The Supreme God

The package was still lying intact slap bang in the center of the hall. It seemed to be bulging with something.
Thanks to what had happened just now, everyone in the hall now clearly knew that whatever was inside it, it certainly wasn't a
birthday present. It had to be something special and sinister.
Lots of people looked at the package with curious gazes, wondering what could have been sent with death packed along with it.
"You! Come here and unwrap the package. Let me see what's in it."
Lanny ordered a servant who was standing beside him.
Even though the servant had witnessed a man die just by touching the package, he did not dare to disobey Lanny's order. He
clearly knew how atrocious Lanny was. And besides, Lanny was quite angry after seeing that arrow, and therefore, if the servant
disobeyed him, what waited him was certain death anyhow. Therefore, he had to walk towards the package.
The servant kicked the package hesitantly but nothing special happened this time. He then stretched out his hand to unwrap the
package. This time, no poisoned arrow shot out from it. Instead, something rolled out from the package when it was unwrapped.
Something bloody, something hairy. A head!
Everyone in the hall had been gazing at the package and as soon as they saw what was inside, they all stood up and exclaimed
in surprise.
The head was familiar to them all.
"Benson!"
"Brother Benson!"
"It is Benson!"
No one in the hall wanted to believe what he was seeing, but it was as clear as day.
The head was Benson's. He was Lanny's third son.
Lanny had three sons. They were Ellison, Logan and Benson. But now, there were only two.

When Lanny saw his son's bloody head roll down in front of him, he trembled slightly and his face turned a curious shade of red
and pale.
Ellison and Logan were also staring at their brother's bloody head with sadness and anger.
Especially Logan, who was walking up and down, with his fists clenched tight. His green veins stood out on the back of his hands
and it looked like he wanted to smash something.
"Who killed my brother? I swear I am going to peel off his skin and fry his bone!"
The other people of Li Family were also full of righteous indignation. The Li Family had been considered superior in Valley Town
over the span of several years. They had never made a promise they couldn't keep and they always felt superior to others no
matter where they were. Up till now, no one had dared to disrespect Li Family and lived to tell the tale.
But now, someone had killed the Family's head's son, and sent his bloodied head as a package, which was direct humiliation for
Li Family.
"Dad, there seems to be a letter in the package."
Ellison suddenly exclaimed, pointing towards the paper that lay inside.
On hearing Ellison's words, everyone looked towards the package. They too, saw a piece of paper in the box.
"Open the letter."
Lanny was in a towering rage at the moment, but he looked calm. He had already sworn to himself that he was going to find the
killer no matter what it cost him and torment that bastard in the cruelest way possible.
The servant immediately picked it up and skimmed through it. The contents seemed to stupefy him, and he looked at Lanny with
a questioning look.
"Read it out! I want to know who has dared to kill my son!"
Lanny ordered coldly. People who knew him well understood from his tone that he was extremely irritated now.
"I'd like to invite the Li Family to witness something: Today I have given Benson's head to Lanny, the head of the Li Family, as his
birthday present. I hope you all will like it. In addition, since the Li Family has killed so many people of the Zhang Family, we are

going to make you pay for it hard. And our retribution is going to be ten times as bloody as you are. We swear that we will kill all
the people of the Li Family!"
So it was the Zhang Family who had killed Benson!
Everyone in the hall fell silent suddenly.
Zachary, the head of the Zhang Family, was still imprisoned inside the dungeon of the Li Family. A vast majority of the former's
family had been slaughtered in Valley Town that night. But right now, to Li Family's surprise, someone who claimed to be a
member of the Zhang Family was asking them to pay for what they had done.
"How is it possible that the killer was from the Zhang Family? I have heard the that there were 300 to 400 people in the Zhang
Family at first, but less than twenty remained who survived that massacre. They are so weak at the moment that it simply isn't
feasible for them to take revenge."
Someone in the hall exclaimed loudly.
"Well, since the killer is a remnant of the Zhang Family, I will kill the lot of them. I have searched for them in vain for a long time;
it is really a big surprise that they have dared to declare war on me."
Lanny gnashed his teeth in anger.
"Everyone, listen to me carefully. Finding out this surviving supporter of the Zhang Family is your task and our top priority. We
must spare no effort and leave no stones unturned in trying to find them out. We will kill all who remain of that family!"
"My lord, some bad news."
Just as Lanny had ended his words, a member of the Li Family, who was of middle age, rushed into the assembly hall and
shouted from the gate itself.
"What is the matter?"
That man had always been sober and composed, but right now, he looked fluttered, which was why Lanny had a bad feeling.
"Three of our gambling houses, two whorehouses, two grain stores, and one pawnshop in the town have been burned down."
"What?"

Lanny was shocked at the news. He felt desperate as if his world had frozen around him.
The stores which the man had mentioned were the most profitable stores of the Li Family, and they had all been destroyed in
one go. Lanny was struck with fright.
"Call out all the people of our family! We are going to find the remaining people of the Zhang Family and kill them all!"
Lanny's voice was full of anger now and echoed in the meeting hall furiously.
One-third of the Li Family's stores in Valley Town had been destroyed by a dozen men clad completely in black. The men had
broken into those stores, killed off any members of the family who happened to be inside, and burned the buildings down.
When the family sent out people to find the perpetrators, they went into hiding without leaving any trace at all.
This event caused a great uproar in Valley Town. The people of the Li Family searched for these killers in every nook and cranny
and upturned every house, but always drew a blank.