Xue Ding’s words shook the old man as well as Xue Wu. The Wolf King’s methods were brutal, and he had accumulated power for a long period. The major human families in Seagaze—perhaps even the Eastern Sea in general—didn’t dare speak up despite their anger. Everyone would put safety over principles, turning a blind eye to everything unrelated.

Perhaps due to his fear of Zhang Buzhou, the Wolf King didn’t go to the extremes, either. He would occasionally suppress and take advantage of the various families, but he wouldn’t touch their foundations. Even so, he would still find various reasons to uproot a couple of families every year.

This was what made all the families cautious. How could these wily old foxes not know that this was the Wolf King trying to pull the carpet from underneath them? He had always been working to uproot human power little by little. Unfortunately, Zhang Buzhou had been in isolated cultivation in recent years, refusing to meet people or manage local affairs. This was how the authority gradually slipped into the Wolf King’s hands.

The old man uttered furiously,...