Chương 229: Long clan's determination

Long Feng's pupils shrank.

"Zhang Mo don't!" He shouted hoarsely as he made to rush out immediately. But… he was too slow. A single palm strike by Zhang Mo instantly pulverized almost fifty Long clansmen on the spot, leaving nothing but a puddle of blood where they once stood.

"Zhang Mo!!!!" Long Feng nearly went mad with rage as he watched dozens of people, both the old, the young, even kids instantly reduced to mashed pieces without even having the chance to scream.

"Hmph! Ants!" Zhang Mo grinned and launched another attack, killing another dozen people instantly.

"Earth Firmament Sword strike!" Long Feng's eyes were red with rage and pain as he used the strongest skill in his arsenal, releasing a powerful strike that even rank six spirit realm warriors would be forced to avoid.

"Palty tricks! Just wait for your death brat!" Zhang Mo was still unfazed, unleashing a powerful Martial skill that destroyed Long Feng's attack and crashed into his body head on. Long Feng's figure flew back frighteningly fast with his clothes in tatters, his skin torn at some places and several mouthfuls of blood pouring out of his mouth and nose.

"Feng'er!" Long Yuan roared painfully. The shockwave of Zhang Mo's attack wasn't to be underestimated too. It also took the lives of another few people before they could react and severely injured several more. Since Zhang Mo arrived, over a hundred Long clansmen had been killed! Long Yuan caught Long Feng's falling figure and rapidly fed him some healing pills he had.

"Kid, your body is quite tough. But that serves me. It would be a pity if I mistakenly destroyed your head to. I wouldn't be able to complete my mission in that case" Zhang Mo grinned ferociously and prepared to attack against.

"Everyone, defend the young Chief!" Many people actually rushed forward instead of fleeing away. On the contrary, the deaths of their fellow clansmen sent them into a rage as they attacked with no regard for their lives. But at the end… they were too weak. Their suicidal attacks were nothing more than tickles to Zhang Mo.

"Take him and go! Now!" Long Yuan roared at Yan jian, his eyes red with pain as he watched his clan members dying one after another yet keep throwing themselves in without fear.

"No! He'll kill you all!" Long Feng struggled to return to his feet but his body was too injured to obey him. But he still opened his mouth and shouted back.

"Feng'er, look around you. They're all sacrificing their lives not out of madness but to give you a chance to survive, no matter how tiny. If you don't leave, you're truly making our sacrifices to be useless. All those who have died, they would have lost their lives for nothing. You must survive son. Your grandfather and I, we're very proud of you. But… somewhere out there, your real mother and father are probably waiting for you. Don't make our sacrifices to be worthless. Leave…

please" Long Yuan slowly spoke with a smile. One could see the pride he truly felt as a father and the love in his eyes. Long Feng was unable to respond and could only let the tears well up in his eyes.

"Take him and go!" Long Yuan said one last time then turned around and rushed into the bloodbath as well, fully ready to die.

"Father!" Long Feng shouted hoarsely with his shaking hands outstretched but Long Yuan was already gone.

"Brother Long Feng, let's go. He's right. They're all counting on you. Now is not the time to be emotional!" Yan jian ignored Long Feng's struggles and picked him on his back. Then an icy energy surrounded them and lifted them into the sky, rapidly moving to leave the valley. This energy naturally belonged to Li Yue'er. She had 'brokenthrough' to the spirit realm a few weeks ago and was even closing in on the second level.

"Trying to escape? What a joke!" Their movements naturally couldn't escape Zhang Mo's senses and he snorted coldly.

"Ants, you're all beginning to piss me off." He rose into the sky and glanced at the trio that were moving father away.

"Hmph! Get back to the ground!" He roared and a powerful force covered Li Yue'er and the other two, forcing them to a halt and dragging them back to the floor. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.

"Little Li clan girl, you're one of the reasons I'm here. I'll deal with you after I'm done here" Zhang Mo grinned coldly and shot towards them, preparing to attack.

"Feng'er!"

"Stop him!" The Long clansmen seemed to have lost their minds as they threw themselves into Zhang Mo's path, slowing him down. And whenever he aimed an attack at Long Feng, many people would blindly rush before him and use their bodies as a human shield to protect Long Feng. Almost three hundred people had already lost their lives, very few of them even having a body part left. Most of them died without leaving even a corpse behind. Long Feng's heart was filled with so much pain that it became numb.

The effects of the healing pills were beginning to slowly heal his injuries and he could already move a bit, but what good would that be in the current situation?

"Ants! You've all successfully enraged me. When I kill that brat, I'll slowly skin each and every last one of you and make you beg for death!" Zhang Mo was finally pissed off after failing to finish off Long Feng due to the reckless suicidal attacks of these 'ants'. A blood red dagger appeared in his grasp and he flung it at Long Feng, the power of this dagger piercing through all the human shields that threw themselves in it's path and heading for Long Feng.

"Do you take us for dead?" Yan jian roared and released his full power, ready to try and block the dagger. But a powerful wave of cold energy sent him back.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? Leave this to me" Li Yue'er glanced at him and released her full power of a rank one spirit realm warrior. But if that was all she had, then she would find it impossible to even keep her life before that dagger not to mention protecting the two behind her. She rapidly released the seal she placed on her cultivation. Her aura instantly raised to rank two spirit realm level and then to rank three before stopping at the peak of rank three spirit realm.

Her spirit level armament, an ice pearl also appeared in her grasp. All of her ice energy and cultivation was poured into this pearl which shot out and collided against the dagger. A massive shockwave exploded, pushing Li Yue'er, Yan jian and Long Feng away. The ice pearl was also forced back and a line of blood flowed down Li Yue'er's lips after the powerful wind ripped her veil to pieces. But she managed to forcefully change the course of the dagger, temporarily stopping the danger. But it was far from over.

Zhang Mo slowly licked his lips as he stared at Li Yue'er's face"Little Li clan girl, you're getting so much more beautiful by the day. Already such a stunning beauty at such a young age! Even I am tempted!" He laughed softly. Li Yue'er frowned in disgust and looked away, ignoring his words.

"We have to leave immediately otherwise we'll be truly hopeless if he closes the distance!" She softly said, but there was no way other than to fly but the sky was covered by Zhang Mo's powerful pressure, making flying away not possible.

"Ants, I'm done playing." Zhang Mo frowned and suddenly reached out his hand and caught an old man by the neck, lifting him up. Long Feng's heart leapt to his throat and his pupils shrank as he saw who Zhang Mo raised.

"Grandfather!" Long Yuan also cried out hoarsely"Father!" Zhang Mo grinned ferociously and tightened his grip, shattering the old man's neck to pieces. Then he proceeded to destroy the corpse with a punch.

"I hate leaving a corpse after killing. The beauty of blooming blood as it exploded is much more to my liking" he muttered smilingly. Long Yuan and Long Feng both looked like they had lost part of their souls.

"Father…" Long Yuan's eyes reddened and filled with tears as he closed them and took a deep breath. The Long clansmen seemed to have gone even crazier after the death of their former clan chief. The pain was transformed into endless madness that made them lose all their reasoning and attack without care for their lives. Long Feng stared blankly at the flowing blood in the clan. His heart was numb, having reached the limit of pain it could endure.

"H-how did it turn out this way…" he asked himself and realized that he didn't even know what truly caused this. Yet the entirety of the Long clan were paying for it with their lives, not hesitating to lay their lives for his sake. To buy a very tiny glimmer of hope for him to survive. Because even now, even in this situation, he was still the invincible young Chief in their hearts. And as long as he could survive today, they had no doubt that he would avenge them all and rebuild the clan from scratch.

The almost thousand members of the Long clan had been reduced to merely half already! The entire clan was broken apart and in shambles, everywhere covered with blood and body parts. The gruesome scene was enough to terrify people at the mere brutality of it all.

"He blocked the sky for hundreds of meters around. I can't fly!" Li Yue'er's beautiful face was pale as she rapidly thought of different ways to escape but none seems plausible. Just then…

"Let me" Long Feng said hoarsely, his voice completely devoid of emotions. The healing pills had healed part of his injuries and he could move and utilize his energy again.

"Brother Long Feng, don't be reckless. We have to survive first!" Yan jian exclaimed, worried that Long Feng would be blinded by his rage and attack out of fury.

"Don't worry. I can lead him away" Long Feng replied hoarsely. When Yan jian glanced Into Long Feng's eyes, the former's heart shook and a chill filled his spine. Long Feng's eyes were filled with dead calm. Far too calm. There didn't seem to be any emotions at all in those eyes, just pure calmness. But beneath all that calm… Was a rage and killing intent that could chill anyone's heart.

"Bring me with you!" Li Yue'er instantly understood that Long Feng was planning on leading Zhang Mo away. He naturally wouldn't want to bring them along and risk their lives. So she decided to speak herself. Otherwise if Long Feng left alone with Zhang Mo, then there was little to no chance of him surviving. And if Long Feng died… She didn't want to think about that.

"No. He's here for me. I was wrong to drag you all in from the very beginning. This is my fight alone" Long Feng replied calmly and began to circulate his inner energy.

"You'll die!" Li Yue'er's calm expression changed as she exclaimed. But Long Feng didn't stop. He rapidly circulated his inner energy and unleashed everything he could with the Nine Firmament Steps. His figure instantly vanished and reappeared in the sky, completely unaffected by Zhang Mo's pressure. After all he had survived the pressures of beings beyond imperials in the Yin Ghost Forest, then the double pressures of two peak imperial masters in the Yihua clan.

Zhang Mo's rank eight spirit realm pressure wasn't nearly enough to suppress him. Zhang Mo's expression instantly changed slightly as he looked up. Their gazes seemed to collide with Long Feng's and Zhang Mo's heart instantly chilled. The calmness in Long Feng's heart didn't make him smile. It terrified him!

"Zhang Mo, you want me? Come and get me" Long Feng's voice reached Zhang Mo's ears. Then he pushed the Nine Firmament Steps to the limit and rushed into the distance, leaving the valley and rapidly disappearing into the distance.

"Hmph! You're full of surprises brat, but you can't escape!" He gave up on killing the Long clansmen and shot into the sky, rapidly chasing after Long Feng at a much faster speed. The Long clansmen could only roar in painful rage and watch him leave, unable to follow as none of them could fly. Silence then filled the valley. The people slowly recovered from their state of madness and looked around them, bursting into tears at the endless blood, pieces of flesh and ruins around them.

Hundreds of their families and loved ones had died in the most painful way without leaving behind even a complete bone! Out of the thousand some people in the clan, there were just about four hundred people left alone now. And half of these were severely injured, on their last breaths or crippled. Long Yuan looked around and closed his eyes, his heart burning with pain and guilt at his failure to protect the clan he swore to protect.

Various people roared painfully when they found out that the person dearest to them had died. Among them was Long Chen's father. He held onto Long Chen's broken sword, the last thing remaining of him in this world and roared painfully at the sky. Among all of Long Feng's cousins and past foes or competitors in the clan who he fought against during the Clan meeting last year, only Long Qing was still alive, though badly injured.

"Li Yue'er, we have to go after him! Brother Long Feng's state isn't good right now and he's being chased after by that mad man! He needs our help!" Yan jian urged as his heart filled with worry of Long Feng.

"He needs my help, not our help. You're took weak. He'll be shattered if anything happens to you" Li Yue'er replied softly as she gazed at him calmly.

"No! Take me along! Please! I'm the elder one. And I promised to protect you both. And right now, my brother needs me" Yan jian gritted his teeth and shouted. Li Yue'er stared at him then suddenly smiled gently.

"After everything, if we're still alive, I'll try not to beat you up again" Her smile was so beautiful that Yan jian froze, his heart beating much faster and his face flushed. It was Impossibly hard to see Li Yue'er smiling, but whenever she did, it was enough to make the moon lose it's beauty in comparison. Before Yan jian could recover, Li Yue'er covered him with her energy and shot into the sky with him, heading in the direction where Long Feng and Zhang Mo headed.