722: Chapter 722 Talismans (Part 2)!

Mukeer's laughter came to an abrupt halt.

His pupils constricted sharply, and the mockery on his face turned into fear in an instant.

"Th-this… what is this?"

The expression of the old man in white also changed.

He felt a terrifying power waking up from within that small talisman.

That power was far beyond his comprehension.

Tianyi Realm?

No!

The level of that power had already exceeded the Tianyi Realm!

It is the Golden Core Stage!

No… it was even more terrifying than the Golden Core Stage!

"Retreat quickly!"

The old man in white roared and retreated violently.

But it was already too late.

Bing Lan released her hand.

The talisman drifted to the ground.

Then.

"BOOM!!!"

A deafening sound, like a thunderclap from the nine heavens, exploded within the presidential suite.

Golden light erupted from the talisman, transforming into a golden shockwave that swept outwards in all directions with Bing Lan at its center.

Wherever the shockwave passed, everything crumbled.

The carpet turned into dust.

The furniture shattered into wood chips.

The tempered glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows evaporated, leaving not even a fragment behind.

Even the steel bars twisted and melted in the golden light.

Those thirty-plus Heaven Realm Experts and above were hit head-on by the golden shockwave.

They didn't even have time to scream before they crumbled instantly, like sandcastles struck by a giant wave.

Some were sent flying by the shockwave, crashing through walls and disappearing into the night.

Some were swallowed by the golden light, their bodies seemingly incinerated by raging fire, turning into a pile of ashes in the blink of an eye.

Some desperately circulated their internal energy to resist, but that power was too strong—so strong that their protective internal energy was like paper, shattering at the slightest touch.

In just three seconds.

The presidential suite was already unrecognizable.

And of the nearly thirty aggressive experts from just a moment ago… not a single one was still standing.

Mukeer and the white-skinned old man were both lying in the ruins, covered in blood.

One man's right arm was twisted at a bizarre angle, and he had breathed his last.

The other was also dead, but his face still bore the shock he felt before dying.

Looking at this scene, Bing Lan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

A-Chen's talisman was truly effective!

Suddenly!

"Ring-ring—" A cell phone ringtone came from the ruins.

Bing Lan scanned the area, and her gaze finally landed on Mukeer.

The ringtone was coming from there.

Good grief.

This phone's quality is pretty good; it can actually still make calls?

Bing Lan pursed her lips, stepped forward, and took out the phone, which displayed a line of English text.

It read [Black Widow].

Bing Lan looked at the name on the screen, swiped her finger gently, and answered the call.

The next second, Black Widow's arrogant voice came from the other end of the line.

"Captain Mukeer, is the operation on your end going smoothly?"

"Have you taken down that woman?"

Bing Lan spoke indifferently.

"They did not take me down."

Black Widow's voice paused: "What?"

Bing Lan's tone was calm: "I took them down."

There was silence on the other end of the line for a full three seconds.

Then.

Black Widow's voice rang out again, but this time, it was filled with shock and disbelief.

"Who are you?"

Bing Lan retorted: "You're about to capture me, and you're still asking who I am?"

There was another silence on the other end of the line.

Bing Lan could even hear Black Widow's breathing becoming rapid.

A few seconds later.

Black Widow's voice came through again, this time with a hint of trembling.

"You… you are Bing Lan?"

"Impossible! How could you possibly deal with them?"

"There was clearly a Tianyi Realm Expert among them!"

Bing Lan did not explain, nor did she care to.

She simply said indifferently: "Go ask A-Chen."

After saying that, she swiped her finger and hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy tone coming from the phone, Black Widow froze in place.

In the banquet hall, the gazes of hundreds of guests fell upon her.

They didn't know what had been said on the other end of the call, but looking at Black Widow's expression… it was clearly not good news.

Black Widow slowly put down the phone, raised her head, and looked towards Ye Chen.

In those eyes that were always cold and arrogant, they were now filled with shock.

"How is it?" Ye Chen looked at her and smiled. "Is there a result?"

Black Widow snapped back to reality: "Your… your woman… is she at the Tianyi Realm?"

She couldn't believe it.

According to intelligence, that Bing Lan was clearly just an ordinary, powerful businesswoman with no strength to truss a chicken.

But the voice on the phone just now, that tone, that aura—it was clearly not something an ordinary woman should have.

And… Mukeer's side had a Tianyi Realm Expert leading the team, along with over thirty Heaven Realm Experts and above.

With a lineup like that, she would have died ten times over…

Yet Bing Lan had resolved it!

Other than having strength above the Tianyi Realm, there absolutely couldn't be a second possibility!

Hearing this, Ye Chen shook his head: "No, she isn't."

Black Widow was stunned.

"No?"

Ye Chen spoke with an expression that took it for granted.

"It's just that I gave her a talisman for self-defense."

"Because I guessed that you bunch of schemers would definitely cause trouble, so I made preparations in advance."

He hadn't acted on a whim, either.

After all, not long ago, the people from the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates had done exactly that.

Therefore, he had to have some precautions.

And talismans were the best thing for that.

He could prepare seven or eight talismans for the people around him to guard against unexpected situations!

Black Widow's expression froze instantly.

A talisman?

A single talisman could take out a Tianyi Realm Expert plus over thirty Heaven Realm Experts?

What kind of talisman was this?

What level of power was this?

She suddenly realized a problem… from beginning to end, they had all underestimated Ye Chen.

No, not underestimated.

It was that their intelligence had never been accurate.

Every time they thought they had grasped Ye Chen's trump card, Ye Chen would reveal a new one.

Every time they thought they could manipulate him, they would find out that they were the ones being manipulated.

"You…" Black Widow began to feel fear. "What level are you exactly?"

She suddenly felt some regret.

Regret for coming to South Korea.

Regret for provoking this devil.

Ye Chen looked at her and smiled.

"My strength?"

"Don't ask anymore; I'm afraid you'll hurt your self-esteem."

Black Widow: "…"

The entire venue: "…"

Hundreds of guests looked at each other, their mouths twitching.

That was… so damn infuriating.

But no one dared to laugh, because that young man truly had the capital to say so.

Twelve genetic Ability User were crippled by him in one move.

The joint operation of the USA's two major financial tycoons and the Ability User Bureau was neutralized by a single talisman of his.

For a person like this, saying something like being afraid of hurting your self-esteem really wasn't bragging.

Black Widow's fists clenched until they creaked, forcing down the anger and fear in her heart.

"Ye Chen, don't get too cocky."

"The Ability User Bureau will not let you go, the Manluodi Family will not let you go, and the Gates Family will not let you go."

"You have offended the entire USA!"

Ye Chen yawned, looking indifferent.

"That sounds as if you had let me go before."

"But having said that, since you want to know my background so much…"

"Then I'll tell you a secret."

Black Widow's brows furrowed sharply, and alarm bells rang in her heart.

Ye Chen chuckled.

"Do you remember that time at the USA museum?"

Black Widow's expression tightened.

How could she not remember?

That robbery shocked the whole world.

The key to the bronze gate was snatched away by someone right under everyone's noses just like that.

And the ones who snatched the key were a blonde-haired, blue-eyed couple.

The man was handsome and dashing, and the woman was enchanting and moving.

The strange thing was… the two of them spoke with a fluent Japanese accent, claiming to be Japanese men!

And no one could stop them.

So much so that the man just carried the woman while charging through, splitting a tank with his other hand before leaving.

That scene was still etched in Black Widow's mind to this day.

Afterwards, the Ability User Bureau mobilized in full force, searching for the whereabouts of that couple globally.

But they gained nothing.

Those two people seemed to have evaporated into thin air, never appearing again.

Until now.

Black Widow looked at Ye Chen's smiling face, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

That thought was too absurd, so absurd that she herself felt it was impossible.

But she still couldn't help but ask.

"You… what do you want to say?"

Ye Chen shrugged: "That Japanese couple… was me and Yan Qingwu."

Black Widow: "???"

She widened her eyes, her mouth slightly agape.

Ye Chen's body flickered, and he arrived in front of Black Widow instantly.

Then, he patted her shoulder, looking filled with emotion.

"At that time, in order to act like it, I specifically learned a few Japanese phrases."

"Things like baka, yamete, iku iku… learning them was really hard work."

Black Widow: "…"

Ye Chen continued: "The way I snatched the key back then, was I cool?"

Black Widow: "…"

In her mind, that image surfaced once again.

That scene had once humiliated the entire USA and made the Ability User Bureau the laughingstock of the whole world.

She never imagined… that the man was actually the Ye Chen before her.

What was even more outrageous was… after this bastard snatched the key, he changed back to his original appearance, swaggered into the museum, and killed the Second Master of the Manluodi Family.

Then he retreated unscathed once again.

By the time they reacted, he was already on a plane headed to the Dragon Country!!!