255: Mirror Family

Thus, almost all of the Ming Clan's Piming Realm profound practitioners, led by Ming Ya, set out at full speed.

Their posture conveyed a sense of making a desperate, all-in gamble.

After they left, a figure appeared in the spot where they had previously stood.

"Quite decisive!"

Chen De murmured to himself, watching the retreating figures of the Ming Clan's Piming Realm profound practitioners.

Chen De had originally thought that after Ming Ya discovered his three elders had fled,

he would chase after those three guys and deal with them to maintain secrecy.

However, he clearly realized something and decisively gave up on pursuing those three elders.

Instead, he directly ordered an attack on the Mirror Clan, aiming to minimize losses.

Yes, while Xiao Linger was wreaking havoc in the Ming Clan, Chen De also quietly followed behind her.

On one hand, he was directly guiding Xiao Linger, constantly adjusting the battle plan.

On the other hand, he also wanted to take the opportunity to 'convert' a few of the Ming Clan's Piming Realm profound practitioners.

It takes two to tango; to escalate a conflict, both sides need participants, right?

As a result, after Chen De captured seven or eight elders, he immediately discovered a major secret.

It turned out that the destruction of the Xuan Clan was actually carried out by the Ming Clan.

The reason was that the Ming Clan had obtained a bloodline extraction technique in the Bai Zu Ruins, said to be created by an Ancestor Realm expert named Blood Ancestor.

This technique could extract the bloodline of other Ancestor Realm bloodline holders, remove its highly differentiated parts,

and then condense the remaining portion into high-purity bloodline energy.

Such bloodline energy, undifferentiated and without any specific characteristics,

became a type of bloodline energy that any Ancestor Realm bloodline holder could absorb.

They annihilated the Xuan Clan precisely for this reason.

Moreover, from their memories, it seemed that the Ming Clan's patriarch's power had indeed significantly increased after absorption compared to before.

Putting other things aside, Chen De had also met Xiao Dou, who was known as the Eight Clans' strongest profound practitioner.

Although Xiao Dou hadn't made a move, Chen De's own strength was far superior to Xiao Dou's.

Even without him making a move, Chen De could still get a pretty accurate assessment.

Besides, was Chen De's system map just for show?

From what Chen De had just observed, Ming Ya's current strength was definitely greater than Xiao Dou's.

It wasn't just a little stronger; if they were to fight, Xiao Dou would absolutely not be Ming Ya's opponent.

Perhaps this was the effect brought by the Xuan Clan's bloodline.

It was precisely because of this that Ming Ya became so eager.

Immediately after absorbing this, he was already moving to attack the Mirror Clan without delay.

Even if he couldn't break through to the Ancestor Realm with this in the end, the increased strength and the obtained bloodline energy were tangible gains.

Furthermore, from these people's memories, Chen De also saw an interesting individual.

That was the Black-Robed Figure he had fought three times.

According to their knowledge, the patriarch had once saved the Black-Robed Figure's life.

Thus, the Black-Robed Figure followed Ming Ya, serving him diligently.

In their memories, probably no one except Patriarch Ming Ya had ever seen the Black-Robed Figure's true face.

However, these were not the main points.

What was interesting was that Chen De saw the Black-Robed Figure acting like a sycophant in front of Ming Ya.

Flattery, strategizing, buttering him up, and so on…

He was Ming Ya's favored confidant, even more trusted than the clan's own Piming Realm profound practitioners.

Now, under the patriarch's cultivation, he had finally broken through to the Piming Realm Ninth Level not long ago.

Although his strength was low among those at the Piming Realm Ninth Level, the kind that Xiao Dou could take down in a single encounter,

he was still ultimately at the Piming Realm Ninth Level, a part of the Ming Clan's foundation.

Especially earlier, during the process of dealing with the Xuan Clan, the Black-Robed Figure played a crucial role.

If not for him, the Ming Clan wouldn't have been able to eliminate the Xuan Clan without them realizing it, and without them invoking their ancestors.

Chen De knew without a doubt that the Black-Robed Figure staying in the Ming Clan definitely had ulterior motives.

What 'low strength' and 'Ming Ya saved his life'?

Chen De knew the Black-Robed Figure's strength; he was only subtly a notch weaker than Chen De.

Let alone the former Ming Ya, even the current Ming Ya, with his greatly increased strength, wouldn't last three moves.

Both Chen De and the Black-Robed Figure had almost reached the peak below the Heavenly Imperial Realm.

However, Chen De's ultimate goal was still to throw the Ming Clan into chaos.

Originally, Chen De thought that with Xiao Linger's move, the alarm would be raised, and Ming Ya would stop his plans.

So Chen De sent out three of those he had 'converted'.

They were to cause some destruction in the Xiao Clan, to get the Ming Clan moving again, to force their hand.

Sometimes, people are like that; if you don't push them, they'll never know how hard they can try.

Unexpectedly, this Ming Ya was quite decisive; upon hearing the news, he unhesitatingly led his people to attack the Mirror Clan.

Since that was the case, Chen De would give him a little more time, letting them destroy as many clans as possible.

After a few more clans were destroyed, Chen De would then expose the matter.

What Chen De wanted was to throw the Eight Clans into chaos.

However, Chen De also couldn't allow the Black-Robed Figure to achieve his goal.

Chen De felt that the Ming Clan's intention to destroy the remaining clans was most likely guided by that Black-Robed Figure.

Whatever his purpose, the process must inevitably lead to the destruction of the Eight Clans.

Given this, Chen De naturally couldn't let him succeed.

If he gained any benefits from this, he would definitely be the first to come after Chen De.

Therefore, destroying about half would be enough; it could both cause great chaos and prevent the Black-Robed Figure from achieving his goal.

Moreover, there were still a few of Chen De's 'converted' elders in the Ming Clan's ranks, observing their movements in real-time.

And in certain critical moments, Chen De could even lend them a hand or something.

Helping others brings joy, after all!

Since returning from the Xuanzhe Continent, Chen De had understood one thing.

When people are alive, they should do good deeds, and doing good deeds makes people happy.

So he turned around, faced the direction of the Xiao Clan, and sent out a special signal.

...

In the distance, three figures, rapidly advancing, were almost within the Xiao Clan's sphere of influence.

Just then, the three of them received a strange signal.

The three immediately slammed on the brakes, freezing in place.

Then, without even glancing towards the Xiao Clan, they turned and moved in another direction.

...

Mirror Clan.

"Hahaha, good, very good."

An old man gently stroked his beard, smiling as he looked ahead.

This person was none other than the Mirror Clan's patriarch—Mirror Xuan!

Like the Spirit Clan's patriarch, he was also a powerful profound practitioner at the Piming Realm Eighth Level.

His strength, among those at the Piming Realm Eighth Level, was only at a lower tier.

Compared to the Spirit Clan's patriarch, he was quite a bit weaker.

Or rather, his clan was not particularly adept at combat.

This also made him the weakest Piming Realm Eighth Level profound practitioner among the Eight Clans.

But compared to the Xuan Clan's patriarch, Xuan Ji, who was at the Piming Realm Seventh Level, he was still much stronger.

Unfortunately, the rate of decline of their clan's bloodline was the fastest among the Eight Clans, even more so than the Xuan Clan.

What was happening before him now was precisely his Mirror Clan's bloodline awakening ceremony.

What made him happy was that several seven-faced bloodlines had been awakened in the clan this time.