Chapter 75: Mishoushan's Ge Family

Mishoushan lies in the Frontier region, shrouded year-round in a thick grey-white fog; even those who enter with navigational guidance lose their sense of direction amid the chaotic perception.

Every year, no fewer than a thousand hunters and merchant caravans stray into the mountain by mistake.

Of those who enter, fewer than one in ten comes out alive; over time, the place has become the famous "Ghost Mountain" known far and wide.

And the mountain's true face — is the Ge Family's lair, which they have run for nearly a hundred years.

At this moment, three kilometers outside Mishoushan, the camps of the army and the Zhenling Bureau stretch in an unbroken line.

Squads of Martial Artists in combat uniforms move back and forth, sealing the entire mountain tight.

More than ten aircraft hover in the air on alert; formation artifacts have already been deployed, locking down the flow of Spirit Energy for dozens of miles around, so that anyone attempting to flee through the air will be locked onto the instant they try.

Jiang Qin stepped off the aircraft behind Cangling.

Thick fog poured from the mountain pass, carrying an unsettling air of deathly stillness.

He looked up and could faintly make out the outlines of buildings deep within the mist, appearing and disappearing like a giant beast lying dormant in the fog. This book is first published on Tiantian Kan Xiaoshuo for the best reading experience, ttktw offers you error-free and properly ordered chapters.

An officer strode forward and saluted Cangling: "Law Enforcement Officer, the encirclement is complete; no signs of any breakout attempt. The people of the Ge Family... have all pulled back inside."

In a situation like this, ordinary people would long since have tried every means to break out, yet the Ge Family has shut its doors and refused to come out.

The situation was somewhat unusual.

Cangling's gaze rested calmly on that sea of fog as she gave the order:

"All Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artists, assemble. You'll charge in with me shortly; those below Spirit Sea are to intercept any who slip through the net."

"Yes!"

The officer gave a military salute and quickly passed the order down.

Before long, a squad of twenty Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artists had assembled behind Cangling, each face set with resolve; from their eyes it was easy to see they had already made peace with dying.

But trying to charge into the mountain through this fog was unrealistic.

So Cangling made her move.

There was no fancy opening stance; she simply raised her right hand, as if gripping an invisible sword.

Then — she brought it down!

An invisible sword qi flew from the edge of her palm, swelling in the blink of an eye to over a hundred meters long, slicing vertically into the ridge of Mishoushan.

"Crack—!"

The mountain split.

It didn't explode, didn't collapse — it was cut neatly in two down the middle. The cut surface was as smooth as if it had been polished, and not a single tree had time to fall.

The thick fog that had clung to the mountain for who knew how many years was likewise torn in two.

The mist rolled aside to the left and right, and sunlight poured into the valley in great sheets.

What had been hidden within the fog finally revealed its true face.

It was a grey estate built into the mountainside, building upon building, pavilion within pavilion, stretching from the mountainside all the way down to the valley floor. Black tiles, white walls, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

Right in the center of the estate, before the tallest black pavilion, a blood-colored banner had been planted.

Embroidered on the banner was an eye — a vertical pupil, blood-red, staring directly out toward the mountain.

As if alive, it coldly fixed on every person who looked at it.

That was the Ge Family's clan crest.

From within the split mountain's belly, an aged voice exploded.

"A fine Law Enforcement Officer — this is going too far!"

Above the pavilion, a grey-robed elder stepped into the air.

His frame was gaunt, his eye sockets sunken, yet a suffocating spiritual pressure churned around him.

It was none other than the Ge Family's patriarch, Ge Wanshan.

And beside him stood another person, arms folded.

That person wore a great beast-hide cloak; his features were so coarse they hardly seemed human, and a pair of vertical pupils gleamed with an amber chill. Standing there alone, the air around him began to warp, giving off a beast's distinctive feral stench.

When a Fierce Beast reaches the fifth rank it can take human form, and this beast-hide man was undoubtedly a transformed Fierce Beast.

The momentum emanating from him had already faintly reached the late fifth rank — that is, the late Earth Martial Realm.

Ge Wanshan stood with his hands behind his back, showing not a trace of fear on his face; instead, a faint smile appeared: "The reason this old man didn't leave was that I was waiting for you."

"Killing a Law Enforcement Officer as a pledge of loyalty to the Fierce Beasts will be more than enough to ensure smooth sailing for my Ge Family from now on."

He did not wait for Cangling's reply.

The three figures moved almost simultaneously.

Ge Wanshan's Spirit Energy erupted around him, his grey robe flapping loudly.

The Fierce Beast threw back his head and let out a low roar; his body swelled violently, and dense scales surfaced across his skin.

Cangling's expression unchanged, she stepped up into the high air, invisible sword qi already coalescing into a storm around her.

The three plunged into the clouds.

If they were to fight on the ground, let alone the Ge Family, probably no one present would survive.

From above the clouds came a roar like a collapsing mountain.

At the same time, Cangling's voice drifted down from the high air, calm as if mentioning some trivial matter:

"Adjutant."

"Below — it's yours."

Jiang Qin raised his head.

Lightning and sword qi intertwined within the sea of clouds; the three figures had already become a tangled melee.

He withdrew his gaze and looked toward the grey-stone estate in the mountain's belly.

Several dozen auras of the Divine Image Realm Realm were rising from various parts of the estate.

Jiang Qin was full of black lines over his head — so far, not a single thing had matched what the intel said.

They were promised a single Earth Martial Realm, and now a fifth-tier Fierce Beast had popped up out of nowhere.

Ten Divine Image Realms… damn it, there are at least twenty-plus Divine Image Realm Martial Artists here. Which bastard gathered this intel? The gap is way too huge.

"Adjutant, sir, wh-what do we do now?"

The officer behind him was trembling from head to toe. Staring at the dozens of Divine Image Realms charging in from afar, the oppressive pressure could be felt from a great distance. For their handful of men, there was no difference between this and delivering vegetables.

Jiang Qin scratched his head irritably. "Do what you're supposed to do. Those Divine Image Realms — I'll handle them."

He rolled his neck.

The next instant, lightning exploded from within his body.

Azure-blue arcs of electricity coiled around him like swimming snakes, casting his black clothes into flickering light and shadow.

His pupils contracted sharply. The black receded, replaced by a pair of icy golden slit-pupils — as if something ancient had opened its eyes at that moment.

He didn't wait for those Divine Image Realms to surround him.

He stomped the ground, the surface cracked, and his whole body transformed into a bolt of lightning as he charged into the estate.

The Ge Family Divine Image Realm cultivator charging at the very front hadn't even reacted when a hand wrapped in thunder clamped down on his face.

"First one."

Lightning exploded, and that man's entire head was blasted into charred charcoal.

Jiang Qin's figure didn't pause for even a moment.

He sidestepped two incoming techniques, swung backhand and unleashed an Invisible Slash — and two more heads flew into the air.

The lightning-wreathed figure weaved through the crowd. Every time furious thunder roared, another person fell, blood splattering across the ground.

On the hillside outside the estate, dozens of Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artists stood frozen in place.

They were scared stiff on the spot by the scene.

Someone swallowed hard, their voice parched: "What the hell… is this really a Divine Image Realm?"

Killing Divine Image Realms like butchering dogs — if you told them this was an Earth Martial Realm, they'd believe it!

What followed was a surge of excitement. With such a powerful commanding officer.

As long as the Law Enforcement Officer could hold off those two, their mission this time would definitely be completed!