Several young members of the Ma family walked quickly toward the inner courtyard with wicked smiles.
"Ah! You beasts! You're worse than animals! She's only ten years old! What are you doing? What are you doing?" Chu Xiuran struggled violently, causing the chains on his body to clatter loudly. He wasn't afraid of death himself, but he would never allow anyone to bully his younger sister.
Never before had Chu Xiuran desired power so desperately! He felt a fire burning fiercely in his heart. No one noticed the faint golden lightning gathering in his eyes at this moment.
"Hahaha, what am I doing? Haven't you already guessed?" Ma Guanpeng licked his lips.
"Let me go! Let me go!" A young girl's cries for help came from the Chu family courtyard.
"Hahaha, Chu Xiuran, do you hear that? Whose voice is that? How melodious and pleasant, isn't it?" Ma Guanpeng laughed heartily while looking at Chu Xiuran.
"Ah! What's that? What is this thing?"
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"No! Help! Aaaaaah!!!"
The Chu family compound held the remaining four thousand clan members. Many were severely injured—some sobbed quietly, some remained silent, while others wore fierce expressions.
Following Ma Guanpeng's orders, several Ma family members dragged out Chu Yiran, a ten-year-old girl crying pitifully like pear blossoms in the rain. When others tried desperately to block them, they were immediately cut down with swords.
"Although we can't kill all of you now, killing a few shouldn't be a problem!" After all, they would all die by their blades sooner or later. The Ma family members grinned cruelly, looking at the crowd as if they were already dead.
But at that moment, an enormous python suddenly climbed over the courtyard wall. With just one bite, it clamped onto a Ma family member's shoulder. The bone-chilling spiritual energy injected into his body instantly froze him into an ice sculpture!
These Ma family members were merely quasi-warriors, not even First-Tier Martial Warriors—killing them was effortless!
"Demon beast?" The nearby Ma family disciples were shocked. One raised his sword and slashed at the python, only for his steel blade to instantly chip with a large gap, while the python's blue scales remained completely unharmed!
Boom! The massive tail swept horizontally, killing several Ma family disciples on the spot!
Scorching blood splashed onto Chu Yiran's face, draining what little color remained in her already pale complexion. The terrifying python especially frightened the young girl into complete stupor.
"Where did this demon beast come from?" The Ma family's Second Elder, stationed here to guard the Chu family members, roared furiously. He leaped up, his First-Tier spiritual weapon sword thrusting toward Long Yuan's head like lightning—only to be bitten in half instantly.
"What the hell?" The Second Elder was horrified, his chubby face trembling uncontrollably. This was a spiritual weapon! And it was bitten in half just like that?
"You... what are you?"
"What am I? Hmph! I am the Chu family's Guardian Beast. What do you think I am?"
Whoosh! Long Yuan's body pounced toward the Ma family's Second Elder like a gust of wind. The latter was instantly terrified.
It spoke human language? A Fourth-Tier Demon Sect beast?
"Holy shit! How could such a terrifying existence appear here?" Without hesitation, the Second Elder turned to flee, only to have his legs grabbed by an elderly Chu family member.
"Damn you! Let go of me!"
"Hahaha! Dragging a Second-Tier Martial Warrior to death with me—this old man is satisfied! Die with me!"
Before the words faded, Long Yuan had already charged over, biting the Second Elder's waist. His enormous body instantly coiled around the man. Amidst the screams, the Second Elder died instantly!
The elderly Chu family member who had held the Second Elder stared at the python in shock—it hadn't killed him? The other Chu family members trembled uncontrollably, their faces drained of blood.
"It spoke! It actually spoke!" someone stammered. Only Fourth-Tier Martial Sect demon beasts could do such things! Combined with his massive body that loomed like a small mountain, the oppressive feeling was overwhelming! Everyone immediately fell silent, not daring to move a muscle.
"No need to fear. I am your Chu family's Guardian Beast," Long Yuan declared. He glanced at the survivors—fortunately, the clan hadn't been completely exterminated. Otherwise, things would have been troublesome for him.
"Our Chu family's Guardian Beast?" Someone reacted with bewilderment. Since when did their Chu family have a Fourth-Tier Demon Sect-level Guardian Beast?
"You can ask Chu Tianyang about that when he returns," Long Yuan said.
"Our ancestor... is still alive?" someone asked excitedly.
"Hmph! With me around, he couldn't die even if he wanted to! He just accompanied me to the Ma family to kill Ma Bangguo and their clan leader. He's on his way back now. Come, follow me outside to see!"
Long Yuan swayed his body as he slithered outward. Killed Ma Bangguo and their clan leader? The others exchanged glances. Though unsure of the truth, some bold ones followed behind Long Yuan. If this creature wanted to kill them, none would survive anyway.
Outside, Ma Guanpeng was completely petrified, trembling uncontrollably on the spot. What was he seeing? The corpses of his father Ma Changsheng and ancestor Ma Bangguo?
"How could this happen? Why did this happen? Ancestor was a Third-Tier Martial Master! How could he die?"
Thud! Ma Guanpeng collapsed powerlessly to his knees before Chu Tianyang. It was over—the Ma family was finished, and so was he!
Seeing Chu Tianyang's icy gaze, Ma Guanpeng trembled and wept, "Senior, spare me! Treat me like a dog and let me go! None of this was my idea! It was them—those two old bastards Ma Bangguo and Ma Changsheng who forced me to do this!" He pointed viciously at the two corpses on the ground.
Crack! Chu Tianyang's expression turned cold as he kicked out, directly breaking both of Ma Guanpeng's legs.
"Xiuran, this person's life is yours to take," Chu Tianyang said coldly.
"Ancestor?" Chu Xiuran raised his head with difficulty, his eyes—now flickering with faint lightning—seeing his bloodstained ancestor before him.
"It's wonderful... you're still alive, Ancestor!"
"Everything's alright now. Everything's fine." Chu Tianyang freed Chu Xiuran from the stone pillar. This was the most talented genius the Chu family had ever produced. Given the opportunity, his achievements would surpass everyone's!
At this time, the people from the courtyard followed Long Yuan out. Seeing their ancestor alive, they were overwhelmed with excitement! The ancestor was their backbone—as long as he lived, the Chu family would not perish!
Everyone quickly worked together to free those tied to the stone pillars. Many were severely injured and had fallen unconscious.
"Treat their injuries immediately!" Chu Tianyang ordered. Nearly all present were either Chu family elders or promising youths—losing even one would be a tremendous loss!
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully signing in at the protected faction. Reward obtained: High-Grade Emperor Artifact—Dragon Emperor Palace; Special Physique—Origin of All-Spirit Physique!]
The system's voice echoed in Long Yuan's ears. Then, a majestic nine-story palace appeared in the system space.
"An Emperor Artifact!" Long Yuan marveled. That was something only legendary Ninth-Tier Martial Emperors possessed! The feeling of cheating was truly exhilarating—obtaining unimaginable treasures with such ease!
As for the All-Spirit Physique, though merely a King Body, its high compatibility with worldly essence allowed for extremely rapid cultivation. Of course, Long Yuan didn't care much for it. No matter how high the compatibility, could it compare to his 20x cultivation speed? He might as well reward this physique to some Chu family member later.
At this moment, Long Yuan turned his gaze to the youth beside Chu Tianyang.
[Cultivator]: Chu Xiuran
[Physique]: Purple Heaven Thunder Body (High-Grade King Body, unawakened)
[Cultivation Level]: First-Tier Martial Warrior (Mid-stage)
[Physical Cultivation]: Quasi-Warrior
[Identity]: Chu Family Member
Another King Body? Long Yuan was startled. Over the years in the Nine Heavens Mountain Range, he'd occasionally heard warriors mention that physiques were categorized into Mortal Body, Spirit Body, King Body... Apart from the Mortal Body possessed by ordinary people, other physiques were quite rare. Who would have thought the Chu family had one!
"It seems he'll be the focus of training from now on!"
Then, he said to Chu Tianyang, "Can you handle the remaining matters?" As a Guardian Beast, he didn't need to attend to everything personally!