186: Chapter 186 The Fury of the Du Family Patriarch

At this moment, the death of Second Elder Du Jiang made everyone realize the truth.

It turned out that from the very beginning, they had underestimated Li Qing!

That Loose Cultivator, whom they had been hunting for half a year and who appeared to be fleeing in a sorry state, had never been a stray dog living in constant fear!

The ones who were truly panic-stricken and walking on the edge of a cliff were the arrogant and conceited Du Family themselves!

In half a year, he had consecutively slain two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Manager Du He and Second Elder Du Jiang, counterattacking at every step with decisive killing and ruthless methods!

It was clear that he was playing the game of pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger, and they, the Du Family, were the pig that had delivered itself to his door!

The entire middle echelon of the Du Family was filled with panic; if the Family were to send them to hunt down that Loose Cultivator, would they follow in the footsteps of Manager Du He and Second Elder Du Jiang?

As for the high-ranking members in the main hall, besides fear, they felt even more of an overwhelming rage suppressed to the extreme!

The Head of the Du Family stood in the center, his brocade robes pulled tight, his body straight, but his Aura was gloomy to the extreme.

His Face was cold and stern, his eyes blood-red, and terrifying malice and killing intent surged within them; the air around him seemed to freeze solid.

As the helmsman holding power in the Du Family, losing two great Foundation Establishment combatants in just half a year, damaging the Family's top Foundation, was not just a loss of combat strength, but a fierce slap to his Face as the Head of the Du Family, and a brutal blow to the Face of the entire Du Family!

All the surrounding cultivation Families would inevitably use this to mock the Du Family for being incompetent and despise the Du Family's Foundation.

"What a fine Loose Cultivator from the wilderness! What a fine cowardly rat hiding its head and showing its tail!"

The Head of the Du Family gnashed his teeth, each word carrying a bone-chilling coldness; his voice was low and hoarse, filled with rage.

"My Du Family had no grudge against you, just some minor conflicts, yet you acted so viciously!"

"First you killed Manager Du He, then you slew Second Elder Du Jiang! You pushed step by step, cutting down my clan's backbone, severing my clan's Foundation! Do you really think my Du Family has no one, and that we can be slaughtered and bullied at your will!"

Overwhelming rage surged madly in his chest, and the hatred almost overwhelmed all his reason.

He had led the Du Family for decades; it had always been the Du Family bullying others and intimidating the surroundings, and they had never suffered such a great humiliation!

At this moment, the Head of the Du Family had completely forgotten who it was that first put out a city-wide bounty on the other party!

Just when the entire hall was filled with raging fire and the atmosphere was suppressed to the extreme, a vast, ancient, and majestic voice, carrying endless thunderous rage, suddenly exploded from the pavilion in the deepest Forbidden Ground of the Du Family!

The voice was not loud, but it caused the entire Du Family mansion to tremble slightly, making the eardrums of all the Disciples and stewards ring, shaking their souls!

It was the Du Family's only pillar of support—the Core Formation Old Ancestor who had been in seclusion for many years!

The only supreme powerhouse in the entire Du Family to have stepped into the Core Formation Realm!

For hundreds of years, the Old Ancestor had been in seclusion, ignoring the trivial matters of the clan, only guarding the Family's Foundation and intimidating external enemies; had the Family not been facing a crisis of life and death, he would never have spoken easily.

But today, the movement caused by the fall of Second Elder Du Jiang and the repeated heavy blows to the Family finally alarmed the Old Ancestor in seclusion!

"A mere Loose Cultivator dares to bully my Du Family, thinking we have no one?"

The Old Ancestor's voice carried the majesty of a hundred years, wrapped in extreme rage and chilling killing intent, resounding through heaven and earth.

"In half a year, you killed two of my clan's Foundation Establishment Cultivators, damaged my Du Family's Dao, and insulted my Du Family's century-old reputation!"

"Do you really think that because I have Core Formation cultivation and am often in seclusion, I cannot protect my clansmen and suppress petty thieves?!"

Rage was sky-high, and the killing intent was chilling!

The Old Ancestor's rage, silent for many years, erupted completely at this moment!

A Core Formation powerhouse was the top existence in this region, looking down on all Foundation Establishment Cultivators, with every action capable of determining life and death.

In the Old Ancestor's eyes, the Du Family was the Dao Foundation he had guarded all his life, and every Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the clan was a precious asset of the Family.

In just half a year, losing two Foundation Establishment Cultivators was equivalent to cutting off two branches of his Du Family's Dao; this was a naked provocation, an insult stepped onto his, this Core Formation Old Ancestor's, Face!

"Pass the order to the whole clan!"

The Old Ancestor's majestic voice resounded again, carrying an absolute command that brooked no argument.

"Seal all entrances and exits of the Yunling Mountain Range! Count the clan's combat power, and prepare Magical Artifacts and Talismans!"

"If this fellow is not eliminated, my Du Family will never have peace! Those who insult my Du Family and kill my clansmen must! Be! Exterminated!"

Every word was sonorous, carrying a heaven-destroying rage and a heart of certain killing!

Inside the main hall, the Grand Elder's Aura surged, and the sorrow in his eyes completely turned into killing malice.

The Head of the Du Family clenched his fists, his eyes blood-red, and his killing intent boiled to the extreme.

The entire Du Family completely transformed from extreme panic into extreme killing intent wrapped in overwhelming rage!

The Core Formation rage, silent for nearly a hundred years, poured out at this moment!

Du Kui had lived for nearly three hundred years and had guarded the Du Family for over two hundred years; the provocations he had received in his life could be counted on one hand.

He held a high Core Formation position; as one of the only five Core Formation True Monarchs of the Luoshui Sect, looking down on all surrounding Families and Sects, it had always been his Du Family pressing others down, and never had anyone dared to ride on the Du Family's head and run wild like this!

A Loose Cultivator with no background and no Sect, had forcibly slaughtered two Du Family Foundation Establishment Cultivators in half a year, stepping on the Du Family's Face and rubbing it into the ground repeatedly!

This was no longer a simple matter of killing and grudges; this was a naked Face-slapping humiliation!

The rage in Du Kui's heart burned fiercely, and there was only one thought in his mind:

How many years had it been! For hundreds of years! No one had dared to give the Du Family so little Face, no one had dared to trample on the Du Family's majesty so fiercely!

For so many years, the only time he had been thwarted and the Du Family had been helpless was because of the Luoshui Sect's Genius Disciple, Luo Bing.

But what was Luo Bing's status?

She was a once-in-a-millennium prodigy of the Luoshui Sect, a Personal Disciple of the Grand Elder, with peerless talent; losing to Luo Bing, Du Kui was convinced and satisfied, and it was not shameful.

But what did Li Qing count for?

In his eyes, he was just an ordinary Loose Cultivator from the wilderness, without the cultivation of a Sect, and without the support of resources!

Just such a small character had turned the Du Family, guarded by him, a dignified Core Formation Old Ancestor, upside down, causing heavy casualties!

He could not swallow this anger!

The entire Du Family could not endure it!

"Audacious evil obstacle!!"

From within the Forbidden Ground, another angry shout came, and a vast Core Formation spiritual power pressure swept in all directions.

"Since you dare to kill my Du Family members and dare to accept my Du Family's pursuit, then this old man will leave the mountain himself!"

"There is no need for the clan Disciples to throw away their lives in vain; this old man will personally go to the Yunling Mountain Range and capture this fellow alive!"

"I want to see what heaven-defying abilities you, a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Loose Cultivator, have that make you dare to be so arrogant and domineering!"

The more Du Kui thought, the angrier he became. He planned to leave seclusion and take action personally, using his Core Formation power to crush and capture Li Qing, abolish his cultivation, extract his soul and refine his spirit, to sacrifice to the departed souls of Manager Du He and Second Elder Du Jiang, and to wash away the great humiliation of the Du Family today.

A Core Formation powerhouse personally taking action to deal with a mere Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator.

In everyone's view, this was simply a dimensionality reduction strike, using a butcher's knife to slaughter a chicken!

The outcome was already doomed; that Loose Cultivator named Li Qing was bound to die, with absolutely no chance of survival!

Just one second before Old Ancestor Du Kui circulated his spiritual power, prepared to break open the Forbidden Ground's hidden domain, and step out of the pavilion to leave the mountain!

Hum—!

Above the Void Realm, a clear sound of the Dao suddenly rang out!