Wen Shunjiang's expression was ugly as he stood inside the cave. He didn't expect that they wouldn't be able to find anything even after searching the cave. This made him feel ashamed.
At this time, a voice was suddenly heard from outside the cave, "Reporting, Patriarch. Wen Runshi was stabbed to death in his cave."
Boom! Wen Shunjiang couldn't hold on any longer. He punched a big hole in the wall of the cave. Then he flew out of the cave and looked at the person who came to report. "Tell me, what's going on?"
The man looked at Wen Shunjiang's ashen face and couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He carefully said, "Just now, someone went to visit Wen Runshi's cave, but found that he had been stabbed to death in the cave. He was stabbed to death by a conical spike. The wound was on his back."
Wen Shunjiang didn't ask any more questions. He flew straight to Wen Runshi's cave residence. As he flew, he ordered, "Investigate the entire Wen Clan. See if anything has happened to anyone else. Forcefully wake up everyone who is in seclusion. We can't let anything happen to them." Immediately, someone responded and went to prepare.
Wen Shunjiang arrived at Wen Runshi's cave residence. This cave residence wasn't used for seclusion, but for Wen Runshi's daily life. Wen Runshi's current strength was already at the late stage of the Instant Shift Realm, and he could enter the Vajra Realm at any time. All he lacked was an opportunity. Wen Runshi himself was a genius, and he was already an expert at the peak of the Instant Shift Realm at such a young age. He was definitely one of the most promising people in the Wen Clan, and also the one Wen Shunjiang thought highly of.
But now, Wen Shunjiang was dead. He died in his bedroom. It could be seen that he was killed while he was sleeping. The enemy used a conical spike from under his bed to stab forward from the ground. It directly pierced through the bed board and stabbed into Wen Shunjiang's back, killing him in one blow.
Wen Shunjiang's face was ashen as he looked at all of this. Wen Hailang and the others looked under Wen Runshi's bed. Apart from a round hole in the bed, there was nothing else. There were no traces of spells on the ground, nor were there any traces of digging. Apart from Wen Runshi's blood, there was nothing else.
There were no signs of damage to the room, and there were no signs of infiltration. It was very similar to Wen Liang's cave mansion. However, Wen Runshi had died, and his death was unclear.
While Wen Shunjiang was fuming over Wen Runshi's corpse, more news came. Several core disciples of the Wen Clan had been assassinated in their own caves. The cause of death was different. Some were poisoned, some were strangled, and some had their throats slit. There were all kinds of ways to die.
Wen Shunjiang's face was ashen as he listened. After the statistics were done, Wen Shunjiang opened his mouth and said, "Everyone, return to the meeting hall." After saying that, he flew towards the meeting hall.
Before long, everyone returned to the meeting hall. Wen Shunjiang looked at everyone and said, "What do you think of this assassination?"
Wen Hailang was the first to speak, "It's certainly done by the Life and Death Arena. After dealing with the Fan Clan, they're going to deal with our Wen Clan. Moreover, Yuhe's death was almost the same as Fan Zheng's. So it must be done by the Life and Death Arena."
Wen Shunjiang looked at the others and said, "Do you have any opinions?"
The others looked at each other and then shook their heads. At this time, a Wen Clan Elder said, "Patriarch, I don't think it's time to determine who did it. We should see how many of our people died in this attack and whether or not they'll make a move."
Wen Shunjiang looked at everyone and sighed, "Rest assured, they won't make a move." When everyone heard this, they were stunned. Then they looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
Wen Shunjiang looked at everyone and said, "Didn't you notice how many people were killed in our clan?"
When Wen Hailang and the others heard this, they lowered their heads and counted. Wen Shunjiang looked at them and said, "Don't count, it's exactly eight. Doesn't this number remind you of anything?"
Wen Hailang and the others stared. After thinking for a while, Wen Hailang's expression changed, "How many people did we assassinate in the Life and Death Arena?"
Wen Shunjiang sighed, then he nodded and said, "Right, it's exactly the number of people we assassinated in the Life and Death Arena. It's exactly the same number. Now, we don't need to determine who did it. Instead, we need to determine how we should deal with the Life and Death Arena. Everyone, tell us your opinions."
Everyone was silent for a while. Frankly speaking, the feelings of the Great Clans towards the Life and Death Arena were very complicated. The Life and Death Arena could generate a lot of benefits every year, and the dividends given to the Great Clans were also not small. However, there was one thing that was very important. The Great Clans couldn't extend their hands to the Life and Death Arena. The Life and Death Arena was now completely independent of the Great Clans. This was something that the Great Clans couldn't tolerate.
One must know that the Life and Death Arena wasn't only able to generate benefits for the Great Clans. Most importantly, the Life and Death Arena was an incomparably powerful force. However, this force wasn't in the hands of the Great Clans. How could the Great Clans be at ease? Because of this, the Great Clans were doing everything they could to compete with Elder Tang for control of the Life and Death Arena.
Now that the Life and Death Arena was retaliating against them, the Great Clans didn't know what to do. Should they fight against the Life and Death Arena now? It was hard to say if the others would join them. Even if the others joined them, they would have to pay a huge price to deal with the Life and Death Arena. This would only give the other realms an opportunity. Even if the Great Clans destroyed the Life and Death Arena, it would be hard to say if the Great Clans would still be in charge of the Void.
But if they didn't do anything to the Life and Death Arena, would they just swallow their anger? This wasn't something that they wanted to see. Everyone didn't know what to do for a while.
Wen Shunjiang looked at the Great Clans and said, "Does anyone have any opinions?"
Wen Hailang glanced at the Great Clans and saw that they didn't have any intention to speak. Therefore, he said, "Father, I think that we can retaliate against the Life and Death Arena. Otherwise, the Life and Death Arena will think that we're easy to bully."
Wen Hailang's words received the support of the Wen Family. They either nodded or voiced their agreement.
Wen Shunjiang looked at them and said, "It's not difficult to retaliate against the Life and Death Arena. But what if the Life and Death Arena retaliates against us? What should we do?"
When Wen Hailang heard Wen Shunjiang, he couldn't help but stare. Then he said with uncertainty, "It can't be, right? The Life and Death Arena would dare to retaliate against us? "
Wen Shunjiang said, "They wouldn't dare? Why wouldn't they? We thought that they wouldn't dare to deal with us. But now that they've done it, why wouldn't they retaliate? "
Hearing this, the Great Clans turned silent. Just like Wen Shunjiang said, if the Life and Death Arena really wanted to deal with them, then it wouldn't be easy. Should they continue to fight against the Life and Death Arena or should they retreat? If they continue to fight, then would it develop into a war? And if they didn't fight, then why didn't they retreat now? If they retreat at that time, then wouldn't they still lose a lot of people?
Wen Shunjiang glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Pass down the order. Spread the news of our Wen Clan being assassinated and pretend to be searching for the murderer. I want to see how the other clans will react. Will the Life and Death Arena only target our Wen Clan or will it target the other clans as well? If he only targets our Wen Clan, I want to talk to him. If he targets all the clans, I want to see how the other clans will react."
When the Great Clans heard Wen Shunjiang, they immediately understood what he meant. If the Life and Death Arena only targeted the Wen Family, then the Wen Family would naturally ask the Life and Death Arena for an explanation. But if the Life and Death Arena wanted to retaliate against the Wen Family, then the Wen Family would certainly be dealt with by the Life and Death Arena. So when the time comes, they would need to see what the Great Clans think before making a decision.
Wen Shunjiang said, "Go, spread the news. I want to see what the Life and Death Arena wants to do this time." The Great Clans nodded, then they turned around and left. After seeing the Great Clans leave, Wen Shunjiang let out a long breath, but his expression was still ugly.
His complexion couldn't help but turn ugly. Although only eight people from his family had died this time, one must know that these eight people were the core disciples of the family with unlimited potential. The family had spent a lot of effort to cultivate them. Now that they were suddenly killed, moreover, they were killed in the family's territory. This not only destroyed their years of hard work, but also slapped the Wen family's face in front of their face. This was a demonstration to the Wen family. It would be strange if Wen Shun Jiang's complexion didn't look good.
To be honest, Wen Shunjiang now understood Elder Tang and the others' feelings. In the past, whenever a person with potential appeared in the Life and Death Arena, the Great Clans would think of ways to assassinate them. Now, the Life and Death Arena was filled with mediocre people, there were only a few true talents. When Elder Tang and the others were faced with this situation, they must have been angry and distressed.
But now, it was their turn. Wen Shunjiang didn't think that the Life and Death Arena's revenge would be so thorough and ruthless. They directly assassinated the Wen Family's forbidden area. Moreover, they killed eight people at once. The loss of these eight people was very painful for the Wen Family. At the same time, the Wen Family's losses were also very big.
Every Great Clan might have a lot of people in charge, but the Great Clans wouldn't focus on nurturing too many people. This was because this would only leave behind a disaster in the future. When the time comes, these people would fight for power, which wouldn't be good for the Great Clans.
The eight people who were killed were carefully nurtured by the Wen Family. Now that they were killed, it can be said that the Wen Family's vitality was greatly damaged. The Wen Family would absolutely not let this matter go, they would certainly retaliate. However, they needed to think about how they would retaliate. The Life and Death Arena and Elder Tang weren't easy to deal with. The Wen Family alone didn't have the ability to challenge the Life and Death Arena.
Thinking about this, Wen Shunjiang couldn't help but let out a long breath, then he muttered, "Just wait, sooner or later, I will return the favor with interest."
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