Yang Aotian had suffered a series of setbacks since arriving in Jiangcheng with his men. The City Lord of Jiangcheng refused to see him, and the patriarchs of the major aristocratic families in Jiangcheng were all absent.
He had come to demand an explanation on behalf of the Yang family, but the result was that he hadn't even met anyone, leaving him seething with anger.
He was the future patriarch of the Yang family. In the Jiangnan region, everyone bowed and scraped before him.
Yet, in a mere Jiangcheng, after he had been present for half a day, not only did the City Lord and the heads of the major families fail to come and welcome him, but they had all disappeared as if they had vanished.
This was a significant blow to his pride!
Therefore, Yang Aotian chose the most direct method: he went straight for the main target, Li Xiaotian.
In his opinion, Li Xiaotian was doomed to die anyway, so he might as well simplify matters.
This led to the scene at the amusement park.
"Insolent wench, Wang Xing wants your daughter's heart. It is an honor for you and your daughter!"
"Why couldn't you just accept your fate obediently? You had to wait for your useless husband to return."
"He destroyed the Wang family and made the entire Jiangnan region a laughingstock of our Yang family. Tell me, do you deserve to die?"
Yang Aotian's expression was vicious and filled with disgust, his tone unhurried.
"Do you dare to pretend you don't know anything, you slut? You dare to try and fool me?"
"Tell me, how should your family be punished?"
"First, dig out your daughter's heart, then give you to a group of thugs, and then make your useless husband watch as you are humiliated. What do you think of this punishment?"
Ye Qingmei was terrified. She was worried about her daughter Tiantian's safety and was also shocked by the scene Yang Aotian described. Her mind was in a complete mess.
"I. I was wrong. I was wrong, please, Young Master Yang. Please spare us."
Ye Qingmei pleaded. Facing the Yang family, she felt hopeless. Even though she knew Li Xiaotian had many subordinates, facing the behemoth that was the Yang family, the outcome for them would surely be more terrifying than death.
"Kneel!" A hint of disdain flashed in Yang Aotian's eyes as he berated her coldly.
Just as Ye Qingmei, in her panic and helplessness, prepared to obey Yang Aotian's command and kneel, a familiar, furious voice sounded in her ears.
"Does the Yang family wish to be annihilated?!"
Li Xiaotian had arrived. Seeing the scene before him, his anger instantly flared, exuding a powerful aura of ferocity.
He was unaware that his wife and daughter were being bullied in his absence.
Now that he had returned, his wife and daughter were still being bullied, filling his heart with immense rage and killing intent.
Never in his life had he felt such an overwhelming desire to kill!
The Yang family, he would annihilate them all!!!
"Presumptuous!" Hearing Li Xiaotian's words, Yang Aotian's face immediately contorted. Daring to speak of the Yang family's annihilation, as a member of the Yang family, he was instantly enraged, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.
Yang Aotian looked at Li Xiaotian, his gaze cold, and said in a somber tone.
"You are Li Xiaotian? You want to destroy my Yang family? Do you know what those words you uttered mean?"
"It means that no matter how powerful your background, you will pay a thousand times, ten thousand times over for those words!"
Li Xiaotian glanced coldly at Yang Aotian, suppressing the killing intent in his heart with all his might, and said word by word.
"Let them go, mother and daughter!"
If Ye Qingmei and her daughter were not being held hostage by Yang Aotian at this moment, Li Xiaotian would have already acted.
"Let them go?" Yang Aotian snorted lightly, glancing at Ye Qingmei, then back at Li Xiaotian, his tone dismissive.
"Are you ordering me? Do you know who I am? Their lives, mother and daughter, are in my hands right now. Is this how you face me?"
Yang Aotian's expression gradually turned cold. He handed Ye Qingmei over to his subordinate and then stepped forward, looking down at Li Xiaotian.
"Kneel! Otherwise, the mother and daughter die!"
As Yang Aotian finished speaking, the Yang family guards holding Ye Qingmei and her daughter produced daggers, holding them to their throats. It seemed that if Li Xiaotian did not obey Yang Aotian, Ye Qingmei and her daughter would die instantly.
"Grug. Grug." Li Xiaotian clenched his fists tightly, his fingernails digging into his palms, drawing blood.
"What? Not convinced? Don't want to kneel?"
Yang Aotian raised an eyebrow, looking at Li Xiaotian with disdain, and sneered.
"I have a hundred ways to make you kneel, but I've chosen this most despicable method. Although it doesn't suit my status as the future patriarch of the Yang family, it feels so good!"
Yang Aotian pointed his finger at Li Xiaotian's forehead several times, then spoke in a smug and chilling tone.
"You kneel, and I'll let the mother and daughter go immediately, and then we'll slowly toy with your entire family. If you don't kneel, the mother and daughter die right now, and then I'll slowly toy with you!"
"Hahaha, what do you think of these two options? Don't you feel helpless? Don't you feel insignificant?"
Li Xiaotian glared at Yang Aotian, remaining silent. He was waiting, waiting for Long Yi!
At this moment, Long Yi had already blended into the surrounding crowd and was moving towards Yang Aotian's guards. With Long Yi's skill, he could easily launch a surprise attack and rescue Ye Qingmei and her daughter.
"You speak! Do you want one of them to die right now?"
Seeing Li Xiaotian's silence, Yang Aotian became agitated, shouting loudly. He reached out, preparing to slap Li Xiaotian.
At this moment, Long Yi had also circled around behind Yang Aotian's four guards.
"Long Yi!! Act!!" Li Xiaotian roared, grabbing Yang Aotian's outstretched arm.
Simultaneously, with Li Xiaotian's command, Long Yi moved instantly.
He lunged at the two individuals holding Ye Qingmei and her daughter, his speed incredibly fast. With a chopstick picked up from the ground, he struck with precision, piercing the necks of both guards in a single swift movement.
Then, he grabbed Ye Qingmei and her daughter and retreated rapidly!
"Bang! Bang!" Two bodies fell to the ground!
At this point, Yang Aotian and his remaining two guards only snapped back to their senses. The sudden turn of events had taken less than a second, leaving them no time to react.
"You! Despicable!! They!..." Yang Aotian, with one arm held by Li Xiaotian, was first enraged by Li Xiaotian's resistance, then by the audacity of someone intervening to rescue Ye Qingmei and her daughter.
"Crack!" However, before Yang Aotian could continue speaking, Li Xiaotian reached out and directly snapped Yang Aotian's arm.
"Ahhhh!!" The intense pain caused Yang Aotian to cry out instantly. His two guards also regained their senses. Disregarding the abducted Ye Qingmei and her daughter, they both lunged at Li Xiaotian.
"Release Young Master Yang! Li Xiaotian, you are courting death!"
"Dare to injure Young Master Yang, Li Xiaotian, do you want to be annihilated?" The two Yang family guards lunged forward, their eyes filled with killing intent.
"Quick, quick!! Kill him for me!!" Yang Aotian roared, his face pale.
Li Xiaotian looked at the two rushing towards him. While still holding Yang Aotian's arm with one hand, he lashed out with his right leg, delivering two rapid kicks.
"Bang! Bang!" The bodies of the two Yang family guards were sent flying backward, their faces filled with terror!
A strong man! A very, very strong man!!
This was the only thought in the minds of the two Yang family guards. But then, their consciousness blurred, and their lives vanished.
They were dead!
The scene suddenly fell into complete silence. Yang Aotian's screams of pain were abruptly stifled in his throat.
What had he seen?
The two guards had just been killed in one move, and he hadn't fully processed it yet, let alone had time to ponder.
But now, he had personally witnessed his other two guards being kicked to death by Li Xiaotian, which instantly shocked him, leaving his mind blank!
He knew the strength of the four guards accompanying him. Each one could easily defeat over a dozen grown men.
Furthermore, these four guards were handpicked by his second uncle to be his bodyguards. They were all battle-hardened veterans with formidable strength.
But now, two of them were kicked to death by Li Xiaotian with a single leg?!!
How was this possible??
Yang Aotian had forgotten his pain by now, his mind a jumble of questions, unable to comprehend how the situation had escalated to this point.
But then, Yang Aotian snapped back to reality. All the men he had brought were gone, and he himself was in Li Xiaotian's grasp!
Thinking of this, Yang Aotian hurriedly looked at Li Xiaotian, his eyes wide with terror.
"Li Xiaotian! I am the eldest young master of the Yang family, the future patriarch. You cannot kill me!"
"My second uncle is a warlord in the chaotic war zones abroad, commanding three thousand powerful generals!"
"If you kill me, you will surely perish without a burial place!!"
"Crack!" The response to Yang Aotian was the snapping of his other arm.
"Ahhhh!! Li Xiaotian!! You're courting death!!"
Yang Aotian roared. Both his arms were broken. The physical pain, coupled with the psychological humiliation, drove him into a frenzy.
"I will kill you!! I will kill you!! Do you know the foolish thing you are doing? Do you know who I am?"
Li Xiaotian stared at Yang Aotian, his eyes filled with killing intent and coldness. Under that gaze, Yang Aotian's voice significantly weakened. He was scared.
"The Yang family? Three thousand generals? Heh heh!"
Li Xiaotian's voice was hoarse, his expression grim.
"You know the chaotic war zones? Then have you heard of the Dragon King Hall?"
"I, Li Xiaotian, am the King of the Dragon King Hall! Revered by the world as the Dragon King!"
Boom! Yang Aotian's mind was instantly struck by a thunderous roar. He forgot everything, his mind solely focused on the two words Li Xiaotian had spoken.
Dragon King! Dragon King! Dragon King!
How could he not know the Dragon King? He had heard his second uncle mention him before. The Dragon King, a man from the Qin Kingdom, the world's foremost God of War!