154: You're the little fledgling!

The Houtu Inheritance recorded a supreme technique called the "Universe Pull".

Tai Chi Bagua was merely a simplified move derived from this technique.

However, in terms of power... Tai Chi Bagua could not even be compared to it.

It was the true embodiment of overcoming hardness with softness!

Heavenly Stem Fiend and his two companions felt their vision blur as their attacks seemed to crash into an invisible, viscous quagmire!

Even more terrifying was the irresistible pulling force that traveled back along their attack trajectories, dragging their bodies and pulling them uncontrollably toward the center of the "circle" traced by Ye Chen's hands!

"What?!"

"Not good!"

"What kind of evil art is this? Tai Chi? Great Universe Shift?"

The three were horrified, struggling desperately to stabilize themselves and break free backward.

But that pulling force was overwhelming, as if the earth itself were rotating and devouring them!

They were like fallen leaves caught in a whirlpool, unable to control their own movements!

"Boom!!!"

The three were forcibly dragged to within three feet of Ye Chen by that bizarre force, almost colliding with each other.

Immediately after, Ye Chen's right hand, holding the yin, suddenly pushed upward, while his left hand, tracing the circle, pressed downward!

One up, one down; one pull, one push!

"Pfft!!!"

As if struck hard by an invisible giant hammer, Heavenly Stem Fiend, Yin Fiend, and Qian Fiend simultaneously spat out mouthfuls of blood, their bodies flying backward in three different directions like kites with broken strings!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The three slammed heavily onto the lawn over ten meters away.

Grass flew everywhere!

Dust filled the air!

After landing, the three spat out several more mouthfuls of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs, their auras instantly wilting to the extreme.

Their faces were pale as paper, and only fear remained in their eyes!

One move!

Just one move!

The three of them hadn't even touched the hem of Ye Chen's clothes before they were severely injured.

Their meridians were shattered, their internal organs displaced, and they had completely lost their ability to fight!

This was simply not a battle on the same level!

Ye Chen looked at the three who were on the verge of death, his eyes devoid of any ripples.

He slowly raised his right hand, and between his five fingers, three Silver Needles flickered with a cold, chilling light.

"In your next life, remember... do not touch my people."

As his voice faded.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Three streaks of silver light left his hand and pierced into the glabella of the three fiends!

The bodies of the three stiffened simultaneously, the light in their eyes rapidly dimming, finally freezing completely as their life force was extinguished.

Ye Chen didn't even glance at their corpses; with a flicker of his figure, he had already swept back to the car model.

Then, he opened the car door and sat inside.

The engine roared violently, and the car sped off in the direction of Dijing Garden!

Ye Chen's eyes were cold as knives.

Hidden Sect... you had better pray that no one has been hurt before I arrive.

Otherwise... I wouldn't mind turning all thirty-six fiends into thirty-six ghosts!

He took a deep breath, took out his phone, and called Bing Lan.

Dijing Garden.

Li Qin rested her chin on her hand, poking at the half a fish ball remaining in her bowl with her chopsticks, her eyes glancing toward the door from time to time.

"Why isn't Younger Male Cousin back yet... He's been out for almost an hour, nothing actually happened, right?"

Bing Lan, who was cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, said indifferently, "Can't you keep your mouth shut even while eating? What could happen to him?"

Although she said that, the unease in her heart spread silently like ink dropped into clear water.

Ye Huasheng and Zhuang Yufen exchanged a glance, both of the old couple's faces filled with worry.

"A-Chen... is that child in trouble again?" Zhuang Yufen couldn't help but ask her husband in a low voice.

Ye Huasheng sighed, shook his head without speaking, and just tightened his grip on his wife's hand.

Just then, "Ding-dong!" The sound of the doorbell rang out abruptly.

But before anyone in the room could move, the screen of the phone Bing Lan had placed on the dining table lit up.

She picked it up and held it to her ear, "Ye Chen?"

The other three looked over subconsciously.

As it turned out... Ye Chen's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Lan Lan, listen to me. Everyone, right now, no matter who is outside ringing the doorbell, knocking, or saying anything, do not open the door. Call the police! Call the property management! Wait for me to come back!"

Bing Lan's heart sank instantly, "Something happened?"

Ye Chen was just about to explain, but unexpectedly, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the direction of the entrance door!

"Boom!!!"

The steel security door, as if struck head-on by a battering ram, had its frame twisted, and the door panel caved inward and flew in with a bang!

Immediately after, eight figures, leading a group of Men in Black, surged in.

Ye Huasheng and Zhuang Yufen turned pale, subconsciously shielding each other behind them.

Li Qin jumped up from her chair in shock, blocking in front of Bing Lan, and yelled with a fierce but trembling voice, "Who are you people? Breaking into a private residence, I'm calling the police!"

Among the eight leaders, one petite figure took a look at Bing Lan.

"Tsk tsk, truly a natural beauty, so pitiful that one can't help but feel love."

She licked her red lips and laughed coquettishly, her voice sweet and seductive.

"Big sister is called Drought Fiend. I'm from the Hidden Sect, and I'm here to invite you to come back with us!"

Bing Lan's pupils constricted.

Hidden Sect!

The target was her!

From the phone receiver, Ye Chen's bone-chilling voice came again.

"I don't care who you are. If you dare to touch her... I will chase you to the ends of the earth, and I will crush you, one by one, into dust."

Drought Fiend tilted her head slightly, as if she had just noticed the phone still in Bing Lan's hand.

Far from being afraid, she covered her lips and let out a series of silver-bell-like giggles, her body trembling with laughter.

"Oh my, what a scary threat. Little brother Ye Chen, don't be so hot-headed; what can you do from across the phone?"

Ghost Fiend beside her grinned.

"Ye Chen, did you hear that?"

"Right now, you can only listen and watch like an incompetent rat on the other end of the phone, but you can do nothing."

"I, Ghost Fiend."

"Today, not only will I take her away."

"Everyone here, especially your parents... must die!"

"This is the interest you need to pay for offending the Hidden Sect!!!"

"You dare???" Ye Chen's voice came through the receiver, completely enraged.

"What is there to dare not?"

Ghost Fiend grinned hideously, stopping the chatter, and suddenly waved his hand, his killing intent chilling, "Do it! Except for the target, kill everyone else without exception!"

"Yes!"

The Men in Black, who had been ready to go, roared in unison, fierce light erupting in their eyes, and lunged at the four people surrounded in the middle!

Bing Lan's face turned pale, Li Qin screamed in fright, and Ye Huasheng and Zhuang Yufen closed their eyes tightly, shielding each other even tighter.

At this critical moment!

"Sister Qin!"

Ye Chen's voice exploded like a thunderclap in the ears of Bing Lan and Li Qin.

"Listen to me!"

"Immediately strike the starting pose of the physical technique I taught you this morning!"

"Then have Bing Lan and my parents stand behind you immediately, pressing tightly against you! Quick!"

Li Qin was panicked and afraid, but she trusted Ye Chen more.

In the next second, she squatted down on the spot and struck the "Cloud Hands Probing the Abyss" pose!

At the same time, she waved her other hand backward indiscriminately and shouted, "Sister Bing Lan! Quick, stand behind me! Press against me!"

Although she didn't understand why, Bing Lan had absolute trust in Ye Chen.

So much so that she grabbed the still-stunned Ye Huasheng and Zhuang Yufen and pulled them hard behind Li Qin, the three of them pressing tightly against Li Qin's back.

This sudden and strange action caused the Men in Black who were about to pounce to pause involuntarily.

Even Ghost Fiend and the eight were stunned.

What the heck?

A delicate-looking girl striking a yoga pose to protect the other three?

No... are they playing Eagle Catches Chicks before dying?

Drought Fiend was the first to react; she snorted, laughing until her chest heaved.

"Giggle, giggle~ You're killing me!"

"What are you doing? Do you think letting this little fledgling that hasn't learned to fly strike a strange pose can scare us, the Hidden Sect Earth Fiend Guards?"

"Too naive!"

Li Qin had been nervous and scared to death, but being mocked by Drought Fiend, her feisty nature was actually stirred up.

She maintained the pose, turned her head, and cursed back, "You're the little fledgling! Your whole family are featherless little fledglings! Ugly monster! Hermaphrodite!"

"You!!!"

Drought Fiend's smile froze, her charming face instantly twisted, and killing intent erupted in her eyes.

"Sharp-tongued!"

"Rip this little bitch's mouth off first!"

"Then clean up those two eyesores in the back and take Bing Lan away!"

"Yes!" The few Men in Black in the front row hesitated no longer, roaring as they swung their sharp blades and attacked again.

However, Ye Chen's voice came again.

"Focus your mind on the energy center, let your qi follow my instructions!"

"Inhale—Exhale—Turn the universe, guide to the bubbling spring, in the opening and closing, extend the strength, rotate as you wish, imbalance the yin and yang!"

Li Qin didn't have time to understand the convoluted incantation.

But miraculously... when she struck the "Cloud Hands Probing the Abyss" pose and her mind subconsciously followed Ye Chen's voice to guide her breathing, the wisp of qi that had just been born in her body that morning suddenly trembled violently.

Then, as if injected with a powerful external force, it suddenly became surging!

"Hum—!"

The air vibrated, suddenly rippling outward with Li Qin as the center!

Immediately after, a scene that left everyone dumbfounded occurred.