Into the Mountains to Crush Black Wind Stockade Again! Can Black Wind Stockade Never Be Destroyed?

Outside Shuanglin Village, figures milled about as the villagers gathered happily at the entrance once again.

Li Xian had returned to the village, and to wipe out Black Wind Stockade, he had even brought along two senior fellow disciples from his sect. Word was that both were incredibly powerful Martial Artists, and this time they were sure to destroy Black Wind Stockade.

The villagers were thrilled, the gloom of before swept away.

"Senior Brother Xiao Yingkai, Senior Sister An Yanbing, this is my hometown, Shuanglin Village."

As they walked along the village road, Li Xian introduced Shuanglin Village to his two senior fellow disciples. Behind him followed Village Chief Yang Baishu, respectful and deferential, while the villagers lined both sides of the road to welcome them. It was quite a lively and grand scene.

"Junior Brother, this village of yours is far better than my hometown."

Xiao Yingkai rather liked the atmosphere. He greeted the villagers as they called out to him, and since his own hometown was also a remote mountain village outside Anyuan County Town, seeing these simple, honest villagers reminded him of the elders and neighbors back home.

"Junior Brother Li Xian, take us straight to Black Wind Stockade. After we destroy it, we'll see whether there are any promising martial arts candidates in the nearby villages."

An Yanbing, however, remained calm. Perhaps it was simply her nature, but she was brisk and decisive, ready to head straight up the mountain and eliminate Black Wind Stockade, which had brought so much harm to others.

Afterward, she would select promising martial arts candidates from Shuanglin Village and several neighboring villages to take back to Black Eagle Sect for training.

At her words, Li Xian quickly told everyone that they were heading up the mountain to wipe out Black Wind Stockade.

The moment he said it, the villagers of Shuanglin Village erupted in excited cheers.

Some of the villagers who were hunters even accompanied Li Xian and the others into the mountains, cheering them on. Village Chief Yang Baishu clenched his fists. With these martial arts prodigies from beyond the village taking action today, Black Wind Stockade would surely cease to exist.

When Li Xian had returned to the village, Village Chief Yang Baishu had feared he would repeat his previous failure and asked how confident he was. Li Xian had answered that he was absolutely certain, because his two senior fellow disciples were no ordinary Martial Artists. They were considered prodigies even within Black Eagle Sect.

Senior Sister An Yanbing in particular was famous for her undefeated record in the Meridian Opening Realm.

In other words, no one at the same level in the Meridian Opening Realm had ever defeated An Yanbing. That alone showed that she was among the very best in the realm.

As long as Black Wind Stockade had no experts in the Tendon Changing Realm, it would certainly be unable to stand against his senior fellow disciples.

Among those accompanying the group to cheer them on, the younger generation—Li Goudan, Chen Mazi, and the others—watched Li Xian and his companions with reverence, full of longing for the life of a Martial Artist.

The Zhang family was there too. Zhang Tieshan and Zhang Hai hoped Black Wind Stockade would be wiped out and would never harm anyone again. After all, their family had suffered terribly at its hands.

Watching Xiao Yingkai and An Yanbing, Zhang Qian's beautiful eyes glimmered with a strange light. An Yanbing especially surprised her. She had never realized that women could become Martial Artists too, let alone such formidable ones. As Li Xian and Xiao Yingkai walked, they both kept a step behind An Yanbing.

It was clear that among the three, An Yanbing held the highest standing and was probably the strongest.

Even the decision to destroy Black Wind Stockade had come from An Yanbing, a female Martial Artist. Neither Li Xian nor his senior brother Xiao Yingkai showed the slightest displeasure; they had immediately agreed to head up the mountain.

The sight overturned Zhang Qian's assumptions about Martial Artists. So women could become powerful, respected Martial Artists too?

Did she have a chance?

If she couldn't become a Martial Artist's wife, could she, Zhang Qian, become a Martial Artist herself?

At that moment, a special seed began to sprout in Zhang Qian's heart, shaking and overturning the beliefs she had always held.

"Li Xian's two senior fellow disciples really are both experts in the Meridian Opening Realm."

Su Mo was among the crowd too. At a glance, he could tell that Li Xian's two senior fellow disciples were both experts in the Meridian Opening Realm. Their auras were far stronger than those of Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists. It seemed Li Xian had returned well prepared this time.

Within Qingliang Mountain.

Li Xian led his senior fellow disciples into the mountains.

"Senior Brother Xiao Yingkai, Senior Sister An Yanbing, Black Wind Stockade's stronghold lies just beyond this ridge."

Li Xian and the others reached a ridge in Qingliang Mountain. Beyond it, on the mountainside, lay the stronghold where Black Wind Stockade had been entrenched for years. The villagers who had accompanied them stopped there. They didn't dare approach Black Wind Stockade any closer, and all came to a halt.

"Now that we've found Black Wind Stockade's lair, let's move."

An Yanbing spoke calmly. The moment her words fell, she surged ahead. Her tall figure became a streak of white light as she charged straight into Black Wind Stockade's stronghold. In an instant, she had taken down several bandits patrolling outside its gates.

Seeing this, Li Xian and Xiao Yingkai also struck decisively and stormed into Black Wind Stockade.

Before long, screams rose and fell throughout the stockade. The bandits were howling in pain. Almost none of them were innocent; they were all utterly vile men who had committed every kind of evil. So when Li Xian and the others attacked, they would rather kill the wrong man than let any escape.

The arrival of great Meridian Opening Realm experts like An Yanbing and Xiao Yingkai soon alerted several of Black Wind Stockade's leaders. Nearly all of them were Martial Artists in the Meridian Opening Realm. Relying on their numbers, they tried to surround and kill An Yanbing, Xiao Yingkai, and the others.

Li Xian was only at the peak of the Body Tempering Realm. He wasn't qualified to join a battle between Meridian Opening Realm experts, so he could only take down a few Body Tempering Realm underlings.

"Did you hear those screams from inside Black Wind Stockade? Looks like it really is going to be wiped out this time!"

"Of course. Li Xian's senior brother and sister are genuine martial arts experts. How could Black Wind Stockade possibly stop them?"

"Only after Black Wind Stockade is gone will we villagers from the surrounding villages be able to live like human beings instead of groveling all the time."

Several hundred meters from Black Wind Stockade, the villagers craned their necks in anticipation. The screams coming from inside only made them more excited. It felt as if Black Wind Stockade's destruction was within reach.

For years, the villagers had suffered terribly under Black Wind Stockade's oppression. Every year, the bandits collected taxes and took the food they had stored for winter. They even abducted women and children from the villages. What had happened to Zhang Tieshan's family was a typical example. They had nearly stripped him bare and even tried to snatch away his daughter.

Fortunately, Zhang Tieshan and Zhang Hai had fought back with their lives. Otherwise, Zhang Qian would have already been dragged up the mountain by the bandits.

Even so, the bandits had still stolen the Plum Deer meat Zhang Tieshan's family had saved for winter. They had even threatened to send one of Black Wind Stockade's Major Leaders after them. No one knew why they had ultimately let the matter drop.

But this had done nothing to lessen the fear Black Wind Stockade inspired in the surrounding villagers. If anything, it had only made their fear worse.

Just then, a tremendous clash of blows erupted inside Black Wind Stockade. The shock waves were the force unleashed by experts fighting in the Meridian Opening Realm. A Meridian Opening Realm expert roared and spat blood—it was one of Black Wind Stockade's leaders. Though he was a Martial Artist in the Meridian Opening Realm, Xiao Yingkai had gravely wounded him and sent him flying in just a few moves. The other leaders of Black Wind Stockade fared no better. Not one of them could last a single exchange against An Yanbing before she broke through their defenses and sent them spitting blood.

Though they were all Martial Artists in the Meridian Opening Realm, in An Yanbing and Xiao Yingkai's eyes, the stockade's experts were nothing but a rabble! They couldn't stir up the slightest storm.

Hearing Black Wind Stockade's leaders spitting blood and howling, the villagers grew even more excited. At last, it seemed Heaven had opened its eyes. Black Wind Stockade's day of reckoning had come, and its bandits would never harm anyone again.

A moment later, the sounds of fighting inside the stockade grew even more intense. Black Wind Stockade's Great Leader, Huang Heilong, could no longer sit back and had joined the fight.

And once Huang Heilong joined the battle, it meant Black Wind Stockade could no longer hold out.

Just as everyone waited eagerly, the fighting inside Black Wind Stockade abruptly stopped. Something unexpected seemed to have happened, causing An Yanbing, Xiao Yingkai, and the others to stop as well.

Before long, An Yanbing and Xiao Yingkai emerged from the gates of Black Wind Stockade. Li Xian walked beside them, but his expression was now extremely grim, as if he couldn't believe what had happened and was sinking into helpless despair.

An Yanbing and Xiao Yingkai looked no happier.

Behind them, Black Wind Stockade's Great Leader, Huang Heilong, was politely escorting them out, accompanied by several of the stockade's other leaders.

The sight left the villagers outside completely dumbfounded.

Could Black Wind Stockade still not be destroyed?