571: Chapter 571 Which traitor are you?

A full half hour.

When the last member of the Yamaguchi-gumi was kicked into the sea by Ye Chen, the entire Hakata Port finally quieted down.

On the ground, in the water, on top of the shipping containers... Japanese men were lying everywhere, wailing.

Ye Chen stood at the harbor and looked around, nodding with satisfaction.

"So satisfying!"

"Who knew fighting against the Japanese could be this refreshing!"

Yan Qingwu and the other two were panting.

Their feelings were the complete opposite of Ye Chen's... Tired! So tired! Who knew that mowing down enemies was such exhausting work!

Shen Qingyi and the other two looked at the wreckage everywhere, a complex feeling rising in their hearts.

Since the destruction of the Ancient Tomb Sect, they had been running, hiding, and living in fear.

But tonight, for the first time, they didn't have to run. Someone had saved them! Someone was teaching them cultivation! And someone had even shown them through action that being timid wouldn't solve anything, but fighting back with their fists could...

The Japanese men scattered around, unable to get up, all wore expressions of extreme terror. They looked as if they had seen a ghost...

They never imagined that there would be a few lunatics who, with just a handful of people, could beat thousands of them until they were crawling on the ground!

That's right... Thousands of people! All of them knocked down!

Just then, the roar of engines came from the distance. Not just one vehicle, but an entire convoy. Headlights lit up from the end of the road outside the harbor, forming a dragon of light as they approached rapidly.

Everyone was stunned. Only Ye Chen stood in place, hands in his pockets, watching the row of headlights getting closer and closer, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"Finally here, are you?"

A dozen or so cars stopped at the harbor entrance. The doors opened. Figures stepped out of the cars.

All of them were wearing robes; some had the faces of people from the Dragon Kingdom, while others looked like Japanese men. There were men and women, old and young. But the gaze of every single one of them was as cold as a blade.

Leading them was a white-haired old man wearing a dark grey robe with a jade belt around his waist, radiating an imposing aura without even needing to be angry.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the wreckage on the ground before finally landing on Ye Chen.

"Are you Ye Chen?"

Ye Chen looked at the old man and said indifferently, "That's right. Which traitor are you?"

The entire crowd: "???"

Good grief! Starting off by calling someone a traitor? That's incredible... He's not leaving any room for negotiation at all!

A cold light flashed in the old man's eyes. A middle-aged man behind him shouted sternly.

"Presumptuous! This is Elder Zhou Xuanji of the Tianyi Sect!"

"You junior from the Secular World, why haven't you knelt down upon seeing Elder Zhou?"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow: "Tianyi Sect? Never heard of it. Is it some unknown, small sect?"

The entire crowd: "???"

No way... The Tianyi Sect is an unknown, small sect? Is this young man trying to defy the heavens?

Among the Five Clans, Eight Sects, and Thirteen Gates, the Tianyi Sect was one of the Thirteen Gates. Although it was the one at the very bottom, it wasn't something just anyone could point fingers at. Let alone, who would dare call the Tianyi Sect an unknown, small sect!

The middle-aged man's face sank, and he was about to lash out. But the next moment, Zhou Xuanji raised his hand to stop him.

"No matter."

Zhou Xuanji looked at Ye Chen and spoke indifferently. "Ye Chen, I know of you."

"You have done many major things in the Secular World, and even uprooted the Holy Sect. You truly have some ability."

"But you must know..." He paused, his voice turning cold. "In the Kunlun Ruins, the Holy Sect is merely a second-rate power."

"Just because you destroyed the Holy Sect doesn't mean you can walk sideways in the Kunlun Ruins."

"Regarding tonight's matter, if you hand over those three people and the key, I can let bygones be bygones."

"Otherwise..." He didn't continue, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.

Ye Chen looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Otherwise, kill me?"

Zhou Xuanji didn't answer, only looking at him coldly. But that look already said everything.

Ye Chen sighed and shook his head. "You people from the Kunlun Ruins, why are you all like this?"

"Always demanding that I hand over people, always demanding that I hand over things. Do you all think you're invincible?"

His smile vanished, and his voice turned cold. "Let me tell you something. I will not hand over the people. I will not hand over the key either."

"If you have the ability, come and take them yourselves. If you don't..." He paused, his gaze sweeping over the dozen or so people opposite him, and said word by word, "Then get back to the Kunlun Ruins and stop making a fool of yourselves here."

Arrogant! Absolutely arrogant! This left the whole group dumbfounded.

They didn't expect... that Ye Chen, all by himself, would actually dare to oppose them all???

You have to know... Zhou Xuanji only represents the Tianyi Sect; there are still several other sects that haven't arrived yet! Especially the Bai family, one of the Five Clans, who hasn't even sent anyone yet. How does he dare???

Zhou Xuanji's face sank completely. "Kid, do you really want to die?"

"Do you believe that if I give the order tonight, neither you nor the people behind you will be able to leave Fukuoka?"

The group behind him collectively took a step forward, their auras surging, their pressure like a mountain. The auras of the Tianyi Realm intertwined, pressing down on Ye Chen like a physical force.

The air around them seemed to freeze. However, Ye Chen stood in place, hands in his pockets, not moving an inch.

The pressure, enough to make an ordinary person kneel on the spot, landed on him like a gentle breeze.

He looked at Zhou Xuanji and suddenly smiled. "Who said I'm opposing you?"

Zhou Xuanji was stunned.

Ye Chen tilted his head and said indifferently, "It's you who are opposing me."

The whole crowd was in an uproar. They were amazed that this guy Ye Chen was flipping the script a bit too much...

The middle-aged man behind Zhou Xuanji laughed in anger: "We are opposing you? Clearly, it was you who intercepted the people we wanted!"

Ye Chen glanced at him, then looked at Zhou Xuanji, and raised his hand to point at Shen Qingyi and the other two behind him. "Are they the ones you're talking about?"

"That's right!" Zhou Xuanji said coldly.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow: "What did they do wrong?"

Zhou Xuanji narrowed his eyes and spat out four words, one by one. "Possessing, a, treasure, is, a, crime."

Four light words. But it was these four words that caused over five hundred people in the Ancient Tomb Sect to be slaughtered in a single night. It was these four words that made Shen Qingyi and the other two flee all the way from the Kunlun Ruins to Japan, hiding and skulking around like stray dogs.

Zhou Xuanji looked at Ye Chen and continued to sneer. "The weak are prey to the strong; the fittest survive. This has been the rule of the cultivation world since ancient times. Do you think there's a problem with that?"

Ye Chen looked at him and shook his head. "No problem."

Zhou Xuanji was slightly taken aback, a flash of surprise in his eyes. He thought Ye Chen would be furious, would retort, would try to reason with him. But Ye Chen did nothing, just nonchalantly said three words: No problem.

This instead made Zhou Xuanji's heart skip a beat. He subconsciously felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. But before he could speak, Ye Chen had already continued.

"The weak are prey to the strong; the fittest survive. This is the Heavenly Dao, the law, the immutable rule of the cultivation world since ancient times. What problem could I have with that? I'm not some saint, and I won't preach benevolence and morality to you. So, I'm also prepared to let the weak be prey to the strong."

Zhou Xuanji's pupils constricted slightly. The middle-aged man behind him frowned and shouted sternly: "What do you mean?"

Ye Chen glanced at him and spoke indifferently. "From today on, I, Ye Chen, am the new Sect Master of the Ancient Tomb Sect."

"So listen carefully. From now on, whoever dares to harm even a single hair on any member of my Ancient Tomb Sect..." "I will exterminate their entire sect."

"One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates?" He smiled, that smile carrying a hint of disdain, a hint of arrogance, and a hint of dominance that looked down upon the world. "If one comes, I kill one. If a group comes, I kill the group."

"If you are not convinced, feel free to try. Let's see whose life is tougher, or if my fists are harder."

Silence. Deathly silence. Everyone was shocked by Ye Chen's words.

Zhou Xuanji stood in place, the expression on his face incredibly colorful. Anger! Shock! Disbelief!

Shen Qingyi stood behind Ye Chen, listening to his words, and her tears finally couldn't be held back, streaming from her eyes. Even Shu Yuan and Jiang Daoxuan were shedding tears of old age.

So... this is what it feels like to have someone protecting the Ancient Tomb Sect?

Yan Qingwu was very surprised. She didn't expect Ye Chen to actually intervene? At first, she thought Ye Chen only wanted that key and was just helping the Ancient Tomb Sect along the way.

But what she didn't expect was... Ye Chen was directly declaring war? And he even became the new Sect Master of the Ancient Tomb Sect? Is there any difference between that and being a commander with no troops? Or perhaps... is this guy hiding some unknown agenda up his sleeve?

Just as she was completely baffled, Zhou Xuanji's face had completely darkened. "Ye Chen, do you know what you are saying?"

Ye Chen looked at him without saying a word. Zhou Xuanji took a deep breath, his voice as cold as wind scraping out of an ice cellar.

"The words you just spoke are a declaration of war against the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates!"

Everyone was secretly terrified. That's right... This is a declaration of war. Is this young man crazy, or is he tired of living?!

However, Ye Chen looked at Zhou Xuanji and nodded. "That's right, I am declaring war. Is there a problem?"