My Ares Son-in-Law

Xiao Chen raised his head, calmly glancing at the fierce figure that rapidly magnified in his pupils, as if looking at something insignificant. He even nodded slightly, muttering to himself:

"It just so happens that we didn't know the exact location of the Lü family, so you... arrived just in time."

Just as the gleaming metallic claws were about to touch his chest—

Xiao Chen moved.

His movements, though seemingly slow, possessed a profound rhythm, arriving first despite starting later. He extended his right hand, fingers forming a claw, without dazzling light or piercing sound, simply and directly meeting the attack.

However, the instant he raised his hand, the air within a few meters of his body seemed to tremble slightly. Scattered fallen leaves and tiny blades of grass on the ground, without any wind, swirled and floated around him, as if drawn by an invisible force!

The scene was bizarre and inexplicable!

"Let me show you what real claw kung fu is."

The calm words had barely left his lips.

"Crack!"

A sharp, teeth-grinding cracking sound suddenly rang out!

Xiao Chen's hand, like the most precise iron clamp, caught the scarred man's wrist at its most vulnerable joint in mid-air, his five fingers tightly interlocked!

The next moment, an overwhelming and terrifying power erupted from Xiao Chen's five fingers!
"puff!"

As if squeezing a water-filled balloon, the scarred man's wrist, powerful enough to shatter metal, exploded right before everyone's eyes! His five fingers, along with flesh and bone fragments, flew in all directions!

"Ah—!" The scarred man let out a short, extremely shrill scream, his eyes instantly filled with boundless fear and horror!
He felt as if his wrist hadn't been broken, but rather crushed by a mountain! The seemingly casual grab contained inhuman power!
"Third brother, be careful! This guy's got a tough spot!" Another middle-aged man's pupils constricted as he shouted a warning, while simultaneously moving quickly to offer his assistance.

However, Xiao Chen gave his opponent no chance to react or retreat. His face remained expressionless, except for a cold glint in his deep eyes.

With a sudden shift in his footing, he moved like a ghost, his free left hand flashing out to grab the scarred man's throat, who was sluggish from the pain, and easily lifted him off the ground!

The scarred man struggled frantically, kicking his legs wildly, but felt a terrifying pressure as heavy as a mountain enveloping his entire body, suppressing all his energy within him, making it impossible for him to even move a finger!
Xiao Chen swung his arm, lifted the person in his hand high, and then slammed him down hard onto the hard granite ground!

"Bang——!!!"

A deep, muffled bang that sent shivers down your spine!

The scarred man's body made intimate contact with the ground. The enormous impact caused his bones to groan in unbearable strain, and his internal organs seemed to shift and shatter instantly! The blood he spat out was no longer liquid, but thick blood plasma mixed with fragments of his internal organs!
Before he could even let out a second scream, Xiao Chen's right foot had already risen, carrying immense force, and slammed down heavily on his head, which was contorted in pain!
"Click!"

The crisp sound of the skull colliding with the rock was clearly audible.

The scarred man's head was tilted to one side at an eerie angle, his wide eyes filled with endless fear and disbelief. His limbs twitched a few times before he fell silent. In the garden, the breeze still gently rustled the flowers and grass, and the sunlight was still warm and bright.

However, this tranquil and beautiful space was now filled with an intense, lingering stench of blood and a chilling sense of death that penetrated to the bone.

Xiao Chen slowly withdrew his foot, his gaze calmly turning to the only remaining middle-aged man, who was now dumbfounded and stiff-chested.

The entire killing spree, from its start to its end, took only a few breaths, so fast that it was impossible for anyone to keep up with it.

The Lu family expert who had been standing a little distance away, originally intending to provide support, was now completely dumbfounded! His eyes were wide open, his pupils dilated with extreme horror, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight!
He had thought that with his companion's ruthless and fierce "Golden Claw," which could easily tear apart ordinary grandmasters, he could at least severely injure and capture this young man of unknown origin who seemed to have only some air about him.

But reality dealt him a heavy blow! The result was exactly the opposite!

It wasn't that his companion overwhelmed the opponent; rather, this seemingly calm and harmless young man, in a simpler, more brutal, and more terrifying way, with just one move, brutally killed his companion, who was quite skilled and considered a formidable fighter in the Lü family! The body was shattered, and the death was gruesome!

A chill ran from his tailbone straight to the top of his head, and his body trembled uncontrollably. His gaze was fixed on the young man standing beside his companion's corpse, whose clothes were not even disheveled. He subconsciously took a few steps back.

He was acutely aware of a chilling truth: faced with the unfathomable strength of his opponent, his own cultivation was so low that he probably didn't even have the right to struggle! The fate of his companion just now could very well serve as a warning for him!

Just then, Xiao Chen slowly raised his head, his gaze like two ice spikes imbued with tangible coldness, piercing straight towards the last remaining expert from the Lü family.

"Step forward and face death."

His voice was not loud, but it had a strange penetrating power, as if it came from beyond the clouds. It was cold and indifferent, devoid of any human emotion, and contained only an absolute will that was unquestionable and could not be resisted.

What arrogance! And what domineering power!
With just a word, one can decide a person's life or death!
The Lü family expert felt as if an invisible hand had gripped his heart, causing him to suffocate instantly. Boundless fear, like an icy tide, completely overwhelmed him. He felt he was no longer facing a human, but an ancient god of death, a Yama who controlled life and death!

Escape? The thought had barely formed when it was crushed by the icy aura that locked onto his entire body. He had no doubt that if he dared to turn around, his fate would be even worse than his companions'.

Faced with an absolute disparity in strength, any attempt to take a chance is a joke.

What else could he do? He had absolutely no other choice.

Under Xiao Chen's indifferent gaze, his face turned ashen, his legs felt like lead, or as if they were being pulled by invisible threads. He could only move stiffly, step by step, with extreme difficulty, toward Xiao Chen.

When he was only a meter away from Xiao Chen, his tense nerves and knees finally gave way to the immense pressure.

"thump!"

With a muffled thud, his knees buckled, and he collapsed to his knees on the grass stained with his comrade's blood, burying his head deep in his chest, resigned to his fate. (End of Chapter)