Chapter 79: The Strong Ones of the War Soul Sea Secret Realm

  After leaving the cave, Ye Chen did not directly return to the Ye family, but instead entered a deeper mountain forest, searching for Black Ink Wood to prepare materials for making Black Ink Bows for those one hundred people who were selected as long-range attackers.

  Several hundred miles in, they encountered several powerful wild beasts along the way. One of them was even a ninth-grade wild beast, whose strength far surpassed that of an ordinary ninth-level expert. After all, the physique of a wild beast was far beyond what humans could compare to.

  However, Ye Chen simply killed it with a casual strike. A ninth-level beast was nothing but an instant kill for him, without any suspense. A casual punch almost turned it into mush.

  After crossing a small mountain range, a pitch-black forest appeared in Ye Chen's line of sight. This forest was probably tens of miles in circumference, and all the trees that grew here were Black Wood. Due to its location deep within the mountain range, very few people dared to come and cut down trees, as it was too dangerous. Even the several major families of Lincheng and the City Lord's Manor did not dare to venture here. This mountain range hid too many unknown dangers; not to mention others, even a single ninth-level wild beast would require several ninth-level peak experts to join forces in order to subdue it.

  The trunk of the Heizhenmu tree is straight and upright, reaching directly into the blue sky. Its branches are sparse, with few leaves scattered about. On its trunk, one can faintly see line after line of texture. According to Ye Chen's knowledge, the more lines there are, the longer the Heizhenmu tree has been growing, and the stronger its durability will be.

  Most of them are several hundred years old black acacia trees, a small part has grown for thousands of years, and some have already had several thousand years.

  Ye Chen took out his large knife and walked in front of those Hei Chen trees that had only grown for a few hundred years, cutting one down with a single slash.

  "Ding!"

  It actually made a sound similar to gold and iron, and the hardness of the Hei Chen wood could be seen, but for Ye Chen, it was nothing. The big knife forged from Hei Lie Tie was extremely sharp, and with his terrifying strength, after a few slashes, a half-meter diameter Hei Chen tree crashed down.

  Ye Chen cut the trunk of the Black Wood Tree into segments and put them into a storage bag. One storage bag was quickly filled up.

  The storage bag's space isn't big, only one cubic meter, but the black wood put in it is enough to make a hundred bows.

  A black tree root, Ye Chen used five or six storage bags to pack it up. Fortunately, the storage bags that Ye Chen had obtained from the three family elders and old men were not given to Ye Xiao Tian, but only the spiritual medicine was poured out, otherwise he would have had to carry it back today.

  After decomposing a black wood tree, Ye Chen hesitated for a moment before walking in front of a thousand-year-old black wood tree, cutting off one branch, and then cutting off another branch from a few thousand years old black wood tree to put into the storage bag before returning on the original road.

  Before returning to the small courtyard behind the mountain, Ye Chen met Ye Yan, who was rushing over with a worried face.

  "Yan Jie, what's wrong? Has something happened?" Seeing the worry on Ye Yan's face, Ye Chen rushed to his side in big strides and said in a deep voice.

  "The strong one from the Wang City has arrived." Ye Yan nodded, then said: "He's captured Father and wants to force you out. Now everyone in the Ye family is on edge, many of the guards want to leave."

  "Is Uncle Xiao okay?" Ye Chen asked, clenching his fists and suppressing his anger.

  "It's okay." Ye Yan shook her head. "He captured your father just to force you to appear, and before you show up, Father should be safe."

  "Go back." Ye Chen didn't say anything more, a hint of cruelty flashing in his eyes as he pulled Ye Yan and left.

  "Slow down." Ye Yan said: "Chen brother, the strong man from Wang City is a person who has experienced the turbulent life spring of the Life and Death Secret Realm. Are you confident? If not, then don't come back, hurry up and leave Lin City."

  "If I leave Lincheng, what about my younger brother? What about the Ye family? And what about you?" Ye Chen asked, looking at Ye Yan.

  "Mind your own business, sister doesn't want you to get involved." Ye Yan turned her head and didn't look at Ye Chen.

  "Go!" Ye Chen dragged Ye Yan back to the Ye's house in a hurry.

  "Fourth Brother!" Ye Yan struggled.

  "Let's go!" Ye Chen growled, his anger almost bursting out at this moment. Everything was because of him, and he would not allow Ye Xiao Tian to be injured in the slightest.

  Yan was taken aback by Chen's rebuke, and after all these years, Chen had always been like a obedient younger brother in front of him, but recently he had suddenly become overbearing, and now he was even more tyrannical, not allowing anyone to resist. However, Yan couldn't muster up any anger in his heart, nor did he reject Chen's tyranny, silently following as Chen pulled her back to the Ye residence at a rapid pace.

  In front of the Ye family's large courtyard, a dense crowd had gathered. In front of the gate, two teams of soldiers from the City Master's mansion stood at attention. A man who looked to be in his sixties stood quietly in front of them, his eyes cold and detached as he gazed out at the four elderly members of the Ye family as if they were ants.

  Ye Xiao's entire body was covered in wounds, one arm almost falling off his shoulder, and fresh blood had seeped through his clothes. At this moment, he was being held at knifepoint by two young generals standing on the old man's right side, while the four Ye family elders were all injured, with bloodstains at the corners of their mouths constantly dripping down, and flames of anger burning in their eyes.

  "Elder, as a strong guardian of the Chu royal court, you didn't ask about right or wrong and directly took action against my Ye family. This is indeed unfair. Jiang Xingyun had long been plotting to destroy my Ye family, this person has wolf-like ambitions, he wants to establish himself as king. My Ye family's actions were actually for the benefit of the Chu royal court, getting rid of a great hidden danger. Even if there was no reward, why did you still take action against my Ye family?" The four elders said in a deep voice.

  "Hahaha, a group of ants, are you worthy of discussing reason with me?" The old man laughed loudly, his eyes filled with endless contempt. He said coldly, "No matter what Jiang Xingyun's ambitions are, he is still a high-ranking official of the Chu royal court. You, a group of ant-like commoners, dare to kill an official of the royal court? Your crime deserves to be punished by exterminating your entire clan! However, I won't bother with you ants. Hand over Ye Chen and I'll let the Ye family live. Otherwise, I don't mind crushing a group of ants."

  "Is that so?" The two elders looked at the old man of the Protecting Country Hall coldly, "If you destroy my Ye family, I'm afraid there are people on Linglong Island who won't agree."

  "Linglong Island!" The old man's face changed greatly, but he quickly recovered and laughed even more disdainfully. "You actually brought out the sign of Linglong Island? What is Linglong Island? Could it possibly have any connection with your Ye family? Even if the entire Chu royal court couldn't reach that high, you dare to use such a ridiculous reason to threaten me, truly ignorant."

  The old man of the Protecting Country Hall was about to make his move against the Second Elder when a voice suddenly boomed out like thunder, exploding abruptly.

  "Stop!"

  This drink, the sound is so muffled, as if it's going to blast a person's heart.

  Just then, Ye Chen, dressed in white clothes like snow, flew out of the main courtyard and stood in front of the four elders. He looked at the old man of the Protecting Country Hall with a cold and ruthless gaze. When his eyes fell on Ye Xiao Tian, the full red color made Ye Chen's heart rise with violent killing intent.

  "Ye Chen is a powerful person, don't underestimate him." Several elders said.

  Ye Chen nodded, then gazed at the old man in the Hall of Protection again, his eyes like a knife, piercing through nothingness, an invisible killing intent locked onto him. "Give you a chance, release my little uncle immediately, and I'll spare your life. Otherwise, your corpse will be left with no bones!"

  "Hahaha!!" The old man of the Protecting Country Hall laughed furiously, "What a ignorant little kid, only in the realm of flesh and blood, yet so arrogant! An ant-like thing like you dares to speak to me like that? If I let you die easily, it would be too cheap for you!"

  "This is your last chance, let my little uncle go immediately!" Ye Chen ignored his words and repeated his own meaning.

  "Arrogant and ignorant."

  The old man in the Hall of Protection flashed a thick, mocking color in his eyes, took one step out, and his body was extremely fast. One big hand stretched out, extending over ten meters, transforming into a half-meter size, with raging flames burning on it, scorching the air to change its shape.

  A strong character with a fire attribute in the Five Elements, with an attack power that is relatively high among those of the same rank. The ferocity of fire has a destructive power second only to the sharpness of gold, and the fire attribute tends towards large-scale attacks.

  Ye Chen's intuition was met with a wave of heat, his mouth curled into a cruel smile, and his body suddenly disappeared from the spot, turning into a gust of wind, an invisible and traceless wind.

  A flash of golden light appeared, and in an instant, it was gone. Everyone only heard a crisp crackling sound, extremely loud, and amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd, that powerful warrior from the Guardian Hall shot straight up into the air, his entire body rapidly convulsing, as if he had been struck by the radiant sunlight of the Shadow in Fist of the North Star.

  This slap had his skull cracked open, with fresh blood gushing out all over his face. However, as a strong practitioner of the Life Spring Secret Realm, his reaction was extremely frightening. Although his body was convulsing, he also launched a counterattack at the same time, and pointed out a fire-red light, like a fiery sharp sword, which pierced through the void with a "whoosh" sound, killing towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen stepped on the Wind God Step, with a secret technique boost, his speed increased by a fold, and he dodged to the side, avoiding this sharp sword.

  "Ding!"

  A fiery glow pierced the solid ground, leaving a deep hole about one meter in depth. The mouth of the hole was surrounded by swirling green smoke and had been scorched open with cracks.

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, the old man from the Protecting Country Hall also retreated more than ten meters, pulling away from Ye Chen. He wiped the blood stains on his face, and his old face was gloomy enough to drip water. The place where Ye Chen had hit him was swollen high, burning with pain, like a roasted pig's head.

  He thought he was just an insignificant ant, and a casual strike would be enough to make him disappear into thin air. But unexpectedly, due to his carelessness, he suffered such a huge loss, being slapped by the ant. This made his anger burn like wildfire, with veins bulging on his forehead, letting out a fierce roar, and punching out with all his might.

  Buzz!

  A massive fist of light, fiery red like the sun, with a terrifying aura that completely scorched the surrounding air, really like a sun, piercing and making one's eyes ache.

  Ye Chen single-handedly rotated, performed a transformation technique, and slowly punched out a fist.

  A red glow burst forth, also a fiery red fist light, but it was transformed from the blood energy within Ye Chen's body. He didn't have a spiritual sea yet and couldn't release his spiritual energy externally.

  This punch carried an even more astonishing momentum and heavily collided with the other, producing a loud crash.