Chapter 175 Ambush

"Heh, it seems there is no need to go through the trouble of investigating so hard.

It appears the purpose of this gang of scoundrels is not the unfortunate wiped-out Family of Minister of Revenue Han Zhili, but rather they are coming straight for us!"

At this moment, Sun Xuan stood before the gates of the Han Residence, cold gleams flashing in his eyes as he spoke.

Hearing this, Town Demon Guard Left Envoy Shangguan Qingyun, standing beside Sun Xuan, immediately flashed a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Shangguan Qingyun only possessed the martial strength of the Fourth Rank Realm, far inferior to Sun Xuan, so he temporarily failed to sense the people surrounding and lurking toward them from the surroundings.

"Lord Sun's meaning is…?"

Seeing this, Shangguan Qingyun opened his mouth with a hint of doubt, softly asking Sun Xuan.

However, before Sun Xuan could reply, Shangguan Qingyun's expression suddenly changed drastically.

As the people surrounding them in the dark drew closer and closer, Shangguan Qingyun finally sensed these enemies hidden in the shadows.

And after sensing these enemies, Shangguan Qingyun's heart could not help but slowly sink.

Because within Shangguan Qingyun's perception, the strength of those surrounding them was extremely formidable, among which were eight or nine high-ranking Martial Artists whose strength was comparable to his own.

Moreover, there were also several people whose strength he could not see through, yet the pressure emanating from their bodies made his heart palpitate.

Obviously, the martial cultivation Realm of these few Martial Artists whose strength he could not see through was definitely far above his own.

As a result, surrounded by so many powerhouses, could they still find a way to survive today?

And matters having reached this point, it was already very obvious.

This time, the extermination of Minister of Revenue Han Zhili's entire Family was not the purpose of this gang of scoundrels; their purpose was simply to lure the people of the Town Demon Guard to this remote place and then finish them off.

"Everyone, be on guard!"

Shangguan Qingyun shouted loudly with a hint of trembling in his voice.

Yet Sun Xuan, who was surrounded by these people, did not show a single trace of panic on his face at this moment.

Because within Sun Xuan's perception, among this group of enemies surrounding them, there was only one Second Rank Martial Artist qualified to fight him.

As for the rest, there were two whose strength reached the Third Rank Realm, nine in the Fourth Rank Realm, and quite a few Fifth or Sixth Rank Martial Artists.

But aside from the one Second Rank and those two Third Rank Martial Artists who could pose some threat to him, the rest were not worth worrying about.

However, the other Town Demon Guards who followed Sun Xuan were in some danger.

Because the purpose this time was merely investigation, the Town Demon Guards brought by Sun Xuan were not many, and their overall strength could not be considered very formidable.

Compared to these enemies hidden in the shadows, they fell far short.

Under these circumstances, Sun Xuan felt that since he had brought them along, within the scope of his abilities, it wouldn't do to completely disregard whether they lived or died.

Prompted by Shangguan Qingyun's stern roar, those Town Demon Guards each instantly raised the True Essence within their bodies, then summoned the weapons in their respective hands.

Streams of spiritual light rose from the bodies of these Town Demon Guards, and almost every single one of the accompanying Town Demon Guards held a true spirit artifact in their hands.

Seeing this, after being slightly surprised, Sun Xuan understood.

This was, after all, within the Great Wei Dynasty's Imperial City, the headquarters of the Town Demon Guard.

Among them, even the ordinary Town Demon Guards with the lowest Rank generally possessed strength above the Seventh Rank Realm.

Town Demon Guards of this strength could be dispatched down to a county to serve as Town Demon Envoys.

Consequently, it was completely reasonable that every single one of these Town Demon Guards possessed at least one true spirit artifact.

However, while these Town Demon Guards were well-equipped, the enemies hidden in the shadows were also obviously no weaklings.

At this moment, seeing that their whereabouts had been exposed, those enemies hidden in the shadows no longer concealed themselves, but instead directly and rapidly approached Sun Xuan and the others, surrounding them in the center.

"Xuanwu Commander, long time no see. I wonder if Lord Commander still recognizes this humble one!"

After this group of people hidden in the shadows revealed their forms, the leader spoke to Sun Xuan with a vicious smile.

Upon seeing the identity of the newcomer clearly, before Sun Xuan could say anything,

Shangguan Qingyun on the side spoke with an expression of disbelief at this moment:

"Patriarch Gu?

Have you gone mad?!

As one of the four major families of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Gu Family dares to besiege the Town Demon Guard! Gu Shentong, do you want to rebel?!"

Having revealed his form, Gu Shentong, upon hearing Shangguan Qingyun's words, immediately raised his head and laughed wildly with a hint of madness in his voice.

"Have I gone mad?

Left Envoy Shangguan, this matter cannot be blamed on me.

As for rebelling, my Gu Family indeed would not dare, but killing a few insignificant Town Demon Guards is still completely unproblematic.

Anyway, as long as all of you are wiped out without leaving any survivors, who else could know that it was done by our Gu Family?!

As for this matter, blame it on your Xuanwu Commander here, who actually dared to kill my, Gu Shentong's, only son and cut off my Gu Family's Legacy.

This grudge, I, Gu Shentong, will definitely take revenge for.

And you unlucky fellows can only be buried along with your Xuanwu Commander!"

Hearing Gu Shentong's words, Shangguan Qingyun's expression suddenly changed, and pointing at Gu Shentong not far away, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Heh heh, Patriarch Gu, your son was blind and insisted on seeking death; it seems there was a reason for it after all.

That trash of a son of yours has completely inherited your fine traditions of stupidity, Patriarch Gu.

But that is fine too; I was just wondering how to find an opportunity to kill you and wipe out the Gu Family along the way.

Now it's great, Patriarch Gu has given me a perfectly flawless reason."

With these mocking words coming to an end, Sun Xuan's voice abruptly changed, and he shouted loudly with a stern and ruthless intent in his voice:

"The Gu Family has received imperial grace for generations yet knows not to repay it, actually daring to secretly collude with the Baihuo Cult and wipe out the entire Family of Minister of Revenue Han Zhili.

At this moment, you are even more frantic in your desire to besiege the imperial court's Town Demon Guard; you are simply courting death.

Today, this Envoy shall annihilate you rebels of the Gu Family for the Great Wei Dynasty!"

Sun Xuan's voice carried a towering might, and every single word pierced straight to the heart.

In order to avenge his only son, Gu Shentong was not afraid in the least.

However, the other Gu Family Martial Artists who followed Gu Shentong all changed their expressions slightly at this moment.

The words Sun Xuan just uttered were practically hammering straight onto their hearts.

Although they knew the Gu Family should not have any intention of rebelling, first wiping out the Minister of Revenue, and then killing the Xuanwu Commander of the Town Demon Guard—

Because of this, even if they claimed they were not rebels and had no intention of treason, I'm afraid others would not believe it either.

Once the things their Gu Family did today were leaked,

even as one of the four major aristocratic families of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Gu Family would probably meet the end of having their bodies killed and clan exterminated.

"Ignorant junior, far too arrogant.

Since you are so dead to the world, today this Patriarch will personally send you on your way!"

Seeing murderous intent flash violently in Gu Shentong's eyes, he stopped talking nonsense and charged directly toward Sun Xuan's direction.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan was not afraid in the least.

With a raise of Sun Xuan's hand, the evil dragon saber materialized out from Sun Xuan's hand.

This true spirit artifact, ranked upon the chaos myriad spirits ranking, was currently wreathed all over its body with pitch-black, dragon-shaped dark Qi, as a sense of evil and domineering power continuously spread from the blade's body.

"Slash!"

Immediately following, a fierce shout erupted from Sun Xuan's mouth, and then the evil dragon saber chopped fiercely through the air toward the charging Gu Shentong.

In an instant, a massive black blade aura extended from the evil dragon saber, then slashed down fiercely towards Gu Shentong's head.

"A fine strike!"

As a Late Stage Second Rank Martial Artist, Gu Shentong was not afraid at all when he saw this scene.

A fierce shout erupted from his mouth, and then an azure longsword instantly appeared within his palm at this moment.

As soon as this azure longsword appeared, waves of scorching heat suddenly came from the surroundings.

Clustered azure fire lotuses continuously flickered and emerged upon the sword's body; after a glance, Sun Xuan knew that this was also a true spirit artifact ranked upon the chaos myriad spirits ranking.

Furthermore, judging by the might of this azure longsword, its ranking must not be low, at least stronger than the evil dragon saber in Sun Xuan's hand.

However, Sun Xuan was not afraid of this either. Although Sun Xuan's martial cultivation Realm had just entered the Early Stage Second Rank, and the power of the true spirit artifact in his hand was a notch lower than Gu Shentong's,

Sun Xuan's martial arts and Martial Skills were definitely above Gu Shentong's.

After all, those were martial arts secret tomes deduced and compiled by Sun Xuan himself by relying on his extremely powerful Soul Power and combining a vast amount of martial arts knowledge, possessing extreme might.

Moreover, Sun Xuan's Physical Body strength was far from something Gu Shentong could compare to.

With several factors combined, the small gap between Sun Xuan in terms of martial cultivation Realm and the true spirit artifact was completely insufficient to suppress Sun Xuan.

Besides, no matter how low the evil dragon saber's ranking was, it was still a well-known true spirit artifact on the chaos myriad spirits ranking.

Regardless of its exact power, at least it wasn't so easily damaged.

As such, for Sun Xuan, it was already sufficient.

After Gu Shentong took out that longsword whose blade body was wreathed with azure fire lotuses, without a second word, he swung it head-on to strike the blade aura slashed by Sun Xuan.

Instantly, a sheet of azure flames abruptly surged up from the sword's body, then instantly condensed into a fiery sword aura, fiercely clashing and slashing against the incoming black blade aura.

"Boom!"

An astonishing burst of energy erupted. Amidst Gu Shentong's somewhat incredulous expression, the azure fiery sword aura he chopped out actually shattered under Sun Xuan's black blade aura.

And although the black blade aura was almost dissipated under the head-on clash with the azure fiery sword aura, it still continued to slash towards him.

"Hah!"

At this moment, Gu Shentong's eyes stared wide, and with a fierce shout from his mouth, a small turtle shell instantly materialized from above Gu Shentong's head.

In the blink of an eye, this small turtle shell turned into the size of a normal shield, blocking right in front of the slashing black blade aura.

The black blade aura at this moment, after colliding with Gu Shentong's azure fiery sword aura, had long since reached the verge of collapse.

Striking the turtle shell summoned by Gu Shentong once more, it utterly failed to cut through the defensive power of this turtle shell, directly scattering into a mass of black turbulent energy that radiated all around.

Obviously, this turtle shell summoned by Gu Shentong at this moment was also a true spirit artifact ranked upon the chaos myriad spirits ranking.

Furthermore, within Sun Xuan's perception, the defensive power of this turtle shell should be quite a bit stronger than the string of prayer beads he obtained from Monk Mingdeng in his hand.

Clearly, the ranking of this turtle shell on the chaos myriad spirits ranking must also not be low.

From this, it could be seen that the foundation of the Gu Family was definitely not so simple.

At this moment, Gu Shentong also felt somewhat startled. He originally thought that his martial cultivation Realm suppressed Sun Xuan by a level, and the true spirit artifact in his hand was certainly something this Sun Xuan could not compare to.

As such, beheading him should not take much effort at all.

Even according to Gu Shentong's previous calculations, compared to this Sun Xuan who had just stepped into the Second Rank Realm, this Sun Xuan should not even be able to escape.

Otherwise, Gu Shentong would not have set up this game, completely exterminating the Minister of Revenue's Family, and then guiding Sun Xuan here.

After all, if there was no certainty of completely keeping Sun Xuan here, once Sun Xuan was allowed to escape, their actions today would inevitably provoke the full-force encirclement and suppression of the Great Wei Dynasty.

The Gu Family, with its millennium-long Legacy, would be wiped out in a single day.

Yet the reality of the situation far exceeded Gu Shentong's expectations.

Never had he imagined that under circumstances where the apparent strength gap between himself and that Sun Xuan was so vast, he actually couldn't do anything to this Sun Xuan for a moment.

Even after a head-on clash, he was still at a disadvantage.

"How is this possible?!"

Gu Shentong thought to himself in a somewhat incredulous manner at this moment.

But whether he believed it or not, the fact was laid right before his eyes.

"Two Elders, nine supervisors, stop paying attention to those underlings, all of you get on me, today you must keep this fellow surnamed Sun here!"

After a brief moment of shock, the fierce look in Gu Shentong's eyes surged violently, and he shouted towards the surrounding two Third Rank Martial Artists and nine Fourth Rank Martial Artists of the Gu Family.

With these Gu Family Martial Artists brought by Gu Shentong at this moment, even if those two Third Rank Martial Artists and nine Fourth Rank Martial Artists were all pulled out to deal with Sun Xuan,

the remaining people would still be fully capable of suppressing Shangguan Qingyun's group.

After all, the number of people Shangguan Qingyun and the others brought was not only small, but their strength was also not too high.

Although Shangguan Qingyun's martial cultivation strength had already reached the Fourth Rank Realm,

the Fifth Rank Martial Artists of the Gu Family who came here this time were quite numerous; under their encirclement, they could completely drag down Shangguan Qingyun at this moment.

However, in this way, although the remaining manpower of the Gu Family could temporarily suppress Shangguan Qingyun and the others, within a short period of time, they wouldn't be able to wipe them out.

Consequently, in the heart of Shangguan Qingyun, whose eyes were solemn, he couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief.

For a brief moment, these Town Demon Guards of theirs, apart from Sun Xuan, could be considered to have preserved their lives.

But upon second thought, Shangguan Qingyun's heart was lifted once again.

After all, those Third and Fourth Rank powerhouses who were not besieging them had not vanished into thin air; instead, they had all gone to besiege the Xuanwu Commander.