Chapter 592
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Chapter 592 Dominating the Entire Field!
Xiangcheng, Oriental Restaurant.
The third floor of the restaurant was a banquet hall.
At this moment, the banquet hall was filled with people, at least over two hundred.
These people were representatives from various martial arts families and sects in Xiangcheng.
At the front of the banquet hall, a high platform had been set up.
In the past, this place usually hosted weddings or gatherings, with a joyful atmosphere.
But today was completely different.
The banquet hall was quiet, with everyone’s face filled with gloom and worry. Many people even had pale faces and fearful eyes.
The recent dramatic changes in Xiangcheng had made these normally high and mighty martial arts families and sects feel threatened!
Therefore, today they had joined together to hold a discussion meeting about how to counter these so-called Immortal Race beings!
After the incidents with the Zheng family and Chen family, the position of the top martial arts family in Xiangcheng fell to the Han family.
Among the three major families that had offended Fang Yu, the Han family suffered the least, with only Han Qi, who had been assimilated by the Immortal Race, dying, thus preserving most of their strength.
Therefore, the person standing on the high platform now was the Grand Elder of the Han family, Han Tianci.
Han Tianci’s expression was solemn as he scanned the crowd and spoke: “It’s rare for everyone to gather here today. We all know why, so I won’t elaborate further.”
“What we need to discuss today is whether to send people to fight against the Immortal Race beings…”
“Or wait for support from the upper Martial Arts Association?”
The crowd below was silent, everyone’s expression very serious.
“Everyone can express their views, and we will decide on our response through a final vote,” Han Tianci said gravely.
“…I believe we must take action. I just received intelligence that even the Xiangcheng Martial Arts Association headquarters has been captured by the Immortal Race beings. We don’t know how the upper Martial Arts Association will react, but if we don’t take the initiative, the Immortal Race beings will soon come for us…” The speaker was the head of the Guo family, Guo Ren.
“I agree with Family Head Guo’s view. We indeed have no choice but to take action! If we wait any longer, the Immortal Race beings will certainly pick us off one by one, and then we’ll…” Huang Zhengrong, the head of the Huang family, concurred.
“Yes, judging from what the Immortal Race has done so far, their ambitions are enormous. Under these circumstances, we cannot remain uninvolved. We must unite and strike!” Jiang Tianlong, the head of the Jiang family, also said.
The views of these three gained support from many present.
In these days, they had all more or less witnessed or heard about the brutality of the Immortal Race beings, and could no longer sit idle.
In just one day, the Immortal Race had captured various levels of martial arts associations in Xiangcheng.
Soon, it would be the turn of these martial arts families!
“I don’t quite agree with this approach.”
At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up.
The speaker was the Grand Elder of the Liang family, Liang Xueshan.
The Liang family had always ranked in the top five among Xiangcheng’s martial arts families, previously only behind the Zheng, Chen, and Han families.
Now with the Zheng and Chen families no longer glorious, the Liang family could be considered the second family, with considerable influence.
“I’ve heard about the strength of the Immortal Race beings. It’s said that a martial artist at the Wuzun realm can’t last two rounds against them,” Liang Xueshan said. “If we unite and take the initiative to attack, we may not cause them much damage. Conversely, if we can’t defeat them, the situation will be extremely critical.”
“But if we don’t act, the result will only be worse! They will eventually come for us!” Guo Ren retorted. “Besides, those who can kill a Wuzun realm expert in one strike must be a minority among the Immortal Race! Our top martial artists must be able to match them!”
“Yes, I refuse to believe that a newly emerged race could be so much stronger than us!” Huang Zhengrong said.
“Strength isn’t about what you believe, but about the actual situation,” Liang Xueshan said calmly. “If the Immortal Race beings weren’t strong, do you think the Martial Arts Association would have fallen so quickly? Or do you think the Martial Arts Association was weak to begin with?”
At these words, many people’s expressions changed.
Indeed, if the Immortal Race beings weren’t so strong, how could the Martial Arts Association have fallen so quickly?
The strength of the Martial Arts Association was something that even all their families combined couldn’t oppose.
Yet the Immortal Race had occupied all of Xiangcheng’s Martial Arts Associations in just one short day.
“But no matter how strong they are, we still need to strike! We need to delay until reinforcements arrive from the upper Martial Arts Association, otherwise we’ll still…” Guo Ren said with an ashen face.
“No, we can choose another path entirely,” Liang Xueshan said.
“How?” Han Tianci on the high platform asked.
Liang Xueshan turned to look at Han Tianci and slowly said: “We don’t necessarily have to be enemies with the Immortal Race. We can compromise temporarily and avoid direct confrontation. When support arrives, we can counterattack. I believe this is the best response for now.”
Han Tianci narrowed his eyes and said: “You think the Immortal Race will negotiate with us and accept our compromise?”
Liang Xueshan smiled and said: “Of course, they only want to rule Xiangcheng, there’s no need to kill all of us. And we can be of great help to them.”
Han Tianci looked at Liang Xueshan’s somewhat strange smile, feeling something was wrong.
“In fact, I’ve already invited three lords from the Immortal Race to attend our discussion today.”
Liang Xueshan’s smile grew brighter, with a faint red glow in his pupils.
“Bang!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the doors at the back of the banquet hall were violently pushed open.
Three figures walked into the banquet hall.
They wore black cloaks, and unlike most oddly-shaped Immortal Race beings, they were humanoid, but nearly three meters tall.
However, their limbs and faces still resembled monsters, with only bones visible, no flesh.
In their pitch-black eye sockets, only two points of red light flickered, showing their life force.
As they entered the banquet hall, they brought with them an extremely cold aura and immense pressure.
Seeing these three humanoid monsters approach, many in the banquet hall looked terrified and retreated continuously.
“Elder Liang, what is the meaning of this? Our discussion today…” Huang Zhengrong asked with an ugly expression.
“Bang!”
Before he could finish, Liang Xueshan struck out with a palm, sending him flying.
Huang Zhengrong crashed to the ground more than twenty meters away, rolling several times before stopping, unconscious.
Everyone present was a representative of various families and sects, and none were fools.
Seeing this, they all understood that Liang Xueshan had defected!
He had joined the Immortal Race!
Today, almost all the top figures of the families and sects were present… they could all be captured at once!
This was disastrous!
After seeing Liang Xueshan attack Huang Zhengrong, many people’s hearts sank to the bottom.
On the high platform, Han Tianci’s face turned ashen as he looked at Liang Xueshan, his eyes filled with anger.
“My lords, almost everyone is here,” Liang Xueshan bowed respectfully to the three humanoid monsters as they approached.
“Well done,” the leading humanoid monster spoke in a deep voice.
“You flatter me, my lord,” Liang Xueshan said, almost fawningly, stepping aside.
“We came here today for only one thing,” the leading humanoid monster said, scanning the crowd.
“Either submit, or… die.”
These words caused the temperature in the hall to suddenly drop!
Killing intent rose and filled the entire banquet hall!
Everyone present trembled, their faces bloodless.
Faced with such pressure, no one dared to speak.
The humanoid monster turned to look at Han Tianci on the high platform.
“Are you the leader here?” the humanoid monster asked.
“I am Han Tianci, Grand Elder of the Han family,” Han Tianci replied.
“Good.”
The humanoid monster extended its right claw toward Han Tianci.
Han Tianci immediately felt a strong pulling force coming at him!
“Boom!”
Han Tianci’s expression changed as he gritted his teeth, fully unleashing his cultivation aura.
Peak Wuzun Realm!
The entire high platform, unable to withstand the pressure, instantly collapsed!
“This is the leader? So weak?” the humanoid monster said coldly, pulling forward with its right claw.
The pulling force immediately increased several times!
Han Tianci could no longer resist and flew toward the humanoid monster’s right claw.
“Crack!”
The next second, Han Tianci’s right chest suffered a severe injury.
