CHAPTER 720: CHAPTER 720: AMBUSHED! HUGE DIFFERENCES!

After a few days, the expedition army reached the Zhang Family’s territory.

During these days under Ye Feng’s reorganization, the situation of other families improved somewhat, but still paled in comparison to the Ye Family.

However, Ye Feng no longer expected them to perform exceptionally well and could only make do with what they had.

"Pass the word, be careful!" After entering the Zhang Family’s territory, Ye Feng delivered the order.

Following Ye Feng’s command, everyone in the Ye Family began to act with caution.

For the members of the Ye Family, Ye Feng’s order was akin to an imperial decree, and everyone had to obey it no matter what it entailed.

"Isn’t this a bit overly cautious? What could possibly happen here?"

"Exactly! Making a big deal out of nothing, right? I don’t believe that with so many of us, the Zhang Family would dare ambush us here."

"If the Zhang Family dares to ambush us, we can hold all of them back."

But the members of the other families were not as obedient, all behaving in a lax manner, feeling that Ye Feng was being too cautious.

Swish, swish, swish!

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

However, before they finished their sentence, a flurry of whooshing sounds filled the air.

With the sounds of the piercing air, cold flashes of black dots swiftly flew towards the expedition army.

Seeing these dense black dots, everyone’s expressions changed.

"Enemy attack!" Amidst the cries of alarm, the members of the major families began to clumsily defend themselves.

In contrast, the Ye Family members, having heeded Ye Feng’s words, defended in an orderly fashion, knocking aside the incoming hidden weapons.

After this round of hidden weapon assault, the Ye Family’s camp remained unscathed.

In contrast, the other families suffered some injuries to varying degrees.

Some even had several hidden weapons embedded in them, looking extremely disheveled.

Seeing this result, those who previously called Ye Feng overly cautious now bowed their heads in shame.

Originally, Ye Feng handled it well and had already warned them to be careful in advance.

But, due to their disobedience, the injuries resulted, and who can they blame? They can only blame themselves.

From then on, everyone began to follow Ye Feng’s orders unconditionally.

Seeing this scene, Ye Feng smiled wryly.

Such a simple matter, yet they required a bloody lesson before complying; Ye Feng was truly amused.

"Keep moving forward!" After enduring the hidden weapon rain, Ye Feng motioned for everyone to continue advancing.

The expedition army would not be scared off by such minor tactics from the opponent.

Under Ye Feng’s leadership, the expedition army continued to delve deeper into the Zhang Family’s territory.

Boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

Just a few hundred meters deeper, the ground trembled with loud noises.

Accompanied by these roars, fire dragons rose from the ground, sweeping towards the expedition army.

This was the second wave of ambush prepared by the Celestial Punishment Association.

But having learned from the previous example, everyone was now more cautious, defending orderly before the offensive came.

Although this ambush was stronger, the damage to the various families was much less than the last time.

"Damn Zhang Family, knowing they’re no match for us, they resort to such tactics?"

"When I charge into the Zhang Family, I’ll be sure to twist off all their heads for a chamber pot, hmph!"

"It infuriates me that they sneakily attack like this, what kind of cultivator are they, what kind of hero? The Zhang Family is truly despicable."

After enduring two ambushes, some hot-tempered individuals from the various families began to curse and swear.

However, they were just venting harsh words here; truly besieging the Zhang Family and dealing with them was beyond their capability.

"Move forward!" After a brief respite, a somewhat irked Ye Feng ordered again.

Thus, under Ye Feng’s orders, the expedition army kept advancing towards the Zhang Family’s territory.

After the two previous ambushes, the path ahead turned out to be smoother.

The Celestial Punishment Association initially planned another ambush, but seeing how minimal the expedition army’s damage was, and being unable to heighten their tactics, they gave up.

However, when the expedition army reached a vast open space, a group of people appeared before their eyes.

"It’s the Zhang Family! Everyone, be careful." The Shi Family Patriarch quickly warned upon a clear look.

Under the Shi Family Patriarch’s warning, everyone stopped, bracing themselves as they faced the Zhang Family army.

Apart from the Zhang Family army, there were also individuals wearing cloaks and masks, identified as members of the Celestial Punishment Association.

"Damn it! The Zhang Family really conspired with the Celestial Punishment Association; those are Celestial Punishment Association members."

"Zhang Family, you beasts dare collude with the Celestial Punishment Association; are you still even a family of our nation? Shameless!"

"Zhang Family, you will meet a miserable end; those who collude with the Celestial Punishment Association never fare well. You are doomed to a terrible fate."

"Rebellious Zhang Family, surrender immediately, or we’ll thrash you until you beg for mercy on your knees."

Seeing the Celestial Punishment Association camp beside the Zhang Family, members of the various families erupted in anger, hurling insults.

Knowing of the Zhang Family’s collusion with the Celestial Punishment Association is one thing, but to witness it in person was still shocking, rendering the Zhang Family unforgivably evil and undeserving of being human.

"Ridiculous! The Zhang Family is powerful; who do you think you are?"

"Indeed! Facing the mighty Zhang Family, your so-called coalition is nothing; you’ll be defeated shortly, prepared to meet your doom!"

"Once the Zhang Family strikes, you’ll see the true might of the current Zhang Family, so just wait for death obediently."

Hearing the insults, Zhang Family members retaliated immediately, displaying boundless arrogance.

To the Zhang Family, the expedition army led by the Ye Family was utterly insignificant and not even worthy of carrying their shoes when confronted with the Zhang Family and the Celestial Punishment Association.

Thus, they outright dismissed the expedition army as a threat.

As for Ye Feng, he didn’t focus on the Zhang Family; instead, he scrutinized the Celestial Punishment Association’s camp.

Through his observation, Ye Feng discovered that the Celestial Punishment Association was ranked by cloak color.

At the front were dark red and light red cloaks, worn by two people, both donning Celestial God Masks.

Behind them were crimson and light crimson cloaks, with seven individuals of each type, totaling fourteen.

Standing behind the crimson ones were those in teal and light teal cloaks; these were more numerous, roughly estimated at forty to fifty individuals combined.

Following the teal were the blue and light blue cloaks, even more numerous, with both types reaching hundreds combined.

There were other colors further back, but Ye Feng did not observe them closely.

Based on Ye Feng’s analysis, red seemed to correspond to the entire Celestial Punishment Association, crimson to a province, teal likely to different regions within a province, while blue appeared to be a country-level representation.

These individuals represented Celestial Punishment Association hierarchies within their respective regions....