Gentlemen, Are You Willing to Give Everything Alongside This Old Man?

The garrison Saint King was dumbfounded. He never could have imagined that this mess had been brought about by his own suicidal stupidity.

The Xuan Ming Three Heroes burst into laughter and frantically harvested the Purple Cloud Bamboo. Purple Cloud Bamboo Forest was a Wood Path resource, and once the Wood Element Power within it was refined, it was no inferior to ordinary healing pills.

Moreover, Purple Cloud Bamboo could serve as food for many demonic beasts, and even cultivators themselves could gain enormous benefits from absorbing it.

Aside from Purple Cloud Bamboo, the Purple Cloud Bamboo Forest contained other resources as well. Cloud Worms, Purple Cloud Sables, Heart-Cleansing Leaves, and more were all Saint-grade resources.

"Bastards! Stop!" the garrison Saint King roared. His body shuddered, and surging Saint Power formed waves that swept outward. The two Saint Kings entangling him hurriedly dodged. They had no desire to take an enraged strike from a mid-stage Saint King head-on.

The garrison Saint King felt not only rage, but panic. He could still defend himself if the Zhou Clan squad had looted the Purple Cloud Bamboo Forest, but if he could not even stop the Xuan Ming Three Heroes, then the fault would lie entirely with him. He would surely be severely punished!

Now, he had to capture or kill the Xuan Ming Three Heroes to make up for his mistake!

The garrison Saint King immediately charged one of the Early-stage Saint King cultivators, but the Xuan Ming Three Heroes had no intention of fighting him properly. They focused on dodging and defending, like three slippery loaches. The garrison Saint King simply could not catch any of them.

The Xuan Ming Three Heroes were incredibly fast. Even a mid-stage Saint King expert would struggle to catch up to them, let alone now, when he was badly injured.

Before long, the Xuan Ming Three Heroes left happily with their arms full, leaving only the Garrison Elder standing alone in the wind, disheveled and questioning his life.

The Xuan Ming Three Heroes were merely some of the more famous looters. Many independent cultivators and Demonic Path cultivators had joined in as well. Yet the Zhou Clan squad ceased appearing at this time, as though the matter had already come to an end.

Some independent cultivators and demonic cultivators suddenly sensed that something was off and decisively withdrew. A cultivator's instincts were even sharper than a woman's sixth sense.

Yet most of the independent cultivators and demonic cultivators could not resist such temptation. They continued looting the resource sites of those factions, and the Xuan Ming Three Heroes were among them.

For several days in a row, they encountered no meaningful resistance and made a fortune, their bowls filled to the brim and their basins overflowing. This left the cultivators who had departed days earlier confused and somewhat regretful, and they soon joined in as well.

However, on the very next day, those independent cultivators and demonic cultivators were suddenly ambushed while looting resources.

For example, a large resource site of the Great Sun Divine Sect had actually hidden four Saint Kings and eight Saints. In one fell swoop, they captured and killed several independent cultivators and demonic cultivators who had come to loot it.

Everything they had gained over those days was returned, and not only that—their savings from years of accumulation were seized as well. Some were even forced to sign contracts and become thugs for those factions. They had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to bait it; not only had they lost their resources, they had thrown themselves in too. They had suffered losses all the way to their grandmothers' homes.

The cultivators who had resisted the temptation were all haunted by lingering fear. The people in power within those factions were truly old foxes, and remarkably bold ones at that. They had actually allowed those independent cultivators and demonic cultivators to plunder resources for several days, despite the enormous losses this caused their resource sites.

Still, the operation had been exceedingly successful. They had already profited just from the thugs forcibly bound by contracts alone. After all, there were quite a few Saint Realm cultivators among them, as well as Saint King Realm experts.

The resources required to nurture a Saint or Saint King were enormous. Now, they had obtained several of them at such a small cost, which was already highly profitable. Furthermore, once they signed a Heaven and Earth Contract, they could only serve those factions with their lives.

This would be of great help in the coming operation against the Zhou Clan. Before attacking the Zhou Clan, every additional shred of strength meant another shred of hope.

Storm winds rose, and undercurrents surged.

Zhou Clan

In the main hall, the Zhou Clan's many Saint King elders and three Supremes had all assembled.

"Hahaha, satisfying! Those little brats must be dumbfounded, right? The resources this old man plundered this time were more than ten times what we lost!"

The Fifth Grand Elder laughed heartily, thoroughly delighted. With such merit, he would surely receive a great many Family Contribution Points.

The Saint Kings who had acted alongside the Fifth Grand Elder also wore smiles. Following a Supreme like the Fifth Grand Elder, they had barely needed to exert themselves.

The Garrison Elders at those factions' resource sites fled as though they had seen some unimaginable terror the moment they spotted them. As long as they spent a little time and used a few methods, they could obtain vast quantities of resources.

They too could receive quite a few Family Contribution Points. These Family Contribution Points were practically free for the taking. How could they not be happy to obtain so many of them so easily?

The other elders looked at them with intense envy. They had never expected this mission to be so rich in spoils. At first, they had thought it would be dangerous.

After all, seizing resources within other factions could easily provoke fierce battles and even death. Yet in the end, not a damn thing happened. Those factions seemed impotent, limp as weak-legged shrimp.

Thinking of those elders' gains, they were so jealous their dicks turned purple. Had they known it would be like this, they would have gone without question. Now, they were already crying themselves unconscious in the toilet.

"Ahem. You have all done very well this time. Rest assured, the Zhou Clan is clear in rewards and punishments. Rewards will be granted according to merit, and there will certainly be no shortage of Family Contribution Points," the Grand Elder said slowly, his expression calm.

At the Grand Elder's words, the Fifth Grand Elder and the others immediately began to look forward to it.

Family Contribution Points were the hard currency of the Zhou Clan. Even Supreme Elders wanted as many as possible. So long as one had enough Family Contribution Points, one could even ask the clan head to personally teach an Emperor-grade Cultivation Method hand in hand and impart the Mysteries of the Great Dao.

The Grand Elder swept his gaze over the crowd, his expression turning grave. The other elders immediately sat as though on pins and needles, listening intently as they waited for what he would say next.

"According to reliable intelligence, the Anti-Zhou Alliance has currently united six super factions, twelve top-tier factions, seven Supreme experts, and several hundred Saint King experts!"

"Furthermore, Mad Demon Valley appears to have joined them as well. By conservative estimates, the Zhou Clan will face as many as nine Supremes!"

"This is the most powerful enemy the Zhou Clan has ever faced. With the clan head absent this time, we can only rely on ourselves to weather this crisis."

"If we win, the Zhou Clan will remain the number one faction in the Azure World. If we lose, the Zhou Clan will be swallowed by them. This is the moment of life and death for the Zhou Clan. Gentlemen, do you dare give everything alongside this old man!"

After the Grand Elder finished speaking, the entire hall fell into deathly silence. The lineup of the Anti-Zhou Alliance was plainly far too extravagant.

Such a lineup was enough to destroy any faction in the Azure World. Compared with them, the Zhou Clan was far too weak. With only three Supremes and over a hundred Saint Kings, no one could see how the Zhou Clan could win.

Yet the next moment, the Zhou Clan elders roared one after another, "Fuck these little bastards to death! This old man's mighty strength has long been hungry and thirsty for battle!"

"Hahaha, when has my Zhou Clan ever been afraid? So what if they have nine Supremes? There are differences even among Supremes. This old man alone can fight three!"

"The Zhou Clan has protected us for so long. It is time for us to protect the Zhou Clan!"

"We swear to live and die with the Zhou Clan!"