Chapter 775: Chapter 774: Blood is Thicker than Water
Feeling the intense murderous intent released by several individuals, everyone from the Wang Family present was terrified to the extreme.
Even some of those with weaker mental fortitude collapsed to the ground.
After all, facing the murderous intent of several Divine Travel Realm experts at once, it was not shameful even to kneel and beg for mercy.
Seeing that these few seemed about to embark on a massive killing spree, Sect Master Zhang hurriedly said, "Everyone, please hold on."
Wang Changchun turned to look at Sect Master Zhang, "What’s wrong, Brother Zhang? Are you going to plead for them? Or does your Zhang Family have other ideas? Just now, both Zhuge and the Duanmu Family members killed Wang Family members, but your Zhang Family did not take action. Now you still want to plead for these people? Heh..."
Sect Master Zhang furrowed his brows and said coldly, "Master Wang, that statement is rather inappropriate. We five families have just joined hands to form an alliance. Your words, which harm our harmony, are hardly conducive to unity."
Ji Bangying also frowned and coldly looked at Wang Changchun, "Just now, my Ji Family didn’t act either. So, in Master Wang’s view, does my Ji Family also have other intentions?"
Wang Changchun huffed, "I didn’t say that."
However, his tone carried an obvious displeasure.
The people from the Zhuge and Duanmu families also slightly frowned.
Wang Changchun’s words indeed felt divisive and destructive to unity, but his words also reminded the powerhouses from the Zhuge and Duanmu families.
The Zhang and Ji families had agreed to the alliance and sent experts to team up and raid the Wang Family, which was true, but these two families indeed hadn’t yet acted against the other three families.
In comparison to Giant Sword Manor, the loyalty of the Zhang and Ji families within the alliance was indeed much lower.
But now, with Wang Changchun making such statements, the people from the Ji and Zhang families were furious, clearly detrimental to unity.
Deep inside, some already sighed internally.
The alliance had just begun, yet it was already not solid. If they encountered major disagreements later, would not the alliance disband?
Ji Bangying coldly said, "Although we formed an alliance to deal with the other three families, it was only for the sake of future strategies, but now with the top experts of the Wang Family absent, we are massively slaughtering their old, weak, women, and children. Heh, it’s funny that we still claim to be righteous. Such actions, how are they different from the former Demon Sect and Demon Path?"
Sect Master Zhang immediately nodded, "Exactly. While it’s understandable to fight each other over interests, slaughtering these innocents who can’t fight back is a disgrace to my Sect Master Zhang. Besides, have you considered what will happen if we truly exterminate the Wang Family and fail to kill all their top experts? If the top experts of the Wang Family want to kill our clansmen, can our family members and disciples really withstand them?"
"Ahem, Brother Zhang speaks wisely. We must consider the consequences of everything," Duanmu Wuwo coughed and said, attempting to ease the awkwardness between the two sides, "Master Wang, your concern about exterminating the roots is not incorrect, but right now we haven’t even uprooted the grass; how can we remove the roots?"
Zhuge Cang immediately nodded and said, "Right, our urgent priority should still be to quickly head to Qingtian Sect. As long as the top experts of those three families are suppressed by us, their other disciples and members will pose no threat."
While speaking, Zhuge Cang looked at Wang Changchun and deliberately shook his head at him.
Wang Changchun secretly snorted coldly, deciding not to speak further, but he still felt uncomfortable inside.
He was also considering the alliance’s interests, so why did he come across as belonging to the Demon Sect in the words of Sect Master Zhang and Ji Bangying?
Of course, deep down, what he cared about the most was that the people from the Ji and Zhang families hadn’t truly antagonized the Wang Family until now.
Although they shared common interests, without the bond of a common enemy, Wang Changchun always felt the alliance was not solid enough.
At least within this Five Families Alliance, he felt the relationship between the Ji and Zhang families and the other three was not inseparably close.
But now that Zhuge Cang had signaled to him, for the sake of the unity of the alliance, Wang Changchun chose to be patient.
At that moment, instead of slaughtering the Wang Family members, they quickly left.
Before leaving, through their respective sects’ informants in Langya City, they sent messages via flying eagles to their affiliated powers, requesting that second-tier aristocratic families or sect powerhouses also rush to Qingtian Sect.
As for why it was Qingtian Sect and not the Poison Sect.
The answer is simple.
The headquarters of the Poison Sect was located in the Extreme West, where marshes were widespread, and the dense forests were teeming with poisonous insects and numerous dangers. Moreover, with the centuries-old operations of the Poison Sect, countless poisonous formations had been set up around the perimeter, making it one of the easiest places to defend but hardest to attack among the Hidden Sect Eight Great Forces.
In the history of the Hidden Sect, the Poison Sect was once categorized under the Demon Path, but the fact that the Poison Sect still stands to this day, becoming one of the strongest among the contemporary Eight Great Forces, shows how difficult it is to attack their headquarters.
Of course, if both Qingtian Sect and the Wang Family had taken refuge at the headquarters of the Poison Sect, it would have been much more troublesome for the Alliance Army.
Now, they just hoped that the enemy wouldn’t hide in the headquarters of the Poison Sect, or that the members of Qingtian Sect wouldn’t have had the time to take refuge there.
Since the surprise attack had failed, it would be the best outcome for the Alliance Army if the enemy chose to prepare for a decisive battle at Qingtian Sect.
The fifteen super-strong members of the Alliance Army came unexpectedly and left quickly.
After they had left, everyone present in the Wang Mansion heaved a sigh of relief.
Many people felt as if all their strength had been drained, and they collapsed to the ground.
In the final moments just now, Wang Changchun’s murderous intent was too intense.
The Zhuge and Duanmu families also exhibited the same, revealing their intent to annihilate the Wang Family, which left those present from the Wang Family struggling to breathe under such pressure.
Fortunately, members from the Ji Family and Zhang Family intervened, saving their lives.
Simultaneously, the departure of those elite powerhouses from their family was key to the Wang Family not being massacred today.
As long as any of those super-strong members of the Wang Family remained alive, like a nuclear weapon, they could bring threats and fear to other Sects and aristocratic families, and to a certain extent ensure the safety of the Wang Family members.
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On the evening of the day the Wang Family was attacked, Wang Chunyang and Helian Zhan arrived at Langya City.
Although the two returned to the Hidden Sect more than ten hours later than the members of the Zhuge family and other alliance members, they hastened to Langya City as soon as they came back. Compared to waiting for the strong members from the Ji Family and Zhang Family to gather, their speed was much faster, only arriving about three hours later than the Alliance Army.
Upon learning about the situation at the Wang Family, Wang Chunyang erupted with a fierce murderous intent.
The enemy had indeed tried to launch a surprise attack on the Wang Family.
Fortunately, their reaction was quick enough, and Ouyang He informed them in time. The elite powerhouses of the Wang Family left beforehand and escaped a disaster.
However, the grudge for the over ten people of the Wang Family killed by the powerhouses from Giant Sword Manor, the Zhuge, and Duanmu families was noted by Wang Chunyang.
The two didn’t linger in Langya City and swiftly headed for Qingtian Sect.
On the morning of the third day after the Wang Mansion was struck, led by Wang Lei, Yang Fei, Helian Rong, and Xu Jian arrived in this most populous and prosperous city of the Hidden Sect.
Upon entering the city, Wang Lei, with deep concern, visited the old Wang Family house in Langya City for the first time.
As a son who had once been cast out by the Wang Family, Wang Lei was utterly disillusioned with the family, but when it faced existential threat, he still harbored concerns.
After all, his parents and siblings were still here.
To him, the Wang Family had also provided nourishment and upbringing.
Blood is thicker than water, and many ties are indissoluble.