A keen light flickered in Tang Aotian's eyes as he picked up the thread. "Nephew Xiaojun, your words certainly have merit, but no one ever complains of having too much support. With calamity upon us, every extra measure of strength gives us another measure of certainty. Besides-"
He paused, then admitted frankly, "Though our Clear Sky Sect has many members, we truly cannot compare with your clan, where every descendant is an outstanding talent."
Tang Aotian's words revealed what the Tang Family truly thought of the Chen Clan.
Just as Chen Yu had once described the Long Family as "Soul Saints at minimum," the Chen Clan appeared even more terrifying to outsiders.
Provided they did not perish along the way, virtually every descendant of the Chen Clan Main Lineage would become a Soul Douluo. How frightening was that!
Heaven's will worked in mysterious ways.
The Tang Family's enormous numbers inspired envy, and they possessed many promising talents with innate soul power at level five or six and above. Yet the Chen Clan's descendants were almost all born with innate soul power of level seven or higher-minor geniuses. With only a little over thirty people in the Chen Clan Main Lineage, resources were highly concentrated, making their advance to Soul Douluo almost as natural as water flowing into a channel.
Of course, thanks to its enormous population base, the Tang Family had amassed no fewer Soul Douluos than the Chen Clan Main Lineage, but the resources consumed were far more staggering.
In terms of main lineage strength, assuming their top-level combat power was comparable, the Tang Family's much larger middle ranks of soul masters even gave it a slight edge. In terms of branch strength, however, the Chen Clan's branches far surpassed those of the Tang Family.
Overall, throughout the long