“Monstrous and heinous, an unpardonable evil!”
Inside the Jiang Clan Ancestral Hall, corpses were laid out side by side. Counting the already coffined bodies of Jiang Xiong, Jiang Hu, and the others, the number of dead in the hall had reached twelve.
In just a few days, the Jiang Clan had lost twelve members, most of them capable fighters from the patrol teams. This was a severe blow to the clan, a tragedy the likes of which they had not suffered in many years.
The Ancestral Hall was brightly lit. Torches burning along the walls crackled and hissed in the wind. The hall was packed inside and out, with many women weeping loudly.
Jiang Xiaotian and several older men stood at the very back of the hall. Jiang Xiaotian paced back and forth, burning with furious rage.
To lose twelve elite clansmen in a matter of days was a grave matter for any faction.
Just moments ago, an elder had proposed inviting the Jiang Clan Leader out of seclusion to take charge of the situation.
This only worsened Jiang Xiaotian’s already volatile mood. Furthermore, he had heard that people from Guan Family Town, Stone Village, and Ma Family Village were coming to Jiang Family Town tomorrow to demand an explanation. Since the deaths had stemmed from the bounty issued by Jiang Family Town, they naturally expected compensation…
Yet, these were actually minor issues!
The true reason for Jiang Xiaotian’s towering fury was that over a hundred men had failed to kill a boy merely at the sixth level of the Purple Mansion Realm. Instead, Jiang Han had slaughtered nineteen of them.
A sense of fear and unease began to well up in Jiang Xiaotian’s heart.
The figure of Jiang Henshui repeatedly flashed through his mind-that Peerless genius who had suppressed their entire generation since childhood, leaving them unable to breathe.
Six years ago, Jiang Henshui had disappeared, never to be seen again.
It was that very year that Jiang Xiaotian broke through to the Profound Nether Realm. With Jiang Henshui gone, a vacancy opened in the Elder Hall, and he became the Third Elder of the Jiang Clan.
Upon becoming an Elder, the shadows clouding his heart were swept away. He believed that from then on, no one would ever suppress him again. He would rise swiftly to the top and eventually become the Clan Leader of the Jiang Clan.
He intended to lead the Jiang Clan to become the strongest faction within a hundred-li radius. His name, Jiang Xiaotian, would leave a heavy mark in the clan’s history. Read the latest chapters at novelping(.)com.
However…
Jiang Henshui had disappeared, yet his son had suddenly risen to prominence, and his momentum was even fiercer than his father’s!
He knew very well in his heart that Jiang Han was not practicing demonic arts. Demonic arts were sinister and baleful techniques. Cultivating them fundamentally altered a person’s aura, making it recognizable at a single glance.
The bizarre abilities Jiang Han possessed seemed far more like… Bloodline Divine Abilities!
He himself possessed the Bloodline Divine Ability “Raging Fire Burning Body,” and he had witnessed the divine abilities of many powerful martial artists. Jiang Han’s Phantom Shift was somewhat sinister, but he had heard of the Burrowing Technique before.
It was said that in the Heavenly Wolf Hall, a major faction north of the Heavenly Fox Mountain Range, there was an expert who possessed a similar divine ability, capable of passing through walls and tunneling through the earth.
The more he thought about it, the more terrified and uneasy Jiang Xiaotian became. If these truly were divine abilities, then Jiang Han defied the heavens. He had never heard of anyone Awakening a divine ability while still in the Purple Mansion Realm, and Jiang Han seemed to have Awakened two?
Was he even human?
He was committed to delivering Jiang Li to Han Shiqi, a decision that could no longer be changed. Therefore, a mortal enmity had been forged between him and Jiang Han. There was no room for reconciliation.
This boy was even more ruthless than his father, practically a star of slaughter. Once Jiang Han was allowed to grow, his own branch of the family would likely be butchered down to the last person!
If Jiang Han proved to be even more vicious, the entire Jiang Clan might be utterly annihilated!
“Jiang Han must die. He must die!”
The scar on Jiang Xiaotian’s face twitched incessantly, but his gaze turned exceptionally resolute. He swept his eyes across the room and growled, “At dawn tomorrow, I will personally ascend the mountain to hunt Jiang Han. Jiang Long, take ten men and guard Jiang Li day and night. As long as we hold Jiang Li, Jiang Han will not escape.”
“Third Uncle…”
Jiang Long’s robes were torn, and his eyes were completely bloodshot. Having stayed awake all night and scoured the mountain all day, his body and mind were exhausted to the absolute limit. He knew his Third Uncle was ordering him to stay behind out of fear that Jiang Han would kill him; remaining in Jiang Family Town would be much safer. Follow the newest chapters on novelping . com.
After receiving a fierce glare from Jiang Xiaotian, he had no choice but to cup his hands in resignation. “Yes!”
“Disperse, all of you!”
The Third Elder looked at the weeping women and waved his hand in irritation. “Heavily guard the town and beware of any sneak attacks by Jiang Han. Tomorrow, I will wring his head from his neck to comfort the spirits of our dead in heaven.”
The grief-stricken expressions of many clansmen lifted slightly. Jiang Xiaotian was at the third level of the Profound Nether Realm, possessing astonishing combat strength.
Two years ago, when a conflict broke out between Jiang Family Town and Wang Family Town, Jiang Xiaotian had led the clansmen to thoroughly crush the Wang Clan’s forces. In the hearts of the Jiang clansmen, his combat power even surpassed that of the Second Elder.
It was true that Jiang Han was monstrously talented, but no matter how monstrous, he was still only in the Purple Mansion Realm. With Jiang Xiaotian making a move, capturing him would be as easy as reaching out a hand.
…
Meanwhile, the Clan Leaders or rulers of many factions-such as Wang Family Town, Du Family Town, and Guan Family Town-convened clan meetings tonight. They subtly conveyed a single, clear message: those who went to the Heavenly Fox Mountain Range to hunt Jiang Han had done so out of their own greed for the bounty and brought their deaths upon themselves. No one else was permitted to pursue Jiang Han, or they would face the consequences alone.
These orders provoked dissatisfaction among many clan members. After all, Jiang Han had slaughtered nineteen people in the Heavenly Fox Mountain Range today. What did the leaders of the various clans mean by not only refusing to avenge their dead kin but actively preventing others from doing so?
Guan Family Town had lost three men. Their relatives, refusing to accept this, gathered a crowd to demand an explanation from the Guan Clan Leader.
The Guan Clan Leader did not emerge. He merely had a subordinate pass on a single sentence, and the troublemakers immediately backed down: If Jiang Henshui is not dead, he is absolutely at the high levels of the Profound Nether Realm by now, perhaps even a Mountain and Sea Realm expert.
Setting Jiang Henshui aside, this Jiang Han was also exceptionally brilliant, not much weaker than his father in potential.
If they failed to kill him this time and forged a mortal enmity, allowing him a few years to grow, what awaited them would be the calamity of clan annihilation!
Indeed.
The Clan Leaders of the various families were afraid.
They were afraid that Jiang Henshui was not dead, and they were also afraid… that Jiang Han would not die this time.