Chapter 15

Wu Tan City's various powers were now swiftly convening clan meetings.

Many small clans had already begun urgently recalling all their assets from outside the city.

Moreover, the main parties in this incident—the Xiao Clan, Jia Lie Clan, and Ao Ba Clan—had tacitly agreed not to spread any news to the outside world.

Yet everything that had happened in the Xiao Clan's War Wolf Camp had been witnessed by everyone in Wu Tan City.

With an army gathering on such a scale, even if the three great clans continued to remain silent, the remaining small clans understood that the tripartite balance Wu Tan City had painstakingly maintained for decades might be broken within the next few days.

And the instigator of all this was Xiao Ming, who had just returned from Black Demon Stockade.

When Wu Tan City's defensive grand formation had been activated, everyone in the city had seen Xiao Ming single-handedly forcefully prevent the formation from activating successfully.

One had to know that Wu Tan City had stood firm for so many years amid the surrounding mountains largely because of this defensive grand formation.

It was easy to imagine just how important this formation was to Wu Tan City.

Yet no one had expected that the formation generations had relied upon would be so easily broken by an unknown junior like Xiao Ming, someone none of them had ever heard of before.

Overnight, every household in Wu Tan City was discussing who Xiao Ming really was.

But Xiao Ming, who was currently in War Wolf Camp, paid no heed to anything happening outside.

Because Xiao Ming knew that what lay before him was the combined assault of two great clans.

Although he had brought Seven Baleful Intents and the others back from Black Demon Stockade, Xiao Ming had no idea whether the two great clans possessed some hidden trump card he knew nothing about.

After all, the two great clans had been able to throw their weight around in Wu Tan City for so many years because they certainly had extraordinary strengths.

Thus, Xiao Ming, who had always acted with caution as his guiding principle, naturally sought to know both himself and his enemies when dealing with the two great clans.

In the early morning, a ray of golden sunlight shone through the window lattice into the room.

Xiao Ming was sleeping soundly in bed when a burst of noise woke him up.

"Damn, it's so noisy. Who is it?" Xiao Ming shoved aside the quilt covering his eyes, his face filled with irritation.

The moment he stepped out of his room, Xiao Ming saw Seven Baleful Intents hurrying toward him with an excited look on his face.

"Boss, you're finally up?"

"What is it? You look so excited. Did something fun happen again?" Xiao Ming asked when he saw Seven Baleful Intents so thrilled.

"Of course. The two great clans actually came over to our side on their own." Seven Baleful Intents looked at Xiao Ming with a broad grin.

"What? You mean the two great clans came to cause trouble for us?" Xiao Ming frowned at Seven Baleful Intents' words.

"Yeah, and there are quite a lot of them." Seven Baleful Intents nodded.

After hearing Seven Baleful Intents, Xiao Ming did not feel pleased.

Because he knew that Jia Lie Bi and Ao Bapa had both been present on the city wall earlier.

Having witnessed the strength of Seven Baleful Intents and the others, how could the two great clans possibly choose to launch an attack here at a time like this?

It was clearly impossible. As the saying went, when something unusual happened, there had to be a reason.

Even though powerful experts stood on his side at the moment, Xiao Ming still would not let down his guard.

But since the two great clans had openly come to his doorstep, Xiao Ming would not shy away from trouble.

"Since the two great clans are here, let's go welcome them." Xiao Ming smiled at Seven Baleful Intents.

Seven Baleful Intents nodded. Then the two gathered the people of Black Demon Stockade and headed for the camp gates, preparing to see what tricks the two great clans were trying to pull.

However, just as Xiao Ming reached the entrance, he seemed to remember something. He turned to Seven Baleful Intents and said, "Seven Baleful Intents, there's something I forgot to tell you. Go have everyone prepare their weapons. In a while, lead some men out and circle around behind the two great clans."

Seven Baleful Intents immediately revealed an excited expression upon hearing Xiao Ming's words.

"Boss, I don't think we need to go through all that trouble. You know the strength of those two great clans. If we really fight, I'm afraid these people will only be going to their deaths." Seven Baleful Intents looked at Xiao Ming with a troubled expression.

Xiao Ming rolled his eyes and said, "I know what you're thinking, but you need to understand that every decision we make now concerns the lives of everyone in Black Demon Stockade. So I have to be cautious, and then even more cautious. Just do as I tell you. You don't need to concern yourself with anything else."

Seeing Xiao Ming's serious expression, Seven Baleful Intents nodded at once.

As Seven Baleful Intents obediently carried out Xiao Ming's orders, he immediately had all the people of Black Demon Stockade prepare their weapons.

Very soon, a dark mass of Black Demon Stockade members stood fully equipped.

Xiao Ming nodded in satisfaction at the sight, then said, "Alright, everyone follow Seven Baleful Intents. Let's go greet the people from the two great clans!"

The moment Xiao Ming finished speaking, the people of Black Demon Stockade followed behind Seven Baleful Intents and the others, silently gathering outside the tents at the far edge of the camp. Before long, everyone from Black Demon Stockade had assembled at the camp's side gate.

Meanwhile, accompanied by Xiao Zhan and the others, Xiao Ming had already arrived at the camp's main entrance.

Looking at the dark mass of allied troops before him, a cold smile curled across Xiao Ming's lips.

Although the two great clans were indeed powerful, Xiao Ming did not believe they would dare charge directly into his territory at a time like this.

After all, this was not a place the two great clans could enter as they pleased.

"Heh, looks like you two great clans have quite some nerve, bringing men straight here. But do you think this is enough to scare me?" At this moment, several elders of the Xiao Clan snorted coldly at the allied forces of the two great clans before them.

It was not only the Xiao Clan elders who disliked them. Even some of the Xiao Clan's younger disciples looked at the allied forces of the two great clans with contempt and mockery.

"Hehe... I'd like to know what exactly they intend by doing this?"