This Is What It Means to Protect One's Own (3/3)

In merely a few minutes, every member of the Lian Family had been slaughtered. Amid the sea of blood, Zhou Heng stood proudly, like a demon, like a god.

Silence reigned all around.

The Sunflare Sovereigns and Sunflare Emperors who had come here were naturally either those in power among great clans or their future pillars. Seeing such a vast Lian Family butchered clean from top to bottom, they could not help feeling the sorrow of a rabbit's death stirring pity for the fox.

As for wrongdoing, it was not as if they had never done any themselves. How many great clans would restrain their own members from throwing their weight around and bullying others?

If one did not use one's power or flaunt one's influence, then what was the point of having a family?

Still, they only sighed over it briefly before their hearts immediately grew heated.

Though the Lian Family had been wiped out, their territory had not vanished. That was an enormous fortune! Who had the time to care about the Lian Family's fate? Seizing tangible benefits was what mattered most.

Zhou Heng's fury gradually faded, yet there was not the slightest joy in his heart. Instead, an indescribable sorrow welled up within him.

The Lian Family's people were dead, but those they had killed could not come back to life!

"Roar—"

Just then, a dragonlike howl rang out from afar, shaking heaven and earth as the winds and clouds changed color. A blast of air swept over first, filling everyone with an indescribable oppression and making them so miserable they nearly vomited blood.

Whoosh! Before the howl had faded, a figure had already shot over. Clad in green, he radiated a powerful, terrifying aura. His hair was completely white, his face was the color of a