"And you," Tian Wudi pointed at Gu Yan. "You are worse than trash. You drug your own wife because you are too incompetent to please her naturally? Using a Red Dragon Pill at your age? Be careful, your heart might explode before your stick stands up."
Gu Yan's face turned purple. "You animal! You dare mock me? I am the Clan Leader! I am a Stage 9 expert!"
"Stage 9?" Tian Wudi scoffed. "Even if I am right now at Stage 5, in my eyes, your Stage 9 just makes you a slightly stronger ant."
Tian Wudi took a step forward. The heavy thud of his foot made the wine cups rattle.
"I, Zhu, have inherited the will of this body," Tian Wudi's eyes suddenly turned sharp, glowing with a vengeful light.
"My parents loved me. They treated me as a son. You killed them because of your greed."
"Now," Tian Wudi cracked his knuckles. "I will not just kill you. That is too easy. I will take everything from you. Your life. Your position. Your dignity."
He looked at the trembling Madame Xue, and a devilish grin appeared on his pig face.
"And looking at your wife... she seems to be in critical condition. She needs powerful Yang energy urgently."
Tian Wudi slowly untied his belt. The heavy pouch of Spirit Stones clinked.
"Gu Yan, you said you didn't want to bow to a pig?"
Tian Wudi circulated his technique. His muscles expanded. His shirt ripped at the shoulders.
"Today, I will make you watch why this Swine Sovereign is the ruler of this house."
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The atmosphere in the luxurious bedroom was suffocating, not only because of the heavy pink incense mist, but because killing intent filled the air.
Gu Yan, the Acting Clan Leader of the Gu Clan, stared at the fat pig standing in his room. His hands were trembling, partially from the rage of being intruded upon, and partially from the fear that this pig knew his deepest secret…the murder of the former Clan Leader.
"Dead," Gu Yan suddenly hissed like a venomous snake as if found a counter. "You heard it all. So, you must die tonight. Nobody will know. I will say I slaughtered you for a feast."
Tian Wudi's entire killing intent got dowsed hearing that words. He immediately realized, this stupid old pervert does not deserve the respect of showing his killing intent.
Tian Wudi looked at him with bored eyes. He dug his ear with his pinky finger again.
"You talk too much for a dead man, your wife is waiting. Don't you see her suffering?"
Gu Yan glanced back. Madame Xue was clawing at her own throat, her face flushed a deep, unhealthy crimson. The Yin Fire Pill was overstimulating her heart. Without a release, her meridians would burn out within ten minutes.
"I will deal with her after I skin you!" Gu Yan roared.
Boom!
Gu Yan stomped the ground. The floor cracked. He was at the 9th Stage of Body Tempering. His skin was tough like copper, and his bones were hard like iron. He was only one step away from the Spirit Gathering Realm.
He launched himself at Tian Wudi. His fingers curled into claws.
"Savage Wolf Claw!"
Gu Yan's fingernails glowed with sharp, grey Qi. This was a Middle-Grade Mortal technique. It could tear through steel armor. He aimed directly for Tian Wudi's eyes.
"Die, livestock!"
Tian Wudi did not move. He stood there, exposing his fat belly. In his eyes, Gu Yan's movement was full of openings. Although Gu Yan had strength, his foundation was shaky because he relied too much on pills and drugs.
"Wolf Claw? That looks more like a Dog Scratch," Tian Wudi sneered.
Just as the claws were about to rip his face, Tian Wudi finally moved.
He did not block. He intercepted.
His hand, which looked chubby and harmless, suddenly moved with the speed of a phantom. He used a technique from his past life, a skill based technique.
This technique does not rely on brute force. It relies on vector control. It changes the direction of the enemy's force.
Slap.
Tian Wudi's hand hit Gu Yan's wrist at a precise 45-degree angle.
"What?!" Gu Yan's eyes widened.
He felt his attack slide off target. His momentum pulled him forward helplessly. He was wide open.
Tian Wudi grinned. His tusks glinted in the candlelight.
"My turn."
Tian Wudi didn't use a palm strike. He used his head.
"Headbutt of the Boar God!"
He channeled all his Qi into his forehead. His skull was naturally thick because he was a Spirit Pig. Now, reinforced with Qi, it was harder than a meteorite.
WHAM!
Tian Wudi's forehead smashed directly into Gu Yan's nose.
Crunch.
The sound of facial bones shattering echoed through the room. Blood exploded like a crushed tomato.
"ARRGGGGH!"
Gu Yan flew backward. He crashed into his own vanity mirror, sending glass shards flying everywhere. He rolled on the floor, clutching his ruined face.
"My nose! My face!" Gu Yan screamed. He tried to stand up, but his vision was spinning. The concussion was severe.
Tian Wudi walked over slowly. The floorboards creaked under his weight. Thump. Thump. Thump.
To Gu Yan, it sounded like the footsteps of doom.
"You rely on rank," Tian Wudi stood over him, blocking the light. "But you forgot that rank without technique is like giving a monkey a sharp sword. The monkey will just cut itself."
"You monster..." Gu Yan spat blood, trying to circulate his Qi to heal. "I am the Clan Leader... the Elders will kill you..."
Tian Wudi lifted his foot. His foot was large, flat, and heavy.
"Kneel."
He stomped on Gu Yan's knee. His body is no longer reinforced by his Stage 9 Qi.
Crack.
"AAHHH!" Gu Yan howled as his right leg bent the wrong way. The pain was excruciating. He could no longer stand. He was forced to lay there, crippled and broken.
Tian Wudi kicked Gu Yan's dantian, the energy center in the lower belly. He didn't destroy it, but he injected a chaotic burst of his own beast Qi. This blocked Gu Yan's energy flow.