Chapter 1757 - 316: 20,000-Word Giant - !_3

If you take another step forward, I'll kill myself right in front of you.

This is clearly a threat to you.

The Second Elder's eyes turned red with anger upon witnessing this.

At this moment, he truly felt a sense of disappointment in his family's younger generation, yet he also developed a sense of admiration and recognition for this descendant.

This child is indeed the first genius of the Zhao family since the ancestors, with top-notch talent and temperament.

The Second Elder could not lie down in that place, although he was compensated in other ways, he indeed lacked that part of obsession.

In a way, he was actually sacrificed by the five elders collectively.

But Zhao Yi had no intention of converting or wooing the other side; it was impossible.

If the Second Elder could have been persuaded to join their camp, then what had he been waiting for all these years in the ancestral home while working tirelessly?

Most likely, in the eyes of the Second Elder, preserving the family's heritage is what truly benefits the Zhao family.

Second Elder: "Yi'er, you carry the Zhao surname!"

Zhao Yi smiled.

If he didn't carry the Zhao surname, he should be standing among those three factions right now.

Zhao Yi's gaze shifted forward, looking past the Second Elder as a reminder.

The Second Elder understood clearly, as he turned around to see the three groups gathering again.

Earlier, there wasn't time to coordinate, but now, after witnessing the Second Elder's strength, their mutual understanding naturally increased.

Master Huixin stood in the center, with Zheng Ming lying beside her.

Zheng Ming still couldn't straighten his back, but his posture was peculiar because his hands and feet were suspended.

Earlier, the Second Elder had crushed many tumors within Zheng Ming's body with one foot, and their juices were absorbed by other tumors, leading to some particularly large ones bulging from his chest.

Monk Huixu, Bu Chen, and the large woman stood on the front line; the left and right sides were occupied by the small man and Luo An, respectively.

This was the basic setup for a group battle.

This meant that although they couldn't work together perfectly, they could at least reasonably leverage their combined strength.

But on the opposite side, without the need to rush to save anyone, they had the spare power to unleash their lethal moves.

The Second Elder picked up the lantern, stretching his back as he looped it behind himself, welcoming a wave of intense heat on his back, with the axe wound being "stitched" in this manner.

This action naturally couldn't escape the notice of Zhao Yi who stood behind him.

Zhao Yi finally understood what the Second Elder's unique trait was.

He possessed a vitality so abundant it seemed inexhaustible, something all powerful elders in a declining state of vitality yearned for.

The old lady from the Liu family last intervened, also using the Liu family's secret technique to retrospectively reach her youth, thereby cleverly avoiding this problem.

But this inexplicable "specialty" surely came with a hidden price tag, which was that the Second Elder's state could remain at its peak, but his body had entirely lost any vitality.

This meant that any injury he sustained could never heal, only be dealt with crudely and hastily.

As the Great Elder had advised earlier, people grow old and carry many small scars with them to the grave.

Zhao Yi advised:

"First, kill the Array Master. It's their first time joining forces and there will be many flaws. Take a deep breath and, regardless of the cost, break through their core; otherwise, as the battle drags on, you'll lose your chance."

A duel and a group battle are not the same concept, and the longer the group battle drags on, the greater their mutual understanding becomes.

It is even possible that as casualties occur, their trust and support for one another become stronger.

Because these guys have a high baseline configuration, if you truly press them to the brink of death, they can risk everything to lay the groundwork for outsiders to complete their revenge.

The Second Elder is very powerful, but his weaknesses are also evident, and most importantly, he lacks experience in this aspect.

"You..."

The Second Elder felt a bit strange internally; this kid was actually strategizing for him.

Although he understood that Zhao Yi did this to make him fight the others more effectively in pursuit of a mutual defeat, or even... mutual destruction,

he still found it quite agreeable.

If only the situation were different; in another scenario, with external enemies invading, carrying the family's most promising child on his back, purely to protect and defend him, how satisfying it would be.

At this moment, he truly felt a slight wavering in his determination, only to steady himself again almost immediately.

The Second Elder shouted:

"He's not the Zhao Family Elder, he's an imposter!"

Zhao Yi rolled his eyes upward.

Internally: A family of fools.

Still shouting such things at a time like this, truly naive.

Could those guys not have suspected that he might be a fake?

Regardless of authenticity, wearing the "skin" of the Great Elder, they were bound to attempt to kill.

Furthermore, even if he were a fake, borrowing the name of the "Great Elder" to first team up against this Zhao family elder would still be the same, wouldn't it?

Sure enough, the response to the Second Elder was an overall attack from the other side.

The Second Elder launched himself outward, with a decisiveness surpassing that of before, breaking through the first line of interception, his lantern aiming straight at Master Huixin.

The small old man was indeed foolish, but he was sincerely obedient.

Perhaps, this is also why he was chosen to preside over the ancestral home affairs without entering that place.

Just as Zhao Yi had anticipated, the first formal alliance of the three groups still had flaws, and their layered and determined interception wasn't executed flawlessly.

The Second Elder broke through to the center, his lantern piercing through Master Huixin's chest, flames erupting to cover her entire body.