The only one in Situ Clan with the authority to dismiss Situ Ao from the Clan Head position was the Patriarch, Situ Wumeng!
The 13 Clans of the Gods Bestow Tribe had migrated from the East Imperial Continent; hence, the clans were managed in similar ways. The Patriarchs seldom meddle with affairs but had supreme authority. Most of the clans’ affairs were handled by the Clan Head, but if there was something wrong with the Clan Head, a single statement from the Patriarch was enough to dismiss the position of the Clan Head. The Patriarch would only appear when the clan was in a life-and-death crisis. During normal times, the Patriarch would either be in seclusion or venturing to various mystic realms or traveling around Stellarsky Domain, living a carefree life.
Right now, the Situ Clan Patriarch had voiced his opinion, denied Situ Ao’s decision, and had dismissed his position as the Clan Head. It was evident how much disapproving Situ Wumeng was with Situ Ao’s decision. Once he had spoken about this matter, nothing could be changed.
“Father…”
Situ Ao’s expression changed as he yelled out with a severe voice. It was a pity that Situ Wumeng’s voice didn’t echo anymore. Situ Nu sighed helplessly and said, “Big Brother, let’s return. All Situ Clan members obey the orders. Withdraw the troops!”
“No, Grandfather, you cannot disregard this!”
Situ Yinian’s mournful voice yelled out, but her body went soft after she was struck softly by a Situ Clan’s elder’s essence force. That elder bowed to Qian Wanguan with cupped hands and carried Situ Yinian on his shoulder before flying towards Gods Bestow City.
Situ Yixiao’s eyes were splitting open as he was extremely anxious, but he was seized by two of the Situ Clan’s elders. Situ Ao took an agonized glance at Qian Wanguan and Jiang Yi before he closed his eyes with pain and flew rapidly to Gods Bestow City.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
All the Heaven Monarchs from Situ Clan rose into the sky and flew back to Gods Bestow City. The Patriarch had given the order, and anyone who dared to defy it would be betraying the clan. They would be subjected to immediate execution.
Swish!
Jiang Yi’s eyes were still blood red, and his red hair was still fluttering. His body turned into lightning while the Thearch Palace appeared again and stored Qian Wanguan, Jiang Xiaonu, Zhan Wushuang, Feng Luan, and the others back inside.
Lei Tingwei and the others didn’t move as they looked at him with ridiculing eyes as though a group of cats looking at a rat struggling at death’s door. The experts of the three clans formed an encirclement and surrounded Jiang Yi. Lei Tingwei slowly flew forward and used one hand to grab the Golden Flood Dragon’s neck and sneer. “Jiang Yi, this one is also you, right? Are you not going to rescue him?”
Crack!
Lei Tingwei gently squeezed and burst the Golden Flood Dragon’s neck bone, causing the Golden Flood Dragon to tremble from pain. His hand was radiating with demonic force as he was preparing to die along with Lei Tingwei. An elder behind suddenly thrust with his long sword and destroyed the Golden Flood Dragon’s demon core immediately.
The demon core was no different from the human’s dantian. Once it was destroyed, all the cultivation would be crippled; and there would no longer be any strength to attack.
“Golden Flood Dragon…”
Jiang Yi roared with rage while the Fire Dragon Sword appeared in his hand. Just as he was going to release the Fury of Thunder, Lei Tingwei lifted the Golden Flood Dragon above his head and looked at Jiang Yi with a ridiculing expression. His meaning was obvious: if you dare to strike the thunderbolt down, the first to die will be the Golden Flood Dragon.
“Young Master, quickly go!”
The Golden Flood Dragon burst out with a roar and ignited its body with raging flames. It actually used the remaining demonic force in its body to burn itself as it would rather die than to let Lei Tingwei threaten Jiang Yi.
“Hmph!”
Lei Tingwei swung the Golden Flood Dragon ruthlessly and smashed him onto the ground at the front. The Sky Ascension Peak shook a little, and the Golden Flood Dragon was immediately smashed into a pile of meat pulp.
“Ahh~ Ahh!”
Jiang Yi yelled out with pain, but he didn’t dare to move as Lei Tingwei flashed and stomp on the Yazi Beast. The Yazi Beast only had the strength of a Demon King, and it was severely injured. Now it was suppressed by Lei Tingwei’s powerful prowess, it even had difficulty to move.
It struggled to twist its head to look at Jiang Yi. It suddenly grinned and transmitted a message to Jiang Yi: “Kid. Back then, Master’s remnant soul told me that I might be able to break through to the Demon Thearch by following you. I might not have broken through to the Demon Thearch, but this King feels that it has been worth it to travel with you on this journey. This King doesn’t regret following you!”
Chi! Chi!
The Yazi Beast’s body also burned with raging flames while Jiang Yi closed his eyes with agony. The Witch God had asked the Yazi Beast to follow him back then, but he wasn’t able to help the Yazi Beast break through to the Demon Thearch but had to watch it die instead.
Jiang Yi might be closing his eyes, but the killing aura on his body was getting stronger while the Thunder Fire was endlessly streaming out from the Fire Dragon Sword. Soon enough, a Thunder Fire Divine Shield was formed and the Fire Cloud Armor had appeared outside his body. The terrifying heat wave had caused many of the experts from the three clans to back off automatically. Although everyone had activated their divine shield immediately, due to the distance, they still felt it rather unbearable.
Lei Tingwei didn’t retreat. He activated the divine shield and looked at Jiang Yi with a mocking expression and suddenly transmitted a message: “Jiang Yi, I will not move recklessly if I were you. Otherwise, everyone in your spatial divine artifact will have to die. Your wives, your brothers, and your little sister will all have to die. Surrender obediently and become my soul slave. Serve my Lei Clan for ten years, and I can swear to the heavens that I will release all of you.”
Lei Tingwei didn’t order anyone to make the move as he wanted Jiang Yi to surrender.
With the Void Dissolution, it was impossible for Jiang Yi to escape. If he didn’t want everyone to die, the only way was to surrender. Jiang Yi had a lot of value, and if he could engrave the ‘Fury of Thunder’ inside the Heaven Painting, it would definitely be a priceless treasure. Qian Wanguan was also a talent, and even if he couldn’t appear in public, he could still help the Lei Clan earn profits from the dark. Spies had to die, but if spies became a soul slaves, then they would no longer be spies.
There was also Jiang Xiaonu, who had Lei Tingwei had taken notice of today. If such a mystical special race could be used by the Lei Clan, it would truly be a wonderful thing. As for Nangong Clan and Lu Clan… as long as the Lei Clan could provide some profits, they would compromise easily.
Would Jiang Yi surrender?
The answer was no. His Fire Dragon Sword radiated with Thunder Fire while his body flashed with white light as he instant-shifted and rushed to Lei Tingwei’s side as he prepared to use the Thunder Fire to bring a few individuals and die along with him.
A pity that Lei Tingwei had been putting his guard against Jiang Yi. When he saw that Jiang Yi was going to attack, a little red bell was suddenly struck out. That red-colored bell was circulating with a red light. It had blazing hot aura presence and radiating runic patterns. It expanded instantly into a thousand feet in radius and covering down like a mountain.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
There were layers of spatial fluctuation below. Jiang Yi, who was originally started to instant-shift, had been forcefully halted. If he dared to instant-shift under such horrific spatial fluctuation, he would definitely be destroyed by the powerful spatial distortion.
“Smelting Divine Bell!”
Many people exclaimed as this bell was too powerful, and it was renowned for its prowess. Back then, it was the cardinal artifact that belonged to the Lei Clan’s Patriarch. This wasn’t just a spirit-connected cardinal artifact as the Lei Clan’s Patriarch had added on a special dao pattern inside it. It could melt down all Heaven Monarchs and even hundreds of peak-stage Heaven Monarchs could be melted down into slags with ease.
“Since you wish for death, I will help you with it!”
Lei Tingwei sneered while his hand radiated with essence force before he struck it into the bell. Every strike of essence force would cause the bell to echo with a muffled sound, causing the runic patterns on the fiery red bell to roam around. The firelight would turn into fire snakes that would slither on the surface. The horrifically high-temperature cause half the people on the mountain peak to back off by 30 kilometers.
Gong, gong, gong!
The sound of bells echoed constantly. Every time this sound echoed, everyone’s heart would shiver a little. Many weaker martial artists retreated another 30 kilometers as the sound was too horrific as it felt as though their hearts were about to jump out.
Gong, gong, gong!
As Lei Tingwei constantly struck out with essence force, the sound of bells echoed endlessly, as though the death sounds of the knell, echoing throughout the entire Gods Bestow City.
