264: Second Elder of the Zhao Family

Lingcang Domain.

Zhao Family Lands.

In the Lingcang Domain, the Zhao Family was one of the four great families; the Spirit Stone veins under their jurisdiction alone exceeded thirty!

They were truly one of the undisputed overlords.

With such Heaven-Defying strength and abundant resources, it was only natural that the Zhao Family produced many top-tier experts.

However, within the Lingcang Domain, families with Martial Kings were too numerous to count.

Although the four great families possessed a significant number of Martial King Realm experts, they had yet to produce a Martial Emperor Realm powerhouse.

Thus, for the four great families, striving to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm had become the front line they pursued.

It didn't matter what method was used to reach the Martial Emperor Realm.

One had to achieve the rank of Martial Emperor first, and become a true Martial Emperor powerhouse before anything else.

By scouring ancient texts, the Zhao Family finally found a feasible method that allowed a Martial King Realm expert to Breakthrough to the Martial Emperor Realm.

It was called the Blood Gathering Method!

It sounded mysterious, but in reality, it involved refining the essence blood of powerful demons.

It had to be the essence blood of a demon with a royal family bloodline.

However, royal demons were extremely rare.

They were only born within certain ancient demon caves.

Of course, while the essence blood of royal demons was vital, the essence blood of other demons was also important. Once accumulated to a certain extent, it could help a Martial Artist Breakthrough to the Martial Emperor Realm!

Therefore, the Zhao Family had been frantically searching for royal demons in secret.

Finally, they found three ancient Heaven-Grade Demon Caves within the Great Lan Dynasty.

According to their judgment, there were definitely traces of royal demons beneath these Heaven-Grade Demon Caves.

Thus, they sent people to secretly take over the original Wuzui Sect, turning them from small-time lackeys into a powerful force capable of surviving the Great Lan Dynasty's encirclement and suppression.

However, using demons as a resource for cultivation was ultimately a disgrace for martial dao cultivators, so the Zhao Family did not make this public and instead carried it out in secret.

The person in charge of this plan was the Second Elder of the Zhao Family.

Zhao Chongyang.

For this operation, Zhao Chongyang even had his son, Zhao Zixuan, go along.

After all, this mission counted as a military achievement, allowing his son to gain some merit and contribution. Combined with Zhao Zixuan's martial talent, he would be able to establish a firm foothold within the Zhao Family in the future.

As one of the four great families in the Lingcang Domain.

The competitive pressure within the clan was naturally much greater than in the outside world.

Without sufficient strength, it would be difficult to survive.

So, the path had to be paved well in advance.

The Zhao Family wanted to handle things without leaving a trace.

This time, the mission for Zhao Zixuan and the others was simply to break the Seal on that Heaven-Grade Demon Cave and let the demons out to go on a killing spree.

Finally, the Zhao Family would lead their people to harvest them.

In this way, they would gain fame for suppressing the demon chaos and obtain the essence blood of royal demons.

It was truly a brilliant plan that killed two birds with one stone.

At this moment, Zhao Chongyang was waiting within the Family for news from Zhao Zixuan and the others.

After all, in Zhao Chongyang's view, this was a very simple matter with no risk at all.

But suddenly.

A series of hurried footsteps reached Zhao Chongyang's ears.

"Second Elder... No... This is bad..."

A Zhao Family Disciple came running in, stumbling and crawling.

Zhao Chongyang frowned and put down the documents he was organizing.

"So reckless, where are your manners!"

"Even if the heavens were falling, have you ever seen this Elder lose his composure for even a moment!"

Zhao Chongyang said indifferently.

"Your son is dead..."

The Zhao Family Disciple said hurriedly.

He was afraid that if Zhao Chongyang said any more, it would delay him from reporting the important news.

Son is dead?

Zhao Chongyang's gaze froze.

Even his hands stiffened in place.

"Are you cursing this Elder!?"

Zhao Chongyang asked coldly.

He stood up instantly.

Immediately, a terrifying, malevolent Aura emanated from his body.

The man was like a demon in human form.

The pressure made it impossible for the Zhao Family Disciple to breathe.

"No... No..."

"News came from the Soul Tablet Hall... Zhao Zixuan's Soul Tablet has shattered!"

When he heard clearly, Zhao Chongyang's eyes were instantly filled with a blood-red light.

In that instant, his gaze looked as if it wanted to devour someone.

When Zhao Chongyang rushed to the Soul Tablet Hall and confirmed with his own eyes that Zhao Zixuan's Soul Tablet was shattered.

At this moment, Zhao Chongyang became incomparably furious.

"Who is it!"

"Who did this!"

"I will slaughter him!"

"I will kill his entire Family!"

Zhao Chongyang roared frantically.

An incredibly terrifying and chilling Aura was released from his body.

At the same time, Zhao Chongyang crushed a Jade Slip.

This was the Family guard unit he could mobilize within his authority as an Elder.

The Zhao Family's Blood Kill Guards!

Suddenly, in the sky, over a dozen figures with terrifying Auras and massive bodies flew over.

Flying Vicious Beasts!

The Blood Kill Guards were uniformly equipped with Heaven-Grade Vicious Beasts.

These Vicious Beasts were of different species, but their strength was all at the Heaven-Grade level.

Even their mounts were a group of Heaven-Grade beings.

The strength of every Blood-Slaying Guard was naturally at the Martial King Realm level!

"Target: Great Lan Dynasty!"

Zhao Chongyang said in a low voice.

He didn't need many people; just these fifteen Blood Kill Guards were enough!

"Second Elder, you're not following the rules..."

"To deploy the Blood Kill Guards for battle, you need the Clan Chief's permission..."

A Zhao Family Deacon hurriedly came forward to stop him.

These Blood Kill Guards could be said to be the Zhao Family's strongest combat unit.

They relied on these Blood Kill Guards to contend with the other three great families.

It wasn't that Zhao Chongyang's position lacked the power to mobilize them, but he needed to report it to the Clan Chief.

After all, who knew if you were taking these Blood Kill Guards to defect to the enemy.

Because the strength of these Blood Kill Guards was too great.

Therefore, the Blood Kill Guards were not under the control of any single person.

They all acted according to the orders of the command token.

In the entire Zhao Family, only the Grand Elder, the Second Elder, and the Clan Chief could summon the Blood Kill Guards.

"To hell with your rules!"

"My rules are the rules!"

"Go!"

Zhao Chongyang directly kicked the Deacon aside.

He was over a hundred years old and only had this one son.

He had sent him out to gain some contribution with great difficulty, and someone actually fucking killed him!

He would definitely crush the entire Great Lan Dynasty.

Crush it!

In an instant, Zhao Chongyang led the fifteen Blood Kill Guards, grandly flying towards the Great Lan Dynasty.

At this time, Jiang Chen was unaware of all this.

Instead, with great interest, he opened the so-called martial arts scroll, Divine Body Chapter.

Because opening the Divine Body Chapter only cost Jiang Chen a few enemy killing value.

It did not affect the increase in the number of times the martial arts scroll could be opened.

Moreover, this Divine Body sounded like something extraordinary.

"Ding... Consumed 1,999 enemy killing value, opening the martial arts scroll: Divine Body Chapter."

"Current Divine Body: Choose one of three."

"One: Mighty Ape Demon Body."

"Two..."