Dugong

Chapter 130 Remnants of the Li Family
Upon hearing this, the young man immediately understood that he had become bait, used to lure out the remnants of the Li family.

"Eunuch Xia, how strong is the traitor?"

"The intelligence says it's two gangs: the Salt Gang is holding back the Beijing garrison soldiers, while the Snow Mountain Gang is trying to assassinate Eunuch An..."

Before Eunuch Xia could finish speaking, the window frame shattered with a loud crash.

Xiao Chenzi flew backwards into the house, rolled several times on the ground, and stood up shakily, with two bloody wounds on his chest.

Following closely behind was an elderly man with white hair, holding a snow-white longsword.

"The castrated dog should be executed!"

Xiao Chenzi said angrily, "You old scoundrel who attacked our family, what kind of hero are you? Do you dare to fight us one-on-one?"

The old man sneered, "What's the point of talking about chivalry with treacherous people? Just kill them."

Just as the young man was about to retort, he saw Eunuch Xia leap up, his palms transforming into claws as he aimed straight for the old man's heart.

Xiao Chenzi, who was just indignant, waved his hand and scattered a cluster of poison needles.

"What a castrated dog, all he knows is sneak attacks."

The old man brandished his sword, unleashing several sword strikes, intending to force Eunuch Xia back. Unexpectedly, the old eunuch neither dodged nor evaded, and a faint golden light emanated from his palms.
With a clang, it sounded like metal clashing.

Eunuch Xia forcefully grasped the sword, leaned forward, and his right palm turned from gold to rainbow colors, unleashing a five-colored poisonous mist with his true energy.

The old man was caught off guard and inhaled several mouthfuls of poison. As he felt dizzy, he was also hit by a dense array of poison needles.

In the blink of an eye, his life hung by a thread.

The young man was dumbfounded and suddenly realized why Eunuch An looked down on his family; he was still too naive and naive in his words and deeds.

"Our family hasn't killed anyone in over a decade, so we're still quite efficient!"

Eunuch Xia leaped out through the hole in the window frame, looked at the chaotic fighting outside, grabbed a white-clad assassin, and crushed his head with a thud.

Red and white splattered all over his face, and he couldn't help but let out a strange, lewd laugh.

The old eunuch had been cooped up in the palace for decades, with almost no opportunity to use his martial arts skills. Today, he could finally unleash his full potential in a fight.

With lightning speed, Eunuch Xia killed seven or eight assassins in succession.

Unfortunately, there were hundreds or even thousands of assassins surrounding the rear office in several layers, including many experts like the old man from before, whose true energy was being consumed extremely quickly.

"Old Xia, when is Eunuch An arriving?"

Kang Gonggong's weapons were two three-inch-long and two short swords. His lightness skill was extremely exquisite. He flashed past, leaving behind an assassin clutching his lower body and howling in pain.

Losing an arm or a leg is nothing; losing your manhood is something that even the sect's secret medicine cannot relieve the pain.

"do not know."

Without turning his head, Eunuch Xia's hand pierced through the assassin's chest and emerged directly from his back, clutching a heart that was swelling and contracting.

Grandpa Kang sighed, "If Grandpa An doesn't come soon, our family won't be able to hold on."

Eunuch Xia said, "Don't worry, we are Eunuch An's hands, feet, and weapons; we won't be easily abandoned."

At this moment.

A dense barrage of arrows rained down from the sky, enveloping the entire yamen (government office), causing Eunuch Xia and his men to flee in terror.

They either sought shelter in houses or used corpses to block the way.

After a volley of arrows, dozens or even hundreds of assassins were killed or wounded, and then another volley of arrows fell.

After several rounds of arrow rain, the ground was covered with countless arrows, and there were hardly any survivors left.

The ground trembled with a series of loud thuds as heavily armed soldiers charged in from all directions, quickly engulfing the government office.

far away.

Li Ping'an stood on the roof of the restaurant, watching as the Snow Mountain Sect experts were surrounded and killed by the army.

Those with strong skills could hold out for a while, kill twenty or thirty soldiers, and then be riddled with holes by spears.

Those who are weak are like pebbles falling into the ocean, making no ripples whatsoever.

The strongest among them, the white-haired old man, possessed true energy no less than that of Eunuch Xia. With each flick of his palms, he unleashed a burst of snow-white, icy energy, freezing everything in its path. This top-tier martial arts master, however, only survived half a quarter of an hour after falling into the army's ranks.

Zhao Lian didn't need to personally command the encirclement and kill. The leading centurion waved the command flag, the soldiers in front raised their shields to block the cold air, and the soldiers in the rear thrust out their spears.

The old man fought valiantly and killed the shield-bearers in front of him, but immediately more soldiers took up their shields and stepped in.

At the same time, facing spear tips from all directions, one must constantly protect one's body with true qi to withstand the attacks, otherwise it will be completely exhausted in no time.

Knowing he could not defeat the army, the old man attempted to escape using his light-footed skills, but was killed in a sneak attack by Eunuch Xia.

"Our family has fallen into an ambush and is being killed by the army..."

After careful comparison, Li Ping'an estimated the general range and muttered, "A thousand-man army can still hold out, but ten thousand men are doomed!"

A thousand-strong army, occupying two or three acres, could still dodge, maneuver, and fight their way through.

Once you pass through the vast expanse of the earth, all you see are soldiers. It's impossible to tell which way is north, south, east, or west. The only way to survive is to fight until your inner energy is completely depleted.

Li Ping'an didn't know how long he could kill, but he figured it would be difficult to kill more than ten thousand.

suddenly.

An old, cold voice rang in my ears: "In this world, only a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm can defeat ten thousand single-handedly. Eunuch An is still far from that level!"

Li Ping'an looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old man with white hair, white eyebrows, and a white beard standing in the corner of the wall, wearing a snow-white long robe, seemingly blending into the remaining snow.

"you are?"

The old man stood with his hands behind his back and said coldly, "Li Hong."

Li Ping'an asked in surprise, "A remnant of the Li family? Why isn't there a generational name?"

"Generational naming is a hindrance, which I abandoned long ago."

As Li Hong spoke, his true energy circulated to his palm, and an extremely cold aura surged forth, condensing into a sword-shaped weapon out of thin air. With the push of his true energy, the weapon quickly extended to about ten feet in length.

"I was comprehending the mysteries of the innate realm in the Great Snow Mountain when I suddenly heard that all my clansmen had died. I led my disciples out of the mountain and only then did I see Eunuch An. The moment I saw him, I knew that the opportunity for innate enlightenment had arrived!"

"Why?"

Li Ping'an narrowed his eyes slightly. This old guy's strength was no weaker than that of Eunuch Zhou and Eunuch Xu, and he also had a bit of a strange and mysterious quality.

"Only those who are utterly devoid of emotion and nature, free from all defilement and impurity, can attain true innate perfection!"

Li Hong was barefoot, yet he didn't feel the cold ground. He lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped into the air, his snow-white clothes fluttering in the wind.

A giant ice crystal sword, the size of a door panel, cleaved down from mid-air with immense force and terrifying power.

Li Ping'an used the "Standing Without Shadow" technique, his figure was as fast as lightning, and he disappeared like a wisp of smoke, appearing tens of feet away in an instant.

Do you know what the innate is?

Li Hong cleaved the restaurant in two with a single sword strike, and standing amidst the ruins, replied, "I come from a distinguished family with a thousand-year-old tradition, so of course I know the secrets of the innate."

Li Ping'an asked in surprise, "Since you know this, why do something pointless?"

"How do you know it's useless? I created the Heartless Technique, which might allow me to glimpse the innate realm!"

Li Hong swung his giant sword, which shattered into countless ice blades that enveloped Li Ping'an's position from all directions.

He conjured a pair of ice spikes in his hands and lunged forward to attack.

"So it's another mentally challenged child."

Li Ping'an learned the secrets of the innate from the Sanqing Temple. When he went back to study the "Secret Record of the Primordial Embryo", the later levels of cultivation methods were obviously the wild speculations of a fool.

That martial arts master may not know the secrets of the innate realm, or he may not be able to find the artifact to inherit it. So, like Li Hong, he comprehended and explored, and finally compiled the secret method to return to the primordial embryo.

Zhou Gonggong lacked comprehension and, in his pursuit of innate wisdom, forcibly cultivated the secret manual, resulting in a disorder of yin and yang, and an inability to distinguish between men and women.

Li Hong's gaze was cold as he charged in, his presence accompanied by wind and snow.

"If there were no fools in the world, where would ordinary people find their way forward?"

(End of this chapter)