Chapter 41: Xu Haoran's Determination

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  As soon as Xiao Ruxing landed on the city wall, he heard a shrill voice shouting towards him. Turning his head to look, it was Wu Yue, the leader of the Wu family who had led the team with him. Seeing Wu Yue's disheveled appearance and hearing his shout, Xiao Ruxing immediately understood that Wu Yue must have also suffered an attack by the demon beast just like himself. Moreover, upon hearing Wu Yue's shout, Xiao Ruxing became even more certain of his own inner thoughts.

  He had always suspected in his heart that the demon beast was rushing over from Tongyu Valley, and now he heard Wu Yue's personal confirmation. A wave of grief and indignation surged up to his head, and he rushed towards his master Xiao Rugui, "Plop" knelt down on the ground, crying out loudly:

  "Big brother, the Xus have lost control of Tongyu Valley, and our Xiao family has been made to suffer terribly!"

  Li Wanbao saw the desperation and anger of Wu Yue and Xiao Ruxing, and then heard their hoarse shouts. He thought of the losses he had caused to the various families in Zhongdu City by his own cowardice, and wondered if his elder brother would kill him to vent his anger on the three families. Suddenly, everything went black before his eyes, and he fainted.

  At this time, Wu Meng and Xiao Rugui's eyes simultaneously looked at Li Wanpeng, with a hint of blame in their gaze, although they didn't dare show anger. Seeing Wu Meng and Xiao Rugui's gaze, Li Wanpeng hastily made a signal with his eyes and secretly pointed to Xu Haoran's back with his hand.

  Wu Meng and Xiao Rugui immediately reacted, thinking that the thousand-year heritage of the Xiao family was nothing compared to the death of a younger brother. However, they thought that originally they wanted to use this beast tide to reduce the power of the Xu family, but unexpectedly, their own power was also lost. At this time, no one on the city wall expected that the disciples of the Xu family in Tongyu Valley would not be injured at all.

  Xu Haoran stood on the city wall, at this time he no longer had the energy to care about Li Wanpeng, Wu Meng and Xiao Ruzhui's family affairs, but was anxiously looking in the direction of the outside of the city. However, until Li Wanjing woke up from his coma, Xiao Ruzhen and Wu Meng understood the reason for the demon beast's attack, yet still did not see the figure of Xu Haoran, the guardian of Tongyu Valley.

  Xu Haoran took one last look into the distance, his heart already certain that his family's disciples were all dead. He slowly closed his sorrowful eyes. Behind him, Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui and Wu Meng exchanged a glance, each also silently acknowledging that the Xu family disciples guarding Tongyu Valley had been annihilated. A hint of joy flashed in the eyes of the three men.

  "Cough! Cough!"

  Li Wanpeng coughed, trying to get Xu Haoran's attention. But now Xu Haoran was filled with sorrow in his heart and secondly, since the City Lord's Manor, Xiao family and Wu family had already revealed their wolfish ambitions, he didn't need to play pretend with them either. In Xu Haoran's mind, he also knew that it was precisely because of this sudden beast tide that Li Wanpeng, Xiao Ruguang and Wu Meng's families' move had been delayed.

  At present, the beast tide has not stopped, and the three families have also suffered losses in the beast tide, which is similar to their own family's losses. The gap in strength has not been pulled apart. Moreover, before the beast tide ends, these three families will absolutely not dare to take action against themselves. They still need the power of the Xu family to defend Zhongdu City and repel the beast tide.

  In other words, even if the current Xie family doesn't do anything for Zhongdu City, Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui and Wu Meng wouldn't dare to do anything to the Xie family either. On one hand, they are in the wrong for what they did while taking advantage of their own dizziness. Furthermore, relying on the Xie family's strength, after a big war, even if the Xie family is ultimately destroyed, the City Lord's Manor, Xiao and Wu families will also suffer heavy losses and be unable to defend Zhongdu City again. In the end, they will be broken through by the demon beasts and swallow everyone whole.

  Xu Haoran, having thought everything through, naturally wouldn't be taken advantage of again and would make up for his losses. Moreover, deep in his heart, he knew that this beast tide had actually given the Xu family a buffer period. Whether his own family could escape danger depended on whether they could fully utilize this beast tide. Turning around, without even looking at Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui, and Wu Meng, he let out a cold hum, swung his sleeve, and said:

  "Since the city master has said that if a monster rushes out of someone's residence, it will be severely punished! Then, without giving our family a reasonable explanation, our family will not send troops to defend the city again!"

  After finishing speaking, he loudly shouted at the disciples of the Xu family on top of the city wall: "Follow me, people of the Xu family!"

  He shouted and strode away with big steps.

  Li Wanpeng immediately turned red with anger and shouted loudly at Xu Haoran's back:

  "Master Xu, if you act like this, aren't you afraid that Zhongdu City will be breached by the demonic beasts and everyone will perish together?"

  "Then let's all die together!" Xu Haoran's figure gradually disappeared into the distance, his voice echoing far away. All of the Xu family disciples, including Xu Hao also followed Xu Haoran and began to leave.

  Li Wanpeng's fists clenched suddenly and he shouted loudly: "Xu Haoran, aren't you afraid that before the demon beasts arrive, our three families will have annihilated your Xu family?"

  Xu Haoran's figure suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Li Wanpeng on the city wall. The momentum of the third layer of the foundation period suddenly pressed towards Li Wanpeng, and he shouted fiercely:

  "Go ahead and try!"

  Li Wanpeng's breathing became heavy, and he wished to go to war with the Xu family immediately. He was also a third-layer cultivator in the foundation-building period, so he wouldn't be afraid of Xu Haoran. Moreover, he had the power to counter the old ancestor of the Xu family behind him, but thinking of the beast tide in front of him, Li Wanpeng still forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly:

  "Xu Jia Zhu, how do you want the city master to account to you?"

  "This is your own affair, Lord! I will await good news at the Xie residence!"

  As soon as the words fell, Xu Haoran no longer lingered and shouted to the disciples of the Xu family: "Immediately return to the clan, top-level alert, anyone who approaches the Xu family without reason, human or demon beast, will be killed!"

  Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui and Wu Meng's expressions changed slightly as they exchanged a glance with each other. They thought to themselves: It seems that Xu Haoran has already seen through our intentions and is about to confront us. The three of them glanced at Li Wanbao, Xiao Ruxing and Wu Yue beside them, and silently sighed in their hearts.

  "The original plan was going well, who would have thought that a monster would rush over from the official road."

  Under the circumstances, Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui and Wu Meng had no choice but to temporarily draw some disciples from their respective families to fill the defensive gap caused by the departure of the Xu family, and then gathered at the City Master's Mansion to discuss.

  At this time, at the fork in the road of Tongyu Valley, Xu Ziyuan and others had collected the last batch of demon beasts. Each took their own share and put it away properly, because there were too many demon beasts, but Xu Ziyuan and his group only had nineteen people, so they could only bear to throw away most of the things and pick up the most important parts.

  The entire Tongyou Valley was quiet and empty, without a single monster. Everyone looked around in confusion, wondering what had happened.

  Xu Ziyuan stood on the mountain slope, listening to the distant howling of the demon beast from Changri Valley and Luofeng Ridge, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes. Suddenly, Xu Ziyuan turned around abruptly, her gaze directed at something behind her, where a figure was rushing towards her through the dense forest between the mountains.

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