Shen Xiu stood to one side, seething with resentment. According to their original plan, the Sacred Family could have easily overthrown the Wind Snow Family, but because of Nie Li, all their efforts had gone down the drain.
She simply could not understand why this brat had opposed the Sacred Family right from the start. Had they been enemies in a past life or something?
She had actually guessed right.
Shen Hong drank as he pondered. The Sacred Family had reached a point where there was nowhere left to retreat. The other families were keeping their distance, while the City Lord's Mansion continued to monitor and suppress them. That left them with only two paths.
One was to decline from this point onward. The other was to join forces with the Dark Guild and fight back.
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Ye Zong had already led a large force in an assault on the Sacred Family's headquarters.
When he saw the protective array laid down by generations of the Sacred Family's ancestors activate, Ye Zong immediately merged with the Wind Snow Giant Ape.
Over all these years, the City Lord's Mansion had long since uncovered everything about the Sacred Family. Yet the one thing they had not known was that the Sacred Family had thrown in its lot with the Dark Guild.
And that was something Glory City absolutely would not tolerate.
The scene now returned to the banquet hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Cups and goblets still passed back and forth, with the various families frequently exchanging toasts and enjoying themselves immensely.
Shen Hong's suspicions grew deeper and deeper. All the families had already assembled, yet the banquet still had not begun. They were clearly stalling for time. Just what was the Wind Snow Family trying to do?
He immediately slapped