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Chapter 12 - Disaster Strikes the Xiao Family, Xiao Yueying Makes a Powerful Entrance!

Chapter 12  Disaster Strikes the Xiao Family, Xiao Yueying Makes a Powerful Entrance!

In front of the Xiao Family Manor, Blackstone City. A great battle was on the verge of erupting!

Xiao Ding said in a deep voice, “If it’s war you want, then war it shall be! My Xiao family has never feared anyone!”

With his command, countless Xiao family guards surged out from the manor—numbering in the thousands, each one exuding a formidable aura.

As it turned out, during the three-day standoff, Xiao Ding had already ordered his men to secretly gather guards from various marketplaces, fully preparing for the imminent clash.

“Good! Good! Good!”

Wang Yan shouted three times in succession, laughing maniacally.

“So, the Xiao family is dead set on shielding Xiao Yueying? Then we fight! Wang clan disciples—kill them!”

“Lu clan disciples, kill!”

Lu Yuan issued his command at the same time. In an instant, guards from the three great families charged at each other with weapons drawn. The battle had begun.

At the same time, Wang Yan and Lu Yuan personally entered the fray, heading straight for the Xiao family elders. Both men were peak Foundation Establishment cultivators—ninth layer—and had years of battle experience. Their ferocious attacks instantly threw the Xiao elders into disarray.

Even within the same cultivation stage, a single layer’s difference was like heaven and earth—impossible to withstand.

“Wang Yan, don’t be arrogant! I’ll fight you!”

Xiao Ding roared, activating the Xiao family’s signature technique: Roaring Heaven Mad Lion Art. He charged forward like a berserk lion descending from a mountain, fiercely pouncing at Wang Yan.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two clashed mid-air, exchanging a flurry of blows. Violent shockwaves blasted outward, instantly clearing an open space around them. The Xiao family’s Grand Elder, Xiao Yun, despite his waning vitality, pushed his cultivation to the limit and intercepted the rampaging Lu Yuan.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

The roar of “kill” echoed through the air!

The brutality of the battle exceeded everyone’s expectations. Though the Xiao family was outnumbered, their determination to fight with their backs against the wall erupted into a terrifying momentum, forcefully withstanding the joint assault of the Wang and Lu families.

The Xiao family had an extraordinary background — they were once one of the four founding noble clans of the Chixiao Divine Dynasty.

Their ancestral technique, Furious Lion Roars at the Heavens, was a powerful Earth-grade martial art and held great fame in the Chixiao Divine Dynasty.

Although only fragments of it had survived to the present day, it still far surpassed the Wang family’s inherited Profound-grade techniques. Xiao Ding, relying on his Eighth Heaven Foundation Establishment cultivation, was actually fighting Wang Yan to a standstill — even faintly suppressing him.

This made Wang Yan furious. He suddenly shook Xiao Ding off and roared, “Xiao Ding, you’ve forced me!”

Then he looked to the sky and shouted, “Ancestor, please take action!!”

The Wang family’s ancestor?

Everyone on the battlefield was shocked and looked up at the sky. They saw a figure walking through the air step by step, hair flying, exuding an earth-shattering, terrifying aura.

“Walking through the air — that’s a technique only possible in the Core Formation Realm! Could it be that this person is a powerful Core Formation cultivator?”

“Heavens! Isn’t that Wang Li, the younger brother of Wang Yan’s great-grandfather? He’s still alive?”

“He’s practically an ancient relic, at least 120 years old. Not only is he alive, he’s even reached the Core Formation Realm!”

“No, Ancestor Wang Li hasn’t truly stepped into the Core Formation Realm — he’s only half a step into it, having condensed a False Core. He’s still far from a true Core Formation expert.”

“With a half-step Core Formation ancestor backing them, no wonder the Wang family dares to threaten the destruction of the Xiao family…”

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The onlooking crowd went completely wild. No one had expected the Wang family to bring out such a powerful figure at this critical moment. The members of the Xiao family also changed expressions simultaneously, inwardly crying out that things had taken a turn for the worse.

Even though Wang Li was only at the half-step Core Formation stage, he could still sweep through the entire Blackstone County—a force far beyond what the Xiao family could withstand.

“Ancestor, please take action and kill Xiao Ding and Xiao Yun to avenge Wang Ming and Wang Chong,” Wang Yan said in a cold and sinister voice.

As the head of the Wang family, he was naturally a ruthless and cunning figure. Though the death of his two beloved sons pained him deeply, he hadn’t lost his reason.

This joint attack on the Xiao family with the Lu family was meant to have the Lu family bear part of the losses. Once the Xiao family was destroyed, he would then summon Wang Li to eliminate the Lu family as well.

That way, the entire Blackstone County would belong to the Wang family. Unfortunately, things didn’t go according to plan—the Xiao family’s resolve to resist had far exceeded his expectations. To reduce further casualties, he had no choice but to call upon Wang Li early.

“Xiao Ding, do you admit your guilt?”

Wang Li stood in mid-air, looking down coldly at the members of the Xiao family below. A pressure belonging to the half-step Core Formation realm radiated from his body, as if a divine mountain weighed down on everyone’s hearts.

Half-step Core Formation was still Core Formation—it just meant the core was a false one, not yet fully solidified. But even so, it was enough to look down upon experts at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment realm.

“To impose guilt where there is none—how convenient! Yueying’s cultivation has long been lost. It’s impossible she killed Wang Ming and Wang Chong!”

Xiao Ding forced himself to speak out under the pressure.

“If you refuse to admit your guilt, then you’ll die. From this day forth, there will be no more Xiao family in Blackstone County.”

Wang Li spoke flatly, as if stating a mundane fact.

Great Heaven-Crushing Palm!

Wang Li extended a broad palm from his sleeve and casually pressed down. Instantly, it transformed into a palm-shaped force field over thirty feet wide, descending from above. Though it was the same “Great Heaven-Crushing Palm,” the power Wang Li displayed was dozens of times stronger than Wang Yan’s.

Even before the palm force reached them, the pressure it exuded had already made the Xiao family members feel suffocated. The elders below the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment realm felt as if a mountain was pressing down on them—completely unable to move.

As for the guards in the Qi Refining realm, they were directly forced to their knees by the pressure, as if welcoming divine punishment. They looked up in despair at the massive palm falling toward them.

“Too powerful—completely unstoppable!”

“This is heaven’s will to destroy the Xiao family…”

“Young Miss, where are you? Why haven’t you shown yourself yet?”

Every member of the Xiao family wore expressions of despair and fear. In the face of a powerhouse at the half-step Core Formation stage, they couldn’t even summon the will to resist.

“Die! All of you, die!!”

Wang Yan roared with excitement, as if he could already see the Xiao family bathed in blood.

“How dare you!”

Boom! Boom! Boom—boom!

A voice echoed from the distance—cold, indifferent, and filled with boundless killing intent.

“Is that the Young Miss’s voice?”

The members of the Xiao family all revealed looks of wild joy. Xiao Yueying had finally returned just in time. Even Ling Chen, far outside the crowd, smiled. He knew a massive wave of shock points was heading his way.