The further he spoke, the more pained he became, his voice trembling involuntarily. "Many people had already died. So many great clans were wiped out overnight. Only people like us were left. We were supposed to be killed too, but then those demon beasts discussed something among themselves and chose to spare our lives."
Yang Chen was not surprised. Given Yang Jinhe's strength, being in the Great Wilderness, even if demon beasts attacked, he would not know exactly what had happened.
However, Yang Jinhe's words only made Yang Chen feel that something was fishy everywhere. Still, he had no time to think too deeply about it. He said directly, "It's a long story. I'll explain it to you later. For now, I'll take you somewhere safe. But really, are you the only ones left alive? What about Yang Wu? Gu Mingyue..."
All the young disciples of the Yang family were gone. Only some of the Yang family's upper echelon remained here, along with some high-ranking members of the other clans.
"This..." Yang Jinhe hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to say it.
Second Master Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Yang Chen, we don't know how to tell you either. We have no idea what those demon beasts were thinking, but nearly all the younger generation of the clan was taken away. And they seemed especially focused on the young disciples with weaker strength. Although Gu Mingyue had the protectors you assigned to guard her, those protectors were far too insignificant before such a massive demon beast army..."
Yang Chen frowned upon hearing this.
Indeed, he had once sent the demon beasts he had enslaved in Beast Taming Hall to protect the Yang family. Yet before an army of demon beasts, those demon beasts were simply too weak to