"Tell me the details."

Wan Liuchuan said.

"Yes, the assassins dispatched that time totaled three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators and ten peak-stage Initial Qi Layer cultivators. How could Wan Lei, a mere Initial Qi Layer ninth level cultivator, have killed those people?

Moreover, the assassin organization later went to collect the bodies and discovered another set of fighting traces there, clearly indicating that someone had joined forces with Wan Lei and saved him.

However, the rain was too heavy at the time, and the footprints were washed away, making it impossible to determine how many people helped Wan Lei."

Wan Jin said.

Wan Liuchuan nodded, his brain working at lightning speed.

He was willing to believe that someone had helped Wan Lei to kill those assassins. But if there was even a one in ten thousand chance that Wan Lei had killed those people himself, then how terrifying would Wan Lei's combat power be?

You know, even Wan Liuchuan himself could only kill one Foundation Establishment expert when he was at the ninth level of the Initial Qi Layer. He could never kill three Foundation Establishment cultivators plus ten Initial Qi Layer cultivators.

"After you go back this time, please tell Grandpa and Father that I, Wan Liuchuan, don't need these underhanded means to deal with my opponents.

As for Wan Lei, I will defeat him with one move during the heir competition, trample him under my feet, and prove to the Wan Clan's Five Houses that our lineage is the rightful House Lord."

Wan Liuchuan's eyes narrowed as he looked into the distance.

"Grandpa and Father also have good intentions..."

Wan Jin said cautiously.

"No need, in the entire Wan Clan's Five Houses, no one in our generation is my opponent. The young people of the other four houses are too weak.

You are of the same clan as me, and if there were no Wan Lei, who would I fight during the competition? Perform a one-man show myself?

What, do you think I'm afraid of that Wan Lei? Do you need to clear the obstacles for me?"

A dangerous smile appeared on the corner of Wan Liuchuan's mouth.

"No, no, no, how is that possible? I will tell Grandpa and Father."

Wan Jin said quickly.

After sending away Wan Jin, who was scared into a cold sweat, Wan Liuchuan looked into the distance, chuckled, and muttered:

"Of course, Wan Lei, I want to fight with you, but you have to be qualified to go all the way to the end, to stand in front of me."

Twenty warships advanced mightily, crossing the rolling mountains. By dusk, on the top of a distant mountain range, everyone saw a brightly lit manor.

"Is that the Zhou family? There are quite a few people, it seems they didn't run away."

"Hmph, they dared to violate the Wan family's heavenly might. How could they dare to run? We will catch them even if they flee to the ends of the earth!"

"This time it's finally our turn to make contributions. I'm so excited, I want to kill five!"

The young disciples, one by one, were fearless newborns, not feeling any danger at all, but instead regarding this as a good opportunity to gain merit and capital.

The warship stopped in front of the Zhou family. The Zhou family manor was already covered with a light curtain, which was the Zhou family's home protection formation.

Wan Liuchuan stood at the bow of the ship and shouted to the Zhou family, "Where is the Zhou family head? The people of the main family have arrived, why don't you come out to welcome us?!"

Hearing this, Sui Xiaohang rolled his eyes and muttered that Wan Liuchuan was truly shameless, bringing a large army to destroy someone's family and still asking them to come out to welcome them.

Before long, three Foundation Establishment cultivators flew out from the Zhou family. The leading elder cupped his fist and said, "This old man is Zhou Tai, the head of the Zhou family. I have seen the envoy of the main family. May I know why the main family has dispatched a large army to my Zhou family?

I hope the envoy will disembark and have a cup of fragrant tea at my Zhou family, so that my Zhou family can fulfill its duty as host."

Facing the Zhou family, Wan Liuchuan was not as polite as he was to the Wan family disciples. He immediately shouted angrily, "Zhou Tai, your Zhou family has been taken care of by the Wan family for generations, and the Wan family's kindness to you is countless, but you have repaid kindness with enmity, colluded with the Duanmu clan, and attempted to rebel, disrupting my Wan family's defense line. What is your crime?!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai was shocked and said, "What are you saying, envoy? My Zhou family is wronged. My Zhou family has been loyal to the Wan family for generations, how could there be any talk of rebellion?"

"You still dare to quibble? If you haven't rebelled, then why did you raise the home protection formation?"

Wan Liuchuan snorted coldly.

"Oh dear, this old man... Wasn't I afraid after seeing the Wan family's army? I was worried that the envoy wouldn't even give me a chance to explain and would destroy my Zhou family. My Zhou family is wronged."

Zhou Tai's tone was extremely aggrieved, and the old man looked like he was about to cry.

Sui Xiaohang whispered to Wan Lei, "Wan Liuchuan is talking too much nonsense. If you ask me, take advantage of these three old fogeys' unpreparedness and let all the warships fire a volley. Even if we can't kill them, we can still seriously injure them."

Wan Lei nodded his head, indicating that what he said made sense.

On the other side, Wan Liuchuan snorted coldly and said, "Enough nonsense, your Zhou family is in rebellion. We have been ordered to come and exterminate you. Wherever the Wan family's army goes, not a single chicken or dog will be left alive. If you know what's good for you, obediently disband the formation and surrender!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai stopped pretending. He revealed his cards and sneered:

"A young brat who still smells of milk is lecturing this old man.

Since your Wan family is determined to destroy my Zhou family, then come on, let's see if you have the ability to break my family's formation!"

After Zhou Tai finished speaking, he took the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators and ran away, flying so fast that they entered the home protection formation in the blink of an eye, not even giving Wan Liuchuan time to pursue them.

Wan Liuchuan snorted coldly and said, "They ran pretty fast, but they're just prolonging their lives for a while.

All troops, listen to my order, surround the Zhou family, and fire all spirit energy cannons to break the Zhou family's formation!"

"Yes, sir!"

After the many soldiers received the order, they drove the warships to surround the Zhou family. Soon, the sound of artillery fire rang out on these warships.

Spirit energy entered the spirit energy cannons, and beams of light emerged from the muzzles of the spirit energy cannons, attacking the Zhou family formation.

Wan Lei also tried to fire his own lightning power cannons, and the beams of light that were fired were also lightning.

It was as if everyone in the Zhou family had died. They allowed the Wan family's army to attack the home protection formation without any counterattack.

Wan Lei felt that something was wrong. People were already attacking their doorstep, so at least they should put up some decent resistance. What was the point of cowering and taking a beating?

There must be something fishy about this abnormality. Wan Lei stood up, looking around and observing what Zhou family had up its sleeve.

Just then, the mountains around them suddenly exploded, and then ten pillars of light soared into the sky.

Those pillars of light came together directly above them, and then a deep blue light罩 (zhào - cover, shield) formed and descended downwards.

"Not good, there's a trap, we're trapped!"

Wan Lei's pupils shrank sharply, and he shouted urgently.

The light罩 (zhào) had already formed, and their two thousand-strong army, along with the Zhou family, were all trapped inside the formation.

"Don't panic, the Zhou family is just putting up a desperate resistance. Attack the great home protection formation with all your might. After we kill all the Zhou family members, this great formation will collapse on its own!"

Wan Liuchuan immediately shouted, stabilizing the rioting crowd.