Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

The Shen Clan's three army divisions also moved accordingly, and everyone's weapons launched a fierce attack through the air against the Hou Clan's army at that moment, the golden light above the three armies suddenly formed a trident shape, surging towards Shen Gufan in mid-air.

A golden Sword Qi, hundreds of meters long and tens of meters wide, like a meteor rushing from the ground to the sky, suddenly pierced through the already collapsed city gates, creating a wide spatial rift, its formidable aura instantly enveloping the 20,000 soldiers of the Hou Clan's Red Flame Army.

The sheer size of this Sword Qi did not hinder its sharpness in the least; the sound of the sharp Sword Qi friction with the air was truly like a long, melodious Sword Chant, piercingly loud and captivating, yet it induced a fatal sense of terror.

Heavenly army law manual, the Golden Sword Chant!

This indeed is my Shen Clan's greatest reliance.

Shen Gufan already seemed eager, he wanted to see fear and astonishment on Hou Yuxiao's face. This military code, after all, was a secret military training method exclusive to the previous Great Yu Dynasty's Imperial Family. The Shen Clan has been a venerated family from the former dynasty for over a thousand years, so they had it. Hou Yuxiao, coming from humble origins, surely must have never even seen it...

"The Golden Sword Chant, truly extraordinary!"

The eight words from Hou Yuxiao were like a sharp sword piercing directly through Shen Gufan's heart. The fear and astonishment he had hoped to see on Hou Yuxiao's face were now visible on his own.

How could Hou Yuxiao know about the Golden Sword Chant?

There was a traitor in the family!

At this critical juncture, Shen Gufan should not have been considering these issues, yet, critically, since the other party knew about his clan's Golden Sword Chant and still dared to attack with these 20,000 riders, it indicated Hou Yuxiao was almost certainly confident in his actions.

As Hou Yuxiao's words fell, a thick and fiery aura suddenly emerged from the bodies of the over 20,000 cavalry of the Hou Clan, a heatwave rushing straight to the sky and quickly connecting in mid-air, almost instantly covering the hundreds of meters long golden Sword Qi he had just launched.

As expected!

A hint of dimness appeared in Shen Gufan's eyes, and the last reflection in his pupils was a fiery sea like a massive wave.

Within that sea of fire, Hou Yuxiao's calm face faintly appeared.

In the instant the sea of fire overturned, Shen Gufan did not even let out a scream!

Proudly known as the Lord of Sanling, showing his ambitions in Hexi at the end of June, Shen Gufan died at the hands of Hou Yuxiao in early December, less than five months later...

The Shen Clan's large army and the Hou Clan's Red Flame Army, hidden Martial Artists from Chi Shui County, and even some from Hexi who had sensed the oddity and come to watch, all stared in shock as Shen Gufan's body turned into a wisp of light smoke, dissipating between heaven and earth.

"Family Head!"

Shen Guzhen let out a lament, watching the overpowering Hou Clan's army outside the city, his eyes filled with hatred but soon overwhelmed by rising fear. He exchanged a glance with Shen Gukang and Shen Gupeng, nodding simultaneously, clearly having reached an understanding.

"The Family Head has fallen, all troops retreat to Jinling, regroup, and fight again!"

The Hou Clan's Red Flame Army had just targeted Shen Gufan alone under Hou Yuxiao's command, and the city's 30,000-strong army had not yet been badly damaged. Seizing this moment before Hou Yuxiao could react, quickly mounting and retreating still offered a chance. If they waited for the Hou Clan's army to respond, it was likely none of these 30,000 soldiers would escape.

The 30,000 Shen Clan troops reacted extremely quickly; as soon as Shen Guzhen's command fell, the soldiers at the city base immediately mounted their horses, those on the city walls descended swiftly, and afterwards each returned to their mounts in hardly twenty breaths' time.

Remember, these were over 30,000 people; even though Martial Artists far surpass ordinary people, such neat and rapid movement by such a large group was indeed very rare.

This showed the Shen Clan army's high quality.

"Brother, not pursuing the victory?"

Hou Yucheng, who had already killed scores of people at the city gates, seeing that Hou Yuxiao had yet to order a chase, couldn't help but eagerly remind him. Hou Yuxiao shook his head and after waiting another ten-plus breaths, nodded and said, "You lead three thousand men to make a symbolic pursuit, chase for twenty li outside, and don't kill anyone."

Hearing this, a puzzled expression crossed Hou Yucheng's face.

"Killing does not exceed lifting a finger, our main purpose in coming here was to kill Shen Gufan, and now that we've achieved that, there's no need to relentlessly chase down these elite troops of the Shen Clan, they still have their uses!"

Hou Yucheng nodded and, without further questions, randomly selected over three thousand from the Red Flame Army and pursued the fleeing Shen Clan forces.

Of course, he intentionally slowed down a bit. If they had chased at full speed, probably not one of those more than 30,000 would have escaped...