Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1280: Chapter 1279: The Great Battle

Zhao Dongming almost collapsed to the ground; only now did he recall the earlier assessments of Su Yang, deeming him cunning as a demon!

He had previously sneered at these accolades, never taking them seriously.

Now he realized, the people’s evaluations were spot on. Su Yang’s cunning was indeed demonic!

”Do you know why during the banquet with those seventeen Family Heads, I kept everyone else out?” Su Yang casually smiled, ”Because I didn’t actually punish them. I needed them to cooperate with my act; I couldn’t let the outsiders know what I was discussing with them.”

Zhao Dongming now fully understood what Su Yang’s plan had been all along, and his expression turned exceedingly ugly. Clenching his teeth and fists tightly, he shouted furiously, ”Su, you’re despicable!”

”Zhao Dongming, don’t you feel ashamed saying such things?” Su Yang chuckled, ”After you left Qinghe Academy, you laid low for so long, waiting to strike at me. All this time, scheming how to kill me, brainstorming every possible method and tactic, yet you call me despicable? If you weren’t preoccupied with targeting and scheming against me, you wouldn’t have fallen for my trap or ended up like this. It was your ruthlessness that started all this!”

Zhao Dongming was utterly disheartened, just as Su Yang had described. Had he not acted this way, he would not have ended up like this.

”Alright, now that you know my plan, let’s settle our grudges,” Su Yang spoke indifferently with a smile, ”Zhao Dongming, truly, we had no previous enmities. From when you entered Qinghe Academy, you’ve continuously plotted against me, trying to trap me. It’s time we really settle our issues!”

Zhao Dongming clenched his teeth and said gravely, ”Su, what’s done is done by the individual. This matter has nothing to do with them; let them go!”

Su Yang glanced behind Zhao Dongming at his men and scoffed with a shake of his head, ”Zhao Dongming, your friends here are not like those fellow disciples of Lü Wenbang. Those disciples didn’t have deep ties with him and wouldn’t die for his cause. However, these friends of yours, whom you’ve personally saved, have a life-and-death bond with you and would die for you. I released Lü Wenbang’s fellow disciples, and they won’t seek revenge on me. But if I release your friends, they’ll definitely come after me!”

”Su, don’t you overdo it!” Zhao Dongming roared angrily.

”Same goes for you!” Su Yang leisurely responded, while also casting an amused glance at Ge Kaiyang, ”Brother Ge, we also need to settle our matters this evening!”

Ge Kaiyang’s face was as cold as ice as he gritted his teeth, ”Su, the matters between us will definitely be resolved. But tonight, it’s between you and Zhao Dongming. I won’t get involved!”

As Ge Kaiyang turned to leave, he was immediately blocked by a crowd.

”What, thinking of leaving?” Su Yang laughed, ”You colluded with Zhao Dongming and Wu Feizhi to plot against me. Now realizing you can’t win, you just want to flee? Isn’t that too easy?”

Ge Kaiyang’s expression was frosty, his heart filled with raging anger. He knew that leaving tonight would not be easy.

”Su, what exactly do you want?” Ge Kaiyang shouted furiously.

”To completely resolve everything, of course!” Su Yang smiled, ”Keeping you around is always a curse; if I don’t finish you off, I will eventually die by your hands. So, let’s end this tonight. Either you die, or I perish, how about that?”

”Su Yang, you should know, my grandfather is the Jade-Faced Judge!” Ge Kaiyang said solemnly, ”My grandfather has been cultivating his moral character these years, but that doesn’t mean anyone can humiliate the Ge Family. If you dare kill me, my grandfather will exterminate your entire Su Family, including all your relatives and friends, everyone connected to you!”

”What I dislike most, is when people try to intimidate me using my family and friends!” Su Yang’s demeanor turned cold, ”Ge Kaiyang, it seems I really must kill you!”

”You wouldn’t dare!” Ge Kaiyang roared, ”Try touching me and see!”

”Then let’s give it a try!” Su Yang sneered sharply, suddenly gesturing with his hand, ”Kill!”

Su Yang’s men, who had been waiting impatiently, charged out at his command and clashed with Zhao Dongming, Ge Kaiyang, and their group.

Just as Su Yang had said, the people with Zhao Dongming were bound to him by life-and-death camaraderie. Even though they clearly knew they were no match, they still fought valiantly against Su Yang’s men.

Zhao Dongming, his expression ice-cold, while fending off attacks from all around, gritted his teeth and said, ”Look for an opportunity to escape, don’t engage in battle!”

”Think you can run?” Su Yang sneered, as Zhao Hu Zi beside him lit a firework, signaling more people to hurry over from a distance.

Seeing these reinforcements, the faces of Zhao Dongming and his men turned extremely grim; Su Yang had called in all his adept fighters. This time, he truly wasn’t planning to let them leave alive.

The melee erupted swiftly, with Su Yang’s forces dividing into two groups.

One group, mighty in strength, engaged directly with Zhao Dongming and his men on the spot. The other group, slightly less strong but more numerous, blocked the surroundings, leaving Zhao Dongming and his group with no chance to escape.

The men Zhao Dongming had brought indeed had strong capabilities, but those whom Su Yang had rescued from the dungeon were even more formidable.

The battle was utterly fierce, plunging the forest into chaos, almost leveling the nearby hills.

Gradually, Zhao Dongming’s side began to falter, with people starting to get injured and perish.

Zhao Dongming watched this unfold before his eyes, utterly powerless to change the course, his heart bleeding. These people were the capital he had painstakingly accumulated over the years, the capital he needed to rise as the Zhao Family Head in the Capital City.

Now, this capital was being slowly destroyed by Su Yang. How could his heart not be filled with aggrievement?

The battle lasted for about an hour, with most people by Zhao Dongming’s side either dead or injured. Zhao Dongming himself was covered in wounds, having tried several times to break out but always getting blocked, looking utterly miserable.

As for Ge Kaiyang, his situation was even more dire, his body covered in blood and nearly depleted of strength.

As for Lü Donglin, as Su Yang had mentioned, once Lü Wenbang’s energy was depleted, his fire died down. He didn’t even engage in combat, merely dodging, Lü Wenbang extinguish his own energy and then collapsed from exhaustion.

At this point, the battle had essentially reached its climax. Zhao Dongming, Ge Kaiyang, and Wu Feizhi were severely wounded. Smiling Hidden Knife and Mianlizhen, the brother duo, looked even more pitiful, barely managing to stand, their demise seemingly just a matter of time.