"Family Leader Zhao!"

Seeing that Zhao Chong had yet to make a move, the clan leaders by his side grew anxious.

"Family Leader Zhao!"

After urging him a few times, and seeing that Zhao Chong still had no intention of getting up to leave, the clan leader Zheng Yang of the Zhou Family and Clan Leader Wang Yun of the Wang Family lost their patience. They stood up, cupped their hands towards the incarnation of the Dark Law King's shadow, and said, "Dark Law King, since night is falling, we shall take our leave first and return tomorrow. If the Ghost King comes back later, we hope you can send someone to notify us at our residence."

The Dark Law King's shadow incarnate was taken aback and turned to look at Zhao Chong. Seeing that Zhao Chong seemed to have no intention of leaving, he couldn't help but wonder if there was a split among the clan leaders?

And if Zheng Yang and Wang Yun were leaving at this moment, did they perhaps intend to leave Netherworld City?

"Then I shall take my leave!" said the Dark Law King's shadow incarnate.

After Zheng Yang and Wang Yun left, Wu Kun, the clan leader of the Wu Family, also left the Nether King Palace.

Now, only Zhao Chong and Zhou Ke, the clan leader of the Zhou Family, remained inside the Nether King Palace.

Although he too had the thought of leaving, Zhou Ke ultimately chose to stay with Zhao Chong. In his eyes, Zhao Chong was a more solid support than the three clan leaders who had just departed.

"Family Leader Zhao, Clan Leader Zhou," the Dark Law King's shadow incarnate greeted the two with a smile, "both Clan Leaders' loyalty to the Ghost King is as clear as the sun and the moon."

"Not at all," said Zhao Chong expressionlessly, "I have been waiting for the Ghost King to finish his retreat for years now, I'm not afraid to wait a little longer."

The Dark Law King's shadow incarnate's smile ceased, his expression somewhat awkward, and then he walked towards the entrance of the Nether King Palace. By this time, half of the setting sun had already sunk below the horizon, and the night had already swallowed half the sky.

At this very moment, King Wumeng was already commanding over twenty thousand warriors of the Crow Tribe to provide support to the east. Instantly, hundreds of thousands of crows appeared in the night sky to the north, forming a massive and even purer black mass, moving swiftly towards the east.

It was precisely because of this that the troops originally surrounding Netherworld City in a tight formation no longer stood evenly distributed or impregnable, leaving the north weakened.

After leaving the Nether King Palace and returning home, Zheng Yang, Wang Yun, and Wu Kun fired three secret signals into the sky.

Not long after the signals were sent, three armies, each over ten thousand strong, set off from concealed locations hundreds of miles from Netherworld City. They rapidly converged en route to the Polar Ice Land from Netherworld City and approached the city from the north.

These three armies were the forces that the Zheng, Wang, and Wu families had secretly recruited and built up within just a few months. Although they were far less powerful than the Qian Family and the currently unseen Zhao Family, once allied, they too were formidable enough to become a force that could influence future events.

And further afield, three more families had assembled armies. Once these successfully joined forces, they would carry even more weight.

Night had fallen completely.

To the west of the Dark Wind Hills, the battle had just begun to erupt. The seven thousand-plus troops of the Qian and Li families were overwhelmingly against the thirty thousand soldiers of the Ghost King's Alpha Corps.

The warriors of the Crow Tribe hastening to provide support also picked up their pace.

However, Qian Feng, who was standing on a nearby elevation observing the situation, did not share in the excitement. His aim was merely to lure the other families into rebellion, yet his own troops had moved too deep into the eastern territory.

There were still many legions of the Ghost King, and some were always elusive and untraceable. Qian Feng feared that if King Ning's forces, known for their rapid surprise attacks, suddenly launched an ambush from behind, the seventy thousand-plus troops straying too far from Wind Shelter Valley would suffer significant losses.

"Clan Leader Qian, if we keep fighting like this, I think by tomorrow we could be near Netherworld City," Li Zuole spoke excitedly with a laugh, clearly very satisfied with the current state of the battle.

Qian Feng closed his eyes, not wanting to let any disdain for Li Zuole show on his face, so as not to damage their harmony. He thought that if he had a son like Li Zuole, he would definitely not pass on the position of clan leader to him.

"We must not underestimate the strength of the Ghost King's legions!" Qian Feng said coldly, "The real trump card troops haven't even appeared yet. Luckily, the Ghost King didn't put all military power under the control of the Dark Law King, otherwise, where would we have so many opportunities? The Ghost King is a suspicious person, he doesn't trust the Dark Law King or his other subordinates enough, and just because of this, he is doomed to fail!"

"Send orders down the line, we will withdraw the troops in half an hour, everyone is to retreat to Wind Shelter Valley," continued Qian Feng.

"Clan Leader Qian, do we really have to retreat all the way back to Wind Shelter Valley?" asked Li Zuole, his face showing a bitter expression. "We've finally managed to gain some ground here. Can't we leave some people to hold and defend this position?"

"You want them to stay here and wait for death?" Qian Feng asked.

Li Zuole's face darkened as he said grimly, "Then let's do as you say."

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An hour later.

The Crow Tribe warriors arrived at Dark Wind Hills.

By then, the horn signaling retreat sounded under the night sky, and the soldiers from both the Qian and Li families immediately started to withdraw to Wind Shelter Valley.

The Ghost King's Alpha Camp and the Crow Tribe warriors only pursued for a few tens of miles before stopping, wary that the abrupt retreat of the Qian and Li families' soldiers might be a ruse to lure them into an ambush.

Meanwhile, to the north of Netherworld City, the alliance forces of the Zheng, Wang and Wu families arrived, and quickly breached Sunset Pass, which was only guarded by a few thousand Crow Tribe warriors. They then pressed directly towards Netherworld City.

Inside the Nether King Palace, upon hearing that a mysterious force had suddenly attacked from the north, an avatar of the Dark Law King hastily dispatched more than ten thousand city protection troops from within Netherworld City to reinforce the situation. He also called upon ten thousand soldiers from the Ghost King's Beta Camp in the south to fill the void in Netherworld City.

Seizing the opportunity when the city protection troops had left Netherworld City and the Beta Camp troops had yet to arrive, the clan leaders of the Zheng, Wang, and Wu families hurriedly led their kin out of Netherworld City. After exiting the city, they escaped towards the northeast, avoiding the city protection troops that were moving north to reinforce.

The original alliance forces of the three great families, which had been feigning an attack on the isolated Gawu Town in the north, also shifted to the northeast to join forces with the clan leaders. In the distance, other military forces of the three major families were also mobilizing and moving. Their final destination was Falling Shade Mountain, located in the northern part of the Netherworld.

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Inside the Nether King Palace.

Zhao Chong and Zhou Ke were still sitting in the Nether King Palace, waiting for the return of the Ghost King.

The Dark Law King, King Qingyu, King Wumeng, and King Shuanglin became livid and lost composure upon hearing that the clan leaders of the Zheng, Wang, and Wu families had fled Netherworld City. Their only hope was for the Ghost King to return; otherwise, Zhao Chong, who was staring covetously from his seat in the Nether King Palace, would also rise and rebel.

The two sides exchanged glances.

Words were on the tip of their tongues, yet they held back, creating an awkward atmosphere.

King Shuanglin felt like cursing out loud. The Zheng, Wang, and Wu families' defection was certainly known to Zhao Chong and Zhou Ke beforehand. Yet the two sat here now as if nothing was the matter, as if they were watching them being made fools of.

The Dark Law King was right; compared to the cunning and strategic clan leaders, they were completely outmatched.

The night grew deep.

Just when the atmosphere in the Nether King Palace had already reached a peak of awkwardness,

the sleeve of the Dark Law King's shadowy avatar began to tremble violently.

It was the scroll that was trembling.

A terrifying burst of Yin Qi Spiritual Power spread out in the Nether King Palace.

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