Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 371: 193. Bloody Massacre (Part 3)

On the southern ridge, another dense salvo of crossbow arrows rained down like a torrential downpour, striking a heavy blow to the Silver Armored Army that had just been lured to the north, with at least five or six hundred men falling to the barrage.

"Don't lose your formation, Chen An; keep an eye on the north!"

"As you command."

Seeing the morale that had just been boosted now crushed again by the ambush from the southern side, Ren Feixing could no longer hold back. After roaring orders to Chen An, he took the lead and charged towards the ambushing forces to the south.

Chen An then unsheathed a longsword half the size of his body, covered himself in True Qi, leaped over the Silver Armored Army below, and charged towards the north.

Ren Feixing and Chen An, one a Great Grandmaster of the Fourth Realm and the other a Grandmaster of the Third Realm, acted simultaneously, one with Sword Qi that stretched dozens of miles, the other with unmatched sharpness of blade light, instantly suppressing the offensive of thousands.

It has to be said, the effect was indeed significant; the two almost instantly dispersed the frontline troops that were charging down.

Regrettably, this was just the first batch...

The ambushing forces on the ridges to the south and north totaled sixty thousand.

What is the concept of sixty thousand ambushers? Looking down from the mountaintop, it was basically people shoulder to shoulder, the merged qi and blood covering the sky and fields; the originally dark land seemed dyed in a layer of blood. Compared to the entire ambushing force, the initial group of over a thousand was virtually insignificant.

At the forefront of the black-armored torrent to the north, Hou Yucheng's towering figure was exceptionally conspicuous. His sharp blade seemed to claim the lives of three to five men with every flash, his ferocious onslaught tearing open a huge gap in the front lines. As the Yongzhou Army continued to fill the gap, he pushed forward again, using this method to cleave the Silver Armored Army in half within a short quarter of an hour, nearly managing to join forces with the southern ambushers several times.

"Who is this man, displaying such ferocity?"

"Do we have such a person in the Yongzhou Army?"

"I don't recognize him. With the cultivation of the Gathering Evil Phase, which camp's Commander is he?"

...…

Hou Yucheng's eye-catching performance not only left the reinforcements from Longxiang County in disarray but also drew the attention of many in the Yongzhou Army, especially the two Commanders and numerous standard-bearers of the twenty thousand troops on the northern side.

"That's our boss, Hou Yucheng!"

"Second Elder is mighty; follow him and charge, brothers."

"Brothers, let nobody else snatch our military merits; charge!"

Aside from the twenty thousand Yongzhou troops on the north side, the remaining ten thousand were Hou Family Warriors. They recognized Hou Yucheng at a glance. As they replied to everyone else, their morale soared.

The identity tokens of the sect members from mid-tier powers are empowered by Copper Seals made by the Holy Land, equipped with the function of recording battlefield kills. The number and cultivation level of the enemies they defeated are automatically recorded; the Hou Clan had this, and needless to say, so did the Xingnan Prefecture Army.

Indeed, as soon as military merits were mentioned, whether it was the Xingnan Prefecture Army or the Hou Family Warriors, their eyes shone with eagerness. Following Hou Yucheng and the other two Great Commanders, their charge became even more frenzied.

Hou Yucheng, charging at the forefront, was on the verge of closing the gap with the southern side's additional thirty thousand ambushers when, at last, a skilled fighter from the Silver Armored Army who could no longer stand by took aim at him.

A chill, bone-piercing Sword Qi suddenly flashed in his peripheral vision, and Hou Yucheng instantly felt a warning in his heart. Raising his greatsword, he positioned it vertically to block to the left.

Clang...…

The clash of weapons produced a sharp, piercing noise. Hou Yucheng's ears rang with the sound as he struggled with the discomfort and looked toward the figure approximately ten meters away; a middle-aged, armored general was glaring at him furiously with a pair of swords in hand.

"Your death is nigh!"

The middle-aged general was clearly out of control, rage filling his chest as he bellowed without giving Hou Yucheng a chance to speak. Wrapped in the Core Essence Qi, his twin swords spiraled like dragons emerging from the sea, tangling to form a helical edge that struck toward Hou Yucheng's face in an instant.

A Dan Embracing Phase expert, it seemed this was one of the four Commanders of the reinforcements from Longxiang County, holding a status comparable to that of Gui Yutang, whom he knew.

As the rapidly spinning sword edge approached, realizing the middle-aged warrior's cultivation was above his own, Hou Yucheng was not only unafraid but his eyes also lit with intense excitement.

Hou Yucheng gathered the Gangsha around the blade of his sword, and as his dantian spurred the Qi, his bulky frame seemed to swell further. With both hands, he fiercely swung his sword forward, unleashing a nearly ten-meter-long black blade Qi.

Sword Qi clashed fiercely with blade Qi, and the dispersing Qi Forces, like terrifyingly sharp swords and fast blades, sent soldiers within a dozen meters scattering in terror. Those less fortunate who couldn't escape met their deaths under these rampant Qi Forces.

"Second Elder is trapped; rush to his aid!"

"I'm here to help you, Second Brother!"

"We can't let Second Elder suffer an accident!"

At this moment, the battlefield had descended into complete chaos; those who still had the leisure to observe elsewhere were basically Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm. Hou Yucheng's clash with the middle-aged general created a commotion, immediately attracting the attention of numerous Hou Clan Warriors in the Gang Qi Realm, among them Hou Yu Jie, Nie Xinchuan, and Liu Jianghong, who reacted the fastest.

Hou Yu Jie was, needless to say, worried to see his elder brother in trouble, while Nie Xinchuan and Liu Jianghong harbored different sentiments. They were now part of the Hou Clan, and if they were to witness Hou Yucheng fall to—or worse, be killed by—an opponent with just Dan Embracing Phase cultivation, they would never get past Hou Yuxiao.

Suddenly, more than a dozen fighters on the battlefield went mad, converging towards Hou Yucheng's position. The middle-aged general seeing this, realized Hou Yucheng was a key figure and a glint of ruthlessness flashed in his pupils. His attack became even more fierce as he turned his head to call out urgently to those behind him.