75: Surrender?

"Enemy Kill Value +1"

"Enemy Kill Value +1..."

"Enemy Kill Value: 83 points"

Jiang Chen's heart swelled with joy. He had already accumulated enough to activate the martial arts scroll.

However, with a formidable enemy at hand, he decided to first secure the existing Enemy Kill Value.

"Ding... Cultivation Value +60"

"Ding... Cultivation Value +70"

"Ding... Cultivation Value +50..."

Yet, the System's notifications did not stop.

It continued to increase Jiang Chen's Cultivation Value six more times.

This indicated that all six Houtian Realm experts, who had pursued him from Lei Family Fortress, were Cultivating demonic power!

Indeed, Cultivating demonic power could rapidly increase one's cultivation speed.

The people of Lei Family Fortress might not be demons, but by Cultivating demonic power, they were no different from demons.

The six individuals had accumulated a considerable amount of Cultivation Value for Jiang Chen.

However, the bandits he had just shot did not provide any Cultivation Value. Apparently, these were auxiliary personnel who could not access the core of Lei Family Fortress.

"Cultivation Value: 390 points"

"Accumulate a bit more, and I'll be able to Breakthrough my Spiritual Qi cultivation again."

"It's a pity my Divine Soul cultivation isn't high enough yet to use the Soul Searching Technique. Otherwise, searching these guys' minds would be very convenient."

Jiang Chen thought to himself that if he could do that, he would know the secrets within Lei Family Fortress.

However, as of now, a mere Lei Family Fortress, while worthy of Jiang Chen's attention, could not become an obstacle for him.

"Giddy up!"

The swift horse galloped, its hooves thudding loudly.

Along the way, many hidden sentries in the jungle were shot dead by Jiang Chen.

These sentries were only in the Body Tempering Realm. Although they no longer provided Enemy Kill Value, they still offered Cultivation Value.

After shooting more than ten people, Jiang Chen returned to the foot of Lei Family Mountain.

On the fortress wall, which was over ten zhang high, there were also some figures patrolling.

The drawbridge, which spanned the cliff, had already been retracted.

Jiang Chen tied his horse deep in the woods and fed it some green grass.

At this moment, there seemed to be a lot of commotion within Lei Family Fortress.

Evidently, the unexpected incident that had just occurred had not yet subsided.

Jiang Chen concealed himself in the woods, his gaze fixed, roughly estimating the distance from his position to the top of the fortress wall, which was about a hundred zhang.

"Twelve wall guards."

"Let's try to take them out with one arrow."

One arrow transforming into ten arrows was already a limit-breaking state.

Now, he needed to make it twelve arrows.

Hitting twelve targets simultaneously was indeed quite challenging for Jiang Chen.

Whoosh!

Jiang Chen adjusted his breathing.

Relying on his powerful perception, he locked onto the moving figures of the twelve individuals.

These twelve individuals were not standing still on the wall; they would occasionally switch positions.

However, no matter how these people exchanged positions, in the end, their final standing positions remained the same, which eased much of the difficulty for Jiang Chen.

"Snap!"

A loud twang of the bowstring reverberated.

Several guards on the wall noticed something amiss.

They immediately looked in the direction of the sound.

But they saw a sharp arrow soaring directly towards them.

"Ah?"

Everyone was startled.

However, their minds perceived it, but their bodies could not react.

The next moment, the arrow pierced through their heads.

Twelve wall guards fell simultaneously.

Almost at the same time these twelve fell, a figure, like a spirit snake gliding through the empty sky, easily scaled the ten-zhang-high wall without making a sound.

"Hmm?"

There was also a sentry tower stationed on the wall.

A Houtian Realm expert was in charge of it.

Almost the instant he smelled blood, the Houtian Realm expert abruptly opened his eyes.

His body, sitting cross-legged, was about to spring up from the cushion when a figure appeared before him.

A saber strike descended.

Bang!

Flesh exploded.

He didn't utter a sound.

He passed away peacefully.

Jiang Chen looked down through the sentry tower's window.

Lei Family Fortress was basically divided into inner and outer zones. Some ordinary Family members were settled at another foot of Lei Family Mountain.

They were responsible for farming, animal husbandry, and the like.

However, in the fortress built halfway up the mountain, there were basically only those within the Lei Family who possessed combat power and martial arts talent.

This place was also equivalent to a pass. By guarding this place, the Lei Family members in the back mountain could remain safe and sound.

Through the sentry tower, Jiang Chen got a general view of the buildings within Lei Family Fortress.

"First, I'll go see what's in that basement."

Jiang Chen thought to himself.

At this moment, Zhou Quan and the others should have reached a safe place.

Lei Yao had undoubtedly contacted those bandits initially, and probably feeling it wasn't enough, he dispatched six Houtian Realm experts to pursue them. With the strength of these six, they could naturally easily wipe out the Zhou Family guards.

Unfortunately, all six died in Jiang Chen's hands.

The six Tian Po Sect Butcher Knife auras that Jiang Chen had detected earlier were precisely hidden in that basement.

At this time, Lei Yao's whereabouts were also unknown, presumably he had gone to deal with this matter.

The changes on the high wall had not yet been discovered by anyone.

Jiang Chen leaped, jumping down from the city wall.

He rushed into the tunnel that had just been destroyed by the Wolf Head Demon.

Whoosh!

The tunnel was deeper than expected.

And there was also a very familiar cold aura.

Demonic Qi!

"Who's there!?"

As soon as Jiang Chen sensed the Demonic Qi around him, he was quickly discovered by the vigilant Lei Family experts.

Immediately, more than a dozen Houtian Realm experts appeared from the passages in all directions, heavily surrounding Jiang Chen.

After all that effort, he was caught as soon as he landed.

He had intended to sneak in quietly and gather some evidence.

But he didn't expect their level of vigilance to be even stricter than imagined.

Lei Yao also walked out from the crowd.

"It's you? You're the Zhou Family guard from earlier?"

Lei Yao recognized Jiang Chen's face when he saw him.

Immediately, a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

This kid should have been crippled, so why was he still appearing in his Lei Family Fortress's underground fort!

"Look closely."

"Your Lei Family Fortress colludes with demons, and the evidence is conclusive!"

Jiang Chen flashed the Black Yamen token in his hand.

"It's the Black Yamen!"

"He's a Demon Slayer Guard of the Black Yamen!"

"How did someone from the Black Yamen get here..."

The Lei Family members, upon seeing the Black Yamen token, immediately became nervous, after all, their Lei Family was indeed doing things that violated the imperial laws.

Could it be that the Lei Family's affairs had already been discovered?

"Black Yamen? When did Dongfeng Town get a Black Yamen branch?"

Lei Yao snorted coldly.

Suddenly, a person next to Lei Yao pointed at Jiang Chen and shouted.

"He... he is Jiang Chen!"

"He is that Black Yamen External Guard!"

Although officially, it was not publicly revealed who Sealed the Demon Cave, there were many rumors within the Garrison Manor, and Jiang Chen's name naturally appeared in the eyes of various forces.

The Lei Family was very concerned about this matter, so they also knew Jiang Chen's information.

"Jiang Chen?"

"So it's that External Guard!"

Lei Yao's eyes instantly became playful.

Killing intent filled his gaze.

When everyone heard that Jiang Chen was just an External Guard, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

External Guard? How ridiculous, it was just that the Black Yamen was short-handed and forcibly recruited some people to be cannon fodder.

If the Lei Family's affairs had truly come to light, it would definitely not be just a mere Jiang Chen who came.

Since that was the case, as long as they killed Jiang Chen, they would still have time to relocate.

"Could it be that with you, a mere Black Yamen External Guard, you intend to make my Lei Family Fortress surrender?"

Jiang Chen's lips curved into a smile.

He drew the long saber from his back.

"Surrender?"

"No, I don't wish for you to surrender."

"You'd best resist a little more fiercely."

Seeing Jiang Chen's arrogance, Lei Yao immediately gave a cold command.

"Kill him!"

As his voice fell, more than a dozen chains, like venomous snakes extending from a black hole, bit at Jiang Chen!