"Big brother, look!"
Suddenly, a man whose face was covered in blood cried out in alarm, his voice trembling slightly.
Everyone turned at the sound. Not far behind them, a newly arrived force charged toward them like a surging tide, its overwhelming momentum enough to make their hearts quake.
"What are we going to do?"
Someone spoke in a trembling voice,
"We're in bad shape right now. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold them off!
Why don't we clear the main road and fall back to avoid their edge?"
The man knitted his brows, staring wide-eyed at the approaching enemies as he weighed their options.
Originally, more than a thousand members of the Xu Family had come to fight for opportunities. After several days of fierce fighting, they had secured quite a few,
but their casualties had been devastating. More than eight hundred had died outright, leaving only nine hundred or so, every one of them seriously wounded.
They had only just pulled back a little to rest and recover, yet somehow they had become a stumbling block in Long Ji's path.
"Pah!"
The Xu Family's eldest brother spat furiously,
"Me, avoid their edge?
Do they think the Xu Family is easy prey?
A bunch of prancing clowns hoping to reap without sowing, and they think they deserve to make me step aside?"
His voice exploded like thunder beside their ears, making their eardrums ache.
"Bring me my saber!"
The Xu Family's eldest brother roared, his eyes wide and bloodshot, as though flames were about to burst from them,
"Today, I'll show them what the Xu Family is made of! Follow me and crush them completely!"
For days, the other factions had been beating them down, and they had lost a great many of their Lineage's disciples.