This round of probing left the ancestors of the Thirteen Noble Families with a profound sense of frustration. They had originally intended to test the depths of Created Being Xiao Wu before deciding whether to make a move against Chen Shi.
Chen Shi and Li Tianqing had committed countless wrongdoings, stirring up the Red Horse Bandit in Qingzhou and uprooting the spirit gardens and medicinal fields of the Thirteen Noble Families. These spiritual herbs were ostensibly the property of the Wan Family, but in truth, they served to prolong the lives of these very ancestors. Chen Shi and Li Tianqing had not taken all the spiritual herbs completely, seizing only a fifth and leaving four-fifths behind. Yet this single act had shaved more than twenty years off their lifespans!
How could they possibly tolerate this?
To eliminate Chen Shi, they first had to probe the depths of Created Being Xiao Wu.
They had emerged from seclusion, and their purpose in traveling to Xijing this time was precisely to test Created Being Xiao Wu.
The depths of Created Being Xiao Wu had been probed out by them. But their own depths had likewise been probed out by Created Being Xiao Wu.
This situation should never have happened.
Given the strength of the Thirteen Noble Families, no one should ever have been able to test their true proficiency.
Yet Created Being Xiao Wu was simply too monstrous!
The battle in the streets and alleys of Xijing had caused these immortal-like figures to fight with the air of brawling old grandpas and grandmas, turning heaven-shaking, earth-shattering spell arts into raw, bare-knuckle brawls.
There were also those who had been flipped over, kicked down, had their fingers broken, toes stamped on, eyes gouged, noses pinched, and groins grabbed—all manner of despicable tactics. Though they