Bloody Emperor - Chapter 20 Head Sho

“Blood? Why is there blood here? Was he injured during cultivation?”

A servant from the Xun Family entered the training room to clean up and saw a bloodstain on the floor.

Nero had already absorbed all of Wei Ping’s blood and had already left the house towards the Dai Family mansion.

It was afternoon, and the sun was still shining. The Xun Family house was very busy with people walking around. Some people very nervous thinking about what could happen, and others just nervous to see others anxious.

In the living room with a big fireplace, the most concerned people were gathered.

“How can you let him go alone?” Xun Lan very concerned asked her father.

“What do you want me to do? He killed Wei Ping alone and you that I, a Qi Refinement sixth-layer cultivator, can tell him what to do?” Xun He understood his daughter because he was also concerned about Nero. He was a possible great ally for his family, so Xun He didn’t want him to die in vain.

“And you, elder Xiong? Isn’t he already your disciple? Can’t you just tell him not to risk himself in that stupid way?” Xun Lan then tried to convince Xiong Zhelan to do something about it, but he was too focused on looking at the fireplace with a thoughtful look.

“Stay calm, sister. He was already so strong before, and now that he has risen a layer, it will not be difficult to end the Dai Family without Wei Ping and Dai Dong’s Wife.” Xun Feng tried to give some comfort to his sister, who seemed to be having a panic attack.

“Yes, I think he won’t be in trouble, but I still wanted to follow him at least if something goes wrong.” Xun He wanted to make sure that the Dai Family would fall today and would have followed Nero even without his consent if it weren’t for Xiong Zhelan to tell him not to go.

“Do you remember how Nero knew that we were watching him even though we were far away and in the shadows? He has powerful senses, and what if we follow him against his will, and he turns against us?”

Xiong Zhelan still didn’t understand how Nero could know about them even though he made a layer of Qi to block sight and sound. It wouldn’t be difficult for someone focused on tracking or someone stronger than him to discover his cover. But Nero was just a young man at the Qi Refinement early-stage.

“He’s so mysterious…” Zhu Tai envied Nero’s talent and strength. But he could only blame himself for just being an assistant. Maybe he could learn something from Nero and become an Elder’s disciple in the sect.

Zhu Tai appeared to be young, but he was already thirty years old and was still in the fourth layer. He was lucky to be able to follow Xiong Zhelan as an assistant. If not, he would still be working as a simple servant in the Black Sword Sect’s external court.

“I hope he is OK…” Xun Lan had many thoughts now. She thought about Nero’s safety, but she also thought about the Dai Family. They were her usual enemies, but now that they were about to be attacked, she didn’t know how to feel.

Xun Lan thought of Dai Zhi, who was her rival. They always competed for everything, but Xun Lan didn’t think Dai Zhi was evil or cruel person. And Dai Jingyi, who was still so young. A good, young girl who never hurt her. Xun Lan really started to feel bad for them, unlike her father, who was looking forward to the Dai Family ceasing to exist.

“Die because of a non-human. Isn’t Nero taking this too far?” Not only Xun Lan but everyone there thought so too.

But the main people involved in the case were not there thinking that way.

Marie rested in a deep sleep, dreaming of the touch of a particular ‘last vampire.’

And Nero. He was walking the streets now deserted because everyone in the city already knew what was happening. Rumors fly even faster when it comes to large families like Dai and Xun.

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“Shit! Shit! SHIT!” Dai Jingyi circled the main room at the Dai Family mansion.

“Argh, was he already coming?” Dai Dong asked in a bad mood. Since Wei Ping’s death, he was not at all well.

“They said he left the Xun Family’s home.” Dai Zhi also spoke in a bad mood. She didn’t understand how things got so bad. Dai Zhi thought that Nero was her charming prince, and they would go to the Black Sword Sect together. But now he was coming to her home to kill her entire family, including her.
for visiting.

“This has to be a nightmare. Yes, this is a nightmare! It doesn’t make sense for him to kill me for a non-human!” Dai Zhi was in a panic, saying random things.

She was not accustomed to things, not being her way. Everyone, including her younger sister, always has spoiled dai Zhi. Despite being very smart and talented, she didn’t know how to deal with negative things.

“You still don’t understand what you did? You, my dear sister, hurt someone significant to someone very protective. Now he won’t rest until you suffer ten more times.” Dai Jingyi exclaimed, looking at Dai Zhi with a look from a mother scolding her daughter. When Dai Zhi tried to say ‘but,’ she continued the talk.

“And to finish, Wei Ping hurt her even more. It has nothing to do with her being non-human, but it has to do with Nero being brutal and merciless. I said we couldn’t do anything else, and we had to get out of this city.”

When Dai Jingyi heard the first about a beautiful young man with white hair, she didn’t think much about it because it seemed just her sister finding her first love. He was supposed to be a handsome boy and maybe a little talented, but he shouldn’t have any problems, but then she heard about a non-human being his slave.

Dai Jingyi found the story her sister told her very strangely. A boy who lived in the forest with his grandfather and a non-human. She wanted to alert her sister, but then it happened that this same young man came to their house and killed Wei Ping. At that time, Dai Jingyi knew that Nero was just trouble.

Then Dai Jingyi saw the look that Nero gave her sister before he left. Also, he said that he would return to solve previous problems. Dai Jingyi was sure he wanted hurt Dai Zhi. But there was no chance for her and her family to let Nero do anything with Dai Zhi. Dai Jingyi thought that the family had to protect themselves at any cost.

Dai Jingyi begged her father to leave the city and try to escape and hide for a while. She was sure that a person talented as Nero would not stay in the town for long, and Elder Xiong had already said that he would take him as a disciple.

But Dai Dong did not want to leave the city. He says that they have no chance in the north in the mountains or the south. Dai dong said that Xiong Zhelan would not interfere as the Black Sword Sect’s reputation was to be impartial above all. And since Nero couldn’t defeat them all alone, they were not at risk except for the Xun Family.

Dai Dong was confident that Xun He would honor the non-aggression pact so Nero could do nothing against them. So they didn’t run away, as Dai Jingyi suggested.

But then they heard rumors that probably came from the servants of the Xun Family about Nero advancing in cultivation getting much stronger. Now Dai Dong was very worried because Nero had already shown a lot of strength, and maybe they can no longer survive against him even alone.

“Is there no way he can forgive Miss Zhi?” One of the strongest cultivators in the sixth layer of Qi Refinement who was in the room asked Dai Dong.

“Aaaaaaaaaaahh!”

But they heard a soul-chilling cry before anyone there answer the man about Nero forgiving Dai Zhi.

Then the loud, high-pitched sound of the breaking glass attacked everyone’s ears.

It was all so fast that no one noticed the man who had spoken less than ten seconds was dead now. He felt terrible pain before his head was crushed by something that came breaking the window.

Everyone looked at the broken window, already wondering who would have done this. But then someone saw the man on the floor with his head crushed.

“Aaaah!” A servant screamed, alerting everyone in the room, and almost killing some of them in fear. They hadn’t even seen Nero yet, but the panic screams were already happening.

“SHIT! SHIT!! DAMN!!! FUCKING DAMN!” Dai Jingyi panicked because she knew things were worse than she could have imagined.

A sixth-layer cultivator just had his head crushed by another head that came flying from who knows where? This was something that no one thought possible there. Not for people of the Qi Refinement realm.

“What kind of demon is he?” Dai Dong can’t help but think out loud.

“Perhaps even demons cannot be like that. We have to run, and right now!” Dai Jingyi spoke as she ran to take her sister’s hand, who was in shock, trembling with fear.

“Don’t think about running away because it will be worse!” Nero’s voice came in through the broken window, making some people pass out from fear.

“What the fuck! How far can he hear us!?” Dai Jingyi was the only one there who still had the audacity to curse Nero.

Dai Dong was already praying to all the gods to save his daughters’ lives. Dai Zhi couldn’t think or even move because she was in shock. Other people have already started to run away and others to sit and cry.

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A few minutes before.

“Are you going to kill them all?” Sarah asked in a casual tone.

“I’m not certain about all, but many it’s sure.” Nero was very angry with the Dai Family for hurting Marie twice and didn’t mind killing them all for it. But he knew that sometimes things are not going as planned.

Nero soon arrived in front of the Dai Family mansion. It had a large iron gate and a great two-meter-high wall surrounding the residence that appeared to use an entire city block. The gate was approximately three meters long and had a fifth layer of Qi Refinement cultivator as a guard on each side.

The guards spotted a person in black coming towards the mansion, but it was still too far away for them to see more details. The streets were deserted, so Nero stood out even more with his stylish clothes.

Soon the stranger was close enough for the guards to recognize him as Nero, the white-haired young man who was a public enemy of the Dai Family. So fear took over the guards because Nero was already very famous for defeating Wei Ping, who was much stronger than them.

“How does he have the audacity to attack our family alone? Does he have help in the shadows?” One of the guards asked the other who was also very uncomfortable.

“Anyway, he seems decided. You better go and tell others.” The Dai Family was already on guard for any attack, so a group of sixth-layer cultivators was prepared near the gate.

“I’m goi-” The guard who quickly prepared to go and warn the other cultivators gasped at his words when he saw his companion’s heart leave his body along with Nero’s hand that had crossed the poor man’s body with his arm.

The guard who was attacked panicked, seeing his heart in front of him still beating dripping blood on the floor. The last thought before he died was that he did not understand how Nero arrived so quickly, even though he was more than fifty meters away from them.

“You don’t have to go and call anyone because I’m going to let them know,” Nero spoke to the other guard who looked at him in shock without knowing whether to run or beg for life. Then Nero took his arm out of the dead guard and raised his heart in the air, squeezing to drink the dripping blood.

“Demon!!!” The guard could only think of that word to describe the horrible scene that was Nero drinking the blood from his companion’s heart.

So the guard took courage enough to run because he no longer thought Nero would spare him. But before he could barely turn around to run, Nero took his head in one hand. The strength of the grip was too strong, making the guard feel terrible pain and scream in despair.

*Crack* *Crack*

Then there was the sound of the guard’s skull bones breaking. Next, the sound of Nero breaking the neck with his other hand and separating the guard’s head from the body apart.

“This expression of panic will be a good exhibition for what is to come tonight.” Nero was pleased with the way the guard’s head was wide-eyed with fear and pain. Then he heard people on the second floor of the mansion with his senses much more potent than before.

“Won’t you come to receive me?” He thought and threw the guard’s head hard in the direction he could feel a man standing.

He was satisfied when he heard the scream coming from the place where he threw the head.

“Oh!? Did I hit the target?”