"Mm."
Zhou Wan nodded heavily, a comforting smile appearing on her pretty face.
"Miss, don't worry, I will take good care of you."
Seeing Zhou Wan's expression, Zhou Yan's eyes became resolute, and he said word by word.
"I believe you!"
...
Inside the City Lord's mansion, all was peaceful, without a ripple.
However, in a courtyard of the Zhou family, a gloomy atmosphere permeated the air.
"Scoundrel, good-for-nothing! A bunch of gluttons! A bunch of good-for-nothings!"
A man in a white robe stood in the center of the courtyard, pointing at the several guards kneeling on the ground and trembling, cursing them.
"My lord, please calm your anger. Your subordinate has investigated thoroughly. Zhou Yan and the others have indeed left the city. They have fled to a mountain range a million miles away from the Zhou family and their tracks are temporarily lost."
The masked man in black, kneeling on the ground, trembled all over as he spoke.
"Hmph!"
"Useless! A bunch of useless people!"
"Zhou Yan actually escaped the city and dared to return to the family, he's simply audacious!"
The man roared, his fists clenched, veins bulging, his eyes bloodshot, as if they would drip blood.
He already hated Zhou Yan to the bone. Now that Zhou Yan had escaped the family, he was naturally furious, but at the same time, he was worried that Zhou Yan would retaliate against them.
After all, Zhou Yan was a powerful expert in the Spirit Martial realm, and they had no confidence in killing him.
Moreover, he had a terrifying entity behind him.
"Your subordinate deserves death, please punish me, my lord."
The masked man in black quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy upon hearing the man's words.
"You few, immediately dispatch everyone to search for Zhou Yan and the others. Make sure to bring them back to me as soon as possible!"
The man snorted coldly and said, "Otherwise, you will all be punished."
"Your subordinates obey!"
The four masked men in black bowed in response.
"Why aren't you going yet!"
The man shouted coldly, releasing a bone-chilling aura that made their hearts pound violently and their bodies tremble uncontrollably.
"Yes!"
The four masked men in black did not dare to delay and immediately left the courtyard and headed outside the city.
...
"Miss, Zhou Yan, what should we do?"
In the room, Zhou Yan sat on a stool, a hint of exhaustion on his face.
"We just need to wait for an opportunity. Once my father's men arrive, we will immediately escape!"
A solemn expression appeared on Zhou Wan's face.
Although Zhou Yan's cultivation was powerful, Zhou Wan did not believe that Zhou Yan could truly defeat so many elite experts of the Zhou family.
"Miss, don't worry, we will be fine."
Zhou Yan showed confidence on his face and said to Zhou Wan.
"Yes, Brother Zhou Yan, let's go rest first. We still have to keep running tomorrow. I'm afraid my injuries will worsen."
Zhou Wan nodded and said to Zhou Yan.
"Alright, then I'll take you to rest first, and we'll do other things tomorrow morning."
"Mm!"
"Let's go!"
Zhou Wan reached out and supported Zhou Yan, walking towards the bedroom.
"Bang!"
However, as the two of them reached the bedroom door, a muffled sound suddenly came from outside the window.
Zhou Wan's face changed, and she quickly stopped, looking towards the window. She saw several figures standing on the wall, looking inside, holding bows and arrows in their hands.
They had clearly discovered Zhou Yan and Zhou Wan and quickly raised their bows and arrows.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish!"
Several arrows shot towards Zhou Ying.
"Brother Zhou Yan!"
Zhou Wan shouted upon seeing this.
Zhou Yan's eyes flickered a few times, and he immediately shielded Zhou Wan behind him, picked up an iron rod, and swung it at the few people.
Several arrows were smashed into powder and fell down.
Seeing this, a smile curved on Zhou Yan's lips.
"Such formidable strength."
Seeing this, the masked men in black were filled with a deep sense of fear.
They had not expected Zhou Yan to possess such terrifying strength.
The next moment, the few people quickly turned and fled towards another window of the Zhou family.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Seeing this, Zhou Yan roared, and his figure shot out like lightning, chasing in one direction.
At this moment, fierce fighting sounds also erupted from the Zhou family courtyard, with masked men in black constantly engaging in fierce battles with Zhou Yan's guards.
In the Zhou family courtyard, a masked man in black, holding a long sword, was fighting with a Zhou family guard. Another masked man in black, holding a bow and arrow, aimed at a Zhou family guard, intending to shoot him in the head.
"Swish!"
However, at this moment, the Zhou family guard holding a spear suddenly raised his hand and thrust his spear towards the archer.
A muffled sound was heard, and the archer's bow and arrow were shattered, and he was sent flying backward, spewing blood.
"Ah..."
The archer cried out in pain and fell towards the ground, smashing into a towering tree and cracking its trunk.
At the same time, on the other side, Zhou Yan's figure, like a phantom, swiftly and wind-like, charged into the encirclement of the Zhou family guards, his iron rod constantly swinging.
A series of dull thuds sounded.
Zhou family guards were hit by Zhou Yan's iron rod, or directly smashed by the iron rod, and fell backward, screaming.
After a breath, only Zhou Yan remained in the Zhou family courtyard, with several shocking bloodstains on his arms.
"Careful!"
"Dodge quickly!"
"Careful!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Behind Zhou Yan, a Zhou family expert reacted, immediately pushed Zhou Wan onto the bed, covered her with a quilt, and then drew his long saber, blocking in front of Zhou Wan.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan smiled, and his iron rod mercilessly stabbed towards the Zhou family expert's chest.
"Bang!"
The Zhou family expert was hit in the chest, sent flying backward, and landed heavily on the ground.
Blood flowed down the Zhou family expert's chest.
"Ah..."
The Zhou family expert cried out in pain, his face as pale as paper.
"I will make your Zhou family pay the price!"
Zhou Yan roared, his feet pushing off the ground, his body like an eagle, swiftly darting out, his iron rod constantly swinging.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah..."
Zhou Yan's figure was like lightning. Wherever he passed, whether it was Zhou family guards or Zhou family high-ranking officials, all were swept away by him.
In the blink of an eye, the entire Zhou family courtyard had turned into a bloody purgatory.
This scene made the masked men in black hidden in the dark feel a chill down their spines, and they couldn't help but tremble.
"This young man is too strong, definitely more terrifying than those guys before!"
"We can't delay any longer, kill him quickly!"
"Yes!"
"Kill!"
Low voices sounded one after another, and the eyes of the masked men in black became fierce. They held bows and arrows and daggers and attacked Zhou Yan.