530: Chapter 530 Do you have some kind of peculiar fetish for these insects?

"The Life-Eroding Insect is connected to my mind; unless the host dies, the connection will never be severed."

The white-robed man clutched his chest, his face beneath the silver mask as pale as paper.

"But that useless Karl had clearly stepped into the Tianyi Realm..."

"Even if Ye Chen is also in the Tianyi Realm, it's impossible for him to have killed him so quickly!"

He took a deep breath, struggling to suppress the surging blood in his chest.

Then,

He stood up abruptly,

His expression beneath the mask shifting uncertainly.

"No, I have to go see for myself."

As soon as he finished speaking, his body flickered, turning into a white afterimage as he dashed out of the abandoned warehouse.

...

Late at night, downstairs at Dijing Garden.

Several police cars and ambulances were parked downstairs, their red and blue lights flashing in the night sky, casting flickering shadows over the entire building.

The white-robed man stood under a large tree in the distance, his white robe fluttering slightly in the night breeze.

He didn't approach, choosing only to watch from afar.

The back doors of an ambulance were open, and several medical personnel were carrying a stretcher out from a patch of grass.

The stretcher was covered with a white cloth, and beneath it lay a charred corpse.

The corpse's limbs were twisted at bizarre angles; one look was enough to tell that most of the bones in its body were shattered.

The medical staff loaded the stretcher into the ambulance and closed the doors. The engine started, and the ambulance slowly drove away.

The white-robed man stood in place, his gaze fixed on the ambulance, his expression beneath the mask terrifyingly grim.

"He's really dead."

That's right!

He could be one hundred percent certain that the person just loaded onto the stretcher was Karl!

But after drinking the Holy Water, Karl had clearly stepped into the Tianyi Realm!

Yet in front of Ye Chen, he didn't even have a chance to escape?

Or rather...

Does Ye Chen have other experts backing him up?

The white-robed man's fists slowly clenched, his nails almost digging into his flesh.

"This Ye Chen..."

"Just what is his true strength?"

He took a deep breath and turned around, preparing to leave.

However...

The moment he turned, a hand reached out from behind him, fingers spread, and pressed down neither too hard nor too light on his shoulder.

The white-robed man's body suddenly froze.

Not because of fear, but because...

He couldn't move.

His feet felt as if they were nailed to the ground; his knees couldn't bend, his waist couldn't turn, and he couldn't even move his neck.

He was like a statue, frozen in place.

The white-robed man's pupils constricted sharply, and a chill rushed from his spine straight to the crown of his head.

He was a powerhouse at the peak of the Tianyi Realm!

In the entire secular world, someone who could render him immobile just by patting his shoulder simply shouldn't exist.

And someone who could approach him completely undetected and leave him in such a state had never happened before.

Yet this person behind him had closed in without him noticing at all and nonchalantly held his shoulder?

The most terrifying part was...

He couldn't even feel the other person's true qi.

What did this mean?

It meant the other person's strength far exceeded his own, having already stepped into the legendary Golden Core Realm...

The white-robed man's throat bobbed as he asked in terror, "Who... who are you?"

A casual, young voice came from behind him.

"Didn't you just boost someone's power to come test me? And yet you're asking who I am?"

The white-robed man's pupils constricted to their limit.

Ye Chen!

It was Ye Chen!

His brain exploded with a buzz, going completely blank.

He had considered many possibilities...

That Ye Chen would track down the Holy Sect's whereabouts, investigate Karl's cause of death, or even send people to search all of Xiamen City.

But he never imagined...

That Ye Chen would personally come to corner him!

And that he would arrive so quickly!

Or rather...

He had been waiting here for the rabbit to return to its burrow all along!

"How... how did you know I would come?"

The white-robed man's voice was trembling.

Ye Chen stood behind him, still holding his shoulder, and spoke with a beaming smile.

"I guessed."

"That insect is connected to your mind; since I took it, you must have felt it."

"Once you felt it, you definitely wouldn't be at ease, and if you weren't at ease, you'd definitely come to take a look."

"And since I live here, well, what do you think?"

Hearing this, cold sweat instantly drenched the white-robed man's head.

This young man was not only unfathomably strong, but his mind was also terrifyingly meticulous.

Every step he took had been calculated perfectly, leaving him with no room to even struggle.

The white-robed man took a deep breath, trying his best to calm down.

"Ye Chen, do you know who I am?"

"I don't," Ye Chen said honestly, "but you can tell me."

The white-robed man gritted his teeth. "I am an Elder of the Holy Sect—Wei A-Guer!"

"If you dare touch me, the Holy Sect will not let you off."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen had a realization. "Your name is Orphan?"

"I said A-Guer!" Wei A-Guer snapped, unable to keep his composure.

Ye Chen, however, looked completely indifferent.

"I don't care if you're an orphan or an 'A-Guer'."

"I just want to ask you one question..."

"Do all you people from the Holy Sect like talking such nonsense?"

"Last time, the people from the Nordic Saint Hall said the same thing, and then what happened?"

Wei A-Guer's expression darkened completely.

He was naturally well aware of the destruction of the Hall of Saints.

But at the time, they had thought...

That while Ye Chen was certainly powerful, the reason he could destroy the Hall of Saints was most likely due to those missiles.

But now that he had made contact with Ye Chen, he realized he was wrong!

Ye Chen was truly an anomaly, a terrifying enemy.

At such a young age, he had already entered the Golden Core Realm that countless old monsters could only dream of!

What kind of concept was that?

He could no longer be described as a genius!

That was simply a miracle...

No!

He couldn't die here!

He had to get this information out!

The previous version of the intelligence was not accurate at all!

Saying Ye Chen was only in the Tianyi Realm...

Was absolute bullsh*t!

Wei A-Guer swallowed hard, his tone softening slightly with a hint of negotiation.

"Ye Chen, there is no deep-seated hatred between us."

"The matter with Karl was due to my lack of consideration; I apologize to you."

"As long as you let me go, I can guarantee that the Holy Sect will never set foot in the Dragon Kingdom again."

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"Sure."

"You want me to let you go? I can do that."

"Just give me a few more of those insects."

Wei A-Guer was completely stunned, his expression looking as if someone had stuffed a rotten egg into his mouth.

"You... what did you say?"

"I said, give me a few more of those insects."

Ye Chen repeated himself.

"Didn't you just say it? There's no deep-seated hatred between us, and as long as I let you go, you can guarantee the Holy Sect won't enter the Dragon Kingdom again."

"But I feel like a mere guarantee from you isn't quite enough."

"How about you give me something practical as payment for your life?"

Wei A-Guer's mouth twitched violently, his composure beneath the mask completely shattering.

"That... that is a Life-Eroding Insect!"

"I spent over a decade of painstaking effort and used the essence blood of over ten thousand people to barely nurture one!"

"And you're asking me for a few more?"

"Where on earth am I supposed to get them for you?"

Hearing this, the smile on Ye Chen's face vanished, and his brow furrowed. "In other words, you're completely useless?"

Wei A-Guer felt terrible upon hearing those words.

What did he mean by 'completely useless'?

He was an Elder of the Holy Sect!

A powerhouse at the peak of the Tianyi Realm!

He was a figure who could make the world tremble with a stomp of his foot anywhere he went!

Yet now, in Ye Chen's mouth, he had become someone who was 'completely useless'?

He took a deep breath, trying to suppress the fury in his chest, his voice tinged with urgency.

"No!"

"Ye Chen, listen to me..."

"While there is only one Life-Eroding Insect, I still possess other secret techniques!"

"The Holy Sect's foundation is far deeper than you can imagine!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen wasn't interested at all; instead, he shook his head with a look of disdain.

"Fine, fine, stop giving me that nonsense."

"I'm just asking you, how many people in your Holy Sect have this insect?"

Wei A-Guer was stunned at first, then fell silent for several seconds.

After a long while.

He finally came to his senses, his voice filled with confusion.

"Do... do you have some sort of special fetish for this insect?"

Ye Chen's brow furrowed. "Does it matter if I have a fetish? Answer my question, or else... die!"

He suddenly applied force with his hand.

A vast aura instantly surged forth, pouring into Wei A-Guer's body all at once.

In the next second.

His meridians felt as if they were being torn apart!

His bones felt like they were about to shatter!

His flesh felt like it was melting!

His soul felt as if it were being destroyed!

At this moment, Wei A-Guer felt as if he were in a great furnace, liable to drop dead at any moment...