Chapter 72: Making a Move (First Update)

  The sudden change left everyone stunned, and almost simultaneously, all eyes were fixed on the carriage where Ye Chen was.

  The curtain in front of the carriage was slowly lifted, and after a moment, a figure in black robes slowly appeared under everyone's gaze!

  "Nine Breaths!" The black-robed youth took a step forward, slightly raised his head, and in a light voice that was like thunder, it rumbled around the ears of everyone on the square.

  Everyone in the Mu family looked at Ye Chen with a stunned expression as he walked slowly towards them. A hint of unusual color flashed across Mu Ye's beautiful eyes, but she shook her head slowly and said gloomily: "Ye Chen, you should leave! This matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to pay the price of your life for us!"

  Mu Chen's face turned red with anxiety, and he hastily said: "Ye Chen, you must leave quickly!"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen smiled faintly and shook his head. Looking at the anxious expressions on their faces, he felt a surge of emotion in his heart. Although he had only known Mu Chen for a few days, Mu Chen was still worried about him now. How could Ye Chen abandon him and escape alone?

  Ye Chen couldn't deny that he was a bit cold-blooded, but if someone showed him kindness, he would repay it with gratitude.

  But if someone does wrong, he will be punished ten times over!

  Ye Chen slightly shrugged his shoulders, his gaze swept over hundreds of domain thief members, and fell on the middle-aged man's body, saying lightly: "Five breaths!"

  Ye Chen's voice was still calm and unruffled, but at this moment, Mu Ye's eyes were fixed intently on the young man in a hemp robe. For some reason, she felt a surge of trust towards him, and couldn't help but laugh at herself for being absurd. In times of despair, one would indeed think wildly. The young man before her didn't have even a hint of true energy stirring within him, so how could he be the middle-aged man's opponent? Moreover, there was a large group of Waste Domain thieves lurking in the shadows, their eyes fixed greedily on them.

  Lu Chu's face was filled with astonishment, and then she burst out laughing, shaking her head in a somewhat helpless manner. "Ye Er, this kid from the Mu family is interesting, arrogant enough, but if he had the ability to back up his arrogance, it would be fine. However, there isn't even a hint of true energy on him, yet he's still so arrogant! That's simply the ultimate idiocy!"

  However, the members of the Waste Domain Thieves all turned their heads to look at Luo Chu with a fierce gaze. If Ye Chen in front of them was an idiot, then wouldn't they be even worse than trash if they were forced back? Suddenly lifting his head, Mu Ye's eyes showed a hint of joy again. Ah, without true energy, how did he force back hundreds of Waste Domain Thieves members?

  "I don't care who you are, if you leave now, I can let you go!" The middle-aged man's eyes were fixed tightly on Ye Chen's handsome face, wanting to find a hint of panic, but what disappointed him was that Ye Chen's face remained calm.

  Although Ye Chen's body did not show any fluctuations of true energy, the middle-aged man still had a cautious expression towards Ye Chen.

  "Three breaths, you have three more breaths to consider!" A faint smile appeared at the corner of Ye Chen's mouth. The middle-aged man in front of him was indeed the leader of the Fei Yu thief gang, extremely cautious and able to lead hundreds of initial martial artists, truly not comparable to that idiot Luo Chu.

  "Kill the white idiot, and it's done!" Luo Chu's arrogant voice sounded again, slowly dismounting from his horse. However, he didn't notice that the horse's legs were trembling slightly, as the beast's intuition was more sensitive than humans, clearly feeling the pressure brought by Ye Chen.

  "Although I don't know where your confidence comes from, but you're not getting the chance!" Blocking Luo Chu who was about to make a move, the middle-aged man's face twitched slightly, his voice also gradually became colder, his true energy slowly flowing outside his body, and the air temperature dropped by several degrees.

  Mu Ye's face turned pale, she could feel a flash of murderous intent in the middle-aged man's eyes, and her aura burst out, clashing with the middle-aged man's aura, but it was like a small boat in the vast ocean, instantly overwhelmed by the middle-aged man's aura.

  Mo Ye's body retreated a few steps, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth onto the icy snow, a shocking sight to behold.

  "Mu Ye, you don't need to take action!" Ye Chen's right hand suddenly swung forward, and a series of breaking wind sounds immediately rose up, blocking Mu Chen and the Mu family behind him. The slender figure stood firm under the middle-aged man's overwhelming aura, like a small boat in the vast ocean, yet remained standing without falling.

  "I've also killed at the peak of Initial Martial Arts!" A calm voice slowly drifted out of Ye Chen's mouth, and in that instant, a dazzling light burst forth from his body. The sun in the sky dimmed in comparison, and amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd, a powerful aura slowly rose up Ye Chen's body, layer by layer: Initial Martial Arts first level, second level, third level, fourth level, all the way to the peak. The terrifying momentum forced the people around him to retreat one after another.

  The entire audience fell into a deathly silence, with a look of shock flashing across everyone's face as they stared at the black-robed figure for a long time without speaking.

  "It's time for a breath, ten breaths! You can stay here!" The calm voice was like a cold winter wind blowing over everyone's hearts, and a solemn atmosphere slowly spread out in all directions. Ye Chen's figure suddenly shot out, leaping into the void.

  The middle-aged man's face finally showed a hint of horror, his long sword tightly gripped, and he suddenly swung out dozens of swords towards Ye Chen, the tens of feet long sword energy transformed into a torrent that cut off the path between the two, the offensive was exceptionally fierce, but in the next instant, everyone's face was filled with confusion.

  After swinging dozens of swords, the middle-aged man suddenly turned around and shot towards a distant place, escaping, leaving hundreds of subordinates on the ground unattended. With just one glance, he escaped, and the crowd's eyes looking at Ye Chen all had an extra hint of fear.

  With a single drop of his right arm, the true energy surged forth from his fingertips like a tidal wave, instantly replacing the light of heaven and earth. In that instant, the sky and the ground almost turned pale blue, as if the entire scene had become an ocean of cyan. The sword energy torrent dissipated into nothingness in an instant, turning to ash and disappearing.

  "I told you all to stay here! You're no exception!" Ye Chen's eyes flashed with a cold light as he suddenly darted forward, his figure seeming to shatter the air itself as he charged towards the middle-aged man. The surrounding air rippled and then a deafening explosion sound slowly began to ring out.

  Cold sweat dripped down his face, and the feeling was as if he had been stared at by the god of death. The middle-aged man suddenly swung his right arm back, and the long sword in his hand turned into a stream of light shooting towards Ye Chen. At this moment, to block Ye Chen, the middle-aged man actually threw out his own sword.

  Slowly shaking his head, his figure shifted to the side, and the long sword swept horizontally across Ye Chen's abdomen. Ye Chen's speed didn't slow down in the slightest, but instead became even more terrifying, leaving behind a trail of residual shadows in the sky. His right hand rose up and pointed forward, causing the air to suddenly roar, and his finger lightly landed on the middle-aged man's back.

  The wind blade slowly extended from his fingertips, the scream had not yet escaped, and the wind blade cut the middle-aged man in half. Blood splattered across the sky, easily killing his opponent in an instant. Ye Chen was already accustomed to it, slowly turning around, stepping into the air, and charging towards Luo Chu.

  A silence as if death itself had fallen, a single finger was enough to kill a peak initial-stage warrior, and all the warriors present were deeply shocked.

  Fear filled Luocha's pale face, and the usual arrogance was nowhere to be seen. Luocha frantically jumped towards a distant place, but a powerful aura tightly pressed against him, making it impossible for him to move at all!

  His right hand slowly lifted, just as it was about to fall, Luo Chu's forehead dripped with cold sweat, and he roared at the bottom of his voice: "You can't kill me, my father is the leader of the Luojia gang! If you kill me, you will definitely be pursued by my father, my father won't let you go!"

  A faint smile appeared on his face, he slowly shook his head. Ye Chen didn't hesitate at all, his right finger fell, and several wind blades engulfed Luo Chu's figure. The miserable cry hadn't even been uttered before it turned into countless pieces of flesh falling in all directions. In the moment before his death, Luo Chu vaguely saw Ye Chen's lips move slightly, as if saying: "Your father didn't have that chance, because he had already died at my hands!"

  The fear still lingered, spreading in the hearts of the Waste Domain thieves. Suddenly someone shouted and all the Waste Domain thieves frantically dispersed in all directions. Faced with a demon who had killed Wu Dangfeng, they had lost their former bravery, even though their hands were also stained with countless lives.

  A black robe fluttered, his right hand slowly raised, and a calm voice like the thunder of the nine heavens echoed throughout the mountain: "You can't escape!"

  A clear and sharp sword hum rose, with his right hand holding the sword, Ye Chen was like a terrifying whirlwind, charging towards the fleeing crowd.

  Without any mercy, the sword with a cold glow was thrust into the chest of the bandit members in the wasteland, amidst their shocked and frightened eyes. The cries of agony drowned out the howling autumn wind, and the entire sky seemed extremely gloomy. Hundreds of figures fell to the ground, blood dripping everywhere, and far away, a bloodstain several meters wide was shocking to behold.

  Mu Ye's beautiful eyes were fixed on the figure standing in the blood pool, her gaze filled with shock. In just a few short breaths, this young man had effortlessly defeated the invincible Fei Yu, an opponent whose strength was among the top even in Luoshan City. What shocked Mu Ye, however, was that the youth before her eyes was merely at the tender age of coming of age.

  Drip, drip, dripping sounds, red liquid dripped down the sword tip and fell onto the blood pool, the sound of which seemed to echo in everyone's heart, lingering for a long time...