g it with all his might. The opponent's arm instantly twisted into a tangled mess and drooped limply."Ah..." The white coat let out a scream of agony."I'll ask only once, if you don't tell the truth,...[ ]

Boom!

Just as the two were talking, the sky above the Chu clan's grand courtyard was shrouded in a surging and oppressive aura, like dark clouds pressing down.

Everyone at the gate, including Lu Yue and Qinglong, felt a suffocating sensation.

While Chu Heng felt this aura, his eyes lit up and he turned to look at the entrance of the courtyard.

"All the Shadow Gate disciples and Blood Guard warriors, retreat five hundred meters!" Lu Yue's face flashed with a solemn expression.

"Lu Fudu, we swear to stand by your side until death, advance and retreat together!" The crowd took a deep breath and shouted in unison, not one person taking a step back.

"I'll say it again, all of you fall back five hundred meters!" Lu Yue shouted at the top of his lungs. "This is a military order!"

"Yes, sir!" everyone replied in unison after a brief pause, then retreated in an orderly fashion.

Although they all wanted to stay, military orders were absolute. Disobeying them was tantamount to treason against their commander. They had no choice!

"Brother Lu, I'll stay!" Ye Ji held the Cold Moon Curved Blade in her hand, her eyes fixed on the direction of the courtyard entrance.

"Sister Ji, you should retreat as well! There's no need to make a reckless sacrifice!" Qinglong said to Ye Ji.

"It's nothing, it's been a long time since I fought alongside you all. It's rare to have such an opportunity!" Yeji replied in a low voice.

"Ye Ji, if something happens to you, I can't explain it to Big Brother!" Lu Yue spoke up.

"If I withdraw now, I won't be able to explain myself to myself!" A resolute glint flashed in Ye Ji's eyes.

"No need to fight, all of you will die today!" an old voice boomed.

"You have slaughtered hundreds of people from my Chu clan, you deserve to die ten thousand deaths!"

Then, a white-haired and white-bearded old man appeared at the entrance of the courtyard, followed by a hundred men in fine attire.

The person here is Chu Jun, the previous head of the Chu family!

"Father, you're out" Seeing the elder, Chu Heng took a deep breath and quickly walked over. "Back then, when I handed the Chu family over to you, how did you guarantee me" A chill emanated from Chu Jun deeply.

Thump!

Chu Heng knelt directly down: "The child is unfilial, causing such a great calamity to the Chu family. Please punish me, father!"

"Humph!" Chu Jun let out a cold snort, ignoring Chu Heng any further. He strode over to Lu Yue and Qinglong, and spoke in a deep voice.

"You all commit suicide! I'll leave you as corpses!"

"Damn fool!" Qinglong responded coldly, "You're not even qualified!"

Whew!

Before his words even left his mouth, Chu Jun flipped his wrist. A gust of wind surged out, slamming straight into the Azure Dragon.

"Qinglong, be careful!" Lu Yue shouted, his blood-shadow battle knife drawing a cold light to block it.

Nightingale also launched her attack at the same time, her Cold Moon Curved Blade slashing out.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three muffled sounds rang out, and the three figures of Lu Yue flew backward like autumn leaves being swept away. At the same time, three arcs of blood appeared in the air.

After falling heavily to the ground, he opened his mouth and spat out another mouthful of blood. His breath became extremely chaotic.

Lu Yue's situation is still a bit better, but Qinglong and Ye Ji were both badly hurt.

Chu Jun is already at the peak of the Zhanzong realm, far superior to the three in terms of cultivation. He didn't go all out just now, otherwise the consequences for the three would have been even more severe.

"Old man, I'll fight you to the death!" Seeing this scene, Zhou Liang and Yuan Wei, 500 meters away, shouted out at the same time.

"Fight to the death!" two hundred young men shouted out at the same time.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he unleashed everything.

"Back down!" Lu Yue shouted, his voice booming. "None of you dare take another step without my order, or be cast out from the Shadow Gate and the Western Regions!"

Whew!

Everyone simultaneously exhaled a large mouthful of turbid air and stopped their movements.

As for them.

In this life, the thing that brings them the most pride is being able to follow their commander. To be expelled from Yingmen and Xijing would be harder for them to accept than dying in battle.

"Now, am I qualified" The next moment, Chu Jun looked at Qing Long with a grave expression.

"Give you all one minute to kneel down at the gate of my Chu family's manor and commit suicide as atonement!"

Otherwise, there will be nothing left but bones!

"Is that so" Just then, a slender figure appeared within everyone's sight.

Wherever it passed, the surrounding air remained perfectly still, as if it had simply materialized out of thin air.

"Greetings, Lord Commander!"

Upon seeing the arrival, all the Shadow Gate youths and Blood Guard soldiers sprang to attention. They knelt on one knee and shouted in unison.

"Speak up!"

The arrival was none other than Ling Hao, who raised his hand to acknowledge the gathering.

Aristocratic families, passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, within these families, powerful figures abound. There are even powerhouses at the late stage of the War Sect. Ling Hao naturally understands this.

So, he couldn't have really put Lu Yue and the others in a desperate situation.

Just as the Blood Guard had recently left the West, he boarded a war machine heading for Fly City.

Prior to this, the reason for staying out of sight was clearly to lure the old monsters of the Chu clan's aristocratic family to make a move first.

Because only then can Chu clan be eradicated completely!

In the later stages of the Warring States period, powerful figures were a rare treasure for any nation. Those in power naturally wouldn't want anything to happen to them unless absolutely necessary.

Even with Ling Hao's current status, he couldn't just attack Chu Jun without any reason.

Treasonously colluding with foreign enemies and plotting to assassinate high-ranking military officials was the act of Chu Heng, not Chu Jun.

Although he could be accused of failing to guide properly, the crime is clearly not punishable by death. If Ling Hao took action, he would give people ammunition to use against him.

Now things are different. Chu Jun not only obstructed the Shadow Gate and the West Border Blood Guards from apprehending criminals, but also injured three high officials.

> His crime, he shall be beheaded!

"Huh! He's here too!"

Chu Jun and his son both recognized Ling Hao, and couldn't help but shiver at the same time.

It seems no one expected Ling Hao to come to the capital city either.

Both of their faces showed a hint of panic. Although Chu Jun was already at the late stage of the War Sect, he had no confidence facing the King of the West Region.

Even though he knew Ling Hao was currently injured, he still had no confidence that he could fight him!

"You knew he would come all along, didn't you!" Two old men spoke again in the forest.

"I don't know!"

"You think I'd believe that! If you didn't know he was coming, would you have been so calm when Chu Jun made his move"

"I'm just guessing, you know!"

"Bah! You old geezer, just like that Ling Hao kid, cunning and manipulative!" The elder glared at his companion before continuing.

"You think I don't know, if you had just stopped Chu Jun earlier, he wouldn't have died today! You clearly let him make the move!"

"You're the cunning one, I admit! When it comes to conspiracy theories, I yield to no one else!"

"Get lost!"

"Alright, that's about it. We can go now, Chu Shi, the end!"

You said, will Ling Hao take this opportunity to go find that other gatekeeper and settle the score from five years ago

"It shouldn't, things are too chaotic today. He has to consider many people's thoughts!"

As their words fell, the two glanced once more at the manor gate before turning and leaving.sha was slightly taken aback."After we take care of their headquarters, you tell everyone. I bet there are a lot of people who would be more interested in taking them down than us!" Lu Yue added."Unde...