Many people felt utterly helpless.
They originally came to attend the Double Ninth Festival gathering, just like in previous years.
Because of the conflict between Xu Hao and the Wu Family, they also expected to watch a good show.
Unfortunately, what they never anticipated was that they, the spectators, would also be forced to make a choice.
And it was the kind that left no room for negotiation.
If you're not helping yourself, then you're against yourself. They were given no choice to remain neutral.
Seeing many people hesitating, Xu Hao suddenly said, "Wang Zihao, if people still haven't made up their minds after ten minutes, why don't we join forces and cripple them?"
The crowd was instantly shocked beyond measure!
Xu Hao was actually going to strike against the indecisive onlookers first! If you're not on *, you're viewing a copy.
Wang Zihao was stunned for a moment, but then he said, "Alright! Nobody gets to be just a spectator today. Who knows if any of you spectators might suddenly stab me in the back."
Xu Hao nodded slightly. That was indeed his thought. Those who didn't want to fight or make a choice, who didn't harbor the thought of gaining from others' fishing troubles?
But how could Xu Hao allow them to benefit from fishing in troubled waters?
Wang Zihao's strength was now incredibly strong, already at the middle stage of Grandmaster level.
Xu Hao couldn't believe how quickly the other's strength had advanced, even faster than his own!
Plus, with the third-grade Replica Demon Blade in his hand, Xu Hao was not sure he could defeat him without getting injured himself.
Once he was injured, these people might swarm him all at once.
Thus, Xu Hao needed to prevent this situation from occurring.
Hearing that Xu Hao and Wang Zihao planned to join forces first and clear out the neutral third party, many people immediately panicked.
They had just come to enjoy the drama!
Why must they be dragged into it?
Couldn't they just quietly watch a good show?
An elder from the Xu family said, "Young Master Xu, isn't this a bit too extreme? We really have no intention of being your enemy, yet you are forcibly pressing us."
Many people nodded in agreement; they didn't want to get involved in the struggle among Xu Hao, the Wu Family, and Wang Zihao. They just wanted to quietly spectate.
Xu Hao said indifferently, "Watching a show? You still need to buy a ticket. If you want to watch my show, the ticket price is your very lives!"
The Xu family elder was slightly angry, pointing at the crowds from various families behind him, he loudly said, "Young Master Xu, today there are thousands of people here. The ones who truly have a grudge against you are fewer than two hundred from the Wu family and the Cao family. Do you really want to make enemies of these thousands of people?
'The righteous gain numerous allies, the wicked have few.' When you justly intervened and exposed the crimes of the Wu family, asking for justice on behalf of the people, we all admired you greatly and thought you would be a good ruler. If you became the top man in Huadu, you would surely keep those villains in check.
But your recent words and actions have deeply disappointed us. Can't we stay neutral? Your approach is simply too overbearing."
Xu Hao said indifferently, "You don't represent everyone. For people from your noble families to speak of remaining neutral is frankly laughable. You will undoubtedly side with whoever has the advantage to seize the greatest fruits of victory and seek a stronger ally. Isn't this what you always do?"
The Xu family elder's expression turned slightly darker, Xu Hao was not wrong; their intentions were as clear as Sima Zhao's—known to all.
Before they revealed their true intentions, even the Wu Family wouldn't want to make enemies with them, after all, everyone wanted greater support.
But Xu Hao didn't play by the normal rules, disrupting their plans, forcing them not just to stop sitting on the fence, but even preventing them from just quietly watching.
They had to make a choice!
Would they side with Xu Hao or the Wu Family?
No family present wanted to side with Wang Zihao. The previous generation's Demonic Blade Successor had been nearly beaten to death, and it was unknown why they didn't completely die out, but this still indicated that choosing Wang Zihao's side was absolutely not an option.
Moreover, Wang Zihao understood his own status, so he said he must slaughter all who opposed him, rather than those not allied with him.
Though the two statements seemed only a word apart, their meanings were quite different.
As time slowly passed,
Ultimately, aside from the Qian, Sun, and Wei families who had already been on Xu Hao's side, the Han and Jin families also declared their allegiance to him.
In contrast, the Zhang, Cao, and Xu families chose to ally with the Wu Family.
While the Zhou Family did not clearly state their allegiance to Xu Hao. With Xuanmen as their backing, they were not likely to easily submit to another force. Moreover, their family was powerful; although Xu Hao was very strong, he would not make enemies with the Zhou Family, who had shown some goodwill at this time.
Now, all eyes turned towards the He Family.
As one of the Seven Small Families, the He family was not very powerful and had always been quite low-profile.