He had already been feeling irritated because the Mysterious Spirit Pearl had vanished. Now that Old Ancestor Zhao had turned around and falsely accused him, his anger burned even hotter.
At the same time, he wondered whether these four old fellows had deliberately leaked a trace of the Mysterious Spirit Pearl's aura to lure him here, while plotting something else.
"Xiao Sheng, stop slandering us!"
The Tianlan Family Ancestor had a fiery temper and immediately berated him:
"We sensed the aura of the Mysterious Spirit Pearl, so we came here."
"As City Lord, you actually covet our family's treasure and even want to frame us?"
"What a joke." An Attendant of the Divine Sect Realm behind Xiao Sheng let out a cold laugh, his contemptuous gaze sweeping over the ancestors of the Four Great Families.
"Do the four of you even deserve it? If you know what's good for you, hand over the Mysterious Spirit Pearl at once. The City Lord may yet spare your lives!"
His words were filled with naked threats and disdain.
In their eyes, the City Lord's Mansion had seven Divine Sect Realm experts present.
Their opponents had only four people. The disparity in strength was enormous, so they had no say in the matter at all.
"Arrogant." Old Ancestor Sun was so furious that his entire body trembled as he pointed angrily at them.
"Your City Lord's Mansion has gone too far! The Mysterious Spirit Pearl was clearly your doing, and now you still want to seize it by force?"
The ancestor of the Youlong Family had a sinister look in his eyes as he slowly spoke:
"City Lord Xiao, all of us sensed the Mysterious Spirit Pearl's aura. It was just here."
"Yet it has vanished without a trace. There must be something strange