In the forest, the massacre destroyed many plants, blood stained the ground red, leaving only a few high-level cultivators struggling desperately.
Those holding the array flags kept shrinking the encirclement, increasing the number of opponents faced by the survivors, leaving no chance for a comeback.
One after another, masked men in black coldly struck down their adversaries; it wouldn’t take long before everyone trapped here would be dead.
Just then, a lightning bolt appeared from afar, breaking through the encirclement with a loud boom, and directly swept away two injured people before quickly disappearing.
The people from the Demon Suppression Department were startled for a moment, they never expected someone would break their battle array to rescue them just as it was about to end.
"Don’t let them return alive."
Realizing the situation, some hurriedly pursued the lightning but were repelled by a white brilliance shortly after.
By the time they caught their breath, the lightning had already fled far away.
"It’s Golden Core Zhenren, we can’t catch up."
"Quickly inform the master."
"Trouble, why are there still people alive, aren’t they all dead?"
"It’s only two who slipped through the net, shouldn’t be a problem, we all have disguised ourselves."
A few frowned, their eyes showing helplessness, but they weren’t too anxious; no one saw their faces so they weren’t afraid of being identified.
Even if they were seen, they might not be recognized.
They communicated the message as they returned to continue their actions.
In the distance, two severely injured individuals were thrown onto the ground.
Shen Wang was shrouded in a ray of lightning, his appearance unclear, disguising his voice, he said: "The attackers are from the Demon Suppression Department, leave immediately, inform the family and request reinforcements, I’ll go rescue Yun Lingshu!"
Without waiting for them to look around, he swiftly left, seemingly indeed going to save someone.
As the two just climbed up and heard this, their expressions changed, exchanging a glance, they gritted their teeth and continued to leave, simultaneously taking out talismans.
"Let’s ask for help together, hoping to get the family’s attention."
They activated the Sound Transmission Talisman, hurriedly speaking, but before they finished, a sword light descended.
Both were pierced, emitting a miserable scream, and fell to the ground dead.
At this moment, the talisman turned to ashes, and the voice had just returned.
A figure landed nearby, it was the returning Shen Wang.
"That should be enough, those two should ensure the message gets back."
He muttered, collected the spoils, and popped two fireballs to destroy the corpses. Get full chapters from ⓝovelFire.net
At this moment, the Yun Family was in an uproar.
Three major Golden Core level family members’ life plates shattered one after another, with nearly half of the high-level elite fallen, akin to a major earthquake.
The person guarding the Guardian Token was pale with fright, after his startled notification, the corresponding elder urgently informed others.
In less than two moments, the Clan Leader and three elders who weren’t out gathered urgently at the family council hall, looking serious.
Clan Leader Cloud Thunder stared grimly at a middle-aged man in a white robe, harshly saying: "Fifth Elder, what exactly is your branch doing, recently many Foundation Establishment level clan members have died, now two major Golden Core ones died as well, did they go to the forbidden area to get themselves killed?"
Normally, the family manages its own affairs, only allocating resources and arranging matters related to the family’s survival, other matters, he as Clan Leader would not interfere.
But today, with so many strong and elite members suddenly dying, even he couldn’t sit still, must figure out what happened.
"Clan Leader, I only know that the big brother went to avenge Hai Feng’s couple, I’m unaware of the specific situation."
Fifth Elder responded bitterly.
Cloud Thunder asked solemnly, "Who else went, how many went?"
"Nineteen people, three Golden Core level, sixteen Foundation Establishment realm clan members, and over ten from the Xie Family, also with a Golden Core leading."
Fifth Elder sighed and said, "Our core strength basically went over, to ensure no mishaps."
"Hmph, this is your ’ensuring no mishaps,’ the leaders are all dead, I think you’ve walked into an ambush!"
Cloud Thunder’s face looked unpleasant; two major Golden Core members dying at once indicated a serious situation, beyond ordinary grudges.
He continued questioning, "And who else?"
Fifth Elder replied apprehensively, "Yun Lingshu."
"Why did Yun Lingshu go along."
"She is our family’s hope!"
This time, not just Cloud Thunder, even other elders exclaimed.
Yun Lingshu was the most promising among the younger generation to Form a Nascent Soul, cultivated by the entire family as an unparalleled genius, as long as nothing went wrong, a century later, the Yun Family would have an additional Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.
But unexpectedly, this sudden crisis came so soon, she just broke through to the Golden Core not long ago, already facing potential danger.
"Contact her immediately, find out what exactly happened!"
Cloud Thunder said a bit anxiously.
"We tried contacting earlier, currently couldn’t reach her, she is likely under attack."
Fifth Elder said helplessly, even if a cultivator can multitask, facing danger, how could they dare carelessly send messages?
"Then contact other surviving members, I don’t believe they’ve all died this quickly!"
Cloud Thunder slammed the table hard.
At this moment, the person guarding the life plates rushed over and said, "Clan Leader, another eight clan members’ life plates shattered."
The council hall fell quiet, life plates are special secret artifacts, though the tokens they use are relatively low-level, only those above Foundation Establishment possess them, and the senses are delayed, not judging the bound person’s life or death with absolute certainty, but once cracked, it’s mostly nine deaths out of ten.
Now eight life plates shattered, indicating at least in a short time, eight people mostly perished, along with the earlier incident, it’s nearing total annihilation.
"Clan Leader, let’s hurry to rescue, Kunyu Mountain is not too far from here, we can reach it within one hour at full speed."