Chapter 98: The Ruthless Chen Ruyue
Ansu walked over, and everyone saw her coming, they all made way for her to come in. Ansu's face was cold and calm, she walked to the center and said in a clear and cold voice: "If we want to live, we will live together, if we want to die, we will die together!"
"Susu, don't follow them blindly, we'll decide this matter ourselves. Why don't you go take a rest over there?" An Shizi saw that everyone was silent and quickly spoke up, telling An Susu to step aside. As they said, An Susu was the future of the An family, their rising hope.
Even if the future king who inherited the throne died, An Su Su couldn't be allowed to have any mishaps. If the heir to the throne were gone, another could be chosen, but what about a genius? If they were gone, how would the An family rise with this group of ordinary, untalented sons?
These years, the An family has suffered enough. As long as An Su Su can ascend to the Wu Zong realm in the future, the status of the An Mountain Country will be as stable as Mount Tai. I'm afraid that this time, the White Family launched a surprise attack in the secret realm just to kill An Su Su and cut off the hope of the An family, so they can replace the An family.
A family with a master but no successor is shorter-lived than one with a successor but no master. Whether it's a family or a sect, the most important thing is to cultivate young talent. Only by cultivating successors who can inherit the family and the sect can the family and the sect continue.
For An Jia, An Su Su's safety is the most important thing.
At this time, a young man rushed in and shouted: "Everyone, the people outside have started attacking, and it's very fierce. We can't hold on for much longer."
He was a disciple of the An family's affiliated family, and he was originally very happy to enter the secret realm this time. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing. However, since their families were tied together in honor and loss, he had no choice.
An Shizi and the others were shocked, quickly stood up, ready to respond to the enemy. "How many people have they brought? What kind of masters are they?"
The young man replied, "Your Highness, they have come with more than twenty people, all of them are high-ranking masters in the late stage of martial arts and the Great Perfection. I don't know if they're crazy or not, but they launched a desperate attack. Even Chu Tianying from Chu State and Chen Ruyu from Chen State have arrived, and Bai Yang from the White family is also here, personally commanding the troops."
An Shizi was shocked, more than 20 martial artists in the later stage and the Great Perfection, this is the three parties gathering all the masters together, wanting to destroy themselves and others with one blow.
One side wants to delay time, waiting for the secret realm time to end, and then automatically send it out, at which point it will be safe. However, it is clear that the other side has also considered this point, so they want to kill everyone before the secret realm time ends. With so many masters gathering here, it is clear that they have made up their minds for a final showdown.
"The other side is preparing for the final battle, brothers. No matter what happened in the past, from now on we can die together, this is my honor as Anshi's son, thank you all!" Anshi's son bowed to everyone present. This was the demeanor he should have had as a royal heir.
"Great Young Master, you can't go out. Take the three princesses and run into the mountain valley. If necessary, climb the cliffs. No matter what, hold on until the secret realm time ends. Outside, leave it to us." A slightly older family disciple said with a fist bump.
"Not bad, Young Master, we'll take care of things outside." The group of family disciples all chimed in unison.
An Shizi shook his head and said, "No way, I'd rather die with you than live a life of cowardice. Let's charge out together, killing one is enough to make up for it, killing two would be a profit."
At this point, An Shizi turned to An Su Su and said: "Su Su, big brother has never asked you for anything, today big brother asks you one thing, you must survive. No matter what happens outside or to the An family, you must survive. Only if you are alive will the An family have hope."
An Su Su bit her lip, her expression firm as she said, "No, big brother, I've said it before - if we're going to die, we'll die together! Just like you said, I absolutely won't be the only one who survives by compromising and hiding, watching all of you go to your deaths."
"Xu Xu, why can't you understand my words? Any one of us can die, but not you, because you are the hope of the An family. Without you, what's the value of our deaths? As long as you're alive, the An family still has a future. Later, when you've cultivated and become powerful, you can come back and help us take revenge, rebuild the An family. This is our conviction, do you understand?"
An Su's lips were tightly pursed, and tears welled up in her eyes. From a young age to now, it was the first time she realized that this seemingly ordinary big brother actually had such a broad-minded side. No wonder the king would choose him as the successor to the throne; only someone with such magnanimity could possess the qualities of a true ruler.
A king with a broad mind and magnanimity, even if he is mediocre in talent, doesn't matter, because only a king with a broad mind can tolerate others and lead the family to another peak.
Especially when An Shizi said that sentence, our people's death is valuable, it directly hit An SuSu's innermost soft spot. Ah, what's more important than making their deaths valuable?
Are they really going to die with their eyes closed and die in vain?
Suddenly understanding, An Su Su turned around resolutely and walked towards the depths of the valley. After walking out of the crowd, she turned back again, deeply bowing to this group of people in front of her. Tears had already moistened her eye sockets, dripping down her cheeks onto the ground.
She suddenly turned around and ran towards the valley, fearing that if she stayed any longer, she would not be able to resist going with them to their deaths. "Big brother, brothers and sisters, as long as I, An Su Su, am still alive, I swear that I will rebuild our home and avenge your blood feud!"
Ansu made a solemn vow in her heart.
"After An Su Su disappeared, An Shi Zi turned around and said: 'Brothers and sisters, I, An Shi Zi, thank you. Perhaps when you were outside, things weren't going well for you. But at this moment, you all managed to share life and death with the An family, and I thank you. If there's a next life, I, An Shi Zi, am willing to be brothers and sisters with you again!'"
At this point, An Shizi solemnly swept a circle around the entire scene and shouted with his arm raised: "Brothers and sisters, follow me in a charge!"
Dozens of people rushed towards the mountain valley mouth in a mighty torrent.
Not yet at the mouth of the valley, you can already hear the mournful cries of killing, as well as the sounds of swords and fists colliding. From time to time, there are also explosions.
It was transmitted that during the fight, the true energy overflowed, causing great destruction to the surrounding area.
The people of Anjia were oppressed by the three-family alliance, fortunately, due to the narrowness of the valley entrance, there were not many personnel who could take action together here. Otherwise, the three-family alliance would have already attacked the valley.
An Shizi waved his hand and said: "Everyone go up together to help, beat them away!"
Just as the two sides broke out in their largest-scale battle, Tang and Song were still dozens of miles away from the mountain pass. Upon arriving here, the footsteps became more disorderly, sometimes requiring them to walk for a while before they could determine which path was correct, so their speed slowed down.
"Prince Su, Su, you two hold on a bit longer, I'll be right back to find you." Tang Song's gaze cast afar, his spiritual sense expanding outwards, searching for the most correct path.
"It should be this road, right?" Tang Song looked around at the chaotic footprints, some of which were heading in all directions. It was clear that when they had arrived here, the pursuit had been very disorganized.
The place where Tang Song is now, is the location where the three parties jointly besieged An's house at that time. At that time, the troops of the three parties came from three directions and surrounded them, forcing the people in An's house to change direction and escape upwards.
This is where four directions converge, so there are the most people and footprints are the most complicated. It was at this time that Tang Song was troubled in many places. He chased out dozens of miles in three directions before determining which one was correct.
Half an hour later, Tang Song finally confirmed that the direction of the valley was correct, and only a few miles away in the other three directions, there was only one direction with footprints, which was the direction converging to the central point.
Only the direction of the valley's mouth is always forward.
Having determined the direction, Tang Song immediately accelerated and chased towards the direction of the mountain valley.
The battle at the mountain pass grew more intense, with late-stage warriors beginning to fall. Many bodies were already lying on the ground, including those from the Three-Party Alliance and the An family.
An Shizi's eyes were red as he stared at the scene in front of him. Outside the mountain valley, Bai Yang, Chu Tianying and Chen Ruyu stood with gloomy faces. Things didn't develop as they had imagined. They not only encountered the most stubborn resistance, but also found that this mountain valley was too small, it was a narrow strip of sky, and after more than a dozen people were caught in a fierce battle, none of them could find a place to intervene.
The two of them were on a steep cliff with no landing or corner anywhere, and if they wanted to get in, they could only pass over the heads of the fighting personnel.
But among the warriors, a slight difference in strength would lead to a tragic end, so passing over from above is not an acceptable tactic. Unless absolutely necessary, even a three-party alliance wouldn't dare give such an order. If this were to happen and their own people died, those below would be disheartened.
So all three leaders looked gloomy and were very dissatisfied with this result.
"Time is running out, we need to make a decision." Bai Yang said leisurely.
Chen Ruyu's eyes were fixed on the direction of An's house, and after hearing Bai Yang's words, she replied with a non-sequitur, "Why can't I see An Suxin? Is she hiding in the mountain valley?"
"An Su is the best young generation of An family's innate talent, she is the treasure of An family, it's impossible to let her take risks easily. Unless we kill all these people, otherwise, we won't be able to see An Su."
Chen Ruyu said coldly: "Then issue an order for a full-scale attack, kill all these people and bring out An Su."