Chapter 181 - I Will See Your Whole Family Dead!
Two hours. Two hours had never felt so long before. But was it enough for an avenger who was back to take his vengeance after three years of accusations? As cruel as Li Tianming might be right now, who would stop him? And as long as Lin Xiaoting was still breathing, their battle wouldn’t end.
Even the two inspectors watched on with indifference, oblivious to the Lightning Manor crying and begging at their feet. When the manor was in power and abused it to its advantage, no one stopped it. Now that its downfall was within sight, it could only beg for the inspectors’ mercy. Led by the Lightning Seigneur himself, the group continuously banged their heads against the floor for two hours nonstop. They didn’t even stop as blood flowed down Lin Zhao’s forehead.
“Benevolent inspectors, please save Xiaoting! He’s a disciple of Heaven’s Elysium!”
“I beg you, Yueling Clan, please help us convince the inspectors!”
At Lin Zhao’s age, losing first his sons, then his grandson wasn’t a trauma he could possibly endure. No one would be surprised if his heart gave out there and then.
But wasn’t it all karmic retribution? When the clan members had harmed and killed others for their own benefits, did they ever imagine that the same fate could befall themselves? Had the Lightning Manor defeated the Wei Clan, would it have shown mercy to any members of the Wei family? The Lightning Manor would probably slaughter every last member of the Wei Clan to clear a path for the ‘new king’ of Vermilion Bird!
“Of course not, it was Lin Xiaoting’s own promise to the inspectors!”
“The inspectors won’t go back on their own words.”
“Not only did Lin Xiaoting snatch Li Tianming’s girlfriend and rob him, that monster even killed Li Tianming’s beast and pushed all the blame to that poor boy. We were all fooled for three years!”
“Li Tianming is the real hero Vermilion Bird needs, not that filthy scoundrel! He proved himself innocent in front of the entire nation, and served his revenge after three years of suffering.”
Since the events of the day before, many were having second thoughts on what had happened three years ago, thanks to the last words that Mu Qingqing had left behind at the stone gate. Now that the youngster had stepped out in Wei Clan’s time of need and successfully defended the family, even the most powerful and influential figures were impressed by him. When he slew the two beasts and executed Lin Xiaoting, he showed a will and determination unmatched by anyone else! The black wildsoul sealed within his sword ki was further evidence of the truth of the events from three years past.
Even those with hearts of stone were moved by that youth who sent the crowd’s blood boiling, and those who had previously jeered him for his ‘deeds’ were now standing on his side. They roared and cheered Li Tianming on, drowning out the pleading voices of the Lightning Manor.
How could the voice of a dying clan match that of a nation’s?
No amount of pleading and regret could wipe away the evils that the Lightning Manor had committed in the past, and a debt of blood can only be repaid with blood. There wasn’t anyone to sympathize with Lin Zhao, and he could only watch on in despair as his own grandson slowly died under Li Tianming’s sword. He even tried kneeling in Li Tianming’s direction and begging for all his life’s worth, as the white-haired youth had terrified him more than anyone else in the world could.
It seemed like only yesterday when Lin Xiaoting returned with all smiles and told him that he had obtained a Saintbeast War-Soul. It was like a fortune bestowed from the heavens.
