Half a day later.
After the end of the Slaughter Feast, the assassins from various countries who had been leaving America one after another.
Upon receiving the message from Xiang Mantang, they all hurried back to the headquarters of Slaughter Redemption!
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, except for a very few from the top ten ranked assassin guilds who hadn't come, all the others were there.
Xiang Mantang checked the time and asked Nameless, "Are the 'Demon Wind', 'Silver Moon', and 'Violet' assassin guilds far from our headquarters?"
Nameless pondered for a moment and then shook his head, "They are not far. Having received your message, they should have arrived an hour ago by all reasoning."
"Then they are defying orders?" Xiang Mantang's mouth curved into a cold smile, knowing that he would have to resort to thunderous measures, make an example to warn the others!
After all, Slaughter Redemption was not the Dragon King Hall, where he had served as the Beidou Tianshu for many years. Now that he was controlling the Dragon King Hall in place of Mu Jinyu, aside from a few people who had opinions, no one else would object.
But these assassin guilds of Slaughter Redemption thought they were far inferior to Mu Jinyu and believed they had no right to be the Lord of the Killing Realm on their own merit, hence they started disobeying in various covert ways!
If he didn't properly cleanse the ranks today, when the day came that he needed to rely on this Assassin Alliance, they would probably drag their feet!
Just like that day, in the small valley in Kunlun Mountain, when the "Desolation" assassin guild betrayed him at the very last moment, leading to a sneak attack!
"I want to see just how long they dare to keep this up!"
Xiang Mantang stood in front of the hall, his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze as deep as the abyss, cold and indifferent!
Time passed slowly.
Another two hours went by.
The expressions of the numerous assassins standing in the banquet hall gradually became impatient and dissatisfied with Xiang Mantang.
Xiang Mantang did not pay them any attention!
At this moment, the last of the assassin guild, "Silver Moon," finally arrived.
"Have you finally arrived?"
Xiang Mantang watched the president of Silver Moon Guild with a profound gaze, arms crossed over his chest, and spoke indifferently.
The president of Silver Moon Guild, a woman with a head full of silver hair, had just walked into the banquet hall and heard Xiang Mantang's words, slightly startled; she had not expected they would wait for her this long.
She gave an unconcerned smile and perfunctorily explained, "Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the way!"
"Oh!"
Xiang Mantang responded, picked up a Silver Needle, and flicked his wrist!
"Whoosh!"
The Silver Needle was instantly infused with abundant Inner Strength by Xiang Mantang and shot straight at Silver Moon!
The president of Silver Moon Guild, upon seeing that Xiang Mantang was striking her without a word of disagreement, had her expression drastically change!
"You..."
She was just about to dodge the piercing Silver Needle and then question Xiang Mantang why he dared such lawlessness!
"Shriek!"
She then despairingly realized that with her strength, she could not avoid Xiang Mantang's assault at all!
Thus, she could only watch helplessly as the Silver Needle pierced through her heart!
"You..."
The president of Silver Moon Guild, her mouth brimming with blood, fell to the ground with a thump, in absolute despair!
With the death of the president of Silver Moon Guild!
The presidents of the numerous assassin guilds who had become very impatient because Xiang Mantang had been dragging his feet without speaking were now struck with horror and shock!
Aside from the former members of the "Twilight of the Gods," no one else had expected Xiang Mantang to take such reckless actions!
The president of Silver Moon Guild was just two hours late, yet he had executed her so ruthlessly. The former Lord of the Killing Realm had never been so excessive!
"Titter titter!"
Amidst the shock and anger of the crowd, Xiang Mantang struck again, directly assassinating the guild presidents of "Demon Wind" and "Violet" with one lethal needle!
"You you you you..."
The presidents of the less influential assassin guilds were so shocked by Xiang Mantang's brutal actions that they were rendered speechless.
"Defying my orders and secretly resisting can only lead to one's death!"
Xiang Mantang clasped his hands behind his back, his gaze icily surveying the crowd as he said, "Does anyone have any objections?"
"You are too barbaric!"
Immediately, someone protested, intending to rally all the assassins present to attack Xiang Mantang!
"Whoosh!"
Xiang Mantang flicked his hand, and a Silver Needle shot out, piercing directly through the protester's forehead.
It was as though a watermelon had exploded!
The onlookers were horrified; they, too, could crush a man's skull with one punch, but to do so with a single Silver Needle was beyond their ability.
This guy seemed to have grown much stronger.
Could it be that he had not used his full strength last time?!
"Does anyone else have objections now?"
Xiang Mantang asked coldly.
After so many deaths in quick succession and witnessing Xiang Mantang's phenomenal leap in strength, which assassin would dare object?
There was silence for a while before people gently shook their heads, "Your subordinate has no objections!"
"Good, I now have several announcements to make!"
Seeing that they had no more objections, Xiang Mantang spoke directly, "First, from now on, Slaughter Redemption will no longer exist in the form of an assassin guild. We won't need so many guilds internally; one will suffice, and that will be my 'Jinyu Mantang'!"
"How can this be?!"
No sooner had Xiang Mantang spoken than someone couldn't help but vocally challenge him.
The numerous guilds had been unavoidable in the past, forged into an Assassin Alliance by the iron-fisted methods of the first Lord of the Killing Realm. They had later acknowledged the alliance upon realizing its benefits.
But now, Xiang Mantang was trying to absorb all of their hundreds of assassin guilds into one, leaving only "Jinyu Mantang," which meant they would all lose their previous status and honor.
How could a group of them accept this?!
"Really?" This time, Xiang Mantang did not kill anyone outright but instead said, "Then let's restart the Slaughter Feast!"
"Zeus, go challenge this guy's guild and absorb it!"
"You!!" The man, seeing that Xiang Mantang was actually forcing them into compliance with such tactics, was both shocked and enraged!
"Yes!" Zeus naturally had no objections and, with Thunder Light flashing all over his body, took great strides towards the man!
His own painstakingly created "Twilight of the Gods" had been absorbed by Jinyu Mantang which was naturally uncomfortable for him. Now that all the assassin guilds were to be absorbed, he felt a bit of schadenfreude.
The guild president, seeing Zeus approaching, trembled in his heart and bowed his head in humiliation, "Your subordinate has no objections!"
By calling himself a subordinate, he was completely submitting.
Zeus, seeing this, retracted the Thunder Light flashing around him and turned to walk back towards Xiang Mantang.
"Very well! He who knows the times is a wise man!"
Xiang Mantang praised in a stern tone before looking at the others, "Any more objections?"
"None!"
Everyone shook their heads in unison, their hearts fraught with fear and unease.
Seeing this, Xiang Mantang sneered and inwardly cursed them as a bunch of cowards; they wouldn't submit without a beating!
"Good, the second announcement is to start a full-scale search for news of 'Withered Tree Quest for Spring'!"
"The third matter is to find natural spiritual objects similar to this..."