The old cypress was unusually calm.

The Ao family will not disappear, and its bloodline will not be severed.

The people of Ao's family outside Jincheng would only hide their identities and pray before the shrine every day.

And I have personally witnessed all those who participated in the reckoning today being tormented by the crane's curse.

One by one, they painfully marched towards their demise!

As the warm light from the support team continued to flow, the veins on Lei Zhanyong's forehead gradually subsided, and the dizziness in his eyes also subsided considerably.

Although the curse mark deep within his mind still stubbornly lingered, he had at least temporarily escaped the effects of the excruciating pain and regained his basic combat abilities.

"roar!"

Lei Zhanyong's body crackled with lightning once more, a mixture of rage and killing intent!

With a wave of his hand, a spear condensed from raging electricity instantly took shape!

Without pausing, he swung his arm forcefully, and the spear transformed into lightning, shooting towards the ancestral shrine behind Ao Cangbai along with Lei Ming!

"Don't touch it! That's the Ao family's ancestral spirit crane!" Ao Cangbai's pupils shrank, and he shouted in panic, his body even leaning forward involuntarily as if trying to stop it.

Upon hearing this, Lei Zhanyong's eyes flashed even brighter, and his energy erupted once more. The lightning spear increased in speed and struck the shrine with the crane painting with pinpoint accuracy!

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the shrine was blasted into pieces as expected.

Just as Lei Zhanyong thought the curse had been lifted, he saw that Ao Cangbai, who had been extremely panicked and trying to stop him, had his panicked expression vanish instantly, replaced by a contemptuous sneer:

"Well done, Lei Zhanyong!"

Lei Zhanyong's expression changed drastically, and his heart sank. Had he fallen into a trap?

Could this shrine be the source of the curse?

Just as the shrine was destroyed, the ground beneath everyone's feet suddenly began to shake violently!

Ao Cangbai revealed a twisted, maniacal laugh, as if his scheme had succeeded.

"Hahaha, you fell for it! You're the one who activated the ley line detonation! Get ready to die together!"

Before he finished speaking, the ground beneath his feet cracked open, revealing countless scarlet rays of light that spread like veins.

Deep, bottomless cracks, like hideous scars, spread out instantly from the destroyed shrine!

Moreover, these cracks are becoming more numerous and wider, and are rapidly spreading from the Ao family towards the entire Jin City.

A terrifying, destructive energy was being frantically stirred and activated from the depths of the earth, as if a volcano suppressed for countless years underground was about to erupt.

"What?! Earth vein detonation?!" Lei Zhanyong's expression changed drastically! He roared in disbelief:

"Are you insane? Ao Cangbai! You want the entire Jincheng to be buried with the Ao family? Do you know the consequences?!"

He never expected that the Ao family would be so crazy and ruthless!

They had actually activated the dormant earth veins deep beneath the core area of ​​Jincheng, burying such a vicious and forbidden contingency plan that would lead to mutual destruction.

If the ley lines beneath Jincheng were to trigger a chain reaction of explosions, the power would be enough to wipe the entire city off the map of Zhongzhou!

The casualties would be astronomical, and the consequences would be unimaginable!

Once Jincheng is destroyed, Zhongzhou will be thrown into chaos in an instant! Various forces will surely seize the opportunity to rebel, which is exactly what the Holy See hopes to see.

Lei Zhanyong even began to suspect that all of this was a conspiracy orchestrated by the Vatican long ago!

As energy connects with the earth's veins.

The current purge has completely degenerated into a massive and devastating disaster!

We must stop him! At all costs!

"Die!"

Lei Zhanyong's body surged with lightning to its maximum, transforming him into a human-shaped bolt of lightning as he charged towards Ao Cangbai without regard for anything else!

"puff!"

The lightning pillar, imbued with all his power, pierced through Ao Cangbai's already withered chest in an instant.

It left behind a terrifying hole that was bright from front to back and charred at the edges!

However, this fatal blow did nothing to stop the increasingly intense and violent crimson patterns from spreading beneath his feet.

Even that couldn't stop the terrifying energy fluctuations emanating from the depths of the earth, which seemed like the end of the world!

"Hmph, you fool, you think killing me will solve everything?"

Ao Cangbai glanced at Lei Zhanyong with disdain.

He was already a man destined to die, so how could he possibly be the key to affecting the earth's veins?

"Stop! It's not too late!" Lei Zhanyong grabbed the Aocang cypress.

Looking at Lei Zhanyong, who seemed to be going crazy, Ao Cangbai smiled slightly and made no move, as if he had already accepted everything.

His energy had already been drained by the gray crane, and now that his body had suffered severe damage, the vitality within him dissipated rapidly like the receding tide.

Ao Cangbai's face showed deep regret, as if he was not satisfied with his ending.

Memories of his past life flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, and his consciousness seemed to transcend time and space, returning to the critical point before the whole affair reached an irreversible state.

He saw every fork in the road leading the Ao family step by step toward their doom...

A particular name of a refugee, like a destiny, clearly surfaced in his almost scattered consciousness.

Li Yu!

Perhaps... if the Ao family had stopped Young Master Ao from provoking this rapidly rising young man in advance, if the Ao family had not formed a deadly feud with him, perhaps none of this would have happened, and the Ao family would still stand tall in Jincheng.

But Ao Cangbai knew that there was no going back in life.

It's all too late...too late...

Even if Young Master Ao doesn't offend Li Yu, he will definitely encounter other tough opponents later on, and the outcome may already be predetermined.

but!

Ao Cangbai's dying gaze suddenly turned fierce.

Since the Ao family was destroyed because of Li Yu, then Li Yu must pay the price with his life!

Even without the Star Orbit Cannon attack severely injuring Li Yu, the experts from the Fengyun Ranking sent by the Ao family, plus the cyborg helpers that Zhou Zhenbei promised to secretly send, should be able to take down Li Yu with all their might!

'Zhou Zhenbei...you've really ruined the Ao family...' Ao Cangbai sighed inwardly.

Perhaps from the very beginning, the Ao family should never have cooperated with Zhou Zhenbei.

So much so that when the Ao family was destroyed, not only did no one try to stop them, but not even a single family appeared to speak up for them.

"Boom!"

The earth veins continued to rise, and scarlet lines almost covered the underground area of ​​the Ao family and its surroundings.

The entire city of Jincheng trembled violently, as if a sleeping giant was about to awaken and bring destruction.

Looking at the crimson destruction patterns spreading beneath his feet and feeling the terrifying energy below that was about to break through the critical point, Lei Zhanyong felt a deep sense of powerlessness and despair for the first time.

"how so..."

His individual strength seemed so insignificant in the face of the might of heaven and earth...

Just as the Jin City ley lines were about to be completely detonated, and destructive energy was about to burst forth from the earth and devour everything—