' But now he won't be able to escape, even if both of us can't ever be together, I will never let anyone near my Wang Jia. ' the woman standing at the back thought, and observed everything with a grin.

" If I had an arm or two missing, then would you have believed I'm innocent or if I had a few holes in my belly or would you have preferred that only my corpse returned? " Jayden asked, with a chilly expression.

" Don't try to change the topic, all of us have gathered here to- " Dong immediately refuted his words.

*SLAAAP*

Without another word, Jayden stepped forward and landed a hard slap on Dong's face. Although he hadn't used much strength since Jayden didn't want to reveal his true strength in front of everyone.

Still, Dong's cheek immediately became red and a mark appeared on his skin, the entire place turned silent. Holding his cheek, Dong looked at Jayden in a daze, he couldn't believe that Jayden had the courage to do this in front of everyone.

He glared at Jayden and after a few seconds shouted: " How dare you? Don't you know who I am, I was thinking of at least giving you a painless death, but now I'm going to torture you to death. "

" Humph, so to make you all bunch believe, I should have at least come so badly injured that no one would recognise me OR DO YOU WISH ME TO DIE?

So, you want the Matriarch's son to die, should I think of it as a treason against the Matriarch or the entire sect, since she is the main pillar of this sect? " Jayden accused him in a raised tone, giving no time for him to reply.

" No... Uh- wait... "

" Are the people standing behind you also working with you or are they all fools to just blindly follow your words? You must have received orders from someone inside the sect or some other sect to target me and through me indirectly target the Matriarch. " Jayden added.

Dong was getting angry, ' Who did he think he is to slap me in front of everyone? How dare he talk down to me? Now, no one can save you. ' he thought and said out loud.

" If that's the case, I guess there's nothing to discuss any further, there's no place for anyone who wants to harm my son in this world. " Jia said and lightly raised her sword, without removing the scabbard.

" Nooooooo Matriarch, please spare me i- it was the third- " Dong threw caution to the wind and shouted, but it was already too late, a thick layer of ice appeared all over his body, and within an instant he had become an ice sculpture.

Within the layer of ice, Dong tried to move he felt his blood freezing and then the coldness extended to his organs. Without even being able to scream, he died a miserable death.

The third elder heaved a sigh of relief, his body relaxed if Wang Jia had frozen him a second later, Dong would have completed his sentence and told everyone who was behind the entire incident.

Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, Wang Jia have always been decisive but never had she acted so cruelly.

It was the first time she had killed someone just like that. She looked like a cold blooded leader, who wouldn't hesitate to kill any one among them if they were to go against her words.

Jia then directed her icy glare towards the rest of the Justice Hall members, who shivered under her intense gaze. Narrowing her eyes, she spoke:

" So any of you have anything to say in your defence? "

There were over a dozen disciples, and all of them were aware of the deal their vice leader had made with the third elder, but now just like Dong they were stuck, if they told everything, the third elder will kill them but if they stayed silent then Wang Jia will kill them.

" M- Matriarch we were j- just following the vice leader, he told us that he had f- found some evidence that Wang J- Jin is a traitor. " One of them spoke, his legs were trembling uncontrollably.

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