However, another clan lord shook his head. “A combined attack is easy to say, but that’s a fierce character we’re talking about. This kind of loss isn’t something our small families can bear.”

These words resonated with a lot of people.

A trembling old man sighed. “I’ve lived here for over a hundred years. This city, these people, these families have never changed before. It was the same when Heavenly Monarch Zhang arrived, and no different when the Wolf King came. With this Qianye’s arrival, however, the Zhu family was immediately wiped out. This time, there’s no telling which family will suffer the same fate.”

The Zhu family was a minor family with sufficient status to attend this meeting, but the previous battle had deprived them of their clan lord, elders, and almost all their experts. Although their servants and descendants were still alive, they could no longer maintain their status.

All the elders at the scene offered words of sorrow and blame.

Xue Fulun frowned slightly but said nothing, while the Wang family’s grand elder continued to berate Qianye’s rudeness and barbarism.

After a round of clamor, an elder finally asked the...