An Unfavorable Start! The Xingfeng Sect's Trump Card

How could the martial artists of the Painting Scroll World ever have seen the firearms of the modern world?

The Jiang Household members were all stunned by the submachine guns.

Jiang Chen hid behind the two Xiantian experts, shocked by the power of the submachine guns.

"What are those things?"

Jiang Chen was well-traveled and knowledgeable, but he had never seen anything like a firearm.

If the two elders hadn't shielded him, he would already have perished.

"Young master, their weapons are tremendously powerful. My Gang Qi won't hold out much longer!"

A Xiantian elder beside Jiang Chen spoke with a slightly pale face. He held a submachine gun bullet in his hand, his eyes full of disbelief.

In just those ten-odd seconds, at least dozens of those metal objects had struck his Gang Qi.

"Even you two elders can't take these people down?" Jiang Chen could hardly believe it. Both elders were at Mid Xiantian.

The strongest among Wang Hu's group had only reached the Ninth Layer of the Acquired Realm. Although they had powerful weapons, Jiang Chen believed that with the speed and reactions of Xiantian experts, killing Wang Hu and the others would be no problem as long as they dodged the attacks from those weapons.

"We must keep you safe, young master, so we cannot leave your side. We should retreat for now!"

The two Xiantian experts felt aggrieved as well.

If they hadn't needed to protect Jiang Chen, they could have tried charging at Wang Hu and the others. But with Jiang Chen there, they had to keep him safe.

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go!"

Jiang Chen then led the remaining martial artists in retreat.

When Wang Hu saw Jiang Chen and the others fleeing, he neither fired again nor led his men in pursuit.

For now, they had to protect the Xingfeng Sect and wait for Chen Feng to return.

They didn't have many submachine gun bullets, so they had to buy as much time as they could.

"Guard the gate!" Wang Hu left several martial artists there, then led the others into the Xingfeng Sect.

Inside the Xingfeng Sect, everyone looked at Wang Hu differently when he and the others returned.

Even Liu Qian was full of shock.

They had witnessed everything that had just happened outside the gate.

Two Xiantian experts from the Jiang Household had led over a hundred men there, yet Wang Hu had driven them back in just over ten seconds and killed half their men.

Liu Qian found the result unbelievable.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the weapons in the hands of Wang Hu and the others. They wanted to know what on earth could possess such tremendous power.

Liu Qian approached Wang Hu and asked, "Brother Wang Hu, what is that? How can it have such great power?"

Wang Hu laughed heartily and said with pride, "It's a treasure refined by the sect master. Even Xiantian experts can't withstand it. What does the mere Jiang Household amount to?"

At those words, the martial artists in the Xingfeng Sect grew excited.

They saw hope, and a chance to stand against the Jiang Household. With treasures like these, they might really be able to drive the Jiang Household back.

Liu Qian was shaken to the core. He knew he had made the right bet. Chen Feng possessed such powerful treasures and could even give them to Wang Hu and the others to use. That meant Chen Feng had even more methods he hadn't shown.

Liu Qian immediately asked, "Brother Wang Hu, what do you think we should do now? Lead our people in a breakout, or hold our ground here?"

Although they had repelled one group from the Jiang Household, that was only a small part of its forces. Most of the Jiang Household's people hadn't appeared yet.

Wang Hu said gravely, "We just need to hold the Xingfeng Sect and wait for the sect master to come out of seclusion!"

Naturally, Wang Hu couldn't lead the others away from the Xingfeng Sect. He knew how important it was to Chen Feng.

Even if he died here, he wouldn't abandon the Xingfeng Sect and flee.

No one questioned Wang Hu's decision. He had already proven with his strength that the Xingfeng Sect was capable of standing against the Jiang Household.

Liu Qian soon set the Xingfeng Sect's martial artists to work, posting them to guard the various areas of the sect.

He also sent people out to scout and keep watch on the Jiang Household's movements at all times.

On a peak of Hengduan Mountain.

Although Qin Yao and Wang Tian were far from the Xingfeng Sect, they still saw the Jiang Household's martial artists retreating.

They had only heard the rat-a-tat of gunfire before seeing the Jiang Household's martial artists retreat.

"The Jiang Household's people retreated?" Wang Tian exclaimed in surprise.

He had originally thought the Jiang Household's people would surely charge straight into the Xingfeng Sect and slaughter everyone, but what happened was completely beyond his expectations.

"What made that sound just now? It was so loud," Qin Yao wondered.

Wang Tian said,

"It must be the Xingfeng Sect's trump card. I remember when He Sandao led his men to attack them, a similar sound came from the Xingfeng Sect. Not long afterward, word spread that He Sandao had died there."

Wang Tian's sect was the closest to the Xingfeng Sect. On the day the Black Wind Stronghold led its men to attack the Xingfeng Sect, gunfire had sounded from within.

"It seems Sect Master Chen isn't without a way to respond. He might really have a way to deal with the Jiang Household." A smile appeared on Qin Yao's face.

But Wang Tian's expression hadn't improved at all. He said,

"I heard that someone from the Jiang Household holds a post in the imperial city. Though the news isn't certain, rumor has it that the person is a Transformation Realm expert."

"What?!" Qin Yao's face was filled with shock.

A Transformation Realm expert was a being who had nearly reached the limit of what a martial artist could attain, someone who could kill a Xiantian expert in an instant.

If the Jiang Household really had such a martial artist, then the Xingfeng Sect would have no way to survive today.

"Is that true?" Qin Yao could hardly believe it.

If the Jiang Household had such a martial artist, why would it remain in a place like Liuyang Town instead of having gone elsewhere long ago?

"It's only a rumor. I don't know the details either. Now we can only hope it's false," Wang Tian said with a sigh.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yaotian and the Jiang Household's senior members had gathered halfway up Hengduan Mountain.

Their encirclement had also come to a temporary halt.

Everyone was waiting for news from Jiang Chen and Jiang Hong.

Jiang Yaotian would never lead the Jiang Household's people in an assault without first probing Chen Feng's capabilities.

Just then, a group appeared in the distance. Jiang Chen had returned with his men.

More than a hundred people had gone, but only a few dozen had returned, and more than half of them were wounded.

"Chen'er, what happened?" Jiang Yaotian's face darkened, and he strode forward to ask.

Judging by the state Jiang Chen and the others were in, their venture had clearly gotten off to an unfavorable start.

The Jiang Household members were also surprised, evidently not having expected Jiang Chen and the others to return in such a state.

Looking grim, Jiang Chen said,

"Father, the Xingfeng Sect's martial artists have special weapons. They're tremendously powerful. Anyone below Xiantian can't withstand them at all."

Jiang Chen then recounted what had happened.

Hearing his account, the Jiang Household members all sucked in a breath of cold air. Dozens of martial artists had been killed in just over ten seconds!

Even the Gang Qi of Xiantian experts had struggled to withstand the attacks. What kind of treasure could possess such power?

"Household head, could they have been hidden weapons?" an elder asked.

Jiang Yaotian frowned deeply and shook his head. "Hidden weapons couldn't possibly have that much power."

The power of hidden weapons was closely tied to the strength of the martial artist using them, and those Xingfeng Sect martial artists weren't at a high realm. Hidden weapons could never have caused such astonishing destruction.

"Father, what should we do now?"

Jiang Chen felt aggrieved. He had wanted to show off, only to be driven away as soon as he reached the Xingfeng Sect. It made him feel he had lost a great deal of face.

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