Everyone followed the sound and looked over.
In the eastern sky above Tianshu City, space rippled outward like waves.
A figure slowly strode out of the void.
The newcomer was a white-haired old man with a lean, scholarly face and a sturdy build.
He wore a plain-colored long robe, faintly patterned with stars.
With every step he took, a faint ring of ripples spread beneath his feet.
After only a few steps, he had already arrived before everyone.
When the sinister young man from the Dark Abyss saw the old man, his brows furrowed.
"Elder Tang, surely you aren't planning to stick your nose into this as well?"
The old man called Elder Tang glanced at Jiang Fan, nodded, and then spoke with an impassive expression.
"Ke Laoguai, you moved against one of my Void Echoers. Surely you don't think I can't interfere?"
A cold smile curled across the lips of the sinister young man—Ke Laoguai, as the old man had called him.
"Hmph!"
"Since you admit he's one of yours, that makes things easier!"
"Now we can settle the score properly!"
"This junior attacked the Three Great Families in Tianshu City, not only slaughtering their clans and uprooting them completely, but also killing their three Old Ancestors right in front of us!"
"The Three Great Families are agents of the Dark Abyss!"
"They were forces we spent countless efforts and painstaking work cultivating!"
"Now this junior destroyed them for no reason whatsoever. That was a direct slap in the face of the Dark Abyss. Don't you Void Echoers think you owe us an explanation?"
Elder Tang's expression remained calm.
Yet his tone was as heavy as ten thousand jun.
"Oh? A slap in your face?"
"So what?"
"Over the years, how many outrageous and heaven-defying deeds have you Dark