153: A diversionary tactic!

Ye Chen's pupils suddenly constricted!

Luring the tiger out of its mountain lair!

What a Hidden Sect, to use such despicable tactics!

His face instantly turned ashen, his eyes shot out cold light, and the force in his foot suddenly intensified!

"Aargh—!"

The sinister black-clothed man's chest emitted the sound of bones shattering. The intense pain made his eyeballs bulge, and large mouthfuls of fresh blood gushed from his mouth.

"In your next life, remember not to follow the wrong master."

Ye Chen's voice was icy. He lifted his foot, and then—

"Bang!"

He stomped down!

Like crushing a rotten watermelon.

The sinister black-clothed man's head tilted, and he died on the spot.

Ye Chen didn't even glance at the corpse. He turned and quickly walked to Jin Meiting, who was still startled.

"Sister Meiting, drive back to Tiangong Club immediately. There are many people there, so it's temporarily safe."

"Keep your phone on the way, but unless I call you, don't answer any unknown numbers. Block them directly."

Jin Meiting's face was still pale, but she had forced herself to calm down.

"A-Chen, what about you?"

"They are clearly after you. It's too dangerous for you to go back alone!"

"Don't worry, a bunch of weaklings can't hurt me." Ye Chen patted the back of her hand. "I must rush back to Dijing Garden immediately. Lan Lan and my parents must not be harmed."

Jin Meiting knew that she would only be a burden if she followed, so she nodded heavily.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. You... must be careful!"

"Mhm."

Ye Chen said no more, turned, and strode out of the villa.

Jin Meiting didn't dare to delay. She took a few deep breaths, grabbed her car keys and handbag, followed him downstairs, quickly got into her sports car, and the engine roared as she sped out of Sheshan Manor.

After Ye Chen watched her leave, he prepared to get into his car.

Suddenly!

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

The phone in his pocket vibrated violently again. The caller ID was clearly Night Owl.

He immediately answered and put it on speaker: "Speak."

On the other end of the line, Night Owl's voice came through.

"A group of people just snuck over to Yi Yue's house. Six of them, not weak, all in the Grandmaster Realm, skilled in combined attacks."

"But I've already dealt with them. The bodies have been disposed of, and the neighbors weren't disturbed."

Ye Chen felt slightly relieved, but his eyes remained cold.

"Understood."

"Tell Yueyue, Uncle Yi, and Aunt Zhang to stay home, don't go anywhere, lock the doors and windows, and wait for my news."

"Understood." Night Owl asked unhappily, "But seriously, which deity have you offended this time? It's only been a few days of peace, and now people are showing up at your door again? Even the donkeys on the production team don't attract as much hatred as you."

Ye Chen was not in the mood to argue with her and said coldly.

"Do your job, and watch your people."

"As for anything else, don't pry."

"Hmph, if you don't want me to ask, I won't." Night Owl snorted lightly. "Anyway, I'm just a free Bodyguard working under the table, my fate is bitter."

"Beep—"

Ye Chen directly hung up the phone.

However.

Just as he was about to get in the car, he paused, then suddenly said coldly to the surroundings, "Who is it? Get out!"

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

More than a dozen figures, as if peeling out from the shadows, emerged silently from the tree shadows, wall corners, and blind spots of streetlights around the villa, surrounding Ye Chen in the center.

These people were uniformly dressed in dark black combat attire, with identical bronze ghost-face masks, revealing only pairs of cold, emotionless eyes.

And the three leaders slowly stepped forward.

They were not wearing masks.

The one on the left was thin as a bamboo, with a pale face and deep-set eyes, exuding a chilling aura of death, as if he had just crawled out of a grave.

The one in the middle was burly as a mountain, with knotted muscles, and veins wriggling like small snakes under his bronze skin, exuding an explosive sense of power.

The one on the right was a middle-aged man of average build, with an ordinary face, but his eyes held a subtle brilliance, and his aura was the most elusive and unpredictable among the three.

What made Ye Chen's eyes narrow even more was—

The subtle aura flowing around these three had clearly surpassed the scope of ordinary Grandmasters, stepping into... the Yellow Rank!

Three Yellow Ranks!

The Hidden Sect truly went all out this time!

"Allow me to introduce myself."

The burly man in the middle, whose voice was like a booming bell, grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"I am a member of the Earth Fiend Guards, one of the Thirty-Six Fiends—Heavenly Stem Fiend."

The sinister, thin man interjected: "Shady."

The capable middle-aged man on the right spoke last: "Heavenly Fiend."

Heavenly Stem Fiend twisted his neck and chuckled.

"Ye Chen, you should feel proud and honored that you've made us Three Fiends personally appear."

"After all, we've killed more Yellow Ranks than we can count on two hands."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen merely sneered.

"Three of the Thirty-Six Fiends?"

"Has the Hidden Sect run out of people, or do they look down on me, Ye Chen?"

"To actually send only three pieces of trash like you to obstruct me?"

"That's fine..."

Ye Chen slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers gently clenching, and an invisible aura began to rise from his body.

"It saves me the trouble of finding you one by one."

"Today, every single one of you..."

"Don't even think about leaving."

As soon as these words were uttered, the faces of the Three Fiends instantly darkened!

As the cream of the crop among the Hidden Sect's elite Earth Fiend Guards, who wouldn't tremble in fear at their mere presence?

When had they ever been so belittled, called "trash" directly?!

"Arrogant!"

Shady was the first to lose patience, shouting, "Form the array and take down this arrogant brat!"

Before his words finished, the dozen black-clothed figures surrounding them simultaneously shifted, stepping out in profound footwork, their auras subtly connected, beginning to operate as a single entity, their cold killing intent locking onto Ye Chen in the center!

It was precisely the "Earth Fiend Dragon Trapping Array" that the Hidden Sect's Earth Fiend Guards were famous for!

However—

Just as the array's energy was about to fully connect and form!

Ye Chen moved!

He didn't give the opponents a chance to set up their array at all!

Between his ten fingers, there were already dozens of Silver Needles, as fine as ox hair!

Then.

He flicked his wrist sharply!

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!!"

"Whoosh!!!"

The sound of them tearing through the air was like a mournful ghost's cry!

Dozens of Silver Needles transformed into a silvery stream of light, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, shooting out in a fan shape from Ye Chen's center!

The speed was extremely fast!

And terrifyingly precise!

Every Silver Needle aimed at the vital spot on a black-clothed man's glabella!

The black-clothed men were instantly pierced through the glabella, their movements freezing simultaneously!

The next moment.

One by one, they fell down, their breath completely gone, dying on the spot!

From Shady's order to Ye Chen's strike, and then to the complete annihilation of more than a dozen elite black-clothed men, the entire process took no more than two seconds!

Decisive!

Clean!

Ruthless!

Only Ye Chen remained, along with the Three Fiends whose expressions had drastically changed!

Heavenly Stem Fiend, Shady, and Heavenly Fiend, the contempt on their faces completely froze, replaced by shock!

No... they hadn't even seen how Ye Chen made his move!

Those Silver Needles were too fast for their visual capture ability!

This young man... was far more terrifying than the intelligence described!

"Now..."

Ye Chen slowly lowered his hand, his gaze sweeping over the Three Fiends' astonished and uncertain faces one by one.

"The small fry are cleared out."

"It's your turn."

He took a step forward, and the aura around him surged explosively, like a sleeping beast opening its eyes!

"I don't have time to waste with you."

"Come at me together."

"I'm in a hurry to go home."

Heavenly Stem Fiend, Shady, and Heavenly Fiend exchanged glances, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes, but it was immediately replaced by ruthlessness.

Heavenly Stem Fiend directly threatened.

"Ye Chen, even if you sprouted wings and rushed back now, it would be too late."

"Our people have probably already succeeded by now."

"I'll give you one last choice—"

"Kneel down, cripple your cultivation, and come back with me to the Hidden Sect to await your fate."

"This way, your parents might still get a complete corpse and die a quicker death."

"Otherwise..."

His words were cut short.

"Noisy."

A cold light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, and his figure suddenly vanished from the spot!

He had no interest in listening to such nonsense.

The faces of the Three Fiends changed simultaneously!

So fast!

They didn't even see how Ye Chen moved, only feeling a blur before their eyes, and an extremely sharp killing intent already assailing them!

"Attack!"

Shady shrieked, his gaunt body flitting forward like a ghost.

Then.

His fingernails instantly elongated, transforming into ten sharp claws glowing with a faint blue poisonous light, tearing towards Ye Chen's throat!

Heavenly Fiend, on the other hand, lowered his body, like a lurking venomous snake, a pair of Judge's Pens appearing in his hands at some unknown point, their tips glinting with cold stars, aiming at Ye Chen's knees and dantian vital points!

Heavenly Stem Fiend roared, his muscles bulging like iron towers as he charged forward, throwing a punch that actually created a dull sonic boom!

The three Yellow Rank experts unleashed their full power from the start, their offensive like a Heavens Net and Earths Snare, sealing off all of Ye Chen's escape routes!

However—

Facing this combined attack that could instantly kill an ordinary Yellow Rank expert, Ye Chen's charging figure suddenly stopped without warning at this moment.

The next second.

Ye Chen's feet parted slightly, in a neutral stance, his hands slowly rising in front of him, his left hand drawing a circle, his right hand embracing yin, his movements seemingly slow, yet stirring up a faint, visible vortex of qi!

In the void, an invisible Tai Chi Eight Trigrams diagram seemed to quietly emerge and rotate with his movements!