The sound of horses' hooves, like a dense drumbeat, came from afar and grew closer, causing the ground to tremble slightly.
Upon hearing this, Shi Tianyong and Wen Min's eyes flashed with joy. They knew that Shi Tianming had finally returned.
However, Fang Han and the others seemed not to hear anything, remaining calmly seated on their golden nanmu chairs, their expressions composed and unmoved.
Soon, a large number of county soldiers poured into the Shi family's wide gate like a tide.
This county army deployed its elite troops. Although the horses were not heavily armored, the cavalrymen on horseback were all clad in bright armor, and were fully equipped with bows, crossbows, and other weapons, exuding a powerful sense of oppression.
The leader was Shi Tianming, who was wearing heavy armor, broad-shouldered and imposing.
The ten-foot-long spear in his hand gleamed with a cold light, its sharp tip radiating a chilling killing intent that inspired fear in all who beheld it.
"Shi Tianming, you're finally back! Your elder brother and sister-in-law have been eagerly awaiting your trump card!"
Fang Han raised his eyes, his gaze sharp and fixed precisely on Shi Tianming.
His voice was clear and steady, with a hint of mockery, echoing throughout the Shi family's manor.
"You're Fang Han? You dare to come to my Shi family? You're incredibly audacious!"
Shi Tianming's eyes were like an eagle's, fixed on Fang Han, and he instantly guessed the identity of this calm and composed young man.
When he saw the crippled Shi Xiu and Shi Shengrui lying on the ground, along with the corpses of several Shi family experts, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his body exuded a strong aura of killing intent.
"That's right, I am Fang Han."
Fang Han said, "Your Shi family is utterly wicked. I've come here today to teach them a lesson. All the experts in your Shi family were suppressed by my sword. But your eldest brother, Shi Tianyong, insisted on waiting for your trump card to return. So I waited for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Otherwise, if you had returned, there would be no survivors among those above the Martial Master realm."
"Brother, with so many experts in the family, can't you kill a few of them?"
Shi Tianming was shocked and looked at Shi Tianyong in surprise.
"Gongsun Yaoqin is a mid-level Martial Grandmaster, but her combat strength has reached the level of a high-level Martial Grandmaster. Shi Xiu was defeated by her in less than a hundred moves. That big oaf was only a high-level Martial Master, but he also killed Shi Shengrui in an instant. This Fang Han is even more terrifying. He controls his sword with his divine sense and doesn't even need to make a move. He has already killed several experts from our Shi family."
Shi Tianyong said, "Fortunately, Fang Han is too arrogant and fell for my delaying tactic. I've finally waited for you to return with your troops. Now, have your men surround him immediately. As soon as he kills someone with his sword, have your men fire a thousand crossbows at once and shoot him to death."
"Surround them!"
Upon hearing Shi Tianyong's words, Shi Tianming's expression changed, and he brandished his spear, giving a loud order.
In an instant, the elite county soldiers sprang into action, forming a circle in three layers, surrounding Fang Han and his group.
These cavalrymen, led by shield bearers, then spearmen, followed by crossbowmen, and then longbowmen, formed an imposing and menacing formation.
"Fang Han, your strength is indeed beyond my imagination, but you are just pretending. Our Tianyuan County Prefect Han Wentian is only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and County Commandant Guo Tianyi is in the early-Foundation Establishment stage. You are just a young man, and you are definitely not a master of the Divine Sense stage. There is no such genius in Tianyuan County, or even in the entire Yanlong Kingdom."
After Shi Tianming ordered Fang Han to be surrounded, he immediately relaxed, because he felt that Fang Han was already trapped.
Although he saw that Fang Han's Xuan Tie sword was still floating in the air, he felt that Fang Han was just bluffing.
He was certain that Fang Han knew magic and had simply used some kind of magic.
“That’s right, this guy can’t possibly be a master of the Divine Sense Realm. Your sister-in-law and I were too cautious before.”
Shi Tianyong also said with regret that he should have brought people to rescue Shi Xiu earlier. Fang Han's sword might not have been able to withstand the combined attack of him and Wen Min, not to mention that the Shi family also had several low-level Martial Grandmasters.
"Brother, this guy is doomed now. He crippled Wenshan and Yujiao, then Shixiu and Shishengrui, and killed so many members of my Shi family. I will make them suffer endless torment, wishing they were dead!" Shi Tianming's eyes flashed with a sinister light, and his voice was icy cold.
"Kill Fang Han to avenge the young master and young lady!"
"Kill Fang Han and avenge the dead!"
Upon seeing this, the Shi family members' fear was instantly replaced by anger. They shouted hoarsely and brandished their weapons like a pack of mad beasts.
Fang Han sat upright in the golden nanmu chair, his expression calm and showing no sign of panic.
Fang Yingxue, Fang Qing, Zhou Chi, Gongsun Yaoqin, Ye Qianqiu, and Ye Qianqian beside him were equally calm and composed, as if the thousand county soldiers around them who were facing a formidable enemy were nothing more than a group of ants.
They seemed completely unaware that they were surrounded, because in their hearts, as long as Fang Han was there, he was like a towering mountain, enough to withstand any storm.
Moreover, after countless trials, their current cultivation level is not to be underestimated. Even if they face a thousand county soldiers, they are not without the power to fight back.
"Fang Han, Gongsun Yaoqin, you all listen up! You're now in dire straits. If you don't want to be riddled with arrows, kneel down right now!"
Seeing that Fang Han and the others showed no fear, Shi Tianming flew into a rage. His facial muscles contorted with anger as he pointed his finger menacingly at Fang Han and the others, his voice filled with threat and provocation.
"Shi Tianming, do you think these thousand county soldiers can make us submit?"
Fang Han's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile that seemed to see through everything. "You mobilized troops without authorization, which is a serious crime. If Commandant Guo Tianyi and Prefect Han Wentian find out, your position as a minor general will probably be in jeopardy, won't it?"
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