Lu Xiuwen's face grew increasingly grim as the crowd berated him. He looked coldly at A Yao and asked, "The reason?"
Ayao looked at her father and said, "I am the leader of the Phoenix Alliance."
What?!
The entire hall fell into a deathly silence; all sound ceased abruptly.
All eyes were focused on A Yao. Suddenly, A Yao's long hair moved without wind, and then her spiritual pressure soared, from the early stage of Void Refinement to the late stage of Void Refinement, and then continued to soar to the early stage of Body Integration, the middle stage of Body Integration, and the late stage of Body Integration. It was still soaring, and it didn't stop until it reached the early stage of Mahayana.
The terrifying spiritual pressure enveloped the entire palace. Everyone was in disbelief, and under this pressure, fear gripped their hearts, their faces turning as pale as paper.
This...this terrifying power...
This power was so terrifying that it felt as if one's own soul could be crushed.
Is Lu Xueyao the leader of the Phoenix Alliance?
How... how is this possible?
Lu Yunchuan and the others, who had just been speaking so loudly, were all unable to stand up under A Yao's spiritual pressure. They all knelt down, their bodies trembling and covered in cold sweat.
Lu Xiuwen stared at A Yao in shock, his pupils seemingly trembling.
Xu Lianxin and the entire Lu family were completely stunned. They never imagined that the leader of the Phoenix Alliance would be A Yao.
When A Yao's spiritual pressure erupted from the Lingxiu Palace, the three patriarchs of the Lu family all paled and flew out of their caves. At that moment, the entire Kunshan mountain range lit up with the light of restrictive formations, beams of light shot into the sky, and countless restrictive runes were activated without anyone touching them.
These restrictions were centered on A Yao's Purple Peak. A thick beam of light shot from the Purple Peak into the sky, and a gigantic teleportation array appeared on the Purple Peak. Within the massive array, figures appeared one after another, their transformation from illusory to solidified in the blink of an eye.
One by one, powerful figures at the Refinement and Integration stages were teleported here from all over the Canglan Realm. The combined aura of these powerful figures made the heavens seem to tremble.
The entire Lu family emerged from their cave dwellings, looking around in panic and confusion. They stared in horror at the restrictive lights and the powerful figures constantly being teleported from Purple Extreme Peak.
What... what on earth happened?
Inside Lingxiu Palace, A Yao's body suddenly vanished, reappearing on the sea of clouds in front of her Purple Extreme Peak. Behind her were experts from various sects who had been teleported there, and the teleportation array was still active, with more people being continuously teleported there.
After these powerful individuals were teleported over, they all bowed to A Yao and then stood behind her.
Long streaks of light flew out from Lingxiu Palace. After Lu Xiuwen and the others came out, they flew towards Dongxuan Zhenren, Changchun Sanren, and Lingxiao Zhenren. Lu Xiuwen, Lu Yanwen, and other members of the Lu family looked around and saw that the entire Kunshan was now sealed off by restrictions.
It's perfectly normal for a cultivation family like the Lu family to have various defensive or offensive restrictions and formations in their ancestral land. But now they've discovered that these restrictions and formations have been altered by A Yao at some point, and now all control over them is in A Yao's hands.
They didn't know when the teleportation array on Ziji Peak was built, and they couldn't imagine how Ayao managed to build such a large-scale teleportation array right under their noses.
After the two elders of the Tianshan Sect, Shi Xinyi and Ye Qinghua, teleported out, they stood closest to A Yao. Xiao Yanyan did not teleport over; she had other missions on the Central Continent.
After the Qinglian Sect's Jingxu Sanren emerged from the teleportation array, he also stood behind A Yao. The slave mark on his forehead caused everyone's minds to reel.
The fact that even early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators had become servants made the face of Dongxuan Zhenren, who was also at the early stage of Nascent Soul, extremely unpleasant. After Jingxu Sanren of the Qinglian Sect walked out, another early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator emerged from the formation and bowed to Ayao, saying, "Greetings, Alliance Leader."
Then he stood behind Ayao.
"Lu Xiuwen, your Lu family has put on quite a show. Did you send us here specifically to wipe us out in one fell swoop?"
The speaker was the sect leader of a major sect in the Northern Region, and he looked extremely angry.
Lu Xiuwen was furious; he knew nothing about this. He had no idea his daughter was so terrifying, giving him such a sudden "big surprise." Just as he was about to yell at her, Ayao spoke first.
“My father knows nothing about this.” Ayao looked around at everyone. “I’m putting my words here today: you all either form an alliance with me, swear an oath of your Dao heart to obey my commands in the future, or…”
She paused deliberately at this point.
The Palace Master of Tianshui Palace coldly said, "Or should we kill us all?"
When A Yao looked at him, the Palace Master of Tianshui Palace trembled all over when his eyes met A Yao's. He felt as if A Yao's gaze was a sharp sword piercing his heart, making him break out in a cold sweat and not daring to say another word.
"I will not kill you all, but I will mark you with slave marks and make you my slaves," Ayao said with a smile.
The crowd was terrified, their hands clenched into fists hidden in their sleeves, daring not to speak out in anger.
"What? If I don't listen to you, are you going to brand me with a slave mark too?" Lu Xiuwen's seemingly calm voice betrayed suppressed anger. He felt he had been fooled, fooled by his own daughter.
Ayao looked at him and said, "It's not that bad..."
Then, changing the subject:
“But I will put you under house arrest.”
Lu Xiuwen: "..."
Everyone: "..."
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