I meet all the requirements for becoming a god in this world!

The Wu Family Courtyard.

silence.

Dead silence.

The entire courtyard seemed to be frozen in place; no one dared to utter a word, and no one dared to move.

The constables from the Tongpan Division all froze on the spot, their faces pale and their mouths agape.

His neck seemed to be under anesthesia, remaining completely still, his gaze fixed on the same direction.

There, Cheng Laiyun stood in the moonlight.

The towering jade statue radiated a dark golden light.

Blood was still splattered on the armor, dripping down its dark gold surface.

Drop by drop, it hit the ground, splashing up tiny flowers of blood.

Who is Zhang Lai?!

That's one of the top young masters in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture!

On the surface, he was only the second-in-command of the Tongpan Division, the deputy commander.

But everyone knew the truth.

He is the eldest son of the governor of Qingzhou!

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the number two person in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture.

The Zhang family were local tyrants in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture.

For these low-level yamen runners, the Zhang family was like heaven.

But today, they see.

The sky seemed to have collapsed.

Qi Dazhuang leaned against the wall, his body covered in injuries making it difficult for him to move, but he had already forgotten the pain.

His simple, honest eyes were now filled with nothing but blankness.

The dark golden light emanating from the giant statue on Cheng Laiyun's body reflected in his pupils, causing his mind to go blank.

Xu Jiayin stood to the side, the tentacles of the flying torch drooping unconsciously.

Her face, which usually carried a hint of cunning, was now filled with solemnity.

She watched Cheng Laiyun's retreating figure, and then at the blood-soaked colossal statue, and unconsciously swallowed.

She had never seen Cheng Laiyun like this before.

"Bang!"

Zhang Lai knelt on the ground.

To be precise, he was forced to kneel on the ground.

His left side of his face was so bloody and mangled that it was unrecognizable as human.

On the right half of his face, the hole that could barely be identified as an eye was now filled with rage and disbelief.

He doesn't believe it.

This mere eighth-rank Mo Xiu in front of him actually managed to push him to this point.

That guard is a seventh-rank martial artist!! His father is Zhang Hong!

But the guard died.

Those people died too.

He was all alone, kneeling there like a dog.

Cheng Laiyun looked down at him.

Beneath the colossus's mask, its eyes were as calm as a stagnant pool.

"Hehe~"

Zhang Lai was lifted up like a dead dog and dragged on the ground to the two corpses.

The old woman lay on the ground, her eyes still open, staring blankly at the night sky.

The little girl lay face down beside her, her pigtails scattered in the pool of blood.

Cheng Laiyun let go.

Zhang Lai knelt before the corpse.

"Kneel down and kowtow."

Four words: calm, indifferent.

Zhang Lai suddenly looked up.

His face was contorted with disbelief.

He... actually made me, this young master, kneel before the corpse of a lowly commoner?

humiliation.

It gradually grew larger in Zhang Lai's heart.

He had never experienced such humiliation since birth.

"you……"

"Kneel or die."

Cheng Laiyun didn't even look at him properly, but coldly interrupted him.

Zhang Lai's throat moved, as if she wanted to say something, but the moment she met those eyes, she couldn't say anything.

Those eyes told him—this person really dared to kill him.

Cheng Laiyun lifted his foot.

He kicked Zhang Lai in the stomach.

"puff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Zhang Lai curled up like a shrimp, feeling as if something inside her had shattered.

His cultivation was gone.

"ah--!!!"

Zhang Lai let out a scream that was not human, and collapsed to the ground, convulsing, with blood and foam constantly gushing from her mouth.

Cheng Laiyun withdrew his foot, still only uttering two words:

"Kneel down."

Zhang Lai lay on the ground, trembling all over.

I don't know if it's from pain or hatred.

He slowly got up and knelt in front of the two corpses.

He gritted his teeth, trembling all over, his eyes fixed on Cheng Laiyun, wishing he could turn into a sharp sword and cut him into a thousand pieces.

Cheng Laiyun reached out his hand.

He pressed his head down.

Press down.

"Bang!"

His forehead hit the ground.

Zhang Lai gritted his teeth, but couldn't utter a single word.

But in the end, they knelt down.

He even kowtowed.

Now, is this kid satisfied?

If we get through today, we will tear this beast to pieces!

He had already chosen the way Cheng Laiyun would die in his heart.

……

Cheng Laiyun suddenly looked down at him.

grin.

That smile, under the moonlight, beside the pool of blood, and in the dark golden light of the colossus, exuded an indescribable sinister aura.

"Just kidding."

"Even if you kneel, you'll still die."

Zhang Lai's pupils suddenly contracted!

He opened his mouth as if to shout.

Cheng Laiyun's fist was already raised.

"Buzz!"

The jade pendant at Zhang Lai's waist suddenly lit up!

A pale blue light shield exploded instantly, enveloping Zhang Lai completely!

Cheng Laiyun's fist slammed into the light shield, only creating a ripple.

At the same time, a beam of azure light split off from the jade pendant, like a shooting star, and sped toward the prefectural governor's mansion!

Cheng Laiyun frowned.

He glanced at the receding blue light, then at Zhang Lai inside the light barrier.

Zhang Lai lay there, his face covered in blood, yet he grinned.

"My father... will be here soon..." His voice was broken and intermittent, filled with a frenzied ecstasy:

"You... are dead..."

Cheng Laiyun ignored him.

He raised his dark golden giant hand, and the martial arts energy within his body was also circulating wildly.

"Buzz~"

Just as he had guessed, the martial arts aura was able to infuse into the colossus!

The colossus's dark gold armor plates suddenly lit up.

A tremendous force suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

But his meager strength couldn't sustain him for more than a few breaths.

However, the cyan shield's defense wasn't very strong.

"Bang!!"

One punch.

"Bang!"

Two punches...

finally.

Cheng Laiyun's martial arts energy was exhausted.

"Click—"

A crack finally appeared on the light shield.

Xu Jiayin, who was standing to the side, seized the opportunity, used her spiritual power, and pierced the tentacle on her flying torch into the crack!

"boom!"

The light shield exploded!

It transformed into a sky full of blue light and dissipated into the night sky.

Zhang Lai's smile froze.

He stared at the fist so close to his face, at the shimmering light still emanating from its blade, and felt as if his bones had been removed, collapsing to the ground.

"No...don't..."

Cheng Laiyun didn't say anything, but his fist, which was like a hurricane, went straight for Zhang Lai.

"stop!"

A voice, seemingly from the heavens, suddenly rang out!

Accompanied by this sound.

A terrifying pressure was rapidly approaching.

Like a mountain collapsing.

Like a tsunami.

It was like the sky had fallen.

Everyone in the courtyard felt that oppressive aura at the same time.

"Bang!!"

The constables didn't even have time to react before they lay down on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.

Qi Dazhuang groaned, his already severely injured body trembled violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Xu Jiayin's face turned deathly pale, the tentacles of the flying torch hung limply, and she was forced to kneel on the ground by the pressure.

Cheng Laiyun's fist was also forced to stop in place by this oppressive force.

The dark golden light on the colossus flickered wildly, as if it too was resisting that oppressive force.

Inside the colossus.

His bones were cracking, his veins were throbbing, and blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Everyone knows.

Zhang Hong.

he came.

He wore a blue scholar's robe, had gray hair and beard, and a thin, refined face.

He stood there on the courtyard wall, hands behind his back, looking down at everything in the courtyard.

It didn't project any momentum.

But just standing there made the whole courtyard feel like it had fallen into an ice cellar.

The moonlight shone on him, casting a long shadow on the ground.

The shadow twisted and crawled across the ground like a living thing, over the corpses, and down to Cheng Laiyun's feet.

His gaze swept over everything in the courtyard.

The bodies of the guards on the ground.

Qi Dazhuang lay dying by the wall.

Xu Jiayin is kneeling on the ground.

And Zhang Lai kneeling in a pool of blood.

Zhang Lai looked up and saw that figure; tears welled up in her eyes instantly.

"Father...Father, save me..."

His voice was hoarse and shrill, like that of a dying dog.

Zhang Hong looked at him.

Looking at his bloodied and mangled face, his tattered clothes, and his pathetic state as he knelt in a pool of blood.

His face was expressionless.

But in that instant, his eyes became incredibly terrifying.

That's one kind.

The calm that comes after extreme rage.

He raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Laiyun.

"open."

Two words.

It's very light.

But every word that came down felt like a mountain pressing down on Cheng Laiyun.

Cheng Laiyun's knees buckled, and he almost knelt down.

Looking at Zhang Hong in front of him.

Cheng Laiyun remained completely unmoved.

He just grinned.

Amidst that overwhelming pressure, he raised his fist.

Zhang Hong's eyes narrowed:

"You dare!!"

Cheng Laiyun remained silent.

"Bang!"

A punch landed.

The fist slammed into Zhang Lai's neck.

The sound of bone cracking was dull and clear.

Without the support of her neck, Zhang Lai's head went limp instantly.

"Bang!"

Lie down on the ground.

Not moving at all.

The courtyard was deathly silent.