Traveling Back Early: Forcing the Young Empress to Sign a Lifetime Servitude Contract

17: Holding a girl in his arms, he went on a killing spree.”Stop!”

Lu Tianzheng was dumbfounded.

He thought his overbearing aura would intimidate Chen Qingxuan, but the other party didn’t follow the script at all.

Although he had opened his mouth to stop him the moment he saw Chen Qingxuan’s movement, Chen Qingxuan’s blade was faster than his voice. Before his words could even land, his daughter’s head was already flying... Splash!

This scene left countless people staring in shock and awe.

Was he always this brave?

”Linger... My Linger!”

Lu Tianzheng’s eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

Looking at the flying head, he raised his trembling hands, unsure whether to catch it or not.

While intimidating Chen Qingxuan had been a gamble, the boy was clearly just a wet-behind-the-ears kid... How did he dare?

”You, the ’Heaven’ of Shenyou Stronghold, if you have the ability, then bring your daughter back to life!” Chen Qingxuan kicked the headless corpse beside him away and tilted his chin up to provoke Lu Tianzheng.

Is that all?

”You...”

Lu Tianzheng clenched his fists tightly, his body shaking with killing intent. ”Kid, I swear... I will make you wish you were dead!!”

Chen Qingxuan remained calm and composed, his starry eyes looking down at the crowd with their complex expressions. ”Every debt has its debtor. I don’t care if you’ve abandoned your conscience to survive, but I advise you not to make a move. Otherwise... I will slaughter every last soul in Shenyou Stronghold. Even the infants in their swaddling clothes... I’ll pull them out by the roots!”

”Impudent!”

Before Lu Tianzheng could act, his trusted subordinates couldn’t wait to show off.

Two people at the Peak of the Spirit Sea Realm charged at Chen Qingxuan from the front, each wielding a sharp sword of Yellow Rank.

Given their cultivation and equipment, they were considered genuine experts in this stronghold that couldn’t even be called a town.

However, facing Chen Qingxuan, who was already in the Bone Forging Realm and had just obtained the Nine Profound Pupils, they were lacking in both speed and power.

So much so that Chen Qingxuan didn’t even need to use the divine phoenix sword. With just a dagger, he slashed forward, and his Profound Power condensed into a razor-sharp blade of Qi visible to the naked eye.

Squelch—

That Qi blade was an overwhelming strike for the two, instantly slicing them and their weapons in half at the waist.

They had no power to resist.

”Bone Forging Realm... He’s actually in the Bone Forging Realm?”

The crowd watched in disbelief.

For a teenager in his teens to reach such a Realm... what kind of terrifying talent was that?

”Early Stage Bone Forging?”

Lu Tianzheng’s eyes narrowed slightly; he hadn’t expected this either.

However, such cultivation wouldn’t make him afraid. He clenched his hands, and the thick Profound Power within his body erupted—Late Stage Bone Forging!

In this small stronghold, the strength of the Late Stage Bone Forging Realm could indeed be called invincible.

”Step aside, I’ll do it!” Lu Tianzheng glared at Chen Qingxuan. After seeing the latter’s talent, he was even more determined to erase him.

But just then, the crowd that had been silent before spoke up.

”Stronghold Master, why should you handle this? Let us do it!”

”Yes, Linger... we watched her grow up... we all treated her like our own child.”

”Keep him alive! The Stronghold Master said he wants him to wish he were dead!”

The crowd suddenly acted as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

There was no other reason than they saw Lu Tianzheng was stronger than Chen Qingxuan. Smart people knew how to choose.

Otherwise, once Chen Qingxuan was dealt with, those who chose to stand by... their futures would certainly be difficult.

”...”

Jiang Susu watched this scene, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.

Why?

Why did these elders, who were once kind to her, now know she had been bullied, yet instead of helping her find justice, they spoke up for the bad guy who bullied her?

The Little Girl’s heart was filled with fear, grievance, and despair.

Just then, a pair of gentle, large hands suddenly picked her up, and Chen Qingxuan’s gentle smile came into view. ”Don’t be afraid, Big Brother will protect you.”

”Waaa...”

Suddenly feeling protected, Jiang Susu cried even harder.

And so,

Chen Qingxuan held the Little Girl in one arm and pointed the divine phoenix sword at the figures rushing toward him with the other.

If they were all enemies, then things were simple.

Squelch—