347: Chapter 347 Those who understand the times are wise!

Ye Chen smiled and leaned back in the grand tutor's chair, leisurely crossing his legs.

"Naturally, it is a fight to the death. I just don't know..."

"...who will be the one to die."

Tonight, all pretenses had already been dropped, so there was naturally no need for politeness.

Sima Li trembled all over with rage, the finger he pointed at Ye Chen shaking even more violently.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Ye Chen, you wait for this old man!"

"We'll see who has the last laugh—just you wait and see!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Don't leave yet."

"I suggest you think about which position will be more comfortable when you lie inside later."

Sima Li's face turned ashen, the veins on his forehead bulging, yet he found himself unable to utter a single word.

He could only glare fixedly at Ye Chen, the venom in his eyes almost condensing into substance.

The next second.

Inside the manor gates, figures began to pour out continuously.

First were the direct descendants of the Sima Family, each in their early twenties, faces etched with fury.

Then came the collateral relatives, mostly middle-aged.

Some clenched their fists, others gripped weapons, their eyes warily fixed on the young man sitting in the grand tutor's chair at the entrance.

After them came the retainers, guards, and thugs kept by the Sima Family...

A dense crowd of at least a hundred people packed the open space inside the manor gates to the brim.

Sima Nong ran back to Sima Li's side, panting, and whispered in a low voice.

"Master, almost everyone has arrived."

"Thirty-seven from the direct line, sixty-two from the collateral lines, and eighty-four retainers and guards."

"One hundred and eighty-three people in total."

"As for those other few, they are still on their way."

Sima Li nodded, the gloom on his face receding slightly.

He looked back at the young man outside the gate, a flash of ruthlessness crossing his eyes.

One hundred and eighty-three people.

Even if Ye Chen was a great fighter, so what?

A battle of attrition alone could wear him to death!

Furthermore...

He tilted his head and glanced at Mo Wu beside him.

Although Mo Wu was seriously injured, he had the Chen Family behind him.

As long as they stalled Ye Chen until the Chen Family's people arrived, this brat would be dead for sure!

Watching this scene.

Ye Chen asked indifferently, "Is everyone here?"

Sima Li snorted coldly, just about to speak.

But Ye Chen's next sentence followed immediately.

"If there are any who haven't come, hurry up and call them over."

"I can't be bothered to go looking for them one by one."

"A family should be together and complete; missing even one wouldn't be a fitting end for your repeated attempts to trouble me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Sima Family members erupted in an uproar.

"Arrogant!"

"What do you think you are? You dare to act wild at the Sima Family's doorstep?!"

"Ignorant child, you don't know the heights of the heavens!"

"Patriarch! Let me go and face him!"

...

Curses rose one after another. A few hot-blooded young men even tried to rush out but were held back firmly by their elders.

Sima Li raised his hand, suppressing the commotion behind him, while his gaze remained fixed on Ye Chen.

"Brat, don't get ahead of yourself!"

"Today is the day you die!"

His voice wasn't loud, yet it echoed clearly in everyone's ears.

No sooner had he spoken.

Behind Sima Li, among those retainers and guards, a dozen figures suddenly moved in unison!

Their movements were like lightning as they pounced toward Ye Chen from different directions!

Fist winds whistled!

True Qi surged!

Earth Realm!

They were all Earth Realm!

These dozen or so people were death warriors the Sima Family had nurtured for years, specifically responsible for the Patriarch's safety!

Usually keeping a low profile, once they struck, it was with the force of a thunderbolt!

Sima Li stood there watching this scene, a flash of satisfaction in his eyes.

This move was called striking first!

Letting the death warriors strike first would catch Ye Chen off guard!

Even if they couldn't kill him, they could test the depth of his strength!

Seeing this, Mo Wu's expression changed drastically.

Was the old man acting foolishly because of the loss of his son?

That fellow Ye Chen could easily pin even him to the ground. What use were a bunch of Earth Realm experts...

However.

Before he could open his mouth to stop them, a figure had already darted out from behind Ye Chen!

Miao Renfeng!

His thin, withered frame was like a phantom, his speed incredibly fast!

The next second!

"Bang!!!"

The death warrior in the lead took a palm strike to the chest before he could even react!

He flew backward like a broken kite, knocking down three people behind him!

"Bang bang bang!!!"

A series of dull thuds erupted!

Miao Renfeng's figure wove through the crowd. Every time his palm landed, someone was sent flying!

His palm techniques were bizarre and sinister, targeting vital points. Though those death warriors weren't weak, they were like paper before him, shattering at the slightest touch!

In just a dozen seconds.

Those dozen or so death warriors were all lying on the ground.

Some clutched their chests groaning, some lay motionless, their fate unknown, and some were spewing blood...

Not a single one could stand up again.

Every one of them had been afflicted by Miao poison.

"A bunch of trash. There's no need for my Master to lift a finger!"

Miao Renfeng stood still after withdrawing his palm, a disdainful smile on his face.

Then.

He retreated behind Ye Chen and stood with his hands at his sides.

"Master, they've been cleared out."

Ye Chen nodded, his gaze falling on Sima Li. "Is this where your confidence comes from?"

Sima Li's expression changed completely.

He never expected...

That withered middle-aged man behind Ye Chen would actually be so capable in a fight!

A dozen Earth Realm death warriors, all disabled in a dozen seconds!

What kind of strength was this?

Heaven Realm?

He suddenly snapped back to his senses, took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart, and barked at those behind him.

"What are you all standing there for?!"

"All of you, attack together!"

"Whoever kills Ye Chen will be rewarded with ten million!!!"

Under a heavy reward, there will surely be brave men.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of those Sima Family members who were still hesitant instantly turned red.

A ten-million-dollar reward!

That was money they couldn't earn in a lifetime!

"Kill!!!"

No one knew who shouted first, but those hundred-plus people surged toward Ye Chen like a tide!

Flashing blades and shadows of swords!

Crisscrossing True Qi!

The battle cries shook the heavens!

Chu Shixiong's face darkened. Seeing the hundred-plus people surging like a tide, he immediately waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice, "Move out!"

The twenty-plus experts behind him moved in response!

Their figures were like lightning and their True Qi surged, like unsheathed blades piercing straight into the Sima Family crowd!

"Bang!!!"

The Mid-Heaven Realm peak expert in the lead threw a punch. Three Sima Family retainers didn't even have time to scream before they spat blood and flew backward, knocking down a swathe of people behind them!

The next moment.

Those twenty-plus people were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, every punch and kick carrying devastating power!

The Sima Family's ragtag bunch was simply no match for this group of experts, all of whom were at least at the Peak Earth Realm!

Someone's shoulder blade was shattered by a palm strike, and they fell to the ground screaming!

Someone's ribs were snapped by a kick, and they curled up like a shrimp!

Someone was even knocked unconscious by a punch before they could react!

In just a few minutes, over a hundred and eighty people were lying all over the ground!

Groans!

Wails!

Pleas for mercy!

They intertwined, echoing in the twilight.

Sima Li stood at the manor entrance, watching the scene before him. He was struck as if by lightning, his expression shifting from anger to shock, and from shock to disbelief.

The Sima Family he was so proud of, the Sima Family he had painstakingly built for decades—over a hundred and eighty people—had actually been routed like cutting melons and vegetables by the twenty-some people Ye Chen had brought?!

He abruptly looked up, glaring fixedly at Chu Shixiong, fire almost spitting from his eyes.

"Chu Shixiong!!!"

"You actually colluded with this brat?!"

"Does your Chu Family intend to fight my Sima Family to the death???"

Chu Shixiong stood with his hands behind his back, without a trace of fear on his face. Instead, he gave a cold laugh.

"Sima Li, you've got that wrong."

"It's not that I've colluded with Mr. Ye, but that I, Chu Shixiong, am a wise man who submits to the circumstances."

"Mr. Ye's abilities are simply beyond what people like you can imagine."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the wailing Sima Family members on the ground, his tone full of mockery.

"Including you, Sima Li."

"So I advise you to surrender and kneel down. You might still preserve the last shred of dignity as the head of the Sima Family."

Sima Li trembled with rage, the veins on his forehead bulging, his finger pointing at Chu Shixiong shaking like a sieve: "You... you are all seeking death!!!"

No sooner had he spoken.

Ye Chen slowly stood up from the grand tutor's chair and spoke word by word.

"Enough."

"The ones seeking death are you."

"If this is all the Sima Family has to offer..."

He tilted his head and glanced at the brand-new coffin nearby. "Today, you really are going to lie inside it."

Sima Li's whole body shook, and he subconsciously looked around.

Wailing clansmen all over the ground.

Broken weapons.

Shattered flagstones.

And those retainers and death warriors lying motionless on the ground.

His face instantly turned as pale as paper.

The Sima Family...

...is really finished?

Right at that moment...

"Vroom!!!"

The urgent roar of an engine came from the distance.

Several beams of blinding headlights pierced through the twilight, shining directly at the manor entrance.

Immediately following.

Three military jeeps sped from the end of the road, finally screeching to a halt in front of Ye Chen and the others.

The doors were pulled open simultaneously.

A dozen figures leapt down from the vehicles.

Dressed in uniform black combat gear, with silver badges embroidered on their chests—Bureau 749!

The leader took off her sunglasses, revealing a cold and glamorous face.

She was around thirty-five or thirty-six, with delicate features, yet her brow carried a sharp edge.

Clad in a black trench coat, she exuded a chill that warned others not to approach.

She was none other than the eldest daughter of the Sima Family—

Sima Yao!

When Sima Li saw the newcomer, he was stunned for a moment, then his face erupted with wild joy!

"Yao'er!"