Eighteen people walked into the courtyard as if on inspection, one step after another, slowly advancing. None of the Lin family disciples dared to meet their gaze.
The direct descendants of the Lin family, even including several core figures in power, all knelt on the ground, their voices trembling, "Our Lin family is willing to surrender!"
"Ha, it's too late to surrender now. Kill them all!" The young man from the Tian family said coldly. The eighteen people suddenly drew their daggers and lunged at everyone's hearts.
The blade light was swift as lightning. Everyone was too late to dodge and could only despairingly wait for death.
At this moment, Ye Ling indifferently said, "Make your move, cripple all of the Tian family's assassins!"
Everyone's faces showed shock before they looked at him as if he were a fool.
This guy, does he think he's the Governor of Jiangnan or a great general who commands a region, that he could just order eighteen dark energy masters to be crippled?
Just as everyone showed disdain, ghost-like sounds suddenly emerged. They barely saw a blur before the Tian family's experts collapsed to the ground.
When they looked carefully, the ghost-like figures vanished without a trace.
"What, what are these people? They come and go without a trace, just like the Grim Reaper!" Everyone's pupils shrank, showing an indescribable shock.
The young man from the Tian family trembled, shaking his head repeatedly, "No, no way. All of my Tian family's are dark energy masters, how could they be so easily killed?"
"Dark energy masters, what's that? Not even worth comparing to the underlings of our superior!" Ye Jiu stepped out from the crowd. He respectfully saluted Ye Ling and then, with disdain, strode forward and fiercely slapped the young man across the face, yelling, "What are you? Kneel and kowtow to our superior!"
With a smack, the young man's face bore five deep red finger marks. Holding his face, he seethed with rage, "Bastard, you dare to strike me? Do you know who I am?"
"I am the Young Master of the Tian family, Tian Bin. Kneel and kowtow to me a hundred times right now, or else I'll kill your whole family!"
"The Young Master of the Tian family!" A hint of fear showed in everyone's eyes. The Tian family was the foremost noble family, and if they found out their young master had been humiliated, they would surely bring people to flatten the Lin family.
"Hehe, Uncle Lin, you worry too much. The Tian family is no match for Ye Jiu, not to mention if all the noble families of Jinling were to join forces, they couldn't stop him alone!" Ye Ling said with a faint smile, a sharp glint in his eyes.
Ye Ling's number one guard, a top figure even in the entire Northern Liao military—how could he fear the likes of the insignificant Tian family? Out of the entire Jiangnan province, how many could truly be his match?
"But even if you're not afraid of the Tian family, aren't you afraid of the forces from Dominance Hall? I heard that this time Dominance Hall has sent a Grandmaster to take over all the noble families of Jinling!" Lin Jianyang showed a trace of fear in his eyes.
A Grandmaster, after all, is a formidable being who could sweep through armies and is deemed invincible.
Even if all the experts from their noble families joined forces, they couldn't possibly be a match for a Grandmaster.
"Uncle Lin, don't worry. Leave the Grandmaster from Dominance Hall to me," Ye Ling said nonchalantly, nodding without taking the Grandmaster seriously.
He, the mighty Northern Liao King, had already killed who knows how many Grandmasters.
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At the Tian family residence, the young master, Tian Bin, lay in a wheelchair, bound up in bandages like a vegetative person.
All the experts from the Tian family kneeling in the room trembled as they said, "Family Head, it was all Ye Ling and his subordinate who crippled the young master!"
Glancing at the Family Head's stern features, they continued to speak with trembling voices, "They also said that they will take action at the martial arts tournament, using heads as a sacrifice to honor the deceased members of the Ye family!"
"Seeking death!" A thunderous roar came from the high platform, and the Family Head of the Tian family spoke with a stern look, "Arrange the men. At the martial arts tournament the day after tomorrow, I want to use the little beast Ye Ling's head as a banner, to show all the noble families of Jinling City what happens to those who oppose the Tian family!"
"Yes, Family Head!" everyone responded in unison, kneeling on the ground.
"Furthermore, have Grandmaster Liu come to bolster our forces. I want to leave that little beast Ye Ling with no chance to escape!" With a fierce swipe, the Family Head shattered the marble tabletop.
The others felt a chill in their hearts and hastily said with bowed heads, "Yes, Family Head, we will definitely invite Grandmaster Liu."