650: Chapter 650: Their home really was raided!

The entire audience: "???"

Huh?

Were they crazy, or was Ye Chen crazy?

He actually had the Japanese Empress raid a local warlord family?

This was way too crazy!

But before they could react...

On the other end, Daji was already giggling.

"So it's their ancestor who offended you?"

"Don't worry, Master. Within half an hour, the Daxiang Family will be wiped out."

Ye Chen then hung up the phone and tossed it back to Chu Niubi.

The entire banquet hall was eerily silent.

Everyone stared with wide eyes, looking at Ye Chen in shock.

After a long while...

*Gulp!*

Someone swallowed hard, suddenly breaking the dead silence.

Immediately after, the crowd erupted into an uproar.

"Holy crap! What did I just hear? The Japanese Empress called Instructor Ye 'Master'?"

"Wait... I heard about Instructor Ye going to Japan to destroy the Yin Yang Society and the Empress being replaced, but I thought those were just rumors made up by patriots!"

"Rumors my ass! That was on speakerphone just now! It was the Japanese Empress's voice! I've heard her public speeches; that was definitely her voice!"

"So Instructor Ye didn't just destroy the Yin Yang Society, he even controls the Japanese Imperial Family?"

"What do you mean 'control'? Didn't you hear? The Empress called him 'Master'! Do you understand what 'Master' means?"

"Crazy, crazy, crazy... the world has gone crazy..."

...

The scene was like a stormy sea.

Some were so shocked they were incoherent.

Some were flushed with excitement.

Others were pale with fright.

The guests who had just echoed Wang Shi now wished they could find a hole to crawl into.

Even Chu Shixiong was stunned in place.

He knew Ye Chen was strong, knew he had destroyed the Sima Family, and knew he was the Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group.

But he never expected...

That Ye Chen's reach extended all the way to Japan, and even the Japanese Empress was his person!

This wasn't just finding a backer.

This was clearly inviting a true god!

In today's Dragon Country, who would dare touch the Chu Family???

Bai Wanqing sat at the main table, looking at Ye Chen with a face full of curiosity.

That man...

Just how many secrets was he still hiding?

Bai Shanshan didn't have much of a reaction, though the corners of her mouth twitched a few times.

She had already grown accustomed to being shocked by Ye Chen. Now that another thing had happened, she actually felt... well, it was quite normal.

After all, that was Ye Chen.

Only Yan Huifeng sat in his chair with a calm expression, holding a cup of wine and drinking slowly.

Seeing his composed demeanor, others couldn't help but secretly admire him.

The head of the Yan Family had indeed seen great storms; he could remain as steady as Mount Tai even in the face of such earth-shattering events.

But what they didn't know was...

Yan Huifeng wasn't being steady; he had already been shocked long ago.

Back when Yan Qingwu returned from Japan and told him about this, he had dropped three teacups, and he was dazed for the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

Moreover...

He had even personally gone to ask Old Master Xuanyuan Huo about it, only to find out later that the matter had been intentionally suppressed by the Dragon Group!

Hearing it again now was merely confirming that his daughter and Xuanyuan Huo hadn't lied to him.

And at this moment...

The person most on the verge of collapse in the entire hall was Daxiang Maru.

"Impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"You must have made a fake call! You found someone to impersonate the Empress!"

"Yes! That must be it!"

"My Daxiang Family has been established in Japan for hundreds of years, with deep roots and immense power!"

"How could the Empress raid us just because of a single word from you?"

"Don't even think about deceiving me!"

He spoke louder and louder, as if trying to convince himself or bolster his own courage.

Hearing this, Ye Chen tilted his head to look at him and smiled.

"You're saying I made a fake call?"

Ye Chen tilted his head.

"Fine, since you don't believe it, I'll let you die with full understanding."

"In half an hour, I'll kill you all."

After saying that...

He turned and walked back to the main table, sat down heavily, picked up a wine glass from the table, and took a small sip.

Then...

He picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of steamed leopard coral grouper, and began to eat slowly.

His appearance and posture were as if nothing had happened at all.

Seeing his calm demeanor, the corners of all the guests' mouths twitched in unison.

Wait...

There are hundreds of Japanese Warriors kneeling beside you, and the half-dead head of the Wang Family is lying right in front of you, yet you can still eat?

Seeing this, Daxiang Maru wanted to get up, but his entire body felt as if a binding spell had been cast on it; he didn't dare move.

He wanted to stand up and run, but that pressure weighed on his shoulders like a mountain; let alone standing up, he couldn't even move his knees.

He could only remain kneeling.

Like a dog waiting to be slaughtered.

Waiting for the half-hour countdown.

Every second was agony.

The hundreds of black-clad warriors behind him looked even more dejected; some had even started crying.

"Sect Leader... what do we do?"

"I don't want to die, Sect Leader! I have a wife and children at home!"

"Sect Leader, how about... we surrender?"

Daxiang Maru gritted his teeth, unable to say a single word.

Surrender?

Like hell surrendering would work!

The opponent was clearly coming for them!

For a while...

Time passed minute by minute.

The atmosphere in the banquet hall was heavy to the extreme.

No one dared to speak, no one dared to move their chopsticks, and they even intentionally lightened their breathing.

Everyone's gaze shifted back and forth between Daxiang Maru and Ye Chen.

They watched Ye Chen eating and drinking with a relaxed air, then looked at Daxiang Maru kneeling on the ground, drenched in sweat and pale-faced...

The guests had only one thought in their minds.

This man named Ye Chen was too terrifying.

A few more minutes passed.

Daxiang Maru's face grew paler and paler, as white as paper.

His phone vibrated several times in his pocket, and with each vibration, his heart sank a bit further.

Because he vaguely felt...

That those vibrations likely didn't bring any good news.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore.

"Can I... can I take a call?"

He looked up and asked cautiously.

Ye Chen picked up a piece of food, not even raising his head: "Take it."

The next second...

The pressure on Daxiang Maru's body instantly vanished.

His body and mind relaxed, and he immediately pulled his phone out of his pocket with trembling hands.

The screen lit up, prominently displaying—

Second Grandson!

He pressed the answer button.

The result...

On the other end of the phone, Daxiang Jiro's panicked voice came through.

"Grandpa! Something's happened!"

"The Empress suddenly ordered a raid on our Daxiang Family!"

"The family's assets have been frozen, and all our people in the Self-Defense Forces have been detained!"

"Grandpa, please save us!"

"What on earth is going on? When... when did my brother and I offend the Empress?"

As soon as those words were spoken, Daxiang Maru's face instantly became as white as paper.

"Nani?"

"They really raided our home?"

Originally, he thought Ye Chen was acting, trying to scare them.

But...

Now it was different; his last hope was completely shattered at this moment.

Hearing this, Daxiang Jiro sensed something was wrong.

The next moment...

He became anxious.

"Grandpa, what do you mean?"

"Did you already know this would happen? Or... did you cause trouble out there?"

Daxiang Maru's lips trembled, unable to utter a single word.

What could he say?

That he had brought hundreds of people down from the Kunlun Ruins, straight up bypassed the defensive lines, and barged into the Dragon Country to bluster, only to kick a steel plate harder than diamond?

That the young man he offended had raided their Daxiang Family with just one phone call?

He couldn't say these things.

Because once he said them, it would mean admitting his own stupidity and acknowledging that he was the sinner who had ruined the entire family.

A burst of noise came from the other end of the phone.

Immediately after...

The voice of his eldest grandson, Daxiang Wulong, came through.

"Grandpa! Say something! The family's assets are all gone!"

"I was just kicked out by the Cabinet! They said I'm the grandson of a traitor!"

"Grandpa! What on earth did you do?!"