Chapter 471: Chapter 471: Decisive Chapter 471: Chapter 471: Decisive Purple light stretched across Chang Kong like an ancient, unchanging river, in time to intercept the enormous red blade shadow that was about to strike down from the sky.
The light halos of these two colors dyed the boundless sky with dazzling hues.
Endless power radiated from within the halos, covering the heavens and blanketing everything in its radiance.
Even the martial artists outside the Song Family Mansion could feel the terrifying and vast oppressive force.
All eyes were fixed upon the sky above.
Could the Song Family Patriarch block Jing Yan’s attack?
If he could, would Jing Yan retreat?
Or would he go all out to continue the slaughter?
Such a horrible Sword Light!”
Under everyone’s gaze, the purple radiance of the Song Family Patriarch crumbled upon contact with the Red Sword Light in the blink of an eye.
A large amount of purple light, scattering in all directions like twinkling stars, gradually dissipated within the space.
After the collapse of the purple light, the Red Sword Light continued its descent toward the crowd below without any loss of speed.
It seemed that hardly any of its power had been depleted!
More than twenty days ago, when Jing Yan first came to the Song Family, the Song Family Patriarch was able to block his attack.
In just twenty days, had the Patriarch’s resistance become so powerless?
In front of Jing Yan, the Song Family Patriarch was as helpless as a three-year-old child!
Could it be that during the last encounter at the Song Family, Jing Yan did not use his full strength?
Everyone’s hearts shook violently.
The Red Sword Light struck the crowd below like lightning, instantly killing hundreds of the Song Family Disciples.
The Song Family suffered heavy losses.
“Hmph!” Jing Yan let out another cold snort.
Immediately after, he swung his Skyfire Sword once more, and another Red Sword Shadow condensed into existence.
The Song Family Patriarch trembled all over, forcibly suppressing the fluctuating Primordial Energy within him.
Although he did not directly take Jing Yan’s attack during that earlier attempt to block, the rebound from the immense force caused his entire Primordial Energy to roll uncontrollably.
But now there was no time to check his own physical condition.
If he delayed any further, at least hundreds more from the Song Family would die on the spot.
“Jing Yan, please stop!
Please, I beg you, I was wrong, it’s all my fault,” tears burst forth from the wrinkled face of the Song Family Patriarch.
The ones Jing Yan had killed were among his Song Family’s offspring.
With a single strike, hundreds of Song Family Disciples were dead.
In the void, the Song Family Patriarch prostrated himself before Jing Yan, constantly crying out his own fault.
He had indeed made a mistake!
At this moment, he was filled with immense regret.
He assumed that Jing Yan had died, so he disregarded the small actions of the Song Family against the Zhang Family and Flame.
Now, he was paying a steep price for breaking his promise.
If he had kept his word, how could he have brought about the catastrophe of today?
“Old Clan Leader, you…”
“Old Clan Leader, you mustn’t!”
The Song Family below, upon seeing the Patriarch’s current stance, clamored out loud with emotion.
“All Song Family members!
If you still recognize me as your Old Clan Leader, then shut your mouths!” The Old Clan Leader sternly scanned the Song Family crowd below.
Hearing this, the Song Family members trembled and gritted their teeth, not daring to speak again.
Meanwhile, Jing Yan temporarily reined in his Primordial Energy, casting a cold, indifferent glance over the kneeling figure of the Old Clan Leader.
“Now you realize your mistake, isn’t it a bit late?” Jing Yan said in a deep voice.
“Jing Yan, please give my Song Family another chance,” the Old Clan Leader pleaded shakily.
After failing to protect the Song Family Disciples from Jing Yan’s attack, he knew his strength was worlds apart from Jing Yan’s.
If Jing Yan attacked him directly, he would not be able to withstand a single move.
The fear of the Song Family Patriarch was greater than that of others, for others might believe that Jing Yan had concealed his true power on his previous visit to the Song Family.
However, having personally exchanged blows with Jing Yan, he knew very well that Jing Yan’s strength had been on a par with his own at the time.
Yet in this short period, Jing Yan’s strength had far surpassed his.
He didn’t know how Jing Yan had done it; he only knew it was a fact.
The terror of Jing Yan was beyond his imagination at that time.
He couldn’t understand how Jing Yan, after being pursued by a Daoist Master Realm assassin from Dark Night, was not only still alive but had also increased in strength significantly.
However, these details were no longer important to him; what mattered most was convincing Jing Yan to withdraw his killing intent and spare the Song Family once more.
“If I had died, killed by the assassin of Dark Night, would your Song Family have spared the Zhang Family?
Would you have spared Flame?
You don’t need to deceive me; I know you wouldn’t have!
I trusted you once, and you disappointed me, so should I trust you again?” Jing Yan’s face showed only a trace of coldness.
“Jing Yan!” The Old Clan Leader knelt in the air, shaking as he spoke, “All of this is indeed my fault and that of the Song Family.
Your anger is justified; we failed your trust.
However, there are tens of thousands of Song Family Disciples—living, breathing people!
Most of them should not have to sacrifice their lives for my mistakes.”
As he spoke, the Old Clan Leader suddenly stretched out his left arm and tore off his right arm forcefully.
Blood gushed from the site of his amputation, but he neither used Primordial Energy nor Healing Pills to stop the bleeding.
“From today onward, my Song Family is willing to become an Affiliated Family to the Zhang Family.
Each year, we will offer ten million Spirit Stones to the Zhang Family.
If this doesn’t satisfy you, then you may kill me, but I implore you to spare these innocent people of the Song Family.” The Old Clan Leader was indeed resolute.
He knew that without showing true sincerity, Jing Yan would not easily spare him and the entire Song Family.
So, he began by severing his arm and then declared the Song Family’s submission as an Affiliated Family to the Zhang Family.
Affiliated family was not just about providing resources to the main family every year.
Once the main family issued a command, the affiliated family was expected to be the first to stand forward and do their utmost to fulfill the main family’s orders.
Jing Yan’s eyes narrowed.
He began to consider.
Indeed, the Song Family had tens of thousands of disciples, nearly ten thousand of whom resided within this mansion alone.
Should he kill them all?
From the beginning, Jing Yan had no intention of annihilating the Song Family.
Naturally, this was also because the Zhang Family and the Flame Adventure Group had not suffered fatal damage; otherwise, he would have utterly destroyed the Song Family.
After a period of contemplation, Jing Yan looked at the Song Family Patriarch once more.
The Song Family Patriarch kept his head bowed, waiting for Jing Yan’s verdict.
If Jing Yan truly was unwilling to spare the Song Family, today would mark the demise of the Song Family, with no one to save them.