Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Hou Yuxiao had never intended to go after the Mountain Sword Sect members in the eastern city!

In addition to the more than three hundred people who had blended into the western city, there were at least seven hundred Mountain Sword Sect members running amok in the eastern city. Not to mention whether the Hou Clan people could handle so many people, even if they could, the cost to themselves would be too severe, a loss-making endeavor.

Besides, even if they managed to kill all those people, it would not help the current situation at all, as they were just a bunch of Body Opening Warriors, far less important than the three individuals before him at this moment: Tian Linong, Tong Hu, and Helian Wuji!

He had only pretended to go after the Mountain Sword Sect members to confuse Tian Linong.

Sure enough, Tian Linong fell into the trap!

Tangled in mid-air by Fu Ling's Golden Snake Silk-Winding Energy, Tian Linong still had the strength to resist, but his movements had become much slower.

Hou Yuxiao charged toward Tian Linong, a glint of sharpness flashing in his pupils. He had been waiting for this very moment.

He leapt up suddenly as Gang Sha Qi poured out from his body. Diving straight down from five to six meters in the air, he swung his Ape Demon Staff in midair, unleashing nine strikes that whisked into nine dark staff shadows, furiously rolling down towards Tian Linong's body like angry dragons.

"Black Dragon Thirteen Forms, it might be worth watching if your father, the Black Ape Demon, came, but you..."

Tian Linong, who had freed himself from Fu Ling's Golden Snake Silk-Winding Energy, looked up at the nine black dragon staff shadows, especially noting the Gang Sha Qi within the shadows, and a hint of disdain appeared in his eyes.

Though Tian Linong spoke with disdain, his Three-feet Edge moved swiftly. Vigorous Qi surged, and Body-protecting Dan Qi instantly inflated his sleeves. With his right hand drawing his sword, he managed to break through all nine of Hou Yuxiao's staff shadows.

The two types of Vigorous Qi met in midair, exploding loudly in all directions, drawing the attention of everyone present. With all eyes on him, Hou Yuxiao's nine staff shadows were all broken, and no one was surprised. After all, their Cultivation differed by an entire realm.

Even the members of the Hou Clan had expressions of worry on their faces at this moment!

However, standing at the forefront, the three siblings of the Hou family—Hou Yu, Hou Yujie, and Hou Yuling—suddenly exchanged looks, their pupils filled with a rich color of anticipation.

After breaking the nine staff shadows, Tian Linong's movements did not slow down. He leapt up from the ground, intending to use his sword momentum to counterattack Hou Yuxiao.

Fu Ling showed a hint of annoyance on the side, inwardly blaming Hou Yuxiao for being too impulsive. She was about to step forward to help, but before she could take even two steps, her face suddenly changed. She looked at Hou Yuxiao, a bright light shining in her pupils.

"This kid, he has a backup plan..."

It wasn't just Fu Ling. At this moment, Tian Linong also felt the strange fluctuation of Gang Sha Qi in Hou Yuxiao's body, and his complexion drastically changed. The movements of his Three-feet Edge slowed for an instant.

Just slowed down for that instant.

"Black Dragon Thirteen Forms, Ape Demon Staff Style!"

Hou Yuxiao shouted in a low, fierce voice as the Mystical Demon Gang Sha Qi within him surged like an immense sea. Holding the Ape Demon Staff, he struck Tian Linong's body from all four directions like a violent storm, four nearly ten-meter-long black staff shadows thunderously crashing down.

In that moment, with black mist enveloping him, Hou Yuxiao resembled the Ancient Ape Demon holding a Sky-supporting Giant Pillar. The black staff shadows he swung seemed like four black dragons coiling and spiraling in the air, their friction with the atmosphere creating a shrieking sound, as piercing as a dragon's roar.

The four black dragons, with bared fangs and claws, swept along countless amounts of Gang Sha Qi. As the long staff hovered in the air, Tian Linong's pupils finally revealed a trace of horror. He raised his Three-feet Edge in front of him and circulated his Body-protecting Dan Qi, trying to resist.

Bang...

The four black dragons struck at the same time, producing a single sound. The Ape Demon Staff, weighing over seven or eight hundred pounds, combined with Hou Yuxiao's full Gang Sha Qi, instantly created four giant ten-meter-diameter trenches in the ground with this strike.

For a moment, dust and stones flew, and as the dust cloud enveloped a twenty-meter radius, onlookers stared at the four ten-meter-long trenches with pupils showing fear.

Even Tong Hu, Helian Wuji, Peony, Peony Herb, and Fu Ling—the five Dan Embracing Phase masters who were either in combat or had not yet engaged—showed a hint of astonishment in their pupils upon seeing this strike.

"Third-rate Martial Arts, to unleash such power, undoubtedly in the Transformative Realm!"

"At such a young age, this child can cultivate an elementary Martial Arts to the Transformative Realm, truly terrifying..."

"Didn't expect it, this kid actually has such strength."

Ape Demon Staff Style, a unique technique of the Transformative Realm Black Dragon Thirteen Forms, now Hou Yuxiao finally showed all the spectators his strongest power!

As the dust spread across a twenty-meter area and took tens of breaths to gradually dissipate, the onlookers could finally see clearly inside, and their pupils constricted...

Tiger List rank 496, Sect Master of the Mountain Sword Sect, Guixin Sword Tian Linong, now had all his Body-protecting Dan Qi dissipated, his clothing torn, his shoulders drooping weakly, blood flowing down, and he was slumped on his knees on the ground.

Tian Linong looked dazed, the last trace of terror still lingering in his pupils.

He had lost…

Since the Hour of Hai, he fought Cheng Yue, contested with Fu Ling, and even used the treasures of Confucianism to shatter the barrier of Zhaoyang settlement.

True, his energy consumption was indeed not small, and it was said that it also wasn't his strongest strength.

But he... after all was at the Dan Embracing Phase of cultivation, with a lifespan of 300 years, in the prime of the Three Realms of Gang Qi, a renowned expert on the Tiger List!

Facing the mere Hou Yuxiao, who had just broken through to the Gathering Evil Phase, he was defeated...

And the ones whose current moods were completely opposite to Tian Linong's included all of the Hou Clan people, among them the three siblings of Hou Yucheng. They glanced at Tian Linong amidst the ruins, then raised their heads to look at Hou Yuxiao, their shock undisguised in their expressions.

"Elder brother has defeated Tian Linong?"

"Tiger List expert Tian Linong, defeated by the Family Head!"

"The Ape Demon Staff Style, that's the old Family Head's signature move..."

...

As the exclamations of the Hou Clan people rose one after another, the shock on everyone's faces gradually turned into pride and elation.

Among them were the elderly of the Hou Clan who had been around for many years, as well as newcomers who had just joined the Hou Clan in the past two years, but at this moment, their expressions were surprisingly unified. As they looked at Hou Yuxiao, their faces bore undisguised admiration and fervor.

"The Family Head is mighty..."

In the crowd, someone roared out first, followed by more waves of hearty and invigorating shouts that arose from the people of the Hou Clan. The cries rose to shake the heavens and reverberated throughout the entire Zhaoyang City.

"The Family Head is mighty!"

"The Family Head is mighty!"

......

It had to be acknowledged that since Family Head Hou Tong died two years ago, even though Hou Yuxiao had tried to save the day, just barely keeping the family afloat, it was an indisputable fact that both the status and reputation of the Hou Clan had plummeted greatly!

The Black Ape Demon Hou Tong was known as the number one martial artist in Zhaoyang County, and was also ranked 819th on the Righteous Path's small Demon Extermination List. This list might be notorious in the eyes of those on the Righteous Path, but for those on the Demon Path, it was undeniable fame, capital which the Hou Family relied on to survive in Zhaoyang County, and even across the whole of Tongling County!

Tonight's battle, Tian Linong might have a thousand reasons to argue, but Hou Yuxiao executing the Black Dragon Thirteen Forms head-on, causing him severe injuries and robbing him of his ability to fight, this was something he could not deny anymore.

This is the martial world, where only victory or defeat mattered, not reasons.

Bear in mind that Cheng Yue, who was said to be able to rise on the Demon Path's New Star Ranking, was defeated in front of everyone by him tonight!

And Hou Yuxiao, who defeated him face-to-face, was not only qualified to completely replace Hou Tong, but would become the new generation Black Ape Demon in the mouths of the Righteous Path, and his fame in the Demon Path would absolutely surge!

A Family Head with rising fame brings the Hou Clan benefits that are immeasurable, and this was the deep-seated reason for the wild joy of the Hou Clan people at this moment.

Hou Yucheng and Hou Yuling had faces full of joy, and even the usually silent and reticent Hou Yu Jie had a flush of excitement on his face, his eyes sparkling with joy.

Tong Hu and Helian Wuji, from the side of the Righteous Path, were entangled with Peony and Peony Herb, but still, looking at Hou Yuxiao, they couldn't help but carry a hint of wariness and dread.

Tian Linong's ranking on the Tiger List was lower than theirs, but that didn't mean they were absolutely confident about defeating him, and yet Hou Yuxiao did it. It was hard for them not to be deeply impressed by this rising star in the Demon Path!

And just as everyone reacted differently, Hou Yuxiao looked at the bewildered Tian Linong, who had already lost his ability to resist, with cold gleams still rich in his pupils. Barely circulating the little remaining Gang Sha Qi inside his body, he leaped forward, targeting Tian Linong with the Ape Demon Staff cleaving across the sky...

"I said I would see you off, and I must make it so!"

Regardless of Tian Linong's repeatedly exhibited intent to kill the Hou Family today, considering his ambition was great enough to dare cause uproar in two states, Hou Yuxiao wanted to seize this opportunity and kill him.

After all, Zhaoyang County under the Hou Clan's control would have to be neighbors with Tianling County, and such an unstable neighbor, if Hou Yuxiao didn't find a way to deal with him now, would definitely bring even more trouble later on!

A look of terror emerged on Tian Linong's face; his Dan Gang had been completely shattered, rendering it useless to reconsolidate it.

As he watched the staff fall from above his head, about to take his life, he finally harbored a hint of regret for tonight's attack on Zhaoyang City...

"Stop!"

A sharp and distinct voice came from the sky, followed by a powerful presence that made people tremble. Hou Yuxiao's expression shook; although fear burgeoned within him, thinking of the person behind him, he still gritted his teeth and forcefully smashed the staff down.

"Foolish!"