Chapter 174: Ancient Jade Stolen

Now, the Ancient, Yan, and Lei Clans truly understood the strength of the Soul Clan.

Before this, except for Hun Tiandi and Xuwu Tun Yan, they only knew about the Soul Clan's Four Demon Saints.

Unexpectedly, the Soul Clan actually had four living dead Eight-Star Dou Saints.

Everyone had only one thought, and that was, absolutely must not easily let the Soul Clan people go back.

The Soul Clan destroyed the Yao Clan and obtained the Yao Clan's millions of descendants.

If they were allowed to leave and improve their strength through the Tunling Clan's methods, they would really have no way to fight against the Soul Clan.

The three patriarchs looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.

"Hehe, Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, it's been a long time!"

Hun Tiandi revealed a warm smile, greeting the three patriarchs.

People who didn't know the truth might really mistake them for old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

"Hmph, Hun Tiandi, stop being hypocritical here; your Soul Clan destroyed the Ling, Shi, and Yao Clans, and we will not let you leave easily."

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi had never been on good terms, not to mention that the two clans were destined to be enemies, so naturally, they would not be polite in their speech.

Hun Tiandi was not annoyed, laughing lightly: "Gu Yuan, oh Gu Yuan, you haven't changed after all these years."

Gu Yuan was confused.

Hun Tiandi did not say much, turning to look at the people who came to support from the three clans, teasing: "Relying on these people you brought, if we want to leave, can you stop us?"

Hearing this, the expressions of the three patriarchs became ugly.

Before coming, no one expected that the Soul Clan's strength would be so strong, so they did not bring all the strength in the clan.

For example, the Ancient Clan; they did not call Gu Lie over, but let him guard the Ancient Realm.

The Yan and Lei Clans were not much different; after all, they still had to guard against the Soul Clan's "luring the tiger away from the mountain".

Originally, they thought about not letting the Soul Clan leave; now it seemed that who wouldn't let whom leave was really hard to say! "Hun Tiandi, do you really think the Soul Clan can fight against our three clans on its own?"

Gu Yuan said a sentence without nutrition; this was to drag out time.

The Yao Clan was destroyed, and the Four-Clan Alliance only had three clans left.

This made Hun Tiandi's ambition constantly expand, feeling that this was an opportunity.

Hun Tiandi knew that Gu Yuan and the three must have crushed the jade slips to summon the experts in the clan to come.

And the experts of the three clans present were simply not the Soul Clan's opponents.

Hun Tiandi did not talk nonsense with Gu Yuan anymore, ordering the Soul Clan experts behind him to attack.

Immediately, Hun Tiandi took the lead and attacked Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan couldn't drag out time and had to bite the bullet.

However, he still reminded Yan Jin and Lei Ying to fight while retreating, dragging it out until reinforcements arrived.

The great battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Gu Yuan vs. Hun Tiandi.

Xuwu Tun Yan was dragged down by Yan Jin and a Seven-Star Dou Saint elder of the Yan Clan.

The Soul Clan's Four Demon Saints fought against the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals; although the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals were not enemies, they could hold on for a while after all.

But in this case, the high-end combat power was only Lei Ying and a Seven-Star Dou Saint of the Lei Clan left.

And the Soul Clan still had four Eight-Star Dou Saint elders and Hun Xuzi, a Seven-Star Dou Saint early-stage expert! There was no way, they could only let a few Six-Star Dou Saints come to top it off.

In this way, the Soul Clan, whether it was high-end combat power or low-end combat power, surpassed the three clans.

But even so, the three clans did not intend to retreat.

Part of the reason was that the experts in the clan would soon arrive.

But more of it was that Gu Yuan and the three were afraid that if the Soul Clan were let go, it would be hard to imagine how strong the Soul Clan would become!

The gap in strength between the two sides was not small, so even if the three patriarchs ordered them to try their best to defend and drag it out, the casualties were still not small. Fortunately, when the Four-Clan Alliance was formed, space channels were constructed between each other, and the experts guarding the Ancient, Yan, and Lei Realms soon arrived.

The reinforcements coming to the three clans included Gu Lie, an Eight-Star Dou Saint, several Six-Star Dou Saints, and more than a dozen Dou Saint experts.

With the reinforcements of

Although the Soul Clan had more powerhouses at the seven-star Dou Sheng level and above than the three clans combined, they were inferior to the three clans when it came to powerhouses below the six-star Dou Sheng level; thus, when reinforcements arrived, the allied forces actually showed a faint trend of suppressing the Soul Clan.

This allowed Gu Yuan to heave a sigh of relief.

The three clans were also greatly boosted in morale, just as they thought they could seize this opportunity to severely damage the Soul Clan.

The Elder of the Ancient Clan who guarded the Ancient Jade in the ancestral hall arrived at this location.

This Elder who guarded the ancestral hall was named Gu An, and he was a late-stage five-star Dou Sheng powerhouse.

Logically speaking, they should have been happy that a five-star Dou Sheng powerhouse had come to assist.

But Gu Yuan frowned and asked him why he had come here.

The duty of the Elder guarding the Ancient Jade was to guard the Ancient Jade; there was simply no need for him to come here.

And for this Elder to appear here, there was only one possibility: something had happened at the ancestral hall!

Gu An looked somewhat disheveled at this moment, but he could not care about that much, and said anxiously, "Clan Leader, Gu Yang has rebelled, stolen the Ancient Jade, and handed it over to the Soul Clan!"

"What?"

Just as Gu Yuan received the news that the Ancient Jade had been stolen, the Elders guarding the Ancient Jade for the Yan Clan and the Lei Clan also arrived at this location at the same time.

When asked for the reason, it was all because the Ancient Jade had been stolen.

The three Clan Leaders were furious, while Hun Tiandi was very smug.

"Hahahaha, Gu Yuan, you didn't think that all my Soul Clan powerhouses were here, did you?"

Long before attacking the Yao Clan, Hun Tiandi had guessed that the Ancient, Yan, and Lei clans would definitely send people to reinforce them, so he had ordered them to steal the Ancient Jade when the powerhouses within the Ancient, Yan, and Lei realms were sparse.

To ensure nothing went wrong, Hun Tiandi had even specifically dispatched several six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses of the Soul Clan to provide support.

Otherwise, how could the Ancient, Yan, and Lei clans have possibly suppressed the Soul Clan?

This time, he, Hun Tiandi, was playing at a higher level! With the Ancient Jade stolen, the powerhouses of the three clans wished they could immediately annihilate the Soul Clan.

But Hun Tiandi ignored them and directly ordered a retreat.

The Yao Clan had been wiped out and the Ancient Jade was in hand; his goal for this trip had already been achieved.

As for fighting to the death with the three clans? Hun Tiandi had never even considered it.

Because now was not the time! Although the Soul Clan's current strength was slightly stronger than the alliance of the three clans, if they really fought to the death, the Soul Clan might not necessarily come out on top.

Since that was the case, it was better to retreat first and use the ability of the Tunling Clan to boost the Soul Clan's strength.

Once the Soul Clan's strength was improved, he would use the Ancient Jade to lure the powerhouses of the three clans into the Gate of Dead Silence...

Hun Tiandi had already imagined the scene of himself wiping out the three clans, opening the Cave Dwelling, and breaking through to Dou Emperor!

The Soul Clan powerhouses wanted to retreat, but the three clans were naturally unwilling.

Just as Hun Tiandi had thought, they all assumed that all eight pieces of Ancient Jade were now in the hands of the Soul Clan.

However, the three clans wanted to intercept them, but the several six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses who had come to provide support had already arrived.

With the Soul Clan suddenly having several more six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses, the advantage tilted back to the Soul Clan's side.

In the end, the three clans failed to stop the Soul Clan, allowing the Soul Clan to escape back into the Soul Realm.

After killing two Dou Sheng who were bringing up the rear, the powerhouses of the three clans could only watch helplessly as the people of the Soul Clan entered the Soul Realm.

As for chasing them inside? They did not dare!

(End of chapter)