Chapter 161: Chapter 153: Fall

As soon as he rushed out of the wooden house, the forest was already filled with the deafening sounds of battle!

“Elder Huang, there are many of them, quite a few are Body Tempering Realm soldiers!”

“No Immortal Cultivators discovered yet!”

A middle-aged clan soldier, face covered in blood, retreated to report to Huang Qingzhou.

“Elder Huang, these bastards seem to be trying to bypass us!”

Just as Huang Qingzhou was about to speak, another clan soldier hurriedly came from the left to report.

In the dense forest, a part of the charging Barbarian Race soldiers desperately blocked the Shen Family soldiers, while the main force rushed directly into the distance.

“What are they trying to do…”

Huang Qingzhou frowned, and his face changed drastically, a bad premonition arose in his heart!

Are these damn Barbarians planning to bypass the defense lines and attack the ordinary people in the village behind them!?

“Shi Kang!”

Guessing the purpose of these Barbarian soldiers, Huang Qingzhou immediately looked at the bloodied man in front of him and said, “You must immediately hurry back to the village at the foot of the mountain and notify the villagers to evacuate!”

“These bastards are probably going to massacre the village!”

Hearing this, Shi Kang’s face suddenly changed drastically!

The first to be affected in that direction is their Black Stone Village!

The villagers in the village are mostly the old, weak, women, and children of his Shi family, his family.

“What are you still standing here for!?”

“Hurry!”

Seeing Shi Kang still in a daze, Huang Qingzhou kicked him and shouted angrily.

Shi Kang snapped out of it, disregarded everything else, and immediately started running down the mountain!

“The rest of you! Follow me!”

With another shout, Huang Qingzhou grabbed his Horse-Cutting Saber and charged towards the main force of the Barbarian Race soldiers.

As he approached, he saw the Barbarian Race soldiers ahead in the forest shadows, completely ignoring the Shen Family soldiers behind them and rushing towards the mountain’s base.

Huang Qingzhou immediately mobilized the spiritual power in his body and smeared it on the saber’s blade!

The sharp blade was instantly covered with a layer of fluorescence!

Huang Qingzhou wielded his saber and stormed into the crowd, starting a frenzy of slaughter!

As a cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Realm, he had learned some Techniques.

However, these Barbarian soldiers seemed to be on guard, maintaining considerable distances between each other.

This wasted a lot of spiritual power on using Immortal Dao Techniques without killing enough at once; it was faster to just slash with the Horse-Cutting Saber.

The saber rose and fell, one Barbarian soldier after another was slain.

Seeing the enemy not lingering in the fight and only rushing towards Black Stone Village, Huang Qingzhou showed a hint of urgency in his eyes.

After slashing down another Barbarian soldier, he formed a seal and cast a Divine Movement Skill on his legs.

His body became lighter, his speed increased markedly, and he quickly caught up, frantically reaping the Barbarian soldiers’ lives!

But there were too many of them; even with his slaughtering, they didn’t engage and continued moving forward. He couldn’t hold many back by himself.

The Shen Family soldiers behind him didn’t have Techniques’ blessings and could only eat dust behind the enemy.

The Divine Movement Skill could only be maintained for at most a quarter of an hour each time.

To kill as many Barbarian soldiers as possible, Huang Qingzhou had to cast the Divine Movement Skill repeatedly.

Initially, he reserved some spiritual power to keep his Magical Robe activated, preventing sneak attacks.

But seeing that the enemy didn’t intend to resist apart from those he caught up with, Huang Qingzhou withdrew the spiritual power maintaining his robe to save energy, fully focusing on killing the enemy in front.

Chasing and escaping, an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

After multiple uses of the Divine Movement Skill in battle, plus the previous consumption to maintain his Magical Robe, his spiritual power was more than half depleted.

The effect of the Divine Movement Skill faded again, Huang Qingzhou immediately gathered spiritual power and formed a seal again.

Then suddenly, from the dense forest ahead, a golden light sped towards his head!

It was an arrow imbued with the Golden Light Skill!

Catching the golden light out of the corner of his eye, Huang Qingzhou’s pupils contracted!

A Cultivator!

He had anticipated that there might be cultivators among the Barbarian soldiers, but they hadn’t shown themselves, making it hard to find any trail.

Unexpectedly, the enemy turned out to be so devious and ruthless!

Watching his clansmen being killed without intervening, waiting for his spiritual power to be half-depleted, and diverting his attention with the Divine Movement Skill, to launch a sneak attack from the shadows!

His spiritual power was ready to cast Divine Movement Skill, making it impossible to activate a Spiritual Power Shield immediately; in a rush, he could only muster a bit of spiritual power to activate his Magical Robe, hoping it could withstand the enemy’s fatal attack.

Bang!

The arrow imbued with the Golden Light Skill was extremely fast!

As soon as the dim light from his Magical Robe appeared, the arrow slammed into him!

The robe hadn’t been fully activated, and the arrow struck hard, the surface light halted, failing to stop the arrow completely.

Poof!

The temporary barrier from the robe caused the arrow to change direction slightly, grazing Huang Qingzhou’s cheek and flying elsewhere!

A Shen Family soldier following behind was unlucky enough to be hit in the shoulder by the arrow, collapsing with a scream!

Another soldier hurriedly rushed over to help him up, intending to check his wounds, only to suddenly realize the victim’s face was turning an eerie bluish-gray!

“It’s poisoned!”

His exclamation sent a chill through Huang Qingzhou, who was about to charge in search of the Barbarian cultivator!

His Divine Sense quickly inspected himself and discovered a cold, domineering poison surging through his meridians!

Unable to chase the Barbarian cultivator, Huang Qingzhou hastily mobilized spiritual power within to encircle the poison, preventing it from spreading to other parts of his body.

“Elder Huang, watch out!”

While Huang Qingzhou focused intently on dealing with the poison, another golden light attacked!

A nearby soldier shouted, rushing forward with a round shield to block!

However, the arrow imbued with the Golden Light Skill had immense penetrating power!

In an instant, it pierced through the soldier’s shield and body, continuing its trajectory towards Huang Qingzhou!

Poof!

Huang Qingzhou’s body stiffened as he looked at the arrow piercing his chest, feeling the flow of spiritual power suddenly halt and his life force rapidly dwindle!

Staggering, he clutched his chest, supporting himself with his Horse-Cutting Saber.

Feeling the cold poison from the golden light arrow raging within, Huang Qingzhou let out a sorrowful smile…

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“Shi Tou… I’m afraid… I can’t go back…”

“Lingxiu… Chongming…”

“Elder Huang!”

Huang Qingzhou murmured, listening to the shouts of other clan soldiers behind him. His consciousness gradually blurred and then plunged into complete darkness.

Several clan soldiers rushed to the front, supporting the falling body of Huang Qingzhou.

But they saw his face turn ashen and lifeless, and their expressions changed drastically in an instant!

“It’s over!”

“Elder Huang is dead!”

“Elder Huang is the patriarch’s father-in-law. Upon returning this time… how will we explain to the patriarch?”

The few clan soldiers were already terrified senseless.

The dignified father-in-law of the current patriarch of the Shen Family was killed. Who knows what kind of upheaval this will cause when the news gets back!

Shortly—

A dark-faced man flashed a trace of fierceness in his eyes and spoke in a deep voice.

“Uncle Niu Mang, take Elder Huang’s body to the Dragon Coiling Mountain Martial Arts Hall!”

“Everyone else, follow me to kill!”

“Instead of returning alive to face questioning by the Clan Court and bringing disgrace to the family, it would be better to die in battle as heroes!”

The others, upon hearing this, also swept away their worries and immediately gripped their weapons tightly, charging towards the barbarian soldiers.

The elderly man named Niu Mang watched as the figures of everyone disappeared into the dense forest. He then looked at the ashen-faced Huang Qingzhou, gritted his teeth, and carried him on his back, sprinting madly towards the direction of the Dragon Coiling Mountain Martial Arts Hall.

A hundred miles west of Dragon Coiling Mountain, in the dense forest, Huang Qi and Huang Lin brothers were leading the martial arts hall trainees and teachers in a wild run when suddenly they saw a dark figure stumbling towards them through the forest ahead.

“Who?!”

Huang Lin, holding a spear horizontally, shouted sternly.

“Is it the two Immortal Masters Huang?”

Niu Mang’s voice opened sorrowfully.

“Two Immortal Masters… Elder Huang… he… was killed.”

Arriving with the corpse of Huang Qingzhou, Niu Mang knelt and wept.

“What did you say?!”

Huang Lin’s eyes instantly widened, filled with disbelief.

Upon seeing Huang Qingzhou beside Niu Mang, his face ashen and lifeless, he couldn’t help but stagger.

“Uncle?”

“Uncle…”

The brothers’ weapons clattered to the ground, kneeling in disbelief beside the body of Huang Qingzhou.

“Master Huang…”

Behind them, a group of martial arts hall teachers and students also gathered around in grief.

Huang Qingzhou had once been the head of the martial arts hall. Though he stayed deep within Hidden Dragon Mountain for years, these people still remembered him.

Huang Lin’s tears silently fell, but a fierce killing intent slowly seeped out of him!

He suddenly lifted his head, staring at the kneeling Niu Mang, gritting his teeth, “Who killed my uncle?”

Niu Mang choked up, “The barbarians crossed our line of defense, preparing to raid the villages of Yunshui Town. Elder Huang led us in pursuit.”

“Unexpectedly, there was a cultivator hidden among the barbarians, who ambushed Elder Huang and poisoned their arrows…”

Hearing this, Huang Lin’s fists clenched tightly, cracking loudly!

The killing intent in his eyes almost turned into actual flames!

Clang!

He suddenly stood up, grabbing the spear next to him, ready to charge out!

“Huang Lin!”

“You stand there!”

Huang Qi, holding back his tears, shouted angrily while looking at his uncle’s ashen face.

“Big Brother!”

Huang Lin turned angrily, “I’m going to avenge Uncle!”

“Avenge?”

“You’re going to get yourself killed?”

Huang Qi suppressed his grief, speaking coldly, “Uncle was at the peak of Qi Cultivation Third Layer and still suffered at their hands.”

“You and I are far from Uncle’s cultivation level. Are you going to throw your life away?”

“The Shen Family doesn’t have many cultivators; don’t make unnecessary sacrifices!”

The death of Huang Qingzhou was a significant blow to the brothers, but Huang Qi understood that at such times, one must remain calm.

The entire Shen Family didn’t have many cultivators. If the two brothers were to suffer further setbacks, it would be an even heavier blow to the Shen Family.

“Take a few people and take Uncle back home.”

“Everyone else, follow me to intercept those damn barbarians!”

“We absolutely cannot let them reach the villages at the foot of the mountain!”

Huang Qi coldly commanded.

Even though Huang Lin was unwilling, he knew he must listen to his older brother at this time.

Black Water Pool, Shen Family Manor.

The messenger clan soldiers had already arrived.

Upon receiving the news, Shen Wenxing first sent someone to notify the stewards of the six affiliated clans to be ready, then he went to the second floor of the Black Water Pavilion.

“Wen’an, the barbarian army is attacking. I’m worried about the safety of our grandfather. Please go there personally to ensure his and our clansmen’s security.”

Hearing this, Shen Wen’an nodded, saying nothing more, and immediately left the Black Water Pavilion using sword control.

Outside Black Stone Village.

On the mountain path, nearly a thousand strong young men from the six affiliated clans rushed over, ambushing under the lead of the four from Shen Chongming, preparing to deliver a fatal blow when the barbarian army arrives.

Shen Wenxing, having arranged everything, also arrived at this place.

“Patriarch, are there any immortals among the barbarian army?”

In the crowd, Liu Fang, the current sect leader of the Liu Family, asked nervously.

As the controlling clan of Black Stone Village, since a member of the Shi Family became an Immortal Seedling, Liu Fang had clearly felt the challenge to the Liu Family’s status.

If Black Stone Village were to be breached this time, the Liu Family’s “small sect” status would be difficult to maintain.

Shen Wenxing said nothing, only gazing anxiously at the darkened mountains and forests.

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