"Damn it! How dare Xu Tianran!"
Xu Tianzhao kicked the table before him, his face terrifyingly grim.
Of Bright City's three major underground organizations—the Xishui Alliance, the Plain Alliance, and the Aodu Merchant Association—the Plain Alliance was backed by him. With his support and direction, the Plain Alliance had risen in a short time to stand alongside the Xishui Alliance and the Aodu Merchant Association as one of the three great powers.
But upon returning to Bright City this time, he received news that left him utterly enraged.
The Plain Alliance had become entangled with the Xishui Alliance, and a clash had broken out. In that clash, the Plain Alliance lost quite a few fifth-ranked Soul Engineers. Even a seventh-ranked Soul Engineer had vanished without a trace. Several of the Plain Alliance's businesses had also suffered tremendous blows and repercussions.
Although he did not know the Xishui Alliance's true background, he knew that Xu Tianran's relationship with it was absolutely not as unrelated as it appeared on the surface.
Since its establishment, the Plain Alliance had always acted cautiously and had never clashed with either the Aodu Merchant Association or the Xishui Alliance. Yet while he had left Bright City to visit his maternal grandfather, the Plain Alliance suffered such a blow. If Xu Tianran had not been behind this, he would not believe it even if beaten to death!
At the same time, Xu Tianran's actions also left Xu Tianzhao somewhat uneasy.
Xu Tianran was moving far faster than he had imagined.
His second elder brother, whose overall strength could even contend with Xu Tianran's, controlled some military support and half of the Aodu Merchant Association. He was undoubtedly Xu Tianran's greatest threat. So Xu Tianran had poisoned him, leaving that second elder brother bedridden. Even if he eventually