Chapter 600 Kill the men, keep the women.【Seventh Update】
When the first melody sounded, guests in the hall instantly turned to look.
Li Xiaoyao also opened his eyes to see, and when he saw that familiar figure, he couldn't help but be slightly astonished.
He knew this piano piece all too well.
Eight years ago to the day, Yun Country knights and mercenaries descended upon Colin Country, their mission to overthrow the military regime and uphold the royal authority of the Colin kingdom.
To this day, Li Xiaoyao remembered the cheers and shouts of joy from the people of Colin Country after they drove away the last of the rebels.
In the public square of the people of Colin Country, there stood a worn-out piano, and Li Xiaoyao, who was only twenty years old at the time, impulsively stepped onto the stage and played "Una Mattina."
That scene was unforgettable for a lifetime.
Now, seeing Lisa replay this piano piece, memories long sealed flooded back like a tide.
"That woman, truly beautiful," someone said.
"Seems like she's Zeng Shao's woman."
"Zeng of Zhu Island City's Zeng Family?"
"Exactly, that Zeng Shao."
After the piece ended, Zeng Shao stepped forward, walked to the piano, and with a smile, gently lifted her chin. Suddenly, he grabbed the purple dress she wore and violently tugged at it.
"Rip!"
The fabric on the right shoulder tore open, revealing a large expanse of her pale skin to the crowd.
"Holy shit, jackpot!" someone exclaimed.
"I'm rock hard," admitted another.
The men in the hall were restless.
Li Xiaoyao frowned and stood up from the sofa, taking steps towards them.
Lisa, covering her shoulder, looked furious yet helpless.
She didn't dare to resist; Zeng Shao already knew her identity, and should she dare retaliate, the hidden bodyguards would immediately appear and subdue her.
Zeng Shao, looking at the anger and helplessness in Lisa's eyes, felt a twisted sense of pleasure in his chest.
"Playing the innocent in front of me?" he cursed, reaching out again to tear at her left shoulder.
"Rip!"
Almost all of Lisa's upper garments were torn off, revealing a pure black patterned bra that supported her pristine chest, driving onlookers wild.
Lisa bit her lip, shrinking onto the stool, not daring to stand up.
"Master," Ren Li called out carefully to the stern-faced Li Xiaoyao; he had just seen that woman talking and laughing with Li Xiaoyao, which meant their relationship was certainly not ordinary.
Li Xiaoyao said, "Take off your jacket."
"Huh? Oh, sure," Ren Li swiftly took off his suit jacket and handed it over. Li Xiaoyao strode forward, and just as Zeng Shao was about to reach out again, a slender arm suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed Zeng Shao's wrist.
Zeng Shao frowned and turned back, seeing it was Li Xiaoyao, his sneer deepened.
"Kid, you want to play the hero saving the beauty, huh?" he sneered.
Li Xiaoyao ignored him and backhanded a slap across his face.
"Smack!"
Zeng Shao was sent flying ten meters away, crashing to the ground.
"Whoa!"
The crowd was in an uproar, looking at Li Xiaoyao in disbelief."
"Who is this guy?"
"He's gone mad, truly mad, that's Zeng Family's eldest young master!"
The Ren Family elders in the crowd saw Li Xiaoyao strike without a word, hitting none other than Zeng Family's eldest young master, and they couldn't help but shudder, their legs trembling weakly.
Ren Li, however, was excited; his master was truly his master, never caring about the opponent's status when taking action.
"Shh, shh, shh!"
More than a dozen security guards surrounded them from all sides, holding batons in their hands, their faces fierce and vicious.
Zeng Shao climbed up from the ground, glared at Li Xiaoyao with fury, and cursed, "Tie him up!"
The security guards immediately rushed towards him, but Li Xiaoyao didn't even glance at them. A formidable aura burst forth from his body, sending all dozen men flying backward.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The men flew as if caught in an explosion, their bodies contorting in odd postures as they were blasted away.
In the hall, several invitee cultivators caught sight of this scene and couldn't help but let out a slight gasp.
Zeng Shao was also scared by what he saw and, after snapping back to reality, his pupils shrank rapidly: "A Cultivator!"
Zeng Shao turned his head and shouted to an elderly man, "Master Zhang!"
"Heh, so it turns out you're a fellow cultivator." An elderly man walked out from the crowd, came to Zeng Shao's side, and said reassuringly, "Young Master Zeng need not worry, this matter will be handled by me."
Master Zhang sized up Li Xiaoyao and saw he was just at the Qi-Refining Stage, his eyes filled with a bit of contempt.
"Young friend, do you realize that your actions just now have brought big trouble upon yourself?"
Li Xiaoyao draped his suit jacket over Lisa and said, "Sit for a while, I'll take you out of here soon."
Lisa clung to his hand tightly. She had much she wanted to say, but when the words reached her lips, only one sentence came out: "Be careful."
"Don't worry." He gave her a reassuring wink, stood up straight, looked at Master Zhang, and said indifferently, "If you don't want to die, get lost."
Master Zhang let out a cold snort and said, "I had thought to spare your life, but it seems there is no need for that now."
"Shut up!" Li Xiaoyao cursed impatiently, raised his hand to strike through the air, and Master Zhang, who was about to make a move, felt an unstoppable surge of formidable energy rapidly approaching him.
This force struck him squarely in the face. His nasal bones and cheekbones shattered in that instant, blood covered his entire face, and he was thrown out like a withered leaf.
"What!"
"That's Master Zhang!"
"Who is this kid? Even Master Zhang couldn't take a single move from him!"
Master Zhang was very well-known in high society, almost universally recognized. Everyone knew that Master Zhang possessed some peculiar abilities, capable of communicating with spirits and deities.
And now, he had been slapped away by a seemingly unknown young man.
To be thrown through the air, no less—this was simply inconceivable.
Zeng Shao was in disbelief—how could this guy be so strong? That was Master Zhang, someone who even his father would treat as an equal!
The vast hall was now so quiet that only the continuous sea breeze blowing from outside could be heard.
Lisa looked at the man before her, her sexy red lips slightly parted; she suddenly felt this man was very unfamiliar.
Is he still the Li I know?
Just then, a series of footsteps echoed from outside the door.
"Huo San, Young Master Huo is here!"
"It's Young Master Huo!"
"Today is the Huo Family's annual event, and this brat dares to make trouble here—that's tantamount to offending the Huo Family."
"Young Master Huo is notorious for his fiery temper. This kid's going to suffer."
Li Xiaoyao's show of skill was indeed astonishing, but the crowd wasn't overly shocked.
After all, with the Huo Family being one of the top-ranked in Zhu Island City, wouldn't they be able to handle an unknown youth?
Young Master Huo, clad in beach shorts, sunglasses perched on his face, walked in with a bevy of beauties. As he entered the hall, he noticed the rather bizarre scene.
"Hm?" Young Master Huo removed his arm from around the waist of a bikini-clad actress, took off his sunglasses, looked around the hall, and asked, "What's going on?"
Zeng Shao immediately ran up and quickly recounted what had happened.
After listening, Young Master Huo raised an eyebrow, his gaze settling on Li Xiaoyao and Lisa in front of the piano. A chilling smile spread across his face, and he addressed an empty spot in the room, "Kill the man, keep the woman."