After hanging up, Zhao Shuyan still looked deeply unsettled. Clearly, what Lu Yarong had told her had left her utterly shocked.
For a long time, she couldn't calm down.
Besides being shocked, she also felt immensely fortunate.
For Kyoto's elite and the many wealthy families, this was destined to be a sleepless night. As the news spread rapidly, all of Kyoto was shaken.
Four top-tier wealthy families had been wiped out in one fell swoop. The Zhong family, in particular, had been riding high lately, acting utterly untouchable.
With Dou Jingchen's backing and the Golden Core Great Grandmasters who had pledged themselves to the Supreme Immortal Gate, the Zhong family had gotten whatever it wanted.
Even the central government had often been forced to yield to its pressure, making concessions on many fronts.
Without a doubt, during this period the Zhong family had been Kyoto's undisputed number one wealthy family!
But now the Zhong, Wei, Wang, and Li families had been uprooted and slaughtered to the last. Even the Supreme Immortal Gate elder, who had stood high above everyone and looked down on all things, had been killed.
The several Golden Core Great Grandmasters from Hidden Dragon and Bureau 95 who had pledged themselves to the Supreme Immortal Gate had also all perished. The shock and uproar this caused among Kyoto's wealthy families and elite were unimaginable!
After all, though the power struggles among the upper classes were brutal, everyone still observed certain basic unspoken rules. No matter how fierce the fighting got, they wouldn't go so far as to physically annihilate their opponents.
Yet this time, Ning Wangshu had wiped out four top-tier wealthy families in one fell swoop!
"How savage! Tch... Those were four entire wealthy families! They were slaughtered to the last!"
"Exactly. General Ning is terrifyingly