Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1463 - 920: Is the Yang Family Really This Extravagant?

Just as Li Shangyuan was wondering whether Yang Family Town had defenses, a sudden rustling sound emerged in the dusky night.

The sound was very faint, easily overlooked even in the silent night.

But Li Shangyuan noticed it and almost without hesitation, he turned and ran.

At the moment he turned around, a shout suddenly came from within the town’s streets, "Release arrows!"

Swish, swish, swish~~

The next moment, a sharp whistling sound shattered the quiet of the night completely.

Arrows rained down like a storm, gleaming under the bright moonlight, like countless stars in the night sky.

The Immortal Cultivators responded rapidly, almost the instant the shout echoed, their Protective Magic Shields lit up on their bodies, having both defense spells and defense magic artifacts.

In the blink of an eye, the rain of arrows fell, clanging as they struck, causing their Protective Magic Shields to flicker irregularly.

Fang Shou was at the forefront of the team, facing the most arrows.

He was ready for defense the moment the arrow rain started.

"Bows and arrows! Ha, how dare you show such useless things!"

He sneered dismissively, speaking indifferently.

But when arrows hit his body, his expression changed abruptly.

Before he could react, another dense volley of arrows rained down.

This time, the arrow rain was even denser and more fierce.

Fang Shou hastily conjured a crimson shield in front of him, simultaneously activating two Protective Talismans, the fiery Protective Magic Shield tightly enveloping him.

At that moment, screams sounded around him; he looked towards the direction of the screams and saw that the tall and skinny cultivator had been turned into a pincushion by arrows.

Many others trying to escape were similarly pierced with dozens of arrows in their backs.

The arrow rain continued, the whistling air relentless.

Within the town, shadowy figures moved unpredictably in the dim street, approaching them.

The dim spiritual light flickered on the street like stars twinkling in the night sky.

Fang Shou wanted to retreat, but the endless arrows made it impossible for him to muster Mana for a quick retreat, forcing him to step back slowly.

The crimson shield glowed brighter, occasionally erupting with flames that splattered around.

Fang Shou’s expression grew grimmer, his shield was a high-grade Magic Artifact, though not the top-grade, its defense was still remarkable.

Yet now, facing such a rain of arrows, the shield appeared to struggle to hold.

More critically, maintaining the Mana output for the shield left him unable to do anything else, feeling too difficult to channel Mana, let alone casting a spell.

On the other side, Li Shangyuan was crawling frantically close to the ground, indeed crawling, using both hands and feet, in a miserable state.

Because directly above him, arrows whistled past; standing up would certainly turn him into a pincushion.

The initial arrow rain seemed to have been launched in an arc, not very powerful but numerous, whereas the current arrows were fired directly, with each arrow carrying strong force.

Fortunately, Li Shangyuan was at the back initially and reacted promptly; otherwise, he too might have been riddled.

Li Shangyuan crawled desperately; even crawling, his speed was remarkable, covering several miles in just a few breaths.

Feeling the arrows’ power weakening, he finally got up and sprinted southward.

"Damn, these are all Martial Artist’s spiritual weapons!"

As he fled, Li Shangyuan held an arrow, glancing at it.

Arm troops for a thousand days to use them for an hour!

In the Spirit Source Land, they had nurtured troops for far more than a thousand days.

From the initial Guardian Army to the present Jade Capital’s Three Guards, soldiers had been trained for sixty years.

In sixty years, within the Spirit Source Land, even with poor aptitude, one could cultivate to the Earth Evil Stage.

Moreover, the Spirit Source Land nurtured not just soldiers, but also Artifact Refiners.

Since Yang Chengzhen crafted the first bow and arrow at the spiritual weapon grade more than forty years ago.

In over forty years, the Spirit Source Land had equipped Jade Capital’s Three Guards with bows and arrows of spiritual weapon grade and made numerous upgrades and grade enhancements.

Now, each soldier in Jade Capital’s Three Guards wields a high-grade spiritual weapon longbow, along with three hundred spiritual weapon-grade arrows.

The three hundred arrows include top, middle, and lower grades, with varying purposes.

Additionally, Jade Capital’s Three Guards trained specifically to combat Immortal Cultivators, with the ’Dispel Arrows’ designed for that purpose, possessing strong penetration and disruption, exploding upon contact with Magic Power Shields.

This was the first actual battle for Jade Capital’s Three Guards, yet they had drilled countless times for this engagement.

By continuously suppressing Immortal Cultivators’ Mana with a torrent of arrows, preventing them from casting spells to attack, leaving them to purely defend.

Such was the outcome of endless drills by Jade Capital’s Three Guards.

Li Shangyuan ran over twenty miles, stopping only when he felt certain he was beyond the battle’s reach.

He masked his presence, lying unceremoniously under a tree, watching the distant battle and examining the arrow in his hand.

"Is the Yang family so extravagant? A mere arrow containing twelve Restriction!"