Soul Town: Claiming the throne? You've asked my Tian Ce Army, haven't you?

"Wouldn't that throw the Tang Sect into chaos? That's why we must find Sword Master Lingyan and have him protect—I mean, take charge of the overall situation!"

"But the Sword Master has been missing for so many years, it's very possible he has already passed away!"

"Impossible! Unless the body is found, I, the sect leader, refuse to believe this!"

Anyway, Tang Niannian didn't want to experience that feeling of facing death again. Lingyan Sword Master was definitely no weaker than that masked man from not long ago. With him around, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Tang Niannian coughed lightly, "Furthermore, our Tang Clan should also transform and upgrade. I think we should gradually stop issuing assassination missions..."

She talked on and on about her envisioned path for the Tang Clan's development, even making some promises along the way, but the hall masters just let it go in one ear and out the other, not paying any attention at all.

The Tang Clan rose to prominence through assassination, but now that people have stopped assassinating them, how can the Tang Clan maintain its foothold in the Great Thousand God Realm?

This is clearly neglecting one's proper duties!

Although Tang Niannian's initial intentions were good, she was still too young and lacked the courage to lead the Tang Clan to take this step...

At this moment, Lin Haiyuan followed Luo Shenghen into the conference room, and Tang Niannian hurriedly went to greet him, "Uncle Lin, please sit down and let me tell you about the future development trend of the Tang Clan!"

Lin Haiyuan waved his hand, politely declining, "Sect Leader, I have more important matters to attend to!"

"What could be more important than the development of the Tang Sect? Could it be that you've found Sword Master Lingyan?"

"No, but I found your nephew, Sect Leader!"

"nephew?"

Tang Niannian's expression was strange. "Uncle Lin, are you kidding me? Could it be that my dad has an illegitimate daughter?"

"No, that man's name is Cao Yanbing, and his mother is Tang Xiaoxiao..."

The surrounding hall masters fell into deep thought. Who is Tang Xiaoxiao? How come they've never heard of her?

Tang Niannian thought for a moment, then her expression suddenly turned to shock. "Uncle Lin, you're not talking about my cousin, Tang Xiaoxiao, are you?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding hall masters also realized that the daughter of the previous sect leader was named Tang Xiaoxiao, and wasn't it rumored that she was already dead?

"Yes, she didn't die, and she even had a child..." Lin Haiyuan had a smile on his face. If Lady Molan knew this in the afterlife, she would surely be happy, right?

"I go!"

Tang Niannian was overjoyed. Great! Finally, she could legitimately ask someone to help her share the burden. She hurriedly asked, "Where is my nephew?"

"Wait outside Tianluo Abyss..."

"Let's go, let's go take a look... By the way, he should be an adult by now, right?"

"Hmm, he should be a bit older than you..."

At this moment, Cao Yanbing and his companions were in a precarious situation. After entering the forest, they encountered numerous traps and mechanisms, as well as many terrifyingly powerful demonic creatures.

"Cao Yanbing, what have you messed with this time?"

Yan Fengzha's expression changed slightly as he looked at the Creation-level demonic tiger chasing after Cao Yanbing not far away.

"How can you blame me? Who knew a mere little tiger would be this strong? I thought the Tang Clan was really weak!"

"You call this a little tiger?"

Chapter 448: He killed my pet Hakimi

"You beast, do not harm my lord!"

Dian Wei swung his iron halberd at the demon tiger, which retreated to dodge, then pounced on Dian Wei.

Dian Wei held his double halberds in front of him to block, retreating repeatedly, looking somewhat overwhelmed. "This beast does have some strength!"

"Dian Wei, I'm here to help you!"

Xu Chu swung his iron hammer and smashed it down on the demon tiger from the side. The force sent the demon tiger flying and knocking down several trees, but that was all; it did not cause any real damage.

The demon tiger got up from the ground, shook its head, and stared intently at Xu Chu and Dian Wei with a pair of scarlet eyes like copper bells...

"This beast has a really thick skin!" Dian Wei said through gritted teeth.

"Sinners shall go to hell, even if you are an animal..." Honglian opened the Bible, with light and darkness intertwined behind her.

Tina, the angel, emerged from the light and darkness, clad in divine armor of light and darkness. Her left shoulder was adorned with holy white-gold runes, while her right shoulder was covered in deep, dark magic runes.

The cross mark on her forehead burst forth with dazzling light, her eyes turned half gold and half black, and the twelve wings on her back fully unfolded.

"Tina, send it to hell to repent!"

Angel Tina nodded, stretched out her right hand, and amidst the interplay of light and darkness, a holy demon spear appeared in her hand, half of its shaft burning with pure white holy fire and the other half wrapped in pitch-black demonic flames.

"Light and Dark Cross Slash!"

She swung the Holy Demon Spear, unleashing a massive cross-shaped blade of light at the Demon Tiger. The blade struck the Demon Tiger, causing a violent explosion.

"Sila, we can't let them steal all the limelight!" Floyd unfurled a pair of golden butterfly wings behind him, crossed his arms, and floated in the air.

Behind him, Sira was covered in abyssal demon armor, the edges of which were inlaid with sharp bone spikes, and a pair of abyssal butterfly wings that blotted out the sky spread out behind him.

The divine mark on her forehead erupted with dazzling blood light, her pure black eyes blazed with raging crimson flames, and she held a trident of the abyss horizontally in her right hand.

"Bloodthorn Abyss!"

With a swing of the Abyss Trident, countless blood-red thorns with barbs rose from the ground, and chains of dead souls wrapped around the thorns, tightly binding the demon tiger.

"Black Butterfly Feast!"

The ground seemed to transform into a deep abyss, from which countless black butterflies flew out and surrounded the demonic tiger.

With a snap of his fingers, thousands upon thousands of black butterflies exploded instantly, unleashing terrifying shockwaves in all directions...

"Hey! Fengzha, where's your weasel? Aren't you going to call him out to show off his skills?" Cao Yanbing asked Yan Fengzha beside him.

"Cao Yanbing, his name is Feilian!"

Yan Fengzha glanced at Cao Yanbing, and a sudden gust of wind rose around them. In the wind, Fei Lian, whose figure was as slender and strong as a drawn scimitar, slowly appeared.

He still had a beast-like face with fangs, a golden crescent-shaped vertical pupil splitting his forehead, his entire body covered in dark scythe patterns, and his spine protruding into a row of sharp bone blades.

Feilian held a dark gold scythe in his hand, his gaze falling on the demon tiger who had only suffered minor superficial wounds. "Fengzha, should we kill him?"

"May I?"

"It's difficult right now, but I'll try my best..."

Fei Lian's figure exploded into dozens of azure wind shadows, each afterimage unleashing a scythe towards the Demon Tiger, "Instant Shadow Scythe!"

The cyan wind blades intertwined into an impenetrable net and slashed towards the demonic tiger with great power, but when they hit the demonic tiger, it was as if they were hitting a steel plate...

Cao Yanbing waved his hand and shouted, "Everyone, attack together!"

"Ok!"

The five guardian deities launched a joint attack on the demon tiger.

"Tiger Soul Shatters the Mountain!"

Xu Chu slammed his single hammer into the ground, and the Tiger's Fury spread along the cracks in the earth's crust, instantly raising dozens of giant pillars of lava that sent the demonic tiger flying.

"Look at me!"

Dian Wei took a running start and leaped into the air, shouting, "Broken Halberd, Sky-Splitting!"

He swept his twin halberds across the ground, and the blood energy condensed into a huge halberd blade tens of meters long, which fell down and slashed the demonic tiger that had just taken flight.

"Judgment of Light and Darkness!"

All the light and dark energy on Tina Angel's body gathered in the Holy Demon Spear in her hand. With a thrust of the spear, a huge pillar of light instantly engulfed the Demon Tiger.

"The power of the Abyss Sea God!"

A tall, dark figure emerged from the black waves behind Xila. The figure wielded a massive trident and hurled it, piercing the demon tiger's body and embedding it in the ground.

"Wind God Slash!"

Feilian concentrated all his divine power into the Wind Demon Scythe and slashed a blue wind blade that pierced through the heavens and earth towards the Demon Tiger's head.

As the wind blades fell, the entire Tianluo Abyss was swept up by the gale. The trees around the place where the wind blades landed all disappeared, and the ground was turned upside down several times.

As for the Demon Tiger, only a headless corpse remained, stuck in the ground...

"Finally got them!"

Cao Yanbing breathed a sigh of relief. In the Underworld, these little tigers could be fought in groups, making it incredibly easy.

But in the Great Thousand God Realm, it took four people to barely defeat one. The difference was too great...

"come out!"

Yan Fengzha suddenly spoke coldly to Lin Zi.

What does that mean? Could it be that someone is lurking in the shadows?

Cao Yanbing glanced around and then saw three figures emerge from behind the tree: Tang Niannian, the leader of the Tang Clan; Gao Luohan, the leader of the Huichun Hall; and Lin Haiyuan.

"Hall Master Lin?"

After seeing who it was, Cao Yanbing lowered his guard, thinking that another battle was about to begin!

His gaze swept over Tang Niannian and Gao Luohan, "These two are..."

Lin Haiyuan did not answer. His gaze lingered on Xu Chu and Dian Wei for a long time before he asked in a serious tone, "Cao Yanbing, can you summon two guardian deities?"

He could sense that the auras emanating from Xu Chu and Dian Wei were of the same origin as those from Cao Yanbing…

Cao Yanbing nodded. "Yeah, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"

How did you do that?

This was the first time Lin Haiyuan had ever seen a being who could summon multiple guardian deities; it was truly astonishing…

Cao Yanbing shrugged. "It's innate; there's no way to teach you!"

"You're my cousin's son?" Tang Niannian asked after glancing at Cao Yanbing.

Cao Yanbing was taken aback. Looking at Tang Niannian, who seemed to be about the same age as Xia Ling, he asked Lin Haiyuan, who was deep in thought, incredulously, "Master Lin, is she my mother's cousin?"

Why is he so much younger than his mother?

Lin Haiyuan nodded, "Yes, Cao Yanbing, she is your cousin Tang Niannian, and also the current sect leader of the Tang Clan..."

How could my cousin have such a weak son?