Chapter 154: Lang Family's Genius

  The great fire in the direction of the War Temple has not been completely extinguished, and the new flames at the horizon have added another layer of bloodiness and turmoil to this already unquiet Ning City. Who would have thought that in just one night, the two most powerful forces in Ning City would be reduced to ashes?

  "How is that possible?!" Hu Wushuang's eyes turned red, "The Ninth Elder was clearly guarding the Hu family! No! If the situation was critical, even if the other Elders hadn't recovered yet, the Great Elder would definitely handle the defense! That place can't be the Hu family! It's absolutely impossible!"

  Every single member of the Hu family looked extremely ugly, and even the Zhu family's faces didn't look much better. Now the Hu and Zhu families are like two ants on a rope, if one falls, the other can't escape either!

  "Everyone!" Hu Gao's face was stern, "Break through! We can't afford to hesitate any longer, Ning City is no longer safe! Break through, go to the wilderness north of Ning City, go to the dense forest south of Ning City. Only by getting out can we have a glimmer of hope!"

  "Yes!" The people of the Hu family responded in unison.

  The people of the Zhu family did not respond to Hu Gao's call, but instead looked at each other, and finally focused their attention on the head of the household, Zhu You Tian.

  Zhu You Tian naturally understood what the expectations were in the gazes cast upon him. The Hu family had been ruined, and the people of the Hu family had no choice but to retreat, except for fighting their way out with bloodshed. But the Zhu family was different; they still had family members waiting for them to return safely, and even if they wanted to leave Ning City, they would have to go back to the Zhu residence first to bring their family along. This path of breaking through the siege was one that the Zhu and Hu families were destined not to take together!

  But the binding force of the Blood Slave Oath made Zhu You Tian unable to abandon Hu Gao, leaving him momentarily torn between two difficult choices.

  "Zhu Jiazhong, you go first and take your Zhu family members to rescue your relatives!" Hu Gao suddenly said with a "thoughtful" tone.

  The Zhu family members glared at Hu Gao simultaneously. Aren't you spouting nonsense? If we don't go to rescue our family, are we supposed to stay here and protect the people of your Hu family? It's a matter of course, but you make it sound like it's your generous favor!

  Only three people in the room showed a look of astonishment! Apart from Zhu You Tian, Hu Wu Shuang and Yun Feng, who knew about Zhu You Tian's blood slave identity, were also shocked by Hu Gao's decision! Had Hu Gao gone mad? He was actually willing to put aside his own safety to consider the interests of a blood slave?! Was this still the Hu Gao they knew?!

  Hú Gāo would never be such a great philanthropist!

  Hu Gao thought it was clear that the entire Zhu family's weight far exceeded the value of a single Zhu You Tian, and rather than letting Zhu You Tian break with the Zhu family to protect himself, he would let Zhu You Tian play the role of the Zhu family's hero, so that in the future the entire Zhu family could be firmly grasped in his own hands.

  Zhu You Tian wouldn't think so much about it, for him, just executing Hu Gao's orders was enough!

  "Take care of yourselves!" Zhu You Tian rushed towards the Hu family crowd with a fist bump, leading the Zhu family members to charge towards the Zhu family's direction in the encirclement!

  At the same time, Hu Gao and Hu Wushuang also led the crowd of Hu family members in another direction!

  Their goal is not to return to the Hu family, but to leave the city! If even the Great Elder and Ninth Elder can't solve the problem, then these people will be useless even if they do go back. Rather than jumping into the net themselves, it's better to leave a spark of hope for the Hu family!

  The horses and men of the four families, Hu, Zhu, Wu and Wei, soon became entangled in a chaotic melee. The Hu and Zhu families fought with all their might to break through the encirclement, while the Wu and Wei families focused on containment, not seeking to inflict heavy casualties, but rather to tie down the Hu and Zhu forces and prevent them from escaping.

  In the chaotic crowd, Hu Gao suddenly discovered the weakness of the Blood-Devouring Serpent Totem. Although the Blood-Devouring Serpent was powerful, it was only good at one-on-one combat and was at a disadvantage in group battles. The Blood-Devouring Strike could indeed be released to multiple people, but it consumed too much energy. If he used it several times, before he could eliminate his opponents, Hu Gao himself would collapse first.

  In the midst of a chaotic battle, Hu Gao narrowly escaped being struck from behind several times. If not for Yun Feng's quick reflexes and his long sword timely blocking the attacks aimed at Hu Gao's back, Hu Gao would have been severely injured countless times already.

  In comparison, Hu Wushuang's combat performance was much more eye-catching. The crimson yuan force whip danced in her slender arms, and every slash would explode into a bloody flower in the air, leaving anyone who came into contact with it either dead or injured. A high-ranking expert from the Wu family discovered something was amiss and rushed towards Hu Wushuang just in time to control her fierce offensive.

  "This won't do! They're waiting for reinforcements!"

  In the chaos of battle, Hu Gao suddenly heard a loud shout from behind him not far away. Immediately, a strong and powerful gust of wind swept across, forcing Wu and Wei's people to retreat one step at a time.

  Hu Gao turned around, only to see a gigantic yellow lion that was almost entirely condensed into a physical entity standing proudly behind Zhu Xuan. The violent sandstorm swirled around the giant lion, each grain of sand possessing terrifying speed and penetrating power!

  Third-tier Totem, Wind Sand Furious Lion!

  One man and one lion simultaneously pushed their strength to the limit, a previously unseen massive sandstorm suddenly burst out of the giant lion's mouth!

  A powerful force, like an enhanced battering ram, brutally smashed out a three-zhang-wide unmanned open area on the encirclement. More than ten black-clothed men who were originally standing on this route were blown away by the power of the sandstorm and fell to the ground dozens of zhangs away, motionless, their lives unknown.

  Seeing this scene, Hu Gao couldn't help but feel a little tongue-tied: "Fortunately, I scared him that day... If he had used such power to attack me, it would have been enough for me to die several times..."

  Seeing the host's mighty divine power, the Zhu family members involuntarily lifted their spirits, and their confidence in breaking through was even stronger! Under Zhu You Tian's command, they charged towards that three-zhang-wide unmanned open area together!

  "Block that gap! Don't let them escape!" The Wu family master was greatly alarmed at the sight.

  "Don't worry... they can't escape...'Wind Wall'..." A young and lazy voice, carrying a bloodthirsty aura that sent shivers down one's spine, rippled through the air in waves.

  It seems to be in response to the four words "Wind Wall", the air flow around suddenly accelerated, transformed into a hurricane ring, and trapped all the people of Hu's family and Zhu's family in the center. The two Zhu family guards who were running at the front could not stop in time, and they crashed into this sudden "Wind Wall" and were cut into two piles of minced meat in an instant.

  At this terrifying scene, Wu's and Wei's men simultaneously knelt down on one knee, bowing their heads and shouting: "Young Master Lang!"

  The Hu and Zhu families looked up to see a young man wearing a cyan-gray thorn armor standing in mid-air, smiling at them.

  That smile was like a cat playing with a mouse in its paws.

  "What's it like being cooped up in a jar? My lovely turtles." The young man greeted the people from both the Hu and Zhu families with a smile.

  Everyone present today has truly opened their eyes! In the past, they were all proud of their family's young geniuses! When Hu Gao, who quickly grew to the second stage of Body Transformation, appeared, they felt that the definition of the word "genius" had been subverted. But seeing that youth in mid-air, they finally understood that what they had thought was genius was not even worth a fart!

  A 16 or 17-year-old Yuanjing strongman! Who has ever seen one? Who has ever heard of one? Who could have imagined one?!

  From the respect shown by the people of Wu and Wei families towards this young man, it can be seen that the downfall of both War Institute and Hu family were all planned by this young man! Even the old explosive Yuan boundary strong expert like the head of War Institute was no match for this young man. What do these people amount to in front of him?!

  "In the middle of the earth, a mysterious wind barrier... Who is it below the pavilion?" Zhu You Tian asked in a deep voice.

  "There's another one who knows his stuff. I thought the ones who knew their stuff would be among the people of the Hu family... Tsk, tsk... You Hu family are so incompetent, yet you can still hold out against my Lang family until now, it really makes me wonder... Could it be that those people from Qingyuan Mine are just too useless? Oh! I forgot, your Hu family even had their master personally take to the battlefield, it's normal that you could barely hold on. This young man never forgets to mock the Hu family, who is in a precarious situation, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Lang Zheng, and I am the future young master of the Lang family of Yue City. Believe me, that day won't be far away, that foolish brother of yours, I will soon send him to see his short-lived mother."

  Lang family! Lang fight! The behind-the-scenes mastermind of all this is indeed the Lang family of Yue City!

  The Lang family managed to evade the defense line of Qingyuan Mine and deliver people to Ning City, which is not what the Hu family should be thinking about now! The problem now is how they can crack a mid-grade Yuan technique used by an explosive Yuan boundary strongman!

  "What have you done to all of us in the Hu family?!" Hu Wushuang glared at Lang Zheng, gritting his teeth as he asked.

  "You're talking about the Hu family? You mean that group of weak and disabled soldiers? Of course, they were all killed! When I left, there were still a few fish escaping. But I believe it won't take long for my subordinates to kill them all." Lang shrugged his shoulders, "By the way, your great elder is called Hu Yilou, right? That old thing's strength is just so-so, but the meat is really too tough to eat. Little beauty, your meat must be more tender and delicious than his, right?"

  The wolf opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth stained with fresh blood.

  "Ugh...... Wow......" People with slightly weaker psychological endurance have already vomited.

  Cannibalism!

  This seemingly harmless young man from Lang's family is actually a cannibal! This has already exceeded the acceptable limits of most people!

  "You!" The anger in Hu Wusong's heart had already replaced her rationality, a fierce energy gradually rising from her body.

  Seeing the change in Hu Wushuang's body, Lang Zhengliang let out a "hmm" and snapped his fingers with a crisp sound.

  An arrow as swift as lightning suddenly broke through the air, piercing through the wind's barrier with a speed that left no time to cover one's ears, and shot into Hu Wushuang's left shoulder blade!

  The sharp arrow pierced through the bone, and Hu Wushuang's power that had just risen suddenly dissipated!

  "So you also have that kind of blood flowing through your body, the 'Sealing Arrow' specially made for you guys feels pretty good, right? Hope it won't damage the flesh..."