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Chapter 484 The Oswald Xun Family

Tiandou Oswell is a kingdom adjacent to the province of Tosk. Because it borders the North Sea to the north, its fishing industry is quite developed, and most of the seafood in Tiandou City is supplied by the Kingdom of Oswell.

The Heavenly Dou Empire is home to numerous nobles, who hold a severe monopoly over various industries. The Kingdom of Oswell is no exception, with almost all of its ports being controlled by nobles and leased to fishermen who make a living from fishing as outlets to the sea. This forces ordinary people to pay exorbitant fees to go to sea.

But human greed is insatiable. The common people's submissiveness emboldened these nobles, who would unite every now and then to discuss raising the sea voyage fee, causing the common people to complain but not daring to resist. After all, these noble lords all possessed some degree of Soul Master power, so how could ordinary people fight against them?
Despite the general circumstances, there is always light where there is darkness. The Auschwitz family was unwilling to associate with these nobles who preyed on the common people. The port they occupied was rented out to commoners for fishing or trading, with only a symbolic charge for maintenance and repair.

This resulted in the Xun family's port having a throughput several times, or even dozens of times, greater than that of other noble families' ports. Only fishermen who were out of touch with the news or lived in remote areas would still choose other noble families' ports to go to sea, which greatly reduced the income of the nobles.

Other nobles were furious at the Xun family's actions, but they were powerless to do anything about it. The Xun family patriarch's daughter had married a member of the Oswell royal family and had the protection of the royal family. These families did not dare to easily make trouble for the Xun family. They could only visit the Xun family several times to communicate and ask the Xun family to increase the port's sea voyage fees like they did.

However, the Xun family were commoners three generations ago. They only achieved their current status because their ancestors rose to prominence. Naturally, they understood the hardships of commoners' lives better than other nobles. They immediately refused the other nobles' attempts to negotiate and cut off all contact with them after that, which was very difficult for these nobles to accept.

Just then, the Tang Clan's reputation gradually spread throughout the eastern part of the empire, and their undefeated record also aroused the interest of the nobles of the Kingdom of Oswell.

Unable to harm the Xun family, the nobles pooled their resources and submitted the mission order to the Tang Sect. The deposit of nearly one million gold soul coins tempted the Tang Sect members, who quickly accepted the order from the nobles of Oswell and dispatched personnel to the Kingdom of Oswell today.

"The target is all the high-ranking members of the Xun family. We will act as a unified force tonight. We will first disperse to scout the locations and then meet here two hours after dinner."

"Understood, Lord Demon Eagle."

The leader of the men in black gave orders to a group of Tang Clan disciples, and the members scattered and disappeared into the shadows.

Demon Eagle was a trusted subordinate whom Tang San had focused on cultivating during this year. Tang San had saved his life in the Killing Town. After the assassin business was launched, Tang San also taught him the methods of using Dragon Capture and Crane Control, Ghost Shadow Perplexing, and some hidden weapons. Combined with the terrifying speed brought by the Phantom Demon Eagle Martial Soul, Demon Eagle can be said to be the second best assassin in the Tang Sect after the sect leader Tang San.

The year-long mission also allowed Demon Eagle to obtain a lot of good materials. After bringing the corpse back, Tang San did not hesitate to improve the strength of this capable subordinate. Now he has the cultivation level of a Soul Saint at level 75, second only to Walton in the Tang Sect, even higher than Tang San, the sect leader. However, the increase in his cultivation level did not make him develop any disloyalty to Tang San. On the contrary, he became even more loyal.

He was in full charge of the mission to eliminate the Xun family's high-ranking members in the Kingdom of Oswell. From the intelligence gathered before the mission, Demon Eagle learned that the current head of the Xun family was a Soul Saint, a level that he needed to break through to. However, he was not clear about the strength of the other elders and needed to scout out the locations and gather information in advance to make thorough preparations.

Tang San places great importance on the success rate of Tang Sect's missions, so he has no choice but to be careful and cautious. If he fails, he won't be able to explain himself to Tang San.

Time flew by, and before they knew it, it was time for the Tang Clan disciples to meet. Demon Eagle waited for a moment outside the woods not far from the Xun family, and soon a series of dark figures gathered around him.

“My lord, the First Elder and Third Elder of the Xun family are ordinary Soul Emperors, while the Second Elder is close to Soul Saint. The rest are not worth fearing.” “Lord Demon Eagle, the Xun family’s defense forces are almost entirely located within the clan’s territory. There is no need to carefully break through step by step.”

"The Xun family patriarch has a habit of cultivating at night. Now that I think about it, he has already started and will probably finish in about an hour before going to rest."

As messages flooded into Demon Eagle's ears, his mind raced with the battle plan for this mission. After a moment, a golden light flashed in Demon Eagle's piercing eyes, and he said in a deep voice:
"We will act in one hour. The rest of the elders are your responsibility. Even if you cannot kill them, you must hold them off. I will kill Xun Guang as soon as possible."

"Yes, Lord Demon Eagle."

"Well, whoever can kill those elders, I can recommend them to the sect leader for credit. Whoever kills them will get the body. But you know what will happen if anyone shirks their duties and the mission fails."

"Thank you, sir. We understand."

With the Demon Eagle's threats and inducements, the Tang Sect disciples' eyes, besides excitement, also showed a hint of wariness. After all, no one wanted to try Tang San's methods, and their improvement in cultivation level was truly enviable. They all became extremely vigilant, wanting to get a share of the pie among the many Soul Masters of the Xun family.

Taking in the expressions of his subordinates, Demon Eagle nodded in satisfaction and began to rest with his eyes closed on the tree trunk, waiting for the right moment to make his move.

Seeing this, the subordinates also suppressed their restlessness and began to adjust their state. Apart from the Soul Saint Demon Eagle, the Tang Clan had also dispatched six Soul Emperor level members for this trip, which shows that they attached great importance to this trip. Demon Eagle was very confident in killing the Xun family's high-ranking members. Even without relying on the Tang Clan's strange hidden weapons, he could do it.

As night fell, the Demon Eagle opened its eagle eyes again and waved its right hand slightly toward the Xun family's direction.

"Get to work, remember your responsibilities, and if anyone causes trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Yes, my lord."

A series of dark shadows streaked across the sky, heading straight for the Xun family's territory. Meanwhile, the Xun family's guards were patrolling the clan's land as usual, completely unaware that they were about to face a great calamity.

Demon Eagle, wanting to catch Xun Guang off guard, would not allow his subordinates to alert the enemy. Therefore, before setting off, he selected only agile, attack-type battle spirit masters, who could eliminate Xun's guard forces without anyone noticing.

After sensing the surroundings, he quietly made his way towards the central part of the clan's territory, hoping to gain the upper hand by striking first.

(End of this chapter)