Whoosh!
The Yutian Boat streaked across, directly arriving dozens of miles in front of a massive city.
“Enemy attack!” A flash of light appeared, and before Lin Xiao and the others could reach the city ahead, a loud shout rang out.
Immediately after, more than a dozen figures floated into the air in front of the city, about to make their move.
The Yutian Boat was too fast, and upon seeing the flash, they acted, it would already be impressive if they could intercept it.
This was the keen sense honed by frequent battles.
At this moment, the speed of the Yutian Boat also slowed down, preventing the group ahead from attacking immediately.
In a little more time, Lin Xiao and the others slowly flew to within a dozen miles of the towering city walls, stopping in the low air, level with the walls.
“Fellow elders, it is us.” Lin Xiao hurriedly said to the group ahead.
He could also sense that among the group in the void, there were two ninth level Martial Monarchs.
For two ninth level Martial Monarchs to guard, one could imagine how strict the Zi Family’s defences were.
“Lin Xiao?” Upon seeing Lin Xiao’s face, the group was slightly stunned, and that ninth level Martial Monarch elder immediately said: “You must be the elders and disciples from the Gunlong Sect, right? Everyone, please come inside quickly!”
There was excitement in this elder’s tone.
Lin Xiao’s current strength and fame were renowned far and wide, and for these people to come with Lin Xiao meant they were here to help the Zi Family.
These people must all be experts from the Gunlong Sect.
The Zi Family was about to gain another massive boost.
Nodding, an elder stowed the Yutian Boat away, and Lin Xiao and the others followed this ninth level Martial Monarch elder, landing below the city walls and entering the Zi Family city on foot.
“Zi Ling and the experts from the Jiuxiao Sect arrived several days ago, and the Wanxiang Pavilion has also sent several ninth level Martial Monarchs to assist, now with you from the Gunlong Sect coming to help, this time, our Zi Family side no longer needs to fear the three great families launching a total assault.” While walking, this ninth level Martial Monarch elder became excited.
“By the way, the Grand Elder and the various elders, along with the people from the Jiuxiao Sect and Wanxiang Pavilion, are all in the council hall, discussing countermeasures against the three great families, I will take you directly to the hall.” The ninth level Martial Monarch elder said to Lin Xiao and the group.
Lin Xiao and the others nodded.
Along the way, through conversation with this ninth level Martial Monarch elder, Lin Xiao also learned that the Zi Family, in this battle, had already lost more than twenty cities, completely occupied by experts from the three great families.
The Zi Family’s experts and geniuses had died by the thousands, and other weaker clan members had also suffered numerous casualties due to the battles.
Even three ninth level Martial Monarchs had fallen, the Zi Family’s overall combat power had been weakened by a quarter or so, it was a massive loss.
This made even Lin Xiao somewhat angry, if this continued, the Zi Family might very well be exterminated by the three great families together.
In a short time, Lin Xiao and the ten others arrived at the Zi Family council hall with the ninth level Martial Monarch elder.
Upon seeing their arrival, the powerhouses guarding the door of the council hall did not stop them, allowing them to enter.
“Grand Elder, everyone, look who has come?” As soon as they entered the council hall, the ninth level Martial Monarch elder said excitedly.
The gazes of the group all turned uniformly towards Lin Xiao and the others.
Lin Xiao also saw that in the council hall, Grand Elder Zi Gong was seated at the head.
The Zi Family’s honoured guests included ten elders in Jiuxiao Sect attire, and three elders in Wanxiang Pavilion attire.
At a glance, one could tell these people were all over a hundred years old, their strengths profound and immeasurable.
Behind them were the Zi Family’s various important elders, with Zi Ling and Ling Hu also seated among them.
“Lin Xiao! The various elders from the Gunlong Sect!”
Zi Gong’s expression became agitated, Lin Xiao and the powerhouses from the Gunlong Sect coming undoubtedly brought a huge boost to the Zi Family.
“Lin Xiao, you have come.” Zi Ling stood up, excitement showing on her face.
“Elder Yan Pan, Elder Xuan Feng, Elder Zhu Jin…” At this moment, the elders in the Jiuxiao Sect’s uniform attire also stood up one after another, greeting the Gunlong Sect elders.
The Gunlong Sect elders also returned the greetings, clearly, the group all knew each other.
“Your arrival is like sending charcoal in snowy weather, I, Zi Gong, on behalf of the family head, thank all you elders.” Zi Gong cupped his hands towards the Gunlong Sect elders.
“Elder Zi Gong is too polite!” The group cupped their hands in return.
“Lin Xiao, thank you too, for helping my Zi Family!” Zi Gong also cupped his hands towards Lin Xiao, politely thanking him, at this point, there was no longer the hostility from their first meeting.
At that time, he wanted to marry Zi Ling to Jian Wudi, to fight for family resources for Zi Yuan.
Now, Zi Long was dead, Zi Ling had gone to the Jiuxiao Sect, and no one was competing with Zi Yuan for the family’s resources.
Moreover, the once-in-a-generation prodigy Jian Wudi had died at Lin Xiao’s hands, and Lin Xiao was a Reverse Emperor genius, so his attitude had clearly changed.
Furthermore, after Zi Huang’s past reprimands, and after the battle with the Jin Family, the current Zi Gong also had the bearing of a family head, no longer harbouring thoughts of scheming within the clan.
With the family facing crisis, he was fully focused on resolving it, and the Zi Family from top to bottom had become united as one.
Seeing Zi Gong’s attitude, Lin Xiao felt a sense of relief in his heart, returning the courtesy: “Elder Zi Gong is too polite!”
“I wonder, how do you all plan to respond to the three great families?” Lin Xiao then asked, shifting the topic to the main matter.
“The forces of the Yin, Luo, and Wen families are continuously gathering, approaching the Zi Family headquarters, lurking around, it is unclear whether their forces are not yet fully assembled, or if they want our Zi Family to withdraw all forces to annihilate them together, or to lure us out to eliminate us one by one, they have not made a move yet.”
Zi Gong said slowly: “Our strategy is to send out forces to strike at the three great families’ strengths, eliminating them one by one.”
Lin Xiao pondered slightly, to break them individually, to strike at the three great families’ forces, that was indeed feasible.
But the premise was to have sufficient intelligence.
Otherwise, they would only fall into the opponent’s trap.
After discussing with the group for about half an hour, based on the Zi Family’s situation, Lin Xiao also felt that proactive attack was viable.
He was already prepared to form a group with several Gunlong Sect elders to assault one of the three great families’ strongholds.
The other teams would assault various strongholds.
However, just as their meticulous planning was complete, a resounding bell tolled violently, and a rolling urgent shout suddenly came from afar: “The three great families are launching a total assault, the three great families are launching a total assault!”
“What?” The people in the council hall were all shocked, they had not yet moved to action, and the three great families’ people had already come knocking?
The three great families had launched a total assault?
“Go!” Zi Gong shouted lowly, then led the group, dashing towards the city walls.
These forces were basically all ninth level Martial Monarch experts, their speed incredibly fast, in a short time, they flew to the top of the city walls.
At this moment, dozens of miles in front of the city walls, there were hundreds, even thousands of forces gathered, all standing in the air, a terrifying aura of slaughter permeating half the sky.
It was clear that those thousands were all Martial Monarch powerhouses.
Moreover, there seemed to be quite a few high-level Martial Monarchs, this lineup was extremely massive.
