen, I actually feel a bit sorry for you.”

Yu Dacheng said smugly.

“Don’t worry, Zhao Rufen, I’ll take good care of your daughter; once I grow tired of her, I’ll sell her to a brothel for anyone to use, hahaha…”

“You…”

Zhao Rufen spat out another mouthful of blood in anger, swaying as if he might fall.

Fortunately, his son Zhao Fan was at Qingyun Mountain and had just missed a calamity.

“Dad…”

However, the next moment, Zhao Fan’s voice rang out from outside the hall.

Zhao Rufen was taken aback.

“Fan’er, run!”

Zhao Rufen shouted towards the entrance of the hall.

He never expected his son Zhao Fan would return at such a critical time.

“Dad, what’s wrong? What’s happening?”

Zhao Fan stepped into the hall confidently.

Yu Dacheng and Chang Wei turned around, grinning at Zhao Fan.

“Head of the Yu family and Head of the Chang family? Why are you two at my Zhao family’s place?”

Zhao Fan asked.

“What are we doing here? Of course, we’re here to destroy your Zhao family.”

Yu Dacheng sneered.

“Haha, once we do that, your Zhao family can reunite underground.”

Chang Wei laughed heartily.

“You…”

Seeing that his father Zhao Rufen and sister Zhao Ziyu were both covered in blood, Zhao Fan’s anger flared.

“Zhao Fan, it’s really true what they say: heaven has a path but you refuse to walk it; hell has no door yet you come to knock.”

Zhao Ming glared fiercely at Zhao Fan.

“Cousin, you…”

Zhao Fan stared in shock at Zhao Ming.

“Fan’er, he’s a traitor! The previous ambush by the Skywolf Gang and now the assassination attempt by Yu Dacheng and Chang Wei, all of it was orchestrated by Zhao Ming,” Zhao Rufen roared.

“What… Cousin, why would you do this? Haven’t we treated you well as a family?”

Zhao Fan looked at Zhao Ming in disbelief.

At that moment, more people entered the hall.

It was Xiao Yang, Liu Qingyun, and Ling Xian’er.

Seeing them, Zhao Rufen felt both surprised and delighted.

Xiao Yang had defeated the Skywolf Gang leader, Pang Tianlang.

Liu, the Sect Leader, looked like he had become younger—Zhao Rufen was truly shocked by Liu Qingyun’s transformation.

“Why? You’re inferior to me in every way, yet your father insists on passing the City Lord title to you. Let me tell you, if I can’t have it, I’d rather destroy it than let you have it.”

Zhao Ming raged, charging at Zhao Fan.

“I don’t even want the City Lord title. If you want it, take it! What’s the big deal?”

Zhao Fan, having witnessed Xiao Yang’s prowess, understood that there were realms beyond his comprehension; he wished to take Xiao Yang as a master and embark on the true path of strength.

The City Lord’s position? Zhao Fan really didn’t care about it.

“You… what did you just say?”

Zhao Ming was both astonished and enraged; this guy actually looked down on the City Lord title?

He placed immense value on that title, yet the other party was totally dismissive.

It drove Zhao Ming into a frenzy.

“Is everyone here? Then let’s kill them all!”

Yu Dacheng glanced coldly at Xiao Yang and the others.

“What? You want to kill us too?” Liu Qingyun looked at Yu Dacheng with a mocking smile.

“Do I need to pick a day to kill a few ants like you?” Chang Wei sneered.

They completely underestimated Xiao Yang and the others, thinking they were just ordinary people.

“Junior Brother, can you believe this guy just called us ants? Isn’t it hilarious?” Liu Qingyun chuckled, glancing at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang didn’t speak; he didn’t regard these folks at all.

“What are you waiting for? Kill them!” Chang Wei ordered.

At once, the disciples of the Chang family charged toward Xiao Yang and the others.

Seeing this, Liu Qingyun couldn’t help but shake his head.

These guys really were blissfully unaware!

“You dare!” Zhao Fan roared, lunging at them.

He charged in like a tiger among sheep, throwing punches and kicks that knocked down the disciples of the Chang family trying to attack Xiao Yang.

He hadn’t killed anyone.

Those he took down were only injured, not mortally wounded.

“This…”

Zhao Rufen stood in stunned silence.

When did his son become so strong?

“Eradicate evil without mercy!” Xiao Yang instructed Zhao Fan.

While others might show mercy, Zhao Fan couldn’t hold back when their lives were at stake.

“Yes, Master!” Zhao Fan quickly agreed.

Zhao Rufen, witnessing this, felt both shocked and pleased. His son had actually taken Xiao Yang as his master!

“This little brat has some skills!”

Chang Wei stepped forward, throwing a punch at Zhao Fan.

This guy was born with divine strength; that punch was incredibly fierce.

Zhao Fan stepped forward and matched the punch.

“Bang!”

“Creak!”

The sounds of impact and bones shattering echoed together.

“Fan’er…”

Zhao Rufen was alarmed; he thought his son was done for.

Chang Wei possessed divine strength and had the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm. How could Zhao Fan possibly contend with him?

“Sister…” Zhao Ziyu gasped in shock.

But in the next moment, a shocking scene unfolded.

The one who went flying was the powerful Chang Wei!

“This…”

“Am I seeing things?”

“Impossible…”

Yu Dacheng, Zhao Ming, and the members of the Yu and Chang families were all left wide-eyed in disbelief.

Chang Wei was knocked away by Zhao Fan’s punch!

He crashed into the wall of the hall and then fell to the ground, his right arm strangely bent.

Chang Wei struggled to his feet.

“Pfft!”

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell back down.

“Seriously?!”

Everyone was once again taken aback.

Zhao Fan actually disabled Chang Wei with a single punch?

“My son has such strength?!”

Zhao Rufen murmured.

This scene was incredibly surreal.

As Zhao Fan’s father, no one knew better than him how extraordinary his son’s strength was.

How long had it been since he last saw him?

Zhao Fan had actually knocked out the family head of Chang Wei.

Chang Wei was not only a martial artist in the Qi Refining Realm but also possessed divine strength!

Ordinary martial artists at that level wouldn’t be his match.

If Zhao Fan could knock out Chang Wei with one punch, didn’t that mean Zhao Fan had become even stronger than a martial artist in the Qi Refining Realm?

“Brother you…”

Zhao Ziyu was also dumbfounded by this scene.