The Xiao Family, foremost among the Six Great Clans, appeared immensely powerful and harmonious, yet beneath the surface, it was riddled with conflicts.
Only, in the past, those conflicts had been suppressed by the Xiao Family Patriarch. But now, with Xiao Chuo making her move, all those contradictions could no longer be contained.
An elder of the Xiao Family shouted angrily, "Spreading wicked lies to deceive the masses! Keeping a wretch like you alive truly is a disaster for my Xiao Family!"
With that, the elder disregarded Xiao Wuji and Xiao Wusheng's attitudes and moved to attack directly.
But at that moment, a terrifying figure suddenly emerged behind him—Gluttony Devours Heaven!
The Xiao Family elder spat out a mouthful of blood and was blasted into grievous injury on the spot!
"Xiao Wuji! Have you gone mad?"
The other four Xiao Family elders stared at Xiao Wuji in shock and fury. They simply could not believe that Xiao Wuji would truly heed that wretch's words and attack them!
Yet Xiao Wuji did not even spare them a glance. The refined yet faintly languid air around him had vanished, replaced by a savage ferocity. Just like the cultivation method he practiced—Gluttony Devours Heaven—though it was one of the Dragon's nine sons, it was also an ancient fiendish beast!
Xiao Wusheng looked at Xiao Wuji with horror as well. Clearly, he had not expected his younger brother to act so decisively at such a time.
Xiao Wuji said blandly, "Big Brother, Little Sister is right. He who cannot make a clean break will suffer from the chaos it brings. So long as the Xiao Family's foundations remain, we will not decline. What use are these old fossils if we keep them in the Xiao Family?
"On the contrary, if we seize the power