Chapter 113: The Resolve to Part

The power of the Extreme Boundary continually surged within his body, his strength growing ever greater, to the point that even the few who had come to rescue Li Yan felt their hearts race.

Although they had been sent by the Esteemed Founder to assist Li Yan, they were ultimately neither disciples of a great clan nor heirs of an ancient sect or holy land, so they did not know what kind of power Ye Chen possessed; they only felt their hearts race, and this power made them feel afraid.

"Damn it, this kid is weird!"

One of the four said.

"The Esteemed Founder gave us two options: kill this brat, or cripple him."

Another of the four said.

But the next moment, the speaker's pupils suddenly widened, as if he could not believe what he saw.

"This……is……impossible."

Having said that, he painfully clutched his neck, and the next moment his head fell to the ground.

Thus, Li Yan's manic laughter ceased abruptly, replaced by endless fear.

"No, you can't—you're just a loose cultivator, you shouldn't have this kind of strength; it's impossible!"

Li Yan roared, seemingly unable to accept this outcome.

At this moment, Ye Chen did not answer him; he stared at Li Yan with an icy expression, his countenance grim, like a killing god returned from the Nine Netherworlds.

"Come on, attack! Hurry up and attack! I can't die, I can't die!"

Li Yan shouted, yet at that moment the remaining three had already had their courage shattered by Ye Chen.

"What should we do?"

"We can't beat that guy—retreat!"

"What about that guy?"

"Never mind—it's not worth risking our lives to save him."

The instant those words fell, the three turned as one, preparing to abandon Li Yan and flee.

Li Yan heard their words; his eyes filled with utter fear.

"No, you can't do that! You can't just run off like that—the Esteemed Founder will never let you get away with it!"

Li Yan bellowed hoarsely, but the three acted as if they hadn't heard him, turning and walking away.

Just as they were about to flee, Ye Chen's voice sounded again: "I……allow you……to leave?"

Ye Chen's voice was so icy cold that it even caused the three of them to freeze in their tracks.

"Since you've come, then you might as well……stay."

The instant Ye Chen's words fell, his figure surged, and the three's figures instantly stiffened—not from being frightened by his aura, but because they were already dead.

Ye Chen had not wanted to reveal the power of the Extreme Boundary, but now he had no choice; if he did not reveal it, he could not keep these few, and once they returned to inform the Esteemed Founder, the Founder would send stronger people, making their situation even more difficult.

Although these few would lose contact, the Esteemed Founder would still send people; but every moment bought is a moment gained, and his strength would slowly increase, so by then he would have more confidence to face those the Founder might send.

At this moment, Li Yan's gaze toward Ye Chen turned completely into fear, so much so that his face lost all color.

"No, you can't kill me—do you know who I……"

"Whoosh——"

Li Yan's head hit the ground, and Ye Chen additionally captured Li Yan's soul into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner—now he had no chance of revival; to be safe, Ye Chen also sealed the souls of those four into the banner together.

"I don't know."

"I've said it before—I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time."

After doing all that, Ye Chen turned to look at Lin Ruoxi and Ye Nan, as well as Zhang Hai and the others.

At this moment, Lin Ruoxi looked at Ye Chen with eyes full of worry, her gaze filled with concern and a hint of heartache.

"Child, you……"

Ye Chen gave Lin Ruoxi a reassuring smile and said, "It's okay, Mom."

Having said that, Ye Chen looked toward Zhang Xiaoxiao and Ji An, who had been knocked out by Li Yan to one side; he wrapped them in a gentle force and then sent them to Lin Ruoxi and the others.

"You little brat, what are you trying to do?!"

Ye Nan shouted loudly, seemingly guessing what Ye Chen intended to do, and he yelled at once.

"It's fine, Dad—I'm just going to take care of some hidden dangers."

"Xiao Chen, don't act recklessly."

Lin Ruoxi seemed to have guessed what Ye Chen intended to do as well, and she quickly spoke up to stop him.

But Ye Chen did not directly reply to Lin Ruoxi; instead, he gave her a reassuring smile.

Ye Chen drew eight drops of essence blood from his own body; after taking out those eight drops, his aura momentarily waned, but not by much.

He could sense the condition in Lin Ruoxi's belly, so he knew that during his period of cultivation, Huang Yun had come several times.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen again took ten drops of essence blood from himself; an ordinary cultivator could not withstand such a loss of essence blood, but if it were not for Ye Chen's solid foundation and his breakthrough of two Extreme Boundaries, even after drawing those eighteen drops, a decline in his realm would not be impossible.

But he, is an exception!

His essence blood also seeped into Lin Ruoxi's body.

"Yun Yun, please look after my parents for me; I will fulfill what I promised you."

Having said that, Ye Chen's figure vanished from the spot; Lin Ruoxi stared blankly at the place where he had gone, her heart faintly aching.

"My child……"

"That damned brat! He bears everything on his own!"

Ye Nan gazed resentfully at the spot where Ye Chen had departed; he was not resentful of Ye Chen himself, but rather resentful that, as Ye Chen's father, at this moment he could do nothing to help his son.

"Damn it!"

Ye Nan's anger had reached its peak, yet he himself could do nothing.

Yun Yun looked at them, her heart also feeling uneasy; the taste of separation is unpleasant, she knows this, and since Ye Chen has been targeted and must make such a choice, if he could, he would surely also wish to stay by his parents' side.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared before them.

Which bastard dares to bully my sister! Who! Come out! I'll kill him!

Yun Zhan roared loudly, Yun Yun was still immersed in the sorrow of Ye Chen's decisive actions and their separation, being shouted at by Yun Zhan like that, the sorrowful emotion was instantly dispersed, for no other reason, at this moment Yun Zhan stood before them, shouting at the air, looking quite ridiculous.

You're blind!

Yun Yun shouted loudly, and Yun Zhan, upon hearing Yun Yun's voice, turned around, saw Yun Yun and them, his face instantly lit up with joy as he looked at Yun Yun.

Little sis, you're okay!

I'm fine, I just want to ask you a favor.

I'm out of money.

Yun Zhan blurted out those words, causing Yun Yun's face to flush instantly.

Get lost!

What is that?

Yun Zhan asked, bewildered; since he could remember, Yun Yun had come to him almost always for money, which had conditioned him to react that way.

I want you to bring Ye Chen's family back to our clan and protect them.

After Yun Yun finished making this request to Yun Zhan, Yun Zhan turned his head to look at Lin Ruoxi and the others.

At this moment, Lin Ruoxi and the others were still immersed in grief; they didn't even know when Yun Zhan had arrived.