Chapter: 708 (2/2)

“Whoever wants to leave the Hai Clan now, I will give you the choice to walk out from here alive. If you decide to leave, you can still stay in the Ice Cold City. As a member of the Tu Clan, we will never go back on our word.” The leader of the Tu Clan group made a proposal in a loud voice.

“Then maybe I should leave this Hai Clan. From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Hai Clan anymore.” After a while, a man seemingly in his 30s stood up with a grimace.

“The blood flowing in your veins is of the Hai Clan. If you still want to go, I will not hold you back. Just leave one of your hands before you step out from here.” Hai Tian sighed.

The man buried himself in a deeper frown for a moment. Losing an arm would always be better than losing his life, he thought. So he took out his sharp sword, let out a deep groan, and proceeded to chop off his left hand. He was last seen with his teeth clenched before he left through the door.

Hai Tian with his eyes full of distress, watched as the man walked away.

“Those who want to leave, just leave. You don’t have to cut off your hand anymore. Once you passed this door, you are no longer a member of the Hai Clan.” Hai Tian let out a long sigh before he began to talk slowly.

A breath of time had passed when he had finished speaking. A young man stood up as he trembled from fear and he slowly made his way outside with heavy steps.

Of course, ‘heavy’ was the right word to describe his footsteps. After all, once he left the Hai Clan, he could never come back. When the sight of his silhouette had vanished from the door, a few more people gradually began to stood up.

These few people felt that it was better to try their luck and leave the clan rather than to stay here and die. The Tu Clan was one of the big clans in the Ice Cold City, so their words could be trusted for the most part. That was just one of the reasons why they chose to leave the Hai Clan.

The people from the Tu Clan and the Luo Clan still had a smile plastered on their faces, as they watched the great performance of the former members of the Hai Clan leave. In a blink of an eye, half of the members were already gone.

“Hai Chusheng, if you leave, we will sever our ties as father and son.” An old man shouted as he looked at his middle-aged son.

“Father, I am still young, I don’t want to die…….”

The man knelt and bowed a few times at the old man before he quickly vanished from the residence!

In the end, a clan with such an enormous size had been reduced to about 40 people. The one-third of the people left in the residence were the core members of the Hai Clan. These remaining members were determined to stay despite the high possibility of losing their lives to the two big clans.

It was important for a clan to have such determined and courageous members who would fight without fear in spite of difficulties. They were the ones who should be considered as the fundamental soul of the clan.

“You all are the best sons and daughters the Hai Clan could ever have…….” said Hai Tian while he held back his tears.

“We will fight them. Even if we die trying, it is enough if we managed to kill one of them. It will be a bonus if we can kill two.”

“Yes, kill them!”

“This has gone too far, let’s kill them!”

…………

Hai Dongqing was silent as she turned around to look at the remaining members of the Hai Clan.

“Don’t agree to their wishes. We will not fall back. We will rather die than to trade you. They will never let go of us alive anyway.” One member of the Hai Clan shouted at Hai Dongqing.

“Miss Hai, let me ask you again. If you don’t give me a firm reply, then today’s matter will be none of our business.” The elder from the Luo Clan said in a non-pleasing, calm manner.

“Are you done?” Qing Shui seemed to mind the perverse smile that was on the elder’s face.

“What do you mean? I’ve had enough of you.” The elder of the Luo Clan shot a sinister murderous look at Qing Shui as he took a step forward in front of him.

“What I mean is that you should go and die if you are done talking.” Qing Shui replied casually before he abruptly rushed towards the elder and used the Tiger Laceration move against him.

Roar!

Heavenly Thunder Slash!

Boom!

The elder of the Luo Clan was quite overwhelmed by Qing Shui’s power. Even though he wasn’t completely paralyzed by the Heavenly Thunder Slash move, his movements appeared to had stopped, as if he was suddenly interrupted by something.

Qing Shui pushed him back with his strength and proceeded to boost up his own speed!

Cloudmist Steps!

Ripping Tiger Claw!

Qing Shui didn’t even give the old man a chance to strike back and quickly smashed his head into smithereens. The elder of the Luo Clan had been killed instantly, and all of that happened in less than a breath’s time after Qing Shui spoke.

Everyone was shocked. Qing Shui had killed the fifth brother of the Luo Clan’s head – Luo Chong. Although Luo Chong wasn’t that strong, he was still a Martial Saint warrior. He was one of the important figures who was tasked to ‘escort’ Hai Dongqing back to her wedding at the Luo Residence.

However, he had been killed in a split-second by someone who was apparently looked down by the Luo Clan.