Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 384: 197?Hexi Sanjun_3

However, there were tens of thousands of Flying Swords, and the Gang Qi Realm experts of his Xingnan Mansion Army were less than two hundred strong. Even if one added the fifty from the Hou Clan and more than ten Grandmasters, they couldn't withstand so many swiftly-advancing Flying Swords.

Watching the soldiers in the front ranks continually fall, Peng Yuhu's expression grew increasingly anxious. Those charging hardest were all elites of the Xingnan Mansion Army; too many were dying. How were they to fight the battles ahead!

As Fan yin sounded in the sky, Peng Yuhu looked up to see Gu Tianyun unleashing the Melting Heaven Sword Qi. His battle with Zhan Taiqing was far from over, and his eyes suddenly revealed a hint of darkness.

The Master wouldn't be able to help while still fighting with Gu Tianyun.

This Sword Array was unbreakable even for him; the only way was to keep pushing forward until they reached Lu Guanqing, forcing him to stop maintaining the City-Protecting Sword Array.

The Demon Sect's army, numbering a total of seventeen hundred thousand, had almost completely charged down from the city walls, yet there still remained more than seven thousand on the west city wall, focused intently on the battle below.

"Everyone, keep your eyes wide open and learn well. The embarrassing losses at Wanglong Valley's ambush prove just how far you are from the Mansion Army's level. If not reaching their level, at least in future sieges, make yourselves worthy!"

Hou Yuxiao was watching the battlefield below with Hou Yujie and Hou Yuduan. Hou Yucheng then turned to the rest of the Hou Clan and began to speak, indicating that they should focus on the Mansion Army's siege techniques.

"In just one ambush, more than two thousand died. Indeed, the quality of our Hou Clan forces is worrying. If a large-scale frontal battle were to break out, I estimate that merely five thousand of the Mansion Army would instantly rout our seven thousand-plus!"

Hou Yujie glanced back and sighed softly.

"Donning armor and seizing forts, sieging has never been an easy task since ancient times. Before the Martial Path was discovered, conflicts between enemy forces involved the young and robust common folk as the main force, thus emphasizing the importance of equipment over casualties. However, with the emergence of the Martial Path, Martial Artists came to dominate. Whether in ordinary martial world skirmishes or large-scale battles such as this, casualties are a hundred, even a thousand times more severe!"

Hou Yuduan, watching the fierce fighting below the west city wall, seemed to have many thoughts, a flicker of unusual light briefly crossing the depths of his eyes.

"That's natural; martial artists cultivate the art of killing. Both their methods of combat and their bravery far exceed that of ordinary folk, so it's normal for casualties to be higher!"

After speaking, Hou Yujie turned his head to look at Hou Yuxiao and asked in a quiet voice, "Big brother, should we have Su Li and the others take action now?"

Hou Yuxiao had taken a disciple in Wanyang County, and a month ago, he had dispatched Su Li with the Geng Division troops to protect him. The three brothers were aware of this.

The ten thousand miscellaneous troops at the west city wall had no resistance against the seventeen hundred thousand of the Demon Sect's grand army, relying solely on Lu Guanqing's control of the City-Protecting Sword Array to hold out for so long.

Amid the confusion, though Su Li was only at the Gang Qi Realm in cultivation, he still had the capability to influence Lu Guanqing.

The attack of the Demon Sect's grand army was like a flood. Any slight lapse in the City-Protecting Sword Array would mean the city's fall.

Although Hou Yuxiao was watching the battle below, he heard everything his brothers said behind him. He did not immediately answer Hou Yujie, but as he watched the vast army of the Demon Sect below, his eyes were filled with admiration and...a deeply hidden, sinister shade.

"Wait a bit longer!"

On hearing this, both Hou Yujie and Hou Yucheng revealed a hint of confusion, only Hou Yuduan seemed to grasp his intent, subtly nodding his head in agreement.

"Hou Yuxiao, do you no longer care for your life?"

As he grimly watched Hou Yuxiao on the battlefield below, a cold and threatening voice suddenly echoed in his mind. He quickly took out the Hou Clan's token from his bosom, his face revealing a trace of anxiety.

"Su Li, make your move!"

...

Although Lu Guanqing was controlling the Sword Array with the Copper Sword Command, the cold sweat on his forehead never ceased, especially when he thought about the six members of the Demon Sect brought forward by Ren Feixing just now, his heart was even more uneasy.

Gu Tianyun had just denied the identities of those six, which might deceive the people below, but how could it deceive him?

"The counties to the east, Yangping and Longxiang, must have already fallen. The change of rule in the three counties of Hexi is already a certainty. Defending Wanyang County is utterly meaningless. Gu Tianyun can flee, but what will we do then!"

Lu Guanqing was frantic, completely failing to notice that a group of people were stealthily approaching him, or perhaps he had noticed, but their cultivation levels weren't significant enough to alert him.

Suddenly, a torrential downpour of Sword Qi swept towards him from the side. Lu Guanqing's face shook, and he rapidly raised his True Qi to fend off the Sword Qi. Then, looking down, he saw dozens of crossbow arrows coming toward him and let out a cold laugh, drawing his longsword from his waist and emitting a wave of Sword Qi to knock all the arrows to the ground.

Not good!

However, having done all this, he showed no smile; instead, he muttered in alarm and quickly turned to look towards the west city wall. His heart trembled instantaneously, a sense of dread flooding his mind.

Just that moment of distraction was enough for the Demon Sect's massive army to overwhelmingly breach the city's defensive lines. Like a tsunami charging into the city, a towering wave of blood and qi pressed down on him, leaving him gasping for breath.

"Lu Guanqing, surrender your life!"

Accompanying this roar, a golden rod shadow split the air, terrifying Lu Guanqing so greatly that he instinctively retreated in panic.

The overwhelming blood Qi of the 170,000-strong army, even a Gang Qi Realm master like Gu Tianyun would be suppressed when facing it directly, let alone him who was just at the Master Third Realm. Whoever the owner of the golden rod shadow was, he definitely couldn't defeat him now.

But before he could retreat a hundred meters, a deep roar suddenly emerged from the sky.

"Mountains and waters will meet, Enchantress, I will have your blood pay for this blood debt!"

Following that, was Zhan Taiqing's cold and indifferent voice.

"Get lost, from today onwards, the three counties of Hexi belong to the Holy Church!"

It wasn't just Lu Guanqing, but everyone in Wanyang County who was still defending the city, whether ordinary soldiers or Grandmasters, anyone who heard this voice turned deathly pale.

Gu Tianyun, had fallen!