"Hall Master. You finally agreed to contact us!"
"Could it be you've already taken revenge and are preparing to return to Tiansha Hall?"
Magic City suburbs.
Inside an abandoned, rundown livestock farm.
Hearing the excited shout coming from the receiver, Su Fan coughed twice and said:
"Ahem ahem.... Tianyi, you're overthinking it. I have something I need you to handle!"
"∠(°ゝ°) Hall Master, just give the order!"
"Do you know the [Mad Lion Mercenary Group]?"
"[Mad Lion]? Never heard of it—hold on! Hall Master, let me check! Oh oh.... found it! It's a newly risen small-time force! It's so small I didn't remember it for a moment."
"It wants to harm my little sister and brother-in-law! I'm activating the [Demon-Slaying Order]. Use the fastest speed and wipe it out!"
"(òωó?)! What?! They dare lay a hand on the Hall Master's little sister?! The [Mad Lion Mercenary Group] deserves to die!!!"
"Beep beep beep......"
Very quickly, the call was hung up.
Su Fan's expression stayed calm as he put the phone away again.
And because the space inside the vehicle was quiet, every single word of Su Fan's call fell, without missing a syllable, into the ears of the person behind the walkie-talkie.
That person was completely dumbfounded, sucking in cold breaths again and again, utterly unable to believe what he'd just heard?!
Tiansha Hall?!
Hearing that terrifying name, he was so scared his hair almost stood on end.
On the chaotic overseas battlefield, how could he not have heard of Tiansha Hall? That was a top-tier force ranked in the top three overseas!!!
Although they only had three to four thousand people, even the most ordinary soldier among them was a top-class special forces king.
It was said there were quite a few inner-strength martial artists inside the hall, and even grandmasters—an army unit with absurd individual combat power.
Of course....
The most feared of all was Tiansha Hall's Hall Master—the old man who carried the title of Huaxia's Number One Grandmaster.
It was said he had already reached the limit of the grandmaster realm, touching some even more profound, mysterious realm, possessing power enough to overturn rivers and seas.
And then there was the [Demon-Slaying Order]—once activated, it meant a fight to the death with no end.
Tiansha Hall would mobilize in full, launching indiscriminate lethal strikes on the target of destruction, with the goal of completely wiping out everything—people and objects alike—on that land that could pose a threat to Tiansha Hall.
Since ancient times, the [Demon-Slaying Order] had only been activated once. That time, they directly sank an island nation called 'Ohara,' shocking the world!!!
Truly... terrifying beyond words!!!!!!!!
If you really offended a force like that, forget a tiny mercenary organization like Mad Lion—even a hundred more would still end in total annihilation.......
"Stay calm, stay calm! This kid is definitely bluffing me!"
"That's right! How could he possibly be Tiansha Hall's Hall Master?! Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!"
"In the rumors, that Number One Grandmaster of the age already has white hair and beard—an old man in his seventies."
"How old is this kid? He's barely qualified to be the other party's grandson—how could he be Tiansha Hall's Hall Master?!! And have the ability to activate the [Demon-Slaying Order]?!"
"I have a 95% absolute certainty that's impossible!!!!"
"........"
Even so, Mad Lion's eyelids still kept twitching, and a powerful sense of unease surged up in his heart.
What he didn't know was.....
That Number One Grandmaster of the age was Su Fan's master.
The other party had passed the Hall Master position to his most outstanding beloved disciple.....
........
At this very moment.
Overseas, inside a massive military base.
"What enormous nerve—the damn [Mad Lion Mercenary Group]!!!!"
Right after hanging up, Tianyi roared in anger.
Then he connected to Tiansha Hall's internal communication channel and bellowed at all of Tiansha Hall's top brass:
"All personnel, hear the order!!! All personnel, hear the order!!!!"
"The Hall Master's own little sister and brother-in-law have been harmed by the [Mad Lion Mercenary Group]—unforgivable!!!"
"The Hall Master is enraged and has activated the [Demon-Slaying Order]. All who belong to Tiansha Hall—no matter where you are right now!!! No matter when or where!!! No matter what you're doing!!!!!"
"Drop everything in your hands!!!! Assemble immediately!!!! Destroy the [Mad Lion Mercenary Group] completely—leave not a single one alive!!!"
"I repeat—leave not a single one alive!!! Surround and kill!!! Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"........"
As Tianyi's order was delivered, the powerhouses belonging to Tiansha Hall all over the world erupted with sky-high killing intent in unison!!!!!
The entire Tiansha Hall began operating at full tilt at this very moment!!!
The Four Heavenly Kings, the Nine War Gods, the Eight Vajra Guardians, three thousand generals—countless forces that had been scattered all over, because of the [Demon-Slaying Order] began gathering from every corner of the world toward the Mad Lion base......,
Inside the military base, Tianyi was also urgently counting and organizing troop strength!!!
Because the [Demon-Slaying Order] was the highest-level command, they had to prepare in full force and go all out—so the world would know that the king of Tiansha Hall cannot be insulted!!!!!
........
"Tank division commander!!! Get all 1,000 tanks from the basement out here—level the entire Mad Lion group! Blow every piece of trash into fragments!!!"
"Second Battalion Commander! Where the hell are my 1,000 Italian cannons?! Drag them all over here!!!"
"Air combat unit, hear the order!!! Bring out the 500 newly developed super-armed helicopters from the back mountain—load every last shell to full (╯‵□′)╯???*～●! They dared touch the Hall Master's family—bomb those dog-bastards of the Mad Lion group to death!"
"Armory chief! Hurry up and bring out the 5,000 machine guns, 10,000 grenades, plus 1,000 incendiary bombs, 700 artillery shells..... from the warehouse!"
"The whole army moves out!!! Implement the 'three-all' policy!!!! Burn them all, kill them all, loot them all!!!!!"
"......"
As one order after another was issued, in just ten minutes, all 300+ people at the Mad Lion Mercenary Group's base, amid desperate resistance, were slaughtered to the last and the place was flattened into rubble......
Shocking the world!!!!!
Shocking the overseas battlefield!!!!!!!
And this.....
Was only the work of the nearest War God squad. Many large units were still only halfway there when they were told the battle was already over and they could go back where they came from—so angry that countless powerhouses cursed their lungs out!!!!
Only regretting they couldn't grow a few more legs so they could rush to the scene personally and share the Hall Master's worries!!!!
......
And while the overseas battlefield roiled with storms!
In Magic City's suburbs, inside the abandoned, rundown livestock farm.
That Mad Lion leader—whose 'home' had already been blown up—was still brainwashing himself, stubbornly refusing to believe Su Fan was Tiansha Hall's Hall Master!!!
But the unease in his heart grew thicker and thicker, and he had no mind left to think about Su Fan's identity at all. He directly gave the kill order.
Bang bang bang!!!!
In an instant, countless tongues of flame burst out, and a dense hail of bullets sprayed toward the van.
Punching countless black holes into its body.
"Everyone move aside! Ka-cha—"
Rumble rumble—
As several grenades with the pins pulled were tossed under the car, a sky-shaking explosion erupted, and towering flames boiled upward.
In the crowd.
A burly man stepped out, thick and rough, his hair fluffy like the Golden-haired Lion King.
He looked at Su Fan, swallowed by the flames, his face full of smug satisfaction.
"Idiot, you even dared to pretend to be Tiansha Hall's Hall Master? The real Hall Master wouldn't be so easy to take down."
"And you were acting all convincing too! I'm the idiot—I almost got bluffed by you, hah. Tsk tsk tsk....."
"........"
Just as Mad Lion secretly let out a sigh of relief in his heart...
"Lea... leader, y-you... look..."
Suddenly a subordinate, face full of terror, tremblingly pointed toward the blast.
"Hm?"
Mad Lion frowned and turned his head. What he saw made his whole body shake in horrified disbelief.
In the blazing firelight, a figure was slowly walking toward them. Within half a meter around him, it was as if there were an indestructible divine shield, firmly blocking the flames outside, making it impossible for the figure to be harmed in the slightest.
Su Fan wore no expression as he walked out of the flames.
This was a martial technique from his cultivation art, the [Tiansha Art]: Heavenly Divine Shield!
It could condense an indestructible divine shield around the body—able not only to defend against enemy attacks, but also to reflect part of the damage back at the enemy.
In a short time, this move could greatly increase Su Fan's defense.
Even if he stood still, he could fear neither bullets nor artillery bombardment, and there was even a certain chance of reflecting the damage he received back to the attacker.
"Disperse!"
After walking out of the flames, Su Fan lightly flicked his sleeve.
A fierce surge of force exploded from his body, directly scattering the still-raging fire.
The scene fell deathly silent. Everyone's mouths hung open as they stared at what they were seeing, unable to believe it.
Even when they fought through life and death overseas and encountered many ferocious opponents—even martial artists—they had never seen anyone use such ghostly, unfathomable methods.
Was this really still a human? Or a legendary immortal???
.......
"Could he really be Tiansha Hall's Hall Master? Did he revert to youth?"
"That's clearly grandmaster-level means! No—even ordinary grandmasters can't do something like this. This is a realm beyond imagination!"
"But he's so young—this shouldn't be possible! It's not scientific!!!"
"........"
At this moment, only the well-informed Mad Lion stood ashen-faced, murmuring to himself.
He himself was an inner-strength martial artist, so he could naturally tell that Su Fan's move—seemingly like divine sorcery— was actually somewhat like outwardly released inner strength, but far more exquisite and profound.
Of course, Mad Lion had no mood to care about that now.....
From the moment he saw Su Fan step out of the fire, he knew.... my life was finished!!!!!
"Clack!"
Under his subordinates' stunned gazes, their leader—who used to fear neither heaven nor earth—went weak in the knees and knelt on the ground.
He pressed his forehead hard to the dirt, shaking violently, not daring to even say a single word begging for mercy.
Because Mad Lion understood clearly: before a grandmaster as extraordinary as Su Fan, any struggle was futile.
He might as well obediently surrender and await judgment.
At the same time, he ordered the dozen or so elite subordinates present to hurry up and kneel and kowtow like him, begging for Hall Master Su's forgiveness!!!
.......
"Leader! What are you doing? |_?) Didn't you teach us we can kneel to heaven, kneel to earth, kneel to our parents—but we must never kneel to the enemy?!"
"A man's knees are worth gold! Leader, how can you be this spineless?"
"Trash! I used to treat you like an idol! Leader! I'm really too disappointed in you!"
"A coward like you who fears death isn't fit to be our Mad Lion leader at all! Even if a lion knows it will die, it should still fight to the last moment!!!"
"Mad Lion men, Mad Lion soul—Mad Lion are all above others!!! Our Mad Lion Mercenary Group fights to the end! We will never surrender!!!!"
"......"
Amid a wave of roars, a dozen Mad Lion mercenary members charged at Su Fan with the will to die.
Pretty gutsy, huh.....
If they were all my soldiers, that would be great—what a pity, what a pity.....
Looking at the fighters charging at him, Su Fan was slightly surprised.
He truly hadn't expected.....
That these fighters would have so much backbone......
......
Two and a half minutes later, the ground was filled with the fighters' corpses.
Su Fan strode up to the terrified, stupefied Mad Lion, high above him, looking down at the ant at his feet.
"B-begging you, sir! Please spare this dog life of mine!"
"I can be your ox and horse—just let me go! I'm willing to offer you anything, I can even be your slave!!!"
"Don't kill me! I don't want to die! Wuu wuu wuu......"
"......."
A burly man close to two meters tall, broad-backed and thick-waisted, lay prostrate at Su Fan's feet, crying bitterly as he begged.
Seeing this.
Su Fan's brows knit, and his eyes filled with disgust.
He had always despised cowards who clung to life like this. Naturally, he wouldn't let him off easily, and he was just about to raise his hand and kill him when.......
"Sir! I really didn't know those two from the Su family were related to you!"
"If I'd known earlier..... even if you gave me ten thousand guts, I wouldn't have dared take this job!"
"Wuu wuu wuu..... I'm really too unlucky! Clearly the forces eyeing those two from the Su family aren't just us, but somehow..."
"......"
Mad Lion's desperate wailing made Su Fan frown and stop his hand.
The forces targeting his little sister weren't just one?
Under Su Fan's interrogation, seeing a hope of survival, Mad Lion—tears and snot streaming—spilled out every last piece of information........