Chapter 2741

The violent and earth-shattering explosion sound instantly spread throughout Jin Ling, even waking the entire city from the night.

And the valley where the explosion occurred had countless lush plants destroyed by the explosion, forming a circular blank space with a radius of hundreds of meters!

Earl Changsheng had no traces of existence left at all, and his whole person had completely vaporized, without even a fraction of residue left.

As for the so-called "body dying but the soul living," it was just a cover, a blank check that tricked them into going to their deaths generously.

Earl Changsheng only knew until the moment he died that what the Lord had left in their Niwan Palaces thirty years ago wasn't a formation that could protect a wisp of soul at all, but an extremely powerful self-destruction formation.

Encountering a life-and-death crisis, thinking this was the hope of rebirth, but never expected that this was a means to perish together with the enemy.

And when the explosion occurred, Ye Chen, who was less than two meters away from Earl Changsheng, also disappeared without a trace.

On the ground, besides Ye Chen's shattered clothes, only a few fragments of giant clam the size of a fingernail remained.

These fragments were originally Ye Chen's soul-piercing blade.

And his Thunder Command refined from lightning-struck wood had already turned into a lump of black ash in the explosion!

And at this time, on the edge of this blank space with a radius of hundreds of meters, a seriously injured woman was struggling to crawl forward.

She was Yun Ruge, Earl Dingyuan!

When the explosion occurred, because Yun Ruge was still ten zhang away from the two, she didn't suffer the devastating blow at the center of the explosion.

But her situation at this time was also not optimistic.

She was directly overturned and flown out by the huge shock wave, and her physical state was no different from losing more than half her life.

Her meridians were all broken, most of her bones were broken, and her internal organs had suffered extremely serious internal injuries. Although she wasn't dead yet, whether she could survive this serious injury was still unknown.

Yun Ruge, while enduring the sharp pain and struggling to crawl toward the distance, was panting, but couldn't control her low cursing: "Damn Lord... actually... actually deceived us for a full thirty years!"

"After opening the Niwan Palace, where... where is there any good thing about the body dying but the soul living? It's all lies... ghost stories to deceive people!"

"This son-of-a-bitch... just... just treated the four of us... as human... human bombs..."

"Deceiving us by saying that when encountering a life-and-death crisis, we can leave a wisp of soul, be reborn through possession, and give us hope of life..."

"But in reality... in reality, this bastard wants... wants us to open the Niwan Palace when encountering a strong enemy... encountering a life-and-death crisis... and perish together... with the enemy..."

"This move is really... too brilliant... because... the enemy that can force us to a dead end... will definitely have a great threat to that bastard and the entire Anti-Qing Society..."

"And with this scam of opening the Niwan Palace... it can make the four of us perish together with the enemy without hesitation at the most critical moment, and use death to solve all hidden dangers for that bastard..."

"Lord, oh Lord, Earl Changsheng was right, you are really... too sinister!"

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but mutter: "The four of us have worked for you for many years... but you have never treated us as human beings. In your eyes, what is the difference between us and those human bombs tied with explosives tied all over their bodies...?!"

Yun Ruge gritted her teeth and continued to crawl hard toward the distance.

She knew that today Earl Changsheng detonated his Niwan Palace, and both he and Ye Chen were doomed. And this was also the best opportunity for her to disappear.

To this day, she no longer wants to return to the Anti-Qing Society, and even less wants to continue working for the Lord, because this person is too terrifying in her eyes. Staying by this person's side, her end probably won't be much better than Earl Changsheng's.

Rather than this, it's better to take the opportunity to evaporate from the world, and after her injuries heal, find a suitable place to live in seclusion and spend the remaining two years of her life well.

For her, living freely for two years is much better than going back and living for another two hundred years following the Lord.

Thinking of this, she endured the sharp pain and continued to crawl hard toward the depths of the mountain.

Time rewinds to three minutes ago.

Champs-Élysées Hot Spring Hotel, not far from the explosion site.

The An family had been arranged by Hong Wu in a hillside villa that had been vacated earlier.

Hearing the bursts of thunder not far away, the whole family felt the unusualness of the thunder, and everyone's faces were uneasy and anxious, especially Old Master An Qishan, who was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the room, unable to stop for a moment.

Seeing this, Hong Wu hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "Old Master, you don't need to worry. Master Ye has heaven-defying strength. These bursts of thunder must be the heavenly thunder summoned by Master Ye. I estimate that the killer has already been blown into ashes by Master Ye!"

An Qishan muttered: "You said Chen'er can summon heavenly thunder?!"

"That's for sure!" Hong Wu nodded heavily and said with a face full of yearning: "Master Ye's heavenly thunder, I have been fortunate enough to see it a few times. When the thunder comes, the sky is covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and the heavenly thunder descends from the sky, deafening, shaking the earth and mountains, simply like a god descending to earth!"

"This..." The An family members were all dumbfounded, and An Qishan also had a shocked face: "How is this possible..."

Hong Wu laughed: "Hey! Old Master, what's impossible about this? The reason you feel it's impossible is that you don't understand the mystery. Master Ye said that summoning heavenly thunder is the effect of a formation. Formation, in my personal understanding, is no different from atomic energy. If we tell someone from a hundred years ago that you only need a piece of radioactive material the size of a palm, and making it into an atomic bomb can flatten a city, they would also feel it's impossible."

An Qishan was confused, while the old lady on the side couldn't hide her worry and said: "I'm worried about Chen'er's safety. Mr. Hong, can you please arrange a helicopter to go over and see? In case Chen'er needs help, we can also help him..."

Hong Wu hurriedly said: "Old lady, Master Ye specifically instructed that after picking you all up, no one can go to help, just wait here peacefully for him to come back."

As he spoke, Hong Wu added: "To tell you the truth, there are hundreds of martial artists in the hot spring hotel at the foot of the mountain, each with extraordinary strength. Even they can't help Master Ye, let alone us."

The old lady, while wiping her tears, choked with sobs: "I'm afraid something will happen to Chen'er. He must have suffered too much in the past twenty years. I, as his grandmother, really don't want him to be in any more danger..."

An Qishan gently patted the old lady's back and comforted her: "You don't need to worry too much. Chen'er is a person with great abilities now, and he is no longer on the same level as us. Even if we want to help him, we can't help. Let's follow Chen'er's instructions and wait patiently here!"

As soon as the voice fell, a earth-shattering explosion suddenly occurred outside the villa, and the huge sound wave shattered the laminated tempered glass!

Everyone subconsciously squatted on the ground. After the explosion sound passed, the old lady suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart and asked crying: "What was that just now?! Chen'er... Chen'er, will he be okay?!"

Hong Wu's heart skipped a beat, and he was suddenly panicked.

He had seen Ye Chen summon heavenly thunder with his own eyes.

He knew that the huge explosion sound just now was not the movement of heavenly thunder!

Therefore, he shouted: "I'll go take a look!"

After saying this, he, who was panicked, immediately ran out, jumped onto the helicopter that had been on standby in the courtyard, and said to the pilot who was on standby with burning anxiety: "Quick! Take off quickly!"

At this time, a figure ran out quickly. Li Yalin jumped onto the helicopter in two or three steps and blurted out: "Mr. Hong, I'll go with you!"

Hong Wu hurriedly said: "Detective Li, I am ordered by Master Ye to protect your and the An family's safety. You'd better stay here!"

Li Yalin shook his head and said: "Mr. Hong, don't forget, I'm a police officer. If there is really any accident, no one is more professional than me in surveying the scene!"

Hong Wu thought for a while and agreed: "Then I'll trouble Detective Li!"

After saying this, he said to the pilot: "Take off!"

The helicopter stepped on the accelerator and rose from the ground, carrying the two of them speeding toward Wanliu Villa.

When approaching the sky above Wanliu Villa, Hong Wu had already seen the strange circular blank space in the valley in the distance by the moonlight.

Therefore, he immediately pointed to the blank area and said to the pilot: "Quick! Fly there!"

The pilot controlled the helicopter to go to the strange valley at high speed. After getting closer, Hong Wu and Li Yalin found that this circular blank area was already a piece of scorched earth, and the surrounding grass and trees were all leaning toward the periphery of the circle.

Combined with the violent explosion sound just now, the two speculated that this circular blank area must have been caused by the explosion just now, and the center point of the explosion was the center of this circle!

Hong Wu's heart instantly rose to his throat, and he suddenly had a bad intuition.

In nervousness, he hurriedly said to the pilot: "Quick, land!"

Li Yalin blurted out: "Better not land in the center position, so as not to destroy any clues on the ground by the strong wind of the helicopter!"

Hong Wu nodded and said to the pilot: "Then land on the edge!"

The pilot immediately parked the helicopter on the edge of the circular blank area.

Li Yalin only thought about not destroying the clues at the center of the explosion.

But he didn't expect that the position Hong Wu asked the pilot to land was exactly the area where Yun Ruge left traces while crawling away from the scene. The strong wind stirred up by the helicopter wiped out the traces left by Yun Ruge in an instant.

And at this time, Hong Wu, who was anxious, didn't wait for the helicopter to stop completely before opening the door and jumping down, and Li Yalin followed closely behind.

He ran quickly toward the center of the explosion and was shocked to find that the ground at the center had been scorched hard and cracked by high temperature!

On the ground, there was even a black human-shaped outline, not knowing if it was a human body trace left during the explosion.

Hong Wu suddenly saw a few reflective fragments on the ground. After picking them up, he found that they were fragments of shells or something.

Subsequently, he immediately remembered that Ye Chen had once bought a giant clam at an auction for over a hundred million yuan. That auction caused quite a stir in Jin Ling. Now it seems that these fragments are extremely similar to the luster and texture of the giant clam!

Thinking of this, Hong Wu's heart sank to the bottom.

Seeing his expression change drastically while looking at the shell fragments in his hand, Li Yalin hurriedly asked: "What is this?"

Hong Wu said in a daze: "This... this should be Master Ye's thing..."