"Breaking news! Breaking news!"
"Feng Zhengliang clashed with the Xiao Household's fourth elder on Merchant Street in the city, and Feng Zhengliang killed him!"
"The Feng Household has now seized the initiative and is gathering its elite forces to encircle and wipe out the Xiao Household's people!"
"The Xiao Household was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses!"
In just a few hours, the winds shifted dramatically in Suyang City. What had begun as the Feng Household's profligate stirring up trouble had suddenly become a preemptive campaign against the Xiao Household.
No one had expected Feng Zhengliang, who had merely gone out to vent his anger by killing someone, to suddenly charge into the Xiao Household's headquarters like a madman and plunder it wholesale.
The entire Xiao Household had only twelve Foundation Establishment Combat Power in total. They first lost one major fighting asset in the clash with Feng Zhengliang, then had two Yaksha Mechas seized after he stormed their compound. Those machines were surrendered outright almost before they could be deployed.
Fortunately, the Xiao Household understood that they could not put all their eggs in one basket. They still had estates and strongholds outside the city, and their patriarch, Xiao Yicheng, and the other clan elders reacted in time, organizing their people to defend themselves and counterattack.
With their nine remaining Foundation Establishment Combat Power, they temporarily repelled the Feng Household's surprise assault and hastily called on friends and allies for support. Yet their allies all seemed to have gone deaf and dumb, falling utterly silent.
"This isn't something a normal person would do. With every gust of wind and cry of a crane setting nerves on edge, and enemies on every side, he still dared to pick one of them and charge at it to the death.