freenovelworld Chapter 226 The War of Extermination, Forbidden Techniques
Chapter 226 The War of Extermination, Forbidden Techniques
Taiping Town.
Jiang family residence.
The main hall of the Jiang family was brightly lit late at night and filled with people.
These people are all high-ranking members of the Jiang family.
Seated at the head of the table was a gaunt-faced, white-bearded, white-haired old man. The old man's name was Jiang Kai, the most senior and powerful ancestor of the Jiang family.
Jiang Kai glanced sadly at the younger generation sitting below him. After tonight, he feared he would only be able to meet these younger generations again in the afterlife.
The Jiang family had been passed down for thousands of years, but in his hands, they suffered the calamity of extermination. How could he have the face to face his ancestors?
The sound of footsteps outside temporarily broke the heavy and somber atmosphere in the lobby.
Everyone turned to look at the newcomer—
The man who ran over was a handsome young man who was eight feet tall.
After the man entered the hall, he immediately bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to Jiang Kai, who was sitting at the head of the table. “Reporting to the ancestor, the younger generation of the clan has been divided into three groups and has successfully left the ancestral home through the secret passage.”
Jiang Kai nodded slightly, then sighed, "How many of them can escape in the end depends on their fate."
After the young man finished his report, he pursed his lips and walked to the last seat with a serious expression.
The young man had barely sat down when another flustered sound of footsteps came from outside.
"Ancestor, no, this is terrible! The Zhao family is attacking!"
Upon hearing the servant's report, Jiang Kai, along with all the members of the Jiang family, stood up from their seats in the main hall.
"What was bound to happen has finally happened."
Jiang Kai clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and swept his gaze firmly over the crowd. "Let's go. The Zhao and Jiang families have been fighting for nearly a thousand years. It's time for a resolution!"
"Yes, ancestor!"
The crowd responded in unison and followed Jiang Kai, striding outside.
When the Jiang family members and servants waiting outside saw Jiang Kai leading his men out, they all bowed and followed behind the group.
The hundreds of Jiang family members, led by Jiang Kai, saw the Zhao family members who were waiting for them outside the Jiang family residence the moment they stepped out of the residence.
The two groups were roughly the same size, but standing in front of the Zhao family were two elderly men who looked to be about the same age as Jiang Kai.
Seeing Jiang Kai lead his men out, one of the elders from the Zhao family took a step forward, looked at Jiang Kai, and smiled:
“Brother Jiang, there’s really no need for our two families to be so hostile, fighting to the death. If your Jiang family is willing to give up half of your resources and business, and declare that you will become a vassal of my Zhao family, then our Zhao family will leave immediately.”
Upon hearing the old man's words, all the members of the Jiang family stared wide-eyed, their hearts filled with uncontrollable rage.
Jiang Kai glared at the Zhao family elder and snorted angrily, "Zhao Taihong, don't push your luck! What you're doing is no different from wiping out the Jiang family! Enough talk, let's settle this with our fighting skills!"
"Good good!"
Zhao Taihong sneered, "Since your Jiang family is so stubborn and determined to die, then our Zhao family will grant your wish!"
After speaking, he exchanged a glance with another old man beside him, and then unleashed his full power of pressure on the Jiang family members opposite him.
Two powerful auras swept over like waves, instantly overwhelming the Jiang family members, making them dizzy and disoriented. Those with higher strength and status even coughed up blood.
"Peak of the Return to Heaven Realm!!"
While releasing his own aura to relieve the pressure on his clansmen behind him, Jiang Kai also fixed his gaze on the old man next to Zhao Taihong.
This person is Zhao Taihong's younger brother, Zhao Yanfeng.
Although Jiang Kai had long heard that Zhao Yan's cultivation was about to break through, he was still somewhat shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.
They also sensed that in today's great battle, the Jiang family would likely be completely wiped out.
There was no other way; the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves was simply too great.
The Jiang family only has one person at the peak of the Returning Heaven Realm, while the Zhao family has two!
This gap in top-tier combat power cannot be bridged by sheer numbers.
Even knowing that the battle would be more likely to end in defeat than victory, Jiang Kai and the rest of the Jiang family had no intention of fleeing in the face of the enemy.
"Do it!"
At Zhao Taihong's command, the Zhao family members, who had been waiting in ambush, immediately rushed towards the opposite side.
With their moves flowing and their inner energy overflowing, the two groups were instantly locked in a fierce battle.
Jiang Kai clashed with Zhao Taihong, the strongest member of the Zhao family.
Zhao Yanfeng, on the other hand, was handed over to Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei is Jiang Kai's niece. Although her cultivation level is only at the late stage of the Returning Heaven Realm, she can barely fight to a draw with Zhao Yanfeng, who is at the peak of the Returning Heaven Realm, thanks to the Jiang family's ancestral golden silk soft armor and the Six Yang Sword, two third-grade ordinary weapons.
Apart from these four people, the overall strength of the remaining two families is not too different. Although the Zhao family is slightly stronger than the Jiang family, this slight advantage was not reflected in the short time when the Jiang family fought bravely to the death.
Seeing the battle becoming increasingly intense, Zhao Kang, the head of the Zhao family, immediately darkened his expression and sneered at Jiang Zhenbang, the head of the Jiang family, who was fighting him:
"A desperate and futile struggle! You don't think the Zhao family has no other tricks up its sleeve this time, do you?"
After saying that, he threw a punch that sent Jiang Zhenbang flying, and then gave a stern order to the surrounding clansmen, "No need to hold back, finish this quickly!"
Upon receiving this order, all the members of the Zhao family immediately took out a crimson pill and swallowed it.
The Zhao family members who took the pills immediately turned red in the face, and then their strength was enhanced to varying degrees.
With the aid of the elixir, the Zhao family members became incredibly brave and quickly gained an overwhelming advantage.
Under the fierce attack of the Zhao family members, the Jiang family suffered heavy casualties in a short period of time.
Jiang Kai and Jiang Wei were also distracted by the sudden situation and were injured by their opponents, falling into a disadvantageous position one after another.
Jiang Chengxuan, the young member of the Jiang family who had previously entered the main hall to report to Jiang Kai, finally made up his mind after witnessing the tragic deaths of his clansmen and the fact that his ancestor had been wounded and suppressed in the battle. He then launched a full-scale attack, and after defeating his opponent, he immediately set off without looking back towards the Jiang family mansion.
After passing through rows of houses and courtyards, Jiang Chengxuan soon arrived at a grove of trees surrounded by high walls located directly behind the Jiang family residence.
This grove is the ancestral land of the Jiang family, where generations of the Jiang family's ancestors are buried.
Jiang Chengxuan went straight to the center of the woods.
There is a huge circular stone platform here, surrounded by sixteen thick, carved stone pillars.
Jiang Chengxuan stepped onto the stone platform, took out a dagger from his bosom, and made a deep cut on his wrist.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Chengxuan used his bleeding arm to draw intricate patterns around the stone platform.
As more and more scarlet patterns were drawn, Jiang Chengxuan's face grew paler and paler.
When the last stroke of the design was completed and the wound on his wrist had stopped bleeding, Jiang Chengxuan, his face as white as snow, suppressed the urge to faint, staggered to the center of the round platform, and knelt down on both knees.
"The Jiang family is facing the danger of extinction. Jiang Chengxuan, the 137th generation descendant of the Jiang family, is willing to sacrifice his own life to plead with all our ancestors to manifest their divine power and grant a miracle to save the family from this calamity!"
This forbidden summoning technique, which uses one's own bloodline as a guide, was something Jiang Chengxuan saw in an ancient site a few years ago when he was out training.
He wasn't sure if this method would work, but right now, he couldn't think of any other way to solve Jiang Jiang's predicament besides this forbidden technique.
If this forbidden technique is effective, he would naturally be willing to exchange his own life for the safety of his other clansmen. If it is ineffective, then it is fate, and the Jiang family is destined to perish in this calamity.
Jiang Chengxuan forced himself to wait for a while, and seeing that there was no unusual movement around him, a bitter smile appeared on his lips.
"It seems that Heaven is going to destroy the Jiang family."
Just as he could no longer hold on and was about to faint from excessive blood loss, he suddenly discovered that the pattern drawn in his blood beneath him was lighting up.