Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 565 - 264, Hurricane Heavenly Army

About eighty li west of Baiming Ferry, there is a mountain peak about a thousand zhang tall, shaped like a pagoda with its tip piercing the clouds. Due to the wind and rain that batter the peak all year round, vegetation cannot grow, leaving only a layer of yellow rock walls exposed. From afar, it looks like a sharp spike of gold thrust into the river, hence it was named Giant Gold Peak, considered a well-known place near Baiming Ferry.

There had been explorations of Giant Gold Peak in the past; some people were fooled by its shape and name, thinking that it contained a gold mine. In earlier years, there was a constant flow of people attempting to explore it, but after more than a decade of fruitless searching, it slowly fell into obscurity, serving at most as a landmark for ships passing by, not far from Baiming Ferry.

The ordinary transport ship that Hou Yuxiao took when he traveled north could cover a thousand li in a day on water. Now, the prestigious Tianji-class warship belonging to the Lu Family had a naturally faster speed, capable of covering two thousand li in a day. By calculation, it could sail about one hundred seventy li in a single hour. For a mere eighty li distance, even at controlled speed, one hour was all it would take at most.

The people on the ship all knew that they were here today to deal with demons, and most of their faces were somber, including Hou Yuxiao. Only the Lu Family's people, along with the twenty thousand soldiers of the Hurricane Heavenly Army, did not seem overly frightened, looking as if they had everything under control. It was unclear whether this was an act or they truly had the capability.

At the first sight of Giant Gold Peak, Hou Yuxiao immediately showed a trace of doubt. The mountain was indeed tall, but it occupied an area of at most three to five li in radius. To hide more than a thousand demons seemed unlikely.

Even if those two Rank Five Demons could transform into human form, the thousand demon crowd certainly could not. An ordinary Rank Nine Demon—the smallest would be over a hundred meters in size, unless it was a naturally rare breed. By that measure, the Giant Gold Peak in front of them naturally could not conceal them.

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"There's no fluctuation of Demon Qi, nor any traces of demon activity," can Elder Lu be certain that those demons are hiding here?"

The highest cultivation amongst them was still Lu Kaiwu. Besides him, among the twenty thousand soldiers of the Lu Family, there were two Yuan Dan Realm experts. Considering Hou Yuxiao was a Great Grandmaster of the heavenly rank, and also had the support of the thirteen Grandmasters from the Rakshasa Holy Sect, he inevitably had significant influence. As he opened his mouth to inquire, Lu Kaiwu immediately answered him.

"Master of Hou Family may not frequent water regions, and not to boast, but when it comes to scouting for demons in water, aside from the Cao Gang and the East Sea Alliance, my Lu Family is second to none. When I arrived here ten days ago, I had only preliminarily determined that the group of demons was hiding here, now I can say for sure!"

After finishing his statement, he paused for a moment, looked up at the water, and signaled everyone, "Waterborne demons are different from those on land. They are not only adept at swimming but also enjoy it. For them, Giant Gold Peak is at most just a place to rest. Their real lairs are within the water. Why don't you all try to sense what's happening beneath these waters?"

Hou Yuxiao nodded slightly, gazed attentively at the water, and released some of his True Yuan essence to sense. With just this act of sensing, he immediately understood why Lu Kaiwu could be certain that the demons were here.

It wasn't that he sensed something; under his perception, the whole water area was peaceful, even quieter than any water region he had passed through during his journey, with almost no living creatures moving about.

The tranquility of this water was too unsettling. This place was the midst of Yunlan Ancient River, where, if not fish, at least some minor demons and monsters should be easily seen. This excessive calmness precisely indicated that something abnormal was going on here.

Gurgling noises...

With so many Grandmaster Realm experts' presences probing simultaneously, the underwater demons had long detected them. The river surface started boiling as if water had boiled over, and bubbles emerged abruptly. Massive shadows appeared on the river surface in broad daylight, continuously gathering around the warship, quickly enveloping it completely.

"We came here in such a spectacular fashion, isn't it just to be surrounded by demons? It's all over, the water is full of demons, now even if we want to flee, we can't escape..."

The speaker was a Gang Qi Realm Loose Cultivator, judging by his position, probably one of the martial artists recruited by the Lu Family at the ferry. The man was evidently frightened by the demons, his expression panicked and full of fear, his tone clearly carrying a tinge of blame towards the Lu Family, reproaching them for bringing them to the demons' lair without any preparation.

Hou Yuxiao saw that quite a few Wandering Martial Artists were influenced by this person's words and immediately shook his head. Regardless of the Lu Family's strength, could Lu Kaiwu, a great expert of Qiányáng Realm, be less sensible than these people? If he dared to brazenly steer the warship here, he must be confident.

"Everyone, calm down. Our Lu Family's warship is more than just for show, rest assured, the moment these demons surface, I will ensure they don't return!"

As if to respond to Lu Kaiwu, just as his words ended, a massive creature from beneath the water fiercely slammed into their warship, creating a resounding boom:

Bang...

The front of the massive warship was jolted ten or more meters upward before crashing back onto the river surface, immediately sending a towering wave forward. Keep in mind, this was a Tianji-class warship that could accommodate a hundred thousand people; even to slightly jostle it would require the force of a Yuan Dan Realm martial artist. Yet the underwater demon was able to flip the ship over ten meters...