Chapter 435: Winter Chaos – Part 4 (1/2)
Du Hui was knocked back five meters and collapsed on his back. His parents rushed to the stage to check their child while the other relatives pointed their fingers and scolded Miaomiao.
”You, how dare you!? Don't you know who we are!? How dare you attack our child!?”
”Kneel and kowtow to us! Compensate us for harming our child!”
Miaomiao and other staff from Siren City rolled their eyes. Even frequent visitors like Xun Yu, Xun You, and Sima Fang raised their eyebrows, wondering whether this family was mentally ill.
They wanted to ask them where they had been living since they didn't know Miaomiao's strength and the backers of Siren City.
Miaomiao sighed, ”You there. Are you really ignorant, or are you just simply stupid. Don't you know what kind of place this is?”
The parents of Du Hui came from the southern region, and they had no idea about the war game. They thought that Siren City was just a den of vile cultivators and demon worshipers.
As such, they showed no respect to the local people, even if Miaomiao's cultivation base was higher than theirs, they were not afraid of him.
”This place is just a den of monsters and demons! How dare you insult us!?” The parents turned around and shouted, ”People, look at this bastard! He doesn't even show respect to us, a family of righteous cultivators! How can you trust this man and this bogus sect that he made!?”
The local beastmen, merchants, and rogue cultivators who had seen the war game sneered at the group of family.
Seeing the reaction of the crowd, the family was confused.
Miaomiao faintly smiled at the family as he unleashed his killing intent. Without touching them, he glared at them, giving them the pressure of a 5th-stage cultivator with a compound element continent inside his dantian.
He had the urge to kill them on the spot, but he chose not to.
After all, many people from the dryad forest and a glutton spider were eager to abduct these fools. Miaomiao could simply let them handle underhanded tasks while his hands remained clean.
The aura of Miaomiao changed. From the perspectives of Du Hui's parents, Miaomiao suddenly looked like a domineering war god, who could easily kill them with just a punch.
”Leave.”
Miaomiao simply waved his hand, gesturing them to leave the platform.
The family was scared of the sinister aura from Miaomiao. With trembling legs, they slowly descended the stage and walked away from Siren City.
While they were leaving, the crowd laughed and gossiped.
”What were they thinking, provoking Lord Mao like that?”
”Lord Mao Miaomiao used to repel multiple 8th-stage cultivators at once! He could have killed those idiots, but he didn't! What a kind man!”
”Lord Mao is different from those arrogant cultivators from noble clans. He doesn't care about our background or our origins. He simply accepts everyone as long as they show respect to him first.”
”That's why morons like Du Family failed! It's obvious as days that the first test is a test of manner and respect. Any child that touched the boulder passed the test instantly while arrogant pricks always failed!”
Du Family members lowered their heads in shame. They didn't dare to meet the eyes of the spectating cultivators or merchants as they didn't know anything about Miaomiao.
The test went on without a hitch after the commotion. No one dared to show disrespect toward Miaomiao anymore.
…
The Du Family members left the perimeter of Siren City, traveling on the southern road, heading back to the Zither Tongue City of Zhang Ren.
On the way, Du Hui's father complained as he held grudge against Miaomiao.
”Just you wait. Once we're home, we'll report this to Lord Zhang Ren. We'll request Lord Zhang to mobilize his soldiers and attack Siren City! I want to see that bogus sect burnt to the ground!”
Everyone in the family nodded. Even Du Hui cursed Miaomiao as well.
But as they were traveling on the southern main road, they didn't pay attention to the surroundings.
They were unaware – This main road was the nest of man-eating termites.
RUMBLE
Suddenly, one of the giant termites got out of the burrows and bit Du Hui's legs. Then, it dragged him underground.
Five more termites emerged and caught the legs of Du Hui's parents and family members.
”Monsters!!”
It was too late for them to react. Each termite had the similar strength of an average 5th-stage cultivator with three types of elemental Qi. They easily disabled the family before they could even fight back.