I started by slashing through the enemy's territory, and I drew so many affixes that my hands w

The stench of blood permeated the city.

After the various family forces yielded, their warriors were incorporated into the army.

The military, which was originally short-staffed, has not only expanded in size, but its combat capabilities are also several times stronger than before. If it were to face another beast tide, Jiang Qin would not even need to lift a finger to wipe it out.

Ferocious beasts are good at strength but not at wisdom; humans are good at wisdom but not at strength.

As long as all available forces are united, no matter how many ferocious beasts there are, as long as no high-level ferocious beasts appear, Dongxing Base City will be safe and sound.

The crowd cheered for Jiang Qin's name until nightfall.

The starlight was dim, and the night sky was gloomy.

On the rooftop of the base building.

Su Lingwei lay on the platform gazing at the moon, her skirt fluttering in the wind.

A figure suddenly appeared beside her.

But she wasn't surprised; it was as if she had expected it.

Jiang Qin sat down beside her with the wine pot in his hand, took a sip, and said calmly, "Tell me, how did you become like this?"

She was once a dazzling star.

At this moment, however, they could only stay inside the city walls and take on logistical duties.

A lot must have happened.

Su Lingwei made no attempt to hide anything, gazing at the starry sky with a dazed expression, and said, "Tell me, why is it that once a prejudice is formed in people's hearts, it is so difficult to change it?"

Her grandfather was from a collateral branch of the Su family and aspired to revitalize the family from a young age.

My grandfather was very talented, almost crushing his peers at the time. In just a few decades, he entered the Law Realm and became one of the top people in the country. But being the strongest was not my grandfather's wish. So he risked his life to deduce the [Su Family Artifact Control Technique], wanting the entire Su family to become powerful.

With this foundation, the Su family did indeed become powerful.

However, the main family kept this manual on controlling artifacts for themselves and restricted branch families from learning it; only members of the main family could study it.

Ironically, Su Lingwei, a descendant of the creator, went through countless hardships to learn the first half of the manual. When she went to ask for the second half, she almost died in the Su family. Although she survived, she was forever barred from the path of martial arts.

The Su family never acknowledges credit; in their eyes, a branch is just a branch, born to serve the main family.

Having said all that...

After a long silence, Su Lingwei spoke again: "I know I can't hide this from you, but the Su family has left a Martial Realm expert to oversee things. I really want you to help me punish the Su family, but not now."

The state could not control all the ancient races, so it allowed them to leave behind a martial artist at the Earth Martial Realm to oversee the situation.

The gap between Divine Appearance and Earthly Martial is like the gap between Spiritual Sea and Divine Appearance, or even greater.

Therefore, Su Lingwei did not want to see Jiang Qin put in danger for her sake.

Even so as not to affect Grandpa.

She even asked everyone to keep this a secret from her.

"I'll think about it."

Jiang Qin left the wine jug behind, took a step, and disappeared from the rooftop.

-

The news of Jiang Qin's return spread throughout hundreds of cities in the entertainment industry in less than half a day.

As the controllers of the two base cities, the Su family naturally received the news, and a clan meeting was quickly convened, since Jiang Qin's strength was enough for them to take him seriously.

Lingxi Mountain, inside the main hall of the Su family.

Two elders at the Divine Manifestation Realm sat side by side at the front, exuding a profound aura.

Below, all the stewards of the Su family were at the Divine Appearance Realm, numbering over forty. It could be said that all the Divine Appearance Realm martial artists of the Su family had been summoned.

One of the elders, holding a teacup, spoke:

"Now that you know what happened, tell me how we should deal with Commander Jiang next."

The audience remained silent, their eyes downcast and their minds blank.

If it weren't for Jiang Qin's annihilation of those dozen or so families, they would definitely have advocated for taking him down, but now... the strength that monster has already displayed is already beyond what anyone present can resist.

They not only crippled Su Lingwei, but also severed her arm; this grudge must be resolved.

Fortunately, the silence didn't last long; someone looked up and suggested:

"Speaking of which, Su Lingwei was only chosen as a teammate by Jiang Qin because of her strength. In fact, the two of them haven't spent much time together. Why don't we send some apology gifts over? I believe Jiang Qin won't go too far, after all, he still needs the power of ancient clans like us to control the circle."

"What kind of daydreaming are you having?"

Upon hearing this, someone immediately scoffed, "They can kill thousands of martial artists in Dongxing City without hesitation. Do you expect him to be afraid of that? And do you think he'd lack resources? Don't forget he's a member of the Jiang family!"

The person who spoke first immediately fell silent, as if... that was indeed the case.

Ultimately, Jiang Qin can be considered a member of an ancient clan. As long as he hasn't clearly sided with the nation, the other ancient clans in the circle won't act rashly.

After all, having such a potentially terrifying enemy makes it hard to sleep soundly at night.

After much discussion without reaching a conclusion, someone became impatient and angrily said:

"Do you think the Su family has anything to fear? We didn't get to where we are today by compromising; we earned it through sheer hard work and perseverance!"

"If Jiang Qin really dares to come, we can simply ask the Ancestor to eliminate him!"

"At worst, we can just send two people out to apologize to the Suppressing Spirits Bureau afterwards."

After these words were spoken, the hall fell silent.

Just as they were struggling to reach a conclusion, and the clan elder was about to temporarily dismiss the group, a guard rushed in from outside, shouting as he ran:

"Elder, something terrible has happened! People from Dongxing Base City are here!"

The steward present turned pale upon hearing this and immediately looked at the guard.

"Tell me what happened, slowly."

The guard, catching his breath, quickly pointed outside and said, "Just now, a group of people arrived at Dongxing Base City. There are about a hundred of them, all of them Spirit Sea Realm martial artists. They've already surrounded our mountain gate!"

The two elders at the top looked frightened; this was clearly not going to end things peacefully.

They felt a pang of regret; they shouldn't have acted so impulsively back then, or they wouldn't be in this situation with no way to salvage things now...

"We can't back down now."

"Gather everyone, and follow me to meet the enemy!"

"yes!"

The two elders and the stewards all rushed out of the main hall.

At this moment, at the gate of the Su family mountain.

Hundreds of Spirit Sea Realm warriors in military uniforms stood there with frosty expressions. The once arrogant Su family members all cowered inside the walls, afraid to come out. It was clear that the other side was serious and would not care about their status.

Two clan elders arrived first, followed by more than forty stewards.

They looked around but couldn't find Jiang Qin in the crowd. Apart from the hundred Spirit Sea Realm experts, there seemed to be no one else, which made them frown.

Could it be... they're not here to start a war?

Thinking of this possibility, one of the clan elders stepped forward.

"This is the territory of the Su family. What brings you here?"

A leading officer stepped out of the ranks, drew a longsword with a golden dragon pattern on its blade from behind him, and spoke in a powerful, resounding voice:

"The Lingxi Su family treats human life like dirt and disregards the law!"

"We are now acting on Commander Jiang's orders to wield this sword and behead the entire Su family, bringing their heads back to Dongxing City... and build a mound of skulls!"