The allied forces of the Demon Sect actually deployed nine peak-stage Innate Realm experts, nearly half of the top experts in the Demonic Path.
In addition, the Demonic Alliance also had many late-stage and mid-stage Innate Realm experts participating in the attack.
No beasts were involved this time, as they posed little threat to the experts; their true value lay in the battlefield.
Xiaoyaozi, Sister Jinghui, Wang Jinhong, and their godmother organized a full-scale resistance.
Xiaoyaozi and their godmother managed to hold off five peak-stage Innate Realm experts from the Demonic Path, while Sister Jinghui and Wang Jinhong held off three.
The remaining expert was held off by Leng Xinghun of the Tianshan Sect, one of the top ten young experts, along with their third brother Bei Minghui and his wife Ye Yufei.
Other experts, including Tang Tianzong, Tang Jing'er, and his cousin, focused their efforts on protecting the second brother, while they engaged the rest of the demonic path in battle.
The battle was fierce, with the righteous path barely managing to hold their own. The second brother attempted to break through several times, but without success.
Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, another group of experts intervened, turning the tide of the battle.
This group was none other than Lang Ruohai, the vice-leader of the Water Alliance, one of the three major gangs in the martial arts world.
Initially, they pretended to be there to help, but the experienced Wang Jinhong immediately sensed something amiss.
He ordered everyone to be on high alert, and Lang Ruohai, realizing he had no opportunity to ambush, immediately launched an attack on the second brother and his group.
With this reinforcement, the righteous path immediately showed signs of defeat.
Fortunately, the garrison of Yangzhou City arrived, managing to regain the balance of power, but the garrison lacked skilled fighters and could only buy time.
During this time, the Haoqi Alliance, one of the largest local powers, remained inactive, and its Yangzhou branch dared not send reinforcements.
Only my two recently recruited underlings, Ouyang Fei and Ouyang Xiang, participated in the support effort with their direct subordinates.
Meanwhile, the members of the Vermilion Bird Hall and White Tiger Hall harbored resentment ever since Ouyang Fei and Ouyang Xiang became their hall masters.
Firstly, their martial arts skills were weak; secondly, their original status was very low. The hall's leaders used to be able to order them around, and now these two lowly martial arts prodigies were their superiors, which made them very resentful.
Therefore, when the two ordered everyone to provide support, they immediately found excuses not to move out, and in the end, the two only brought their former friends to participate in the support.
With the Ouyang brothers' martial arts skills, they would have had no chance of survival if they had participated in this battle.
When they arrived at the battle location, they had just engaged with the lower-ranking members of the Water Alliance when two more people joined the battle. The real turning point of the battle had arrived.
These two people were my father and mother. Actually, only my father participated in the battle; my mother arrived to treat the wounded.
When the righteous alliance faced total annihilation, my father unleashed the Six Meridians Divine Sword with his Golden Dawn power. In a brief instant, hundreds of golden sword energies pierced the demonic alliance.
Those with power below the late-stage Innate Realm were almost instantly killed (half died), while those at the late-stage Innate Realm were also seriously injured.
The few at the peak of the Innate Realm were unharmed, but upon seeing my father, they immediately abandoned their advantageous position and ordered the demonic forces to retreat—or rather, flee.
At that moment, my father was radiating dazzling golden light, floating in the air like a god. Only after he unleashed six powerful sword energies with his Profound Universe power, instantly killing three peak Innate Realm demonic cultivators, did the righteous forces react.
After killing the three, my father did not pursue. Instead, he swiftly returned to the righteous forces and used his powerful energy to cure the poisoned.
The poisoned were almost all afflicted with extremely difficult-to-cure Yin Jiuyou and Blue Gu poisons, but these were no problem for Dad.
After the detoxification was completed, everyone returned to the Martial Alliance to tally the casualties.
The number of dead was small, many were seriously injured, and everyone had minor injuries.
Among the dead, Emei had the fewest casualties, with only two.
These two nuns were both disciples of Sister Jinghui, and they had set out carrying their lovers' semen.
They died because they shielded their lovers from a fatal sneak attack.
The two men they saved were members of the Martial Alliance, and they had often sexually assaulted them.
When they saw them die for them, they wept bitterly, holding their bodies.
Those two wanton little nuns would never again enjoy the large penises they loved. Thinking of this, the members of the Martial Alliance looked at the Emei disciples with eyes full of guilt and pity.
Because they knew perfectly well that these young nuns' cultivation far surpassed their own, yet they not only allowed themselves to be bullied but were even willing to give their lives for them; this was no longer a simple case of adultery.
Besides Emei, other sects and organizations also suffered casualties.
Five people died at Tianshan, fourteen at the Martial Alliance, and so on.
These disciples were almost all elites from their respective sects; the death of even one was a great loss to them.
After this incident, the Ouyang brothers withdrew from the Haoqi Alliance. They threw their hall master tokens at the face of the late-stage Innate Realm branch leader, but the branch leader dared not express any dissatisfaction.
Because the two of them had a new identity: peerless masters at the peak of the Innate Realm, the fifth and sixth disciples of Long Cangtian, the head of the Long family.
At this point, Liu Wen paused, his eyes filled with longing.
"Senior Long," he said in a voice as if on a pilgrimage, "single-handedly saved countless righteous elites and future hopes; he is truly a pillar of our righteous path!" After he finished speaking, Huang Tianxiao and the others showed the same expression.
Liu Wen continued, but I still didn't understand why everyone was rushing to Yangzhou.
However, we weren't in a hurry, because Liu Wen would say more later.
But as soon as Liu Wen finished his感慨 (expression/remarks), the other martial arts figures in the hall immediately echoed his agreement.
A thin man with a long spear beside him said, "Indeed, and Senior Long is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also excellent at educating the younger generation. Every member of the Long family's descendants acts in accordance with the spirit of chivalry."
His words immediately drew another chorus of agreement.
Then a young swordsman in a blue robe said, "Everyone, there's something else you shouldn't forget. Senior Long's other identity is the Dragon Cloud King. As a nobleman of a fiefdom, his performance is impeccable. After becoming the ruler of Dragon Cloud Province, everything he did was praised by the people. Under his rule, Dragon Cloud Province has completely transformed in a short time. Now, residents from several nearby provinces are trying every means to migrate to Dragon Cloud Province."
After that, the whole room began praising my father.
Listening to their praise, and thinking of my father kneeling before Uncle Long and his ilk, and then of him bending over and making me fuck his ass, it was hard to connect the perfect hero they spoke of with my bastard father.
As I listened, I unconsciously said, "I didn't expect that lecherous middle-aged man to be so popular."
I spoke very softly, but many people in the room had good hearing.
A man with a broadsword beside him, upon hearing this, immediately flew into a rage and cursed at me, "You bastard, what the hell did you say? How dare you insult Senior Long?" He then charged forward furiously.
His agitated expression clearly indicated he intended to teach me a severe lesson.
Just as he was about to reach me, Huang Tianxiao immediately stepped in front of him and shouted, "Yu Bin, what do you think you're doing?" Judging from the imposing manner in which he charged and the fact that Huang Tianxiao knew his name, he was a renowned expert.
After hearing Huang Tianxiao's words, Yu Bin regained his composure. He glared at me angrily and shouted, "You little bitch, I won't punish you this time, lest people accuse me of bullying a woman. But if I find out you ever speak disrespectfully to Senior Long again, watch out, I'll slap you twice so you can never open your mouth again. Even if Brother Huang tries to stop me, I'll still teach you a lesson!"
From his words, I clearly heard his reverence for his father, so I didn't find his insults offensive at all.
I witnessed Huang Tianxiao forcefully pulling Yu Bin, and I found it extremely amusing.
Seeing Yu Bin still somewhat indignant, I asked with feigned arrogance, "What favor has the Dragon King done for you that makes you protect him so much?"