Chapter 999

Chapter 999 Four Families Conspire

 

The four people sitting in a circle in the secret room were the heads of four of the eight great families!

It’s worth noting that normally, the eight great families had very little interaction with each other, with almost no communication.

Yet now, the heads of four major families were sitting together!

If news of this got out, it would shock everyone in North City.

“Lin Zhengxiong is not dead,” Fan Jinsheng said with a gloomy expression.

“Why isn’t he dead!? Wasn’t it guaranteed that Lin Zhengxiong would be killed!?” Ma Sanhong asked, his eyes bloodshot.

“It doesn’t matter if he’s not dead,” Wan Buhui said in a deep voice. “Even if Lin Zhengxiong didn’t die, he must be severely injured. As long as we did this, it will have the desired effect.”

“Making the Lin family collapse is just a matter of time,” Guan Yi said. “The problem now is that if one Lin family falls, Fang Yu can turn to support another family, and this way, the North City families will still be controlled by him alone.”

“That’s why I had my subordinates create public opinion, spreading that message… those close to Fang Yu die,” Fan Jinsheng said with a sinister look. “Next, we just need to keep attacking the Lin family… as long as Fang Yu doesn’t discover it, with the Lin family in chaos, Fang Yu’s prestige will also decline until no one takes him seriously anymore.”

“After that, if he wants to support any family again, no one will dare to approach him, let alone believe in his abilities.”

“This way, our goal will be achieved.”

“Damn it! A mere individual has forced so many of us to unite and use such slow tactics to wear him down! Can’t we just eliminate him directly?!” Ma Sanhong said, his face full of resentment.

Fan Jinsheng glanced at Ma Sanhong and coughed dryly.

The other two family heads didn’t know about their allegiance to the Half-Spirit Clan.

After Ma Sanhong’s incident, Fan Jinsheng tried to contact the masters within the Half-Spirit Clan but received no response.

At this time, Wan Buhui and Guan Yi approached him, seeking cooperation.

They were dissatisfied with the rise of the Lin family and considered it a crisis.

Fang Yu’s cooperation with the Lin family would greatly change the landscape of North City’s martial arts world.

In short, it would bring absolutely no benefit to their other top families.

Not wanting to wait passively for their doom, they decided to unite against the Lin family and Fang Yu.

Fan Jinsheng and Ma Sanhong couldn’t contact the Half-Spirit Clan and were also afraid that Fang Yu would come for them again… so they accepted Wan Buhui and Guan Yi’s invitation to unite and plan together.

Besides their four families, they also received powerful assistance.

That was Dragon Slayer, the former number one on the Heaven’s Ranking.

Therefore, this plan had an extremely high chance of success.

Without being able to contact the Half-Spirit Clan, this might be a good opportunity to counter Fang Yu.

However, even as allies, matters related to the Half-Spirit Clan still couldn’t be revealed.

Otherwise, it would certainly cause suspicion and taboo.

Fan Jinsheng’s cough was meant to remind Ma Sanhong not to show his hatred for Fang Yu so obviously.

But his reminder didn’t work.

Guan Yi and Wan Buhui both noticed the hatred on Ma Sanhong’s face.

“Master Ma, did you have a conflict with Fang Yu before?” Wan Buhui frowned and asked.

Ma Sanhong looked at Wan Buhui and said resentfully: “These injuries I have now! They were given to me by Fang Yu!”

“Why did he attack you?” Wan Buhui asked.

“He… wanted me to obey him, but I refused… then he attacked,” Ma Sanhong said, suppressing his resentment and anger, making up an explanation.

“This Fang Yu is extremely arrogant! He has no respect for the law!” Guan Yi said angrily, his face ashen.

“He’s on good terms with Huaixu from the Martial Arts Association, so no one can sanction him,” Fan Jinsheng said.

“Hmph, others may not dare, but we can…” As Wan Buhui was speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.

The three men’s expressions changed.

Fan Jinsheng smiled slightly and said: “It’s fine, I invited Dragon Slayer to come.”

After speaking, Fan Jinsheng stood up and used a technique to open the door of the secret room.

A young man in simple white clothes walked in from outside.

Even though the four people sitting before him were among the most powerful figures in North City’s martial arts world, there wasn’t a trace of respect on his face.

“You asked me to come, what do you want to say?” Dragon Slayer didn’t greet the others and directly asked Fan Jinsheng.

“Today’s assassination of Lin Zhengxiong failed, he’s not dead,” Wan Buhui said.

“That’s because your subordinates are useless,” Dragon Slayer said bluntly.

The expressions of the four seated men changed slightly.

The person sent to assassinate Lin Zhengxiong today was the strongest person selected from their four families.

A peak Huashen-stage powerhouse from the Guan family, Guan Yi’s younger brother, Guan Hong.

“Not killing Lin Zhengxiong was unexpected. At the time, Lin Zhengxiong was already on the brink of death, but informants from the Lin family had already notified that Fang Yu was about to arrive… so he had to leave promptly and couldn’t kill Lin Zhengxiong on the spot… but even so, Lin Zhengxiong should not have survived… when he struck, Guan Hong’s dagger was coated with a special poison,” Guan Yi said with furrowed brows.

“I already said, your subordinates are too useless,” Dragon Slayer said disdainfully.

Guan Yi’s face darkened.

Guan Hong was his younger brother and also the Guan family’s strongest fighter.

Dragon Slayer’s words had effectively insulted both him and his brother.

“Dragon Slayer, we are allies now, there’s no need to speak so harshly,” Wan Buhui said in a deep voice.

“I’m just telling the truth. If you can’t even handle such a small matter, I shouldn’t have cooperated with you in the first place,” Dragon Slayer shook his head and said.

Now, all four family heads’ expressions changed.

This young man was too arrogant!

He didn’t even see them as people!

“Dragon Slayer, even if you once topped the Heaven’s Ranking, that doesn’t mean much. Even as number one on the Heaven’s Ranking, you’re only at the late Huashen stage. You’re formidable among young people… but Guan Hong… is a peak Huashen stage powerhouse. What he couldn’t accomplish, you might not be able to either,” Guan Yi said with a gloomy face.

Dragon Slayer sneered, looking at Guan Yi, and suddenly released his aura.

“Boom!”

A wave of pressure emanated from Dragon Slayer’s body.

The four Huashen stage family heads immediately changed expression!

It felt like a mountain had descended from the sky onto their shoulders, making it hard to support, even making breathing difficult!

“Now, can you tell what my cultivation level is?” Dragon Slayer asked with a cold smile.

The four family heads were all prostrate on the ground, veins bulging on their foreheads, expressions pained.

A moment later, the pressure suddenly dissipated.

The four family heads gasped for breath, looking at Dragon Slayer before them with only terror in their eyes.

Just one wave of pressure had made it difficult for them to breathe…

Such strength had likely surpassed the realm of Huashen stage.

Could Dragon Slayer before them have reached the Heti stage!?

“If you want to continue cooperating with me, fine,” Dragon Slayer looked down at the four and said calmly. “But from today onwards, you’ll have to obey my commands.”

None of the four family heads dared to speak.

“Whoever is unwilling can leave, I won’t stop you,” Dragon Slayer said.

Ma Sanhong’s expression fluctuated, and he suddenly stood up.

“Obeying you, how is that different from obeying Fang Yu?! Fang Yu is even stronger than you! Why should I obey you?!” Ma Sanhong said angrily, turning to walk towards the door of the secret room.

His mental state was now unbalanced.

Previously, as the head of the Ma family, he was used to others fearing him, kneeling before him and trembling.

But now, Fang Yu, Dragon Slayer… these extremely young-looking people were one after another trampling on his dignity!

He couldn’t stand it!

The only one he was truly willing to follow in his life was the Half-Spirit Clan, which could bestow infinite light upon them!

Apart from that, he was unwilling to serve anyone!

Ma Sanhong walked quickly to the door of the secret room.

“Swoosh!”

At this moment, a humming sound came from behind.

A silver flash appeared in Dragon Slayer’s hand, and he struck.

“Thud!”

Ma Sanhong’s head fell to the floor of the secret room, the sound echoing.

His face still had his eyes wide open, as if not knowing how he had died.

At the same time, his headless body still stood rigidly in place, maintaining its original posture.

Blood spurted from the severed neck.

The smell of blood permeated the secret room.

“I said I wouldn’t stop you, but I didn’t say I wouldn’t kill you,” Dragon Slayer said with a cold smile.