Chapter 322 - 322 322 Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey The Beidou family is just that dominant!

What does it mean to ensure your safety?

If there are no offerings, does that mean they will kill?

What does it mean to depend on the Beidou family?

If you don’t submit, you have to die?

Overbearing! Arrogant! Tyrannical!

When Beidou Xuan announced his intentions, it was, in reality, an order delivered in an imperative tone, forcibly subjugating all large and small powers.

The Beidou family is planning to turn Jiuzhou into an empire!

Beidou Xuan is to be the emperor, and all the powers of Jiuzhou will be his subjects.

Casting a glance over the crowd, Beidou Xuan smiled contentedly and asked, “Does anyone have any objections?”

“The Zhou family is willing to align with the Beidou family!”

“The Beidou family is powerful, they will surely lead us to become stronger. My Qin family is also willing!”

“And my Wei family too!”

As soon as Beidou Xuan’s voice fell, more than ten families submitted. Their strength was too weak to stand against the Beidou family; if they wanted to live, they had to submit.

But the majority of powers had yet to declare their stance.

The Fenglan Sect, the Nangong family, the Xiewang Sect, and the auction houses also had not taken a stance.

“Beidou Family Head, the Beidou family recapturing the position of hegemon is beyond dispute for my Sun Family, but we will not submit to any power, nor will we make enemies with any power,” the Sun Family Head spoke slowly.

“The Yang family feels the same; we won’t get involved in any disputes. Family Head Beidou, sorry,” the Yang Family Head said.

“Beidou Family Head, our forces are weak, we only wish to live our lives peacefully, we hope the Beidou Family Head can understand.”

One by one, the powers and families expressed that they wouldn’t get involved in any disputes, nor meddle in the affairs of Jiuzhou.

Their meaning was clear, subtly rejecting submission to the Beidou family.

Beidou Xuan nodded and said with a delighted smile, “It’s fine, even if you don’t wish to align with the Beidou family, the Beidou family will flatten all opposition, and those who don’t submit will be eliminated without exception!”

Hearing this, everyone’s faces drastically changed in the assembly!

If you don’t submit, you have to die!

“Submit to the Beidou family and we can discuss anything, but those who don’t, die!” the Second Elder of the Beidou family, Beidou Yanfeng, said coldly, his formidable aura sweeping out, filled with oppression.

The Beidou family intends to crush all large and small powers in Jiuzhou with overwhelming force and compel their submission!

“Beidou Family Head, we have nothing to say about the Beidou family fighting for the position of hegemon, but to ask them to submit offerings and submit to you, isn’t that too much?”

“Not offering would mean death, not submitting as well; isn’t this more than excessive? The Beidou family is simply tyrannical and unreasonable!”

“The Beidou family wants to contest for the seat of hegemon, and we won’t stop it, but why should we offer tributes? This is Jiuzhou, not an empire!”

At this point, some of the stronger powers and families started to take a stance; they were unwilling to submit to the Beidou family.

The Beidou family was indeed taking things too far.

The family had just returned and was already using strong-arm tactics to force all the powers to submit and to present offerings. Anyone would be unwilling in their place.

“I am Xia Yun, from Wanyun Sect. Beidou Family Head, if it were you, would you submit to other forces? Would you be willing to present offerings to other forces? As for submission and offerings, the Wanyun Sect firmly declines,” the young sect master of Wanyun Sect, Xia Yun, said, not humbly yet not arrogantly, with a defiance that feared no strong opponents.

“So it’s the Wanyun Sect. Your strength in the Tianyuan Realm’s First Layer is indeed not weak, but the Wanyun Sect doesn’t even rank among the five major powers. I would like to see on what basis you speak such words!” A young member of the Beidou family spoke coldly and stepped forward as he did so.

This person was Beidou Shan, a young genius of the Beidou family, also at the First Layer of the Tianyuan Realm.

Seeing this, the high-ranking members of the various powers stepped back.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun’s brows furrowed, and he said grimly, “The Beidou family is undoubtedly powerful, but my Wanyun Sect is not to be bullied by anyone. It’s a wishful thinking if you want to force submission through power!”

“Then let’s see if you have the strength to contend with me! Make your move!” Beidou Shan said arrogantly, with an air of regarding everything beneath him.

“Hmph!” Xia Yun let out a fierce cold snort, his aura bursting out wildly as he stimulated his True Yuan with all his might.

“Yun’er, be careful,” advised the Sect Master of Wanyun Sect, frowning.

“Bang!”

Xia Yun was the first to launch an attack, charging forward with explosive force, and his powerful might caused the ground to cave in and shatter.

Xia Yun’s speed was astonishing. In just a few blinks of an eye, he was already upon Beidou Shan.

“Profound Grade high-level martial technique!…”

Xia Yun shouted intensely, ready to use his strongest martial technique to attack, but at the very moment he made his move, his expression drastically changed.

“Boom!”

“Splurt!”

The moment Xia Yun charged forward, Beidou Shan had already unleashed a terrifying force. As Xia Yun was about to utilize his martial technique, Beidou Shan attacked with an even more terrifying speed, landing a punch on Xia Yun’s abdomen. With a thunderous blast, the horrendous force instantly made Xia Yun spit out blood, and he was hurled backward.

Both at the First Layer of the Tianyuan Realm, Xia Yun didn’t even have a chance to strike back in front of Beidou Shan.

“Is this all the skill you have?” Beidou Shan said with disdain.

With that punch, Beidou Shan had severely wounded Xia Yun.

To heavily injure someone in the First Layer of the Tianyuan Realm with a single punch—what terrifying strength was that?

Xia Yun, as the young sect master of Wanyun Sect, had stepped into the First Layer of the Tianyuan Realm at a young age and was considered a genius; he was much stronger than the geniuses of some big families, but now he didn’t even have the chance to strike.

The strength of Beidou Shan had likely become powerful enough to contend with the Second Layer of the Tianyuan Realm, so how could Xia Yun possibly be his match?

To defeat the young master of Wanyun Sect with a single punch, how mighty was that?

The entire venue fell into deadly silence, everyone watched Beidou Shan with fear and shock.

“Wanyun Sect overestimated themselves by making an enemy of my Beidou family, their killing is irrelevant!” Beidou Xuan said, laughing gleefully as if he found the situation particularly delightful.

“What?” The Sect Master of Wanyun Sect’s face changed dramatically, contorting with rage as he shouted, “Beidou Xuan, don’t go too far!”

Killing without question?

Every power player in the venue was scared out of their wits.

The Beidou family was making an example of Wanyun Sect, killing one to warn the others!

“Kill!” Beidou Xuan said with a cheerful laugh.

“Whoosh!”

“Ch-ch-ch!”

A middle-aged man, a Fifth Grade powerhouse of the Tianyuan Realm, flashed out the instant Beidou Xuan’s voice fell. With terrifying speed, he instantly killed the Sect Master of Wanyun Sect and the three great elders, including Xia Yun!

In the blink of an eye, the high rankers of Wanyun Sect were all dead!

The middle-aged man didn’t even furrow his brow as he instantly killed the upper echelons of Wanyun Sect.

Before the crowd could react, the man had already returned to his original spot.

Strong! Impossibly strong!

Once again, the venue was enveloped in deadly silence, the air thick with a chilling presence.

Fear was evident on everyone’s face.

“Is there anyone else who objects? Stand up, and my Beidou family will accept the challenge from all dissenters!” Beidou Xuan asked with a smile, his aged face still beaming.

“The Wang family is willing to submit! Willing to submit!”

“The Yu family is willing to submit!”

“Kaitian City is willing to submit!”

“Tiandao Pavilion is also willing to submit!”

“…”

Many powers and families from throughout Jiuzhou submitted one after another. The Beidou family’s methods were truly terrifying, extremely brutal.

By making an example of Wanyun Sect, the Beidou family had effectively broken the defenses of many powers and families.

With many powers and families submitting, the smile on Beidou Xuan’s face grew even more splendid, very satisfied.

“Submit to the Beidou family, and we will not treat you unfairly!” Beidou Yankong said indifferently.

“Family Head of Beidou, the Xiao family is also willing to submit!”

At this moment, Xiao Qingshan of the Xiao family suddenly spoke up.

“Good! Good!” Beidou Xuan was momentarily stunned and looked at the Xiao family with slight surprise before breaking into hearty laughter.

The Xiao family was one of the five great powers of Jiuzhou with formidable strength. The submission of the Xiao family undoubtedly greatly strengthened the Beidou family!

Beidou Yankong also laughed happily, “When there’s time, I must personally visit the esteemed head of the Xiao family.”

The submission of the Xiao family was beyond everyone’s expectations, and pairs of astonished eyes turned towards the Xiao family’s top brass.

“Xiao Qingshan, that useless trash!” Moyan frowned and spoke out in anger.

“Is this Xiao Tianchen’s intention?” Leng Wuya was shocked beyond belief, unsure if it had been Xiao Qingshan’s decision, or Xiao Tianchen’s.

Everyone found it inconceivable that the Xiao family, one of the five great powers of Jiuzhou, had actually submitted!

Now that things had come to this point, aside from the auction house, the Nangong family, Xiewang Sect, Fenglan Sect, and some other more powerful factions that had not yet made a stance, other powers and families had been forced to submit!

“I have a question,” Beidou Xuan suddenly asked after scanning the crowd. “Why haven’t I seen the Patriarch Beiming? Didn’t the people from Zangling Valley come?”

“Family Head of Beidou, Zangling Valley has been eradicated! The whole valley’s disciples were slaughtered!” someone spoke out.

“Patriarch Beiming, Beiming River, and the powerhouses of Zangling Valley were all killed! Only the young valley master, Beiming Kong, came back to life!” another added.

“Oh? Is that so?” Beidou Xuan was extremely astonished.

The upper echelons of the Beidou family were also shocked. Zangling Valley, one of the five great powers, had been annihilated!

Beiming Kong came back to life?

“Family Head of Beidou, Feng Wuchen caused this!” Xiao Qingshan spoke respectfully, then relayed the events.

“Feng Wuchen?” Beidou Xuan frowned slightly and asked, “Is this person truly so capable? Coming from Yanhuo Empire, a mere small country, could they have such a genius?”

Xiao Qingshan generally outlined the feats of Feng Wuchen, which left the Beidou family both shocked and incredulous.

A Fifth Grade Thought-Forming Instrumentation Artifact Refiner, a powerful One-Thought Pill Concoction Alchemist, the number one genius of Yanhuo Empire, rumored to have defeated Jiuzhou’s top genius—all these impressive achievements sent shockwaves through the Beidou family.

Could such an extraordinary genius truly exist in this world?

Xiao Qingshan nodded and said, “This person has been at the auction house lately, his strength is indeed very terrifying. However, with the Beidou family intervening, his death is certain!”

“The auction house?” Beidou Yankong’s face changed, instantly thinking of Feng Wuchen, he frowned and said, “Could it be him? The powerful One-Thought Pill Concoction Alchemist must be that brat! There’s no mistake! It must be him causing trouble in the shadows!”

Saying this, Beidou Yankong’s gaze involuntarily swept towards the auction house, glowering at Chu Changkong.

“Chu Changkong! Is that kid Feng Wuchen? Speak!” Beidou Yankong bellowed questioningly.