This outcome made his face burn with embarrassment. If this had happened elsewhere, he might still have found some excuse to make it sound reasonable. But for someone to set up such a grand formation right at the entrance of the Zi family—it was practically slapping the Zi family across the face.
Zi Ningyuan swept his gaze across the scene. By now, the battlefield had largely been cleaned up. With Old Deer joining the fray, the Yandu Alliance experts had no chance to struggle even if they wanted to. Though Old Deer had been beaten back like a dog by Ye Xiwen, he was like a tiger descending the mountain when facing these Yandu Alliance experts. Before long, more than half of them were dead or wounded. His involvement had greatly reduced the losses among the Zi family's experts.
At this moment, Ye Junshan had already appeared beside Zi Ningyuan. He had arranged all of this beforehand, though he had not personally entered the battle.
"Junshan, for the Yandu Alliance people to find their way here, there must be a traitor within our family. Otherwise, how could they have come and gone so freely? No matter who is uncovered, punish them severely. It seems my methods have been too soft these past years. Some people have already forgotten their proper place!" Zi Ningyuan said coldly.
His gaze swept over everyone present. He did not know how many people were entangled in this matter, but it did not matter. He had already made up his mind. Even if he had to kill until blood flowed like a river, he would purge every last one of those who dared betray the Lineage.
For any power, betrayal itself was not the most frightening thing. What was truly frightening was betrayal without anyone able