"Report, Elder. Chen Zhidong has fallen..."
A trembling voice rang out inside the Sky-Piercing Mecha. The Five Clans soldier in military uniform had reddened eyes.
"I know..."
Chen Qi waved a hand. A trace of sorrow surfaced in his eyes, but it quickly vanished, replaced by ice-cold resolve.
"Deploy the Third Army of Chi Prefecture. They must completely suppress Chen Min and reach Qingshan before he does!"
"Yes, sir!"
The guard left.
"Who did this?!"
The Sky-Piercing Mecha stood like a towering steel mountain, its silver-blue armor reflecting the light of the sky.
Where its eyes would have been were two enormous windows glowing with faint light, framing the brightly lit office within.
Chen Qi sat in a leather chair, a desk made of white jade before him.
His eyes narrowed. An Eighth Order's senses were extraordinarily powerful.
Even though Chen Zhidong was thousands of miles away, Chen Qi could still use Karma to sense the changes in the atmosphere of the space where Chen Zhidong had died.
Suddenly, hundreds of bolts of lightning had closed in on Chen Zhidong as he fled through space, then exploded with a thunderous roar.
What was that?
A lightning-attributed Explosion Formation Disk?
Chen Qi couldn't identify it right away, but Chen Zhidong was already dead.
Moreover, Chen Zhidong's vanguard was still locked in a desperate battle against the ten-thousand-strong army led by Chen Min.
Everyone knew that Blood Brand and Blood Gu were on Qingshan.
The Five Clans weren't willing to let them go, and Great Xia was even less willing.
"Chen Min..." Chen Qi narrowed his eyes.
"He already has the power to kill someone at the Peak Creation Realm!"
In an instant, Chen Qi's white hair whipped wildly as a surge of fury rose within him.
Among Chen Prefecture's collateral branches,