"Kill them! Leave no one alive! Root out every last member of the enemy's families-wipe them all out!"
With that furious roar, a vicious-looking middle-aged man with a face full of bulging flesh swung his sharp cleaver. His blade rose and fell, sending a ruthless bandit straight to the Western Paradise.
Not far behind him stood hundreds of equally murderous villagers from Gu Family Village, who were now unleashing an unrestrained, inhuman massacre upon everyone in the courtyard.
In an instant, screams rose one after another, echoing throughout the rear courtyards of Sandwind Stronghold.
Like ravenous tigers pouncing on prey, the Gu Family Village villagers mercilessly kicked open door after door, then swarmed inside, hacking at anyone they saw and chopping anything they found, giving no one even a moment to breathe or beg for mercy.
They even crushed the eggs underfoot, for they knew full well that this struggle to the death had only two possible endings-either you died or I did!
Without question, those being slaughtered were the families of those utterly hateful bandits, but they were birds of the same feather themselves:
The older ones had once robbed homes and plundered households too; although age now prevented them from continuing their countless crimes, they still quietly supported their children and grandchildren in taking up the old trade;
As for the young, they had been steeped in this vile environment since childhood and would undoubtedly follow their fathers and elder brothers into banditry once they grew up.
Besides, these little brats actually dared to wield sharp blades and put up a desperate resistance. Would they not become even harder to deal with once they reached adulthood?
There were also quite a few exceptionally fierce women among them. Armed with kitchen knives, brooms, and other implements, they fearlessly