As the Su Household's former allies defected one after another, its forces collapsed like a mountain giving way.
Every household vented its resentment over its fallen kin on the Su Household.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the Su Household disciples who had left the formation lay dead.
Nearly all had been surrounded and attacked by several opponents at once.
With several times as many fighters, the Zhou Household and its allies suffered few losses afterward. Only a dozen or so unlucky souls were dragged into mutual destruction by members of the Su Household.
Seeing that the outcome was settled, and shaken by Xu Mingwei's methods, Zhou Shaoyuan immediately flew over to inquire about his origins.
"Fellow Daoist, thank you for killing the Su Household Head. Otherwise, we would have had to expend considerable effort to kill him, and he might even have escaped."
Seeing him approach, Xu Mingwei tucked the Storage Pouch into his robes.
"There is no need to worry, fellow Daoist. You killed Su Yuanze single-handedly. My Zhou Household has already declared that the spoils from each kill belong to the killer's lineage."
"I see." Xu Mingwei nodded slightly, then said, "Xu Mingwei of the Xu Household."
"The Xu Household?" No matter how Zhou Shaoyuan searched his memory, he could not recall a cultivation clan in Moon Lake Commandery called the Xu Household that concealed such strength.
"Does your lineage hail from outside Moon Lake Commandery?"
Xu Mingwei smiled faintly. "My Xu Household is merely an obscure little lineage in Moon Lake Commandery. How could we have caught your eye, Household Head Zhou?"
Has his lineage risen because it produced a cultivator of extraordinary talent?
Zhou Shaoyuan understood at once. Such cases were common enough.
After all, cultivation lineages were not the only ones