Zhou Clan's main hall.
"How dare these bastards?" A Zhou Clan elder slammed the table hard, his face full of rage.
"Hmph! With the Patriarch absent, these sons of bitches have shown their true colors. Usually, they're as docile as lambs before us, but they're wolves in sheep's clothing!"
"If the Patriarch were here, they wouldn't dare act like this even if they had a hundred times the courage!"
"Quiet!" Grand Elder spoke, and the other elders immediately fell silent. "Recall our clansmen from the resource sites. Other than the few super resource sites, do not send any more clansmen to guard the rest!"
"What? Grand Elder, what do you mean by that? Are we giving up those resource sites?" A Saint King elder could not help but speak up.
Grand Elder said calmly, "So what if we let them have them for now? We'll take them back with interest later. We'll make them hurt. We'll make them regret it!"
"These people definitely won't stop here. They'll continue attacking and plundering other resource sites. The clansmen guarding those sites will surely be killed by them; the previous few incidents have already made that clear."
"If resources are gone, we can seize them back with interest. But if our clansmen die, they are truly dead. Especially the Saints and Saint King Realm clansmen—they cannot fall any further."
"That's right! I also think we should recall our clansmen. Even if we lose large resource sites, so be it. The other factions have resources anyway; we can simply take them back with interest later."
"The several super resource sites are the important pillars of our Zhou Clan. Send more people there. Nothing must happen to the super resource sites!"
While the neighbors hoarded grain, we hoarded guns; the neighbors themselves would become our granaries! These Zhou Clan experts were already considering how many resources they should take from other factions later.
Fortunately, those people had not laid hands on the Zhou Clan's super resource sites. Otherwise, things absolutely would not have turned out as they had now.
Super resource sites could steadily produce Saint King-tier resources, and Supreme-tier resources would occasionally appear as well. One of the Zhou Clan's super resource sites had even produced Emperor-tier resources!
At that super resource site, the Zhou Clan had stationed more than ten Saint King experts, and even had Supreme Realm experts leave behind divine senses to watch over it in secret.
Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect's main hall.
"Hahaha, exhilarating! Who would have thought that one day, we would be able to openly seize the Zhou Clan's resource sites!"
"The Zhou Clan stationed too few cultivators at those resource sites, which is why we succeeded so quickly. The Zhou Clan was far too arrogant."
"We even seized three large resource sites. Not only are the resources in the Zhou Clan's resource sites abundant, their quality is also excellent."
"We seized so many resource sites and killed so many Zhou Clan cultivators, yet the Zhou Clan has not made a sound. They even recalled the clansmen from those resource sites, practically handing them over to us for free. The Zhou Clan actually backed down!"
"Hehe, the Zhou Clan is nothing special after all. Without the Savage Great Emperor, the Zhou Clan is nothing. Haven't we beaten them until they fled like rats with their heads in their hands? Hahaha!"
The representatives of the major top holy lands and super factions laughed heartily, their voices filled with delight. Yet they also knew that, as the overlord of the Azure World, the Zhou Clan could not be so simple. They remained vigilant in their hearts.
No matter what, the Zhou Clan still had three Supremes, along with many Saint King and Saint experts—far beyond an ordinary super faction.
"Sect Master, Sect Master, this is bad! Something terrible has happened!" An elder of the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect rushed into the main hall, his face stricken with panic.
"Elder Qing, calm down. What could possibly make you so flustered? What kind of behavior is this? You are an elder of our Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect. Do you want others to laugh at us?"
The Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master spoke with a frown. It would have been one thing under normal circumstances, but today there were representatives from many other factions present. How would the other factions view the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect if one of its elders acted so unsteadily?
After catching his breath, this Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect elder hurriedly said, "Sect Master, this is bad! The Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest has been attacked. All the resources inside have been taken, and the elders guarding the Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest have all died. It was the Zhou Clan!"
"What did you say?!" The Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master shot to his feet.
No wonder the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master was so shocked. The Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest was one of the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect's top three large resource sites. It could steadily produce Saint-tier resources, including both Saint-tier and Saint King-tier resources. Its scale was considerable, and it was extremely important to the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect!
Ordinary super factions generally had one super resource site. Even among super factions, those with two super resource sites were exceptionally powerful!
Aside from super resource sites, large resource sites were also extremely important to super factions.
Now, one of their large resource sites had been attacked by the Zhou Clan. The Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest contained Mystic Origin Bamboo accumulated over hundreds of years! It was all gone!
Moreover, as one of the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect's top three large resource sites, the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect had stationed quite a few experts in the Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest.
Nine Saints and two Saint Kings! Now they were all dead! This was an enormous loss to the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect. The resources required to nurture a Saint or Saint King were immense.
So many had died at once—the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master felt as though his heart were bleeding!
"Zhou Clan!" The Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master growled, his face twisted with fury.
The Zhou Clan was struggling to protect itself, with countless resources being plundered by them, yet it still had the spare strength to seize the Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest!
And nine Saints and two Saint Kings were no weak lineup, yet they had received no message requesting aid. Only after they died and their Soul Lamps went out did others go to investigate and learn what had happened.
Just which experts had the Zhou Clan sent to attack the Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest, and what cultivation did they possess?
And since the Zhou Clan had chosen to strike, it would certainly not attack only one resource site. The Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master's face darkened, and an ominous feeling rose in his heart.
Not long after, another Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect elder rushed into the main hall in a panic. At the sight of this, the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition.
This elder was normally steady and composed, never showing such panic. Thinking of the Mystic Origin Bamboo Forest's situation, could it be...
"Sect Master, this is bad! The Azure Profound Spirit Pool has been attacked. The water in the spirit pool has all been drained, and all the Garrison Elders have fallen!"
Upon hearing this, the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master's vision went black, and he nearly collapsed to the floor.
The Azure Profound Spirit Pool was the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect's number one large resource site, guarded by twelve Saints and three Saint King experts!
Now, they were all gone!
The Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect Master's heart bled. The representatives of the other factions all looked at him with pity. The Zhou Clan had specifically targeted the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect, and all the sites were among its top three large resource sites.
No one knew just how much the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect had lost in this short time. Its overall strength would likely fall by a considerable margin!
Suddenly, the representatives of these factions thought of something, and their expressions changed. Since the Zhou Clan had acted against the Mystic Heaven Hegemony Sect, it might also act against their factions!
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