Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Before the person even arrived, Wu Chun's palm wind surged forth like a terrifying, raging sea!

Wu Chun's talent for cultivation far surpassed Wu Cai's, so all along, Wu Chun's strength had steadily surpassed Wu Cai's.

Although they were both currently at the early stage of Spirit Gathering, Wu Chun had already cultivated to the peak of the early stage, while Wu Cai had only forcefully reached this level three years ago with the help of a large number of pills.

In terms of foundation, he was far inferior to Wu Chun.

Therefore, Wu Chun believed that with his strength, he would definitely be able to easily defeat Wu Cai, just like in the competitions they had since childhood, where he always emerged victorious.

"Heh heh, although I don't know who gave you the courage to provoke me, now that you've offended me, the only outcome is death!"

At this moment, Wu Chun no longer cared about any family ties; his mind was filled with only one thought: to defeat Wu Cai and reclaim that pendant!

After all, for him, this pendant had extremely important significance! He had to get it!

Before long, the pressure generated by Wu Chun's palm surged toward him like a turbulent wave.

Indeed, as Wu Chun had anticipated, if relying solely on cultivation, Wu Cai would be hard-pressed to resist.

However, even so, there was no trace of panic in Wu Cai's eyes; instead, he licked his lips, revealing a rather mocking expression.

"Sky-Splitting Shield, appear!"

Immediately afterward, Wu Cai shouted loudly, and a vast surge of spiritual power burst forth from his body, forming a huge shield, fully seven zhang tall, about three feet in front of him.

The shield shimmered with golden light, and countless tadpole-like, strange runes swam across its surface.

"Boom!"

Just then, the fierce wave-like attack swept over, slamming heavily into the golden shield, causing the surrounding pressure to suddenly increase!

At this moment, those strange symbols on the shield, resembling tadpoles, seemed to have received some kind of command, and they all swam in from all directions, gathering at the very center of the shield, emitting bursts of bizarre light.

In an instant, a majestic and vast, terrifying energy was released from the shield, blocking Wu Chun's fierce attack.

"No… impossible… What's going on?"

After the power of the attack dissipated, Wu Chun seemed to have discovered something extremely shocking, causing his expression to change drastically.

Immediately afterward, he roared at Wu Cai like a madman: "How can our Wu family's heirloom, the Sky-Splitting Shield, be in your hands?"

It turned out that Wu Chun had discovered that the strange shield that had just blocked his attack was actually a treasure passed down through generations of their Wu family, only to be possessed by the successive family heads or the heirs to the family head position.

But what surprised Wu Chun at this moment was that this treasure, representing the pinnacle of the Wu family's power, had actually fallen into Wu Cai's hands, which he couldn't understand no matter what!

He didn't know what changes had occurred.

From childhood, because of Wu Chun's excellence, the entire Wu family unanimously recognized that he would definitely become the next family head.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Wu Chun gradually became arrogant and complacent, especially towards this Wu Cai, who came from a collateral branch, adopting a commanding and condescending attitude, as if treating him like a family slave.

Faced with Wu Chun's aggressive attitude and his powerful personality, Wu Cai had always been submissive, never daring to disobey Wu Chun's orders, as if he had already surrendered to Wu Chun from the bottom of his heart.

But never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that Wu Cai would unexpectedly rebel against him at this moment, and, under Wu Chun's stunned gaze, take out the Sky-Splitting Shield, which only the Wu family head was qualified to possess.

All these changes happened so fast, so fast that people were caught off guard, and even made Wu Chun immediately freeze in place, at a loss.

"Heh heh, Senior Brother Wu Chun, there's something I forgot to tell you.

As early as three days ago, our Wu family's Elder Council officially selected the new heir to the family head position; that's right, it's me!"

Looking at the traces of shock on Wu Chun's face, Wu Cai seemed to be extremely enjoying it; the expression on his face became even more smug and arrogant.

After all, after enduring for decades, Wu Cai had finally ushered in the peak moment of his life!

At this moment, Wu Cai no longer had the previous timidity and inferiority; his whole body exuded an air of confidence.

Looking at Wu Chun's distraught appearance, Wu Cai suddenly curled the corners of his mouth again, smirking: "Hehe, then let me reveal a little more to you; maybe you don't know, also three days ago, the three great elders suffered qi deviation during closed-door cultivation, and have already ascended to immortality.

Within the family, my father and two uncles have reorganized the temporary Elder Council, acting on behalf of the family head's responsibilities!

Now, you should understand, right?"

As he said these words, Wu Cai no longer concealed the evil in his heart; the smile on his face was like that of a demon from the abyss, so cold and so vicious!

Wu Chun was a smart person, but he had just been frightened by a series of events, which had caused him to temporarily fall into confusion.

At this moment, after regaining his senses, he immediately sorted out the cause and effect, as well as the meaning revealed in Wu Cai's words.

In the next moment, an endless look of anger appeared on Wu Chun's face, staring at Wu Cai, word by word, and said: "You actually rebelled!"

Indeed, this series of events was too bizarre, and the only reasonable explanation was that the Wu family's collateral line, where Wu Cai belonged, had rebelled!

They first killed the three elders who had been in closed-door cultivation for many years, and then had their collateral line take over the Wu family's power, and quickly passed a resolution through the Elder Council meeting, allowing Wu Cai to become the heir to the next family head!

In this case, then the reason why Wu Cai had the Sky-Splitting Shield in his hands could naturally be explained.

However, after understanding all of this, the anger in Wu Chun's heart became even more intense.

You must know that one of the original three elders was his own grandfather, which meant that Wu Cai and his faction had poisoned Wu Chun's own grandfather!

How could this not make him angry!

"Wu Cai, what great scheming, what a vicious heart you have!

I was really blind before to think of promoting you; I never imagined that under your honest appearance, you were hiding such ambition!

If I had known this, I should have split you with one palm during the family competition!"

Because of the great anger, Wu Chun's chest kept rising and falling; fire blazed in his eyes as he stared at Wu Cai.

Only now did he see Wu Cai's true nature, and at the same time, he understood that the reason why Wu Cai had been willing to be his little brother for decades, often being bullied by him, was all a disguise.

Although this person's cultivation talent could not compare to his, his scheming and resourcefulness were much deeper than his, and he had been enduring until now.

If it weren't for tonight's events, Wu Chun would probably still be kept in the dark!

"Heh heh, Senior Brother Wu Chun, congratulations on finally figuring out everything, but unfortunately, you understand too late.

Today, I will definitely let you die here!"

Looking at Wu Chun's angry face, Wu Cai first smiled, but quickly, the smile on his face turned into bursts of coldness, pointing his left hand at the Sky-Splitting Shield, and attacked again.

Although Wu Cai and his clan had temporarily taken control of the entire Wu family, no matter what, Wu Chun was still the previously established heir to the family head, so if he could not be eliminated at this time, it would be a disaster and a ticking time bomb for Wu Cai, which could be detonated at any time!

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Wu Cai would never allow Wu Chun to continue to live in this world.

And the reason why Wu Cai had so urgently taken out the Wu family's treasure, the Sky-Splitting Shield, was also for this moment!

After all, in terms of cultivation alone, he was far behind Wu Chun; only by cooperating with the powerful power of this Wu family treasure could he have the confidence to kill Wu Chun!

"Buzz!"

At this moment, those 'tadpoles' swimming in the huge shield seemed to have received some kind of order, and suddenly became extremely excited.

Immediately afterward, they began to emit circles of golden light waves, superimposed on each other, forming a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering powerful aura, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, crashing towards Wu Chun's body.

"Pfft…"

Under the impact of this powerful force, Wu Chun immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body flew backward for several zhang, crashing heavily into the wall.