Xuanwu War Sovereign

"What? You went personally and still couldn’t kill that yellow-haired brat?" A man in green robes stood proudly with his hands behind his back, his aura as imposing as a mountain and as deep as an abyss. He gazed at the bustling scenery in the distance and asked faintly.

His voice, though faint, carried a tangible authority.

Behind him, several solemn, wizened elders frowned, sneering at Xu Ya. An extremely oppressive aura emanated from each of them.

This man in green was none other than Guan Qinghe, the current Patriarch of the Guan Family, one of the Nine Great Families of Mountain and River City. After he took over as Patriarch, the Guan Family had been on a steady rise, which made Guan Qinghe’s authority grow more revered by the day.

"Zuo Song intervened," the beautiful woman in white said faintly. The wizened elders exchanged a glance, their expressions showing they had expected as much.

After a moment’s hesitation, the beautiful woman in white asked tentatively, "Qinghe, can’t we just bury the hatchet with Qin Feng?"

Hearing this, the Guan Family Elders raised their heads in surprise. One gloomy-faced Elder looked at the beautiful woman in white with suspicion and questioned her bluntly.

"Madam Ya, you’ve always advocated for eliminating threats completely. Why have you gone soft-hearted after returning from your mission? Don’t tell me you’re scared after failing twice?"

A chill flashed in Xu Ya’s beautiful eyes. She shot the Elder a cold glance before turning to the middle-aged man in green. "I’m not scared. It’s just that times have changed. Qin Feng has now caught the eye of the All Stars Academy, so why must we be so relentless? The conflict between him and Peng’er was nothing more than a youthful squabble. We are a Noble Family with a thousand-year history; we should conduct ourselves with the magnanimity that befits our station. If we refuse to let this go, we’ll become a laughingstock!" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Madam Ya, I must disagree," an Elder interjected. "Peng’er is a disciple of our Guan Family. If we fail to punish Qin Feng severely for injuring one of our own, people will think the Guan Family is scared. It will damage our family’s reputation!"

"A woman’s misplaced compassion!" A stern-faced Elder glanced coldly at Xu Ya. His gaze swept over everyone present before he said in a heavy tone, "This brat injured one of ours and disregarded the Guan Family’s honor. He has committed a capital crime. How can we let a tiger return to the mountains? We should immediately dispatch our experts to eliminate him, root and stem!"

"The Grand Elder is right. Mountain and River City is the territory of us Nine Great Families. Anyone who dares to lay a hand on someone from the Guan Family deserves to die ten thousand deaths! Their crime is unpardonable!"

"A lawless little beast like him cannot be allowed to live! Not only must we kill him, we must do it publicly to make an example of him and warn all those with restless ambitions! Mountain and River City is the territory of the Nine Great Families. No one should be getting ideas above their station!"

...

Each and every Elder was filled with murderous intent, a savage killing aura practically bursting from their eyes.

An ugly look flashed in Xu Ya’s beautiful eyes. These arrogant and unruly Elders didn’t take her seriously at all. ’In their eyes, she, Xu Ya, was ultimately an outsider!’

Guan Qinghe turned around.

He was a middle-aged man with a stern and imposing bearing. His face was pale and beardless, and his eyes were like still water. A single glance from him carried a profound pressure, as if he could see right through a person’s heart. He ignored the gaze Xu Ya sent his way and waved his hand dismissively.

"This is a trivial matter. He’s just a tiny ant at the Martial Arts Fourth Layer. Just send someone to deal with it."

"Yes, Patriarch!" an Elder said with a sinister smile, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty killing intent.

"You won’t get the chance!" Suddenly, a cold laugh echoed from outside the hall, and a chubby figure stepped inside.

"Who is it?"

"Who has the gall to spout such nonsense!"

"Which bastard is it!"

...

Angry gazes shot toward the entrance, but they froze the instant they saw the figure. The color drained from every one of their faces.

"Zuo Song, is that you?"

"Zuo Song, who gave you the nerve to trespass in the Guan Family’s residence!"

Figures erupted in fury, their expressions turning extremely hostile as scorching killing intent flashed in their eyes. A few of the Guan Family Elders exchanged furtive glances, mentally calculating. ’Should we seize this chance to kill the President of the Mystic Master Guild for daring to barge into the heart of our domain alone?’

Guan Qinghe turned, his eyes filled with surprise. He stared coldly at the cheerful, chubby figure and demanded with a hint of fury.

"Zuo Song, what is the meaning of this? Even if you are the president of the Mystic Master Guild, you can’t just barge into my Guan Family’s residence. If you don’t give my Guan Family an explanation today, I’m afraid you won’t be walking out of our gates!"

Zuo Song’s gaze swept over the hostile-faced Elders in the hall before landing on Guan Qinghe. He let out a chuckle, his chubby face a mask of amiability, but his words were anything but polite. "Guan Qinghe, you of all people should know why I’m here. Qin Feng is a member of my Mystic Master Guild. You have repeatedly sent people to assassinate him, so you’d better give me an explanation!"

Grand Elder Guan Yue stared coldly at Zuo Song and said with contempt, "Zuo Song, are you overestimating yourself? You dare come to the Guan Family to demand justice? Aren’t you afraid you won’t be able to walk back out that door?"

Several Elders moved like lightning to surround Zuo Song, their faces filled with scorn and killing intent. ’Has Zuo Song grown senile from his years of comfort? Does he really think he can run wild in the Guan Family’s home just because he has the Mystic Master Guild at his back!’

Zuo Song remained expressionless and didn’t make a move, but a mocking light glinted in his eyes.

The gloomy Elder who had first advocated for killing Qin Feng looked at the surrounded Zuo Song, a triumphant and savage glint in his eyes. "Zuo Song, we don’t mind telling you—we are determined to kill Qin Feng. Who does that yellow-haired brat think he is, daring to injure one of ours? Not only will he die, but once we investigate his background, we will exterminate his entire clan! Every last one of them will die!" His eyes were filled with savage, unbridled cruelty.

Guan Qinghe stood proudly, hands clasped behind him, his hawk-like eyes filled with disdain. "Zuo Song, did you hear that? That is the Guan Family’s explanation for you!"

"Not only will Qin Feng die, but you will also pay the price for trespassing here today. However, you are the president of the Mystic Master Guild, so I won’t kill you. But I will cripple your entire cultivation and break all four of your limbs!"

"You are, after all, just a branch president of the Mystic Master Guild. Your status isn’t ordinary. While my Guan Family has its own connections within the Guild, killing you would indeed be... troublesome."

As they surrounded Zuo Song, countless other Guan Family experts, having heard the commotion, began to arrive. Zuo Song could even sense a powerful aura no weaker than his own spying on him from the shadows, its killing intent barely concealed.

"Truly lawless." Zuo Song’s eyes were as cold as swords. His gaze swept over the Condensing Vein Realm Elders surrounding him as he nodded and said, "Qin the Kid was right. A family of vicious dogs like you can’t be reasoned with. You can only be beaten into submission. Only after a savage thrashing will you learn to restrain your inherent viciousness and obediently lower your heads!"

"Or perhaps I should just chop off all your dog heads directly. Only bloodshed will make you feel fear and terror!"

The instant his voice fell, as the faces of the Guan Family experts twisted in shock, Zuo Song’s figure abruptly vanished. In its place, an incredibly terrifying Grand Array rose to envelop the entire Guan Family estate.

"What is this?!" Guan Qinghe was horrified. With the highest cultivation among those present, he was the first to sense the disturbance and tried to stop it.

But it was too late!

RUMBLE! In an instant, Zuo Song activated the Eight Desolates Annihilation Void Ancient Array that he had already secretly deployed! This Ancient Profound Array, designed by Qin Feng himself, erupted with terrifying power!

The entire Guan Family estate shattered in an instant, like an invisible pane of glass. An incomparably violent torrent of energy surged forth, annihilating everything. Faintly, a massive array shaped like a Void Treasure Mirror could be seen fixed at the center of the destruction.

Their faces pale with terror, the Condensing Vein Realm Elders were instantly turned to ash in the torrent.

Countless Guan Family disciples didn’t even have time to scream before they were consumed by the storm of destructive space.

The magnificent Guan Family compound, which had stood for a thousand years through wind and rain, became history in an instant!

BANG! BANG! BANG! The entire Grand Array shuddered!

Within the storm, a figure with an immensely powerful aura shielded several people from the violent onslaught. It was an old man with a pale face, his eyes filled with shock and fury. A boundless aura pulsed from him as his silver hair whipped wildly. He unleashed wave after wave of Martial Arts Divine Abilities, each powerful enough to pierce the firmament, as he battered the Grand Array, trying to break through.

He was the ancestor of the Guan Family, Guan Chunqiu.

...

RUMBLE!

The terrifying phenomenon alarmed countless experts in Mountain and River City. Gazes from all directions converged on the Guan Family estate.

"That direction... Is that the Guan Family?" In Mountain and River City, within the Qin Family’s estate, the reclusive ancestor of the Qin Family emerged from his seclusion, staring in shock at the area where the immense storm was raging.

"What’s happened to the Guan Family? Why has their entire estate been turned into a storm of space? Which expert is responsible for this?"

"Who on earth did the Guan Family provoke?!" At the Xu Family estate, an ancient-looking expert stared toward the Guan Family’s location, his face a mask of shock and fury. He was the ancestor of the Xu Family, and the Guan and Xu Families were as close as brothers!

At the Ning Family estate, a short old man, less than five feet tall, watched the streams of crystalline Divine Light erupting mid-air, his expression full of dread. "That’s a Grand Array," he said gravely, "one the likes of which has never been seen before. The expert behind this must be a master of the Array Dao... To think they would just deploy a Grand Array and suppress the entire Guan Family!"

He was the ancestor of the Ning Family. The Ning Family’s ancestor was also a Mystic Master with considerable attainments in the way of Profound Arrays.

The ancestors of the Nine Great Families watched—some gravely, some with dread, others in utter shock—as the Guan Family was completely obliterated by the storm. Terror was etched on every one of their faces. A thousand-year-old family had vanished like smoke in a single night.