Meanwhile, in town, outside the Old Zhu Family's home.
The courtyard where people had once come for treatment was now surrounded so tightly that not even water could seep through.
Dozens of Fierce Wolf Group members stood with weapons in hand, blocking the courtyard gate completely.
More and more Soul Masters gathered around them. Every one was an unaffiliated Soul Master who had received kindness from Old Zhu and his wife, and all were burning with righteous fury, their eyes blazing.
At the center of the gate stood Li Huo in a fitted black outfit, four Soul Rings slowly revolving beneath his feet. He unleashed his Soul Ancestor pressure without restraint, blanketing the entire area.
With one hand, he held a chair on which two elderly people were bound.
Blood stained the corner of Old Zhu's mouth, his clothes were disheveled, and his graying hair hung loose. Yet he still held his back straight, his clouded eyes fixed on Li Huo without uttering a word.
The elderly woman's mouth had been gagged. Tears slid silently down her face, but she did not make the slightest sound of pleading either.
"Old Zhu! Mrs. Zhu!" someone in the crowd cried, eyes red.
"Li Huo, are you even human? Old Zhu and his wife have spent their whole lives doing good and earning blessings! How many people in this town have they saved? And you actually laid hands on them?!"
"Release Old Zhu! Otherwise, we'll fight you to the death!"
"That's right! There are so many of us! Why the hell should we fear him?"
Outrage swept through the crowd. Dozens of unaffiliated Soul Masters summoned their martial souls, Soul Rings lighting up one after another as they surrounded the Fierce Wolf Group.
Most were only at the Soul Master or Soul Grandmaster