*Bang!*
Zhao Qingyun's strength failed him. Sun Xuanming seized the opportunity and struck Zhao Qingyun's chest with a palm. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale. He was clearly injured.
"A good opportunity!!"
Seeing Zhao Qingyun heavily injured, Song Mingyu immediately unleashed his full power as a War God and struck towards Zhao Qingyun's forehead. His speed was astonishing, and his attack was so fierce that it was clearly aimed at ending Zhao Qingyun's life.
Sun Xuanming saw this, a curve formed at the corner of his lips, and he could already picture Zhao Qingyun's tragic death.
The reason the Sun family had decided to act decisively now was to destroy the Zhao family in one fell swoop and then replace them as the new Four Great Families of the capital.
Of course, the most important thing was that they had the confidence to do so because his father, Sun Taiming, had entered the peak of the War God realm. This was also the most crucial reason why they were aiming to become one of the Four Great Families of the capital.
Although Sun Taiming had just entered the peak of the War God realm, he was undeniably at the peak, far beyond the level of a War God from a first-rate aristocratic family.
"Die!!"
To ensure no mistakes were made, Sun Xuanming also decisively attacked, showing no mercy.
"Damn it!!"
Seeing the two attack so decisively, Zhao Qingyun's face was filled with gravity.
"Bastards!"
"Song Mingyu, Sun Xuanming, if I, Zhao Qingyun, survive, I will make you both pay a hundredfold!!"
*Pfft!*
Before Zhao Qingyun could finish speaking, he spat out another mouthful of blood, his face becoming even paler. If this injury were on an ordinary person, they would have already died. It was only because Zhao Qingyun was a War God that he could still hold on.
"Hahaha, if you survive?"
Song Mingyu looked at the dying Zhao Qingyun, a mocking smile on his lips. "You actually think you can leave the Imperial Dragon Club today? How naive!"
"Why waste words with him? Just kill him!"
Sun Xuanming was not as patient. After all, the death of one expert from the Zhao family would bring the Sun family one step closer to becoming one of the Four Great Families of the capital.
"You're right."
Hearing his brother-in-law's words, Song Mingyu stopped talking. After all, he also wanted to see Zhao Qingyun die quickly. In his eyes, Zhao Qingyun was no different from the enemy who had killed his son.
"In that case, Zhao Qingyun, die!"
*Swish~*
*Swish~*
Two sharp sounds cut through the air. The next moment, Song Mingyu and Sun Xuanming appeared beside Zhao Qingyun like ghosts. Zhao Qingyun's eyes were filled with despair. Even at his peak, he would have had to fight with all his might against them. How could he possibly contend with them now, severely injured as he was?
In a flash of thunder and lightning, their attacks arrived.
*Bang bang~*
The expected scene of blood splattering did not occur. Instead, at the critical moment, a figure appeared in the middle of the arena. No, to be precise, it was a man in a black robe. Judging by the fluctuations emanating from him, he was clearly a War God, and not far from the peak of the War God realm.
After repelling both of them consecutively, Song Mingyu and Sun Xuanming's expressions changed drastically. They looked at the black-robed man with disbelief, their hearts filled with extreme seriousness.
"Who are you?"
"One step away from the peak of the War God realm!"
Song Mingyu and the other immediately stopped their attacks. Not only them, but all the fighting in the Imperial Dragon Club also stopped. A hoarse voice came from beneath the black robe, "Zhao Qingyun, right? Go back and tell Zhao Tingjun that the debt from ten years ago is repaid today."
"I'll handle these two. Go."
The hoarse voice was unmistakable. Zhao Qingyun's face lit up with joy, "Thank you, senior!"
"I will definitely tell my father when I return!"
With that, Zhao Qingyun bowed to the black-robed man and then turned to the Zhao family's experts, "Retreat!!"
"Bastards!"
"Leave them behind~~"
Seeing this, Song Mingyu and Sun Xuanming decisively attacked again. However, the black-robed man's hoarse voice was heard, "What? Are you ignoring my presence?"
*Bang bang~*
Two dull thuds. The next moment, in the unbelievable gaze of the experts from the Song and Sun families, both Song Mingyu and Sun Xuanming, two War God level experts, simultaneously spat out blood and flew backward, crashing heavily onto the ground and sliding several meters before stopping.
However, the shock on their faces was even more intense. They looked at the black-robed man who stood before them like an insurmountable barrier with disbelief.
"Damn it, how can he be so strong!"
"Such terrifying combat power! When did the Zhao family get involved with someone like this? Damn it!"
While Song Mingyu and the other were being held back, Zhao Qingyun had already led the Zhao family's experts to abandon the Imperial Dragon Club and rush towards the Zhao family's direction. The two knew that their plan to intercept Zhao Qingyun had failed.
*Swish~*
While the two were in a daze, the black-robed man in the arena had already vanished into the pitch-black night, disappearing into the distance.
"So hateful!!!"
Song Mingyu and the other two's faces were ashen. They were so close. That Zhao Qingyun would have died at their hands. Damn it, if they had known, they should have killed Zhao Qingyun right from the start.
However, it was all decided. No matter how much Song Mingyu and the other regretted it, they could not change the fact that Zhao Qingyun had left.
On the other side.
"Pfft~"
At the Zhao family's manor, Zhao Tingjun, the head of the Zhao family, spat out a mouthful of blood. But that was all. Opposite him, an old man's face was pale. This was Sun Tiance, the head of the Sun family, and also a relative by marriage to the Song family, one of the Four Great Families of the capital.
And the one emanating a sky-high killing intent was none other than Song Yunlong, the head of the Song family.
However, at this moment, Song Yunlong's face was filled with gravity, as Zhao Tingjun's strength was beyond his imagination.
He was indeed at the peak of the War God realm.
But Zhao Tingjun's strength was not that of an ordinary peak War God; he was close to the Half-step Heavenly King realm. Although he and Sun Tiance were both at the peak of the War God realm, if they continued to fight, it would likely only result in both sides being injured. However... even though they couldn't kill the old man, they had successfully tied him down. The situation at the Imperial Dragon Club should be over by now.
"Withdraw!"
After weighing their options, Song Yunlong and Sun Tiance exchanged glances, clearly realizing that continuing to fight would be meaningless.
*Chichi~*
Then, with the two covering their retreat, the experts from both families retreated together, leaving the Zhao family's manor in an instant. Only hundreds of cold corpses remained in the arena. Most of these were Zhao family experts. Among them was Zhao Tingjun's eldest grandson, and Zhao Qingyun's son, who was severely injured and unconscious. There was a gruesome wound nearly ten centimeters long on his chest, clearly inflicted by the Song and Sun families' assassins. However, they had underestimated the strength of Zhao Qingyun's son, Zhao Ruinian.
Although Zhao Ruinian's strength was not that high, he was still at the Half-step War God peak, which was significantly stronger than Song Yu.
It was precisely this reason that allowed Zhao Ruinian to survive!
"Bastards, chase after them..."
"Stop!"
Zhao Mingchuan, the second uncle of the Zhao family, was about to pursue when he was stopped by Zhao Tingjun.
"Father, they've gone too far..."
"Pfft!!"
Before Zhao Mingchuan could finish speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted from Zhao Tingjun's mouth. This sight startled Zhao Mingchuan, "Father, are you alright?"
"Hiss..."
"I won't die anytime soon, but when Qingyun returns, make sure to calm him down. I hope... he's alright."
Zhao Tingjun smiled bitterly. Although his strength had improved, he had underestimated the Sun family's strength. In a sense, the Sun family could barely contend with their Four Great Families. If not for his improved strength, the Zhao family would likely have been annihilated by the two families today.
At the same time, outside the Sun family's manor, a first-rate aristocratic family in the capital, over a hundred experts had been waiting for a long time. These people were all Japanese. The leader exuded the aura of a War God, and beside him were three others who were also War Gods. Among them was someone similar to Okada Ichiro – his father and the captain of the Third Unit of the Sakura Society, Okada Hon'ichi. The one who spoke was the leader, Hyuga Saki, the captain of the Second Unit of the Sakura Society, "Interesting. The capital is chaotic enough today. It's a good time for us to join in."
"Everyone fight to the death! Leave no one from the Sun family, a first-rate aristocratic family of the capital, alive!!"