The Zhao family members trembled before the hotel entrance, surrounded by special forces soldiers exuding a chilling, deadly aura. They stood like condemned criminals, daring not to resist.
Seeing this, Zhao Wu grew angry. Han Lang's actions had utterly disgraced the entire Zhao family. Though he knew something must have happened, he found it unbearable that his family was being treated this way before the truth was revealed.
He quickly stepped in front of his family, spreading his arms, and shouted at Han Lang, "Boss! I respect your character, but now, without knowing the full story, you're treating my Zhao family like this. Isn't that going too far?"
Tang Qin and Ma Long were speechless. If they hadn't been afraid to directly summon Zhao Wu, they would have dragged him away.
Han Lang stared coldly at Zhao Wu, then his sharp gaze shifted to Zhao Wei at the edge of the crowd. With a commanding presence, he asked, "Zhao Wei, aren't you going to tell your brother everything?"
Zhao Wei lowered his head sheepishly, not daring to utter a word. He knew that the strongest among the Zhao family was only at the Golden Core stage. Han Lang, however, had mobilized over a thousand elite special forces soldiers. He had no courage to show any disrespect.
Seeing Zhao Wei's silence, Han Lang let out a cold laugh. "Hmph! If that's the case, then I'll start settling the score directly! Han Kang, name everyone you know!"
Han Kang, filled with righteous indignation, stepped forward and declared loudly, "Zhao Group's Le City representative, Wang Lifeng!"
Upon hearing Han Kang's announcement, a small commotion rippled through the Zhao family. However, after a long wait, no one stepped forward. Han Lang frowned, "What? You dare to do it but not admit it? I'll give you five seconds to bring Wang Lifeng out, or don't blame me for implicating the innocent!"
His words caused even greater unrest among the crowd. Zhao Wu looked at a middle-aged man in the crowd with confusion. Feeling Zhao Wu's gaze, Wang Lifeng deliberately shrank further into the crowd. Zhao Wu's anger flared. He grabbed Wang Lifeng and threw him before Han Lang. "Boss! This is just a regular Golden Core guest elder of our Zhao family. How did he offend you? Tell me, and I'll deal with him myself!"
Han Lang glanced indifferently at Zhao Wu and replied coldly, "No need!" He then signaled Ma Long. Instantly, Ma Long's fists flashed with golden spiritual energy. With a slight movement, before Zhao Wu could even react, he lunged at Wang Lifeng.
With a "snap!", Wang Lifeng was instantly reduced to a bloody pulp, his remains splattering the faces of the Zhao family members behind him! Screams erupted, and everyone was terrified.
Zhao Wu's anger intensified as he glared at Ma Long. "What are you doing?" Ma Long ignored him, shook his head, and returned to his position.
Next, Han Kang called out again, "Zhao Group's Le City Marketing Director, Zhao De!"
As another name was called, the Zhao family members dared not move at all. Zhao Wu, furious and bewildered, looked at Han Lang. Han Lang, however, calmly began to count, "Five!" "Four!" "Three!" "Two!" "One!"
As the last word fell, Tang Qin, standing nearby, moved swiftly. She grabbed a random Zhao family member and plunged a claw into his back. The man died on the spot!
The Zhao family was petrified! Now, fearing for their own lives, they frantically pushed Zhao De forward. Ma Long moved. With a "bang!", Zhao De was crushed by a punch before he could even beg for mercy!
"Enough!" Zhao Wu could no longer tolerate it. He had watched three Zhao family members die before his eyes. If he did nothing more, he would be unworthy of the Zhao family name. He stood defiantly opposite Han Lang. "Han Lang! I respect you and call you boss, but aren't you going too far? If it's because my brother stole your fiancée, I've already returned her to you unharmed. If you continue to slaughter my Zhao family like this, even if I die today, I will fight you to the end!"
Upon hearing Zhao Wu's words, Han Lang's eyelids twitched. Before he could speak, Han Kang pulled out his phone and showed a video to Zhao Wu. "Mr. Zhao Wu, I understand you and my brother built a deep friendship in the military. However, Zhao Wei forced the deaths of my father and Elder Cao. This is an irreconcilable hatred! My brother didn't want to fall out with you, which is why he ignored you from the beginning. But this doesn't mean his current actions are unreasonable! You have profound cultivation, you should be able to tell if the so-called accidental deaths in the video were manipulated by someone?"
Han Kang's words stunned Zhao Wu and Tang Geng. It turned out Han Lang's elaborate plan was not just about reclaiming Luo Jiaying. More importantly, the Zhao family had caused the deaths of his father and Elder Cao. Zhao Wu didn't know how important Elder Cao was to Han Lang, but Tang Geng knew perfectly well.
"Is it true?" he asked Tang Qin cautiously, disbelief in his voice. Tang Qin nodded slightly, "Yes!" Zhao Wu, completely incredulous, examined the video. In an instant, he was stunned. With such a video, any cultivator at the Golden Core stage could easily see that the deaths of Elder Cao and Han Zhongyi were caused by a Golden Core cultivator. And at that time, over a dozen Zhao family members were gathered in the office shown in the video. They were all accomplices!
Zhao Wu was shocked. He turned to Zhao Wei in disbelief. "Brother, did you do all this?" Faced with the accusation, Zhao Wei hastily argued, "No, it wasn't me! It was Wang Lifeng! He acted on his own initiative. When I wanted to stop him, it was already too late! I never wanted any of this to happen. At the time, I only ordered them to teach those two old… old seniors a lesson!" Although the excuse sounded plausible, it was an indirect admission of the truth.
Zhao Wu despaired. He wanted to protect the Zhao family. He also didn't want to disregard his friendship with Han Lang. However, for something like this, not to mention Han Lang, even he himself couldn't easily let it go! With such a grave disaster, even if he wanted to protect the Zhao family, how could he do it? With this thought, his steps faltered, and he retreated, lost and dejected.
Seeing this, Han Kang immediately called out again, "Zhao Feng!" "Bang!"...
This was a trial! A trial filled with fury! Tang Geng, upon learning the truth, was also enraged. Although he had a deep affection for Zhao Wu, he was now unequivocally on Han Lang's side. Therefore, he also drew his flying sword. At least, during the execution, his flying sword, compared to Ma Long's fists or even Tang Qin's claws, would inflict less suffering on the Zhao family members. At least, it would leave them with a complete corpse!