The Clan Hall.
More than two thousand disciples from the dozens of Enlightenment Academies in Delusion Village had all come carrying lanterns. They had not come to champion the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew, but to challenge the Sun and Zhao Families for the sake of their own futures and those of their descendants, seeking to sweep away every injustice here.
In Tiannan, the Qian Family, which had held back for days, also mobilized its entire clan. Over a thousand people came through the air, brimming with killing intent.
These two forces, more than three thousand experts of the red qi and Black Qi Ranks, completely enveloped the Clan Hall like dark clouds pressing overhead-the hall that symbolized Delusion Village's highest authority and greatest glory.
Nothing so earthshaking had happened since the Former Master's golden age ended. Those members of the Sun and Zhao Families who had been so arrogant, so quick to demand blood, now watched the lantern lights fill the sky as the academy disciples looked down on them together, overflowing with killing intent... Under that pressure, they all reined in their auras and fell utterly silent.
Not only were the descendants and clan elders of the Sun and Zhao Families stunned, frightened, and terrified, even Zhao Han, who had been so overbearing and unquestioned in the Clan Hall, now had a deathly pale face and was utterly despairing inside.
Events had spiraled completely out of control, and the situation had been completely reversed. That much was obvious...
But Zhao Han had no contingency plan for such an earthshaking change. Given his position and social standing, he truly could not understand why the scattered people of the Enlightenment Academies had united so tightly tonight. How could a little incitement from a few damned teachers make them all leap