Having discussed throughout the entire day, Ye Fei and the Tianhai Sect reached an agreement.

Effective immediately, the Tianhai Sect would disperse its forces across Pingxiang to create chaos, drawing the attention of the Pangu Sect.

Ye Fei would seize this opportunity to infiltrate Huoshao Island and rescue Meng Sen.

After the discussion, just as everyone was about to go their separate ways, distressing news arrived from the enemy.

The captured disciples and their families, over a thousand people, were all massacred by the Pangu Sect.

Instantly, the entire tunnel erupted.

"My wife, my child! My child is only three years old! Why, why did this happen!"

"Dad! Mom! Your son is so sorry! If you have spirits in heaven, please bless me to avenge your deaths!"

"My brother, you died such a tragic death! Rest assured, I will live well for your sake. Just wait, the culprits will eventually pay with their blood!"

Cries of grief, wails, shouts of anger, and curses rose and fell in waves.

He Xuan took this opportunity to gather everyone and delivered an emotionally powerful and heartfelt speech.

In an instant, the fighting spirit of all the Tianhai Sect disciples was ignited.

Everyone turned their grief and fury into strength, vowing to eradicate the Pangu Sect and not rest until justice was served!

Ye Fei, standing by, couldn’t help but give He Xuan a thumbs up.

So young, yet already possessing such leadership qualities, and above all, profoundly compassionate.

He believed that he would surely achieve something great in the future.

Shortly after, the hundred or so disciples in the secret tunnel were divided into over thirty groups to launch harassment attacks on the Pangu Sect’s strongholds throughout Pingxiang, distracting the enemy and creating opportunities for Ye Fei to land on the island.

Ye Fei, along with He Xuan, Lu Houde, and Duan Meng, set out to find someone capable of helping them land on Huoshao Island.

On the way, Lu Houde recounted the exploits of this capable person.

This man, named Xiang Geng, made a living by fishing, but in earlier years, he was the most famous sea merchant in the Pingxiang region, also in good standing with the old Sect Master.

The two families had even arranged a marriage between their children.

However, a few years ago, with the expansion of the Pangu Sect’s power, his entire business was swallowed up, and they even issued a kill order against him.

It was this that forced him to live in obscurity, fleeing to the southern side of Pingxiang where he sustained himself by fishing.

They sought him because he knew of a secret waterway leading to Huoshao Island unknown to others. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

It would allow them to completely avoid the Pangu Sect’s maritime watch and enable Ye Fei to stealthily infiltrate Huoshao Island.

Two hours later, the group of four arrived at the small fishing village where Xiang Geng lived.

But upon entering the village, they noticed something was amiss with the atmosphere.

All the villagers had gathered at the dock, and among the crowd lay the bloodied corpse of a woman.

There were also four Pangu Sect disciples, making arrogant gestures and strutting around with a display of power.

Two other Pangu Sect disciples stood on a fishing boat, occasionally casting sleazy glances inside.

The boat’s hull rocked unsteadily, and from the cabin came several piercing cries for help from a young woman.

Suddenly, Lu Houde exclaimed, "Oh no! That’s Xiang Geng’s boat!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Fei wasted no words and rushed forward.

Meanwhile, inside the cabin.

A teenage girl in the bloom of youth, disheveled and tear-stained, was cornered by a scar-faced brute.

The burly man with a scar faced the girl with a beastly expression, licking his lips, "Heh heh, if you had been this obedient earlier, Mommy wouldn’t have had to die, huh? Keep stripping! Not a single piece can stay! Hurry up!"

The girl’s face was filled with despair; she didn’t dare to defy him and continued to remove her remaining clothes while crying.

On the other side of the cabin, a man covered in blood was being pinned down by a fat man, with the cold tip of a knife pressed against his neck.

This person was Xiang Geng.

His wife had just been brutally murdered before his eyes, and now he had to watch helplessly as his daughter was humiliated.

He seemed on the verge of madness, screaming with all his might, "Bastards! I won’t forgive you even in death!"

However, the scar-faced man and the fat man didn’t care at all about his words and kept laughing loudly.

Thud!

The fat man stabbed a knife into the man’s back and twisted it twice, causing Xiang Geng to let out a howl of agony.

"Old fool, we’ve been looking for you for so many years; who’d have thought you’d hide here. Hand it over quickly, or I’ll let my brothers have their way with your daughter right before your eyes!"

Xiang Geng clenched his teeth hard, his mouth full of blood, and looking at his innocent daughter, he said in pain, "Dream on!"

"Good! What a tough guy!"

With a glance from the fat man, the scar-faced thug immediately understood.

He pounced on the girl and began to violently assault her.

The girl couldn’t take it anymore; she bit the scar-faced man’s arm and, seizing the moment when he recoiled, grabbed a sharp knife from the ground, intending to stab herself in the neck.

The scar-faced man didn’t let her succeed and slapped the sharp knife out of her hand.

He then stepped on her chest, grinding his foot a few times, and sneered with a grimace, "Want to die? You’ve got to let my brothers have their fun before you go. It’d be a shame to die so soon, wouldn’t it?"

The fat man watched, snickering continuously, "Old man, I’ll say it one more time, hand over the goods. You wouldn’t want to watch your daughter get messed up by seven or eight big men, would you?"

The scar-faced man crawled back onto the girl; the last line, now nearly crossed.

Finally, Xiang Geng conceded, "Don’t touch my daughter anymore! The thing, I’ll give it to you!"

He finished pointing to a spot on the cabin floor in a corner.

The fat man walked quickly over, kicked aside the junk on top, and indeed discovered a hidden compartment.

He used the knife to pry open the secret compartment, and an aged yellow piece of cowhide map was revealed.

"Hahaha!"

The fat man laughed uproariously.

"There you go! Old man, it’s done. Now you’re of no use anymore; you can go to your death peacefully. As for your daughter, we’ll gladly take her. Hahaha!"

"You! You faithless scoundrel!"

Xiang Geng roared futilely.

The fat man, with eyes red, lifted the sharp knife above his head and thrust it straight towards Xiang Geng’s chest.

"No!"

The girl screamed in despair.

The scar-faced man laughed uproariously.

But just as the knife tip was half a centimeter away from Xiang Geng’s neck, a large hand firmly clamped down on the fat man’s wrist.

Then a cold voice sounded in his ear.

"Is torturing people fun? Let me have a try?"