Chapter 92

The battles throughout the castle gradually subsided. At this moment, the castle's chief, a trembling old man in his sixties or seventies, stepped out. Beside him was a man with a powerful aura, clearly at least in the late ninth stage, looking extremely fierce, obviously the leader of the castle's guards. However, he looked at Yi Tian and the others with great reverence.

"Thank you, Honored Ones, for your rescue. Our Lu family has nothing to offer in return. If our old ancestor learns of this, he will surely be grateful for your assistance. May I ask how to address the Honored Ones?"

The chief said to Yi Tian and the others with great trepidation.

"There's no need to know who we are. How did you end up provoking those bandits? Who is this Demon Snake King?"

Yi Tian stopped the other from continuing with the formalities.

Yi Tian was somewhat puzzled. On their journey, they had not seen any major cities of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Kingdom for thousands of miles around Eagle Peak, only some castles with heavy defenses and some luxurious estates.

These castles and estates were likely built with significant ties to Eagle Peak.

The chief couldn't help but sigh and said to Yi Tian, "Honored One, as you know, our Lu family is a top-tier force in Huailing County. Our old ancestor is an Honored One at the Yuanfa level. Even the Nine Kings of Eagle Peak would give him some face, and he has some connections with the Black Iron King. People from Eagle Peak wouldn't easily provoke us."

"However, things are unpredictable. Recently, a treacherous and unpredictable Demon Snake King suddenly appeared at Eagle Peak and took the third seat."

"After the Demon Snake King took the third seat, he ordered all the castles around Eagle Peak to offer three virgins every month. Our Lu Family Castle refused. We thought that with the intimidation of our old ancestor, they wouldn't dare to do anything. But we didn't expect the Demon Snake King to be so ruthless and try to destroy our Lu Family Castle."

The chief of the Lu family was filled with hatred as he spoke.

"Oh?"

Yi Tian couldn't help but understand the nature of this Demon Snake King.

He was a madman who acted without consequences, ruthless and unbridled. Once he set his sights on someone, it would be a fight to the death.

The Demon Snake King was undoubtedly a very difficult opponent.

No wonder he could sit in the third seat at Eagle Peak; he must have had the means and the strength.

"You should leave quickly, or the Demon Snake King might return!"

Yi Tian said to them.

Yi Tian's words made the chief's face turn pale.

He was extremely wary of the Demon Snake King. Even the intimidation of the Lu family's old ancestor was ineffective. They might have to abandon this castle and return to the main family.

But doing so would mean a huge loss.

Especially with the tens of thousands of people in the castle, whether it was the safety of the relocation or the resettlement, it was a major issue.

Moreover, they couldn't leave in time. The Demon Snake King from Eagle Peak could attack at any moment. Even if the news reached their family, the old ancestor couldn't arrive in time.

At that time, the tens of thousands of people in the Lu Family Castle would likely be massacred.

"Honored Ones, we can't escape in time. The Demon Snake King will likely receive the news and attack soon. At that time, tens of thousands of us will be slaughtered. We beg the Honored Ones to save us. There are many elderly and children among us."

The chief couldn't help but beg Yi Tian and the others, his voice trembling with tears.

Even the nearby civilians began to plead with Yi Tian and the others, bowing and kneeling.

This left Yi Tian, Yi Shan, and the others somewhat at a loss.

Yi Tian's face showed a mix of compassion and determination. "Don't worry, we will stay and face the Demon Snake King."

With the lives of tens of thousands at stake, even Yi Tian and the others couldn't ignore it. They had just entered this cruel world, and their hearts were not yet hardened.

"Thank you, Honored Ones."

The chief immediately welcomed Yi Tian and the others back into the castle, treating them with all kinds of delicacies, though the energy content was not high, only satisfying their appetites.

That night, Yi Tian and the others practiced in their respective rooms.

After breaking through to the Human Rank, Yi Tian had not relaxed his efforts in deducing the Great Sun Heavenly Art.

The black star mud clone, which had advanced to the black stage, had significantly helped in the deduction of the Great Sun Heavenly Art. Every day's progress was very good, giving Yi Tian hope that the Great Sun Heavenly Art could continue to advance in rank.

The Great Sun Heavenly Art only contained the number of the Lesser Celestial Cycle, barely reaching the Heavenly Rank level.

From the Ancient Heavenly Art, the Sun Shooting Heavenly Art, Yi Tian could see that the Great Sun Heavenly Art he was deducing still had a long way to go.

While the members of the Reincarnation Team were practicing in the castle, a group of vicious bandits and killers were rushing through the night, seeing the Lu Family Castle from a distance.

In the sky, a young man with cold eyes was stepping through the air.

This young man was the Demon Snake King of Eagle Peak.

"The Lu Family Castle dares to resist. It seems they really want to die. This time, the action to set an example has failed. Those useless people are truly incapable!"

The Demon Snake King's eyes flashed with coldness.

He had a deeper meaning in choosing the Lu Family Castle. He wanted to destroy it to intimidate other forces that had built castles within the range of Eagle Peak, forcing them to follow his will and offer one to three virgins every month for his cultivation.

When the Demon Snake King arrived above the Lu Family Castle, Yi Tian was the first to be alerted.

Soon, the others in the Reincarnation Team also detected the Demon Snake King's aura and came out one by one.

Yi Tian stepped through the air, facing the Demon Snake King in the dark night sky.

This commotion was quickly noticed by the guards and martial artists of the Lu Family Castle, who prepared for battle, the air filled with a killing aura.

Behind the Demon Snake King, tens of thousands of his bandits and warlords rushed in, roaring and laughing maniacally, their eyes cold and bloodthirsty.

"Kill!"

Almost all of the Demon Snake King's forces were mobilized, each bandit and warlord having at least mid-to-high stage strength.

The Lu Family Castle began to counterattack.

Huge arrows shot through the air, tearing bloody paths on the ground, even high-stage martial artists finding it hard to resist.

However, such powerful arrows were few, and a large number of high-stage martial artists rushed onto the walls and into the castle, engaging in fierce battles with the tens of thousands of guards of the Lu Family Castle.

The women, children, and elderly of the Lu Family Castle had already hidden in secret rooms and underground tunnels.

Yi Shan couldn't hold back and joined the suppression of the bandits and warlords from Eagle Peak. Yi Feng, Yi Li, Yi Kuang, and Yi Hong also joined in, like invincible kings, walking through the world, each bandit and warlord being killed one by one.

This greatly reduced the pressure on the Lu Family Castle.

The Demon Snake King only glanced at Yi Shan and the others, then paid no attention. Facing the large-scale slaughter of his subordinates by Yi Shan, Yi Feng, and the others, he showed no expression, not even a flicker of interest.

The Demon Snake King could see at a glance that Yi Shan and the others were only Human Rank experts at the Yuangang level.

To him, Yuangang experts were only slightly troublesome, not worth much. As a powerful expert at the Yuanfa level, he was confident he could kill these Yuangang experts one by one.

However, he sensed a dangerous aura from Yi Tian, which piqued his interest.

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