Yasuo stood in the center of the hall.

Beneath his feet were dark red bloodstains, and before him were the shocked and furious faces of the Liu Family members.

The brilliant crystal chandelier light fell upon him, yet it could not pierce into his profound eyes.

There was only an unmelting chill within them.

He ignored the blazing gazes around him, as well as the trembling guests.

His gaze swept past the crowd, landing precisely on the gloomy-faced old man in the main seat.

Zhou Huai controlled Yasuo and slowly spoke.

The voice was not loud, but it clearly entered everyone's ears.

"Liu Zhenxiong."

"At eighteen, you achieved S-rank Awakening as a 【Titan Warlord】."

"That same year, you were admitted to the Imperial Capital Academy, becoming the most dazzling rising star of the Liu Family in a century, the hope in the eyes of all your clansmen."

"At twenty, you joined the Central Military Department, becoming a border-guarding soldier who swore to use the sword in your hand to protect the boundless rivers and mountains of the Great Xia Nation."

"At twenty-five, you stood out at the border and were promoted to major based on your military exploits."

Zhou Huai spoke sentence by sentence.

With every sentence spoken, the expression of the Liu Zhenxiong grew a fraction uglier.

These past events from years ago were actually known by the other party like the back of their hand.

"Yet the taste of power quickly corroded your so-called pure and innocent heart."

"You began to rely on the Liu Family's network in the military department to pave your way and rise smoothly into the clouds."

"Before thirty, you sat in the position of a one-star major general, immensely glorious."

"At thirty-five, for the position of head of the family, you engineered a plot to frame your own eldest brother, forcing him to flee to a distant land and die in depression. And you logically became the new master of the Liu Family."

"At fifty, you climbed to the high position of a four-star general, above ten thousand people yet below only one person."

Hearing this, the wrinkled old face of the Liu Zhenxiong had turned completely dark.

The Liu Family members beside him exchanged glances, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment.

The vast majority of them were hearing these secrets for the first time.

"Utter nonsense!"

A middle-aged man couldn't help standing out, pointing at Yasuo and cursing angrily.

"What kind of thing are you! How dare you slander my father here!"

He pointed at Yasuo and let out a hysterical roar.

"Madman! You're courting death!"

"Men! Hack this madman into a thousand pieces for me!"

The moment his words fell, a flurry of hurried and heavy footsteps came from outside the banquet hall.

Dozens of cold-faced men dressed in black martial attire poured in like a tide.

Each of them exuded a rich aura of blood and Killing Intent, their eyes hollow and devoid of a shred of emotion.

They were precisely the death retainers nurtured by the Liu Family at the cost of countless resources.

"Kill him!"

Following the middle-aged man's order, the dozens of death retainers instantly burst into action!

They transformed into streaks of black afterimages, fiercely pouncing toward Yasuo in the center of the hall from all directions!

Sharp blades left their scabbards, cold light flickered, and their intent to kill was fully exposed!

How could the guests present have ever seen such a formation? One by one, they turned pale with fright, screaming and retreating backward for fear of being dragged into it.

However, just at the moment those death retainers were about to touch Yasuo.

A sudden change occurred!

The death retainers charging at the very front suddenly stiffened without warning.

He lowered his head, looking in disbelief at his chest, which was rapidly swelling.

The next second.

Boom—!!!

With a muffled, deafening explosion, the man's upper body violently blew apart!

Scalding blood mixed with shattered internal organs splashed in all directions like scattering flowers thrown by a goddess!

The few guests closest to him were splattered all over their heads and faces, letting out screams of ultimate terror!

This was merely the beginning.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

More dense explosions sounded wildly among the group of death retainers like lit firecrackers!

One death retainer after another had their bodies uncontrollably burst open!

There were no screams, no struggles.

In just a few breaths, these dozens of powerfully strong death retainers of the Liu Family were blown beyond recognition, leaving not even a skeleton behind!

A thick smell of blood and burning instantly enveloped the entire banquet hall.

At this time, someone finally noticed the anomaly on the ground.

"In—Insects!"

A tearful scream pierced through this bloody silence.

Everyone subconsciously lowered their heads to look.

They saw that the mirror-smooth marble floor was, at some unknown point, already crawling with dense black beetles.

Like a moving black carpet, they covered every inch of the corner, and were even gnawing on those broken corpses, making a teeth-gritting rustling sound.

For a time, exclamations rose again, and the scene was chaotic to the extreme.

Zhou Huai ignored the surrounding panic.

He controlled Yasuo to gaze calmly at the old man in the main seat whose expression had turned gloomy to the extreme.

He continued unhurriedly:

"After becoming the head of the family, you forgot your roots and completely leaned toward Sakura Country."

"You transported seventy percent of the magic crystals mined from the Secret Realm to the nobles of Sakura Country through secret channels, helping them nurture a new generation of powerhouses."

"To please them, you even betrayed the three thousand Great Xia Nation soldiers stationed at the Black Stone Defense Line, letting them be ambushed by the Ghost Martial Army of Sakura Country and wiped out entirely! All just to exchange for Sakura Country's support for you in the military department!"

"You also planted spies from Sakura Country into the Heavenly Eye intelligence System of the Central Military Department, turning countless military secrets of the Great Xia Nation into conversational fodder on the dining table of an enemy country!"

"And today, you were even prepared to make a move against Gandalf. To kill this rising star of the Great Xia Nation as the most perfect pledge of allegiance presented to your Sakura Country masters!"

Yasuo's voice reverberated in the chaotic hall, every word like a heavy hammer, fiercely pounding against the heart of the Liu Zhenxiong.

He stepped forward, and the beetles beneath his feet retreated to both sides like a tide.

"Liu Zhenxiong, is what I said correct or not?"

The body of the Liu Zhenxiong trembled slightly, not knowing whether it was from anger or fear.

His sharp eyes stared fixedly at Yasuo, his teeth biting down so hard they clicked.

Yasuo looked at his appearance, the corners of his mouth curling into a cold sneer.

"Look at what you look like now, like an old dog wagging its tail and begging for pity."

"For that pathetic bit of power, you can even sell out your ancestors and your country."

His voice suddenly rose, like rolling thunder exploding!

"You, and your Liu Family, are simply parasites sucking blood from the body of the Great Xia Nation!"

The tachi in Yasuo's hand slowly slid half an inch out of its scabbard, emitting a clear Dragon's roar.

"Zhao Qingcang has too many considerations and still doesn't dare to touch your Liu Family, this malignant tumor."

Zhou Huai spoke, Killing Intent boiling in his eyes!

"Since he doesn't dare, I do!"