Hundred Beasts Sun Family

"Who's there!"

Red light shot toward him, death looming overhead. The Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator snapped alert in an instant. He could no longer spare any attention for Liang Zhaohuang. With a thunderous shout, the black wind coiling around him suddenly went berserk, likewise turning into a black wind tiger that rammed into the incoming red light.

It had risen in sudden haste, and the black wind tiger brought out barely half its might. Under the red light, it was instantly blasted to pieces.

Still, it won the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator a sliver of room. His body twisted slightly, and the red light shot past his side, grazing him and bringing up a spray of blood.

He was wounded!

At the same time, Liang Zhaohuang, who was facing Seven Kills of the Wind Tiger head-on, instantly sensed that as the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator's attention shifted, the pouncing Black Tiger's power had lost nine-tenths of what it had been, most of it collapsing and scattering.

An opening!

Liang Zhaohuang did not hesitate in the slightest. The spirit art in his hands changed, and a spell unfolded.

Around him, several illusory sheets of watery light appeared, like a calm sea.

Liang Zhaohuang suddenly leaped, like a fish springing from the water, and instantly broke free of Seven Kills of the Wind Tiger's blockade.

It was precisely the water-element spell Fish Leaps Over Sea, taking its meaning from "when the sea is broad, fish may leap at will," and it excelled most at breaking free of blockades and evading attacks.

This spell was rather special. It had been mentioned in the jade-slip inheritance left behind by the senior. It was a spell the senior had created himself after advancing to Golden Core. Originally, the senior had wanted to raise it into a divine ability and create a divine ability of his own.

Unfortunately, in the end, he had not succeeded.

When Liang Zhaohuang had studied the many spell inheritances left by the senior, he had seen this Fish Leaps Over Sea spell and could be said to have taken to it at first sight, deciding to cultivate it.

Now, it had indeed not disappointed him.

Liang Zhaohuang's figure moved like a Spirit Fish leaping, dodging Seven Kills of the Wind Tiger's assault. At the same time, he raised his hand, and a thread of five-colored light vanished almost as soon as it flashed, striking toward the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Take his life while he was sick! The black wind defending the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator had already been shattered and had not yet recovered for the moment, while the other party's attention was entirely on the red light that had suddenly attacked.

Liang Zhaohuang's attack at this moment would have the best effect. So the instant he broke free, he did not hesitate at all and immediately launched the spiritual weapon Five Elements Body-Piercing Needle, shooting it out.

The spiritual weapon Five Elements Body-Piercing Needle was as fine as ox hair and was not suited to frontal assaults, but it was most suitable for sneak attacks.

Once the spiritual weapon was launched, its five-colored radiance flashed and vanished. Unless an enemy was paying close attention, he would not notice it at all. Not to mention, this Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator's attention was not on Liang Zhaohuang at this moment at all.

So only when the Five Elements Body-Piercing Needle pierced into his skull did he realize it.

"No!" "Roar!"

A cry of alarm and a tiger's roar rang out almost simultaneously. The next moment, Liang Zhaohuang watched in astonishment as the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator's figure blurred and vanished, replaced by a somewhat illusory black fierce tiger.

The Five Elements Body-Piercing Needle passed through the illusory black fierce tiger, and the fierce tiger's form immediately became even more illusory, as if it might shatter at any moment.

Immediately after, the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator's figure appeared once more, and the illusory Black Tiger instantly sank back into his body.

It could be seen that with the illusory fierce tiger wounded, the aura around this Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator also began to weaken and become unstable.

Clearly, he had been implicated as well; he had not come away unscathed.

"Life-Bound Beast Soul! You're from the Hundred Beasts Sun Family!"

A man walked out from the Mulberry Forest, his voice icy, filled with biting killing intent and hatred. It was none other than Zhu Yuqing, whom he had not seen in three years, and the other party had long since become a Foundation Establishment cultivator as well.

At this moment, the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator also saw clearly the red light that had attacked him. It was a flying sword, scarlet as fire and shaped like a plume, circling beside the newcomer.

"Vermilion Plume Sword!" Such obvious traits let him recognize it at a glance. "So it's a remnant evil of the Zhu Family!"

"Looks like all the news about the Liang Family this time was spread by you."

"You deliberately used the Liang Family as bait to lure me into making a move!"

The Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator spoke in a low voice, trying to sow discord between Liang Zhaohuang and Zhu Yuqing while doing his utmost to stabilize himself and recover from his injuries.

"Haha! That's right, I was the one who spread the news!" Zhu Yuqing admitted it outright, seeming both furious and deranged as he said in a low voice, "I never imagined that your Sun Family would serve as county lieutenant on one side while acting as bandits on the other, officials and bandits as one, wiping out my Zhu Family!"

"Today, I, Zhu Yuqing, will avenge the one hundred eighty-six innocent wronged souls of my Zhu Family!"

Liang Zhaohuang, off to the side, was also extremely astonished at this moment. He had not expected that these Black Wind Bandits were actually people from the county seat's Eighth-Rank County Magnate, the Hundred Beasts Sun Family.

There were six county magnate families in Ludong County: one Seventh-Rank County Magnate, two Eighth-Rank County Magnates, and three Ninth-Rank County Magnates.

This Hundred Beasts Sun Family was precisely one of the two Eighth-Rank County Magnates. Their family passed down a Hundred Beasts Canon, and when the clan's disciples studied it, they could awaken beast-nature spiritual light. They were best at nurturing all kinds of spirit beasts and demon beasts.

The Sun Family even ran a Hundred Beasts Garden, supplying more than eighty percent of all spirit beast and demon beast meat, milk, pelts, and other resources in Luyang Commandery.

It was said that not only in Luyang Commandery, but also in the surrounding commanderies, the Hundred Beasts Sun Family was actively expanding its business. They could be called thriving.

And the most obvious trait of Sun Family cultivators was the Life-Bound Beast Soul, hidden in the Sea of Consciousness, which could block calamities for the cultivator.

Thus, when that Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator used his Life-Bound Beast Soul, the Tiger Soul, to take Liang Zhaohuang's sneak attack, his identity was immediately exposed.

As an Eighth-Rank County Magnate of Ludong County, the Hundred Beasts Sun Family's patriarch had Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation and was precisely the one serving as Ludong County's county lieutenant.

Three years ago, the Black Wind Bandits had rampaged through Ludong County and wiped out three Humble Gate families. It had been Sun County Lieutenant who led several patrol inspectors in pursuit, but in the end, they were always one step too late.

Looking at it now, everything was clear at a glance. The county lieutenant and the Black Wind Bandits were actually one family. That pursuit back then had been nothing more than a play to seize the chance to get rich.

Then thinking back to just now, Liang Zhaohuang had also threatened the other party into retreating by saying he would report the news to the county lieutenant. No wonder the other party had not cared at all, and had even sneered. He had had nothing to fear.

"Heh heh... Innocent? What a joke!" The Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator abruptly sneered at this moment and said in a low voice, "Your Zhu Family colluded with the Commoner's Alliance. That is a capital crime!"

"If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext." Zhu Yuqing shouted coldly and suddenly struck. The Vermilion Plume Sword once more turned into a streak of red light and shot straight at the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator. From its power, it could be seen that it had clearly already advanced into a spiritual weapon.

Almost at the same time Zhu Yuqing made his move, the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator also acted. His figure flickered, but he did not attack Zhu Yuqing. Instead, he charged straight toward Liang Zhaohuang with savage speed.

"Do you think I'm that easy to bully?!"

Liang Zhaohuang's eyes widened, and the illusory Red Lotus flew out once more, hurtling toward the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Black Wind Bandits who was charging in to kill him.

"Roar!"

Just then, another tiger's roar rang out. The illusory Black Tiger lunged straight out of the other man's body, like a streak of black light, pouncing directly into Liang Zhaohuang's body.

"Watch out for the beast soul!"

Zhu Yuqing's startled cry came from beside him.