Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 264: 153, Old Fifth went to rescue people_3

Hou Yujie, who stood beside, suddenly seemed to think of something, his face showing a tinge of worry as he said, "Big brother, if Maiden Hong can even deceive Old Fifth, could her affection for him also be an act, a ruse to plot something? With demons still rampaging in the city, isn't it very dangerous for Old Fifth to rush in?"

Hearing these words, Hou Yuxiao also revealed a trace of concern on his face, but after being silent for a while, he shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of certainty, "No, her feelings for Old Fifth aren't fake."

As he said this, Hou Yuxiao's mind replayed the scenes from the end of last year's Zhaoyang Disturbance, especially the moment when Tian Fazheng personally executed Tian Honglu. His eyes grew brighter, and his tone became even more convinced.

"It is definitely not fake. I can be sure of it."

Hou Yujie looked somewhat puzzled on the side, but seeing that Hou Yuxiao had no intention of explaining further, he did not continue to ask.

Hou Yuxiao cleared his thoughts, took a deep breath, and lifted his head to glance directly above the Prefectural City. Sensing that the aura of the great battle there was diminishing, he quickly turned his head to address everyone, "The commotion in the city is getting smaller and smaller. The battle between the six grand masters and the Blood Demon might come to an end soon. Let's meet up with Yucheng first, and we will be ready to enter the city at any moment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hou Yuxiao took the lead and stepped into the air, with everyone hastily following behind him, moving towards the location where Yucheng and his three thousand soldiers were in the east.

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Above the Prefectural City, indeed, the commotion of the battle between the six grand masters and the Blood Demon was getting smaller, but the chaos within the city was far from over.

Aside from the eastern gate, which had not been breached by demons thanks to the defense by over ten thousand Mansion Army soldiers and several grand masters, the other three gates had been overrun by demons, with thousands of them pouring into the city. The already hellish Prefectural City, ravaged by the Blood Demon itself, met with yet another wave of frenzied slaughter.

This army of tens of thousands of demons, though only thousands were of rank, presented a problem because a demon that had just attained rank was capable of contending with a Warrior of the Gang Qi Realm, and a peak Ninth Grade Demon could match a Martial Artist in the Dan Embracing Phase.

In a one-on-one situation, even the unranked demons, if slightly stronger, could challenge a Warrior of the Tenth Level of Body Opening, and even the weakest required a Warrior with at least the five levels of body refinement of the Inner Membrane Realm to stand a chance against them.

The Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm from Tongling County, all put together, don't even know if they number two hundred, and they're divided among different powers, fighting independently; how could they stand against these demons?

Even for Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm, it was difficult to survive in such circumstances, let alone for ordinary citizens. The entire city was now a sea of blood, with countless lives being slaughtered by demons, and those who were still alive had long since fallen into despair, only able to wail and wait for death.

Some ten li away from the western gate, in a cellar about fifty meters square, it was packed with two to three thousand people. Men and women, old and young, without exception, their faces were filled with terror and panic.

From above the cellar, screams and wails came in waves, mixed with the beasts' growls and demons' mocking laughter.

"Fight these monsters to the end!"

"Save me, save me..."

"Roar... Roar..."

"Giggle... Giggle..."

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The fifty-meter-square cellar was packed with two to three thousand people; it was nearly at its maximum capacity. Despite the discomfort of being crammed together, these people, hearing the screams and roars from outside, dared not make a sound.

Even the children and women who were small in courage and frightened could only silently shed tears, their hearts full of fear. There were also women holding babies who, worried about their infants making noise, helplessly covered the babies' mouths with their hands, even turning the children's faces blue with desperation, not daring to let go...

Around the perimeter of the crowd, there were dozens of martial artists wielding weapons. They looked grim as they heard the sounds of demons from above, yet they appeared stronger than the rest of the ordinary folk.

Among the line of warriors, a group dressed in blue garments stood out, especially because they were the youngest in appearance—a brother and sister.

"Big brother, can this cellar really keep us safe?"

Hearing his sister's words, Cheng Yunye's face grew grim as he shook his head.

"We thought we'd be safe once we got into the city, but who would've thought these demons would actually break in. This means that the Qinglong Association must have planned to collude with the demons to attack Tongling all along. Tonight's Qinglong Token was nothing but a ruse!"

The siblings were originally just onlookers at Shili Slope, and although someone from the Qinglong Association had given them a token, as the situation unfolded, Cheng Yunye sensed something wrong early on and didn't enter the Secret Realm. Instead, he led his sister back to the Prefectural City ahead of others.

He knew all too well—so many experts rushing into the Secret Realm, what chance would he, an eightfold practitioner of body refinement, have? He wouldn't even be able to vie for the silver-colored Qinglong Token, let alone save his own life.

Better to preserve his life; with this Qinglong Token, he would have the opportunity to make contact with the high-ranking members of the Qinglong Association again. If he could win their favor, revenge and turning his life around would not be just dreams.

Sadly, he hadn't anticipated that Tongling, just within a couple of hours, would turn into the chaos it had become.

The siblings had dodged two waves of blood-red vines outside the city, barely finding this cellar to hide in. The cellar was probably seven or eight meters below the ground, previously used to store wine. It was likely the strong smell of alcohol that confused the demons' sense of smell, which was why they weren't so easily discovered.

The cellar, hiding two to three thousand people, had been a tight find when they first discovered it; they had almost been unable to get in. Thankfully, both siblings had attained the eightfold level of body-refinement. The warrior of the Gang Qi Realm guarding the entrance probably thought they could be of some use, so he let them in.

Bang bang...

Suddenly, two sounds came from above the cellar. Cheng Yunye and everyone else abruptly looked up, sensing the vibrations overhead. Their faces were instantly filled with fear.

"This cellar won't hold much longer; the noise above is getting louder. I reckon it won't be long before we're exposed. If those demons find us, I bet not one of the more than two thousand people here will survive!"

As fears often manifest, just as Cheng Yunye quietly voiced his concerns to his sister, before he could even ponder a strategy, the iron plate that covered the cellar was suddenly torn open by a claw...

Screech...

A unique avian screech suddenly rang out in the ears of everyone in the cellar, and a tide of demon Qi flooded among the people. The expressions on everyone's faces, including Cheng Yunye and his sister, were completely transformed into despair...