Chapter 706: Dramatic Change
Plop!
Upon hearing these words, Hayden spewed a mouthful of black blood, his face filled with grief and pain.
“Maximus, you’re so cruel!
Back then, it was you who forced Nikolas to betray the family. Don’t think I… don’t know!
And now, you’re trying to… harm me…”
“The Ancient Willis family… if it’s really in your hands… it will be destroyed sooner or later…”
Hayden’s once formidable aura was rapidly weakening.
“Nonsense! It’s under my leadership that the Ancient Willis family can become the strongest ancient noble family!”
Maximus coldly cursed.
“Your… leadership?
You only know… no limits!”
Hayden mocked.
Saying that, he looked at the other three elders present, including the senior elder, Reggie.
“Gentlemen, why don’t you take down Maximus?”
However, in the face of his command, or rather, his plea, Reggie and the other three showed indifference, their faces cold.
“You… all of you…”
Hayden’s expression completely changed.
“Family head, you have been poisoned by the Deathbone Dust, and your body has been corroded.
This kind of damage is irreversible, and your strength has plummeted.
Even if you don’t die, you’re no longer fit to be the family head.
So, it’s better to let Mr. Maximus take over.”
Archer Willis, the elder in charge of internal punishment, sneered and spoke.
The other two elders nodded coldly.
Even the senior elder, Reggie, ignored Hayden’s plea and showed no intention of taking down Maximus.
“Uncle Reggie, even you…”
“Why? Why even you…”
Hayden’s face turned ashen, looking at Reggie and asking.
Mr. Maximus invited family head Hayden to Elder Hall, and it was evident that everyone present was siding with Mr. Maximus.
Even Reggie, the senior elder, showed no concern when the family head was poisoned and someone sought to seize his position.
Clearly, Reggie had also turned against Hayden.
In the face of Hayden’s grieving questions, a cold and sinister look appeared on Reggie’s withered and aged face.
“Why? Hayden, don’t blame me anymore!”
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None of us from the Ancient Willis family can live past 200!
I only have less than two years of life left!
Maximus promised me that after capturing the inheritor, he would extract their memories and extract their life essence for me to absorb.
And you, you want this inheritor to inherit the family head position, so I have no choice!”
Reggie coldly spoke, his tone filled with profound selfishness.
Indeed, the one who inherited the Dragon Ancestor’s legacy, passed down through generations, could lead the Ancient Willis family to its peak.
There might even be a way to break the curse that limits the lifespan of family members to less than 200.
But it required waiting for the inheritor to grow up!
Reggie, as the senior elder, would not be alive by then.
After all, reaching the age of 200 is still young for cultivators.
Breaking through to the Golden Core Realm, as long as one isn’t killed or encounters some unexpected accident, their lifespan can reach 500.
Nascent Soul experts have a lifespan of 800 years.
And after breaking through to the Void Reclusion, they can live for thousands of years.
“You… all of you…”
Hayden, filled with grief and despair, shouted.
The next moment, enduring the danger of the toxin erupting within his body, he roared and charged towards Maximus.
Boom!
However, at this moment, Hayden’s strength had declined to almost nothing.
Facing his charge, Maximus sneered and slapped his palm towards him.
With a muffled bang, the head of the Ancient Willis family was sent flying, black blood spraying in all directions from his mouth.
After landing, his aura rapidly weakened.
“Maximus, you ambitious bastard!”
“What do you want, in the end?”
“If you want the position of family head, I can give it to you!”
“Why must we turn against each other? I’m your older brother, don’t you know?”
Hayden shouted fiercely.
The fact that the other party used Deathbone Dust against him was something he never anticipated.
“The position of family head? Yes, of course, I want that position!”
“But it’s not enough!”
Maximus sneered, his face filled with intense greed and desire.
“What I want even more is the Dragon Ancestor’s legacy!
When I capture Lachlan, I will extract his memories and carry forward the legacy of the Dragon Ancestor. By then, every member of the Ancient Willis family will possess the inheritance. Only then will the family become stronger!”
Upon hearing this, Hayden spat out a mouthful of blood in contempt. “You’re only doing this for yourself! Don’t you know that the legacy of the Dragon Ancestor is far more than just memories? You’re leading the family towards imminent destruction, extinguishing the hope of future generations! The inheritor should not be in your hands! It must never be in your hands!”
Hayden shouted in grief and anger, as if trying to make sure that everyone in the family heard him. However, Maximus and the others had already made up their minds to initiate a family upheaval and had taken various measures to conceal their intentions. His voice couldn’t reach outside!
Inside the Manor of the Family Head, Violet, who was waiting for her grandfather to return, inexplicably felt a sense of unease. She called her father, Hendrix Willis, who was also the intended successor to the family head position.
“Dad, Grandpa was called by Mr. Maximus. They said they needed to discuss something about the inheritor!”
“It has been an hour, and Grandpa hasn’t returned. I have a bad feeling! Could something have happened to him?”
Violet said to her father.
Hendrix looked at his daughter with some disbelief. “What could possibly happen to him in our own family domain? He is the family head!”
“It’s not like that…”
Violet quickly explained what had happened to her outside, encountering Cyan Ghost and White Demon.
After listening, Hendrix furrowed his brows. “You suspect that Mr. Maximus has secretly found the inheritor but kept it from your grandfather?”
“Yes,” Violet nodded. “That’s why I’m worried.”
“It… shouldn’t be…” Hendrix shook his head.
He always felt that his daughter was overly suspicious. Who in the Ancient Willis family could harm his father? Even if they had such intentions, did they have the strength?
As the family head, her father possessed the formidable strength of the late stage of Void Reclusion. At this moment, he had no idea that someone from within the family would use the treacherous Deathbone Dust on Hayden.
Just then, a hurried footstep sounded. Elder Archer, who was in charge of disciplining affairs in the Willis family, rushed in with an anxious expression.
“Something terrible has happened!”
Seeing the reaction of Violet and Hendrix, their hearts sank.
“Elder Archer, what happened? Don’t worry, take your time to explain,” Hendrix asked.
“Mr. Maximus has rebelled! He has colluded with several other elders in the family and attacked the family head! The family head is now seriously injured!”
Archer’s face was filled with grief, anger, and anxiety.
Upon hearing this, both Violet and Hendrix were shocked to the core.
At that moment, they saw a dangerous coldness flash in Archer’s eyes.
Without any warning, his mid-stage Void Reclusion strength erupted, and he fiercely struck Hendrix with a full-force palm strike.
Hendrix had just recently broken through to the early stage of Void Reclusion, and his strength was slightly lower than his opponent’s. Caught off guard, he suffered a severe blow. His body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.
“Dad!”
Seeing this, Violet’s expression changed drastically.
In the next moment, she looked at Archer with a mix of shock and anger. “Grandpa Archer, what do you mean by this?”
“Sorry, I’m one of the elders colluding with Mr. Maximus! Oh no, I shouldn’t call him Mr. Maximus anymore. I should call him the new family head! Hahaha…”
Archer laughed mockingly.
As he finished speaking, he stepped forward and made another move towards Violet.
Half an incense stick’s time later…
With a wave of Archer’s hand, several skilled subordinates dragged the heavily injured Violet and her father, who had fallen unconscious, quickly out of the Manor of the Family Head.
At the same time, turmoil spread throughout the entire domain of the Ancient Willis family. Hayden’s closest relatives, including the most loyal family experts, were suddenly ambushed and attacked without warning. Countless people disappeared from the family overnight.