Once again, Lin Xiao's breath was not as weak as imagined; it remained the same.
He put away the silver needles. This time, he did not continue to protect number thirty-seven. He pulled the fellow in front of him and said, "Speak."
With a single word, Lin Xiao's eyes were already bloodshot. He did not want to ask further; he needed an answer.
"You cannot afford to provoke them. At least, not the kind of existence you cannot provoke right now."
Number thirty-seven dared not speak. If he did, he would die, and everyone related to him would die.
"Don't you understand yet? Have you lived all these years for nothing?!"
Lin Xiao roared impatiently.
This time, number thirty-seven fell into thought.
No one was attacking him now. That person likely knew that at this moment, there was no way to threaten Lin Xiao's side, so they had temporarily left. Otherwise, they would truly be entangled in karma.
He took out his phone.
"You can still use a phone?"
"Of course."
He dialed.
But…
No one answered on the other end.
He switched to another number.
Still, no one answered.
He continued to dial…
With each subsequent call, his hand trembled more violently.
When the last call was finished, the phone finally fell to the ground. In an instant, tears streamed down his face.
"Hahaha! I knew it… I knew it!"
"In their eyes, the lives of people like us are like grass!"
"In their eyes, things with no value are destined to die!"
"Hahaha! Too naive, too naive!"
As he cried, blood tears flowed from his eyes. His breath became incredibly chaotic. They were all dead, all of them were dead…
The people he protected, his family, his descendants, his offspring, his home, gone…
Everything was gone!
No, he refused to accept it.
Suddenly, he stared at Lin Xiao and revealed what he knew.
"They are people who go against the heavens."
"They are selfish, people who would do anything for themselves."
"They… can no longer be considered human."
Number thirty-seven spoke each word, now frail and elderly. He had lost the will to live.
"They call themselves… cultivators."
He thought that after years of toiling in the military, after defeating the allied forces of eighty nations and achieving glory for Long Country as a War God, he could finally return and see the five aunts who had picked him up from the streets, taught him skills, and saved his life. Who knew that upon his return today, he would learn that the Chu family had been destroyed three years ago.
Before Chu Feng now lay a ruin, with countless unmarked gravestones. These were the graves of the Chu family's fallen souls, yet he had searched them all and found no gravestone for his five aunts.
They definitely wouldn't die! Definitely!
Chu Feng clenched his fists, his fingernails digging into his palms. The skin on his forearms began to redden, and a layer of scales appeared. His limbs had been broken before, and Fourth Aunt had found him the Qilin Arm and taught him the art of war. Fifth Aunt had found him hyena leg tendons to reattach his limbs and taught him the method of accumulating wealth in business.
Without them, he would not be who he was today. They were so capable; they would never die!
The air around Chu Feng seemed to distort due to the intense heat. The two soldiers who had been following him exchanged glances.
This was Chu Feng in a fit of rage.
"Report! The target's whereabouts have not been found!"
"Continue searching."
Chu Feng's voice now sounded as if it came from the netherworld, cold and like the grim reaper chasing souls: "What about the information? Who exactly destroyed the Chu family?"
His pair of silver-grey eyes stared at the ruins, as if trying to find a clue from the remnants of the Chu family stronghold.
His eyes had been gouged out before. Now, these were the "White Wolf Eyes" specially made for him by Eldest Aunt, who also taught him ancient martial arts to see through illusions and become invincible. He would now use these eyes to search for them.
He recalled that he had once been blinded, his heart and lungs destroyed, his limbs shattered, and his vitality drained.
Second Aunt had given him a wolf's heart and lungs, allowing him to live and teaching him the medical art of bringing the dead back to life and healing flesh and bone. Third Aunt had helped him reattach a dog's kidney and taught him the eighty-one Ghost Divination techniques, enabling him to calculate anything.
He raised a hand, and the debris in the ruins was pulled by his power, lifting off the ground. Then, with another wave of his other hand, the skeletal remains and objects buried beneath were all pulled out by a force.
Nothing, still nothing.
"Report, here is the information about the incident three years ago and all involved parties."
Chu Feng took the document. He tossed the scattered remains aside and narrowed his eyes as he read. In an instant, the surrounding air seemed to be evacuated, and the space around him felt like a fusion of ice and fire, with the cold of killing intent and the heat from the Qilin Arm.
No one could endure it.
"The Hundred Great Families, good, very good."
Chu Feng finished reading the document. He took a deep breath. On it was a list of Long Country's top hundred families. The destruction of the Chu family had been carried out by these hundred families acting in unison.
Before they acted, there were no omens; it was as if these hundred families had a telepathic connection, attacking the Chu family simultaneously.
At this moment, he looked at the ruins on the ground, extended a finger, and flicked. The ruins of the former Chu family mansion instantly floated into the air. His fingers moved for a moment, and in a few minutes, the materials transformed into a villa – the original Chu family villa.
This scene did not surprise the thousands of soldiers present.
This was the ability of the War God Chu Feng; they were not surprised at all.
"Where are the Divine Generals?"
Chu Feng slowly walked towards the villa, his voice calm and steady, resonating throughout the area, clearly heard by the three thousand Dragon Guards and the dozen or so people following behind him.
"Here!"
Instantly, ten people emerged from the group of over a dozen behind him.
"Each of you will lead three hundred Dragon Guards to the Hundred Great Families and invite them to a banquet at the Chu family."
"Yes!"
The ten people's voices thundered, dispersing the clouds above them.
"Old Mo."
Chu Feng pulled the doorknob and called out again.
Now, only three people remained behind him, the three he trusted the most: the Three Great Heavenly Kings.
Among the Three Great Heavenly Kings, the most lean man immediately stepped forward.
"Here."
"I want to eat fish."