Old Fossil

The Wang Family residence's grand vermilion gates, gilded with gold, were something countless people in Luoyun City could only look up to on ordinary days—a symbol of power and wealth.

Ordinary people didn't even dare breathe too loudly as they passed, afraid of disturbing the important people inside.

Yet tonight, these gates, symbols of dignity and status, were as fragile as a sheet of paper before the onslaught of a mountain flood.

"BOOM!!!"

A battering ram, thick as a bowl and carried by several bandits, was wrapped in heavy iron plating. It swept forward with a howling gust and slammed into the gates.

Amid the deafening crash, the sturdy doors caved inward, sending countless splinters flying.

The crossbar behind them snapped. The two servants bracing the doors didn't even have time to scream before the tremendous force sent them spitting blood and flying backward like broken sacks. They crashed into the screen wall and fell silent on the spot.

The gates burst open.

Beyond them stood a dense sea of torches, illuminating faces twisted with rage and bloodlust. At the head of the crowd was none other than Xiong Kui, the Black Wind Mountain bandits' chief.

He was built like an iron tower, with a thick beard bristling across his face and enormous, bell-like eyes blazing with fury.

He carried no ordinary saber or sword. Instead, he wielded a colossal Mountain-Splitting Great Axe. Its blade gleamed with a chilling light in the flames, and the blood of the City Guard still stained it.

"Men! Kill them all!"

Xiong Kui's voice rumbled like thunder. He pointed his great axe forward. "Tonight, not a soul in the Wang Family residence is to be spared!"

"Kill!!"

Their earth-shaking cries of murder tore the peace and comfort from the Wang Family once and for