The Supreme God of Martial Arts novel Chapter 566

"Oh really?

They want to unify the Violet Orchid Empire?

Such arrogance!

If that is true, then why did the five major sects and the royal court keep themselves in the background?"

Austin asked, confused about the whole situation. In the Violet Orchid Empire, the royal court and the five major sects were the most powerful entities and by rights, they would never sit back and watch the arrogant Ghost Sect try to do anything with the Empire, even if it was, in their words, unifying it. The Ghost Sect would have faced quite a lot of resistance, especially from the five major sects, who would never let their enemy become the tyrant.

About a hundred years ago, an epic war had broken out between the Ghost Sect and all the other sects inside the Violet Orchid Empire. Led by these five major sects, the warriors of the latter team firmly believed that the Ghost Sect had been completely eliminated.

However, the truth was that some disciples of the Ghost Sect had survived the war and had been lurking in the dark since then, hoping to one day regain their power.

Austin had long known about this, but he had never thought that these disciples hiding in the darkness would be so ambitious.

The war they had faced a century ago had wreaked havoc on the Ghost Sect. How could they be so confident and ambitious to claim that they were trying to unify the Violet Orchid Empire today? They were just a group of careerists busy trying to stir up unrest.

"Austin, where have you been all these days?

You sound like you know nothing about the situation here.

The imperial capital city and the mountain gates of the five major sects have been besieged by disciples from the Ghost Sect. No one in or out!

How can the imperial royal court and the sects offer any assistance? They can't help each other because they are unable to fend even for themselves."

Mindy sighed, shaking her head.

"What? The disciples from the Ghost Sect have besieged the imperial capital city and the mountain gates of five major sects?

How is that even possible?

How can the Ghost Sect be powerful enough to do that?"

Austin was greatly surprised.

This meant that the Ghost Sect disciples lurking in the shadows had built up enough forces to besiege the entire empire at once and had unprecedented strength now.

"Yes. Actually, the Ghost Sect's sudden emergence surprised everyone greatly.

The five major sects were supposed to stand together and annihilate those disciples. But the plan went south.

And yet those disciples were just a tip of the iceberg. Pretty soon, more and more disciples and master figures emerged. Combined, their strength was even greater than that of the Imperial Capital Court! No one could do anything."

Mindy explained.

"Hmm. No doubt the remnants of the Ghost Sect have secretly recruited more and more people. That is the only way they could have developed the Ghost Sect into such a powerful force.

I have been in the outer ranges of the Grand Desolation Mountain for some time. So I had no idea of what was going on in the Violet Orchid Empire."

Austin told her.

"Okay..." Now Mindy understood why Austin didn't know anything.

"Clan leader, disciples from the Ghost Sect have surrounded our courtyard.

They are saying we will suffer extermination and the entire family will die if we don't bend down in front of them within half an hour."

Suddenly, a young man burst into the hall and reported. He was so scared that his face looked pale and bloodless.

Mindy exchanged a look with Zachary and they all rose to their feet.

"Mindy, should we fight or surrender? It's up to you now." The young man asked.

Mindy was in the highest position in the family now, and Zachary acted as adviser to her, helping her in major decisions of the family.

"Austin, what do you say?"

Zachary asked Austin.

"First, let's go outside and have a look," Austin replied.

The idea that the Ghost Sect had become so big in the Violet Orchid Empire now really interested Austin and he wanted to see their strength in person.

Austin, Mindy, and Zachary went to the courtyard gate, followed by a dozen young and middle-aged men of the family.

Austin gestured to the guards to open the gate.

He then took the lead and walked outside without hesitation, intrigued about what he would see.

Hundreds of figures were standing outside, led by a middle-aged man clad in black.