First of all, Ye Chen had not expected Wang Xingchang to actually dare to kill, but judging by his recent performance, it was clear that he feared the Wang Family’s power and lacked the strength to truly wipe them out, which was why he had been hiding his true capabilities all along.
Now that he had made his move, he had effectively broken completely with the Wang Family. As a result, he would face the full force of the entire Wang Family, a burden he might not be able to withstand. Yet, even so, he had resolutely chosen to challenge them.
Secondly, Ye Chen had not anticipated that Wang Xingchang could eliminate Feng Tianyou with a single strike. One should not assume Feng Tianyou lacked martial arts cultivation just because he died without a reaction. This was a world of martial arts where strength was king; as the steward of the Wang Family, he must have possessed significant cultivation. When Feng Tianyou arrived earlier, Ye Chen had sensed his cultivation was at the initial stage of the Hunyuan Body. Considering the secret techniques used by the Wang Family, his actual combat effectiveness would have been at least at the middle stage. Even for Ye Chen, it would have taken time to defeat an opponent of that caliber. If the opponent used a secret technique, Ye Chen wasn’t even certain of victory; the secret technique Elder Yang had used earlier was already terrifying enough. If it hadn’t been for Kexin intervening, they truly might have been defeated by him. And Elder Yan…
Chapter 985