If the people sent by the Great Emperor Qinling were Wang Qingming and Hu Yiyan, then the forces they'd dispatched to keep watch shouldn't have been so thin. After all, the Wang and Hu families now wanted to avenge Wang Tianzhong and Hu Qingping, who had fallen, and use that as an excuse to scheme for the Mirror Leaf and Mirror Immortal Pill on Lu Xiaotian.
They wouldn't let these demons kill him and then simply walk away. The group of demons on their way here seemed to have been deliberately allowed through. It was even possible that the Wang and Hu families had deliberately tipped them off.
Lu Xiaotian could understand their decision. So far, the images provided by the Great Emperor Qinling showed only fragments of his battles with Wang Tianzhong and Hu Qingping.
From Wang Jingming and Hu Yiyan's conversation, Lu Xiaotian had gleaned something of their thinking. They feared he had solid evidence in hand; if the Wang and Hu families tried to harm him and failed, they might end up dragging themselves down with him. So now they planned to strike first and make the matter a fait accompli.
Xuanyin City would fall into chaos, and he would die at the hands of demons. The Wang and Hu families would then slay the demons and claim the spoils—a twofold victory. They would also escape the invisible storm already swirling around them.
"You mean the Wang and Hu families have some nerve!" Wen Tingyu sensed it even faster than Lou Yikong and the others. Seeing more than a dozen powerful auras sweep toward them, along with the disturbances all around, she immediately guessed what might be happening.
"It's been a long time since we fought side by side. Too bad Wen Tingfeng isn't here this time."