Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 127: All Exposed
"This person is the Zhou family patriarch? Wasn't he dead?"

For a moment, Master Zhao was at a loss. What was going on? Was this Zhou family patriarch a human or a ghost?

Big Yellow barked as a warning, knowing full well how powerful the Zhou family patriarch was. Entering the Zhao residence was like a wolf entering a sheepfold, and it urged the Zhao family members to flee quickly.

Of all those present, Zhao Kun was the most composed. He frowned slightly, knowing that the Zhou family patriarch had been turned into a Yin puppet by Zhao Yang.

The person manipulating the Zhou family patriarch at this moment was actually Zhao Yang.

"Two dogs?"

Zhao Yan looked at Ji Cheng with concern; this Zhou family patriarch was clearly up to no good.

Ji Cheng shielded her and Master Zhao behind him and said softly, "It's alright."

He had anticipated that the crow would attack the Zhao family, but he didn't expect it to choose this time. Was it trying to force him to transform into a demon in front of everyone in the Zhao family?

With only initial-stage internal energy, he was no match for the Zhou family patriarch.

"Senior Zhou, you have a grievance to settle and a debt to repay. If you want to seek revenge on the Zhao family, I will not stop you. I am innocent and have no connection with the Zhao family whatsoever!"

Su Zhe's thoughts raced quickly, and he immediately bowed to the Zhou family patriarch, begging for mercy.

He recognized the current situation and saw that the Zhou family patriarch was coming with great force, probably intending to wreak havoc in the Zhao family mansion. He quickly severed ties with the Zhao family, hoping that the Zhao family patriarch would not implicate him.

Seeing Su Zhe's attitude, Zhao Qian felt a chill in his heart. Could he possibly stop the Zhou family patriarch on his own?
"It's alright, killing you is just a convenient thing to do."

"Come die!"

The Zhou family patriarch was the first to attack Su Zhe, his hand like an eagle's claw, reaching for Su Zhe's throat.

Su Zhe shouted, "Don't push your luck!" He clenched his fists and unleashed a lion's roar, while simultaneously trying to climb over the wall and escape.

He appeared brave, but in reality, he had no fighting spirit whatsoever. He was only at the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm, and he knew that he was worlds apart from the Zhou family patriarch.

However, the Zhou family patriarch was not so easily fooled. He broke through Su Zhe's Lion's Roar with a single palm strike, then leaped forward and grabbed Su Zhe's thigh with an eagle claw, pulling him down from the wall.

"what--"

Su Zhe screamed in agony as he fell to the ground. Half of his thigh was torn off by the Zhou family patriarch, leaving a bloody mess and revealing a section of stark white bone, a truly horrifying sight.

Zhao Qian quickly helped him up. At that moment, Su Zhe also realized that the only option in today's situation was to fight to the death.

He and Zhao Qian attacked the Zhou family patriarch from both sides. After only a few rounds, the two were kicked away and crashed into the wall of the Zhao family compound.

The Zhou family patriarch rushed towards Su Zhe and stomped on his head, smashing it open. Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, causing the Zhao family members to scream in terror.

Ji Cheng then took the opportunity to rescue Zhao Qian.

Soon, the Zhao family members were forced into a corner of the backyard. Some maids and servants scattered and fled like madmen. The Zhou family patriarch, like a ghost, caught them one by one, either twisting their necks or kicking them to sever their heart meridians. His methods were extremely brutal.

In the blink of an eye, eight or nine corpses lay in the Zhao residence, their deaths extremely gruesome, and the air thick with the stench of blood.

"The Zhao family of Wuzhen, not a single one of them will escape today!"

The Zhou family patriarch, somewhat delusional, looked at the Zhao family members with a mocking smile.

Zhao Yan's hands, which were gripping Ji Cheng's, were trembling. Second Master Zhao was in an even worse situation; he couldn't run away even if he wanted to, and his expression was one of utter despair.

"My lord, how has my Zhao family offended you? I, Zhao, apologize to you and beg for your magnanimity to give me a chance to atone for my sins!"

As the head of the family, Master Zhao stepped forward and humbly pleaded with the Zhou family patriarch, hoping to salvage a glimmer of hope.

The Zhou family patriarch didn't say much, just snorted coldly and reached out to grab Master Zhao's neck.

"Roar!"

Ji Cheng, standing nearby, had no choice but to intervene. He unleashed a "Tiger Roar Shocking Fist," which instantly created a fierce wind and engulfed the Zhou family patriarch with its force.

The Zhou family patriarch withstood the punch with his bare body and was slid back two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) by the force.

"Huh? When did the Zhao family produce someone like you? You're only at the early stage of internal energy, yet you possess such fist power?"

The Zhou family patriarch looked at Ji Cheng with surprise. He really hadn't expected to encounter a young martial artist who was far stronger than Zhao Qian.

Zhao Yan tried to stop Ji Cheng, but Ji Cheng stepped forward, blocking the Zhao family members, and asked, "What are you doing, senior?"

If he were in demon form, he would naturally not be afraid of the Zhou family ancestor's Yin puppet crafted by the crow. Compared to the battle at Python Mountain, his demon form's cultivation had become immeasurably stronger.

However, he couldn't transform into his demon form in front of the Zhao family, but he had no choice but to stand up and protect them.

The only way he could think of to break the deadlock was to force Zhao Kun to deal with the Zhou family patriarch.

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. If someone has wronged you, go find them. Why kill someone who has nothing to do with you?"

Ji Cheng spoke again, intentionally shifting the blame from the Zhou family patriarch to Zhao Kun.

The Zhou family patriarch spotted Zhao Kun hiding in the crowd, but he wasn't in a hurry to drag him out. Instead, he set his sights on Ji Cheng.

He treated everyone in the Zhao family as prey, intending to torment them one by one until they died. He wanted Zhao Kun to witness his loved ones die tragically before his very eyes.

Can I say that none of them are unrelated people?

The Zhou family patriarch sneered and made a sudden move, using a claw technique to grab at Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng countered with the "Tiger Roar Killing Fist," but after only a few rounds, the Zhou family patriarch had already scratched several deep bloody marks on his body.

At the same time, his blood and qi churned within him, and he felt a sweet taste in his throat, forcibly suppressing the blood that should have spurted out.

Despite having undergone a blood transfusion, he could barely manage to fight against opponents at the early stage of the Meridian Opening Realm. Now, facing the Zhou family patriarch at the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm and the ninth level of Qi Refining, it was truly like an ant trying to shake a tree.

After enduring several more rounds, even with the strength of six oxen, Ji Cheng was still blasted away by the Zhou family patriarch and crashed into Zhao Yan's boudoir, turning the area into ruins.

"Er Gou!" Zhao Yan shouted, rushing over to check on Ji Cheng's injuries.

When the Zhao family saw that Ji Cheng had been beaten so badly in order to protect them, they were all deeply moved.

Even Master Zhao felt that Er Gou truly had the responsibility of a real man, and if he could escape this calamity today, he would be worthy of Yan'er entrusting her life to.

"Ergou, are you alright?"

Zhao Yan ran over and helped Ji Cheng up. Seeing Ji Cheng coughing up blood, her heart felt like it had been ripped out, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Ji Cheng struggled to stand up, but after a few attempts, he fell heavily to the ground, looking like he had given it his all.

Seeing this, Zhao Yan felt heartbroken and cried, begging him not to fight the Zhou family patriarch anymore, saying, "I don't want you to die!"

Ji Cheng was seriously injured, but his appearance also had an element of acting.

He deliberately pretended to be incapacitated in order to force Zhao Kun to make a move. Although he could still fight, continuing to fight the Zhou family patriarch like this would only lead to his death.

"Yan'er, I'm alright. I still need to protect you all..."

Ji Cheng's acting was so superb that he even moved himself to tears.

Zhao Yan shook her head, crying, and said, "That's enough, you've done enough."

She held Ji Cheng's head tightly in her arms, thinking that as long as the two of them could die together like this, she would have no regrets in this life.

The love between the young couple was so touching that even Big Yellow was moved to tears. It glanced at Zhao Kun and saw that the sixth brother was still playing the role of a tuberculosis patient, showing no intention of making a move.

Zhao Qian rushed forward again to fight the Zhou family patriarch, but was beaten half to death, spitting blood all over the ground, and lay on the ground like a dead dog.

The force of the punch from the Zhou family patriarch was so strong that when Master Zhao was grazed, he was sent flying, chair and all.

"Qian'er!"

Madam Zhao cried and wailed, waving her handkerchief, and ran up to try to protect her eldest son.

The Zhou family patriarch kicked her chest, killing her instantly.

The Zhao family was completely stunned. Had Madam Zhao really died like that?

"mother--"

Zhao Qian cried so hard his voice was hoarse, his eyes filled with blood and tears.

The Zhou family patriarch sneered, "I'll send you down to reunite with your family right now!"

After saying that, he was about to stomp on Zhao Qian's head and smash it. At this moment, Da Huang could no longer bear it and suddenly revealed its true form as a demon beast.

It stood up on its hind legs, swung out the leash, and it just happened to entangle the foot of the Zhou family patriarch that was about to crush Zhao Qian's head.

"Wang!"

Big Yellow yanked hard on the dog leash, causing the Zhou family patriarch to lose his balance, and at the same time, it pounced on him to fight.

The Zhao family members were completely blank at this moment. The events of today had such a huge impact on them that they didn't even react much when Da Huang revealed its true form as a demon beast—they were numb.

"So it was you, you dog demon!"

The Zhou family patriarch was furious. He realized that the wolf demon he had seen before was actually the dog demon from the Zhao family in disguise.

In a single exchange, the Zhou family patriarch kicked Da Huang away.

Even a first-tier dog demon is no match for that kid named Tu Er Gou in front of the Zhou family patriarch.

However, no one could have imagined that this was actually Da Huang's strategy.

Big Yellow deliberately landed next to the Zhao family members. Seeing the Zhao family patriarch chasing after them, it struggled to get up, turned its back to Zhao Kun, and suddenly jumped up and kicked Zhao Kun hard with its hind legs.

Caught off guard, Zhao Kun was kicked and sent flying towards the Zhou family patriarch. During his flight, Zhao Kun's mouth seemed to be saying to Big Yellow, "You old sixth brother..."

Now he could no longer pretend. Faced with the force of the Zhou family patriarch's punch, he had no choice but to make a move.

In an instant, Zhao Kun conjured a disc covered with runes in his hands, and the force of the Zhou family patriarch's punch was completely blocked by the magical disc.

"Kun'er?"

Old Master Zhao's tear-streaked face froze instantly. What... what's going on with Kun'er? Where did he get such skills?
Zhao Qian and Master Zhao were both dumbfounded. Was Zhao Kun a cultivator?
Seeing that Zhao Kun could no longer pretend and finally made a move, Ji Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that Da Huang was quite clever after all.

Actually, he wanted to force Zhao Kun to take action, but his identity as Tu Ergou made it inconvenient for him to do so.

Fortunately, Dahuang did what he wanted to do but couldn't, what a good dog.

"That's enough, Zhao Yang."

Zhao Kun spoke calmly to the Zhou family patriarch; now that his identity had been exposed, he no longer needed to pretend.

"Haha, is that enough? Not at all, far from enough!"

The Zhou family patriarch laughed wildly, his magical power surging around him, mixing with his fist energy to form a giant fist, which slammed fiercely towards Zhao Kun.

In recent days, Zhao Kun's strength has also improved, and he has reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.

At this moment, he made a hand seal, and a formation rose up around the Zhao residence. It turned out that he had made arrangements in advance. Within the range of this formation, with the help of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, his strength could rise to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Zhao Kun, brimming with magical power, once again condensed a rune disc, blocking the punch from the Zhou family patriarch.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Kun flicked his finger and fired several ice spikes, aiming at various joints of the Zhou family patriarch. The Zhou family patriarch retreated rapidly, simultaneously using his internal energy to block the ice spikes.

"You are Zhao Chen! You really are Zhao Chen!"

(End of this chapter)