Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

The soldiers from Nanjiang on the city walls amounted to just under five hundred thousand, which meant that over a hundred thousand troops from the Zhaoyang Army had already secured their position on the walls.

Compared to the soaring morale of the Zhaoyang Army, the situation for the Nanjiang soldiers was the complete opposite. The three Yinyang Boundary experts hadn't been able to deal with Hou Yucheng right away, and it seemed they had even been dragged into a tough fight. Their spirits plummeted. Moreover, the cultivation of the Zhaoyang troops was above the Seventh Level of Body Opening, higher than theirs. With lower morale and a gap in cultivation, the outcome of the battle on the city walls was almost without suspense.

Even though they were on the defensive side and had certain advantages, these were practically non-existent in a clash between large armies of martial artists. Despite a strong will to defend Nanjiang, their actual strength was simply not enough to drive the Hexi soldiers completely off the walls.

In midair, Qing Xuan's face was gloomy as he watched the situation below. His eyes flickered continually. He had anticipated the defense's collapse, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly at the first encounter.

He could tell Hou Yucheng's strength at a glance. Under the pressure of blood energy, it would take at least a powerhouse at the shattered realm to deal with him. He hadn't sent out his forces because Hexi still had two massive armies that hadn't made a move.

Qing Xuan turned his head to look outside the city, and just happened to lock eyes with Hou Yuxiao across the distance. In contrast to his brooding expression, Hou Yuxiao seemed much more composed. He looked straightforwardly at the city walls, watching the numbers of Zhaoyang troops increase, and finally stretched out his hand, waving through the air towards the rear:

"Hong Kui, lead the main force to support the wall. The Red Flame Army will follow me to destroy the walls. Today, we must break through Qingmiao City!"

"We must break through Qingmiao City!"

At Hou Yuxiao's command, five hundred thousand Hong Miao Army soldiers and two hundred and thirty thousand Red Flame Army soldiers shouted in unison, a massive force stirring into action, significantly louder than the earlier movements of the Zhaoyang Army.

The warhorses of the Red Flame Army were incredibly fast, their heavy hooves causing the ground to tremble nonstop. In an instant, they were upon the city gates. Hou Yuxiao, leading the charge, raised the Canglong Staff in his hand and bellowed, "Chiyan Fury, scorch the heavens and boil the seas!"

"Scorch the heavens and boil the seas!"

All two hundred and thirty thousand soldiers of the Red Flame Army roared in unison and a torrential qi wave soared from within them, merging with the qi wave emanating from Hou Yuxiao at the forefront, instantly forming a fierce flame above the Canglong Staff.

Hou Yuxiao held up the Canglong Staff, staring intently at the city gate. At the same time, the pace of his horse did not slow down in the slightest. The entire Red Flame Army maintained their speed even as they performed the Chiyan Fury Holy Army Canon.

Boom...

The Canglong Staff struck directly towards the city gate, and the fierce flame upon its tip exploded against the gate in an instant. What appeared to be a normal flame violently burst upon impact with the gate, and then transformed into a dense inferno, immediately engulfing the gate and turning into a vast sea of flames that swept through the gate, covering the tens of thousands of Baimiao soldiers lying in wait behind the city walls.

Could it also take care of these men in passing?

Of course, Hou Yuxiao wasn't that naïve. Just destroying the city's strongest gate of Qingmiao was already the best outcome for him. If it also spelled the end for the fifty thousand Qingmiao Army soldiers waiting behind the gate, that would be quite dismissive of them.

"Charge..."

To break through the city gate was to achieve the greatest victory for Hexi.

Behind them, Hong Kui, leading the five hundred thousand Hong Miao Army, had already sent part of the troops to climb the walls to support the Zhaoyang Army. Seeing the gate breached, a huge portion immediately diverged, rushing towards the gate.

With this charge, it wasn't to say that Qingmiao City would change hands at once.

At the very least, the change of ownership was no longer far off...

"Brahma Divine Spirit, activate the Taoist Ritual Array!"

Suddenly, a voice thundered overhead, causing Hou Yuxiao's heart to skip a beat, especially when he heard the four words "Taoist Ritual Array." His pupils contracted rapidly, and a shadow loomed over his heart in an instant.

He might not know what an Array was, but he was very familiar with the Daoist concept.

The Rakshasa Holy Sect had installed protective Arrays in cities of four different levels—path, county, prefecture, and province—along the Yongzhou Path. From highest to lowest, these were called Yinyang, Daoist Ritual, Orchid Thus, and Settlement. Ten years ago, during the Zhaoyang Disturbance, when Xuzhou made their move, he saw the Rakshasa Holy Sect's Settlement Array. It caused all martial artists within its range to have their cultivation fall below the Gang Qi Realm.

At that time, they even repelled the Mountain Sword Sect with the help of this Array.

Unexpectedly, ten years later, he was playing the role of the Mountain Sword Sect, and the Holy Church's Array was used against his Hexi.

Only, this time, the Array was not the lowest level Settlement.

It was the Daoist Ritual Array, second only to the protection provided to Dao cities!