Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1199: Chapter 796: Duan Qiaofeng, The Art of Talismans (2)

Yang Zhenshan glanced calmly at the situation inside the city and said, "There are many people in black robes. Judging by their attire, they seem to be from the Soul-breaking Blade!"

Soul-breaking Blade truly seems to be fated to encounter him repeatedly.

Previously, he had two encounters with Soul-breaking Blade; the first time was during the siege of the Wan family alongside Lan Peng, where they encountered four men from the Soul-breaking Blade. The second time was in Snow Valley Town, where the Fan family hired Soul-breaking Blade to target the Yang family winery, and during that encounter, Yang Zhenshan also ran into an Immortal Cultivator from Soul-breaking Blade.

Surprisingly, despite him having disrupted the Soul-breaking Blade’s plans at the Wan family, and having killed three from the Soul-breaking Blade in Snow Valley Town, there was no retaliatory action from Soul-breaking Blade afterward.

Yang Zhenshan had been on guard for retaliation from the Soul-breaking Blade, yet after more than three months of waiting, no retaliation came from them at all.

"Kill!" Lu Youning could wait no longer and charged into the city with a spear.

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment, then also grabbed a spear and rushed down.

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Inside the county town’s workshop district.

Lu You’an watched the battle in the sky, his face like water.

Dark aura roiled, flames surged, and under the hazy moonlight they clashed repeatedly, each collision erupting with terrifying shockwaves. The falling flames and waves of dark aura would alternatively turn the scene into a sea of fire, or smother the fire sea within the dark aura.

Screech~~

A sharp eagle cry in the sky startled Lu You’an from his thoughts.

"We can’t delay any longer! Escort the clansmen out of the county town, don’t worry about anything else, head to Heavenly Que City first!"

He instructed the clan’s martial artists behind him.

"What about you, Family Head?" an old man with a face full of wrinkles asked.

"Third Uncle, I am the Family Head, I must stay here," Lu You’an said in a deep voice.

"No, let me stay instead, you lead the clansmen to retreat!" the old man insisted.

"Third Uncle, don’t waste time, you all leave quickly! If you’re any later, it’ll be too late!" Lu You’an signaled with his eyes to several clansmen beside the old man.

This night would determine the survival of the Lu family. As the family head, Lu You’an’s primary concern was the continuity of the family. No matter what happens to the Lu family today, the heritage must not be broken.

Sending a batch of clansmen away first was a necessary action, as for everything else, they could only rely on fate.

The clansmen hesitated for a moment, then gritted their teeth, "Third Grand Uncle, let’s go, now’s not the time to be indecisive!"

The old man looked at the juniors around him, "You go, this old man will stay here with the family head."

"Stop wasting words, so what if this old man’s old bones remain here, Family Head!"

He looked at Lu You’an, who nodded slightly, "Very well then! But Third Grand Uncle, escort them out of the city first!"

"Alright!"

This time the old man did not insist further, complying with a response, he led dozens of clansmen toward the East City gate, while Lu You’an led a dozen toward the streets of the workshop district.

The Martial Cultivator’s workshop district was a primary target of the assailants, but it was also where most of the martial arts experts gathered.

Though the attack came suddenly and everyone was ill-prepared, there were many martial arts experts in the workshop district, so it was not completely without power to resist.

Currently, battles raged everywhere within the workshop, from the streets to rooftops, and into the skies, fighting was everywhere.

As soon as Lu You’an rushed out, he encountered six or seven black-robed ruffians. Without any words, they immediately engaged in battle.

The destructive power of Innate Martial Artists was immense, and the power of those at the Heavenly Gang Stage was shockingly great.

Pavilions collapsed, houses shattered, fierce Sword Qi and blade auras shot in every direction, various attribute Qi beams mingled, creating an incredibly dazzling sight.

Although Lu You’an was also a Heavenly Gang Stage cultivator, as the family head, mundane affairs had consumed much of his energy and time, causing his cultivation and strength to fall short of Lu Youning’s.

However, being of the Lu family’s direct line, his strength was still commendable.

Within just a few breaths, he led more than ten clansmen to eliminate six black-robed men, but soon more black-robed foes surged toward them.

"Damn it, just how many people do they have hidden in the city?" The more Lu You’an fought, the more alarmed and uneasy he became.

As the most important city of the Lu family, their control over the county city was very strong, yet there were unexpectedly so many enemies hidden within, of which he, the Lu family head, was completely unaware.

"There must be a traitor!" Li You’an instantly thought someone had betrayed the Lu family and aligned with the enemy.

Aside from this reason, outsiders couldn’t have slipped a thousand people silently into the county town.

As for the possibility of someone betraying the Lu family, it wasn’t an improbable act.

The Lu family had many affiliated families, and many defensive forces within the city came from these affiliates, they had the capability to secretly smuggle a thousand people into the city.

But now was not the time to dwell on these, Li You’an simply considered it and then dove into battle.

As Lu You’an killed two more black-robed men, he suddenly caught sight of a flash of spiritual light shooting toward him out of the corner of his eye.

With no time to think, Lu You’an thrust his spear out like a dragon, directly toward the spiritual light.

However, the moment his spear’s light collided with the spiritual light, he sensed something amiss.

Before he could react further, a sudden roar echoed, and a violent wave of energy surged toward him.

With a loud boom!

Fire surged wildly, and Lu You’an along with his nearby clansmen were flung back like burlap sacks, crashing into the raging wall of fire on either side of the street.

Cough cough cough~~

Lu You’an coughed violently, painfully crawling out from the consuming flames.

Common fire posed no significant threat to him, as he practiced a Fire Attribute Cultivation Technique and inherently possessed some Fire Control abilities.

It was just that the terrifying blast had dealt him a grueling injury.

Leaning on his spear, he emerged from the sea of fire, looking up at the top of the pavilion across the street.

There stood a black silhouette, a mysterious and eerie figure amidst the blazing flames and condensed night sky.

"Who are you?"

Lu You’an asked in a deep voice.

"Duan Qiaofeng!" Duan Qiaofeng looked down at Lu You’an with a cold expression.

"So it’s you!" Lu You’an’s eyes were bloodshot, glaring angrily at his opponent.

The name Duan Qiaofeng was very familiar to him recently. Before this, he had been relentlessly searching for this person’s whereabouts, yet unexpectedly, they crossed paths at this moment.

Of course, it was only natural that they should meet now.

An enemy’s appearance intensifies the fury!

Lu You’an’s figure shot up fiercely, and the spear in his hand radiated a terrifying Qi light, charging directly at Duan Qiaofeng.

Duan Qiaofeng coldly watched him, "Since you’re so eager to die, allow me to fulfill your wish!"

Suddenly he performed a spell with his hand, and over a dozen spiritual rays circled around him. Upon closer inspection, those spiritual rays were actually pieces of talisman paper, correctly speaking, they were talismans.

In the wide array of Immortal Cultivator skills, the art of talismans ranked quite high, but among the martial arts skills, there was no such art because crafting talismans required the integration of Divine Soul Power, and activating them also demanded Divine Soul Power.

The vast majority of Innate Realm Martial Artists couldn’t craft talismans nor use them.

Thus, there was no art of talismans among the martial arts skills.

Without making any other movements, those talismans flew towards Lu You’an.

Rumbling~~

The talismans exploded at the moment of nearing Lu You’an, forcing him to dodge and defend passively.

But he couldn’t evade all of them.

The next moment, a talisman adorned with runes suddenly appeared in front of him and exploded violently.

He only felt a terrifying wave hit, sending him flying horizontally, crashing hard onto the stone street.

The green stone shattered, ground caved in, Lu You’an’s chest tightened, and a mouthful of fresh blood uncontrollably spurted from his mouth.

"So this is the power of an Immortal Cultivator!"

Seeing stars, Lu You’an gazed at Duan Qiaofeng standing on the rooftop and felt a sense of despair.

Martial Artists aren’t incapable of long-range attacks, the Qi beams Lu You’an shot could reach hundreds of feet away, yet against another Heavenly Gang Stage Martial Artist, such Qi beams posed no significant threat, at best serving as a minor annoyance.

Martial Artists excelled in close combat, but, as for Immortal Cultivators, what about them?

Lu You’an knew very little about Immortal Cultivators, he didn’t even understand what talismans were.