315: Chapter 315: Standing Power

And what was the other?

A brick?!

The White-haired Elder made his Move, striking out with both Magical Artifacts simultaneously.

Chen Changqi's gaze was calm as he effortlessly neutralized the opponent's attack.

The reason he chose a one-on-one fight was precisely to establish his authority.

If these families below were not given a warning, they would truly think anyone could come up and bully the Chen Family.

Even a Foundation Establishment Family would not dare to act this way.

Let alone a Qi Refining Family.

The two exchanged dozens of blows in mid-air in an instant, shocking the heads of those Qi Refining families, who originally thought that defeating this oldest Cultivator of the Zeng Family would require them to step in as well.

Yet seeing Chen Changqi's confident appearance, they had assumed the two would only fight to a standstill.

However, unexpectedly, this Chen Family head chose not to act until necessary, and once he did, it was breathtaking, completely suppressing and pummeling the White-haired Elder the entire time.

The White-haired Elder couldn't even touch the corner of his opponent's clothes; such strength was downright terrifying.

All dozen or so of them made their Move, simultaneously killing the Cultivator from the Zeng Family who was of the same generation as the White-haired Elder within a dozen Moves.

After dealing with this person, everyone watched the battlefield in mid-air.

Before long, as a cyan Flying Sword pierced through the center of the White-haired Elder's brows, this battle could finally be considered completely over.

"Everyone, please join me in annihilating the Zeng Family." Chen Changqi still maintained a smile, yet the meaning behind his words made people feel an endless chill.

Among these dozen or so Qi Refining Cultivators, apart from a few who were members of the Chen Family, the remaining seven were all heads of various families.

At this moment, when they looked at Chen Changqi, none of them dared to meet his gaze directly, lowering their heads instead.

Only now did these people understand that the head of a Foundation Establishment Family and the heads of Qi Refining families like themselves were simply not on the same level at all.

Although everyone seemed to be a Qi Refining Cultivator, their actual combat prowess and status were not on the same tier.

The next day, members of the Zeng Family never appeared again. Many people noticed this, but they dared not probe deeply nor discuss it, all acting as if they had never encountered this Family from the very beginning.

However, Chen Changqi had also told the heads of these families that since the Chen Family was troubling them to help annihilate the Zeng Family, benefits would naturally be provided.

In addition to dividing up the Zeng Family's territory among them, three years of tribute were also exempted.

While pleasantly surprised, the various Family heads also learned one thing: no matter what happened, they must never provoke a Foundation Establishment Family.

Otherwise, if the other party wiped out your entire clan, let alone seeking revenge, it was hard to say whether you would even have the opportunity to do so.

Just like this time, by pulling these Qi Refining families together, the Chen Family was not only giving them a warning but also sharing the risk.

In the future, even if there were any surviving fish from the Zeng Family escaping the net, they would definitely retaliate against all participating families. Under such circumstances, they had no choice but to completely eradicate the Zeng Family.

This tactic used by the Chen Family was truly sinister.

They could wipe out a Family that provoked them almost without paying any price.

Of course, all of this had a prerequisite—sufficient strength.

If it were any of their families daring to pull such a stunt, they would definitely be jointly eliminated by the other families.

Ever since the Zeng Family was annihilated, several more days passed. Over these past few days, the number of sea monsters grew increasingly scarce, with many being slain along the coastline.

As for the Cultivators led by the Chen Family, excluding the Zeng Family, casualties had already exceeded half.

Originally, judging by the battles of the previous days, the number of casualties among their Cultivators definitely wouldn't have been this low.

For reasons unknown, perhaps because the beast tide in the sea area had already been brought under control, the sea monsters coming here over the past few days had become fewer and fewer.

After a few more days, almost no sea monsters came to this place, and even if they reached their territory, most were already injured.

On the other side, which was Sihai Island.

The situation was identical there. Initially, when Chen Lingyang was dealing with this group of sea monsters, manpower was gradually becoming insufficient; if not for the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold out long ago.

However, during this period of time, Chen Lingyang and the others had all sustained injuries as well.

Among them, Chen Lixuan's injuries were the most severe, with his left arm almost severed clean from the shoulder.

If not for Yu Hongyuan stepping in promptly and Ning Qingluo's medical skills, Chen Lixuan's arm could not have been saved.

"Are you alright?" Chen Lingyang looked at Ning Qingluo and asked.

"It's fine. Fortunately, the treatment was timely, otherwise his arm wouldn't have been saved," Ning Qingluo explained.

"By the way, the number of sea monsters has sharply decreased these past few days. Did something happen?" She felt some doubts in her heart.

"Not quite sure. Perhaps it's because of a few Golden Core Sects in Han?" Chen Lingyang wasn't certain either.

After all, the sea monsters had suddenly decreased, and nobody gave an explanation.

It was the same situation for the few mountain ranges close to them at Chenwu Mountain in the rear.

Perhaps those Golden Core factions in Han had indeed brought the beast tide under control.

Chen Lingyang and Ning Qingluo came to the edge of the Formation together.

All around, many Qi Refining Cultivators were processing the carcasses of sea monsters. This time, nearly half of their Cultivators had died, but they had also harvested over a thousand sea monster carcasses. With these carcasses, as long as they were sold off, it would also be a massive fortune of Spirit Stones.

Right, there was also one more matter—the Zeng Family. There were also Zeng Family Cultivators on Sihai Island; Chen Lingyang sought them out and conveniently eliminated them as well.

The reason was simple: the Zeng Family Cultivators had attacked other Cultivators at Chenwu Mountain. As for whether it was true or false, that didn't matter; anyway, the people of the Zeng Family were already completely dead.

Ning Qingluo on the side felt some resistance towards this, because her own Family had been rooted out in exactly this manner.

Yet she also felt that this kind of matter was quite reasonable.

It was simply that nobody wanted such a thing to fall upon their own head.

After all, if one did not completely eradicate the roots today, the other party might have the strength to retaliate tomorrow.

Just like her; if the Giant Sword Sect hadn't tracked her down and dealt with her, she would definitely retaliate in the future, and she was already at the second layer of Foundation Establishment, having just turned over sixty years old.

In fact, she had once entertained the thought of borrowing the Chen Family to annihilate the Giant Sword Sect, but the Chen Family could not possibly do that for her.

No matter how weak the Giant Sword Sect was, it was still a Golden Core Sect. Moreover, even if the Chen Family had this strength, they still had to consider the attitude of the Yuxu Sect; it wasn't a matter of simply wiping out the Giant Sword Sect just because one wanted to.

Unless the Yuxu Sect wanted to destroy the Giant Sword Sect.

Otherwise, annihilating the Giant Sword Sect could only rely on herself.

But with her strength, resolving some Foundation Establishment Cultivators or a few Geniuses might still be achievable.

However, wanting to deal with some important figures was completely impossible.

At least not now, but not necessarily in the future.

Revenge was never something to rush into overnight.

Chen Lingyang noticed her abnormality and naturally knew the reason.

He could understand, but for some matters, mere understanding was not enough. If they didn't thoroughly weed out the roots, someone from the Zeng Family might survive and pass down their Legacy, taking the Chen Family as their mortal enemy. Perhaps one day some Genius would emerge, and if the Chen Family happened to decline someday, they would end up being dealt with by their enemies.