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Chapter 427: Player of the Fourth Scourge (Part 7)

Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

Young Clan Leader Xiao Tianyun. He was the greatest genius the Xiao family had produced throughout its history. And now he had actually appeared because of this matter.

"Yet... the young clan leader seems somewhat hurried..."

The surrounding law-enforcement officers saw Xiao Tianyun's arrival and no longer paid attention to Su Chen, hurriedly offering their respects.

Nearby, Xiao Song was quite surprised by the young clan leader's appearance.

Yet this was a good thing!

Seeing the smile on the young clan leader's face, Xiao Song also smiled.

"Finally... I made it in time!"

Xiao Tianyun's face was flushed red. In order to change the future fate of being destroyed alongside the Xiao family, he had poured out every ounce of strength, even resorting to a secret art that shortened his lifespan... yet fortunately he had arrived in time.

Su Chen watched the scene. Just as he prepared to slap all these people to death with a single palm,

"Father... great father, please do not act yet!"

Xiao Tianyun did not even pause to catch his breath. Under the shocked gazes of everyone present, he directly slid forward on both knees and dropped before the youth who, apart from being handsome, seemed "utterly ordinary."

"Young... young clan leader, this must not be done!"

Seeing this, Xiao Song felt as though his head had exploded on the spot.

Before that explosion could fully settle, Xiao Tianyun heard the words and the rage in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

"Fuck your mother, you idiot Xiao Song!"

Xiao Tianyun slapped out and shattered Xiao Song's body, leaving only the spirit soul staring at the scene in terror.

"Interesting... could this be yet another rebirth?"

Su Chen had already grown accustomed to rebirths. Looking at Xiao Tianyun straining to perform and curry favor with him, he set aside his intention to strike and watched the dramatic scene with interest.

To him, this was far more meaningful than simply destroying the Xiao family with a single slap.

After shattering Xiao Song's body with one slap, Xiao Tianyun seized the spirit soul and then prostrated himself before the youth, not daring even to breathe heavily... fortunately, the scene from his memories did not appear. He knew he had secured a slim chance at survival!

What he needed to do now was play the clown performing on stage, straining to entertain that terrifying man so that he could fight for a chance at survival for himself and the Xiao family!

The members of the Xiao family knew nothing of Xiao Tianyun's thoughts.

They saw the young clan leader not only kneeling before a strange man but also striking down a clan steward. They wondered whether the young clan leader had gone mad or been possessed.

Facing the questioning gazes of the crowd, Xiao Tianyun felt helpless. He knew there was no time for slow explanations... reality simply did not give him the chance.

"As long as I can obtain that person's forgiveness, everything is worth it!"

Face? Was face worth anything?

Xiao Tianyun understood clearly. Although the Xiao family ranked decently within the Starry Sky Alliance, before the entire Federation it was nothing noteworthy, let alone that terrifying man who was an existence capable of overturning the entire Federation!

"Hurry and make way! Do you still intend to obstruct me?"

Xiao Tianyun turned around, his expression changing as he coldly surveyed the crowd with the full authority of a superior.

This caused the numerous Xiao family members and even the law-enforcement guards to instinctively open a path.

Xiao Tianyun grew excited.

At present, as long as that great person's bloodline was restored to the genealogy, it would mean the Xiao family had formally boarded this great ship!

Xiao Tianyun's thoughts were beautiful.

Yet a change occurred.

"Father?"

A middle-aged man of innate authority stood at the far end. At that moment, many elders followed behind him.

The middle-aged man was the patriarch of the Xiao family! How could the commotion in Xiao City have been hidden from him?

"Tianyun! Do you know what you are doing?"

The Xiao family patriarch was deeply disappointed.

Xiao Tianyun had not expected his father to appear here. He gave a bitter smile. "Father, Tianyun knows very clearly what he is doing... this concerns the life and death of our Xiao family. Father, please trust your son once. Tianyun, you have gone mad!"

A tall and thin elder behind the patriarch roared in anger. The young clan leader of the illustrious Xiao family was actually kneeling before an outsider. If word of this spread, how would others view the Xiao family?

"Nephew Tianyun must have had his mind controlled. First capture Nephew Tianyun, then thoroughly interrogate this person on how he controlled him!"

The patriarch said nothing, clearly tacitly approving the decision.

A terrifying force instantly condensed into a great seal that pressed down toward Xiao Tianyun. He roared in fury, "Father... you are pushing the Xiao family into a dead end! All of you will become sinners of the Xiao family!"

Xiao Tianyun fell into despair. He had been reborn and struggled to reach this point. Just as he was about to change the fate of the Xiao family, destiny had played a cruel joke on him... Everything was being destroyed by his own father, the current patriarch of the Xiao family, and the many elders...

Xiao Tianyun forced himself to resist the terrifying restraint and faced that man, kowtowing heavily. He could no longer speak. He could neither argue nor debate. This was the final struggle he was capable of!

This scene only further enraged the current patriarch of the Xiao family. He closed his eyes and declared, "Spare no cost to make the young clan leader awaken!"

The words had barely fallen when a violent roar erupted above the Xiao family continent. A massive rift tore open in the sky, and an extravagant warship swiftly emerged from within.

A banner flew on the warship, its characters strikingly clear.

"Jin"

This was the emblem of the Jin family of the Starry Sky Alliance. The Jin family was likewise a top-tier clan of the Alliance, no weaker than the Xiao family.

A youth in golden robes gazed down at the Xiao family below, his heart surging with excitement.

The youth was named Jin Taihua. He also possessed another identity.

In truth, he was a rebirth.

The first thing he had done upon awakening was learn that the Xiao family had not yet been destroyed. This filled Jin Taihua with great joy.

There was still a chance to remedy everything!

"The Xiao family once offended that terrifying man and thereby invited the Scourge of annihilation."

"Xiao Tianyun had luckily survived and once said that everything had been caused by a lowly member of the Xiao family."

"At the present point in time, the Xiao family has not yet been destroyed, and that man's terror has not yet been exposed... if I act in advance, even a trivial favor would allow my Jin family to dominate the Alliance alone and even become one of the few great powers in the entire Federation!"

Jin Taihua's calculations were excellent. Yet he discovered that something seemed off. He saw the legendary man. And... he seemed to have spotted Xiao Tianyun as well.

"Fuck! Xiao Tianyun, you shameless bastard!"

Chapter 428: Player of the Fourth Scourge (Part 8)

Jin Taihua confirmed he had not seen wrong.

That shameless fellow had actually taken the lead!

"Xiao Tianyun is also a rebirth!"

Although Jin Taihua still had many matters he had not clarified, none of them mattered. He absolutely could not allow that shameless Xiao Tianyun to seize the initiative!

Jin Taihua leapt down from the warship. The members of the Xiao family recognized the legendary youth at once.

"That is Jin Taihua, the supreme genius of the Jin family, ranked among the top ten geniuses of the Starry Sky Alliance alongside our young clan leader."

"He has actually come here. Could he be here to watch the Xiao family make a spectacle of itself?"

"..."

The members of the Xiao family felt ashamed.

The Xiao family patriarch said, "Nephew Jin..."

Before he could finish speaking, his expression turned to astonishment.

Nephew Jin performed a sliding kneel and dropped neatly into place beside the young clan leader of the Xiao family.

Jin Taihua shouted loudly, "Master, I am your most loyal servant, Jin Taihua. Forgive my late arrival!"

Xiao Tianyun froze.

The person before him was precisely Jin Taihua!

Why had he appeared here?

The two exchanged a glance.

Xiao Tianyun understood at once. Jin Taihua, like himself, was a rebirth!

Yet none of that mattered now.

Xiao Tianyun declared, "Master, I am your most loyal servant!"

Su Chen looked at the two and his face twitched slightly.

These two were truly something.

The members of the Xiao family were completely stunned.

What was going on with this scene? Were they all dreaming and suffering hallucinations? Their young clan leader had gone mad. Could the young clan leader of the Jin family have gone mad as well?

This scene left the Xiao family patriarch and the many elders equally at a loss. For a moment they could not understand what was happening. They looked toward the elders of the Jin family, who were equally bewildered.

Although their young master had told them beforehand that they were going to meet a great personage who would secure the Jin family's glory and wealth, he had never said the meeting would take this form!

While everyone was still in a daze, another disturbance arose above the Xiao family.

"It is the Cao family of the Alliance!"

"Wait..."

"????"

The young master of the Cao family saw Xiao Tianyun and Jin Taihua below, leapt down, and then... performed a sliding kneel, lining up neatly with the other two.

The members of the Xiao family were thrown into complete disarray.

The Cao family was one of the ten great families of the Alliance, equal in renown to the Xiao and Jin families!

"There are still more?"

Not long after the young master of the Cao family arrived, multicolored light shimmered above the Xiao family as an exquisitely beautiful woman stepped through the void.

"It is the Divine Maiden of the He family, the number one beauty of the Alliance!"

"It is said the Divine Maiden of the He family possesses a lofty character and world-shaking talent no weaker than our young clan leader... such a peerless beauty cannot possibly..."

The words stuck in their throats and could not be spoken.

That lofty and elegant Divine Maiden, just like Xiao Tianyun, Jin Taihua, and the young master of the Cao family, formed a neat group of four.

Xiao Tianyun, Jin Taihua, and the young master of the Cao family exchanged glances and immediately understood. The Divine Maiden of the He family, like them, was also a rebirth!

Hiss...This was not good news!

Looking at the peerless and alluring beauty, the three suddenly felt a dense sense of crisis.

Su Chen: "..."

These rebirths were not only numerous, but they were also somewhat off.

And it was not over yet!

The disturbances above the Xiao family had already left the clan members numb and caused the family and its many elders to begin doubting their entire existence.

One genius after another arrived, each backed by a vast power no weaker than the Xiao family.

Yet the first thing these geniuses did upon arrival was

kneel neatly in a row.

It rather resembled a welcoming ceremony for the return of a king.

Just as they began to waver, a sword qi cleaved the sky above the Xiao family, tearing open a vast fissure. An awe-inspiring sword intent poured down along the chasm-like crack.

The sacred scene left everyone in a trance.

Immediately afterward, they saw a graceful youth stepping upon a divine sword.

"I know who he is! He is Xiao Yaozi of the Free and Unfettered Pavilion, hailed as the greatest prodigy the Alliance has produced in tens of millions of years, and even taken as a disciple by a great figure of the Federation!"

"That is Xiao Yaozi, the Free and Unfettered Sword Saint. He cannot possibly act the same as the young clan leader and the others, can he?"

The members of the Xiao family had already gone numb.

Yet Xiao Yaozi's status within the Starry Sky Alliance was extraordinary. This was no ordinary Emperor-rank talent. He was the possessor of an Immortal-grade Emperor-rank talent, the brightest pearl of the entire Alliance!

Xiao Yaozi landed with elegant flair. He looked upon the kneeling Xiao Tianyun and the others with pure disdain. "A bunch of trash!"

He gracefully returned his sword to its sheath, then calmly stepped forward... and dropped to both knees.

Xiao Tianyun and the others: "..."

In their hearts, they muttered,

You put on such airs, yet in the end you still end up kneeling just the same!

Facing the gazes of Xiao Tianyun and the others, Xiao Yaozi paid them no mind. He said respectfully, "Master, I am different from these pieces of trash. They possess only ordinary Emperor-rank talents, while I hold an Immortal-grade Emperor-rank talent. I will be your strongest and most loyal servant. Please accept me, Master!"

What a joke. Even if Xiao Yaozi had to kneel, he would be the one who knelt with the greatest style!

By this point, Xiao Hongyuan was still completely dazed. These people all seemed to come from extraordinary backgrounds. And now... they were scrambling to kneel in unison, rushing forward to beg to become servants of his own son?

Good heavens.

Xiao Hongyuan sucked in a sharp breath. He still had no idea what was going on. If only he could simply faint, that would be perfect. His poor little heart could not take any more!

The Xiao family patriarch exchanged a glance with the many clan elders.

Even Xiao Yaozi had knelt.

A series of heavy thuds rang out as bodies struck the ground.

From the patriarch and elders at the top to ordinary clan members at the bottom, the entire Xiao family chose in that moment to kneel as one.

"That... great one, just now my son and I were only joking. Whatever request the great one may have, as long as the Xiao family can accomplish it, or even if we cannot, we will pour every ounce of our strength into fulfilling it!"

The Xiao family patriarch had realized at this moment.

What Xiao Tianyun had said seemed to be true. His Xiao family had come dangerously close to the gates of hell.

Now only one thought occupied the patriarch's mind: make amends... otherwise the hundred-thousand-year foundation of the Xiao family might be destroyed in his hands!

At that thought, the patriarch felt a surge of relief and looked toward Xiao Tianyun.

"As expected of my own flesh and blood. Truly far-sighted. Thanks to Tianyun, or else every last member of the Xiao family would have been doomed."

He did not know how terrifying that man was. Yet he knew just how terrifying the people kneeling before that man were.

Xiao Hongyuan watched the entire Xiao family kneeling in unison and fell into silence... should he also kowtow to his own son?

Even the patriarch of the Xiao family had knelt. Remaining standing himself no longer seemed appropriate.

Su Chen casually swept his gaze across the crowd. Seeing them like this, he pointed to Xiao Hongyuan at his side, his father in this life, and said, "This is my father. From today onward he is the patriarch of the Xiao family. Do any of you have objections?"

Upon hearing those words, Xiao Hongyuan's legs went soft...