419: Chapter 419 I want you to live, even the King of Hell can't take you away!

Fine beads of cold sweat seeped from Zhong Buhui's forehead.

He stared at the hundreds of hovering blades behind Ye Chen, feeling the sword intent sharp enough to slice through anything and the overbearing, fierce saber intent. His heart twitched violently.

For the first time in his life, he felt the threat of death from a young man in his early twenties.

However, Zhong Li behind him lacked this realization.

Seeing his adoptive father frozen in place, he grew anxious and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Adoptive father! What are you waiting for? Kill him!"

"No matter how powerful he is, he's just one person! You are a Heavenly First Realm Expert!"

"Kill him! Rescue Ruyan! Then our Zhong Family's reputation will be saved!"

In his eyes, Ye Chen was certainly dead.

In his mind, only the dead could keep secrets.

If killing one didn't work, kill two.

If two didn't work, kill four.

As long as enough people were killed, the secret would eventually be kept!

However...

Little did he know.

Everyone around was looking at him as if he were an idiot.

Zhong Buhui suddenly turned his head, glared at him fiercely, and barked.

"Shut up!"

This angry shout exploded in Zhong Li's ears like a clap of thunder.

Zhong Li was stunned, his expression shifting from anxiety to bewilderment.

He stared blankly at Zhong Buhui.

Since childhood, his adoptive father had never scolded him like this.

Never!

Even when he made a huge mistake years ago that almost pushed the Zhe Province Zhong Family into the abyss, his adoptive father had only sighed softly and given him a brief lecture.

But now...

His adoptive father actually told him to shut up in front of so many people?

An indescribable feeling welled up in Zhong Li's heart.

Zhong Buhui took a deep breath, suppressed his anger toward his disappointing son, and looked back at Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen, I admit, you are indeed very strong."

"Stronger than I expected."

"But you should know that you originally had a bright future. There's no need to ruin it for a small conflict."

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"A bright future?"

"Old man, guess who is supporting me from behind?"

"Why haven't they come to stop me yet?"

Zhong Buhui's breathing suddenly hitched.

Indeed...

Who was supporting Ye Chen?

The Dragon Group!

Xuanyuan Huo!

That old man who came from the Xuanyuan Family!

If Xuanyuan Huo wanted to stop Ye Chen, he should have acted back when Ye Chen flattened the Sima Family.

But he didn't.

Not from beginning to end.

What did this mean?

Zhong Buhui didn't dare think further.

He only knew that today's matter would likely not be easily resolved.

Ye Chen stood with his hands behind his back, watching Zhong Buhui's ever-changing expression, and spoke calmly.

"Alright, stop stalling for time."

"It's time for you to make a choice."

As he finished speaking...

The buzzing of the hundreds of blades behind him intensified, as if they would whistle forth at any second!

Zhong Buhui's face turned pale and flushed by turns, shifting constantly.

Apologize and make amends?

Hand over the secret of the bronze key?

Where would his pride go? Where would the Zhong Family's face go?

But if he didn't...

Could he leave alive?

As soon as this thought arose, he suppressed it fiercely.

No!

He, Zhong Buhui, the grand Vice Head of the Kunlun Ruins Zhong Family and a Heavenly First Realm Expert, how could he be scared into bowing his head by a few words from a junior?

If word got out, how could he have the face to stand in the Kunlun Ruins?

The Zhong Family's reputation would be completely lost by him!

And...

Sword intent!

Saber intent!

So what?

Once the person was dead, wouldn't all of that disappear?

Without giving it his all, how could he know who would win or lose?

He took a deep breath.

"Ye Chen, today I..."

"...will not back down a single step!"

He stomped his right foot on the ground, soared into the air, and instantly swept into the void!

"No matter for whom, today you must die!!!"

The moment he finished speaking, he raised his right hand, and the True Qi in his body surged out like a bursting flood!

A massive phantom of a palm condensed in the void!

The giant palm blotted out the sun, the size of half a football field, carrying the momentum to destroy heaven and earth as it pressed down toward Ye Chen's head!

The wind from the palm whistled!

The air distorted violently, letting out a piercing shriek!

On the ground, those Wolf Cubs were pressed down by the pressure, unable to even lift their heads!

Pei Donglai, Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion's face turned pale, his legs went weak, and he almost knelt again.

Yan Qingwu gritted her teeth, using all her strength to stand in place, refusing to be crushed by the pressure.

Too strong!

This single palm strike was enough to level the entire football field!

Ye Chen stood in place, looking up at the descending giant palm, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.

"How regrettable."

"You made the most foolish decision."

The moment he spoke, his expression shifted!

The hundreds of hovering blades behind him vibrated in unison!

The next second—

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!!"

"Whoosh!!!"

The piercing sound of breaking air exploded like a rainstorm!

Hundreds of blades, carrying the dual momentum of sword and saber intent, charged toward the giant palm like a torrent of steel!

Saber light!

Sword shadows!

Interweaving into a brilliant radiance!

The giant palm and the steel torrent instantly collided!

"Boom!!!"

An earth-shaking roar exploded above the football field!

Under the impact of the blade torrent, the giant palm phantom didn't even last a second before it shattered!

It turned into countless points of light, dissipating into the void!

And those hundreds of blades, their momentum undiminished, continued to sweep toward Zhong Buhui in the void!

Zhong Buhui's pupils shrank, and he tried his best to dodge!

But those blades were too fast!

So fast he couldn't react in time!

*Slash!*

*Slash!*

*Slash!*

The muffled sounds of sharp blades cutting through flesh exploded in the void!

Zhong Buhui's figure was instantly swallowed by the hundreds of blades!

Blood fell from the void like a rainstorm, staining the football field below red!

The next moment...

"Ah!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream erupted from Zhong Buhui's throat!

His body fell from the void, crashing heavily onto the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust!

The dust settled.

Everyone saw Zhong Buhui's appearance clearly.

He lay in a pool of blood, his body covered in dense wounds.

That dark gray robe was now in tatters, soaked through with blood.

His hands, legs, chest, back...

Every part of him had shocking wounds.

Most terrifying was his face.

That once-majestic face was now crisscrossed with seven or eight saber and sword scars, the flesh turned out and dripping with blood, making it almost impossible to recognize him.

He lay on the ground, his whole body twitching, letting out incoherent groans.

A Heavenly First Realm Expert.

The Vice Head of the Kunlun Ruins Zhong Family.

At this moment, he lay in a pool of blood like a dying dog, unable to even stand up.

Everyone's eyes widened, staring at the scene as if they had seen a ghost.

One move?

Just one move?

The Vice Head of the Zhong Family, an early-stage Tianyi Realm expert, had been reduced to this state!

Pei Donglai, Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion's legs went soft, and he knelt directly on the ground.

His gaze toward Ye Chen was no longer one of admiration, but fanaticism!

It was madness!

A fanaticism that made him want to offer his entire self!

He had gambled with the entire Tianji Pavilion, and he had won!

Ye Chen was countless times more powerful than he had imagined!

With such a backer in the secular world, at least the Tianji Pavilion would not be at the mercy of others!

The group of Wolf Cubs were so excited their whole bodies trembled, wishing they could rush up and lift Ye Chen into the air.

But they didn't dare move.

Because they saw Ye Chen standing with his hands behind his back, looking down at Zhong Buhui in the pool of blood.

"I said, you made the most foolish decision."

Lying in the pool of blood, Zhong Buhui struggled to lift his eyes to look at Ye Chen.

His eyes were full of unwillingness!

He was unwilling to accept how Ye Chen, at such a young age, could be so formidable.

This had already surpassed all imagination!

Ye Chen looked down at Zhong Buhui and smiled slightly: "Is your mouth still stubborn?"

Lying in the pool of blood, it took several seconds for Zhong Buhui to squeeze out a few words.

"I... have lost."

These four words felt like a thousand-pound weight on his heart.

Lost.

Truly lost.

Lost completely, lost without any power to fight back.

He, Zhong Buhui, a Heavenly First Realm Expert, couldn't even last one move against a young man in his early twenties today.

Ye Chen nodded, his smile still calm and breezy.

"It's only right that you lost."

"If you hadn't, you wouldn't be talking to me so calmly."

"If you want to live, tell me the secret of the bronze gate key, and you can take your son and daughter-in-law and leave."

"Otherwise, you'll have to die here today."

As he finished speaking...

Hearing this, Zhong Buhui managed a bitter smile: "In this state... can I still live?"

Ye Chen nodded slightly.

"If I want you to die, you won't live past the next second."

"If I want you to live, even the King of Hell can't take you away."

"It just depends on whether you'll gamble and whether you want to live."

He wasn't boasting.

Because the medical skills within the Thick Earth Inheritance became more powerful as his strength was released.

Treating a Zhong Buhui was no trouble at all.

Even if Zhong Buhui were dead, as long as his soul hadn't dissipated, Ye Chen had a way to pull him back from the Gate of Hell.

This.

Is Ye Chen's confidence!