Chapter 1223

Who are you?

Looking at Ye Chen, the woman slightly furrowed her delicate brows. For some reason, the young man in front of her gave her a familiar feeling.

You're an old acquaintance!

Ye Chen smiled slightly and didn't immediately summon his immortal light, because the group of old folks outside had already charged in. Not just them, but also Man Man and the other eight followed, each looking at Ye Chen with strange expressions.

Man Xiong arrived too, and upon seeing the woman in white, he froze, as if recognizing whose reincarnation she was.

"Aunt, do you know him?" Man Man spoke up, glancing at Ye Chen before turning to the woman in white.

"I don't know her." The woman in white replied with a light smile.

"Aunt?" Ye Chen was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that a reincarnated person, only a hundred years old, could have such seniority. Moreover, he found it strange that they were all family, yet Man Man and her sisters were so different from their aunt—one was a delicate woman, while the nine nieces were burly and robust.

"You've come several times, but I haven't seen you." Man Xiong scratched his head, looking at the woman in white with a peculiar expression.

"That's true, I've never entered before. This is my first time." Man Xiong said a bit awkwardly. Every time he came, he got a thorough beating, let alone stepping into Man Man's family's immortal mountain.

"Miss, may I have a word with you in private?" Ye Chen spoke up, smiling at the woman in white.

"I—" The woman in white parted her lips slightly but hadn't spoken yet when she frowned and looked toward the mountains outside.

"It's them again." Man Man and the others gripped their weapons tightly, their expressions turning cold in an instant. The faces of those old folks weren't looking good either, with several of them flashing cold light in their eyes.

"Nine Zhǔn Shèng—quite the impressive lineup!" Man Xiong raised an eyebrow and glanced over.

"From the looks of it, they're definitely here to cause trouble." Ye Chen stroked his chin, peering through the many peaks of the immortal mountain to the outer void. It was filled with elders, all clad in purple cloud robes, each a Zhǔn Shèng. Their auras merged into one, making the heavens, earth, and even the immortal mountain rumble.

"I say, what's their background?" Man Xiong turned to Man Man.

"People from Ji Yang Zong." Though she didn't think much of Man Xiong, Man Man still answered his question.

"Such a big show of force— they're not here to collect protection fees, are they?"

"What protection fees?" Man Man stomped hard on Man Xiong's foot.

"Speak properly!" Man Xiong grimaced in pain.

"Ji Yang Zong's divine son has taken a liking to our aunt." Man Man's second sister said coldly. "They've come stirring up trouble multiple times. In the past, it was only because Grandfather kept them in check that they didn't outright rob us. Now that Grandfather has passed away, they're even more brazen."

"That Ji Yang divine son is no good." Man Man's third sister said coldly. "The number of women he's harmed over the years is over ten thousand."

"Compared to that guy, I feel I'm still quite reliable." Man Xiong smugly smoothed his hair.

"Murong Xian, my family's divine son requests your presence." As they spoke, a faint, sinister laugh echoed from outside the mountain.

"Ji Yang Zong's fellow daoists, you're going too far." The strong members of Man Man's family ascended to the void, but there were only three Zhǔn Shèng among them. Compared to the nine Zhǔn Shèng from the other side, they were outnumbered.

"Don't be ungrateful." A Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng snorted coldly.

"You—"

"Hand over Murong Xian, and everything will be fine." Another Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng shouted coldly, his voice laced with killing intent, echoing endlessly in the void. "If not, today we'll make sure the Murong family is wiped out down to the last."

"Aunt, you can't go." Man Man and the others all looked toward their aunt.

"The Murong family has no choice." The woman in white smiled and shook her head, about to step into the void.

"Don't rush." Ye Chen smiled and pulled the woman in white back.

"Fellow daoist, what do you seek from me? Say it now." The woman in white smiled lightly. "If I go this time, I probably won't return."

"Then just don't go!" Ye Chen shrugged and stepped into the void, emerging from the Murong family's immortal mountain. He looked playfully at the nine Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng. "Nine seniors—quite the impressive lineup!"

"A Huang Jing like you has no right to speak with us. Get lost." A Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng shouted coldly.

"Can't you speak nicely? You just have to ask for a beating!" Ye Chen casually stretched his neck, and in his hand appeared a wolf-tooth club, formed from the Chaos Cauldron, incredibly fierce.

"You're courting death." A Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng roared and stepped forward, his massive hand grabbing down from the sky.

"You're really something, huh!" Ye Chen sneered, advancing instead of retreating. With a step, he used Shrinking Earth into Inches to dodge the attack and instantly closed in on the Zhǔn Shèng.

"You—" The Zhǔn Shèng's expression changed, not expecting Ye Chen to have such an elusive movement technique.

"On the Yellow Springs Road, take it slow." Ye Chen swung his wolf-tooth club, smashing the Zhǔn Shèng's head into a mist of blood. His divine sea collapsed, his divine platform shattered, and his primordial spirit turned to ash on the spot.

"This..." The remaining eight Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng suddenly paled, staring at Ye Chen in disbelief.

"This..." The three Murong family Zhǔn Shèng were also stunned.

"This..." Man Man and the others were shocked, looking at the handsome Ye Chen, not realizing he possessed such domineering power. A Huang Jing had actually smashed a Zhǔn Shèng with one blow.

"This act is spot on." Man Xiong sighed in admiration.

"Who exactly are you?" An angry shout came from outside the mountain as the Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng collectively retreated a step, startled by Ye Chen. A single move that killed a Zhǔn Shèng was a feat only saints could achieve.

"Guess." Ye Chen smiled leisurely, saying no more as he charged forward with his wolf-tooth club.

"Retreat!" The eight Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng didn't even think twice before turning to flee.

"Retreat?" Man Xiong burst out, crossing the void in a step with his own wolf-tooth club in hand—though his was much larger than Ye Chen's. With one swing, he battered a Zhǔn Shèng until blood and bones flew everywhere. As a Huang Jing himself, he was a Sheng Wang, and his combat power was extraordinarily fierce.

"He's incredibly strong." Man Man in the mountain gaped.

"He clearly wasn't going all out when he fought us earlier." Man Man's eight sisters all smiled awkwardly.

"You really want to fight to the death?" Angry shouts erupted from outside the mountain as the Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng were beaten into disarray by Ye Chen and Man Xiong, two beasts. Neither Ye Chen nor Man Xiong was someone they could handle—these two Huang Jing were far stronger than imagined.

"How dare you bully my Man Man's family and think you can leave?" Man Xiong was ferociously mighty, his club cracking the void as one Zhǔn Shèng was hit on the spot, his body exploding instantly while his primordial spirit fled.

"Where do you think you're going?" Ye Chen pounced, smashing the primordial spirit into ash with one blow.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The void trembled, the rumbling shaking heaven and earth.

What followed was a bloody scene. The Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng were completely overpowered by Ye Chen and Man Xiong, unable to even escape. Blood stained the void red.

The people of the Murong family watched in stunned silence, even their Zhǔn Shèng forgetting to join the fight.

After some time, the void finally grew quiet.

Looking outside the mountain, only one of the nine Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng remained, blocked by Ye Chen and Man Xiong from east and west.

That Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng staggered back, roaring in terror, "Ji Yang Zong won't let you off!"

"Get lost with your Ji Yang Zong!" Man Xiong swung his club. The Zhǔn Shèng was still struggling desperately, summoning his life-bound artifact, an ancient seal that hovered above his head to protect him.

Boom!

Man Xiong's swing was overwhelmingly powerful. His wolf-tooth club, forged from divine materials, shattered the ancient seal in one hit.

Pfft!

The Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng spat blood and flew backward.

But before he could steady himself, Ye Chen arrived. His Chaos Cauldron-formed wolf-tooth club was even more savage, smashing the Zhǔn Shèng's body to pieces and turning his fleeing primordial spirit to ash as well.

Thus, the nine Ji Yang Zong Zhǔn Shèng were all slain, having come from afar to act tough only to be wiped out completely.