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Reborn Into a Doomed Villain Clan, I Realized Too Late My System Was in English (Web Novel) - Chapter 668: Changed Sides?
Chapter 668: Changed Sides?
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Apart from those still locked in fierce combat, almost everyone else unconsciously fell silent.Even many of the experts who were fighting, also diverted some of their attention to listen.
Everyone wanted to know the outcome.
Has the Bai Clan truly fallen? Or...
Had they somehow survived the combined assault of more than five empires?
Either answer would shake the entire Eastern Region.
If the Bai Clan had truly been destroyed, then the Desolate Heaven Empire would forever lose its strongest pillar.
The balance of power across the Eastern Region would be rewritten overnight.
However, if the Bai Clan had actually repelled the combined armies then no force throughout the entire Eastern Region would dare provoke them ever again.
After such a battle, even the foreign empires would have to think carefully before facing the Bai Clan’s inevitable retaliation.
Either result would send shockwaves throughout the world.
The battlefield gradually became eerily quiet.
Everyone waited.
Then a weak, exhausted voice finally emerged from the communication jade.
"Y-Your Highness! There... there is a huge emergency!"
The voice was hoarse.
It sounded as though its owner had barely escaped with his life.
"We... Our forces..."
"...have almost been wiped out!"
The moment those words echoed across the Imperial Palace, Yu Zidi’s smug smile instantly froze.
The entire battlefield fell into complete silence.
One could hear a pin drop.
Everyone stared blankly at the communication jade.
Yu Zidi’s pupils violently contracted.
His face immediately darkened.
"Nonsense!"
He roared furiously.
"Is this the time for jokes?! I asked whether the Bai Clan had been destroyed!"
"Answer this Emperor!"
However, the trembling voice from the jade immediately replied.
"Y-Your Highness! T-This subordinate wouldn’t dare joke about something like this..."
"What I said... is the truth."
"Our army alongside the Vermillion Pill, Tianyu, Azure Cloud and Jade River Empire is almost eradicated."
Yu Zidi’s expression twisted.
"What?!"
His voice carried both disbelief and fury.
"Impossible! How can the combined armies of several empires lose to a single clan?"
"It doesn’t make any sense!"
His breathing became increasingly frantic.
Even if the Bai Clan truly possessed the rumored two Golden Immortal Realm experts...
Could two individuals really overturn an army consisting of tens of thousands of cultivators?
Not to mention, one of the two rumored Golden Immortal Cultivators is here in the Imperial Palace.
That was impossible!
Then the voice from the jade spoke once more.
This time, it carried unconcealed fear.
"I-It... It isn’t just the Bai Clan..."
Yu Zidi suddenly froze.
"What did you say?"
The voice swallowed hard before continuing.
"T-The Li Clan and the Zhao Clan as well..."
"They’re helping the Bai Clan!"
Boom!
Those words struck everyone present like a bolt from the blue.
Another earth-shattering piece of news had just been revealed.
The Li Clan!
The Zhao Clan!
The very same two clans that had ignored every one of Yu Zidi’s pleas for help...
Were actually helping the Bai Clan?
Yu Zidi’s body stiffened.
His trembling gaze slowly shifted away from the communication jade.
It landed directly upon the Li Clan and Zhao Clan delegations seated among the honored guests.
The two clan leaders remained seated.
Neither attempted to deny the accusation.
Neither looked surprised.
Instead, their expressions were complicated.
There was reluctance.
There was guilt.
Yet there wasn’t the slightest intention of refuting the words coming from the communication jade.
If what had just been reported were false, by now, they would have already stood up to denounce the commander for slandering their clans.
They would have immediately cleared their names before everyone present.
But... Nothing.
Neither Clan Leader Li nor Clan Leader Zhao uttered a single word.
Their silence was the clearest admission.
Yu Zidi’s expression gradually froze.
His mind suddenly connected everything.
No wonder...
No wonder they had ignored every one of his transmissions.
No wonder they had remained seated despite repeatedly urging them to attack.
It wasn’t because of hesitation nor because of pride.
It was because... They had already switched sides.
In all of his calculations, in every possible outcome he had envisioned...
Never...
Not even once...
Had he imagined that the two clans he trusted the most would betray him.
The Bai Clan!
He had always believed that every major power feared and hated the Bai Clan.
He had thought that when the decisive moment arrived, everyone would unite against them.
Instead, the very allies upon whom he had placed the greatest expectations had abandoned him and chosen to stand beside the Bai Clan.
His lips trembled violently.
"Y-You..."
He pointed a shaking finger toward the two clan leaders.
His eyes were bloodshot.
"You actually betrayed me! You backstabbed this Emperor! You disgraceful traitors!"
His furious roar echoed throughout the Imperial Palace.
"How did I not see that you two were a bunch of cowards."
For a brief moment, Clan Leader Li and Clan Leader Zhao lowered their heads.
A trace of guilt flashed across their faces.
After all, Yu Zidi had indeed placed considerable trust in them.
However, that guilt quickly disappeared.
Yu Zidi had long since stopped treating them with respect.
Now, after being publicly humiliated before the entire Eastern Region, the last remnants of their hesitation vanished.
Clan Leader Zhao slowly stood up.
His expression turned cold.
"Betray you?"
He let out a mocking laugh.
"Your Highness... No..."
He deliberately corrected himself.
"Yu Zidi! You speak as though we owe you something."
Clan Leader Li also rose to his feet.
His gaze was equally indifferent.
"You ask why we didn’t help you?"
"Then let me ask you something."
"What reason do we have to help you?"
Yu Zidi’s expression twisted.
Clan Leader Zhao continued without waiting for an answer.
"You haven’t even secured the throne. You are not yet the Emperor. You are merely another prince fighting for succession."
"If you can’t even win your own battle for the throne... What qualifications do you have to demand our loyalty?"
His words struck Yu Zidi like sharp blades.
Clan Leader Li sneered.
"The late Emperor is dead. The new Emperor has yet to be decided."
"So why should we continue treating you with respect due to an Emperor? You couldn’t even defeat your own sisters."
"And you still expect everyone else to stake their clans’ futures on you?"
His voice became increasingly contemptuous.
"If you can’t even protect yourself... Then what value do you have to us?"
The expressions of countless spectators changed.
The Li Clan and Zhao Clan had completely torn away all pretense.
There was no longer any room for reconciliation.
From this moment onward... their alliance with Yu Zidi had officially come to an end.
There was, in fact, only one reason why the Li Clan and Zhao Clan had ultimately been forced to help the Bai Clan.
The Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art!
It had become the most sought-after cultivation technique throughout the empire.
Its reputation had spread like wildfire.
It is a High-Grade Earth Rank cultivation technique, nearly everyone has free access to it as well.
For ordinary cultivators who could only afford mediocre techniques, the Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art increased their cultivation speed by nearly tenfold.
To countless loose cultivators and smaller clans, it was nothing short of a heavenly blessing.
However, this is also better than almost every cultivation technique in the Desolate Heaven Empire.
Naturally, the Li Clan and Zhao Clan could not remain indifferent.
Even Li Jianhong and Zhao Wutian had been tempted.
Initially, both patriarchs had remained extremely cautious.
They had repeatedly warned the clan elders.
"No one is permitted to cultivate it without permission. Investigate it first."
Yet... Nothing.
The technique appeared completely flawless.
Not only that, every disciple who cultivated it advanced at astonishing speed.
Their foundations became more stable.
Their spiritual qi became purer.
Their breakthroughs became noticeably easier.
Everything pointed toward one conclusion.
It was an extraordinary cultivation technique.
As more time passed, the warnings issued by Li Jianhong and Zhao Wutian gradually lost their effect.
After all, actions always spoke louder than suspicion.
Nothing had happened.
One month.
Two months.
Three months.
Every cultivator who practiced the Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art experienced only benefits.
No abnormalities appeared whatsoever.
Eventually, even the clan elders began persuading their patriarchs.
"Patriarch, perhaps we’ve been overly cautious."
"The technique has already spread throughout the empire."
"If there were truly a problem, someone would have discovered it by now."
Li Jianhong remained silent.
Zhao Wutian hesitated.
However, the temptation became increasingly difficult to resist.
Every day they watched their disciples rapidly improve.
Every day they saw their rivals becoming stronger.
Could they really continue standing still?
Even without asking their Clan Leader, many have already begun cultivating the Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art themselves.
Especially the Li Clan who is more obsessed with strength.
Even Li Jianhong himself began to cultivate the Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art himself.
And with him taking the lead, the Li clan has no reason to hold themselves back.
One elder after another began cultivating it.
Then the core disciples.
Then the inner elders.
Eventually, nearly every expert within the Li Clan and Zhao Clan practiced the Heavenly Mandate Assimilation Art.
Little did they know...
From the very moment they began cultivating that technique, their fate had already slipped into Bai Zihan’s hands.
