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Inside the Peng family mansion, the clan patriarch, Peng Chenggang, had a livid face.

In front of him knelt several Peng family guards who had returned from the Yin family's sneak attack.

Peng Cheng slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Those people from the Blood Shadow Pavilion! They took so many spirit stones from me, and then betrayed us at the last minute, running away first! They caused the Grand Elder to die at the hands of the Yin family! Those bastards! No wonder they can only be assassins, living the life of rats who never see the sun!"

The guard below trembled as he said, "Master, that kid who suddenly appeared is too strong! Moreover, he knows the Dragon-Capturing Hand technique and claims to be from the Eastern Depot. The Blood Shadow Pavilion definitely doesn't want to be enemies with the Eastern Depot..."

"Lord, what should we do now?"

Peng Chenggang stood with his hands behind his back, pondered for a moment, and then sneered, "That dog emperor is too busy taking care of himself right now, and the Zhu family is so poor they can't even afford to eat! They're struggling to deal with the Prime Minister's mansion, how can they have the mind to care about the infighting between our various families? In my opinion, the so-called Eastern Depot is just a showpiece that kid put up to scare away the Blood Shadow Pavilion! You've been fighting for so long, and it's only been him alone, without any other members of the Eastern Depot. I think it's all a sham!"

At this moment, an elder from the Peng family, who had just finished bandaging his arm wound, spoke to Peng Chenggang, saying, "Patriarch, I think your analysis is spot on! The Yin family could never have gotten help from the Eastern Depot, and His Majesty would never intervene! Moreover, after fighting for so long, the Yin family hasn't produced any high-grade spiritual weapons or treasures. It seems your deduction was correct—the Yin family is finished! Their family's spiritual treasures and weapons have long been lost!"

"In my opinion, it's good that the Blood Shadow Pavilion people retreated. The Yin family was just a decoy! All we need to do is go to the Prime Minister's residence, borrow a high-grade spiritual artifact, and we can completely wipe out the Yin family!"

Peng Chenggang laughed heartily and nodded, saying, "That's exactly what I was thinking! Tonight we've tested the Yin family's pitiful strength; they're only about the same as our Peng family! I'm going to the Prime Minister's residence right now to borrow a high-grade spiritual weapon from Lord Zhao. Tonight we're determined to swallow the Yin family whole! Then, our Peng family won't be a third-rate family anymore!"

The other elders of the Peng family in the hall were all excited and their eyes gleamed with greed and bloodlust.

Just then, suddenly, "Boom!"

A loud, tremor-like sound came from above the Peng family residence!

Peng Chenggang frowned and asked, "What happened?"

He strode out of the hall, looked up, and his expression changed drastically!

Suddenly, a net made of green jade appeared in the sky above their mansion. The net was growing rapidly, and the entire net emitted a faint light. A huge pressure emanated from it, making everyone in the Peng family tremble with fear!

At this moment, one of the Peng family elders suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "This...this looks like the Yin family's Hunter Cloud Network!"

Upon hearing this, Peng Chenggang's expression changed drastically: "This is the Spirit Treasure Hunter Cloud Net? Even a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't escape the Hunter Cloud Net Spirit Treasure? The Yin family actually possesses a Spirit Treasure? How is this possible!"

The next moment, the Hunter Cloud Net instantly expanded, becoming a full hundred acres in size! It completely enveloped the Peng family mansion!

At the entrance to the Peng family compound, Yin Huozun stood with a cold expression. He slowly opened the wooden box in his hand and said in a chilling voice, "Peng Chenggang, and all members of the Peng family! You have committed treason, killed my clansmen, and destroyed my ancestral hall! Today, your blood debt will be repaid!"

As he spoke, Yin Huozun grabbed a half-meter-long golden stick from the jade box and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the stick with a "poof" sound!

The next moment, the entire stick turned blood red, and intricate patterns appeared on its surface!

Yin Huozun reached out and flicked his hand.

"Buzz—"

The golden staff flew into the Hunter Cloud Net in the blink of an eye and instantly grew larger!

Seeing this, Peng Chenggang knew things were going terribly wrong. He immediately shouted, "Wait! Clan Chief Yin! It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! We were wrong! Our Peng family is willing to serve the Yin family as slaves for generations, without any objection! Please, Clan Chief Yin, put away the magical treasure and spare our lives!"

Yin Huozun said coldly, "You don't know you're wrong, you know you're going to die!"

"Heaven-Shattering Staff, swiftly!"

The next moment, the Heaven-Shattering Staff in the air instantly transformed into hundreds of staff shadows, and the soaring blood-red light illuminated the nearby night sky! The terrifying pressure made even Chen Yang feel a chill!

"boom!"

The Heaven-Shattering Staff fell instantly!

In an instant, it split into hundreds of stick shadows, each one precisely striking every member of the Peng family!

The Peng family wanted to hide, but they couldn't—no matter where they hid, whether underground, in a room, or in a pond, it was all in vain! The shadow of the stick could accurately sense the aura of every member of the Peng family!

"boom!"

Finally, the Heaven-Shattering Staff unleashed its "Heaven-Shattering Wrath"!

Hundreds of stick shadows fell simultaneously, and in an instant, the entire Peng family mansion trembled violently!

Of the 113 members of the Peng family, only Peng Chenggang, a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Body Realm, was barely clinging to life. The rest of them were all smashed into mincemeat by the Heaven-Shaking Cudgel!

This scene, witnessed by the hidden spies nearby, sent shivers down their spines!

Originally, these family spies wanted to go back and report that the Yin family was finished, but now they remembered the fear of first-class families!

This is the foundation of a first-class family! Every first-class family possesses a spiritual treasure powerful enough to instantly annihilate a peak Golden Body Realm cultivator!

Chen Yang squinted, sensing the immense pressure emanating from the spiritual treasure, and turned to Yin Huozun, asking, "Is this a spiritual treasure?"

Yin Huozun nodded, let out a long breath, and said to Chen Yang, "Previously, these spiritual treasures were stored in our Yin family's ancestral hall, but without the patriarch's token, my father and I couldn't open the ancestral hall or obtain these spiritual treasures! If you hadn't brought the patriarch's token, our Yin family would have been finished! But now, with the spiritual treasures and high-grade spiritual artifacts in the ancestral hall, our Yin family is still a first-class family in the capital!"

Chen Yang nodded in amazement: "This magical treasure is indeed powerful."

Yin Huozun explained with his hands behind his back, "Spiritual treasures are all treasures possessing supernatural power; they are equivalent to a single strike from a Foundation Establishment cultivator! Some good spiritual treasures are so powerful that even Foundation Establishment cultivators dare not directly confront them! In this capital city, possessing a high-grade spiritual weapon is enough to become a second-rate family, but to become a first-rate family, one must possess a spiritual treasure to protect them!"

Chen Yang nodded, finally understanding why the Yin family members had been so excited when they saw the patriarch's order.

Yin Huozun breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and retrieved the Heaven-Shaking Cudgel and the Cloud-Hunting Net.

Then, Yin Huozun stepped into the Peng family residence.

Peng Chenggang was on the verge of death. He desperately raised his head and looked at Yin Huozun who was walking over, making angry and unwilling gurgling sounds in his throat.

Yin Huozun slowly walked over, looking at Peng Chenggang expressionlessly, and finally raised his foot and snapped his neck with a "crack"!

Peng Chenggang passed away with endless despair and regret—he thought he could swallow up the Yin family with his third-rate family size, but in the end, he paid the price of his family's extermination for his greed!

Yin Huozun waved his hand and said, "Everyone, search the Peng family's residence! After taking inventory of all items and property, bring everything back to the Yin family!"

Afterwards, Yin Huozun and Chen Yang returned to the Yin family residence together.

Within the capital, other families naturally felt the pressure of the spiritual treasure and also received news of the Peng family's extermination.

Inside the Su family mansion in the capital, Su Yunwang was still awake.

He was studying a Foundation Establishment cultivation technique in his study when he sensed the pressure from the spiritual treasure and immediately got up.

Not long after, Su family spies came to report the results of the battle between the Yin family, the Peng family, and the Blood Shadow Pavilion.

Upon hearing the whole story, Su Yunwang looked somewhat surprised and said, "I didn't expect the Peng family to actually dare to bully the stronger ones! However, even I suspected that the Yin family had lost their spiritual treasure and thought they had declined. It seems I was just being paranoid."

"Fortunately, the relationship between our Su family and the Yin family has been good over the years! Someone, prepare gifts! We'll head to the Yin family first thing tomorrow morning to invite Yin Huozun to a banquet at our Su family's residence!"

The servants immediately obeyed and went to do their work.

at the same time.

Inside the largest mansion in the capital—the Prime Minister's Mansion—Zhao Qiankun was taking elixirs and absorbing spiritual energy in a secret room.

Wisps of green smoke rose from his body, and a powerful aura spread around him.

After a long while, Zhao Qiankun opened his eyes, stood up, but shook his head helplessly, muttering dejectedly, "I didn't expect to fail at Foundation Establishment again... The gap between mortal cultivators and transcendent cultivators is indeed difficult to bridge!"

Zhao Qiankun stepped out of the secret room, where a spy was waiting with his head bowed.

"Speak," Zhao Qiankun asked.

The scout immediately gave a detailed report on the Yin family's affairs.

Zhao Qiankun frowned and said, "I didn't expect the Yin family to be so patient! They endured the provocations of many smaller families before, and I thought they had already declined. However, they are just a first-rate family, so there's no need to take them too seriously."

"The Yin family has three spiritual treasures, but they are all large-scale destructive treasures. I am not afraid of them; they are of little use to me."

The scout quickly added, "Master, I also heard that when the Blood Shadow Pavilion attacked the Yin family today, members of the Eastern Depot came to the rescue and joined the struggle between the Yin family, the Peng family, and the Blood Shadow Pavilion!"

Upon hearing the words "Eastern Depot," Zhao Qiankun's face instantly darkened. He snorted coldly and said, "Could it be that the Yin family is going to side with the royal family?"

"Alright, tomorrow you should have the head steward prepare some small gifts and go to the Yin family to congratulate them, and also to give them a little warning, so they don't choose the wrong side!"

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