Defying the Martial Way to Burn the Heavens

The shadow of death loomed over Shu Jiang's heart, but what frightened him even more was what the shopkeeper said next.

His knees were already bloody, and blood was slowly flowing into the gaps between the surrounding bricks and stones. Sweat beads as big as beans flowed down his cheeks, but Shu Jiang gritted his teeth and dared not speak.

The shopkeeper was unwilling to look at him any more, turned his head to look at Shu Kun, and asked, "Who are they?"

Seeing what happened to Shu Jiang, Shu Kun's heart was already beating wildly, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "It's the Gui family and the painter, and... it seems that the City Lord's Mansion is also involved."

Hearing that it was the Gui family and the painter, the shopkeeper's face became more and more ugly, but he couldn't help asking, "How is the battle going? How are our people...?"

As he spoke, his eyes slowly turned to the exit of the secret passage, but it was very quiet there now.

A trace of difficulty flashed across his face. Shu Kun could imagine what kind of reaction the next words would provoke, but he didn't dare to hide it, let alone omit anything.

"Please don't get angry, the other party has been prepared for this matter, and they are targeting us. Under no circumstances, Master Shuguan, the accountant, launched the Thunderous Waves Formation."

"Pig, this is a fucking pig! No, even pigs are better than him, he is just a complete fool, a fool..." The shopkeeper's words became more and more unpleasant, but no one dared to change their expressions, and everyone was listening silently.

After venting, the shopkeeper's face looked extremely cold, but his emotions were somewhat stable. He looked at Shu Kun again and said coldly: "Continue...speak!"

The cold shout of "speak" frightened Shu Kun and Shu Jiang, and Shu Kun hurriedly continued: "Gui Yun of the Gui family and Hua Xing of the painter teamed up to trigger the city defense formation..."

"That's enough, I knew something must have happened, otherwise how could it trigger the city defense formation of Kuo City." The big shopkeeper's face was extremely ugly. When he spoke, he couldn't help but look up at the sky, with a faint awe in his eyes.

Others may not understand it at all, but the big shopkeeper has heard some rumors from the elders of the family. The rumor is that the city defense formation of Kuo City was built according to the most important national defense barrier in the south, and its strength is terrifying.

If the big shopkeeper was in Shu Guan's position at that time, he would never fight against the city defense formation, and even when Hua Xing and Gui Yun mobilized the power of the formation, he would take the lead in withdrawing the raging waves formation.

However, the people present did not know why, so naturally no one dared to ask. As everyone waited quietly, the chief shopkeeper looked up at Shu Kun again.

He immediately understood and said, "When we left, there should be less than 30 family warriors who survived, and all of them were trapped. Only we were able to leave through the tunnel.

The old man who guarded the secret passage asked us to enter the secret passage and take away the spiritual light stone. The passage collapsed completely, and the old man stayed there and did not come in."

"Hum" a sound came out of his nose, and the chief shopkeeper said coldly, "You will die with a clear mind in the end, otherwise even if you can come back, you will not have a chance to live. Since you made this choice in the end, it can protect your family from being implicated."

Listening to the chief shopkeeper's comments on the old man, Zuo Feng felt a little uncomfortable. Although he had little contact with the old man, he left a lot of impressions on Zuo Feng. From the beginning to the end, the old man showed that he was conscientious and responsible, and even considered the family in the end.

But in the mouth of the chief shopkeeper, he became a person who deserved death, and there was not even a bit of sympathy. Zuo Feng naturally could not show any emotion.

Yanzhi, who was standing by, finally couldn't help but ask: "So, of all the people who went, only five of you came back alive?"

This question was very critical. Shu Kun didn't want to answer, but he nodded helplessly and said: "I'm afraid that even if the others had a chance to survive, they should have fallen into the hands of the ghost painter warrior."

Although this result had been expected, Yanzhi's face suddenly turned pale. The power of the Lin family's Shu family in Kuocheng has been reduced by 60% to 70% so far. Such strength is not enough to shake any power in Kuocheng.

The chief shopkeeper also understood this truth, but he was more calm, or it can be said that the chief shopkeeper at this time was so calm that it made people palpitate.

Glancing coldly at Shu Jiang kneeling on the ground, the chief shopkeeper said calmly: "Cut off his hands and feet, and bury his lower body in the center of the garden."

Listening to the chief shopkeeper's words, Shu Jiang trembled unconsciously, obviously not expecting the chief shopkeeper to treat him like this. He wanted to plead for himself, but when he looked up and met the other party's eyes, he couldn't say a word.

The chief shopkeeper's voice sounded again, saying coldly: "Prepare ten doses of the family's best healing medicine, and take one dose every three days. I want him to live for at least thirty days."

Hearing the last sentence, Shu Jiang's face was ashen, and he knelt on the ground like an idiot. The others were all cold in their hearts, and they bowed their heads deeply.

"Chief shopkeeper, if he is determined to die, there is no way to guarantee that he can live for thirty days." Yanzhi reminded softly.

With a faint smile, the chief shopkeeper said softly: "If he doesn't want to cause his family to be treated the same way, he should grit his teeth and persevere."

Shu Jiang, who was kneeling on the ground, rolled his eyes and fell to the ground. It was obvious that he had thought of committing suicide before, but the shopkeeper cut off all his escape routes.

"You, you, and you come with me, everyone else, go away." The shopkeeper raised his hand and pointed at Yanzhi, Nitang and Shu Kun, and then walked out of the courtyard.

...

The west of Kuocheng City was originally an extremely inconspicuous area of ​​Kuocheng. Many low-level warriors and ordinary people who lived in poverty gathered here. This place is even more dilapidated and inconspicuous than the three old city districts of Kuocheng.

But who would have thought that the major event that could tilt the balance between the long-term stalemate of Kuocheng forces happened precisely in a side street in the west of the city.

Previously, with the side street as the center, the area within a range of more than two miles was wrapped by a huge formation, and the formation was almost filled with water. What's interesting is that when the formation was completely broken, the large amount of water in the entire formation disappeared.

It was not the fire released by the city defense formation that burned the water, but after the raging waves formation was broken, the water disappeared naturally after losing the support of the formation.

It is obvious that the water is condensed by pure water attribute spiritual power. When the formation loses its support, it will return to the world.

The snowflakes all over the sky flew down again and fell into Kuocheng. There were no warriors fighting in the west city of Kuocheng at this moment. After that, only five warriors with the surname Shu were captured alive. Although some warriors gave up resistance, Guiyun and Huaxing did not want so many survivors.

The person they most wanted to capture alive, Shuguan, had become a broken corpse at this time. One arm was cut off at the shoulder, and the armor on his body was almost broken, with only some armor fragments hanging on his body.

Guiyun, Guiwu, Guifeng, Huaxing, and Guisuo and Guimang who came later, surrounded them silently at this moment, quietly looking at the corpse in front of them.

At this moment, the Guihua and Guihua families have won the final victory, but they are not happy at all. Instead, everyone's face is shrouded in a haze.

"We lost!" With a light sigh, Huaxing said solemnly, and his eyes slowly withdrew from Shuguan. They have searched his whole body, but did not get any valuable clues.

Guiyun nodded, his face was even uglier than Huaxing, and said bitterly: "I only wanted to eliminate the vassal forces of the Suwang family, who would have thought that I would encounter the Lin family that has been lurking for many years.

What's more unexpected is that the Lin family would prepare so carefully and invest so much in building a powerful formation in Kuocheng."

After listening to Guiyun's words, everyone nodded silently. For everything that happened before their eyes, everyone seemed to have a fire in their hearts.

After a moment of silence, Guisuo suddenly said, "Although we arranged the plan this time, the initial information came from the city lord Guo Tong. Could it be that Guo Tong did something in secret?"

The words were like a calm pond stirring up thousands of waves. Everyone almost simultaneously widened their eyes and turned their heads to look at Guisuo. Guisuo's analysis was not without reason, which made many people immediately turn their hostility to Guo Tong.

Just when everyone was thinking about Guisuo's analysis, someone not far away shouted coldly, "Who are you? Can't you see that our painter is here? Come on..."

The person who spoke obviously saw something extremely shocking, and the rest of the words were not spoken.

Huaxing and others looked over with some surprise, but saw a young man holding a corpse in his arms, walking towards this side slowly.

...

"Are you sure? Tell me again in detail!" In the Su family mansion in Kuocheng, the commander-in-chief Su Jian asked in disbelief, but the expression on his face was already excited.

A young warrior in front of him, with a slightly excited voice, but still observing the etiquette of respect and inferiority, clasped his fists and said: "I followed the third commander to investigate. In order not to be discovered, I have been exploring the periphery. Although the specific losses cannot be confirmed, it is certain that the casualties are not light."

After a slight pause, the young man immediately continued: "The third commander asked me to come back to report, just to let the commander-in-chief know about this as soon as possible, so as to arrange the corresponding actions. The third commander is staying there now to investigate further."

Turning his head to look at Su Ming on the side, he looked more excited than Su Jian, and his eyebrows had already turned into crescents.