The grand protector immediately had a look of shock on his face as he said, "You, you, how?"
The first elder gave a laugh and said, "Don't think that you're the only one with secrets."
But it didn't take long for the grand protector to calm down, especially after hearing what the mysterious cloaked man said, "He has only just broken through, there's nothing to fear."
That was right, the mysterious cloaked man was someone that had been in the Embryo Soul Realm for a long time while the first elder of the Xu Family was someone who had just broken through.
Even if the first elder was able to consolidate his cultivation in this short period of time since he had broken through, there was no possibility that he would be able to compete with someone who had broken through to the Embryo Soul Realm a long time ago. Even if they were both in the low Embryo Soul Realm, that didn't mean that they would be at the same level of combat strength.
There was a large difference that came with experience.
After thinking this through, the grand protector gave a snort and said, "Are you done with your desperate struggle? Seeing as you've broken through, your value has increased. As long as you listen to our boss, I'm sure that you could even get a position that is only second to mine."
The Xu Family first elder gave a cold snort at this before saying, "Why waste words? You already know what's going to happen."
The grand protector gave a shrug before saying, "At least it was worth giving it a shot."
Then he turned to the mysterious cloaked figure and said, "Senior, if you may."
The mysterious cloaked figure gave a nod before raising his palm again before pushing it out to attack.
But this time, the first elder also raised his palm to push out to meet this attack.
Their palms clashed in the air and there was a shockwave that pushed everyone back as they were in balance for a few seconds before both of them were pushed back at the same time.
This time, there was no longer the same calm as before from the One Shadow Organization side.
Even though the Xu Family first elder had only just broken through to the Embryo Soul Realm, he was a match for the Embryo Soul Realm Expert that they had specially invited over to help them.
Even that mysterious cloaked figure couldn't help revealing a look of shock in the eyes that were revealed through the cloak.
The grand protector looked at the first elder with a terrified look as he stammered, "You, you, how did you become, this strong?"
The first elder didn't bother replying as he looked up at the mysterious cloaked figure.
It seemed like even though he had used his full strength, he couldn't match this mysterious cloaked figure. That was his own fault for not consolidating his cultivation enough and rushing out to this fight.
The main deciding factor in the difference in power between the two was the level of talent that they had.
While the first elder had been stuck in the peak Fragmented Soul Realm for a long time, it wasn't because he wasn't talented.
In the past, when people mentioned the Xu Family, they mentioned the twin lions of the Xu Family, who were the oldest brother and the second oldest brother of that generation. Namey, they were talking about the current Xu Family Head and the first elder.
But then there was the reason why only the Xu Family Head broke through and not the first elder.
To put it simply, it was because the Xu Family was poor.
They couldn't afford to train two experts, so they had no choice but to focus all their resources into one person.
As the second eldest, the first elder knew what his responsibilities were and had willingly chosen to give his resources to his oldest brother, the current Xu Family Head.
But now that he had finally broken through, that didn't mean that everything he had before was gone. That same talent that existed in him when he was younger was still in him, allowing him to jump levels to fight stronger experts.
So even if this mysterious cloaked figure was someone who had consolidated his cultivation for a long time, being very close to reaching the mid Embryo Soul Realm, the first elder was still able to fight evenly with him. Even though he had only just reached the Embryo Soul Realm, he was able to fight with an expert that was close to the mid Embryo Soul Realm. What a concept that was, but it shows just how terrifying his talent was.
If only the Xu Family had enough resources back then, perhaps they would have become a family that had two Embryo Soul Realm Experts sitting at the helm and expanded their influence much more already. Perhaps they would have become a family the One Shadow Organization never would have dared to offend.
Seeing that the Xu Family's first elder was able to match him, the mysterious cloaked figure immediately knitted his brows before waving his hand to pull out something from his Storage Ring.
The thing that he pulled out was very strange because it was by no means a normal weapon. What had appeared in the hand of the mysterious cloaked figure was an ice pick.
He held that ice pick with three fingers, the index and middle finger on top while the thumb laid on the bottom holding it in place.
It was a very strange weapon, there was no doubt of that, but that wasn't what surprised everyone. They could feel the fluctuations that were coming from this ice pick and it was easy to tell that it was a peak Fragmented Soul Realm Artifact.
This was considered a very rare artifact for these two families.
An Embryo Soul Realm Artifact could only be made with the best weapon smith and several pieces of Embryo Soul Realm materials. To get these Embryo Soul Realm materials, it would naturally mean attacking Embryo Soul Realm Beast Kings.
For these two organizations that were only being supported by a single Embryo Soul Realm Expert, naturally they wouldn't risk the lives of these experts just to gather these materials.
So for these two organizations, the highest grade artifact that they had was a single peak Fragmented Soul Realm Artifact and there was no doubt that it was held by the leader of these organizations.
That meant that what the first elder had was not a peak Fragmented Soul Realm Artifact, but rather a high Fragmented Soul Realm Artifact.
Once again, the momentum returned to the side of the One Shadow Organization.
However, the strange thing was that the first elder suddenly gave a laugh when he saw this artifact appear before saying, "Are you done with your desperate struggle? As long as you listen to our boss, I'm sure that you could even get a position that is only second to mine."
Hearing the same words that they had said being used against them, all the members of the One Shadow Organization were filled with rage. Especially since they were clearly the ones that had the momentum here.
Even the mysterious cloaked figure couldn't help knitting his brows since he couldn't understand why this person was so confident.
But that didn't matter to him. He had already made a deal with the backer of the One Shadow Organization, so he only needed to care about fulfilling that deal. As for what happened between these two organizations, it was none of his business.
The mysterious cloaked figure immediately dashed out with his ice pick, thrusting it right at the first elder's jugular without any hesitation.
The ice pick flew right through the air and when it was about to hit the first elder, there was a sudden burst of energy that came from the first elder that blew it away.
The mysterious cloaked figure looked at the first elder in shock, or rather he looked at the weapon that had suddenly appeared in the first elder's hands in shock.
This was a sword, a very normal looking sword that didn't have any decorations at all. Other than a simple hilt and guard, there was nothing special about this sword. That was, there was nothing special about the appearance, but the aura of the sword was a completely different matter.
The mysterious cloaked figure immediately knitted his brows when he felt this aura.
It was actually an Embryo Soul Realm Artifact!
This was an artifact that even he couldn't get after all his years of struggle after breaking through to the Embryo Soul Realm, but this elder from a lowly family was able to have one.
There was a look of greed that appeared in his eyes, but then he remembered how strong the first elder was and that look disappeared. He even began considering running away as he tried to find an escape path.
It was too bad that the first elder didn't give him that chance as he charged forward with the Embryo Soul Realm Sword, slashing down again and again until the mysterious cloaked figure was knocked to the ground, unable to resist at all.
After knocking him down, the first elder waved his hand and had the rest of the members of the Xu Family tie all of these people up. After all, they would have more use alive than dead.
In his heart, he couldn't help praising Lin Fan for his insight in predicting all of this.
Naturally it was Lin Fan who had helped him break through as well as giving him this Embryo Soul Realm Artifact.
After helping the Xu Family Head, Lin Fan had also given that last Pill Line Pill to the first elder which had allowed him to break through to the Embryo Soul Realm. This was on the first day that Lin Fan had appeared in the Xu Family. After having a few days to consolidate his realm, naturally he was much stronger than when he just broke through.
Then there was the Embryo Soul Realm Artifact which was actually pleasant surprise to Lin Fan as well.
When he had killed those ten Embryo Soul Realm Beast Kings, he had also ransacked their nests and in one of them, he had found this artifact.
Since Lin Fan already had his own artifact that was stronger than this sword, he decided to loan it to the first elder temporarily since he already expected something like this to happen in this meeting.
Or rather, it was Brainy who had planned all of this.
Brainy was a pet with supreme intelligence and would always be Lin Fan's strategist, so Lin Fan trusted Brainy's plans, which was why he had given the Embryo Soul Realm Artifact out.
With that, the situation with this meeting had been settled.
The only thing left was the raid on the One Shadow Organization's headquarters.