Chapter 40

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Li Wanbao felt a chill run down his spine as if he had been scraped by a knife. Looking up, he saw the murderous gazes of three people. Recalling his escape, he hurriedly lowered his head in guilt.

Li Wanpeng was also extremely depressed. In the pre-battle meeting, he had said that if the demonic beasts broke through the territory of any family, that family would be punished. Now, the demonic beasts had precisely broken through his territory, leaving him in a difficult position.

Just as Li Wanpeng was depressed, Xu Haoran, Xiao Rugui, and Wu Meng were furious, and the atmosphere on the city wall became oppressive. Suddenly, a piercing cry for help came from outside the city. Everyone turned their heads sharply and looked out, seeing a dozen figures flying towards the city in a disheveled state.

These dozen people were precisely the dozen disciples of the Wu family. Being able to break through the encirclement of the demonic beasts, they were naturally all highly cultivated individuals, far superior to the mixed group of over a hundred people from the city lord's residence. Therefore, these dozen people were frantically flying towards the capital city.

As they approached the capital city, these dozen people saw their family patriarch standing on the city wall and immediately cried out like children who had been wronged, seeing their mother.

When they flew onto the city wall, their true essence was almost completely drained, and they all fell to the ground with a "plop plop." Struggling to their feet, Wu Yue quickly crawled to Wu Meng, grabbed his leg, and cried out with a hoarse voice:

"Big Brother! We were attacked by the demonic beasts. All the disciples of our family are dead, only we dozen are left!"

Hearing Wu Yue's cries, Wu Meng's body trembled, and his vision went black, nearly fainting. He bit his tongue hard to regain his senses. Seeing his brother's pitiful state, Wu Meng lifted Wu Yue from the ground and asked urgently:

"What exactly happened?"

"Big Brother!" Wu Yue was in tears, his eyes filled with resentment as he glared at Xu Haoran standing beside him, and then cried out:

"Big Brother, we were stationed at Luofeng Ridge and never let the demonic beasts pass through it. But suddenly, at noon today, a large number of demonic beasts attacked from behind us. There were too many of them, stretching as far as the eye could see. Most of the disciples in our family died in the attack, and only we dozen managed to escape."

Saying this, he glared at Xu Haoran again. Xu Haoran, feeling inexplicably glared at, being the patriarch of one of the four major families in the north, found it outrageous that a mere disciple of the Wu family, not even a patriarch, dared to glare at him repeatedly. His face turned cold, and he glared at Wu Yue, shouting:

"Why are you glaring at this old man? Do you want me to gouge out your eyes?"

How could a mere tenth-layer Qi Cultivation practitioner like Wu Yue resist the aura of a Foundation Establishment practitioner like Xu Haoran? His body shrank to the ground, but thinking of the deaths of his family's disciples, he mustered the courage to raise his head and glare at Xu Haoran, saying:

"If it weren't for your Xu family failing to hold the Tongyou Valley, those demonic beasts wouldn't have been able to attack us from behind. Your Xu family's failure to hold their position has cost our Wu family a thousand disciples. How can we settle this? No! Compensation isn't enough; it must be doubled!"

Wu Yue spoke with righteous indignation, as he firmly believed that the Xu family's failure to hold the Tongyou Valley was the reason the demonic beasts broke through and attacked them from behind, causing significant losses to his family. However, he didn't know that the demonic beasts didn't come from the Tongyou Valley but from the official road. At that moment, there wasn't a single demonic beast in the Tongyou Valley.

Thus, as soon as Wu Yue finished speaking, Xu Haoran's expression became very strange, and Xiao Rugui's expression also became very strange. Wu Meng's expression was extremely awkward, while Li Wanpeng's face turned green, and black smoke rose from his forehead. However, Wu Meng didn't notice these changes and instead turned to Li Wanpeng, shouting loudly:

"City Lord, before we left the city, you said that any family that lost their territory would be severely punished. Now, the Xu family has not only lost the Tongyou Valley but also caused our family to suffer severe losses due to their failure. City Lord, please take action and severely punish the Xu family. They must compensate our Wu family for all losses! No! Compensation isn't enough; it must be doubled!"

After saying what he wanted to say, Wu Yue looked up at City Lord Li Wanpeng and suddenly noticed that the City Lord's face was iron gray, and heavy breathing was coming from beside him. Following the heavy breathing, Wu Yue immediately saw Li Wanbao and the over a hundred people kneeling on the ground. Wu Yue's expression froze, and he blurted out:

"Brother Wanbao, were you also attacked by the demonic beasts from the Tongyou Valley?"

Saying this, Wu Yue felt a surge of joy, thinking, "It seems not only our Wu family suffered heavy losses, but even the City Lord's subordinates suffered heavy losses. This time, the Xu family must pay a heavy price, enough to bankrupt them. This way, we can obtain the Xu family's thousand-year legacy without resorting to violence. Yes, I'll add more fuel to the fire and drag the Xiao family into it too."

With this thought, Wu Yue turned to Xiao Rugui and said in a tearful voice, "Lord Xiao, I wonder if the disciples of your family have returned. They must have also been attacked by the demonic beasts. All of this is due to the Xu family, and we cannot let them off!"

Hearing Wu Yue's words, Xiao Rugui's heart trembled. Thinking of the fate of his family's disciples, he could no longer remain calm and anxiously turned his gaze to the sky outside the city.

As if the heavens understood Xiao Rugui's feelings, just as he turned his head, he saw a dozen figures flying towards the city from the distance. As they drew closer, Xiao Rugui immediately recognized these dozen people as his family's disciples, with his brother Xiao Ruxing leading the way. What made Xiao Rugui's heart bleed the most was that there were no more disciples of his family behind Xiao Ruxing and the dozen others. He realized that out of the thousand disciples of his family, only these dozen had survived.

At this moment, everyone saw Xiao Ruxing and the dozen others. Wu Yue, in particular, clenched his fists tightly, his face flushed red. As soon as Xiao Ruxing and the others landed on the city wall, Wu Yue took two steps forward and shouted loudly:

"Brother Ruxing, were you also attacked by the demonic beasts from the Tongyou Valley?"

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