"Bang!" The Second Ancestor of the Heavenly Family plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground, a bloody hole torn through his chest.
He was dead!
A Royal-level powerhouse had died just like that! Killed by a peak King-level cultivator!
This was also the first Royal-level to die since the great changes in the world!
The stone tablet flew slowly from the sky towards Li Xiaotian. Whether intentionally or not, the shrinking stone tablet flew past the faces of the revived warriors from the five directions, its speed gradual.
However, at this moment, no one dared to move. Even though they knew the preciousness of the stone tablet, those revived warriors dared not make a move.
Li Xiaotian collected the stone tablet. In three months, he had learned many methods to control it. The stone tablet was incomparably hard, and he had originally planned to use it as a weapon.
The scene was silent. Everyone looked at Li Xiaotian. He had returned alone, annihilated everyone in the Heavenly family, and reversed the situation!
Perhaps no one had expected such an outcome at the beginning.
Li Xiaotian walked towards Tian Qilin, his eyes icy.
"I... I beg you, don't kill me, okay? I was wrong, I confess. Li Xiaotian, please let me go, okay? I am the young master of the Heavenly family, I can't die."
Tian Qilin said fearfully, tears and snot streaming down his face. At this moment, he was truly terrified and desperate.
"If you don't die, who will I use to mourn my brothers?" Li Xiaotian said coldly, then stomped on Tian Qilin's head, crushing it.
Even if he had to kill Tian Qilin, he wanted the man to die in the most humiliating way!
"Xiaotian!" Ye Qingmei rushed into Li Xiaotian's arms, weeping. She had been mentally on edge for these three months, and only now did she completely relax.
"Big Brother!" Long Yi and the others stepped forward, tears silently flowing from their eyes.
Although Li Xiaotian had killed the enemies, too many of their own had died. They had no joy of victory.
Li Xiaotian gently patted Ye Qingmei's back, then looked at the corpses of the Dragon King Hall warriors who had committed suicide, his heart aching fiercely.
"Brothers, I'm sorry, I came back too late!" Li Xiaotian said, tears of blood flowing from his eyes.
"Big Brother, we want revenge! Revenge for our brothers! Kill all the Heavenly family!" Long Yi gritted his teeth and growled, his eyes filled with hatred.
Li Xiaotian's eyes were filled with hatred as he gritted his teeth and growled.
"From now on, Li Xiaotian and the Heavenly family are irreconcilable!"
On the square, everyone looked at Li Xiaotian and the others. The revived warriors felt cold, while others felt complex emotions, a mix of relief and fear.
"Everyone, you may disperse!" Li Xiaotian looked at the crowd on the square, his expression blank.
The spectators heard this and quickly departed, their hearts filled with lingering fear.
They had been invited by the Heavenly family to witness the ceremony, only to see such a heart-wrenching scene. It was already very good that Li Xiaotian did not pursue them.
"Dragon King, please accept my condolences." Qin Huang spoke, a touch of sadness flickering in his heart. He had experienced what Li Xiaotian was going through.
Li Xiaotian nodded. He had learned about the Great Qin's plight on the plane.
"Li Xiaotian, revived warriors are not necessarily villains. Do not develop ill feelings towards us because of one Heavenly family. Alas, if you have time, you can visit my Sword Pavilion."
A revived warrior force spoke, their expression benevolent.
"I will go when I have time," Li Xiaotian replied indifferently.
All outsiders had left the square, leaving only Li Xiaotian and his group.
"Take the brothers back. It's too cold outside." Li Xiaotian said, leading Long Yi and the others to collect the bodies of the warriors.
Some warriors from the Dragon Palace Hotel also came out to join the action. The Great Qin military also sent people to help Li Xiaotian clear the square.
Late at night, the candlelight flickered in the Dragon Palace Hotel. Li Xiaotian and the others were gathered in the lobby.
The Dragon King Hall now had only eight remaining commanders and less than twenty thousand warriors, meaning their strength was only a quarter of what it used to be.
"Big Brother, I've only left a thousand people at the Dragon Palace Hotel. The rest of the brothers, I've told them to hide in the mountains outside the capital, because I'm not sure if the Heavenly family will pursue them relentlessly. Only by separating from us can they have a chance to escape."
Long Yi spoke, introducing the current situation of the Dragon King Hall to Li Xiaotian.
"Tell them all to come back. The Heavenly family, I will lead you to destroy them together!" Li Xiaotian said, his heart filled with murderous intent.
His Dragon King Hall had suffered countless casualties, his daughter had been snatched by the Heavenly family, and his wife had almost become someone else's wife. This hatred was imprinted in his blood. The Heavenly family must be destroyed!
Moreover, the military's situation was even more tragic than the Dragon King Hall's. Li Shanhai had died in battle, and only a little over thirty battle gods remained in the military. One must know that before, the military had over a hundred battle gods.
These were all the actions of the Heavenly family, to punish Li Shanhai and Li Xiaotian for annihilating the Ancient Martial Alliance back then.
The Great Qin also suffered heavy losses of powerful individuals in that battle, leading to its territories being occupied by revived warrior forces, making it unable to send people to stop them.
By now, the Great Qin Sovereign's orders were confined only to the capital. This meant that only the capital was truly part of the Great Qin, while all other regions were occupied by revived forces.
Li Xiaotian's expression was grim. The great changes in the world had dealt the biggest blow to the Great Qin.
The situations in other countries were better. At least the battle gods of those countries had broken through to the King level due to the changes in the world, and their strength had greatly increased, giving them the confidence to contend with the revived forces.
But the Great Qin was not like that. As soon as the world changed, many battle gods in the military were killed by the Heavenly family's powerhouses before they could even break through, causing the Great Qin's strength to plummet and become desolate.
Li Xiaotian took a deep breath, then looked at Ye Qingmei in his arms and said softly.
"Don't worry, I will rescue Tiantian as soon as possible!"
"No need, Xiaotian. Our current strength is too weak. Without sufficient strength, Tiantian cannot be rescued."
Ye Qingmei said with red eyes, then continued.
"Don't worry, Tiantian is not in danger. The Heavenly family people dare not harm our daughter."
"Hmm? What's going on?" Li Xiaotian was slightly stunned. He had killed two important figures of the Heavenly family and only later learned that his daughter had been captured by them. Therefore, he had been struggling with regret, thinking he should have kept Tian Qilin alive to exchange for his daughter.
Now, hearing Ye Qingmei say this, it made Li Xiaotian full of doubt.
"I don't know the specifics. You'll have to ask the Great Qin Sovereign. When the world changed, my body underwent changes. I became King-level in three days. The Heavenly family precisely saw this, which is why they demanded I marry into their family."
Ye Qingmei said, also confused. Then she continued.
"It seems that an extraordinary existence appeared in my ancestral line, which is why my body underwent changes during the great changes in the world. And Tiantian, as our child, also underwent changes."
"According to the Qin Sovereign, the Heavenly family dare not kill us, because killing us would alert that existence in my ancestral line. Therefore, they could only force me to marry into the Heavenly family and give birth to children containing my ancestral bloodline, to strengthen their Heavenly family."