Hou Chengzu's face changed slightly. He turned and saw Qin Shilei standing in front of the elevator, looking at him with a cold expression.
"Dad, Mom... I'm going to kill you."
Through the main door, Zhang Xiaoli saw her parents knocked to the ground by the python.
There was still a trace of crimson blood at the corners of their mouths.
Anxious about her parents' condition, Zhang Xiaoli flashed into the house.
At the same time, she performed a technique with her hands, unleashing a giant log towards Hou Chengzu and the others.
With a whistling sound, a golden figure appeared, not only sending the log flying but also swinging it towards Zhang Xiaoli.
The sonic boom in the air made Zhang Xiaoli's face change.
It was a grave mistake for a mage like her to approach the enemy without a shield.
If she were to be hit by the Golden Python's 'Divine Dragon's Tail Whip,' she would be at least severely injured, if not killed.
Just then, Qin Shilei's familiar figure suddenly appeared beside her, and he kicked out fiercely.
Boom!
Like a car crash, the python's tail was kicked away, and Qin Shilei was pushed back a step.
Qin Shilei embraced Zhang Xiaoli and instantly teleported to the side of Zhang Cheng and his wife.
"See how Uncle and Aunt are."
Qin Shilei released Zhang Xiaoli, letting her heal Zhang Cheng and the others.
Only then did he have time to scan his surroundings.
The more Qin Shilei looked, the more his anger grew.
The hall was in disarray, several people lay unconscious, their fates unknown. Even Zhang Qiang and the others had blood at the corners of their mouths, clearly injured.
He looked up at Hou Chengzu and his group and said coldly, "You all deserve to die!"
Hou Chengzu sneered, "You don't think you can defeat us just because you're at the Silver realm, do you? We don't know who will win yet."
Zhang Qiang reminded, "City Lord, his pet is a Silver realm exotic beast."
Qin Shilei frowned, looking at the Golden Python whose tail was still outside the door, a hint of difficulty appearing on his face.
Hou Chengzu said slowly, "I presume you don't want to fight my Yellow Dragon here, right? With just one move, they would fall from this height of over twenty floors, leaving nothing but dust."
"Is that so?" A sharp glint flashed in Qin Shilei's eyes.
One-Punch Man!
Qin Shilei flashed in an instant to the front of the Golden Python, channeling his vital energy, and swung his sword fiercely at the python's head.
A condensed sword energy nearly two meters long enveloped the python's head.
The sharp cold light emanating from the sword energy made everyone feel a stinging pain on their skin, and it sent a chill down the python's spine, as if its blood had stopped flowing.
Facing a life-or-death crisis, the two small horns on the python's head suddenly emitted a dense ice element, instantly forming a twenty-centimeter thick ice shield above its head.
A flash of cold light, and the ice shield was cut in half as easily as tofu.
The blood-red flesh mixed with silver sword energy continued to cleave towards the Golden Python's head.
Even its tough scales did not impede the sword energy in the slightest.
Bright red blood mixed with white brain matter splattered out. The Golden Python's head was cleaved in two by the sword.
The remaining instincts in its body caused the Golden Python's body to continue twisting and rolling, overturning countless pieces of furniture.
Qin Shilei turned and looked coldly at Hou Chengzu and his group.
Hou Chengzu grabbed a subordinate next to him to shield himself and retreated rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, they appeared not far in front of where Hou Chengzu had just been.
A flash of cold light, and the subordinate Hou Chengzu had pulled forward was cleaved in two.
"Stop!"
Hou Chengzu, trembling with fear, shouted loudly, "Immediately stop all your actions, or with a twitch of my hand, I will press this remote."
"With a bang, this entire building will be reduced to ruins."
Liu Ying also took out a remote control at the same time and threatened, "We know you can teleport. Even if you can snatch one remote, the second person will instantly detonate the bombs buried in the building."
Qin Shilei's movements paused. He stood still.
Hou Chengzu was truly terrified!
His greatest reliance, the Silver realm Golden Python, couldn't even withstand a single move from the opponent.
If he had been a moment slower, wouldn't he have been killed by that sword too?
How could he have thought that even though the opponent was ranked first in cultivation, he wasn't much stronger than him?
As long as he used his trump card and cooperated with his pet, the Yellow Dragon, he would surely make the opponent suffer a great loss, perhaps even kill him.
He hadn't expected that his trump card hadn't even been used, and his pet had already been instantly killed.
Fortunately, he had installed bombs in various places in the building as a precaution.
Qin Shilei looked at Hou Chengzu and then at Liu Ying with a cold expression.
The One-Punch Man state had six seconds left.
He weighed in his mind whether he could quickly sever the two men's left hands before they pressed the remote.
Feeling uneasy under Qin Shilei's gaze, Hou Chengzu spoke again, "No matter how fast you are, you can't be faster than the two of us pressing the remote. Once the bombs are detonated, this building will be destroyed."
"Even if you are unharmed, the people around you will be buried with me, and everyone in this building will die because of this."
Qin Shilei asked coldly, "What do you want?"
Hou Chengzu replied, "Let us go, and give me the City Protection Stele from the basement."
Qin Shilei sneered, "You're dreaming."
At this moment, several unconscious people also slowly woke up under Zhang Xiaoli's treatment.
Seeing that everyone was alright, Qin Shilei suppressed his anger and said coldly, "I'll let you go this time. Get out immediately, and don't let me see you again."
Hou Chengzu pressed his advantage, saying, "Without the City Protection Stele, let's all go our separate ways."
Qin Shilei frowned and explained, "Once the City Protection Stele is activated, it cannot be moved again."
Seeing the impatience on Qin Shilei's face, Hou Chengzu ultimately did not dare to ask for it again.
However, he also dared not leave just like that.
He slightly turned his head and said to the subordinate on his left, "You hold the remote. If they make any moves, press it immediately."
As he spoke, he used a mesmerizing technique.
The subordinate was instantly controlled and took the remote, nodding and saying, "Yes, Cult Master."
Then he controlled another subordinate to take the remote from Liu Ying.
Only then did he turn to Qin Shilei and say, "None of you move. In two hours, my subordinate will return the remote to you."
Qin Shilei said noncommittally, "Get lost."
Hou Chengzu, along with Liu Ying and the remaining subordinates, slowly retreated outside.
Seeing that Qin Shilei inside had not made any moves, they quickly ran down the stairs, throwing a signal flare out the window during their escape.
After Hou Chengzu left, Qin Shilei gave Zhang Xiaoli a look, and she silently released two vines.
Then she met the eyes of one of the people holding the remote.
Phantom Silver Eyes!
The person controlled by Hou Chengzu's face showed some struggle, and suddenly clutched his head, crying out in pain, "Ah!"
Just then, two vines suddenly wrapped around him from the ground.
An arrow shot from Xie Haimei's longbow towards the man's right wrist.
Seeing that someone inside was shooting, the other person immediately prepared to press the remote in his hand.
However, Qin Shilei instantly appeared in front of him, and with a wave of his hand, he severed the man's right hand. He reached forward with his left hand and caught the falling remote.
He looked back and saw that Zhang Xiaoli had also used her vines to snatch the remote. He then swung his right hand twice more, cutting down the two men.
"All of you leave this building. I'll go after that Hou fellow." Qin Shilei flashed into the air outside.