Chapter 540: Chapter 540

Cao Zhi had plotted for so long, all to kill Xu Hao!

But now, not only did he fail to kill him, but he allowed Xu Hao to advance successfully with his own oppression!

This made Cao Zhi want to burst veins in his eyes!

He roared, "Impossible! This is impossible! Shoot the arrows! Throw the stones!"

Under his string of commands, those somewhat dazed archers and stone throwers once again initiated a new round of attacks.

They also understood that the situation with Xu Hao was now a life-and-death struggle—if they couldn't kill Xu Hao, then Xu Hao would certainly not let them off.

When facing the sky full of feathered arrows and iron balls again, Xu Hao, this time didn't choose to block with external forces, but instead struck out with both hands like lightning, releasing over a dozen palm strikes in the blink of an eye!

These dozen or so palm strikes, each faster and stronger than the last, layered together to produce an incredibly powerful palm force that shot towards the sky full of feathered arrows and iron balls.

After a tremendous roar, all the feathered arrows broke, and the iron balls were blasted away; the palm force even had energy to spare, furiously slapping towards those archers and stone throwers.

In an instant, under the horrified gazes of all Cao family members, those people were all smashed into meat paste by the palm force!

Cao Zhi himself was also bombarded by Xu Hao's palm force, flipping several times in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

"Ah! Mommy!!" Some Cao family members, terrified beyond measure, instantly wet their pants, while others started shouting out loud.

Cao Zhi had wanted to mock Xu Hao, to disturb his mind, but now that he was sent flying by the palm force and saw the horrific state of those people, he stood there stupefied, muttering to himself, "Is... is this the power of a Grandmaster Level Expert? How can human strength reach such a terrifying level? Is... is this even human?"

At this moment, Cao Zhi was in complete despair.

A Grandmaster Level Expert had reached such a terrifying level; with what could he contend against such a person?

And this was only one Grandmaster Level Expert—if another one appeared, wouldn't the threat be even greater?

Only now did he finally understand the saying widely spread in Huadu—"Without a Grandmaster, there is no family!"

Only those families with a Grandmaster Level Expert in residence could be considered as a major power in Huadu!

Otherwise, as now, even as strong as the Seven Small Families might be, in reality, they were nothing but laborers for the Four Great Families.

Xu Hao casually waved a hand to clear the dust in front of him, saying indifferently, "This... is probably the price of being ignorant and arrogant. Before you die, I allow you to say a few last words."

Cao Zhi climbed up from the ground, limped forward a few steps, and then suddenly fell to his knees before Xu Hao with a "thud," weeping and begging for mercy, "Young Master Xu, please spare me, please let me live, I was wrong, I shouldn't have opposed you!"

As if feeling that his own words lacked sincerity and fearing Xu Hao would not agree, he began slapping himself hard on the face while saying, "Young Master Xu, I am not human, I am nothing but a pig, it's stupid of me to stand against you, it's simply seeking death!" Thanks for reading—brought to you by *.

Seeing Cao Zhi, who had just been full of bravado, now kneeling before Xu Hao like a defeated cur begging for mercy, many Cao family members started feeling angry.

Cao Zhi, by behaving , had thrown away all the face of the Cao Family!

They had thought him to be a man of integrity, but now they found that he was just a big talker, a coward afraid of death!

After this incident, how would others see the Cao Family?

Someone angrily said, "Cao Zhi, you can lose face, but don't drag down the entire Cao Family's name! Our Cao Family can't afford this disgrace!"

"Cao Zhi, it's fine to lose, but you can't admit defeat. Does he, Xu Hao, dare to kill us all?"

"I must have been blind to agree to let you take the position of Family Head!" said an elder of the clan, his anger stemming from his deep disappointment.

Hearing those people's comments, a cold light flashed in Cao Zhi's eyes, and he sneered in his heart, what do these fools know?

As long as the green hills are there, one need not fear running out of firewood!

As long as he was alive, there was a chance for revenge; otherwise, if he was dead, where would he seek it?

All of Cao Zhi's actions were under Xu Hao's observant eyes, even the fleeting cold gleam in his eyes didn't escape Xu Hao's notice.

Xu Hao said indifferently, "Cao Zhi, do you want to live?"

"Yes!" Cao Zhi immediately looked up and said, the hope in his eyes intense to the extreme.

Xu Hao sneered and pointed at a Cao family member who had just been shouting insults and eagerly calling for his execution, saying, "Go, kill him."

Instantly, the whole place went silent.

Xu Hao was actually asking Cao Zhi to kill a member of the Cao Family!

The young man in his twenties was shocked; Xu Hao was too merciless.

He was well aware of Cao Zhi's character; it was possible that Cao Zhi would kill him.

The young man shouted in anger, "Xu Hao, you're not human, you're a devil! How can you do this, don't you have any humanity?"