Chapter 222: The Ancient Monster Strikes

y.Tick-tock!A bead of sweat rolled down Cao Dongquan's forehead, his face contorted in utter astonishment.At the same time, his wrist flicked, and the cigar fell onto his trousers with a sizzling soun...[ ]

Boom!

Just as the two were conversing, the courtyard of the Chu clan's manor was enveloped by a powerful and oppressive aura, like a dark cloud pressing down.

At the door, everyone, including Lu Yue and Qinglong, felt a sense of suffocation.

And Chu Heng, sensing this aura, his eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at the entrance of the courtyard.

"The Shadow Gate youngsters and the Blood Guard, all retreat five hundred meters!" Lu Yue's face flashed with a solemn expression.

"Lu Fudu, we all swear to share life and death with our esteemed Deputy Commander, advancing and retreating together!" After a deep breath, everyone shouted in unison, not one person taking a step back.

"I'm repeating myself, fall back five hundred meters!" Lu Yue shouted loudly. "This is a military order!"

"As you command!" Everyone responded in unison after a brief pause, then retreated in an orderly fashion.

Although they all wanted to stay, military orders are absolute. Disobeying them is treason against the commander. They had no choice!

"Lu Gege, I'm staying!" Ye Ji gripped her cold moon scimitar, her eyes fixed on the direction of the courtyard entrance.

"Lady Ji, you should also retreat! There's no need to make a selfless sacrifice!" Qinglong said to Yeji.

"It's fine. It's been a long time since I fought alongside you all. It's rare to have such an opportunity!" Yejī responded in a low voice.

"Ye Ji, if anything happens to you, I can't explain it to Big Brother!" Lu Yue said.

"If I withdraw now, I won't be able to look myself in the mirror!" A resolute glint flashed in Ye Ji's eyes.

"There's no need to fight, you are all going to die today!" a voice of an elder rang out.

"You have killed hundreds of people from my Chu clan, you deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

Next, a white-haired and white-bearded old man appeared at the courtyard gate, followed by a hundred men in fine attire.

The person who arrived was none other than Chu Jun, the former head of the Chu clan!

"Father, you're out" Seeing the elder, Chu Heng took a deep breath and quickly walked over. "When I entrusted the Chu family to you, how did you guarantee me" A chill spread from Chu Jun deeply.

Plop!

Chu Heng knelt directly down: "The child is unfilial, causing the Chu family to suffer such a great calamity. Please father punish me!"

"Hmph!" Chu Jun let out a cold snort, ignoring Chu Heng any further. He strode over to Lu Yue and Qinglong, speaking in a deep voice.

"You all go and commit suicide! I'll leave you as corpses!"

“You idiot!” Qinglong responded coldly. “You're not even qualified enough!”

Whew!

Before the words even left his mouth, Chu Jun flipped his wrist, and a gust of wind swept out, heading straight for Qinglong.

"Qinglong, be careful!" Lu Yue shouted, his blood-shadow battle knife drawing a cold light to block it.

Yeki also launched an attack at the same time, her Cold Moon curved blade slashing out.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three muffled sounds echoed, and Lu Yue's three companions were sent flying backward like leaves swept by autumn winds. Three arcs of blood simultaneously appeared in the air.

After falling heavily to the ground, he opened his mouth again and spat out a mouthful of blood. His breath became extremely disordered.

Lu Yue's situation is still a little better, but Qinglong and Ye Ji are both seriously injured.

Chu Jun is already at the peak of the War Sect realm, a head taller than the three. He didn't go all out just now, otherwise, the consequences for the three would have been even more severe.

"Old man, I'm going all out against you!" Seeing this, Zhou Liang and Yuan Wei, five hundred meters away, both shouted out.

"All out!" Two hundred young men shouted in unison.

As soon as his words fell, he launched a full-scale attack.

"Get back!" Lu Yue shouted loudly. "No one is allowed to take a step forward without my command, or they will be expelled from the Shadow Gate and the West Border!"

Whew!

Everyone simultaneously exhaled a large mouthful of turbid air and halted their movements.

To them.

This life, the thing they are most proud of is being able to follow the Marshal. To be expelled from the Shadow Gate and the Western Territories would be harder for them to accept than dying in battle.

"Now, am I qualified" The next moment, Chu Jun looked at Qinglong, his voice turning cold.

"I give you all one minute to kneel at the entrance of the Chu family's mansion and commit suicide as an apology!"

"Otherwise, there will be nothing left of you!"

"Is that so" Just then, a tall figure appeared in everyone's sight.

Where it passed, the surrounding air was undisturbed, as if it had suddenly appeared there.

"Greetings, Lord Marshal!"

Seeing the arrival of visitors, all the shadow guards and blood guards straightened their expressions, knelt down on one knee, and shouted in unison.

"Speak up!"

The person who came was naturally Ling Hao. He raised his hand to greet the crowd.

Aristocratic families, passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, within these families, there are countless powerful individuals. There are even powerhouses at the late stage of the War Sect. This, Ling Hao naturally knows well.

So, he couldn't have really put Lu Yue and the others in a desperate situation.

No sooner had the Bloodguard left the West than he boarded a war machine bound for Fly's Capital.

Prior to this, the reason for not showing his face was clearly to lure the old monsters of the Chu clan's influential family to make a move first.

Only then can the Chu clan be completely eradicated!

Late-stage experts from the War Sect, any one of them would be a valuable asset to Daxia. Unless absolutely necessary, those in power wouldn't want anything to happen to them.

Even with Ling Hao's current status, he couldn't just attack Chu Jun without any reason.

Colluding with foreign enemies and plotting to assassinate important military officials was the act of Chu Heng, not Chu Jun.

Although he could be accused of failing to guide properly, the blame wouldn't be capital. If Ling Hao took action, it would give people something to talk about.

Things are different now. Chu Jun not only obstructed the Shadow Gate and Western Border Blood Guard from apprehending criminals, but he also injured three high-ranking officials.

> His crime warrants death!

"Huh! He's here too!"

When Chu Jun and his son recognized Ling Hao, they both couldn't help but shiver.

It seems nobody expected Ling Hao to come to the capital city.

Both of their faces showed a trace of panic. Although Chu Jun was already at the late stage of the War Sect, he had no bottom in his heart when facing the King of the Western Region.

Even though he knew Ling Hao was injured now, he still had no confidence that he could fight the other party!

"You knew he was coming all along, didn't you!" Two elders spoke again in the forest.

"I don't know!"

"You're kidding, right If you didn't know he was coming, you wouldn't have been so calm when Chu Jun made his move earlier!"

"I mean, it's just a guess!"

"Bah! You old geezer, just like that Ling Hao kid, full of tricks!" The elder glared at his companion and continued,

"You think I don't know, if you had just stopped Chu Jun just now, he wouldn't have died today. You clearly let him make the move!"

"I'm no match for your cunning. When it comes to conspiracy theories, I yield to none but you!"

"Get lost!"

"Alright, that's about it. We can go now, Chu Clan, this is the end!"

"You said, will Ling Hao take this opportunity to find that other aristocratic family and settle the score from five years ago"

"It shouldn't be. Things are too hectic today, he has to consider many people's thoughts!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the two of them glanced at the manor gate once more before turning and leaving.their lifespans are even more extraordinary. It is said that within some hidden sects, there are ancient monsters who have lived for two or three hundred years."See Mu Shuai!" All, including Ling Hao,...