40: The great battle has begun! Kill!

As the Ye Family members were immersed in the heavy atmosphere of an impending storm, the night in Qingyang City was ignited by raging fury and murderous intent.

Inside the Liu Family and Wang Family Manors, lights were ablaze, but the atmosphere was as chilling as ice.

“They’ve gone too far! Too far!”

“If we don’t avenge this, how can we face heaven and earth!”

The council halls of the two great Families were filled with endless grief, indignation, and venomous hatred.

Upon learning that their younger generation, who had entered the Secret Realm, had been almost entirely slaughtered and wiped out, all reason was instantly consumed by the flames of revenge!

“Ye Family!”

The two Family Heads, Liu and Wang, revealed their murderous intent, almost in unison, as they issued their final command.

“Pass on my order! Gather all Clan members! Tomorrow, we will go out in full force!”

“Flatten the Ye Family, blood for blood!”

...

The next day, as dawn broke.

Two black torrents, each composed of over a thousand Cultivators, surged out from the Manors of the Liu and Wang Families, marching forth with great momentum!

At the forefront of these two torrents were six powerful figures exuding the terrifying pressure of the Foundation Establishment Realm. They moved through the air, openly displaying their immense murderous intent, enough to change the very color of heaven and earth!

The entire Qingyang City trembled under this terrifying might!

On the streets, all Loose Cultivators and commoners were terrified out of their wits, fleeing in all directions, fearing to be caught even slightly in the impending battle of annihilation!

...

The news of the Liu and Wang Families openly marching on the Ye Family in full force naturally reached the Ye Family Patriarch's ears immediately.

“Dong! Dong! Dong——!”

The ancient and urgent sound of the alarm bell resounded throughout the entire Ye Family Manor!

All Ye Family Clan members, whether in secluded cultivation or practicing, immediately put down everything they were doing at the sound of the bell, weapons in hand, and with grave expressions, converged towards the Training Ground!

On the high platform, the Ye Family Patriarch and two Foundation Establishment Realm Elders were already clad in battle armor, ready for a fierce battle.

Ye Feiyan was also urgently summoned.

At this moment, all Ye Family Clan members looked at her without a trace of their previous disdain or doubt, only endless awe and trust remained.

During the Secret Realm expedition, with her absolute strength at the Peak of the Ninth Level of Qi Refining, she had already proven that the Ye Family's qilin child, seen once in a hundred years, had completely returned!

She was appointed on the spot by the Ye Family Patriarch as the overall commander of the younger generation!

“My Clan members!”

The Ye Family Patriarch looked at the resolute and determined faces below, his tiger eyes filled with tears, yet his voice remained as steady as a mountain.

“In this battle, our Ye Family has no retreat!”

“I am here, with all of you, to make one final pact!”

He suddenly drew the longsword from his waist, pointing it directly at the sky, and roared with a hoarse voice!

“If, by chance, our Ye Family wins this battle, every single person present will be a hero of the Family! In the future, all Family resources will be fully tilted towards you!”

“But if... if our Ye Family unfortunately loses the battle...”

He paused, his gaze slowly falling upon Ye Feiyan and several other exceptionally talented young Disciples, his eyes filled with endless tragedy and reluctance.

“We few Old fellows will spare no effort, burning our Divine Souls, to carve out a bloody path for you!”

“You must live! To preserve the last Bloodline for our Ye Family! In the future, rebuild our Ye Family, and continue its glory!”

These words, like the most solemn oath, heavily struck the hearts of everyone!

“Fight to the death, no retreat!”

“Coexist and perish with the Family!”

...

Soon, the black torrent formed by the two great Families had arrived at the city gates, completely surrounding the entire Ye Family Manor.

“Brother Ye, long time no see, are you well?”

Liu Family Head floated in mid-air, speaking with a fake smile, his eyes filled with the cruelty of a cat playing with a mouse.

Family Head Wang was even more direct; his gaze swept over the three Foundation Establishment Realm figures of the Ye Family, a look of undisguised contemptuous laughter on his face.

“Oh? Why... don’t I see your esteemed Grand Elder?”

“Brother Ye, your Ye Family is the largest Family in our Qingyang City. Now, with a great enemy before you, why are you hiding a Foundation Establishment Mid Stage powerhouse, afraid to show himself?”

They laughed.

They laughed so unrestrainedly, so full of certainty of victory!

Indeed!

That Old fellow really ran into trouble!

Without Grand Elder, that Foundation Establishment Mid Stage powerhouse, the current Ye Family was just a tiger without its teeth!

With their two Families united, six Foundation Establishment combat powers, their strength already firmly surpassed the Ye Family!

What could the Ye Family use to fight them?!

“Hmph!”

Facing the mocking taunts of the two, the Ye Family Patriarch snorted coldly, his eyes filled with soaring Battle Intent!

“Whether my Ye Family lads can fight, you’ll know if you try!”

“Kill——!!!”

The moment his voice fell, battle immediately erupted!

“Boom!!!”

The Ye Family Patriarch did not hesitate, charging out first! Behind him, an Earth-Splitting Bear, also exuding the terrifying aura of Second Stage Late-Phase, roared towards the sky, and together with him, actually took the initiative to fiercely attack the two Foundation Establishment Late Stage Family Heads, Liu and Wang!

One against two!

“Seeking death!”

The two Family Heads, Liu and Wang, seeing this, a flash of fury in their eyes, immediately activated their spell techniques, engaging in an earth-shattering battle with the Ye Family Patriarch!

At the same time, the other two Foundation Establishment Realm Elders of the Ye Family also summoned their Early Second-Rank contracted Yao Beasts, one on the left and one on the right, confronting the four opposing Elders who were also at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and Middle Stage!

Two against four!

The high-level combat power was instantly tied down!

Below, the shouts of battle were already shaking the heavens!

“Ye Family lads! Charge with me!”

Ye Feiyan let out a clear shout, leading the charge. The longsword in her hand drew out One by one sharp sword lights, like a peerless Valkyrie, she was the first to plunge into the enemy formation!

“Roar!”

“Awoo!”

Behind her, all the Ye Family Disciples, equally unwilling to show weakness, summoned their contracted Yao Beasts, fighting alongside their masters, fearlessly charging towards the tide-like enemy, whose numbers were more than double their own!

For a time, in front of the entire Ye Family Manor, shouts of killing, roars, and the explosive sounds of spiritual power rose and fell, echoing through the sky!

Blood stained the earth!

From the very beginning, the battle entered its most brutal and intense white-hot stage!

Almost every member of the Ye Family was fighting one against two, or even one against three!

They were caught in an unprecedented bitter struggle!

Kill!

The earth-shattering shouts of battle and the piercing roar of colliding weapons composed the most tragic and bloody symphony of war!

The entire Ye Family territory had already transformed into a Shura Bloodbath!

The earth was stained dark red with blood, severed limbs were everywhere, and the air was filled with a nauseating stench of blood and the burnt smell remaining after spiritual power explosions.

“Die for me!”

A Liu Family Disciple, his face ferocious, at the moment he was pierced through the heart by a Ye Family Disciple's sword, desperately held onto his opponent, detonating his Dantian!

Boom!

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the two perished together!