Chapter 116 — Therefore

The youth standing atop the lamppost, scorched black with smoke and fire, bared his white teeth. His voice echoed across the plaza, as decisive and beyond challenge as a verdict.

"The Yu family must die!"

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"The Yu family must die..."

"The Yu family must die..."

The echo rolled across the plaza, and rolled through every heart.

The vast square was silent as death.

Every person was deeply shaken by that towering declaration. Never had anyone, in full view of the crowd, before so many enemies, dared to say such a thing. Behind Tang Tang, the young masters were all shaken pale. Even Ming Zichun, Yun Yiyao, and the others could not look at Tang Tang calmly. Even Huo Yanguang's unruly face went blank at Tang Duo's words.

Was he not afraid of making more enemies?

Was he not afraid of being besieged on every side?

...

Shangguan Wei was shaken too, but an instant later he felt something deep in his chest catch fire all at once. He clenched his fists hard! What was this feeling that set his whole body trembling and numb? What was this heat that seemed to scorch his very veins? And what was this feeling that, even if he were to follow the young master into battle and die right now, he would have no regrets!

The young master...

Even the young lady could not have done this!

At some point Yaya had wriggled out. It scampered nimbly up onto Tang Duo's shoulder, its little face flushed red, and in its excitement began beating its small bow against its own chest armor.

Tang Tang lifted a foot and set it on the railing at the edge of the lamppost. His defiant gaze swept over the crowd below. Slowly he raised his right fist, the azure Heaven-Furnace Fire wreathing the gauntlet leaping and flickering like a torch blazing in the night, drawing every eye.

Tang Tang drew a deep breath and suddenly cried out fiercely: "The Shangguan family!"

The situation before had been one of despair; every Shangguan disciple's spirits had been crushed to the lowest ebb. Their hearts were full of rage, full of fear, full of hopelessness.

That pressure, crushed to the very breaking point, was instantly set alight.

Every Shangguan disciple's face flushed crimson; the blood boiling in their bodies seared every nerve like flame. As if by instinct, each raised his weapon high and, with all the strength in his body, roared hoarsely: "The Shangguan family!"

Never had there been a day like today, when the Shangguan family became the enemy of all. Never had there been a day like today, when the Shangguan family was besieged on every side. Never had there been a day like today, when, even with the whole world against them, they feared nothing at all.

Countless roars merged into a raging tide of sound, sweeping across the entire plaza and through every heart with a fearsome power.

All who heard it paled.

Even Huo Yanguang, standing behind Tang Tang, could not help but show a look of dread.

"Target: the Yu family!"

Tang Tang cried out in a stern voice.

"Target: the Yu family!"

Countless furious roars surged and crashed without restraint!

Tang Yi kicked off the railing and leapt down like a great bird, landing steadily before the Shangguan disciples.

"Kill!"

Tang Tang's gaze was grim as he spat out the single word, and he was the first to move.

"Kill!"

Behind him the roars surged like a tide, and the Shangguan family disciples moved as one with a thunderous rumble,

like a surging torrent, unstoppable.

The crowd in the plaza involuntarily opened a path, silent as cicadas in winter, their eyes mixed with far too much shock and fear!