28: Chapter 28 Anyone who dares to harm my family must die!

"Dad, Mom?" Lu Chen's expression brightened with joy.

Hadn't his parents gone with the people from the Bahu Guild voluntarily? Could it be that the Bahu Guild members had finished their questioning and released them?

But soon, Lu Chen noticed something was wrong. There was a faint slap mark on his mother's face. Although she had tried to cover it up, Lu Chen could still faintly make it out.

In an instant, Lu Chen's gaze turned icy cold. The Ice Horn Ant's protection command had been triggered!

It was definitely the people from the Bahu Guild who had struck his parents; the Ice Horn Ant had intervened, which was why his parents were able to return safely. Because beast pets only acted according to their master's commands and would not follow anything outside of those instructions. And the only command Lu Chen had given the Ice Horn Ant was to protect his parents!

The reason Xiaoqing was able to return to the beast pen space on its own was because Lu Chen had given it a special command: if it encountered an emergency it couldn't handle, it could return to the beast pen space to report to him.

"Son, why are you back?" Upon seeing her son, Chen Rou was stunned for a moment before forcing a smile.

"Dad, Mom, you're finally back. You scared me to death just now. Thank goodness Xiaoqing went to call Brother back." Lu Xiaoyun threw herself into her mother's arms, her eyes filled with tears.

Hearing this, the two elders knew their son already knew what had happened at home. But they didn't want their son to go settle scores with the Bahu Guild; they were worried he was still no match for them.

"Son, we're fine. The Bahu Guild members were just conducting a routine check, and they released us after they were done," Chen Rou quickly explained.

"Ice Horn Ant!" Lu Chen called out.

An entirely ice-blue ant beast crawled out from Chen Rou's sleeve, landed in Lu Chen's palm, and told him everything that had happened in detail.

[Master, the Bahu Guild members were annoyed that your father was moving too slowly, so they struck him. This triggered my protection command mechanism, and I have already insta-killed the person who attacked!]

"This!!!" Chen Rou had momentarily forgotten that her son was a Beast Tamer and could communicate with his beast pets.

"Xiao Chen, since you already know, we won't hide it from you anymore."

"The people from the Bahu Guild have already found some traces of you, which is why they sent people to question us."

"But we still don't want you to reveal your identity now. Your Rank is still too low; you should continue leveling up for a while longer!" Lu Sen advised in a deep voice.

"Dad, the Ice Horn Ant has already taken action, so they will certainly be suspicious. The next people they send will only be stronger class-changers."

"Since that's the case, we might as well wipe them all out to avoid constant trouble in the future."

"Dad, Mom, don't worry. I have already contracted one hundred thousand Ice Horn Ants and have also changed into a full set of Level 60 Legendary equipment. My current stats already exceed most Tier 4 class-changers; even Tier 5 class-changers don't scare me!"

As he spoke, Lu Chen opened his stat panel to put his parents completely at ease: "If one hundred thousand beast pets aren't enough to fight, I can contract another hundred thousand. I refuse to believe I can't take down a single Bahu Guild!"

"Hiss..." Seeing that their son's HP had exceeded one hundred thousand and his attack power was far over 100,000, Lu Sen and Chen Rou realized these stats were already comparable to a Tier 5 class-changer.

And on the surface, Xihai City only had two Tier 5 class-changers: Mayor Sikong Yao and the Guild Master of the Bahu Guild, Guild Master Yan Hu. Even if there were Tier 5 class-changers in the shadows, there wouldn't be more than five! Analyzing it this way, their son truly had the strength to annihilate the Bahu Guild.

However, annihilating a large guild about to upgrade to 5 stars wasn't that simple; at the very least, whether other factions would intervene was an unknown.

Furthermore, during this time, the Xinghai Guild had clearly been coexisting peacefully with the Bahu Guild, seemingly mediated by some big shot in the shadows; the waters of Xihai City were not that shallow. Whether this hidden big shot would intervene was also an unknown.

However, Lu Sen and his wife Chen Rou also knew that the whole city was looking for their son, so they could be 100% certain that the hidden big shot valued their son highly. They likely wouldn't make things difficult for him but would instead try to recruit him. After all, who wouldn't want to recruit a super Genius capable of completing a Ten-Star difficulty advancement quest!

"Son, with your current strength, if you want to go to war with the Bahu Guild, your mother and I won't stop you, but there is one issue you need to consider carefully!"

"Dad, what issue?"

"The waters in Xihai City are a bit deep right now; there is a hidden big shot lurking who is also looking for you."

"Once you go to war with the Bahu Guild, he will definitely appear. At that time, you will only have two choices: either join under this big shot or don't!"

"If you join, this big shot will likely even help you destroy the Bahu Guild. If you don't, I can't be sure whether this big shot will forcefully capture you!"

"And Dad can be certain that this hidden big shot is at least Tier 6!"

Hearing his dad's words, Lu Chen frowned slightly. If it were a big shot above Tier 6, he probably wouldn't be a match for them.

Once the Rank exceeds Tier 5, it's not just a gap in stats, but an absolute suppression of Rank! This suppression manifests in that class-changers above Tier 5 can gain special abilities: Tier 5 is Insight, Tier 6 is Flight, Tier 7 is Teleportation; these are things stats cannot compare to.

"Dad, since the hidden big shot has mobilized the entire city to find me, it means he is also eager to recruit me and won't rashly take action against me. If he really does take action against me, I have the resurrection ring, so he won't be able to catch me!"

"It's just that I might have to wrong Mom and Dad, as well as my little sister, by having you hide temporarily to prevent the big shot from sending people to capture you and threaten me!"

Lu Chen thought for a moment; he could go to the Pavilion Master of the Jinbao Pavilion, Yu Linglong, and ask her to shelter his family temporarily. Although this would reveal his identity to the Pavilion Master, it was the only way for now. The people of the Bahu Guild dared to slap his mother, so he would make the Bahu Guild completely perish! As a son with the strength to act, if his mother was hit and he didn't destroy the other party, he would be unworthy of being a son; he wasn't a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!

"Good! You truly are my seed; as the pillar of the family, you should have this kind of courage. Mom and Dad won't be wronged, and your little sister won't be either. It's you, son, who might have to suffer some grievances in the future."

"Dad, look at what you're saying. How would I be wronged? It's just that the road ahead won't be as smooth and will have a few more storms, but I can handle it!"

After saying this, Lu Chen sent a message to the Pavilion Master. Upon learning that her mysterious little brother wanted to temporarily arrange for his family to stay at the Jinbao Pavilion, Yu Linglong felt inexplicably happy. Didn't this mean the other party was revealing his identity to her?

[Pavilion Master Linglong, my family will temporarily stay at the Jinbao Pavilion. How many gold coins do you need?!]

[Giggle, no need for gold coins; it's just arranging a few rooms. I just want to ask one thing: why are you suddenly arranging for your family to stay with me? What are you going to do?]

[Destroy the Bahu Guild!]

[...]

Yu Linglong was stunned. This little brother wanted to annihilate the Bahu Guild? Could he do it?

[Are you serious?]

[Anyone who dares to harm my family must die!]

Yu Linglong stared blankly at the message. It was the first time she had seen someone dare to challenge power for the sake of their family. A family like that must be very happy!

[How confident are you? Do you want me to help you hire some Advanced class-changers?]

[No need! I can handle it alone!]

[...]

Yu Linglong's lively eyes widened. This little brother could really solo the Bahu Guild! Then she absolutely had to go watch this feast.

[Good, I'll arrange for people to pick up your family right now. Here, no one can touch them!]

[Many thanks, Pavilion Master Linglong! Consider it a favor I owe you!]

Lu Chen left behind quite a few Shadow Soul Mice to be responsible for protecting his family. After Yu Linglong's people came to pick up his family, Lu Chen finally set off towards the headquarters of the Bahu Guild!

"The sky of this Xihai City is due for a change!!!"