Faster! Go faster!
The plane tore through the clouds, piercing the sky as it raced toward Jinling.
"Qingyue, Ningning... you must not be hurt!"
"If you are, I will turn Jinling into a ghost town... a city of a million corpses, flowing with blood!"
"Hold on, you must hold on!"
Ye Chen felt ice-cold, his entire body trembling. He was consumed by rage and terror. The malevolent energy within him could no longer be contained.
"Hah! Hah! Hah..."
Ye Chen’s eyes were blood-red. His voice, like that of an Asura from the depths of the nine netherworlds, roared: "How much longer... how much longer until we reach Jinling!"
"Teacher, we have arrived in Jinling!"
Chen Junlin kept a tight grip on the speed and shouted, "We are landing now, Teacher... the little junior sister, she will be fine!"
We’re here?
Ye Chen’s body stiffened, and he slammed his gaze toward the window. The plane was already descending, only a few hundred meters from the ground. The buildings below were already becoming visible.
Chen Junlin said, "Teacher, we will land safely in one minute. Please don't be—"
Before Chen Junlin could finish, Ye Chen cut him off: "I can't wait that long! Open the hatch!"
"Teacher, we are still a hundred meters up—"
"OPEN THE HATCH!"
Ye Chen bellowed. The malevolent energy surged from within his body, and instantly, every glass object inside the cabin shattered with a series of sharp cracks. With Ye Chen at the center, everything around him was being destroyed. If this continued, the plane would be torn apart by his aura long before it could land safely.
Chen Junlin had no choice but to grit his teeth and open the hatch.
Then, he witnessed a sight he would never forget for the rest of his life. The moment the hatch opened, Ye Chen stepped out into the void.
"Teacher!"
Chen Junlin was horrified. He moved to stop him, but Ye Chen had already leapt.
From a hundred meters in the air, Ye Chen fell straight down.
"That's a hundred-meter drop..." Chen Junlin felt his scalp tingle.
At the same time, the dozens of disciples in the private jets following behind also screamed: "Teacher!"
The moment Ye Chen had rushed out, his thirty-six disciples had boarded their own jets, following him closely. Along the way, they had discovered the reason for Ye Chen’s rage and had contacted all their brothers and sisters. They swore to secure justice for their teacher, the teacher's wife, and the little junior sister... even if more than half of them had been blacklisted by Daxia Country and warned never to set foot on its soil again.
They didn't care. As long as they could get justice for their teacher, what did it matter if they had to stand against the entire world?
But none of them had expected that, upon arrival, their teacher would jump from the plane at such a height.
"Teacher!"
"Teacher!"
Amidst the cries of his disciples, Ye Chen plummeted like a meteorite through the air. With almost no cushion, he slammed into the ground with a thunderous boom.
CRASH!
A deafening noise erupted, followed by a cloud of dust. The bluestone courtyard of the Gu Family was smashed into shards, and the entire villa shook from the impact. The glass in the courtyard shattered from the sheer force of the shockwave.
"What’s going on?"
"Was that an earthquake?"
"Look... there’s a figure in the courtyard!"
Everyone in the house had their ears ringing from the blast. They looked toward the source and saw a figure standing in a massive crater amidst the settling dust. The cracks beneath his feet looked like dense spiderwebs, spreading dozens of meters outward, even causing the nearby walls to fissure.
"Is... is that a man or a ghost?" someone whispered in terror.
Before they could get an answer, Ye Chen moved!
BOOM!
Another deafening crash. Before anyone could react, a figure like a demon from hell had surged into the house.
Ye Chen’s eyes were bleeding, and his killing intent flooded the room. With a wave of his hand, the seven or eight bodyguards in the room exploded into mists of blood.
He locked his gaze onto the three remaining bodyguards, his voice as cold as a thousand-year-old glacier: "Where are my wife and daughter?"
***
Is this even human?
The remaining three bodyguards were broken by Ye Chen’s display. Their mouths hung open, their faces pale and vacant. They were too terrified to even answer.
"Ah! Ningning... you beasts, you will rot in hell!"
At that moment, Xia Qingyue’s heart-rending scream echoed from upstairs.
BOOM!
Ye Chen’s aura surged even further. He punched the three remaining bodyguards into pieces and shot toward the second floor like an arrow released from a bow.
"Haha, so much for being the 'First Goddess of Jinling'... Xia Qingyue, from now on, you are nothing but a plaything beneath me, Gu Nanfei! Hahaha!"
Gu Nanfei excitedly tore Xia Qingyue’s clothes to shreds.
RIP!
In an instant, only her undergarment remained. "You beasts... you promised to let my daughter go! You promised!"
Xia Qingyue wailed in misery, completely broken and drained of the strength to resist.
On the cold operating table, little Ningning’s chest was soaked in blood. Only one final step remained before her heart was to be excised.
"Ningning... Mommy is coming to be with you!"
Xia Qingyue screamed in despair, then bit down hard on Gu Nanfei’s arm.
"Damn it, you bitch!"
Gu Nanfei backhanded her, slapping her face hard.
But Xia Qingyue didn't react. She seized the opportunity to rush to the operating table, grabbed a sharp scalpel, and plunged it toward her own throat.
*Goodbye, this world.*
*Goodbye, Ye Chen.*
*Ningning, Mommy is here!*
SLICE!
The sharp blade broke the skin, and a spray of blood flew several meters.
But Xia Qingyue felt no pain. She opened her eyes to see what had happened.
Ye Chen had caught the blade with his own arm.
The man had finally arrived at the last possible moment.
"Ye... Ye Chen..."
"You’ve finally come back... you’re back!"
"Why did you come back so late? Our daughter... *sob*..."
Xia Qingyue lost all her strength and collapsed into Ye Chen’s arms, sobbing uncontrollably.
Ye Chen held her tightly, then looked toward the operating table. A four-year-old girl was strapped down. Her face was as pale as paper; she had passed out. A deep gash had been cut into her chest, which was covered in blood. Looking at her features, they were seven parts identical to Ye Chen’s—she was a cute, miniature version of him.
"My daughter!"
In an instant, Ye Chen’s eyes turned blood-red.
The surgeon attempted to continue the operation, but he was instantly paralyzed by the look in Ye Chen’s eyes.
"W-what are you doing?"
Before he could finish, Ye Chen grabbed him by the throat and twisted.
*CRACK!*
With decisive lethality, the surgeon didn't even have a chance to struggle before his neck was snapped.
"Who are you? How did you get in here... where are the bodyguards?" Gu Nanfei, too, was terrified by Ye Chen’s actions, unable to speak coherently.
"You! Must! Die!"
Ye Chen spat out the words through gritted teeth, then hurled the doctor’s corpse at Gu Nanfei.
*THUD!*
Ye Chen’s strength was immense; Gu Nanfei couldn't dodge the impact. He felt as if he’d been hit by a truck, several of his ribs snapping instantly.
Only then did Ye Chen release Xia Qingyue and rush to the operating table, cutting the restraints.
"Daughter... my daughter!"
Seeing the unconscious girl, Ye Chen felt his own heart bleeding. He quickly took a Peiyuan Pill from his pocket and pressed it into her mouth, his voice trembling. "The heart hasn't been removed yet... Ningning just lost too much blood. I can save her. I will bring her back!"
The pill melted on contact. Ye Chen didn't dare hesitate, immediately beginning to stitch the wound.
Xia Qingyue’s emotions stabilized slightly. Hearing that her daughter could be saved, she clutched her torn clothes and stood by the table, waiting for Ye Chen’s instructions.
But Ye Chen didn't ask for help. He focused on stitching the wound, the needle moving through his fingers as if it were an extension of his own body—agile and graceful. In moments, the wound was closed, and the bleeding had stopped.
"Daring to cause trouble at the Gu Family residence? You’re courting death!"
Gu Nanfei struggled to his feet, preparing to reach for his phone to call for reinforcements, but the door was pushed open again.
Chen Junlin, in military uniform, walked in first.
Behind him followed the Lord of Yama Palace, the God of Slaughter, Nie Wuji.
Then came the Valley Master of the Medicine God Valley, the Chairman of the Tengli Group, a warlord from abroad, the King of an overseas mercenary group—one prominent figure after another entered the room.
"Who are you people?"
Gu Nanfei froze, suddenly overwhelmed by the aura these people emitted. They hadn't said a word, but the pressure they radiated was far beyond that of ordinary men.
"Do you know that my Gu Family is a top-tier clan in Jinling? You break in here, injure my people—aren't you afraid of death?" Gu Nanfei tried one last struggle.
"Noise!"
Before he could finish, Nie Wuji moved.
As the Lord of Yama Palace and a world-renowned God of Slaughter, Nie Wuji’s voice was as cold as a thousand-year ice sheet. His voice held no emotion, and the blade in his hand held even less.
With a flash of movement, Nie Wuji’s short blade sliced across Gu Nanfei’s wrists. Blood sprayed, and both of Gu Nanfei’s hands were rendered useless.
"Ah..."
Gu Nanfei wailed, but before the sound could fully leave his throat, Nie Wuji punched him.
*THUD!*
Gu Nanfei’s nose was smashed, his teeth knocked out.
Before the blood could even spray, Nie Wuji struck again. He pinned Gu Nanfei’s mouth shut, saying word by word: "If you dare make another sound to disturb my teacher while he saves the little junior sister, I will carve the flesh off your body piece by piece and let you taste what it’s like to wish for death."
*Gulp!*
Gu Nanfei was terrified, his eyes locked onto Nie Wuji, cold sweat drenching his entire body. He knew Nie Wuji wasn't joking.
*So cruel! Is this guy a man or a devil?*
Gu Nanfei descended into despair. He realized that beyond Nie Wuji, the thirty-plus people in the room were all existence he couldn't afford to provoke.
***
"Teacher, the little junior sister has lost too much blood and needs a transfusion," said Hua Yuntian, the Valley Master of the Medicine God Valley.
Hearing this, all the disciples clamored, "Let me do it!"
"My blood is abundant, take mine!"
"Let me... my blood is pure!"
As they argued, Xia Qingyue wept: "My... my daughter has Panda blood. It’s hard to find. We have to rush to the hospital and hope for luck..."
Panda blood?
The group frowned. Hospitals always had normal blood types in stock, but Panda blood was a gamble.
"I’ll do it. I have Panda blood," Ye Chen said, pulling the transfusion kit toward the bed. "Hua Yuntian, you handle the procedure!"
"Yes..." Hua Yuntian, a master physician sought after by countless people, felt his hands tremble slightly as he received Ye Chen’s order.
Half an hour later, as Ye Chen’s blood flowed drop by drop into little Ningning’s body, the girl’s complexion began to return to normal. But Ye Chen’s face grew paler and paler, until there was no color left at all.
"Teacher, that’s enough!" Hua Yuntian urged.
"It’s not enough... these bastards drained thousands of milliliters of blood from my daughter... she’s only this small!"
Ye Chen endured the weakness in his body. "Continue the transfusion. Do not stop!"
"But your injuries..."
Hua Yuntian wanted to argue, but a sharp look from Ye Chen silenced him.
The other disciples were filled with rage, itching to tear Gu Nanfei to pieces, but without Ye Chen’s order, they dared not move.
Ye Chen would not let this beast die so easily.
"Who... who exactly are you people?"
Gu Nanfei was so frightened by the aura of the group that he nearly wet himself.
"Who are we?"
Nie Wuji gritted his teeth, his voice icy. "We are the people who will send you to hell. You had better pray my little junior sister is alright, or I will turn this city into a graveyard!"
"You... you are all maniacs!"
Gu Nanfei stammered, "Do you know that I am the eldest master of the Gu Family? My wife is the second daughter of the Lin Family. You know the Lin Family, don't you? They rule Jinling! Hmph, when my wife returns and sees what you’ve done, she will tear you all to pieces! If you’re smart, let me go!"
"You talk too much."
Suddenly, Ye Chen’s voice sounded. He had stopped the transfusion. Little Ningning was out of danger, though she would need time to recover.
"Teacher!"
Seeing Ye Chen stand, the thirty-six disciples knelt in unison.
Ye Chen nodded slightly. "Chen Junlin, take my wife and daughter away. Find a safe place for them."
Chen Junlin carefully lifted little Ningning, bowing respectfully. "Madam, please follow me..."
"But Ye Chen... are you not coming with me? The Gu and Lin families are top-tier clans; we... we can't afford to offend them!" Xia Qingyue urged.
"Go. This environment is not suitable for you... or our daughter."
Ye Chen looked at her, speaking clearly. "Go with Chen Junlin. Do not delay. Ningning’s injuries are severe and need treatment!"
Ye Chen looked at Hua Yuntian. "You go with them and ensure she is treated."
"Yes!"
Hua Yuntian bowed ninety degrees. "Madam, please come with us. With so many of us here, Teacher will be fine."
Xia Qingyue looked at Ye Chen one last time. Despite her deep reluctance, her daughter’s condition was paramount. She gritted her teeth and followed them out of the Gu estate.
"Teacher, how should we handle this one?" Nie Wuji asked, his eyes cold.
"For every drop of blood he drained from my daughter, I will drain a thousand, ten thousand. For every cut he made on her chest, I will make a thousand, ten thousand on his."
Ye Chen’s tone was calm, but his voice was chillingly cold, dropping the room's temperature by several degrees.
"You... you dare? I am the eldest son of the Gu Family, my wife is a Lin..."
*SWISH!*
Before Gu Nanfei could finish, Ye Chen moved. With a slight motion, he snatched the dagger from Nie Wuji’s hand.
Then came a lightning-fast strike.
Before Gu Nanfei could react, a ten-centimeter gash appeared on his chest. Blood sprayed, and before he could even scream, Ye Chen slashed again, and again. In an instant, Gu Nanfei’s limbs and chest were covered in deep, bleeding wounds.
Blood flowed like a river. Gu Nanfei was shattered, losing control of his bodily functions in terror.
"AAAHHH!"
The room was filled only with Gu Nanfei’s screams and the stench of blood.
At that moment, Gu Nanfei’s son, terrified and cold, vomited green bile, convulsed, and collapsed onto the bed. The boy had been scared to death.
"AAAHHH!"
Seeing this, Gu Nanfei’s roars became even more desolate.
But there was no pity in Ye Chen’s eyes. When his daughter’s heart was being carved out, that boy had shown no pity. On the contrary, looking at the bloody scene, his eyes had held a glint of excitement and bloodlust.
"Is it painful?"
Ye Chen wore an Asura’s smile. "Your son’s life is a life, but my daughter’s isn't? Does your wife know you were carving out my daughter’s heart?"
"Of course she knows..." Gu Nanfei gritted his teeth, panting hard. "Just you wait... the Gu and Lin families will tear you maniacs into a thousand pieces!"