My Ares Son-in-Law

"what!"

The piercing scream had barely begun when Xiao Chen raised his hand and grabbed her throat, choking it off.

Xiao Chen grabbed his neck with one hand and lifted him off the ground. The man kicked wildly with his feet dangling in the air and tried desperately to pry open the iron-like hand, but it wouldn't budge. His face turned from white to green, and a feeling of suffocation surged over him like a tide. His eyes gradually became bloodshot and bulged.

Just then, Xiao Chen caught a glimpse of a blood-red skull tattoo beneath his hairline, vaguely similar to the one on Su Yu's neck, only with more intricate patterns and a richer color.

With a flick of his wrist, he slammed the man back to the ground!

"Oh!"

Another dull cracking sound followed. At least three of the man's ribs were broken, a section of his chest caved in, and blood mixed with fragments of internal organs spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"Is this what you call 'repaying a favor'?" Xiao Chen turned to Su Yu, his tone as calm as if he were discussing the weather. "You came with a tail to kill me, and you still dare to say you've repaid the favor?"

"I didn't!" Su Yu's face turned pale as she hurriedly protested, "The Blood Demon Society has rules: if multiple people take on the same target, the first to succeed gets the reward, and the later ones either cancel their orders or fight amongst themselves! I had no idea that the Lü family had hired other people! Damn it... it was the people in the palace who deliberately concealed this, wanting us to fight amongst ourselves!"

"Su Yu!" The man on the ground hissed, interrupting her, his eyes filled with malice and madness. "You dare to break the rules of the Blood Demon Society! When the deacon finds out, you will be skinned alive and your soul will be scattered!"

He endured the excruciating pain, turned to look at Xiao Chen, and forced a ferocious smile: "Boy, kneel down and beg for mercy now, hand over Su Yu, and maybe I can plead for your life in the presence of the steward... Ah!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Chen stepped on his chest!

"Snap!"

The dull thud of breaking ribs was sickening; the man's chest caved in instantly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, staining Xiao Chen's shoes red.

"Wait!" Su Yu rushed forward, reaching out to stop him. "Don't kill him! If he dies here, the Blood Demon Society's tracking technology will immediately lock onto this place, and they'll know the mission failed! Then it won't be a silver-ranked assassin like him coming; it will be a real gold-ranked assassin, or even a Blood Demon Guard! Those are top-tier combat forces at the late-stage Celestial Realm. You can't even imagine how terrifying they are!"

This was the situation she feared most. Otherwise, she would have personally dealt with this fool who tried to steal the order when she walked in.

Xiao Chen paused in his movements.

The Blood Demon Society... if they really keep sending people to bother him, it would indeed be troublesome.

However, there is only one way to solve a problem: uproot it completely.

Seeing Xiao Chen hesitate, the man on the ground assumed he was afraid. He spat out a mouthful of blood and sneered, "Scared? Too late! If you kill me, the Blood Demon Society will send all its forces to hunt you down until you are reduced to ashes..."

"Noisy."

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes, and his feet suddenly unleashed a burst of power!

"Pfft!"

His chest cavity collapsed completely, and blood mixed with shattered internal organs gushed out, splattering all over the ground.

The man's eyes widened, the sneer in them freezing, replaced by utter terror and absurdity. In his dying moments, he heard only a calm, yet overwhelmingly powerful voice above him:
"If the Blood Demon Society provokes me again, I don't mind making your entire organization disappear from this world completely."

In his final, dilated pupils, only one thought remained in his mind.
This guy is insane... He's absolutely insane!

Does he know how powerful the Blood Demon Society is? Does he know how terrifying the Blood Demon Guards are? How dare he say he wants to destroy the Blood Demon Society?!
Su Yu's breath hitched, and she froze on the spot.

She stared at the gradually cooling corpse on the floor, then at Xiao Chen, who had sat back down on the sofa. A chill ran down her spine, spreading through her veins to every part of her body. This man… he's truly insane!

Not only did he kill a silver-ranked assassin from the Blood Demon Society, but he also made such arrogant remarks! He has no idea how much trouble he has gotten himself into!

"Do you...do you know what you've done?" Su Yu's throat was dry, and her voice trembled slightly.

Xiao Chen took out an unopened cigarette box from the coffee table drawer, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it.

The sparks flickered in the smoke, casting his profile in shifting light and shadow, his eyes as cold as ice.

“Since you’re from the Blood Demon Society,” he exhaled a smoke ring, his tone flat and indifferent, “take the corpse with you. Don’t dirty my place.”

Su Yu's pretty face instantly turned icy cold, and her chest heaved violently.

He killed members of the Blood Demon Society, yet he expects her, a member of the Blood Demon Society herself, to clean up the mess? What does he take her for? A servant to be summoned at a moment's notice?!

"Xiao Chen!" she gritted her teeth, her voice filled with suppressed rage. "Don't think that just because you saved me you can order me around like this! You have no idea how much trouble you've gotten yourself into! From today onwards, you will live the rest of your life in the shadow of the Blood Demon Society's pursuit, never finding peace day or night, until you are killed by our people..."

"The door is over there." Xiao Chen interrupted her, pointing to the entryway, his tone still calm. "Remember to take the trash with you and clean up any traces while you're at it."

Su Yu stared intently at him, her chest heaving more and more violently. Finally, she gritted her teeth, bent down, and dragged the heavy corpse toward the door.

She had to clean up the mess. Not for Xiao Chen, but for herself. If the Blood Demon Society's deacons discovered her connection to the target, or even allowed the target to kill her fellow disciples, she would also be targeted for elimination, suffering a fate far worse than this corpse.

As she dragged him to the door, she paused, turned back to look at the blurry profile in the smoke, and spoke in a very low voice, carrying a complex and unreadable emotion:

"I found a scapegoat for you and helped you clean up the scene... I've completely repaid that favor."

"As for the Blood Demon Society, I'll try my best to stall them with excuses like 'the target escaped' or 'the assassins fighting amongst themselves and dying together.' But I can't hold out for long. Once the deacon becomes suspicious, they'll send top assassins or even Blood Demon Guards..."

She paused, then finally added, "Take care of yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, the front door closed gently.

The villa fell silent again, with only lingering smoke and the faint smell of blood in the air.

Xiao Chen, a cigarette between his fingers, gazed at the pitch-black night outside the window, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The Lü family, the Blood Demon Society...

Perfect, let’s solve them together.

Xiao Chen flicked his finger, and the cigarette butt, still glowing, hit the floor with a soft "sizzle." In the blink of an eye, he had already dialed Di Tianyan's number.

"Alliance Leader." The voice on the other end of the phone was respectful and steady, without the slightest hesitation, clearly indicating that Di Tianyan had been on standby at all times.

"The Blood Demon Society, how much do you know?" Xiao Chen's voice was calm and even, as if he were asking about a trivial matter, his fingertips casually stroking the windowsill.

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by the soft sound of Di Tianyan adjusting his breathing: "You... have clashed with the Blood Demon Society?" (End of Chapter)