"Gouge out their eyes!"
Ian's voice was soft, like a devil whispering.
The arrogance and anger on the faces of Saint Maserati, Saint William, and Saint Topman Oss instantly froze, replaced by a sudden burst of fear and horror.
They had expected Ian to get angry, to chastise them, or even to humiliate them publicly like he did to Saint Charloss.
But they never expected that the first thing Ian would say was to demand their eyes!
Gunko didn't hesitate for a moment.
The instant Ian's words fell, her cold eyes locked onto Saint Topman Oss.
"Whoosh!"
A solidified bandage arrow appeared out of thin air, but it didn't shoot towards Oss's body; instead, it circled behind him at an incredibly tricky angle.
Before Oss could react, the bandage, like a living venomous snake, instantly wrapped around his limbs and torso, pinning him firmly in place.
"Saint Ian! How dare you!"
Oss's grandfather was the Law God of War, which gave him a bit more confidence than the others.
Gunko ignored him.
She walked slowly to Oss, raised her hand, and two slender, bandage-wrapped fingers casually reached towards his eye sockets.
Gunko's movements were both extremely fast and extremely precise.
When she withdrew her hand, two eyeballs, still with a hint of blood, lay quietly in her bandage-wrapped palm.
As for Saint Topman Oss, he first trembled violently, then let out a bloodcurdling scream, covered his eyes, and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Gunko didn't look at Oss, her gaze shifting to her next target—Saint Manmaya William.
Although William came from her own Manmaya Family, what did it matter? If her young master ordered her to gouge out William's eyes, or even to die, she would do so without hesitation.
"No! Don't! Saint Ian! I was wrong! I was truly wrong!"
Saint William, who had just been clamoring to complain to the Gorosei, was now completely broken.
His legs gave out, and he knelt directly on the ground, snot and tears flowing, continuously kowtowing to Ian and begging for mercy.
However, Ian merely watched him with interest, as if enjoying an amusing play.
"Ah—"
Another short, sharp, and mournful scream.
Saint William followed in Oss's footsteps, falling unconscious from the excruciating pain of having his eyeballs ripped out alive.
Finally, only Saint Maserati remained.
This crown prince, the most powerful and arrogant among the younger generation in the Holy Land, had long lost all his usual composure and elegance.
His face was ashen, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
He wanted to run, but his legs simply wouldn't obey.
Gunko walked towards him step by step, slowly.
Each step felt like it was treading on his heart, making him almost suffocate on the spot.
"Saint Ian!" Saint Maserati let out a desperate roar, "My grandfather is Saint Shepherd Ten Pite! You can't do this to me!"
Ian tilted his head slightly, revealing a devilish smile: "Oh? Are you reminding This Young Master that just gouging out your eyes isn't enough?"
Upon hearing this, Saint Maserati's pupils suddenly constricted, and boundless fear instantly swallowed his last shred of reason.
"Thud!"
He could no longer support himself, his knees buckled, and he actually knelt directly on the ground, scared to pee himself on the spot.
But even so, he couldn't escape his fate, falling unconscious amidst a bloodcurdling scream... "Bad news, bad news!"
"Saint Ian gouged out the eyes of Saint Maserati and the others!"
Soon, what happened in Pangu Square spread throughout Pangu City in just a few minutes!
In a magnificent mansion, a corpulent Celestial Dragon was holding a bowl of top-grade shark fin soup in a golden bowl, preparing to enjoy his lunch.
When a servant stumbled in and told him the news.
"What did you say?"
"Saint Ian is back—"
Before he could finish, his stomach churned, and the delicacies he had just eaten, along with the bowl of shark fin soup he hadn't yet swallowed, all came gushing out, staining his priceless carpet.
On the other side, in an open-air hot spring, several young female Celestial Dragons were laughing and playing.
When the news arrived, one of them, too shocked, slipped and fell directly into the water, choking on several mouthfuls and almost drowning on the spot.
Panic spread silently.
The world nobles, who usually stood high above, regarded human lives as grass, and enjoyed all privileges, were now like a flock of startled quails, each hiding in their homes, trembling, not even daring to step out.
"Quick! Lock the doors! No! Block the doors with stones!"
"Everyone stay in your rooms! If anyone dares to go out, I'll break their legs first!"
"It's over... it's over... that devil is back..."
At the same time, at the Shepherd Family mansion.
When the news that Saint Maserati had his eyes gouged out reached them, his father, the current head of the Shepherd Family, a middle-aged man over fifty, saw black and almost fainted on the spot.
"Rebellious son! Oh, what a rebellious son!"
After steadying himself, he trembled with rage and slapped himself hard across the face.
"I told him long ago not to provoke Saint Ian! Not to provoke that devil! Why wouldn't he listen!"
Beside him, Saint Maserati's mother was already in tears.
"What do we do? What should we do? Will Saint Ian... will he even... our entire family..."
"Shut up!" The family head snapped, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
After a brief moment of panic, he made a decisive move, shouting loudly at all the stunned family members and servants in the courtyard:
"What are you all staring at for!!"
"Everyone! Now! Immediately! Follow me to Pangu Square! To beg for forgiveness from Lord Saint Ian!"
At his command, the entire Shepherd Family, regardless of gender or age, all changed into their simplest clothes, stumbled out of the mansion, and rushed towards Pangu Square.
The mighty procession no longer had any of the demeanor of world nobles; they were like a group of condemned prisoners heading to the execution ground.
Meanwhile, at the Donquixote Family mansion, an even greater tragedy was unfolding.
When they learned that Saint Ferrari, though not having his eyes gouged out, had been singled out by Saint Ian for his disrespectful remarks, demanding Doflamingo's return to the Holy Land, the entire family exploded.
"Doflamingo is coming back? No!!"
Saint Ferrari's father, an old man as thin as a bamboo pole, let out a shriek on the spot, then convulsed and collapsed to the ground.
"Quick! Quickly go to Pangu Square!"
"Beg Lord Saint Ian for mercy!"
The remaining family members were scared out of their wits, scrambling to rush out.
They ran even more frantically than the Shepherd Family, falling over each other along the way.
A few timid female relatives, before even running halfway, fainted on the road from excessive fear, their eyes rolling back.
But no one dared to stop and help them; everyone had only one thought—if they were late, the entire family would be finished!
The Topman Family's reaction was equally swift.
Upon learning that their young master, Oss, was the first to have his eyeballs gouged out, the family head collapsed on the spot.
"Quick... quickly go to the Seat of Power!" He grabbed his brother's collar, commanding with all his strength, "Go find Lord Saint Warcury! Only he can save us!"
His brother dared not delay, and bolted towards the Seat of Power... The Seat of Power.
The Gorosei were either reading newspapers, drinking tea, or wiping their swords.
"Bang!"
The tightly shut door was suddenly crashed open from the outside.
The member of the Topman Family stumbled in, directly falling prostrate before the Gorosei.
"Lord Saint Warcury! Help!"
Saint Warcury, the Law God of War, frowned sharply and said in a deep voice: "Presumptuous! Who gave you the audacity to trespass into the Seat of Power!"
However, before he could erupt, the man, with a sobbing voice, had already recounted everything that had happened in Pangu Square, in full detail.
After listening, the entire Seat of Power fell into a deathly silence.
A moment later.
"A bunch of fools!!"
Saint Warcury trembled with rage, pointing at the Topman Family member on the ground and cursing: "What audacity did they have? How dare they offend Young Master Ian!!"
"How many heads does the Topman Family have for the young master to chop?!"
"Quick, immediately have all members of the Topman Family proceed to Pangu Square to beg for forgiveness from the young master!"
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