The sky was filled with rumbling thunder, mixed with the supremely furious Heaven and Earth Qi. No... perhaps it wasn't fury, but pride.
Standing on the mountain peak, Guan Tian gazed at the Li clan members surrounding the Spirit Jade Division on all sides. He could feel the emotions of the Li family. And then, the pride of the Li family seemed to be everywhere, like sharp, piercing winds that stabbed into his skin, entered his mind and body, and made him tremble uncontrollably.
After Li Dalong's roar, he remained silent for a long time.
In his thirty years of cooperation with Li Kuangtu, he had the impression that Li Kuangtu was one of the few cowards in the Li family. Li Kuangtu was not as arrogant as Li Dalong, nor as fanatical as the other members of the Li family. He was one of the trapped beasts struggling in a cage, blocking all the trapped beasts behind him, bearing the humiliation of being mocked by the world, yet still trying to find a way to prevent the Li family from being destroyed in this chaotic world.
Actually, Guan Tian understood all of this, but he knew even more clearly that from the moment Li Kuangtu knelt, the label of 'human traitors' was stuck to the Li Family, with little chance of redemption. From then on, the Li family was no longer a threat; the human race would never accept them. And if they dared to betray the Wu Clan, they should be prepared to be enemies with both sides.
Then..
Li Kuangtu appeared outside the Spirit Jade Division. Even now, he [Guan Tian] still couldn't forget that scene.
This child charged all the way, the Wu Clan tried to stop him along the way, he rampaged madly, his Great River Dragon General Diagram, his spirit spear, and his countless talismans were nothing.
Facing him, the High Priest, under the force of his Nascent Soul, [Li Kuangtu] laughed mockingly at him, and detonated his Golden Core to die, that was that child's final killing move!
"The head of a family died here, Guan Tian. Our Li family can spin this in many ways! The Azure Dynasty cannot refuse a powerful Li family that has righteously purged its own kin!"
Guan Tian could even foresee it.
Perhaps, by the time Li Kuangtu arrived, all sorts of information had already spread throughout the Azure Dynasty. No doubt it would be along the lines of the Li family head disobeying family orders, colluding with the Wu Clan, and then, thirty years later, the Li family righteously purging their own kin...
Perhaps, thirty years ago, Li Kuangtu had already prepared himself to welcome death.
And now...
The trapped beasts of the Li family had broken free from their cage, because the trapped beast at the very front had been tearing at the cage every day, until finally, with a mouth full of blood, it had exhausted its life!
Thunder still rumbled in the sky.
Everyone in the Li family had bloodshot eyes. Guan Tian knew clearly that these trapped beasts, having crawled out of their cages, would unleash the most insane revenge upon the Wu Clan!
But now, Guan Tian felt mostly respect.
He suddenly raised his head, the Heaven and Earth Qi of his Nascent Soul erupting. He stared intently at Li Dalong.
"Li Dalong, many years ago you said that your Li family had never yielded, I didn't believe it, but your Li family has such people! You said your Li family had no cowards, and I didn't believe it..."
His voice became low, "I should have believed it. I thought Li Kuangtu was a coward. I was wrong."
As the High Priest, he grinned, "You ask me if he was brave? I've seen many warriors in the Spirit Jade Division, but none were as brave as your family's Kuangtu!"
"For thirty years, Li Kuangtu bought your Li family thirty years. There's no turning back for either of us now. Let me see what your Li family is capable of, and let me show you that my Spirit Jade Division has no cowards either!"
"Members of the Spirit Jade Division, kill them all!"
...
"Rumble!"
Thunder rolled across the sky. The entire spirit mountain of the Spirit Jade Division shed its outer shell, radiating a brilliant light, like beautiful jade. The Spirit Jade Division had long prepared for this enemy! Countless Spirit Jade Division clansmen emerged from within the jade mountain, [ready with] totems, formations...
"Kill!"
Hearing Guan Tian's words, the expressions of the Li family members all sharpened. Countless Wu Clan members of the Spirit Jade Division charged out, but they [the Li family] remained fearless, charging towards the Wu Clan.
Charge—charge!!!
Their eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, they understood. These thirty years were the time Li Kuangtu had bought for them, the opportunity he had secured for them!
Outside the family's residence, there was an External Affairs Office. Li Kuangtu never set foot inside the residence again.
Over these years, within the family's residence, they could laugh and live as usual. They could slowly absorb the foundation the family had accumulated over the years. They grew continuously. But all of this was bought by Li Kuangtu, who alone bore everything from the outside world. He was covered in scars, until his death.
Perhaps even Qingyu, who was by Li Kuangtu's side, didn't know how difficult these years had been for him.
He was never a coward. He walked alone in the darkness, stumbling and bruising himself, searching for a guiding light for the Li family.
Now... the guiding light had been found.
They fought carrying the light that Li Kuangtu had brought, carrying Li Kuangtu's will!
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