The two quickly arrived at the Zhou family. As expected, the situation at the Zhou family was exactly the same as at the Wu family. Wan Lei could not break the spatial封锁 (fēngsuǒ - blockade) and could not see the situation inside.
"It's still like this."
Outside the shield family's residence, Wan Lei sighed and lowered his hand.
This was the last family. Without any surprises, the situation was exactly the same as the previous two families.
"I don't know what the situation is inside now. Is it filled with demons and the Liu family's army, along with layers of corpses, or has everyone already left, and the corpses were taken away by the Liu family?"
Fang Xiaoyu said worriedly.
"There is only one way to get in, and that is to use the Wind Blade Escape Technique. Doggy said that the Wind Blade Escape Technique ignores formations, ignores spatial blockades, and transcends the Way of Space.
When we come out of the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm and collect all the tokens, we can begin cultivating. We can come back to take a look then."
"That's all we can do. Liu Naiweng has truly gone mad. The top forces of the three families occupied thirty percent of the Lei Feng Realm, and they were destroyed just like that.
Their combined clan members numbered at least three hundred million, plus so many guest elders, rogue cultivators, and people from other surnames. Alas, it's a catastrophe for all living beings."
"It's more than that. Within the Liu family's territory, who knows how many people were captured and killed by the Liu family? The Liu family now is probably a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, piled high with bodies.
Liu Naiweng truly deserves to die a terrible death!"
Upon thinking of so many deaths, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu's eyes turned red, and they gritted their teeth in hatred.
"Compared to external enemies, these traitors who wreak havoc in their own world are the most detestable.
For their own selfish gain, they killed so many people. Even the Evil Moon Sect was not this crazy back then."
"Let's go. Let's return to the Thunder Emperor Hall and inform everyone about this matter."
Wan Lei sighed again, pulled Fang Xiaoyu, and the two turned to leave the Zhou family's vicinity.
Strangely, after investigating the three families for so long, they did not see a single demon come out to pursue them.
On his way back, Wan Lei notified all the tribulation-transcending experts of the Thunder Emperor Alliance, announcing that he would convene a grand meeting.
It was currently wartime, and the tribulation-transcending experts of all families had already ended their seclusion and were ready to be dispatched at any time.
With a single command from Alliance Leader Wan, all the tribulation-transcending experts of the entire Thunder Emperor Alliance gathered at the Thunder Emperor Hall.
From the Fang family, Fang Huihui and Fang Huifeng, along with a middle-aged cultivator who looked like a tribulation-transcending expert, Fang Guling, all arrived.
Qu Tianlei and Zhao Mingyu from the Yin Yang Sect also came.
Chen Manlian and Chen Xinglian sisters from the Kui Lian Sect, both tribulation-transcending experts, arrived.
Coupled with the helmsman of the Heavenly Tribulationists and the three tribulation-transcending experts of the Thunder Emperor Hall, the great hall of the Thunder Emperor Hall was bustling with activity, with the strongest forces of the entire Thunder Emperor Alliance present.
To Wan Lei's surprise, he only learned today that the tribulation-transcending old monster from the Four Heavenly Pavilions was still alive.
Five thousand years ago, this big shot was already a tribulation-transcending expert. His greatest strength was not combat power, but various esoteric arts and techniques.
His areas of expertise were too diverse: formations, artifact refining, alchemy, and even heavenly secret calculations. In short, there was no auxiliary术法 (shùfǎ - art/technique) in the entire Lei Feng Realm that he was not proficient in.
His four most outstanding disciples had each inherited one of his skills and had respectively founded the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, Heavenly Alchemy Pavilion, Heavenly Weapon Pavilion, and Heavenly Formation Pavilion.
Upon seeing this white-haired but still spirited old man, Wan Lei realized why the Four Heavenly Pavilions had not split up in five thousand years and remained as close as family – it was because this founding ancestor was overseeing them.
It was said that the Heavenly Tribulationists organization and the Four Heavenly Pavilions were the strongest forces below the Nine Great Powers, and there was a reason for it.
The foundation of each family was truly substantial. He had underestimated them too much before.
"This old man, Bu Liu Weng, pays his respects to the Alliance Leader."
This old man had kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and he smiled like an old mischievous child.
Seeing him, Wan Lei couldn't help but think of old man Gou Huo and felt a sense of familiarity.
"Greetings, Senior."
Wan Lei nodded with a smile. He did not ask about the old man's exact age, how many years he had lived, or his current cultivation level, as he wanted to show respect.
However, he could imagine that an old man who had broken through to tribulation transcendence five thousand years ago, and whose disciples could found the Four Heavenly Pavilions, couldn't be too weak in cultivation.
Everyone took their seats. Apart from Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, everyone present was a pure tribulation-transcending expert. No one else was allowed in.
"Alliance Leader, what is the reason for gathering us all here?"
Qu Tianlei, the ancestor of the Yin Yang Sect, asked Wan Lei. There was no impatience in his tone.
This was the first time Wan Lei had convened such a large meeting with all the tribulation-transcending experts of the alliance gathered, and everyone attached great importance to it.
"Yes, since everyone is here, I will be direct. I suspect that the Wu, Zhou, and Dun families may have been completely wiped out."
"What? How is that possible?"
"What is going on? With the strength of the three families, how could they be gone without even a whisper?"
"Was it the demons who did it?"
"Did the Alliance Leader witness it personally?"
Wan Lei's statement shocked everyone present, and they were all stunned.
Hearing the babble of questions, Wan Lei felt a headache coming on.
These people were all tribulation-transcending experts, peak existences, yet they were as noisy as aunties in a marketplace.
Then, Wan Lei recounted all his experiences from his visit one by one.
"With my understanding of formations, if that sealing grand formation was a formation, I could break it even if it took some time.
However, the Way of Space within it is genuine, there is no doubt about that.
Based on the above reasoning, I suspect that the three families have been annihilated."
After speaking, Wan Lei picked up his teacup, signaling that everyone could speak freely.
Fang Huihui pondered for a moment and then said,
"What you say has merit. In my opinion, it is absolutely impossible for the three families to truly seal themselves off in isolation. If they did, no matter who won between us and the demons in the future, they would not tolerate their existence.
However, Alliance Leader, I have one question."
"Please speak, Senior Fang."
"After you left the three families, why did no demons come out to pursue you? You know, the demons want to get rid of you the most.
If they saw you, they would spare no expense to kill you."
"Perhaps it's because our disguise was too good, and the demons didn't recognize us, so they didn't think it was necessary to pursue us.
Perhaps it's because the demons didn't want to reveal their secret and thus didn't pursue us. However, this doesn't make much sense. The demons have already killed the three families, and the Liu family has been slaughtering people in the territory on a large scale. There is no need for concealment anymore.
So, the most likely reason is that there is probably no one alive inside anymore.
Neither the demons, the Liu family, nor the people of the three families are left."