159: Chapter 159 The Danger of Clan Extinction

Xie Wantang's voice trembled.

Lai Tianxiang shook his head. "Family disputes have always been a matter of life and death. Didn't Xie Chengming treat our Lai Family the same way back then?"

His voice grew louder. "If it weren't for my father's bitter persistence, how would today be the day my Lai Family rises again? It's already generous of me to leave you a way out!"

"Well? Xie Wantang, why don't you consider my proposal from just now?"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Hmph, refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

After being rejected repeatedly, Lai Tianxiang felt a surge of anger.

*Crack!*

He beheaded another elderly hostage from the Xie Family.

Xie Wantang's voice stopped; only the muffled whimpers of Xie Yuzhu remained from behind, her mouth stuffed with a piece of white cloth.

Just then, a cold voice came from the right.

"Clan Head Lai, your movements are far too slow."

Hearing the voice, Lai Tianxiang's expression changed, and he threw the head in his hand to the ground.

He turned his head.

On the dilapidated wall to the right, a young girl in palace attire, elegant and refined, sat there at some unknown point.

Her face was like a lotus in clear water, her long black hair reaching her waist, but her eyes were cold and distant, carrying an indifference that kept everyone at a distance.

Lai Tianxiang's face took on a respectful expression. "Fairy Mo, why are you here?"

This woman was of noble status, the Young Lord of the Mo Family, Mo Qingxue; he dared not show the slightest negligence.

"What, I can't come?"

"Of course not. It's just that the process of exterminating the Xie Family will be somewhat bloody, and I fear it might offend your eyes, Fairy."

"Tch, isn't it just killing and beheading? I watched just now, and it wasn't much."

"May I ask what brings you here today, Fairy?"

"I heard that the Xie Family has a Second-rank Formation Legacy..."

Hearing this...

Lai Tianxiang's smile stiffened for a moment, and he swallowed hard. "You... you know about this?"

"Otherwise? Do you think that for your pittance, my Mo Family would take the blame for ambushing the Zhou Family mountain fort?"

Realizing his small schemes were completely seen through, Lai Tianxiang gave a sheepish smile. "Since the Mo Family needs that Second-rank Formation Legacy, then I shall yield it to you, Fairy."

"How can you call it yielding? That was originally an item of my Mo Family; I am merely here to retrieve it."

"That's... that's true."

Lai Tianxiang gritted his teeth and spoke with difficulty.

Mo Qingxue looked up, watching everyone slowly casting Spells to attack. Her brow furrowed. "Are these the only methods the Lai Family has for breaking Formations? How is it that you don't even have a Second-rank Ban-Breaking Talisman?"

Upon hearing this...

Lai Tianxiang rolled his eyes. If he had such a thing, would he still need to slowly wear it down here?

Although that item wasn't expensive—he could afford a few hundred or a thousand Spirit Stones—it was unfortunately a rare commodity with no supply.

Mo Qingxue saw his state, her blueberry-like pupils showing a hint of disdain. "Fine, I'll help you break the Formation."

He bowed slightly. "Thank you, Fairy."

Mo Qingxue shook her sleeves. Amidst the swirling yellow light, a giant elephant puppet appeared beside her.

Standing two zhang tall and forged entirely from refined iron, its four thick legs shook the ground. Its side, reflecting the sunlight, looked like a wall.

*Wuuu—*

The elephant's trunk, made of flexible spiritual materials, lifted, and a terrifying pressure instantly weighed down on everyone present.

Lai Tianxiang was first startled, then overjoyed. "A Pseudo-Third Rank Puppet! As expected of the Puppet Mo Family!"

The elephant trunk was raised high and straightened, pointing at the Formation where water light flowed.

The surrounding Spiritual Qi swirled and poured into the trunk like it had encountered a funnel.

Suddenly...

A bright light emerged from the tip of the trunk.

*Whoosh, whoosh.*

Along with the sound of wind coming from the trunk, the light grew brighter and brighter.

In the next instant...

A dazzling beam of light shot out, heading straight for the Formation.

When the light met the water, there was no sound, but from the point of contact, a circle of unstoppable ripples spread out.

"Break!"

Mo Qingxue spoke softly, her fingers forming a seal, and the beam suddenly thickened.

The water curtain could not withstand it; a gap was forcefully gouged out, after which it disintegrated and shattered inch by inch.

Finally, the situation at the Xie Family's base could be glimpsed.

Xie Wantang, dressed in a water-blue ruqun, sat before the main hall. She stared blankly at Mo Qingxue and the giant Puppet not far away.

Her eyes darkened visibly.

She had thought she could wait for the Zhou Family's timely rescue, but instead, things had gone from bad to worse; it was the even more powerful Mo Family.

Inside her wide sleeves...

Her left hand crushed a wooden tablet; it was her own Life Tablet, used to alert the clansmen behind that the Formation had been broken and to flee quickly through the secret passage.

Her right hand crushed a jade pendant; it was a communication talisman for Xu Changsheng. At this moment, it was glowing brightly—the matching communication talisman had sent another message.

By crushing the communication talisman, she was also severing the last shred of hope in her heart.

Her jade-like hand emerged from her sleeve, already holding a water-element spiritual sword, pointing forward.

Lai Tianxiang didn't care. Holding a large cleaver in his hand, he reached out to Mo Qingxue for permission. "Let me personally end the grudge between our two families."

The latter nodded and looked back. "Go ahead. I see an interesting person has arrived; let me go meet her."

The giant elephant puppet turned around, carrying Mo Qingxue, and charged into the distance, knocking down trees and crushing stones along the way.

"Good!"

Lai Tianxiang took out a piece of silk, wiped the blood from the blade's edge, and walked toward Xie Wantang step by step.

...

Fifteen minutes later.

*Boom!*

Xie Wantang fell miserably from mid-air, the stone shield she had held in front of her shattered on the ground.

A sudden sneak attack.

A spiritual sword emerged from the shattered shield, and a deep blue ghostly light shot out, aimed straight at Lai Tianxiang in the sky.

The latter was unhurried, holding his cleaver in front of him to block the strike.

"It's not over yet!"

Xie Wantang activated all the Talismans in her Storage Pouch at once, and countless Spells struck upward.

"Noisy!"

Looking at the Spells coming from all directions, Lai Tianxiang simply swung his cleaver casually and blocked them all.

Xie Wantang stared intently at the swinging cleaver, her heart suddenly thumping.

The First-rank Talismans in front were just a cover; the second-rank talismans following them were the killing move, especially the Second-rank High Grade Talisman that Xu Changsheng had secretly given her.

*Bang!*

As she wished, explosive Talismans like the crimson flame spreading over prairie talisman and the purple lightning startling thunder talisman blew up upon reaching Lai Tianxiang.

"Good."

A glimmer of hope rose in her heart.

However, it was immediately shattered. The Spiritual Artifact cleaver in Lai Tianxiang's hand had vanished, replaced by three red shields.

They circled around him, their spiritual light flickering, yet he himself was completely unharmed.

"Damned woman."

Lai Tianxiang tucked away the shields with a pained expression.

He moved his body.

Raising his iron-ringed cleaver, he slashed toward Xie Wantang.

The latter was nearing the end of her rope. The jade pendant on her chest sensed the life-and-death crisis and emitted a bright light.

It flew forward, weaving a soft curtain of light to block the path.

But it was to no avail.

It shattered like paper. The cleaver slashed across Xie Wantang's abdomen, revealing a large area of snowy-white skin stained with blood.

In the next moment, the cleaver rose again, slashing straight toward her face.

Xie Wantang smiled and closed her eyes, a tall figure appearing before her eyes.

She murmured to herself, "You broke your promise. I can't wait for you anymore.""}],