Chapter 399: The Good Show Begins

Inside the high-rise building of the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

Luo Dongli watched this scene, the smile at the corners of his mouth no longer able to be contained.

"Chen Yan, you have a day like this too!"

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Boom, boom, boom!

Inside the training room of Jiang Yuan's hidden base.

Within Chen Yan's body, the aura of countless precious medicines erupted!

In an instant, terrifying bloody gashes appeared all over Chen Yan's physical body.

Even Jiang Yuan had not expected that Chen Yan would directly use all the tempering precious medicines in one go.

Some of these precious medicines were not yet mature, and some were unprocessed extracts.

Furthermore, they had different attributes; being absorbed all at once, the crisis of Chen Yan's body exploding was immense!

But Chen Yan could not care about so much.

He possessed the Immortal Body; as long as he did not explode, everything would be fine.

He and Jiang Yuan had harvested two underground factories of the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

All the precious medicines Chen Yan harvested alone added up to the equivalent of thirty Grade-D Bright Moon-tier tempering precious medicines.

Puchi!

The blood vessels at Chen Yan's neck instantly burst, and blood gushed out.

Crack, crack, crack!

Within the flesh and blood of Chen Yan's chest, energy exploded, and hideous bloody holes appeared.

"Suppress for me!"

Chen Yan let out a low roar, exerting his utmost to circulate the 【Forging Expansion Firmament Dome】.

Word Realm, activate.

His thinking operated at high speed!

The Immortal Will began to operate simultaneously.

As his physical body shattered, it was also rapidly restoring itself.

Various energies followed his blood vessels, circulating within his limbs and bones; Chen Yan's flesh and blood were being scoured again, and his bones were being tempered again.

"It is not that the world does not give me time, it is that I myself am unwilling to give myself too much time!"

Chen Yan's gaze was icy:

"The most difficult enemy for me, Chen Yan, to defeat will always be myself."

"The me of today must be stronger than the me of yesterday; the me of this instant must be stronger than the me of the previous instant!"

He let out a low roar.

He forcibly suppressed the body-tempering energy.

These energies were forcibly circulated by him, constantly scouring his physical body, from top to bottom, and then repeating the cycle.

Intense pain struck, but after every tempering, Chen Yan's physical body became even stronger, as if he had been reborn.

Inside the Saint-Breaking Realm.

Golden light, orange light, and cyan light surged continuously!

The Saint-Breaking Tree began to condense the 【Power】, 【Technique】, and 【Body】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits!

Within Chen Yan's tempering origin space, the tempering divine body stood like a deep pool and a towering mountain, its aura majestic.

Upon the bronze physical body, brand-new True Dragon phases condensed successfully one by one!

One hundred and seventy-eight!

One hundred and seventy-nine!

…………

One hundred and eighty-one!

One hundred and eighty-two!

…………

One hundred and ninety-five!

In the time of one afternoon.

Four 【Body】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits and two 【Power】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits were born!

Sure enough, with the support of the precious medicines, the speed of Chen Yan's strengthening was constantly accelerating!

Moreover, the energy of these precious medicines had not been exhausted!

Yet, at this very moment.

A golden 【Technique】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit matured!

This was because, under his high-speed thinking, after Chen Yan continuously operated the 【Forging Expansion Firmament Dome】, his own understanding of the 【Forging Expansion Firmament Dome】 was constantly elevated.

The Saint-Breaking Tree's understanding of the 【Forging Expansion Firmament Dome】 was also constantly elevated!

This was the first time Chen Yan had condensed a 【Technique】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit after the Saint-Breaking Tree had upgraded.

He swallowed it in one gulp!

Boom!

A terrifying torrent of knowledge scoured Chen Yan's mind.

Chen Yan opened his eyes, and truths and profound mysteries seemed to flow through the depths of his pupils.

Certain things that his brain had not understood before were suddenly laid wide open at this moment!

"I have realized it!"

Chen Yan growled low, rose abruptly, his breathing rhythm changed, and the circulation of his power changed.

Within his body, that highly lethal body-tempering energy was completely and utterly suppressed by him!

Around his body, pale golden waves of Qi surged; he threw a punch, the void was shattered, and the entire cultivation room shook!

Streaks of pitch-black void cracks resembling spiderwebs appeared!

Countless tiny particles in the air were pulverized, and pulverized again, under this punch!

A sudden boom!

【Forging Expansion of the Boundless Vault】, entry-level!

No!

It is heart-level!

【Forging Expansion of the Boundless Vault】 provides the most basic combat power.

Entry-level 【Forging Expansion of the Boundless Vault】 is five times the combat power unleashed by god-level 【Heaven Patrol】.

Heart-level 【Forging Expansion of the Boundless Vault】 is twenty times!

What it brings to Chen Yan is not just an increase in combat power, but also an increase in cultivation speed!

A smile appeared on the corners of Chen Yan's mouth.

This is the feeling of being powerful!

In one moment of enlightenment, the physical body sublimates!

Boom, boom!

He threw another punch, and the void shook.

Outside the cultivation room.

With a boom.

A crack suddenly shot out, centered from the cultivation room.

Bang!

Jiang Yuan stomped a foot onto the floor, the force of the rebound stopping the crack.

"Demolishing the house, you'll have to pay for it!"

Jiang Yuan cursed under his breath, then shouted low:

"How is he cultivating? Damn it, how on earth is he cultivating!"

Jiang Yuan was certain that Chen Yan's strength had risen exponentially.

What did he do?

Jiang Yuan pressed the button for the cultivation room.

Immediately.

The cultivation room door was opened.

Hiss...

A violent gust of wind rushed out, which Jiang Yuan dispersed with one hand.

Looking at Chen Yan, who was covered in wounds, Jiang Yuan was speechless.

Buddy, why must you do this?

There are people protecting you in the shadows, don't push yourself so hard.

I'm scared.

Although he thought this, Jiang Yuan still smiled and said:

"It's time to start, isn't it."

Chen Yan nodded:

"It is time for the good show to begin."

Jiang Yuan gave a faint smile, then took out a communication array disk.

This was something he had scavenged from that bald man from the Thirteenth District.

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Time passed slowly.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

In the plaza of Xiaoyang City, there was a sea of people, and the sound of discussion was endless.

When everyone discussed, they would all cast their gazes toward the direction of the Military Martial Guard.

"Why hasn't Chen Yan appeared yet?"

"Yeah, it's already the afternoon."

"Could it be that he won't come out today?"

"It's better if he doesn't come out; if he does, experts will likely strike instantly."

Everyone was discussing.

What no one noticed was.

In a corner of the plaza, an old man answered the communication array disk.

"Good, I understand."

The old man smiled.

Inside the Military Martial Guard.

Tens of thousands of troops stood on the parade ground, each with a tense expression.

Shao Hengyang felt very frustrated; he came before Shen Youning and gave a bitter smile:

"How about we call Old Shen out? Let's see him one last time."

Shen Youning cast a dissatisfied glance at Shao Hengyang:

"Are you chickening out?"

"How could I be?" Shao Hengyang began:

"Without Chen Yan, I would have died long ago. Don't worry, this man isn't chickening out."

Shao Hengyang laughed heartily, then suddenly saw a figure crouching in the corner.

"Xu Di, what's wrong with you?" Shao Hengyang looked toward Xu Di.

Yet he saw that at this moment, Xu Di was tugging at his hair incessantly, and when he raised his head, he revealed a pair of scarlet eyes.

Xu Di gave a dry laugh:

"Didn't sleep well last night."

"Buddy, you've chickened out to this extent, huh," Shao Hengyang exclaimed.

"What did you say?" Xu Di let out a low shout and stood straight up.

Shao Hengyang waved his hand and sighed softly:

"It's fucking miserable, not even having the ability to change the situation at all."

Xu Di was startled and lowered his head.

He said nothing more.

The atmosphere of the entire Military Martial Guard was stifling to the extreme.

Especially after Tan Yishi had personally gone to negotiate for peace today.

Everyone in the Military Martial Guard felt as if a giant boulder were pressing down on their hearts.

A major event was about to happen.

They might participate in the war, or they might not.

But Chen Yan was truly in danger.

"He could also choose not to preach the Dao; can someone tell Chen Yan there's no need to fight for a moment's pride?"

A girl named Lu Linqian spoke up.

Shao Hengyang gave a bitter smile:

"Sister, haven't you noticed yet? We don't have the qualifications to offer advice to Chen Yan."

The woman named Lu Linqian pouted, her expression also becoming somewhat gloomy.

It was right at this moment.

Outside, the voice of a powerhouse suddenly rang out.

"Are you going to preach the Dao or not? This old man has been here for a long time; why hasn't Chen Yan appeared yet?"

As soon as this person's voice fell, someone immediately spoke up:

"Exactly, is Chen Yan not coming out? What a massive joke! He said he would preach the Dao, and now he isn't doing it!"

Inside the Military Martial Guard, no one made a sound.

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Inside the Martial Suppression Division.

Zhang Ting watched the scenes unfolding outside.

"Dad, aren't you going to intervene?"

Beside him, Zhang Luobai spoke.

"Intervene?" Zhang Ting let out a cold shout:

"Intervening to kill Chen Yan might offend the Chen Clan; intervening to help Chen Yan is something I am unwilling to do, and the Xia Clan would not wish to see it either."

Zhang Luobai shook his head and gave a bitter smile.

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Inside the Aristocratic Family Alliance building.

Luo Dongli and the other high-level members of the Aristocratic Family Alliance could no longer sit still.

"Continue!"

Luo Dongli looked at a high-level member behind her.

That high-level member understood the implication; his figure flashed, appearing high in the sky, and he spoke:

"Military Martial's Chen Yan, you are at least a Third-Rank General Star and the Great Xia Top Scholar; your words should carry weight.

Since you said you would preach the Dao, why haven't you appeared?!"

His voice carried indignation, and then he vanished.

Luo Dongli narrowed her eyes; could it be that Chen Yan had already left Xiaoyang?

This was the thing she was least willing to see.

"Continue!" She looked at another person behind her.

That person's expression was ugly:

"Everyone underestimated Chen Yan; Chen Yan won't come out just to throw his life away for nothing."

Cold light appeared in Luo Dongli's eyes, and she let out a low roar:

"Damn it!"

By now, who didn't understand?

Everyone had been played by Chen Yan.

That Chen Yan will not be coming out.

He deceived everyone and slipped away himself.

Perhaps he intends to return to the Chen Clan and leap into the vast ocean like a fish.

When he appears again, he will be a powerhouse.

"Little beast!!!"

Luo Dongli gritted her silver teeth, her delicate body trembling.

High above in the sky, a powerhouse of the Aristocratic Family Alliance laughed loudly:

"It seems he has fled. Good, good, very good indeed.

So-called Immortal Body, he doesn't have the spirit of an Immortal Body at all; compared to Lu Xunyang, he isn't even worth a single hair!"

As this person's voice fell.

On the ground, someone immediately roared in dissatisfaction:

"Do you expect Chen Yan to obediently come out and be assassinated by you lot?"

"The Aristocratic Family Alliance is nothing but a bunch of ambitious wolves!"

"Good, good, good, Chen Yan is smart, attracting all the enemies to Xiaoyang while he escapes to find a glimmer of survival!"

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High above in the sky, that Aristocratic Family Alliance powerhouse narrowed his eyes and shouted coldly:

"That Chen Yan fleeing means he is abandoning the Great Xia to join the Five-Clan Chen Clan, becoming an enemy of yours and mine in the future!"

As his voice fell, the ground instantly fell into a deathly silence.

At this moment.

An old man roared:

"Isn't that forced by you lot? Forced by the Xia Clan!?"

The Aristocratic Family Alliance powerhouse narrowed his eyes, wondering what kind of thing dared to curse at him.

And just at this moment.

Hum!

A beam of light suddenly erupted from the ground, unfolding in the high sky and turning into an image.

An image appeared.

It was an underground factory with rows of glass vessels filled with cyan liquid.

Inside them were chilling, severed human limbs.

This scene was incomparably bloody.

In an instant, this image appeared in everyone's line of sight.

The Aristocratic Family Alliance powerhouse who was preparing to speak froze.

"What is this?!"

"Ah, this..."

"Heavens, who did this!"

On the ground, voices filled with shock and anger rang out.

Within Xiaoyang City, countless people were shocked and enraged by the bloodiness displayed in this image.

Those things inside the vessels were human beings!

They were living creatures!

They were people who longed to live!

But these people inside the vessels could not even see the light, forever trapped in darkness.

Younger children even cried out, frightened.

"Who did this!"

An old man's eyes turned blood-red in an instant, and he roared:

"Such cruelty, such bloodiness, such a conscience-less act—who did this!!!"

The old man was angry to the extreme, and the next moment he actually fainted dead away.

Inside the Aristocratic Family Alliance building, Luo Dongli's breathing became rapid, and her eyes instantly filled with violence and fear.

That was an image from inside the Aristocratic Family Alliance's destroyed No. 10 District.

"How..."

Luo Dongli's expression turned cold, instantly sensing that something was wrong.

She followed the image and looked downward.

This image was released by an Image-Recording Array on the plaza.

And beside this Image-Recording Array, there was also a Communication Array Disk.

And just at this moment.

Chen Yan's voice rang out from that Communication Array Disk:

"This is the Aristocratic Family Alliance's No. 10 underground factory. The Aristocratic Family Alliance tramples on life and ignores suffering.

They are not fit to be human!"

His voice just rang out like that.

Inside the building.

Luo Dongli's breath hitched, and she roared instantly:

"Destroy that Communication Array Disk!"

She had just opened her mouth, but immediately changed her words:

"No!"

If she destroyed that communication array disk at this moment, wouldn't she be completely confirming what Chen Yan said?

Luo Dongli took a step out, appearing high in the sky, and shouted lowly:

"Chen Yan, this is not an underground factory of our Aristocrat Alliance, you are spouting nonsense!"

Her voice had just fallen.

Chen Yan's voice came again:

"So, is this also not an underground factory of your Aristocrat Alliance?"

The next instant.

The image high above in the sky changed once more.

Luo Dongli hurriedly turned to look, a massive image standing horizontally between heaven and earth.

It was a huge greenhouse, within which treasure light ran wild, and at the very center of the image was Chen Yan's back.

Luo Dongli's head felt like it was going to faint.

This was the Thirteenth District of the Aristocrat Alliance!

Why would Chen Yan appear there?

"Damn it, Chen Yan, what are you doing!?" Luo Dongli shouted until her throat was almost raw.

"Can't you see?"

Chen Yan's voice rang out from within the communication array disk:

"I am ridding the people of a scourge!"

In an instant, heaven and earth were in an uproar.