Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

"Kneel!"

Yang Xiao ordered coolly.

Just one word again!

Just like the "Stop!" from before, it stunned everyone present.

They clearly never imagined Yang Xiao would be so audacious as to directly order Lu Fangcheng to kneel.

This was simply beyond audacious!

"You... You really think that just because the Lu Family submitted to you, we're your dogs? You want me to kneel? On what grounds?"

Lu Fangcheng roared in anger.

But if one looked closely, they would see a flash of smugness in Lu Fangcheng's eyes.

His words voiced the innermost thoughts of the Lu Family members. If Yang Xiao dared to treat him harshly, wouldn't that just prove he saw the Lu Family as his dogs?

But if Yang Xiao backed down and showed weakness, then first and foremost, he—Lu Fangcheng—would surely win the praise of many elders in the Lu Family.

After all, no one wanted to be a dog.

At the same time, it would also be a serious blow to Yang Xiao's prestige. At that point, if even Yang Xiao was a nobody in the Lu Family, what right would his friend, Lu Fangliang, have to speak?

'He's actually so close to that loser Lu Fangliang, and he even dares to stand up for him! This kid... let's see how you'll get out of this one. Saint Prince, hmph! What a joke.'

Just as expected, the moment Lu Fangcheng spoke, Yang Xiao's expression remained unchanged, but everyone else's changed. Hundreds, even thousands of pairs of eyes immediately focused on Yang Xiao.

Clearly, Lu Fangcheng's words had stirred their greatest inner worry.

'Does submitting to the Saint Prince mean we're his dogs?'

Especially now, with Yang Xiao's completely unapologetic attitude in demanding Lu Fangcheng kneel.

It gave them a sense of shared outrage against a common enemy.

They completely forgot about Lu Fangcheng's earlier disrespectful attitude toward Yang Xiao and his insults toward Lu Fangliang.

All they remembered...

...was the words Lu Fangcheng had just spoken.

All they wanted to see...

...was whether Yang Xiao truly saw them as dogs!

Moreover, it wasn't just the ordinary True God Level Lu Family members who had such thoughts; even Divine Marquis Level experts like the Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder were no different.

At this moment, it was the same for them.

The difference was...

...unlike the ordinary True Gods or the younger generation, they weren't completely led astray.

They had other thoughts in their minds.

The Seventh Elder, for instance, knew this was a premeditated act by Lu Fangcheng. Although he also wanted to know Yang Xiao's thoughts, he was inwardly displeased.

This was because it didn't align with the decisions made by the Lu Family's upper echelon.

The Eighth Elder, in contrast, was different.

He was all smiles, clearly very satisfied with the performance of his grandson.

Compared to the Seventh Elder, he was more inclined toward the Second Elder's faction.

Deep down, he naturally had a problem with Yang Xiao.

However, whether it was Tier Seven Divine Marquis like the Seventh and Eighth Elders, the power-holders at Tier Five Divine General and above, or the ordinary True Gods and the prideful younger generation—

although their gazes were oppressive and intimidating,

to Yang Xiao,

they were nothing.

First, he sent a secret voice transmission to stop the nervous Lu Fangliang from warning him.

The smile at the corner of his mouth deepened, so much so that it was unsettling. In Lu Fangcheng's eyes, it even looked like mockery.

"On what grounds? You're actually asking me on what grounds?"

Yang Xiao started to laugh.

He stared at Lu Fangcheng, who appeared furious but actually had a smug look in his eyes, raised his hand, and suddenly swung it, slapping him across the face.

SLAP!

Lu Fangcheng was stunned.

Everyone present was stunned.

"Now, I'll tell you on what grounds!"

As he spoke, Yang Xiao slapped Lu Fangcheng across the face again.

Instantly, Lu Fangcheng's face began to swell from the blow.

"On the grounds that I am the Saint Prince! On the grounds that your Lu Family has already submitted to me! On the grounds of your disrespect just now! On the grounds that you knew Lu Fangliang is my friend, yet you still dared to humiliate him so! Tell me, aren't you just asking for it? Insisting on shoving your face here for me to slap!"

He kept slapping him as he spoke.

Lu Fangcheng stood there as if he had been hit by a Body Fixation Technique, letting Yang Xiao slap him again and again.

His eyes looked like they were about to shoot fire.

But his body couldn't move an inch.

Because Yang Xiao really had used a Body Fixation Technique on him—oh, not a Body Fixation Technique, but the Twelve Heavenly Forbidden Techniques.

However, unlike the Twelve Heavenly Forbidden Techniques formed from the twelve Divine Pills in his body, to deal with a mere cultivator at the Peak of Great Divine Power Realm before him...

...Yang Xiao had only casually sketched out twelve streams of the Power of the Emperor to directly seal the space around Lu Fangcheng, rendering him immobile and completely at his mercy.

"Now, do you understand?"

Yang Xiao said with a half-smile.

After this round of slapping, Lu Fangcheng's face had swollen up like a pig's head.

His eyes had become mere slits, and he could barely open them.

It was a ridiculous sight.

Inwardly, however, he was utterly astonished.

He couldn't understand how this guy, whose aura was clearly only somewhere between the Small Divine Ability Realm and a mortal, could actually seal him. Of course, he didn't know...

...that although Yang Xiao's cultivation was only at the Small Divine Ability Realm, far inferior to his own, after becoming the Human Race's Common Lord—and especially after the Lu Family's submission—his Power of the Emperor had become as dense as that of a Tier Four True God.

If it were anyone else, even with such strength, they probably wouldn't have been able to wield it effectively.

But for Yang Xiao, who had reached the level of a Supreme Divine King in his previous life...

...it was a piece of cake.

Never mind the power of a Tier Four True God; he could even handle the power of a Great Emperor.

And using the power of a Tier Four True God to deal with a mere cultivator at the Peak of Great Divine Power Realm was simply too easy.

As for the others...

The younger generation and the ordinary True Gods below the rank of Divine General were already dumbfounded.

The expressions on the faces of the Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder were also quite ugly.

But faced with such a situation, for a moment, they actually didn't know how to handle it.

At this moment, although they were all on the same side...

...and all felt dissatisfied with Yang Xiao...

...the moment they thought of the words of the Great Elder and Elder Long, none of them dared to make a move.

In particular, both the Seventh Elder and the Eighth Elder had witnessed the descent of Human Emperor Xuanyuan and been awed by the Human Emperor's aura.

If Yang Xiao had been weak and easily bullied, it would have been one thing.

But he was so unyielding.

He had resorted to violence directly.

So even though these two were displeased, they were extremely wary and uneasy about truly making a move themselves.

But were they just going to stand by and watch?

'No, I have to teach this kid a lesson. Otherwise, he'll really start treating our Lu Family like dogs.'

The Eighth Elder roared inwardly.

After all, Lu Fangcheng was his grandson. Yang Xiao slapping his face was no different from slapping his own. How could the Eighth Elder let this go?

However, he also knew...

...that if he were to act against Yang Xiao, once things blew up, it would be equally difficult to clean up the mess.

So, after some thought, he actually turned his gaze toward Lu Fangliang.

'This old man can't touch that brat surnamed Yang, but don't tell me I can't touch you?'

With a cold sneer,

the Lu Family's Eighth Elder moved in an instant.

He actually threw a direct slap,

aiming for Lu Fangliang's face.