The chessboard opposite the two was tense with concentration.
Michael made a difficult move, his voice heavy with implication, "You truly live up to being the master of Dawn, your moves are cunningly laid. It's like how it took ages to uncover the spy you planted in my Duke's Mansion. "
"You wouldn't be planning to secretly eliminate my son to have Betty take over the reins of the Duke's Mansion, would you?"
Kenneth, who was standing nearby, overheard and instantly beca alert, almost cursing out loud.
Olivia chuckled lightly as she placed her piece, "My dear in-law, you jest. Our family rules forbid such actions. Besides, with my people returning ho, I really have no interest in your county lordship."
Seeing Michael's twitching lips as he faced inevitable defeat on the board, Kenneth finally breathed a sigh of relief. Olivia then added, "However, I've heard that soone has been targeting my Joseph. If things escalate, who knows what might happen, right?"
"Father, I have urgent matters to attend to, I'll take my leave now." Kenneth's face darkened as he bowed slightly to Michael and hurried out, his steps quickening. As he left the hall, he summoned a servant, urgently saying, "Where are those useless children of mine? Bring them here, am I not to break their legs?!"
Michael glanced at his son and rolled his eyes, then motioned for soone to pour tea. "I've heard that over the years, your Blackwood family has been preparing, with countless treasures and a grand formation protecting your family estate."
"Thus, if Blackwood could secure the aid of the Warren Daoist and the Heavenly Leon Daoist, along with that mysterious person you summoned earlier, and that secret weapon, could you possibly withstand a union of the nine major forces?"
"At Duke's Mansion, we can provide a mid-stage Competent Psychic."
After speaking, Michael looked visibly agitated. He saw Olivia, still calm and sipping her tea, "Olivia, you must have received the news by now. It's ti to lead your people ho to resist. I shall send my great-grandfather with you."
Olivia suddenly smiled, her eyes twinkling like stars and seas, making Michael's scalp tingle.
"Lord County, you don't really think that my Blackwood family would willingly be your Duke's Mansion's blade, do you?"
"What do you an?" Michael narrowed his eyes.
"What I an is, our families are actually quite well-matched, Lord County," Olivia said with a light laugh. "You treat my Blackwood as a pawn, likening us to a chopping knife. But in fact, my Blackwood also wishes to try being the chess player for once."
...
On the road from Williams to Blackwood in Cloudview County, Donald led the Williams descendants in a grand procession. They traveled on a massive flying boat, with Williams Donald and all Developing Skill on board!
He held an energy locator, which Stephen had handed over in the cellar. Inside this energy, locator red dots moved about.
The energy locator represented all directions of Cloudview County, and the red dots represented Blackwood people!
At that mont, he burst into laughter, "Haha! How interesting, how very interesting!"
All the Williams people, hearing Donald's laughter, couldn't help but smile. They knew well what Donald ant: if they killed the Blackwood people, they could seize Blackwood's fortune. What's this era of Blackwood?
From now on, Cloudview County might as well be renad 'Dragon Cloud County'!
This was a battle for the fate of their clans.
He even saw that all Blackwood people seed to have gotten the news early and were frantically consolidating within Cloudview County. He had no doubt that this was the doing of Dawn's master, Olivia.
But suddenly, Donald's smile faded. Among those consolidating Blackwood people, a few unusual red dots moved in the opposite direction!
"How dare they co out? Sothing's not right. How dare they co out? They should be cowering, scurrying around like rats under the siege of our nine forces, seeking help everywhere!"
Now, he didn't even know whether he should lead his people back or et up with other sects.
"Stop the boat!"
Donald's mind froze as he watched the Blackwood clan mbers charging in the opposite direction on the energy locator, seemingly fearless. The other Blackwood mbers had already gathered together early and then vanished chaotically. Red dots were moving closer to his location. In an instant, he was reminded of the terror of the explosion outside the Sky Sect that day.
His thoughts beca chaotic. "Impossible, Blackwood couldn't possibly still have such master-crafted devices, or none of us would have escaped that day. Have they gotten wind of our plans and gathered the Competent from Sky Sect and Black Tortoise to pick us off one by one?"
"Or is it that Blackwood has so top-tier advanced psychic equipnt, or perhaps a mysterious master was already in place elsewhere?"
"I..."
Donald began to lead his bewildered clan mbers back ho. He started sending ssages to other forces. It seed everyone was in the sa situation, and then, gradually, he could no longer receive any ssages. But the Blackwood people's speed was increasing, getting closer to their mid-tier psychic power flying boat.
Until...
"What is this thing?!!"
Donald stared at the energy locator as the red dots frantically scrambled, becoming more nurous. His scalp tingled. "What kind of cursed energy locator is this?!!"
Donald glared furiously and crushed the energy locator in his hand. The red dots in the locator were more than millions, covering the entire device, making it glow red. "A fake energy locator?!! Clan mbers, head ho imdiately!"
His words had just fallen when a mocking voice echoed from the sky all around.
"Donald, you surely didn't think that for these decades, it was my Blackwood who was scurrying around like a frightened rat?"
"All this ti, it's been you, Donald, hiding in your ho, too scared to co out!"
"You can't forget that day's explosion at the Sky Sect, you're scared."
"I've told you before, my Blackwood is the sky of this Cloudview County!"
"Today..."
"Let your Williams vanish completely!"
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