CHAPTER 707: CHAPTER 707: BY ANY MEANS!

"Everyone! You have two paths before you now. One is to submit to my Zhang Family and work for us." Seeing the fear among the upper ranks of the major families, Patriarch Zhang nodded with satisfaction and began to speak.

"What if we don’t?" Patriarch Zhuang asked coldly upon hearing Patriarch Zhang’s words.

"If not, this time next year will be your death anniversary." Patriarch Zhang let out a cold laugh, threatening with some displeasure.

"Whew!" With Patriarch Zhang’s words, the family heads drew in a sharp breath, shivering slightly with fear, and fell silent.

"Make your choice now! You only have ten minutes." Seeing this, Patriarch Zhang continued to instruct.

Then, Patriarch Zhang stopped paying attention to the crowd and turned to leave.

At the scene, the sound of a timer began to echo.

This timer sound, for the major families’ heads, was no less than a death sentence.

"What should we do? What should we do?"

"Damn it! How can the Zhang Family be so bold, do they not fear inciting public wrath?"

"Will the Ye Family come to save us? It would be so wonderful if the Ye Family could come to save us!"

At the same time, many people began to panic and hurriedly started discussing.

Some had wavering eyes, but others were extremely resolute, thinking they’d rather die than submit to the tyranny of the Zhang Family.

....

Soon, the countdown ended.

"Alright, time’s up, tell me your choice." At this moment, Patriarch Zhang appeared before everyone again, asking coldly.

"You!" At Patriarch Zhang’s words, Zhang family members approached the first family, asking coldly.

"I... we are willing to submit to the Zhang Family." After hesitating for a moment, this small family ultimately chose to side with the Zhang Family.

"Good! Very good, take them down and entertain them well." Hearing this, Patriarch Zhang nodded in satisfaction, smiling as he gestured.

At Patriarch Zhang’s indication, Zhang family members took the heads of this family down to be entertained properly.

"It’s your turn!" After the people were taken away, Patriarch Zhang asked the second family.

"We will never yield to your Zhang Family; you can kill us." The second family showed immense courage, shaking their heads without hesitation.

"Good! Very good, do you think it’s that easy to die?" Patriarch Zhang sneered and waved at them.

In an instant, Zhang family members charged at them viciously, taking these few people to the interrogation room.

Meanwhile, several masked figures appeared in the interrogation room to brutally torture those unwilling to submit until they agreed to yield.

"Celestial Punishment Association? Zhang Family, you’re heinous for daring to cooperate with the Celestial Punishment Association? You’re harming the Cultivation Realm of Dragon Country?"

"Damn it! Zhang Family, you are courting death! Aren’t you afraid of worldwide cultivators teaming up against you?"

"We will absolutely never side with the Celestial Punishment Association. Zhang Family deserves death. If the Ye Family finds out, if the Shi Family finds out, they definitely won’t forgive you."

"Zhang Family’s ambitions are outrageous, daring to cooperate with the Celestial Punishment Association. You truly are gutsy."

Seeing the masked figures in the interrogation room, all the upper ranks of major families were furious, cursing at Zhang family members.

The Celestial Punishment Association had always been a target of resistance by Dragon Country. Anyone who dares have ties with them will definitely be targeted by the heroic forces, which is an unwritten rule in the Cultivation Realm.

Yet, they never expected the Zhang Family to be so bold and cooperate with the Celestial Punishment Association, setting the stage for a battle against the world.

"Haha! In the end, the victor rules, the defeated become rebel. Once my Zhang Family unites the Cultivation Realm, this matter will mean nothing. Now you are just prisoners of my Zhang Family, what right do you have to speak?" Patriarch Zhang sneered contemptuously.

"Exactly, with the current strength of my Zhang Family plus the help of the Celestial Punishment Association, who can stand against us? Soon, Dragon Country will be our Zhang Family’s land, and you’ll become mere skeletons."

"Daring to speak like this before our Zhang Family, you must be tired of living, hit them, hit them hard."

Simultaneously, the Zhang family members were instantly enraged, striking out fiercely, teaching the heads of the various families in front.

"Ah! Ah!"

"Ah! Ah ah!!"

Amidst screams of agony, the heads of the various families were beaten terribly.

Patriarch Zhuang, at this moment, was stepped on by an ordinary Zhang family member, blood flowing heavily from his face. As the patriarch of a top family, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

Yet, an ordinary member of the Zhang Family was able to humiliate him this way, what an irony?

Moreover, not only Patriarch Zhuang, Patriarch Hao, Patriarch Yan, Patriarch He were also targeted, humiliated like dogs.

This was without a doubt the greatest shame of their lives.

"Weren’t you quite arrogant? Speak arrogantly once more, let me see!"

"Continue flaunting! What right do you have to gesture before my Zhang Family?"

"Damn it, continue to provoke me! Are you really asking for it?"

And, while humiliating them, these Zhang family members also mocked them arrogantly, beyond delighted in their hearts.

Indeed, under ordinary circumstances, when else would they have the opportunity to bring so many patriarchs down like dogs? This could be the peak of their lives.

"Enough!" At this time, seeing the heads of the various families already taught a lesson, Patriarch Zhang was satisfied and gestured for a stop.

Patriarch Zhang expending such effort wasn’t to kill them; he wanted to leverage the power of the various families to counter the Shi Family and Ye Family.

If their plan succeeded, and they could unite all families, plus the Celestial Punishment Association, their chances of victory would vastly increase.

Initially, knowing the Ye Family’s true power, with their current strength and the Celestial Punishment Association’s terrifying power, they would have a sure win.

But he needed absolute certainty, so everything had to be arranged perfectly.

After the beating, the heads of the various families closed their mouths, shrinking with fear, not daring to provoke the Zhang Family.

"Ah! Ah ah!"

"Ah ah! Zhang Family won’t die well, Celestial Punishment Association won’t die well."

"You won’t end well; we’ll watch you from underground. You’ll die a hundred times, a thousand times worse than us."

At this moment, screams echoed from another corner.

Everyone turned their heads to see that the masked people from the Celestial Punishment Association had already started, using extremely brutal methods to torture the few taken inside into an inhuman state.

Seeing this scene, everyone gasped, feeling their scalps tingle, the majority terrified by the horrifying methods...