Chapter 593 - 285: Capturing the Demonic Thought

Chapter 593: Chapter 285: Capturing the Demonic Thought

"As for those who colluded with the Black Lotus Sect villains, why not have them charge the enemy lines and fight them first..."

Xiao Nianci trailed off, leaving the rest unsaid.

Shen Zhaoyi understood her unspoken meaning. She wanted the Wang Family’s men to fight the Black Lotus Sect first, to squeeze out their final bit of value before they too were slaughtered.

’To think of such a vicious plan... Xiao Nianci truly lives up to her title as the Poison Lady.’

"In that case, please make the arrangements yourself, Lord Xiao. However, I will only give you one hour. After that, regardless of how the battle unfolds, I will begin the slaughter!"

Shen Zhaoyi said, his tone chilling.

"Understood!" Xiao Nianci nodded. With a few leaps, she arrived at the canyon entrance below the massive cliff.

The Wang Family’s force of over two thousand men and two thousand soldiers from the Protectorate Army were hidden on either side of the canyon entrance in the mountain forest, awaiting the order to attack.

"Where is Wang Tingxuan?"

Xiao Nianci walked straight to where the Wang Family’s men were gathered, her expression cold.

"I am here." Wang Tingxuan quickly emerged from his hiding place and bowed respectfully.

Xiao Nianci’s expression turned serious. "The Black Lotus Sect villains are unprepared. This is the perfect opportunity to annihilate them.

You will lead the Wang Family’s men as the vanguard. You must ensure every last one of them is wiped out."

Hearing this, a flicker of suspicion crossed Wang Tingxuan’s face. After all, charging at the front meant they would suffer heavy casualties—they were being used as pure cannon fodder.

"Lord Xiao, in my humble opinion, it would be safer to stick to the original plan, where the Wang Family and the Protectorate Army attack together."

Xiao Nianci’s face darkened abruptly. "Patriarch Wang, are you thinking of disobeying a direct order on the battlefield?"

"I wouldn’t dare!" Wang Tingxuan quickly replied, but inwardly, he was cursing his luck.

"Prepare at once. If you achieve great Merit, I will personally reward you handsomely!"

With that, Xiao Nianci darted over to the Commander of the Imperial Guard, Qin Qiyuan. After a few brief instructions, she waved at Wang Tingxuan, signaling for him to lead the attack.

’After all, the plan was a pincer attack from both ends of the canyon,’ Wang Tingxuan thought, his suspicion flaring again. ’If we’re attacking now, we should be sending a signal to Xia Lingfeng and his men on the other side!’

But an order from a superior could not be defied, and he had no time for further thought.

He let out a great roar and personally led the Wang Family’s men out from their hiding place, charging toward the Black Lotus Sect’s encampment with a battle cry.

’With such a thunderous charge, how could this possibly be called a sneak attack?’

Wang Tingxuan was clearly planning to alert the Black Lotus Sect villains on purpose. If he couldn’t break through, he could call for reinforcements.

To his surprise, however, the sudden sight of over two thousand of the Wang Family’s men charging out—a great, dark mass of people—clearly threw the Black Lotus Sect into a panic.

The dozens of Black Lotus Sect guards at the front of the camp fled back inside in a frenzy, hastily closing the gates.

A Black Lotus Sect leader on the encampment wall hastily ordered the alarm to be sounded. Before the Wang Family’s men were even within Bow and Arrow range, he was already yelling for his subordinates to nock their arrows and fire a wild volley down below!

More than two hundred Black Lotus Sect members fired their arrows at once, and the power of the volley was quite formidable.

The countless arrows faintly merged into an arrow formation, creating a Momentum that could easily injure a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist.

But because the distance was too great, they didn’t cause a single bit of harm to the Wang Family’s forces.

Seeing that the Black Lotus Sect villains were indeed unprepared, Wang Tingxuan gave a shout and, with more than ten of the Wang Family’s elite, leaped onto the encampment wall.

The strongest of the Black Lotus Sect villains on the wall was only at Small Success in Bone Forging Realm. How could they possibly be a match for Wang Tingxuan and his men?

Before they could even form a Battle Array, they were cut down with ease and completely annihilated.

...

「One hour later.」

In front of the largest village in the heart of the Black Lotus Sect Headquarters, the members of the Wang Family stood drenched in blood, radiating killing intent.

They had met no real resistance, advancing with unstoppable momentum as they slaughtered their way through seven or eight villages to reach this point.

Wang Tingxuan stood at the head of his forces, his cold gaze sweeping over the thousand-plus Black Lotus Sect members gathered before the village, all of them with terrified expressions.

These people all had Martial Arts Power at Great Success in Skin Grinding Realm or higher. Their combined Qi Blood Power was immense, and the Battle Array Realm Power they could unleash would far surpass that of the Wang Family’s two thousand men.

After all, on the Wang Family’s side, there were only three to four hundred Martial Artists at the Skin Grinding Realm or above. The rest were merely Swordsmen who had yet to reach the Skin Grinding Realm, making their total Qi Blood Power much weaker.

However, Wang Tingxuan wasn’t the least bit flustered. The Wang Family had more high-level experts on their side—over ten Bone Forger Realm Martial Artists, and he and his son, Wang Xiaowu, were both Marrow Cleansing Realm Perfection Martial Artists.

Even if their Battle Array Realm was inferior, they could still easily slaughter the thousand-plus Black Lotus Sect members before them.

Wang Tingxuan hadn’t attacked yet, naturally out of concern for casualties among his men. But he also had his own reasons for not bypassing this village.

The village was backed by a cliff, with open terrain, wide streets, and buildings consisting entirely of tall pavilions.

A faint aura of various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as well as precious Medicinal Materials, emanated from all the pavilions.

This was undoubtedly where the Black Lotus Sect Headquarters’ treasury was located.

The Black Lotus Sect had been hiding deep within the Great Wilderness Mountain Range for many years; their treasury was bound to be extremely rich.

Since the Wang Family’s men had acted as the vanguard and put their lives on the line, it was only natural that they could use the chaos to plunder some treasures and precious Medicinal Materials for themselves.

Even if Xiao Nianci tried to reprimand him, Wang Tingxuan had a ready excuse. After all, even now, the Wang Family had received no support.

’If this isn’t a deliberate attempt to target the Wang Family and send us to our deaths, what is?’

Just then, a figure in brocade robes flew out from a pavilion window and landed beside Wang Tingxuan, whispering in a low voice:

"Father, the Black Lotus Sect’s treasury is enormous, with countless rare Medicinal Materials. Even if we secretly take just one-third, it will be enough for the Wang Family to train over a thousand Swordsmen to the Skin Grinding Realm or higher."

A gleam flashed in Wang Tingxuan’s eyes. He immediately pointed his Longsword forward and roared, "Kill!"

...

(Sorry, this part of the plot with the Wang Family is a bit of a drag. Hunzi tried to cut it down as much as possible, but I still want to give a clear conclusion to their story.

Fortunately, this Chapter is five thousand words long, but the word count for payment is only four thousand, which makes Hunzi feel a little better.

In the next Chapter, Hunzi will try to finish this part of the plot in three to five hundred words!

Sorry! *bows*)