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Chen Zixiu spoke in a low voice, with a measure of suppressed emotion. "Back then, the great families of Soul Fighting City flourished, their fortunes blazing like the midday sun."
"Yet someone grew wary-even afraid. First, they used the beast tide as their blade, borrowing a knife to kill, hoping to destroy our foundations."
"Then they leaked information, allowing the Crimson Church to ambush our Chen Clan, and delayed reinforcements. Their intentions were vicious: they wanted to put every one of our families to death."
"Truly, the human heart is treacherous."
He paused before continuing. "Although we fought with all our might and successfully drove back the beast tide, that calamity gravely weakened every family. Our rising momentum was forcibly brought to a halt."
Chen Zixiu's words were earth-shattering, detonating bit by bit in Yang Jingxue's and Ximen Rongcheng's minds.
Neither of them had ever considered what Chen Zixiu was suggesting.
Throughout history, the great beast tides of the Star Dou Great Forest had destroyed far too many superpowers and top-tier powers.
The Forest Church, the Heavenly Soldier Sect, the War God Church, the Dark Night Church-how many mighty powers at the pinnacle had suffered upheaval, or even destruction, because of them?
They had always put what happened back then down to bad luck.
They had never imagined that, in Chen Zixiu's eyes-no, in the Chen Clan's eyes-it had been a trap.
Speaking of which, the Chen Clan had also contributed greatly to Soul Fighting City's successful defense against the beast tide.
Although more than half its clansmen had been lost, and the clan itself had fallen into crisis, leaving it unable to send any more reinforcements.
It was then that Lu Xueqi and her husband, Zhang Xiaofan, received the news and