The Forsaken's Revenge

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Bullets continued to fly. Chen Zheng waved his sleeve, and a gigantic barrier instantly materialized.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The bullets struck the barrier and shattered on impact.

Chen Zheng looked at the men in black, grinning. "Your leader isn't cruel enough, is he? If he had led the team himself, none of you would have stood a chance against me today!"

Several men in black pleaded, their gazes filled with despair. "Ancestor Chen, please, spare us!"

"You're assassins, aren't you? Why not become mercenaries? Your rates wouldn't be any lower than those arms dealers—they might even be much higher. Your value far exceeds theirs," Chen Zheng chuckled.

"Ancestor Chen! We were wrong! We'll never dare to do it again!" the men in black shouted hastily.

"Where's your leader? Tell him to get out here!" Chen Zheng sneered.

"He... he... Ancestor Chen already crippled his arm..."

"What?"

"Our... our leader... his arm was crippled! He was crippled!" the men in black cried out in horror.

"Hmph! Trash!" Chen Zheng snapped.

The men in black turned pale.

CLICK!

Just then, a crisp sound rang out. Lin Xiaorou picked up a cellphone and glanced at the screen, only to find it had run out of power and shut down.

"Ancestor Chen, this... this is our leader's phone. He... he... he's gone mad and has been sent to the hospital. He... he won't be bothering you anymore..." one of the men said, trembling.

Chen Zheng was stunned. These assassins are all from the same group. Who on earth sent them? Why did they kidnap Lin Xiaorou only to then try and kill me? She's my student, a female one at that. Did they intend to use her to lure me into a trap? These people are quite audacious.

Seeing Chen Zheng lost in thought, one of the men in black assumed he was scared and suddenly burst out laughing arrogantly. "Ancestor Chen, you aren't scared, are you? Our leader is very powerful. You... you'd better not act rashly..."

"You idiots. I'm not afraid of him; I'm wondering how he managed it. He actually dared to snatch away my woman!" Chen Zheng laughed, pointing a finger at the man's forehead.

BOOM!

That man in black instantly exploded into a mist of blood with a primal howl.

"Ah!"

Lin Xiaorou was petrified. She let out a sharp scream and plummeted to the ground, landing hard on her bottom.

Chen Zheng chuckled and strode forward, grabbing her by the shoulder. With a clench of his right hand, he snapped two of Lin Xiaorou's front teeth. Fresh blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Lin Xiaorou covered her mouth where her two front teeth used to be, staring at Chen Zheng in horror. "You... you..."

This man is too brutal! He broke my two front teeth without a word! He's... he's simply a devil!

Chen Zheng smiled faintly and lifted his right hand. A surge of Yuan Force flowed into Lin Xiaorou's wound. "Xiaorou, does it hurt much?"

HISS!

"AH!" Lin Xiaorou howled in agony. She covered her mouth and wailed, her body trembling uncontrollably as large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.

This man is despicable! He's actually trying to destroy my teeth!

Seeing this, Chen Zheng's smile only grew wider. Lin Xiaorou is a good girl. I don't really want to bully such a pretty young thing, which is why I didn't use much Inner Strength. I just wanted to teach her a lesson.

Lin Xiaorou cried for a full thirty seconds before she could finally catch her breath. Still sobbing, she looked up at Chen Zheng, her eyes brimming with grievance and accusation.

"You... you're a bully!" she sobbed.

"Little girl, I'm saving you," Chen Zheng said, shaking his head with a helpless expression.

"Saving me?" Lin Xiaorou's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at him. "Are you... are you saying you're going to fix my teeth? You... you have a way to heal them?"

"What in the world is going on in that head of yours?" Chen Zheng was speechless.

Lin Xiaorou puffed up her cheeks. "Hmph! I'm telling you, don't think you can bully me just because you're a cultivator! I... I'm the young lady of the Lin Family! You bumpkin, you're completely unworthy of me!"

Chen Zheng curled his lip. "So what if you're the young lady of the Lin Family? I'm still playing you like a fiddle. You think you're so noble? You're just the young lady of the Lin Family, and your family is nothing more than a third-rate clan. Do you really think that title means something?"

Lin Xiaorou was stunned. "You... what did you say?"

Chen Zheng glanced at her and scoffed with disdain. "I said, so what if you're the young lady of the Lin Family? So what? You're still dancing in the palm of my hand. And now, after I've crushed two of your teeth, you still dare to threaten me? Have you no shame?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaorou froze. "You... how did you know?"

In this world, being the young lady of the Lin Family is a prestigious position. Unless it's the daughter of a truly great clan, no one would dare to offend the Lin Family's young lady. Behind her stands the Lin Family and its Family Head! I never imagined that a commoner would one day mock my status as being lowly!

Lin Xiaorou was so stunned she couldn't form a complete sentence. "You... you..."

I'm the precious daughter of the Lin Family, its young lady! But this bumpkin knows even that... How... how could he possibly know?

Chen Zheng let out a scornful laugh, his gaze sweeping over her dismissively. "What about me? I also know your Lin Family is nothing but a sham—a counterfeit clan that doesn't even know where its own ancestral graves are. Tell me, does a sham like that even deserve to be called a family?"

Lin Xiaorou was dumbfounded. The Lin Family... a counterfeit?

Lin Xiaorou pointed at Chen Zheng, utterly livid. "No... you're talking nonsense! You..."

"Talking nonsense? Do I have any reason to lie to you? If I wanted to destroy your Lin Family, it would be effortless. I'll kill every member of your family I come across. Don't believe me? Try me," Chen Zheng snapped.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xiaorou suddenly spoke, her tone softening considerably. "I... I... I believe you."

Chen Zheng was taken aback. I didn't expect her to back down so suddenly. This little girl is quite stubborn. She was acting so high and mighty a moment ago, but now she's caving.

"Then tell me about your family, and... and what your father and brother do," Chen Zheng asked.

"My father is Lin Tianlong, and my brother is Lin Tianyu. My parents are both cultivators. My grandfather is the Family Head of the Lin Family! Our clan is a first-class family in Huaxia," Lin Xiaorou answered.

"Heh!"

Chen Zheng let out a cold laugh and said nothing more.

Lin Xiaorou looked at him, utterly baffled. "I... you... what are you laughing at?"

"You're a smart girl. I imagine you can guess why I haven't killed you," Chen Zheng said, glancing at her.

"Hmph! It must be because I'm beautiful!" Lin Xiaorou snorted, looking utterly self-satisfied. "I'm so good-looking, you must have fallen for me at first sight!"

PFFT!

Nearby, Lin Qianqian couldn't help but chuckle, almost bursting out laughing.

Chen Zheng smiled and nodded. "Hmm, that's quite possible."

Lin Xiaorou was taken aback, then clenched her teeth in frustration. "You... you..."