74: Solitary troops deep in the enemy's territory

The sudden appearance of the demon startled Jiang Chen and the others.

Lei Yao's gaze sharpened, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

He subtly swept his gaze over Jiang Chen and the others.

The demon, with a wolf's head and a human body, actually shouted a single word in the direction of Jiang Chen and the others.

"Save..."

But the next moment, it was seized by long hooks with chains, wielded by Lei Family experts who surged out from all directions.

Bang!

The long hooks pierced into the demon's body.

Immediately, the demon was dragged back into the ground.

The sudden turn of events shocked the Zhou Family contingent.

Many guards drew their swords and stood ready, but Guard Captain Zhou Lian waved his hand, signaling everyone to put away their weapons.

"Haha, Steward Zhou, our Lei Family Fortress is irreconcilable with demons. We captured some demons for our Family Disciples to practice with. I hope we haven't frightened you all."

Lei Yao said to Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou.

"No, no, no wonder the Lei Family Disciples are all so courageous and exceptionally mighty."

"Our Zhou Family just sells medicinal ingredients and does business. We don't interfere with other matters."

Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou said, waving his hand.

"That's good."

"Then I won't keep you all. Please."

Lei Yao directly issued an expulsion order, but the commotion just now clearly wasn't as Lei Yao described.

Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou merely cupped his hands slightly, then led everyone away.

When they arrived at the bottom of the fortress by vertical cable car, Jiang Chen and the others clearly felt Lei Yao's cold gaze fixed on them from the wall.

"This is bad, everyone. Lei Yao will definitely kill us to silence us. Quickly inform Adult Du."

Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou said in a deep voice.

In Lei Yao's view, what did it matter to wipe out a small Family's transport convoy?

He could easily blame the incident on passing bandits.

It was precisely because of the rampant mountain bandits that the goods Lei Family Fortress wanted were always delivered by the suppliers.

After all, if you could deliver to Lei Family Fortress, you would get paid.

If it was robbed halfway, they couldn't blame the Lei Family Fortress. They could only consider themselves unlucky.

Now, for Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou and the others, the goods had been delivered.

They had also left Lei Family Fortress.

When the Lei Family people rushed out to deal with them later, their deaths outside would have nothing to do with Lei Family Fortress.

Understanding this, Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou immediately urged everyone to quickly leave the area.

"Abandon the carriages, everyone follow me and charge!"

Guard Captain Zhou Lian took the lead. After all, those who came on this trip were all skilled fighters. The carriages were useless, and riding fast horses, everyone could quickly escape the range of Lei Family Fortress.

Everyone advanced rapidly.

But as expected.

Ahead, a group of people had already blocked the narrow mountain path with chevaux de frise.

"Our Overlord Gang is here! Leave the women and money, or not a single one of you will be spared!"

On the hillside, dozens of people were waving flags and shouting.

The three leaders all had Houtian Realm cultivation.

Mere mountain bandits, capable of Houtian Realm?

Zhou Lian's expression became solemn.

There was a fierce glint in his eyes, and he was about to lead his men to fight their way out.

But then he saw several sharp arrows whistle past.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Jiang Chen shot an arrow.

Cloud Piercing Light Splitting Arrow.

The arrow he shot instantly transformed into three light clusters.

The three Houtian Realm mountain bandits were immediately shot through the head.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Three heads exploded violently.

The bandits around them hadn't even reacted.

He hadn't even finished his words, so how did his boss get shot and exploded?

"What?"

Even Zhou Lian was severely startled.

His cultivation was at the second level of the Houtian Realm.

He was considered top-tier within the Zhou Family.

Facing three people alone would be somewhat difficult, but not impossible.

He had intended to fight to the death, but unexpectedly, Jiang Chen made his move and instantly dealt with the three enemy experts.

And Jiang Chen didn't stop.

He continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows.

Basically, one arrow killed five people.

After several rounds of attacks, the blocking bandits were all terrified and fled in all directions.

Jiang Chen shot one person in both legs. This person seemed to be someone of some status.

When his subordinates fled, they couldn't even bother with him.

"Capture him and interrogate him thoroughly to see if he's connected to Lei Family Fortress."

Jiang Chen said to Gao Jie.

"Understood!"

Gao Jie immediately let out a sigh of relief. He hadn't even had time to get nervous, and the battle was already over. The remaining bandits had all fled, but they were just a disorganized rabble, posing no threat.

Immediately, Gao Jie leaped forward, arriving in front of the person shot through both legs by an arrow. He skillfully tied him up and then threw him onto a horse's back.

Zhou Quan, Steward Zhou and the others were all shocked.

They had long heard that Jiang Chen was very powerful, but they hadn't expected him to be such an expert.

"You all go back first and rendezvous with Adult Du."

"Since we have all seen traces of demons within Lei Family Fortress with our own eyes, then it's almost certain."

"Just have the Garrison Commander mobilize the garrison army to come."

Jiang Chen thought for a moment.

Earlier, within Lei Family Fortress, he had conducted a search using his Divine Soul, which was at the Three Tripod Realm.

There were no overly powerful existences within Lei Family Fortress.

At most, there were two Peak Xiantian Realm cultivators.

One of them had a weak aura and should be the so-called Lei Family Old Ancestor.

He probably failed in his attempt to break through to a new Realm and could only cling to life.

At the same time, Jiang Chen also sensed several auras very similar to the Twelve Butchers of the Tian Po Sect he had killed before.

These were likely the other six Butchers.

So Jiang Chen basically concluded that the Lei Family was colluding with the Tian Po Sect.

Even if the Lei Family Old Ancestor had obtained some secret technique from the Tian Po Sect that allowed him to forcibly raise his cultivation to the Spirit Martial Realm,

Jiang Chen would not be afraid in the slightest.

Instead, he was even more excited.

As long as he killed a Spirit Martial Realm cultivator who had forcibly raised his cultivation, it would count as another instance of killing an enemy beyond his Realm.

So many kill points were waiting for him.

How could he just leave like this?

"Jiang Chen... aren't you retreating with us?"

Zhou Miaoqing understood the meaning in Jiang Chen's words.

She immediately asked worriedly.

"That's right. I'll go into Lei Family Fortress to scout ahead and gather evidence, lest they destroy the evidence of their crimes."

Jiang Chen naturally couldn't say that he planned to wipe out the entire Lei Family Fortress; that would be too shocking.

It would be a bit disrespectful to Lei Family Fortress.

"I'll go with you!"

Zhou Miaoqing immediately said with a determined expression.

"Get out of here."

Jiang Chen flicked Zhou Miaoqing on the head.

"Ouch."

Zhou Miaoqing immediately clutched her head.

She then pouted her small mouth.

She knew, of course, that going would only be a burden to Jiang Chen, but out of concern, she had instinctively spoken.

"The Lei Family's pursuers are here. You all retreat quickly."

Jiang Chen didn't waste any more words with them.

He pulled the reins, turned his horse around, and immediately galloped towards Lei Family Fortress.

Before long, Jiang Chen saw six Houtian Realm experts rushing towards him.

"Perfect. Now, I need to kill at least Houtian Realm cultivators to gain kill points."

"After all, those with too weak cultivation don't count as enemies."

Jiang Chen put away his hunting bow and replaced it with the Dragon Horn Bow.

"Crippple him!"

The six Lei Family Fortress experts naturally saw Jiang Chen rushing towards them.

They immediately felt that Jiang Chen was overestimating himself, thinking he could delay them by himself?

One of them was also an archer.

After hearing the command, as soon as he drew his bowstring, he heard a whistling sound coming from above his head.

The six men suddenly looked up.

They saw six arrows of light descending from the sky.

Puff! Puff! Puff!