Chapter 399: Ernest Mason’s Plan
“Dad!”
Phyllis blinked her big eyes. Seeing the tense scene outside the car window, she seemed to have guessed something. So she looked up at Sean and asked, “Are you going to fight again?”
Yes! There was going to be another fight!
After experiencing the battle at the imperial city, Phyllis now had a whole new understanding of the words “fight” at her young age!
Fights meant people would die!!!
Hearing Phyllis’ words, Sean’s heart lurched. He looked down and met Phyllis’ eyes. His originally icy expression immediately softened. A smile that felt like a spring breeze appeared as he reached out and stroked the top of Phyllis’ head. “There are too many bad guys. They don’t want Dad to save Mom… You say, should we fight them?”
The Hill of Swords before them harbored many unknown secrets, and was also intricately tied to Liane. What others didn’t know was that before Liane’s consciousness dissipated, she had told Sean how to enter the paradise beyond the mortal world!
That method was also related to this Hill of Swords!
So! Anyone who tried to stop Sean from entering the Hill of Swords was essentially preventing him from rescuing Cecilia!
“Huh?” Phyllis was startled, then unhesitatingly said, “We should fight!”
“Go Dad!”
With that, she wriggled out of Sean’s arms, turned around, and hugged the unconscious Cecilia. Her eyes blinked rapidly, with hints of tears glistening as she softly said, “Mom, don’t worry!”
“Dad and I will definitely wake you up!”
Her slightly choked voice carried a tone of unwavering determination!
At this moment, after Phyllis’ questions and answers lasting just over a dozen seconds, Sean had already missed the best timing to stop the fight brewing on the other side. He heard Tim Lewis suddenly roar from the center of the encirclement: “Do it!”
Boom! The next moment, dark energy erupted and the battle began!
Karen Smith and the other Smith family Complete Stage cultivator charged at one of the Harris family cultivators without any hesitation, leaving the third one for Tim Lewis.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!!!
In the blink of an eye, the six Complete Stage cultivators paired off into groups of two and began fierce combat. Three battle zones formed, each filled with raging dark energy and gusts of wind. The explosions from clashing fists and feet were like rumbling thunder, assaulting everyone’s eardrums!
The Smith family Late Stage cultivators and the Taylor sons led by Howard Taylor immediately formed battle formations, trapping the six Complete Stage seniors in the middle!
They didn’t dare participate directly in the combat between Complete Stage cultivators!
However!
They had the advantage of greater numbers!
If Karen Smith and the others were injured and weakened, they could rush up at any time to assist. If the three Harris cultivators fell into disadvantage, they could also rush in and finish them off!
With over twenty people surrounding them, everyone was on high alert, like a pack of wolves lying in wait!
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“Bastards!!!”
Seeing this, Josh Walsh’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. With a swoosh, he returned to the gray podium and came before Ernest Mason, anxiously and angrily saying, “Mr. Jackman, the Smith family is despicable and shameless!”
“Bullying others too harshly!”
“If we stand idly by, I’m afraid the Harris family will suffer extermination!”
Indeed! Extermination!
Although only three Harris Complete Stages and two Smith Complete Stages were directly involved in the fight, both the Harris and Smith families only had three Complete Stage cultivators holding the fort!
Without exaggeration, these people were the pinnacle combat forces of the Harris and Smith families! No matter which side lost this battle today, if their peak powers were killed, then the entire family behind them would be finished!
A family that lost its Complete Stage cultivators simply couldn’t survive among the many powerful families and law of the jungle in Crane!
The Taylor family was the best example. As soon as their only Complete Stage cultivator died, Jason Bousont moved to annihilate the Taylor family and replace them!
This was the law of the jungle where it was kill or be killed!
“Mr. Walsh is right!”
“For our Saint Leo Temple to grow stronger in the future, we need the Harris family’s support. If the Harris family is destroyed, it would be all harm and no benefit to us!”
“Let’s go!”
“All of us together, we can easily slaughter these bastards. Not only can we avenge the Bousont and Jackman families, but after killing Karen Smith, we can also take the chance to wipe out the Smith family!”
“And even replace the Smith family to seize control!!!”
The other major family heads also crowded around, speaking one after another, almost unanimously wanting to make a move to help the Harris family and take the chance to eliminate the Taylor and Smith families, as well as execute Tim Lewis!
This was understandable.
After all! The Smith family only brought two Complete Stage cultivators. With Tim Lewis and those Late Stage juniors, they were perhaps more than a match for the three Harris cultivators. However, if Ernest Mason and the others joined the fray, the tide of battle could be reversed instantly!
Right now on the gray podium stood a total of ten Complete Stage seniors!
Originally there were eleven!
Of the ten major families of Swordland, the other nine families each contributed one person, while for the Mason family, both Ernest Mason and his brother Trevor Mason were Complete Stages!
What a pity! Loong Jackman had just been executed by Tim Lewis earlier, so there was one less!
If Ernest Mason decided to make a move, then the ten seniors on the podium joining forces with the three Harris cultivators would instantly shift the situation to thirteen against three. Tim Lewis and Karen Smith would have no chance at all!
They wouldn’t even have a chance to escape!
Moreover! The ten major families of Swordland also brought over a hundred juniors below Complete Stage, five times more than the some twenty juniors from the Smith and Taylor families. It would still be completely one-sided crushing force!
“Wait!”
“Wait a bit more!”
However, faced with the fervent persuasion of the others, Ernest Mason did not hastily make a decision. He stared at the battlefield opposite with an extremely solemn expression, and said in a deep voice, “I understand how you feel!”
“But! We can’t do that unless it’s absolutely necessary!”
“The reason is simple!”
“Today is the feast day of the Hill of Swords. Tens of thousands of Swordland commoners are here watching. Let alone going back on our word and breaking faith, we would lose their trust and support, our prestige would be wiped out! Have you thought about how the outsiders lurking among the tens of thousands of commoners would see it?”
“If we make a move and kill Tim Lewis and Karen Smith, it would be tantamount to declaring war on all outsiders!”
“What if, just what if, they collectively rise up and attack, disrupting the feast, how should we end things today???”
Ernest Mason’s words rang loud and clear!
This was Ernest Mason’s big picture perspective!
What a mess! The name Hill of Swords Festival was truly too ostentatious. There were just too many outsiders who came attracted by the name. Even Ernest Mason didn’t know that among the tens of thousands of Swordland commoners around them, how many were actually outsiders!
Even more unknown was among those outsiders, how many were Complete Stage cultivators! However, one thing was certain. Just like how the ten major families of Swordland had the numbers and overall strength to crush Karen Smith and the others, if the numbers and overall strength of those outsiders were added up together, they would also be enough to crush the ten major families of Swordland!
Who knows what they were all thinking?
Who knows what they could do?
“This…”
Hearing Ernest Mason’s words, those old guys looked at each other in dismay. Subconsciously, they glanced around at the vast crowds, and sure enough, they saw many outsiders gathered in groups of three or five, on high alert, seemingly ready to take action according to the situation at any time!
Seeing this, those old guys quickly swallowed back the words they had not yet spoken!
“But…”
Josh Walsh still reluctantly said, “Are we just going to watch as the Harris family is wiped out?”
“Mr. Mason!”
Before Ernest Mason could answer Josh Walsh’s question, a shout accompanied by the sound of rushing air suddenly rang out. Jayden Harris could no longer sit still in the waiting room and directly rushed up the gray arena to Ernest Mason and the others!
Originally!
The Harris family and Ernest Mason’s group were collaborating in secret and did not intend to be upfront about it.
However! Now the situation had reached a critical point. Jayden Harris, as the young master of the Harris family, naturally could not care too much. If Ernest Mason’s group did not make a move, he, the young master, might very well die at the foot of the Hill of Swords today, die at the hands of Tim Lewis, Karen Smith and the others!
“It was to avenge you all that I had them take action to surround and kill them. Now they are being counter-surrounded and imperiled. If you don’t make a move now, when will you?”
Jayden Harris stared at Ernest Mason, his brows filled with barely suppressed rage!
“Mr. Harris, I…”
Bang! Almost the moment Jayden Harris finished speaking, just as Ernest Mason was about to open his mouth to explain, a sudden change occurred. There was a muffled sound, and a figure was sent flying on the spot, crashing ten meters away and spitting out a mouthful of blood on the ground!
Everyone’s hearts shuddered violently, startled!
Subconsciously looking in the direction of the sound, they saw clearly that the figure that had been sent flying was one of the Harris family cultivators, and the one who had sent him flying was the head of the Smith family, Karen Smith!
Clearly, as the head of the Smith family, Karen Smith’s strength was superior even among Complete Stage cultivators. So she was the first to break through the enemy lines!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Smith family juniors and Taylor family youths around saw this and immediately rushed up together, pouncing on that heavily injured Harris family cultivator that Karen Smith had beaten, not giving that Harris family cultivator any time to catch his breath or get up. You threw a punch, I kicked, shrouded in vigorous dark energy, like a storm, they fiercely attacked that Harris family cultivator!
Boom!
With a huge explosive sound, the Harris family cultivator’s body was smashed into meat paste by the giant fists! Blood sprayed, bones shattered, killed on the spot!
The coordination between that group and Karen Smith was seamless!
And after Karen Smith had sent that Harris family cultivator flying, she didn’t even glance at him again before turning around and immediately rushing towards the other battlefield, joining the fight two against one, to help another Smith family Complete Stage cultivator!
At this point, the outcome of this melee was almost without suspense. As long as no outsider intervened to affect the situation, the Harris family was sure to lose, and the two remaining Harris family Complete Stage cultivators were sure to die without a doubt!
“Ernest Mason!!!”
Jayden Harris was almost driven mad with anxiety. He had long lost his earlier composure and calm. If not for lacking strength, he even wanted to smash Ernest Mason, that unhelpful bastard, with a punch!
“Don’t worry, Mr. Harris!”
The death of that Harris family cultivator also moved Ernest Mason a little. He seemed to suddenly make up his mind, and immediately said to Josh Walsh, “Mr. Walsh, take four men with you to provide support, leave no survivors!”
“The remaining four, follow me to prevent other outsiders from making trouble!”
Finally! After hesitating for half a day and causing the death of that Harris family cultivator, facing Jayden Harris’s rage, Ernest Mason still decided to lend a hand, dividing the ten Complete Stage cultivators on the arena into two groups, taking care of both ends, a two-pronged approach. This would both be able to reverse the situation on the other side, and deter other outsiders who harbored ill intentions.
Upon hearing this, Josh Walsh’s eyes immediately lit up. With a wave of his big hand, he signaled, “Follow me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead, directly charging towards Tim Lewis’s battlefield. Clearly, compared to Karen Smith, the person he still wanted to kill with his own hands was Tim Lewis!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The four other Complete Stage old guys closely followed him, rushing down the gray arena along with Josh Walsh!
This scene immediately attracted the attention of those outsiders among the vast crowds!
Jayden Harris secretly breathed a sigh of relief!
However, what Jayden Harris didn’t know was that the crafty and cunning Ernest Mason had been dragging things out until now, until one of the Harris family cultivators had lost his life, before deciding to make a move. In addition to worrying that other outsiders might take the opportunity to make trouble, there was another even more important reason!
That was to borrow the knife to kill!
Borrow Karen Smith and Tim Lewis’s knife to kill the Harris family’s people!
Although! The Harris family and the ten major families of Swordland had a cooperative relationship!
However! To establish the Saint Leo Temple, a temple master was needed!
Among the ten major families of Swordland, the Mason family had the greatest power and highest prestige. If not for the Harris family, the position of Saint Leo Temple’s temple master would undoubtedly fall to the Mason family, fall to Ernest Mason!
It just so happened that the Harris family had three Complete Stage cultivators, their strength even greater than the Mason family!
So! Ernest Mason played a little trick, taking this opportunity to use Karen Smith’s hand to directly eliminate one of the Harris family cultivators, before making a move to clean up the mess!
This way! After killing Karen Smith, Tim Lewis and the others, only two Complete Stage cultivators would remain for the Harris family. In the future Saint Leo Temple, they would naturally not be able to restrain his, Ernest Mason’s, prestige!
The Saint Leo Temple must be under Ernest Mason’s control!
On the other side, the moment Josh Walsh rushed down from the gray arena, his whole body turned into a shadow as he went straight for Tim Lewis, yelling angrily at Tim Lewis while still in midair, “You despicable dog, you’ll pay with your life!!!”
In response, Tim Lewis remained fearless, but it startled Karen Smith, who had already gained an absolute advantage!
Damn it!
Those bastards from Swordland really dared to make a move???
However, before Karen Smith could react, before Josh Walsh could reach the battlefield with Tim Lewis, suddenly, accompanied by the roar of an engine ignition, a luxury car came flying out from the parking lot across the way!
It was the luxury car Sean was in!
Since Ernest Mason and the others had made a move!
Then naturally Sean would not just sit idly by!!!