My husband Can Cultivate

Chapter 568: Betrayal Comes at a Price!

Elder Chen had no way to counter the Rain Pear Blossom Needle that Yang Qi unleashed with his Ice Condensing Technique. Each of these fine Ice Needles radiated a terrifying chill. He desperately tried to defend himself, but with every attempt, a wave of cold would invade his body, causing his movements to stiffen. It was an incredibly frustrating situation; the more Ice Needles he blocked, the slower he became.

Things were even more troublesome for the needles he couldn’t block. Endless Ice Needles enveloped his entire body, and he only managed to deflect ten or twenty percent of them; the rest all struck their mark. At that moment, Elder Chen looked more like a hedgehog.

If Yang Qi had intended to kill him, he would already be dead. Each Silver Needle had precisely struck Elder Chen’s acupoints, crippling his Cultivation completely. He would not die, yet he was left unable to even take his own life.

Elder Chen collapsed, his eyes filled with terror. Where did this young man come from? How can he be so formidable? He knew that there were many Martial Arts Holy Lands in the world more terrifying than the top ten sects, like the most powerful and mysterious Heavenly God Sect. Could Yang Qi have come from one of those hidden sects? That’s too terrifying. He’s only twenty-five, yet he already possesses such domineering Combat Power. If he continues to grow, what will he become? Forget the Eight Kings of the World, even the Martial Emperor in the Capital City would probably be no match for him, right?

"Get out of here!" Yang Qi waved his hand dismissively, as if shooing away a swarm of pests. "Don’t say I didn’t give the Tang Sect of Shu any face. You barged into my territory and caused a scene. The fact that I’m not killing you is the height of magnanimity!"

The men from the Tang Sect said nothing more. They glanced at Elder Chen and left. With Tang Zhetian dead, their mission was a failure. Since they couldn’t complete it, it was better to give up. Besides, they were no match for Yang Qi; the man was simply too savage.

After the Tang Sect of Shu departed, Yang Qi turned his gaze to Wang Hai, Yan Feng, Wang Teng, and the members of the Black Wolf Sect.

He didn’t have to say a word. They immediately dropped to their knees. "Mr. Yang, please spare us! We were forced into this! If we hadn’t been coerced, we never would have done it! Please, give us one more chance! Just one!"

Yang Qi regarded them with indifference and sighed. "Do you remember what I said at the start? I gave you one last chance when I told you to kneel and repent. But what did you say? You told me to kneel and apologize! Heh, you threw that chance away yourselves, and now you come begging me. Don’t you find that laughable?"

Their faces turned hideous. Yan Feng suddenly slapped himself hard across the face several times, hitting himself so forcefully that he drew blood. The man was truly ruthless to himself. He cried out, "Mr. Yang, we were wrong! We admit our mistake!"

"Yes, we admit our mistake and will accept our punishment! We’ll accept whatever you decide!"

"That goes for all of us! All we ask is to live!"

Looking at these spineless cowards, Yang Qi knew that they would only betray him again if he spared them. People like this had no concept of integrity.

He suddenly smiled. "You’ll really accept any punishment?"

"Yes, anything!" they all chimed in hastily.

"Then it’s simple," Yang Qi said with a laugh. "Each of you will take one palm strike from me. I will spare anyone who survives."

What! The crowd was stunned. A palm strike from Yang Qi? Even Tang Zhetian couldn’t withstand one, let alone them. They were doomed.

Wang Hai’s face twisted into a bitter smile. "Mr. Yang, your Martial Arts are unfathomably profound. None of us could possibly survive a single one of your palm strikes!"

"So you know that?" Yang Qi sneered. "Good, because I want you dead. Did you really think I was joking back in the True Martial White Tower? I made it perfectly clear: those who don’t join can leave. But once you join the Star Shining Society, traitors must die! You not only betrayed the society, you conspired with the Sea City Tang Family to have me killed. After all that, you still dare to hope I’ll spare you?

"People must pay the price for their actions. Otherwise, what would the people who followed the rules think?"

Their faces turned deathly pale. They began to kowtow desperately for mercy. "Mr. Yang! Mr. Yang, we truly regret it! We’ll never betray you again!"

"Please, just one last chance! Just one more! We swear we’ll turn over a new leaf!"

They kowtowed again and again until their foreheads were split and bleeding, but they refused to stop. They genuinely wanted to live.

"Save your energy," Yang Qi said indifferently. "By now, the Wang Family, the Yan Family, and the Black Wolf Sect should already be under our control. Weren’t you wondering why the King of Jingnan never came here? It’s because he had other tasks to attend to. Your phones have been off this whole time, haven’t they?"

What! The color drained from their faces as they realized something was terribly wrong. They had all turned off their phones before coming here, fearing they might disturb the Tang Family’s business, and never expected anything to go awry. Only now did they understand that the situation was far more serious than they had imagined—it had spun completely out of their control.

As they fumbled to turn on their phones and find out what had happened, the King of Jingnan arrived.

"Greetings, Boss," the King of Jingnan said, bowing to Yang Qi. "Everything has been taken care of. From the Wang Family, the Yan Family, and the Black Wolf Sect, all who resisted have been killed. Those who surrendered were spared and are now under our control. We await your orders."

Hearing this, Wang Hai and the others were dumbfounded.

"King of Jingnan, you! What are you saying? You moved against our three families?" Wang Hai asked in horror.

"Not just your three families," the King of Jingnan sneered. "All the other traitors who sided with the Sea City Tang Family have also been dealt with. We were pretty quick about it, weren’t we? You fence-sitters are truly disgusting. Once you commit to the Star Shining Society, you should see it through, not be so fickle!"

By this point, their phones had booted up. A flood of videos and messages on their apps made everything terrifyingly clear, completely shattering their last shreds of hope. The King of Jingnan hadn’t been joking. He had truly dismantled the Wang Family, the Yan Family, the Black Wolf Sect, and the other thirty-six large and small organizations in one fell swoop.

"Why... Why would you do this, Mr. Yang? You can’t!" Wang Hai and the others were utterly distraught.

Yang Qi had indeed stated in the True Martial White Tower that betrayal would have its price. But they had been certain the Sea City Tang Family would win. They believed Tang Zhetian would crush Yang Qi effortlessly. That’s why they had never taken Yang Qi’s words seriously, choosing instead to mock him relentlessly.