At the peak of a high mountain outside Yue Family Town, two figures drifted down and stood atop the summit.
Looking down from on high,
They gazed indifferently at the shattered town below.
"I never expected this tiny Yue Family to withstand the Black Mountain Bandits' attack. Who knows what method they used? And after that day, those Black Mountain Bandits vanished without a trace. How strange!"
Looking at the ant-like figures below as they continuously cleared the ruins of the town, the gray-clad man at their head could not help revealing a hint of puzzlement.
The strongest person in the Yue Family was no more than the Yue Family Clan Leader at the True Essence Third Layer.
As for Cao Zicheng, he had broken through to the True Essence Mid-Stage more than thirty years ago.
Their strengths were simply not on the same level!
Even if the Yue Family was defending its territory, Cao Zicheng could still gradually grind down the grand formation with his strength.
After all, Cao Zicheng could rely on his vastly superior strength to continuously attack the Defensive Formation, while the Yue Family could not inflict much damage upon him.
In their original calculations,
The Yue Family should have been one of the small clans and Small Factions wiped out after being swept up along the way when the Black Mountain Bandits rampaged eastward, leaving devastation and chaos wherever they passed.
After sufficient chaos had erupted,
They would step forward to suppress it and quell the rebellion.
They might accidentally injure many people along the way, but that was necessary.
Once the turmoil had finally settled,
The assets left behind by these family powers, large and small, that had grown strong by sucking the nation's blood would naturally become provisions for the imperial court to