Chapter 62: The Great War

  The palm wind fell, but Ye Chen's figure had disappeared. He vanished into thin air like a phantom and reappeared the next moment, his leg raised high as he chopped down fiercely. Fast, accurate, and ruthless, a single palm strike left Gou Shi with no way to dodge.

  Bang!

  This leg carried the power of a thousand tons, like a massive boulder falling from above, and Gou Shi suffered a severe blow. With a loud "pu" sound, he spat out a mouthful of old blood, his entire body crashing face-down to the ground with a deafening crash. The earth cracked open, revealing a human-shaped depression, and half of Gou Shi's body sank into the ground. Ye Chen's foot pressed down on his back, like Mount Tai crushing him, making it impossible for him to climb up.

  "Suitable for you, go eat dog shit!"

  Ye Chen smiled, his smile very cold. Without even a glance at the humble servant at his feet, he turned his gaze to the people of the Dà Sān family and the City Master's Manor, saying: "You dare to oppose the Ye family? You will all have to pay a price that is hard to bear."

  He, who had inherited the invincible will of the Chaos Bloodline, was already furious under the oppression of the three major families and the City Master's Mansion. The killing intent in his eyes flashed as he looked at the people from the three major families and the City Master's Mansion, as if looking at a group of dead men.

  The originally noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, and the people around the city looked at Ye Chen with unbelievable eyes. The scene before them completely transcended their understanding of cultivators. A 14-year-old boy had actually pinned down the elder of the Gou family, making it feel like a dream that was not real.

  What's most important is that many people in Lincheng still don't know about Ye Chen's recovery. Last time, the news spread that he was crippled by a disciple of Shenxian Sect's inner courtyard and had his meridians severed, but now he's suddenly so powerful, it's hard to believe.

  The scene was very quiet, not only the onlookers but also the powerful individuals from the three major families and the City Lord's Manor were shocked. Only the three family heads who had seen Ye Chen take action in the Ye Family Hall earlier were somewhat calm, but their hearts were equally unsettled. Even the elder who had reached the ninth stage of cultivation for decades couldn't withstand a few moves. In their minds, Ye Chen's threat had already surpassed that of Ye Wentian. If he was allowed to grow further and unleash more power from the treasure, wouldn't he become invincible?

  It wasn't until after a while that the miserable creature, trampled under Ye Chen's feet, let out a heart-wrenching scream. The snow-white hair on its head stood up straight, like needles, as it let out an indistinct and terrifying howl: "You little beast, I'll make sure you die without a burial... Ahhh!!"

  Ye Chen remained unmoved and coldly sneered: "Still stubborn even when death is imminent?"

  Without saying another word, Ye Chen kicked his foot heavily onto Gou Shi's body, and with a huge force, he kicked him flying into the air, producing several cracking sounds. Under Ye Chen's one kick, the place where Gou Shi was kicked had his bones broken and tendons torn, and he let out a miserable cry.

  His body had just flown out when Ye Chen moved, catching up with him in a few steps and grabbing both of his feet before pulling them apart.

  "Pffft!"

  A huge blood mist burst out, and Gou Shi was torn into two halves by Ye Chen's hand. The broken body flew far away from Ye Chen's hand, smashing towards the direction of the three major families.

  Simple and direct yet violent and bloody, the crimson blood splattered all over Ye Chen's body, his white clothes stained with blood, the crimson fragments shocking to behold.

  In the distance, several screams rang out. Who had ever seen such a violent and cruel scene? Ye Chen was like a humanoid beast, tearing apart a nine-segment peak strongman with brute force, shocking people's hearts and eyeballs.

  At this moment, everyone's gaze at him was filled with fear. Ye Chen's means were far more ruthless than anyone had expected, and even the people of the Ye family were twitching in their eyes, with a look of shock and horror in their hearts, and their eyes were filled with dread as they looked at Ye Chen.

  Zhao Wujie's face was filled with shock and horror. Earlier, he had heard Duanmu Ou say that Ye Chen's combat strength was extremely powerful, but he hadn't believed it, thinking that Duanmu Ou was exaggerating as a nine-segment strong practitioner. Only now, after witnessing this scene with his own eyes, did he realize just how powerful Ye Chen actually was.

  "This man must die, otherwise, after some time, he will grow even stronger and none of us can live in peace." Zhao Wuji said in a low voice to the three masters.

  Zhao Mingfeng nodded and said, "However, Ye Chen's little trick may not be due to his own cultivation. Did you see the faint orange-gold light on his body when he made his move?"

  "What did you say?" Zhao Wuji's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

  "Not bad, I think that Ye Chen must have activated the mysterious treasure, otherwise do you think a 14-year-old child can easily kill a 9th rank peak expert?" Zhao Mingfeng sneered coldly, "Activating the treasure is extremely exhausting for his blood and energy, how long can he hold on? We'll let people swarm up, fight until he's exhausted, and by then it will still be up to us to slaughter him."

  "Good idea." Du Mu Ou also nodded in agreement with Zhao Wuji.

  Gao Rui De's face was ashen, looking at the corpse of the family elder not far away, the muscles on his face twitching violently. The two elders of the Duanmu and Zhao families looked at Ye Chen in shock, their faces pale, they were also shocked by Ye Chen's move.

  "The three major families, listen to the order! Together, charge in and take Ye Chen's life. Whoever takes Ye Chen's life will be rewarded with two low-grade supreme spiritual medicines. Whoever kills the Ye family's elder and master will be rewarded with one low-grade supreme spiritual medicine. Whoever kills the Ye family's steward will be rewarded with two low-grade high-quality spiritual medicines."

  Gu De, Duanmu Ou, and Zhao Mingfeng shouted in unison. The masters of the three major families were instantly excited, as the low-grade supreme spirit medicine was too attractive to them. Although they had just witnessed Ye Chen's strength, there were over a thousand high-ranking experts from their three families, and even five or six ninth-stage experts would be killed under siege. They believed that killing Ye Chen and the Ye family elder would not be a problem at all.

  "Advance and flatten the Ye family!" Kou Rong shouted angrily, his thick voice exploding like thunder.

  "Brothers, kill Ye Chen, kill the Ye family elder and master, and the low-grade spirit medicine will be ours!" someone shouted loudly. In an instant, everyone rushed towards the gate of the Ye family's mansion together, with a thousand people moving as one, the momentum was truly intimidating.

  "Iron Tooth, the first and second battalions are arrayed in formation, waiting for the three major families to break through the gate. You will lightly equip yourselves and crush them, leaving no one from the Ye family or their livestock alive. If I find a single survivor, General Zhao will have your heads roll!"

  "Yes!"

  Two hundred people responded in unison, their voices as uniform as if they came from one person's mouth. Then they quickly changed positions and formed four small phalanxes of fifty people each, with the war spears in their hands flashing cold light in the sunlight, and a murderous aura spread.

  The onlookers in the distance unconsciously retreated several steps, some of them turned pale, as if they had already seen the scene where the Ye family's corpses were scattered all over the ground and blood flowed like a river. At the same time, they also understood that the struggle between the major powers was cruel beyond measure, to the point where no one was spared, and it was a complete annihilation in name and reality.

  "Want to destroy the Ye family? First, step over our old corpses!" A voice like a thunderclap rang out, and four figures flashed out of the Ye family's courtyard. They were the second elder, third elder, fifth elder, and Ye Xiao Tian of the Ye family.

  Several elderly men fell to the front of Ye Chen along with Ye Xiao Tian, their white hair fluttering in the air, their anger soaring to the sky, their copper bell-like eyes staring at the people from the three major families and the City Master's Manor, as if five great mountains stood there.

  "Very well, they're all here. Once we kill the Ye family, it will be completely finished." Kou Hider shouted loudly, and then raised his hand to give the order: "Kill them!"

  Ye Chen's eyes flashed with a mad killing intent, today it had come to this point and he could only start a massacre. Fortunately, his strength was sufficient, otherwise the Ye family would not be able to escape the tragic fate of being annihilated. He bypassed the four great elders and Ye Xiao Tian, then said in a low voice: "Elders, uncle, you deal with the three major family heads and the nine strong ones from the city master's mansion, these small fries will be left to me."

  "It won't work, there are too many of them. Even if we join forces, it's not certain that we can hold them off. You going alone is no different from sending yourself to death." Ye Xiao Tian spoke out in opposition.

  Ye Chen smiled confidently, with a faint orange-gold light flashing on his body. "They can't even break through my defense, I'll just stand there and let them attack, it's hard for them to last even a short while. Elders and younger uncles can rest assured, this place is left to me."

  Ye Chen finished speaking and rushed forward a few steps, with a clang, a 1.5-meter-long black knife appeared in his hand, its entire body was as black as ink, only the blade had a hint of cold light, he stood alone, his white clothes stained with blood fluttering, the big knife pointing to the sky, an unmatched aura of dominance emanating from him, like a resurrected overlord.

  "Pffft!"

  A blade of orange-gold light shot out several meters, slashing horizontally, and the heads of over a dozen people in front were severed, over a dozen streams of blood shooting up into the sky like a fountain of blood.

  Ye Chen's massive hand grasped the hilt, and his internal blood and energy circulated rapidly. His powerful life force was unbroken, quickly recovering from his losses. Facing over a thousand top experts, he charged forward directly, his giant blade taking away multiple lives with each rotation, wails of despair echoing out, fresh blood spraying everywhere, an unparalleled bloody scene.

  Clang Clang!!

  The sound of clashing weapons continued to ring out, Ye Chen's large knife chopped down, and all the weapons were broken. Later, Sen Han's sharp blade swept across their bodies, in a short period of time, the empty space outside the courtyard was already filled with rivers of blood, corpses scattered everywhere, limbs and arms severed and scattered all over the ground. Ye Chen's power was unstoppable, one man holding off the enemy at the gate, the masters of the three families were unable to take a step forward, all being blocked by Ye Chen.

  All who attempted to bypass Ye Chen and surround him were cut down by his sword.

  Ye Chen stood in a passageway that led to the main gate of the Ye family's mansion, only tens of meters wide, not as spacious as the front. He was killing back and forth on this narrow path, with dozens or even hundreds of corpses piled up under his feet.

  The four elders were shocked beyond compare, and now Ye Chen was really making them wonder what kind of realm he had reached. They were uncertain in their hearts, but judging from how easily he killed these people like chopping vegetables, his strength was already equivalent to having one foot in the Naiquan Secret Realm.

  The three masters and Zhao Wuji exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. They then rushed to where Ye Chen was without saying a word, wanting to join forces to kill him.

  "Your opponent is us!"

  The four great elders and Ye Xiao Tian let out a loud roar, almost at the same time as the three families and Zhao Wuji made their move, they charged forward and clashed with them. The four great elders fought against Duanmu Ou, Zhao Mingfeng, Zhao Wuji, Gou Rite, and Ye Xiao Tian alone took on two great elders from the Duanmu and Zhao families.