18: Chapter 18: Let's wipe out the Wang family!

Wang Tiangang heard the familiar voice and suddenly raised his head, seeing the face clearly in the moonlight.

"Shen… Patriarch Shen Tianze?!"

He felt as if he had been struck by lightning; his whole body stiffened, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

How is this possible?!

Wasn't Patriarch Shen Tianze in the Dharma Image Realm?

How could he possess such powerful strength?!

"You… how is it possible…"

Wang Tiangang's lips trembled, and he couldn't even speak properly.

Patriarch Shen Tianze crouched down, looking down at him from above, a playful smile curling the corner of his lips: "What, are you surprised?"

Wang Tiangang widened his eyes and stared at him intently, then suddenly remembered something and abruptly looked at Shen Yuanshan and Shen Yuanhe beside him.

Those two had also removed their masks.

Two familiar faces.

Shen Yuanshan!

Shen Yuanhe!

The Third Elder and Sixth Elder of the Shen Family!

Wang Tiangang felt as if he had been struck by lightning, completely stunned.

Shen Yuanshan, Ninth Stage of the Dharma Image Realm.

Shen Yuanhe, Eighth Stage of the Dharma Image Realm.

But the power they had displayed just now was clearly not that of the Dharma Image Realm!

"You… your Shen Family…"

Patriarch Shen Tianze smiled, but that smile looked exceptionally chilling in Wang Tiangang's eyes.

"If our Shen Family didn't hide a little, how could we have firmly controlled Guangnan City for so many years?"

Hearing this, Wang Tiangang laughed at himself.

He had thought that by reaching the Void Piercing Realm, he could go head-to-head with the Shen Family, but only now did he realize that it was merely his own fantasy.

The strength of the Shen Family was far beyond what these few families in Guangnan City could handle.

"Speak," Patriarch Shen Tianze said indifferently. "What exactly is the scheme between your Wang Family and Blood Crow Mountain?"

Wang Tiangang trembled all over, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

Patriarch Shen Tianze raised an eyebrow: "You don't want to say?"

He stood up, hands behind his back, his tone still calm: "If you don't say it, I can guess it too. It's nothing more than wanting to borrow the power of Blood Crow Mountain to wipe out our Shen Family, and then your Wang Family would monopolize Guangnan City."

"Wang Tiangang, tell me, am I right?"

Wang Tiangang's pupils constricted, his face becoming increasingly pale.

Patriarch Shen Tianze looked at him in this state and chuckled, "It seems I guessed right."

Patriarch Shen Tianze turned around, looked at Shen Yuanshan and Shen Yuanhe not far away, and said calmly: "Third Uncle, please make a trip to ask the Second Grand-Uncle to come out of seclusion, bring the Mitian Formation, and let's go together to wipe out the Wang Family!"

Shen Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, pointing at Wang Tiangang on the ground: "Tianze, didn't you say we were just going to kill this guy? Why…"

"I changed my mind." Patriarch Shen Tianze turned around, looked at Shen Yuanshan, and explained: "Originally, I only wanted to get rid of Wang Tiangang and Wang Teng, and let the Wang Family cower honestly. But now…"

He glanced at Wang Tiangang, who was sprawled on the ground, a mocking arc curling the corner of his lips: "The Wang Family was so anxious to find people from Blood Crow Mountain to wipe out my Shen Family, doesn't this just give us an opportunity?"

Shen Yuanshan's eyes lit up: "You mean…"

Patriarch Shen Tianze nodded slightly: "Wipe out the Wang Family, and then push the responsibility onto Blood Crow Mountain."

He paused and continued: "We made a huge commotion when we killed the people from Blood Crow Mountain, and by now, the news that people from Blood Crow Mountain have appeared in Guangnan City has probably already spread in the city. At this time, if people from Blood Crow Mountain break into the Wang Family and wipe them out, I'm afraid it won't arouse much suspicion."

"Not bad." Shen Yuanhe slapped his thigh, his eyes full of excitement, "Everyone will only think that the Wang Family had a feud with Blood Crow Mountain and brought upon themselves the revenge of Blood Crow Mountain!"

Patriarch Shen Tianze nodded: "Exactly."

Shen Yuanshan pondered for a moment, then said with some worry: "But Tianze, with our strength, it would be more than enough to wipe out the Wang Family. But what if the commotion is too big and alerts the other families in the city…"

"That's why I asked you to go and invite the Second Grand-Uncle."

A glint flashed in Patriarch Shen Tianze's eyes: "Let the Second Grand-Uncle bring the Mitian Formation to conceal all the Qi around the Wang Family. That way, even if we fight until the world turns upside down inside, no one outside will perceive the slightest movement."

Shen Yuanshan realized, nodding repeatedly: "Right, right, right! The Mitian Formation can cut off all Qi fluctuations. Not to mention the Void Piercing Realm, even a Peak Primal Chaos Realm expert standing outside wouldn't be able to sense the battle inside!"

Patriarch Shen Tianze looked at him: "Third Uncle, go to the ancestral grounds now to invite the Second Grand-Uncle, and we will meet at the Wang Family."

Shen Yuanshan responded, flashed, and disappeared into the night.

In front of the Mountain God Temple, only Patriarch Shen Tianze, Shen Yuanhe, and Wang Tiangang, who was sprawled on the ground, remained.

The night wind blew, rolling up a few withered leaves.

Wang Tiangang trembled all over, his face as pale as paper.

He knew the Wang Family was finished.

Completely finished.

He had thought that breaking through to the Void Piercing Realm would allow the Wang Family to hold their heads high in Guangnan City and even replace the Shen Family as the hegemon.

But only now did he realize how ridiculous he was.

The trump cards hidden by the Shen Family were simply beyond his imagination.

Three Primal Chaos Realm experts!

Three of them!

He, Wang Tiangang, had struggled and cultivated for two hundred years to barely break through to the First Stage of the Void Piercing Realm, thinking this was the Peak.

But the Shen Family?

They just casually popped out three Primal Chaos Realm experts!

Was there an even more terrifying existence hidden in the Shen Family's ancestral grounds?

Wang Tiangang dared not think.

He only knew that he had done a tremendously stupid thing tonight.

Bringing Daoist Qiu to the Shen Family to probe?

Probe my ass!

It was simply walking right into a trap!

Patriarch Shen Tianze glanced at Wang Tiangang, "Sixth Uncle, finish him."

Shen Yuanhe responded and strode to Wang Tiangang.

Wang Tiangang's pupils constricted. He tried his best to struggle, but found that his spiritual energy had long been sealed by Patriarch Shen Tianze, and he couldn't exert even the slightest bit of strength.

"No! Don't! I can be a beast of burden for your Shen Family! I can—"

"Pfft!"

Shen Yuanhe struck the top of his head with his palm, his spiritual energy surging and directly shattering his Divine Soul.

Wang Tiangang widened his eyes, filled with unwillingness and resentment, and fell straight down.

"Thud."

The corpse hit the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Shen Yuanhe withdrew his palm and stood, looking down at the corpse on the ground, frowning: "Tianze, how should we dispose of this body?"

Patriarch Shen Tianze glanced at it and said indifferently: "Destroy it, leave some of Blood Crow Mountain's aura on it."

As he spoke, he took out a jade bottle from his bosom, unplugged the stopper, and poured out a drop of scarlet liquid.

That was the essence blood spilled by Daoist Qiu before he died; he had secretly collected some.

Shen Yuanhe dripped the essence blood onto Wang Tiangang's corpse, then struck out with his palm, his spiritual energy surging, shaking the corpse into a sky full of blood mist.

The blood mist permeated the air, carrying a cold and bloodthirsty aura, lingering in the Mountain God Temple for a long time.

Patriarch Shen Tianze nodded with satisfaction: "Alright, let's go."

The two figures flashed and disappeared into the night.

…

The dilapidated Mountain God Temple returned to silence.

The moonlight remained cold, and the dilapidated statue stood quietly. A few black crows landed on the statue, tilting their heads and making "caw-caw" sounds.

Suddenly—

A black crow spread its wings and flew up, circling in the night sky before flying towards a valley.

…

Thirty miles outside the city.

In a deep valley, the surrounding cliffs were steep, and the dense forest obscured everything, so even the moonlight couldn't shine in.

Deep in the valley, there was actually a Blood Pool!

The Blood Pool was about three zhang in circumference, and the pool was filled with scarlet liquid, bubbling and emitting a thick, bloody, and cold aura.

In the center of the Blood Pool, a figure slowly emerged.

It was Daoist Qiu!

At this moment, Daoist Qiu's face was as pale as paper, and his aura was weak, obviously having paid a huge price.

"It's fortunate that I left a backup plan, separating a wisp of my Divine Soul to hide here in advance, otherwise I would have died in that Guangnan City tonight."

Daoist Qiu crawled out of the Blood Pool, slumped on the edge of the pool, panting heavily, his eyes full of lingering fear.

Those three black-robed men, each one was more terrifying than the last!

Especially the one who blew Wang Tiangang away with one punch; that aura was definitely the Primal Chaos Realm!

And perhaps even beyond the First Stage of the Primal Chaos Realm!

He, a dignified Third Stage Void Piercing Realm expert, could be considered a powerhouse in the Southern Region, yet in front of those people, he didn't even have the qualifications to flee!

"Guangnan City… how could there be such a terrifying existence in Guangnan City?"

Daoist Qiu muttered to himself, his eyes full of shock and suspicion.

"No, I must hurry back to report to the Old Ancestor."

Daoist Qiu struggled to stand up, preparing to leave.

Just then—

"Caw!"

A crow's call came from the night sky.

Daoist Qiu looked up, and a black crow circled down and landed on his shoulder.

This was the blood crow he kept, which could transmit messages remotely.

Daoist Qiu grabbed the black crow and swallowed it in one gulp.

The scene of the Mountain God Temple appeared in his mind, and then his whole body stiffened.

His eyes widened round, his face full of disbelief.

"Shen… Shen Family?!"

"Those three were actually all from the Shen Family!"