Chapter 171

Gu Family's base.

Bang! (sound effect) no.

Bang! same.

Bang! same.

In the melee of the Three Great Families.

Three light sounds rang out one after another near the Gu Family base.

"The heads of the Wang, Jin, and Chen families of the Three Great Families are dead!"

A voice like a Great Bell rang out in all directions.

"Those who lay down their weapons will be spared; everyone else will be killed without exception!"

Upon hearing that sound, the members of the Three Great Families all changed expression and flew into a rage.

"This must be the Gu Family trying to disturb us; don't believe him!"

"The Gu Family has contracted its defenses; they're at the end of their rope. How could they possibly kill the family head? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Even if Gu Cold Mountain were still alive, at the peak of the Gu Family, it would still be impossible to take on three opponents and defeat the Three Great Families."

Also Gu Family again, Three Great Families.

All members of the Three Great Families said they didn't believe it.

However, there were still people from the Three Great Families nearby who instinctively looked at the three heads on the ground.

When they saw the three heads with terrified expressions.

The terrified expressions on the corpses' faces seemed to transfer onto their own faces.

The angry expressions on everyone's faces were instantly replaced by fear.

These three heads were actually the heads of the Three Great Families!

"How... how is this possible?"

After a brief panic, a chorus of wails and angry roars echoed through the Gu Family base.

"You dare kill my family's head? I will have your people buried with him!"

Many members of the Three Great Families roared, brandishing their sharp weapons as they charged into the Gu Family's interior.

But what greeted them was a sky-filling arrow rain!

That arrow rain, like a locust swarm passing by, densely covered nearly every area within sight.

Pfft!

A low sound.

It was like sharp metal piercing stacked wet paper.

Feathered arrows easily pierced the armor of the Three Great Families' youths.

It caused these red-eyed warriors to clutch their bleeding chests and collapse in droves.

In just a short moment, hundreds of the Three Great Families' youths nearby were nearly wiped out.

The Three Great Families' elders present all flared with rage.

They erupted with a powerful Martial Ancestor aura, sweeping away all the arrow rain.

The rebounding arrow rain's target turned out to be the Gu Family archers hidden in the darkness!

The Gu Family elders also sprang into action, blocking the returning arrows.

Wang Yu, seeing this, roared furiously.

"All the younger generation, try to escape; we old fellows will hold the line!"

Chen Haisheng, watching the juniors fall one after another, also felt his eyes about to burst, roaring madly.

"If you can run, run; don't think about revenge anymore, just try to survive!"

Only the Jin Family elder remained silent, his eyes flickering as if thinking about something.

Wang Yu and Chen Haisheng, together with several elders, resisted the arrow rain and charged fiercely toward the Gu Family's camp.

However, at that moment, a powerful aura descended from the heavens.

"This pressure?"

The Three Great Families' elders were almost unable to breathe under this pressure.

Most of them were only at the Martial Ancestor mid-stage, and against a Martial Sovereign-level pressure they had almost no power to resist.

As for those elders at the Martial Ancestor late-stage, they were tasked with guarding the family base, but had already been killed by Gu Xiao Dao.

Gu Xiao Dao designed it so that the Three Great Families would be split, with some staying within the clan and others fighting to the death at the Gu Family base.

All to divide and conquer!

Otherwise, if a force like the Wang Family were to join forces with all its strength.

Even Gu Xiao Dao, who had only recently broken through to Martial Sovereign, would still face a certain threat.

Gu Xiao Dao personally struck, and with a single punch in midair, he caved in Wang Yu's chest, leaving his life or death unknown.

Chen Haisheng gave it his all, roaring as he swung his staff at Gu Xiao Dao's knee.

But Gu Xiao Dao lifted his leg and kicked the staff away.

Gu Xiao Dao kicked Chen Haisheng in the chest, sending him flying hundreds of meters away.

Chen Haisheng flew straight out of the Gu Family courtyard and crashed into a street-side shop.

Gu Xiao Dao, wielding Martial Sovereign power, like a tiger among sheep, in an instant slew nearly all of the Three Great Families' Martial Ancestor elders present.

Besides that, the direct descendants of the Three Great Families were also slain on the spot by the Gu Family archers!

"Gu Xiao Dao, you've gone back on your word!"

At the moment the Gu Family archers loosed their arrows, the members of the Three Great Families all changed expression and hurled curses at Gu Xiao Dao.

However, Gu Xiao Dao didn't take their curses to heart at all.

If we let the members of the three great families leave today, it's no different than letting a tiger return to the mountain.

Gu Xiao Dao isn't worried about retaliation from the three great families.

But that doesn't mean the other Gu family members aren't afraid of retaliation from their enemies!

As the Family Head of the Gu family, Gu Xiao Dao must consider the Gu clan.

Better safe than sorry.

To keep the Gu family's juniors from harm, he can only choose to bear the infamy himself.

Moments later, the whole Gu family was drowned in a sea of blood.

The thick smell of blood almost congealed, making those who had experienced this battle among the Gu family nearly vomit.

Although Elder Gu Ren and the others' faces were smeared with blood, they could not hide their smiles.

Family Head, from today on, our Gu family is unquestionably the foremost clan of Wu Shan Cheng.

The Gu family juniors eagerly gathered around Gu Xiao Dao, their weary faces lit with excitement.

Gu Xiao Dao looked at their faces and also gave a knowing smile.

Send someone to tidy up the Gu family, then go to the three great families to see if any have slipped through the net.

After Gu Xiao Dao gave the order, he looked at Gu Ren,

Third Elder, you have more experience dealing with other forces; please bring a generous gift to the City Lord's mansion.

Just say that our Gu family is willing to give the City Lord's mansion thirty percent of the three great families' share.

The elders beside him immediately furrowed their brows,

Family Head, if it were just thirty percent of one family, that would be fine, but is thirty percent of the three great families' share too much?

They know the City Lord is a Martial Sovereign powerhouse.

But the City Lord is ultimately an outsider, and his roots in Wu Shan Cheng are not as deep as those of the four great families.

What they rely on is merely the City Lord's unfathomable strength.

But now Gu Xiao Dao has already broken through to Martial Sovereign; even facing the City Lord, we need not speak of equal treatment, nor must we grovel.

The City Lord didn't even need to act to take thirty percent of the share.

Doesn't that mean the Gu family's sacrifice of so many clan members' lives is just a joke?

Precisely because I have broken through to Martial Sovereign do I realize how unfathomable the City Lord is!

Gu Xiao Dao showed no impatience, patiently explaining to the elders,

If we really fought, I would definitely not be a match for the City Lord.

Furthermore, the City Lord's neutrality is our greatest help!

If the City Lord, to maintain stability, chooses to aid the other three great families to keep Wu Shan Cheng's balance, then we could not possibly seize the three great families' share today.

Since the City Lord has given us face, we naturally must return the favor.