Half a quarter-hour later...
Ling Dongwei, crazed with bloodlust, beat the Second Elder's men back step by step. In the end, the Second Elder no longer had time to search for the entrance to the spatial rift and could only lead his people in a frantic counterattack.
But the Second Elder's own faction was somewhat weaker than Ling Dongwei's, and the experts under his command were both fewer and weaker.
After being battered by Ling Dongwei, they were left with nothing but the strength to defend themselves...
"Old bastard, you dare attack my territory? You dare scheme against me?"
Ling Dongwei roared again and again, still believing that the Second Elder had plotted against him, still thinking the Second Elder had ignited the war between him and the family head.
Just then...
The Second Elder suddenly bellowed, "Ling Dongwei, who told you to monopolize the spatial rift world? Who told you to monopolize the source of the spatial energy crystals? Such a fine thing, yet you fucking refused to share it with the family."
The moment those words fell, Ling Dongwei, still raging with fury, froze.
He stared in disbelief at the Second Elder, who had formed an array with all manner of powerful experts, desperately wanting to ask: How the fuck did you know?
At the same time...
Outside Ling Dongwei's palace complex, the family head Ling Dongchuan, the Grand Elder, and the others, who had been watching the show, all widened their eyes.
They nearly spoke in unison. "The spatial rift world? The source of spatial energy crystals?"
All the core experts under Ling Dongchuan exchanged bewildered looks.
Right then, Ling Dongwei finally growled in a low voice, "Second Elder, I don't know what you're talking about."
Naturally, Ling Dongwei refused to admit it and simply played dumb.