"Zhang Wenbo." Zhou Hong shouted when Zhang Wenbo appeared.
"Zhou Hong, let me out quickly, or my grandfather will not let you off." After being released, Zhang Wenbo, without even seeing his surroundings clearly, immediately roared a threat at Zhou Hong.
"Still talking about your grandfather? Your grandfather is long dead." Zhou Hong sneered.
"How dare you curse my grandfather."
"Let alone your grandfather, even the corpses of your family's elders are still here. By the way, you should open your eyes and look at your surroundings. Does this place look familiar?"
Zhang Wenbo then scanned the surroundings, and his face immediately changed. He recognized it at once: this was the underground cultivation chamber of his family's ancestors.
"How can I be here? Ah, why are there so many dead bodies on the ground?" Zhang Wenbo found corpses lying all over the ground. Because their faces were unrecognizable, he couldn't identify them for a moment.
"There are still two who aren't completely dead over there. If you hurry, you can say goodbye to them." Zhou Hong pointed to two cultivators in the late stage of the Soul Division realm not far away, who were still struggling fiercely.
Zhang Wenbo quickly rushed over. After a closer look at the two struggling figures, he realized they were two of his family's uncles, both in the late stage of the Soul Division realm.
"Eighth Uncle, Sixth Uncle, why is it you?" Zhang Wenbo exclaimed in disbelief.
"Wenbo, why are you here too? We've all been harmed by this bastard," Zhang Wenbo's Eighth Uncle said with a face full of pain.
"Where is Old Ancestor? Why hasn't he come out yet?" Zhang Wenbo cried out.
"Old Ancestor is already dead. The one lying under your feet is him."
"What?" Zhang Wenbo then saw the corpse lying under his feet. If he hadn't been reminded, he truly wouldn't have recognized it. With the reminder, he identified it as indeed the family's Old Ancestor.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Zhang Wenbo felt as if the sky had collapsed. If even the family's Old Ancestor was dead, then the sky had indeed fallen.
"It was this bastard who did it. He used some scheme or trick, and instead of successfully refining the Myriad Soul Pill, he ended up consuming his poisonous pill. He didn't stop at killing Old Ancestor; he even used Old Ancestor's name to make all the strong cultivators in our family, from the Nascent Soul to Soul Division stages, consume poisonous pills. Now, the people lying scattered on the ground are all the strong cultivators of our family from the Nascent Soul and Soul Division stages."
"No, this is impossible." Zhang Wenbo was stunned. Looking at the unrecognizable corpses all over the ground, he couldn't believe it was real. No wonder he felt a slight sense of familiarity with these corpses earlier; they were all strong cultivators from his family who were at or above the Nascent Soul stage.
"Wenbo, quickly think of a way to escape. The future revival of the family depends on you."
At this moment, Zhou Hong walked up and chuckled, "Still thinking of reviving the family? Such naive thoughts."
Zhang Wenbo glared at Zhou Hong with fury and roared, "Zhou Hong, you destroyed my family, and I will not rest until you are dead!"
"Heh, Zhang Wenbo, it wasn't me who destroyed your family. It was you. Back then, you relied on your family's powerful background and wanted to fight me for a woman. Are you regretting it now? It's all because of you that your entire family has been annihilated. The death of your family's Old Ancestor and all strong cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage are all your doing. I'll ask you one question: do you regret it?"
Zhang Wenbo shook his head, tears streaming down his face, "I don't believe it. These are things you could do. Someone must have helped you. I don't believe it."
"So what if you don't believe it? Your family will no longer exist."
And at this moment, Zhang Wenbo's last two uncles also fell to the ground, dead.
"Eighth Uncle, Sixth Uncle." Zhang Wenbo cried and lunged towards them.
Zhou Hong no longer wanted to waste words with Zhang Wenbo and directly grabbed Zhang Wenbo by the head.
"Zhang Wenbo, be on your way. Go accompany the rest of your family. Perhaps together in the underworld, you can establish a new family."
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, Zhou Hong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have provoked you." Feeling the threat to his life, Zhang Wenbo begged for mercy in tears.
"Very well, I'll ask you, do you regret it?"
"I regret it, I regret it immensely." Zhang Wenbo could no longer hold back and confessed his inner thoughts. If time could rewind, he wished he could go back to the day of the freshman competition and never try to snatch a woman from Zhou Hong. In the end, he didn't get the woman and ended up destroying his entire family.
"It's good that you regret it, so hurry up and be on your way." Zhou Hong had no intention of sparing him. Since he had taken action, he had to eliminate all potential threats.
"Bang!" Zhou Hong crushed Zhang Wenbo.
After completing all this, Zhou Hong searched all the people present, taking all their storage bags and the like. Zhang Wenbo's communication artifact was also taken by Zhou Hong, along with those from others. Zhou Hong actually obtained over a dozen communication artifacts, as well as many spiritual herbs and other items.
Without lingering, Zhou Hong quickly ascended to the surface. The surface was the Zhang family's estate. At this moment, the remaining members of the Zhang family had no idea what had happened.
Zhou Hong sighed. Cultivators could not afford to be merciful. He could only harden his heart and annihilate the entire Zhang family.
Zhou Hong directly set up a formation throughout the entire Zhang family. For these weak individuals, one formation was sufficient.
Once the formation was completed and the entire Zhang family was enveloped, it was activated that night when everyone was asleep. No one ever woke up, and they died without the slightest pain, not even realizing they were dead at the last moment.
The only thing Zhou Hong could do was to let them die without suffering.
After completing this, Zhou Hong quietly departed. Perhaps no one would ever know who annihilated the Zhang family.
Five days later.
In the Desolate Forest, two to three days' journey from the Taikoo Academy, Lu Qianqian was leading the students of Class 30 on a training expedition.
There was a large pond there, filled with terrifying demonic beasts.
Lu Qianqian was guiding each student through the pond.
At this moment, a person was perched on a large tree nearby. It was none other than Zhou Hong.
After leaving the Zhang family, Zhou Hong had come directly here and happened to see the students of Class 30 training. Zhou Hong didn't disturb them and intended to wait on the tree.
"All students, hurry up! Today's mission is for each of you to cross this pond and kill at least five water demonic beasts. I will be waiting for you here. I hope all students can return before twelve noon. Set off!"
With the command, all the students rushed towards the pond ahead.
Soon, only Lu Qianqian remained by the pond.
There were also hundreds of tents by the pond, where the students of Class 30 slept at night.
Because the pond was very large, and the journey was filled with demonic beasts, a round trip would take about half a day.