"Yes, Sixth Brother, what do you need?"
Shen Yuanyuan turned back.
Seeing Shen Wang taking some herbs to the side, Shen Qingyun said, "Lao Liu, aren’t you joining us to discuss the retreat route?"
"You’re familiar with the area, you make the decision, I’ll put in effort when the time comes."
Shen Wang replied, then ran to the side to make some anesthetics.
He thought for a moment earlier, to prevent people from knowing about the Tai Chi Yin Yang Mirror, and to save more people, he must deal with the large number of pursuing troops from the Demon Suppression Department.
Only then could he lead more people to break out of the encirclement.
"With so many people, bringing along family is such a hassle."
Shen Wang took out the herbs and tinkered with them, still feeling displeased.
If he was strong enough, there really wouldn’t be a need to hide. Any Black Death Blade King who dared to force him, he’d slash them with one stroke!
"No, I need to marry and have more children, it’s all because of you forcing me."
Shen Wang muttered to himself, he originally thought that he had enough wives and children, but now it seems that there are still not enough.
Under pressure, Shen Wang was a bit disorganized, and just when he finished making the required medicine, a cloud of smoke drifted over from the mountainside.
Seeing it, Shen Wang, who originally planned to use confusing smoke, immediately sensed something was wrong, frowned, and said, "Something’s not right, Yuanyuan, hold your breath."
He rushed out quickly and saw a few people sneaking around, while a group from the Council Hall was also secretly leaving.
Shen Wang shouted, "What are you doing!"
The hundreds of people leaving quickened their pace, Shen Wang frowned and said to Lao San on the side, "Third Brother, stop them."
He quickly performed a hand seal, releasing a Wind Attribute Magic to blow away the approaching smoke.
Nevertheless, the smoke had already reached the edge of where everyone was located.
Some uneasy people waiting in front of the Council Hall fell to the ground in confusion, and those standing by who wanted to ask also followed and fell.
Shen Wang unleashed a gust of wind to push back the approaching smoke, quickly landing on the edge, as a few people who had fallen started foaming at the mouth, clearly poisoned.
Shen Wang checked and found that they were all mortals, at this moment already poisoned to death.
His expression was grim; they hadn’t even started running away yet, and this happened. It seemed he had underestimated the weakness of evil in human nature; there was a traitor among his own people.
Nearby people were frightened and retreated, while those trying to stop Shen Bu from leaving were blocked by an elder, and with a bang, they were hit back with vomiting blood.
Shen Bu couldn’t believe it, he did not expect the Fifth Elder to make a killing move against him, if not for his deep cultivation, he would have been killed.
Shen Qingyun flew over with a swoosh, and the Fifth Elder, sensing his arrival, quickly pulled away, laughing sinisterly.
"Fifth Elder, are you planning to betray the family?"
Shen Qingyun was furious, they hadn’t even left yet, and they were already scheming against their own people, which was truly infuriating.
"Hmph, a wise man submits to circumstances, I simply chose another path, surrendering to the Demon Suppression Department, at least I can save some people."
The Fifth Elder sneered, pointing to over a hundred people who were a bit ashamed of following him: "The lords of the Demon Suppression Department promised not to kill my clan, how can I not seize this opportunity when you were all going to die anyway, let me earn some merits."
As he spoke, the array barrier in the distance suddenly shattered.
A gap opened in the array barrier, and a token on the Third Elder’s body cracked.
"It’s bad, they’ve opened a gap in the array, the people from the Demon Suppression Department have come in."
He frantically adjusted the array, but it was too late to stop the enemy.
The Great Elder was furious, "You beast, you’re trying to kill us all, trading our lives for your cowardly survival!"
"Sacrificing you to let us live, isn’t that better?"
The Fifth Elder was without shame, tossing out a row of items, releasing a large amount of black smoke: "Taste the poison smoke first, I’ll take people and leave."
Many who tried to surround were repelled by the poison smoke, forced to watch the Fifth Elder leave with his people, not daring to approach.
Among the group, over a hundred showed despair; they were also from the Fifth Elder’s clan but were abandoned.
They glanced at each other, discovering they were nothing but the old, weak, sick, or those without a spirit root, or had no close ties with direct lineage.
"This beast, truly harmful!"
The Great Elder stomped in anger, ready to leave together, yet someone still betrayed, not only opening a gap in the array but also releasing poison smoke on them.
"It seems, regardless of whether we choose to go or hold our ground, there will be betrayal, perhaps holding our ground and having them turn against us would kill many more."
Shen Wang’s gaze was icy; he never expected betrayal among his own. Luckily he didn’t rush to reveal the Tai Chi Yin Yang Mirror, otherwise, he would have brought trouble upon himself after saving these people and returning. Latest content published on NoveI★Fire.net
"It’s too late to talk about it now, the enemy has already broken in, stay away from the poison smoke, retreat immediately!"
Shen Qingyun decided swiftly, no longer saying anything discouraging, leading the retreat to the back of the Council Hall.
Luckily, Shen Wang noticed it quickly, as there was poison smoke rising in another direction as well, if he had delayed, they might have been completely enveloped by the poison.
With the protection of those arranged in advance, everyone retreated in panic along the initially planned route,
Just as they left the poison smoke range, someone screamed and fell to the ground, an arrow protruding from the back of their head.
In the next moment, amidst the sound of breaking through the air, a rain of arrows flew from afar.
The Shen Family cultivators hurriedly stepped up, unleashing Defensive Magic, activating their Defensive Runes, using Defensive Magical Artifacts to block the arrows, while others dodged as much as possible.
These were ordinary arrows, most of the Shen Family had some skills, barely dodging the first wave of arrows, with only a few older people with weakened cultivation dying from the arrows.
Shen Wang’s gaze was cold and sharp; at this moment, he had no hesitation, focusing only on protecting his father, eldest brother, third brother, and little sister, including the relatives of his eldest and third brothers, which amounted to only about a dozen people, within his ability.
As for the others, they were left to their own devices, he believed that anyone who survived this escape would not be weak.
With this in mind, while protecting his own family, he also paid attention to those with strong determination, assisting when possible.
A sword light descended from the sky, shooting towards a young cultivator; Shen Wang flicked his fingers, and a green Spiritual Essence shot out, directly knocking back the sword light.
The targeted Shen Realm was sweating profusely, hurriedly thanking Shen Wang: "Thank you, Brother Wang."
One by one, black figures pursued them; this time they were no longer ordinary soldiers, but cultivators, quite a number of them, in an instant numbering in dozens or even hundreds, pouncing like wolves.
Among these individuals were those wielding magical artifacts from afar, but most were Martial Artists, holding weapons as they charged over.
The Foundation Establishment Realm Demon-Banning Guard, whose flying sword was repelled by Shen Wang’s Spiritual Essence, looked at Shen Wang in surprise, clearly shocked that he could block the artifact with just Spiritual Essence.
Ignoring them, Shen Wang once again cast a wood attribute Enemy Trapping Technique.
A verdant green bud appeared, then another, in the blink of an eye there were three more appearing nearby.
A total of five buds flew out, landing in the area behind the Shen Family members.
A large number of thorns emerged out of thin air, growing and spreading wildly, covering a radius of several hundred feet with thorns.
This large magic range directly enveloped the pursuing Demon-Banning Guards and following soldiers.
The power of the thorns was very strong, piercing human bodies directly, and even many Martial Artists couldn’t withstand it.
In a moment, screams echoed, blood splattered, and most of the pursuers were directly killed.
The leader of the Foundation Establishment Level cultivators turned pale, putting all effort into defending against the encroaching thorns. The Shen Family members, who were prepared for a desperate fight, were more surprised, and all looked towards Shen Wang.
Even Shen Wang himself was a bit surprised; how did the power of this Thorny Bushes spell increase so much this time!
It could be said it was enhanced tenfold, no longer a spell that a Foundation Establishment cultivator could use, comparable even to a Golden Core level spell.
He remained expressionless, but inside he was quite unsettled, "It must be due to the awakening of the bloodline powers, I never expected the bloodline’s effect to be so great!"
Shen Wang thought in shock, and said, "Why are you still dazing around, waiting to be slaughtered?"