Chapter 26: Fight for the Village

In the middle of the village, there was an open area, where

village events would be held. It was in this village center that Jia Yuan stood

with HiRyu in his hand.

Meanwhile, Guo Huo had made his way over to the center by

hopping from one roof to the next. In this manner, he made his way over to the

roof of a house by the village center and sat on it. He tapped his necklace and

drew out a bag of apples and began to munch on one while observing Jia Yuan. “This

should be a good show…”

In the village center, Jia Yuan lifted up his sword and

shouted, “Zhao family! Today, your evil deeds come to an end! If you have the

guts to do so, come fight me to the death! I will take you all on!”

Even though the village center had many other people walking

through it, and had bene pretty loud, when Jia Yuan started shouting, everyone

became quiet.

After Jia Yuan finished, the center continued to be silent.

Then everyone else in the village center began to run away. After all, they

didn’t want to get caught up in what was about to happen.

After everyone had run into a house near the village center,

they began to whisper.

“What the hell is Jia Yuan doing?? He’s just a mere slave but he

wants to challenge the Zhao family?”

“Ahh, what a waste. He was such a good boy too, if a little

simple.”

“I wonder what the Zhao family will do to him…”

Meanwhile, a middle-aged man ran into the Zhao family

quarters. Inside sat an elderly man.

The elderly man spoke. “What is it, my son?”

“The slave boy, Jia Yuan, has issued a verbal challenge to

our family!”

“Oh? Interesting… It seems we will be able to use him to

teach the rest of the villagers a lesson. Gather all of the family members and slaves. Equip them all with weapons, and lead them toward the village

center. Today, the Zhao family will formally take control of the village!”

The middle-aged man was Zhao Hai, the only son of the

Patriach, Zhao Yue. Zhao Hai was at the 5th level of Absorption,

while Zhao Yue was the village-famed family head at the 7th level of

Absorption.

They had wanted to take control of the village for a while,

but they needed a reason to be able to do so. After all, if they had simply

begun to take over the village, one of the Neighboring cities could hear about

it and send some troops out to deal with the Zhao family.

However, if the Zhao family were provoked in any way, they

could spin a story to make them seem like the rightful leaders of the village.

This, along with robbing the villagers of their goods, was the main reason why

they had been so daring in aggravating the villagers.

In fact, they had even discussed the possibility of bribing

one of the villagers to pretend to provoke the Zhao family.

But now, that stupid slave boy had come out and issued a

challenge! It was perfect!

After about 5 minutes, everyone in the Zhao family had been

informed of the challenge and was making their way toward the village center. Slowly,

the members of the Zhao family began to flood the village center, forming a

circle around Jia Yuan, who stood in the middle.

This was a situation most similar to when Jia Yuan had been

surrounded by the bandits. However, there were only about 70 members of the

Zhao family, including the slaves, and overall, they were weaker than the

bandits.

Jia Yuan had full confidence.

Of course, the other villagers didn’t have such confidence.

“Ahh, the Zhao family is really looking to make an example of

him. He’s finished.”

“Why would the Zhao family bring out such a strong force??

For a mere kid?”

At this moment, all of the villagers quieted down, because

the patriarch of the Zhao family had arrived at the village center.

Burning around him, was the aura of the 7th level

of Absorption. He looked around the village center, noting the villagers who

were watching from inside the nearby houses. Seeing this, he smirked and spoke

to Jia Yuan. “You, slave. You are the one who dares challenge my Zhao family?”

“I am no longer a slave, but yes, I am the one who issued

the challenge. Today, your Zhao family will be wiped off of the Continent of

the Five Elements!”

“BWHAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA. Son, you’ve got guts! Very well.

Everyone, take him down!”

Zhao Yue gave the order and leisurely jumped onto the

rooftop of a neighboring house to watch the upcoming scene. Coincidentally, it was the house next to the

one Guo Huo was sitting on. Of course, after arriving at the rooftop of the

house, Zhao Yue saw Guo Huo, and his eyes narrowed.

Of course, Zhao Yue saw Guo Huo’s fiery outfit and the giant

axe on his back. He had a bad feeling about this old man… But he didn’t have

any time to dwell on it, for the fight in the village center had started.