649: Chapter 645: Ye Tian Takes Action!
649: Chapter 645: Ye Tian Takes Action!
“Live as long as the heavens and earth?
With your abilities?” Deng Er said disdainfully, “It’s not just you, Sima Hong, even your entire Sima Family wouldn’t have anyone capable of immortality!”
“What did you say!?”
Sima Hong’s temper was clearly triggered by Deng Er’s words.
He suddenly raised his hand, channeling all his Inner Strength into it.
In the face of such overpowering power, Deng Er had no chance of escape.
His momentary indulgence in verbal sparring, as it turned out, wasn’t undeserved.
“Die!”
Sima Hong’s heavy palm struck down towards Deng Er’s head.
Deng Er remained composed, silent, and closed his eyes to await death.
“Old Second!” “Old Second!”
Ding Da and Ding San yelled, but they were powerless to stop Sima Hong’s palm from striking Deng Er!
“Swish!”
Sima Hong swung down his heavy palm, fully expecting to smash Deng Er’s brains out, but to his surprise, where his palm landed, there was nothing but air—he had hit empty space.
What happened?
Sima Hong was astonished and upon looking again, the figure of Deng Er had vanished.
“Who’s playing tricks?”
Sima Hong shouted, looking around.
In this bus, besides himself and the three Ding brothers, there should be no other martial artists.
However, when he caught sight of the man sitting at the back of the bus, his eyes widened in shock!
The man was none other than Ye Tian!
Ye Tian was no longer embracing Bai Lan, now sporting a calm expression.
To the left of Ye Tian, Bai Lan watched him with eyes full of shock and fear, not expecting Ye Tian’s sudden move to save the day.
To Ye Tian’s right sat Deng Er, whom he had just rescued.
Although saved, Deng Er was utterly bewildered.
Life and death had been but a moment away—how had this man managed to save him?
His speed was unbelievable!
“How is that possible?
How can you still be alive?”
The most shocked person was Sima Hong.
He had met Ye Tian before, but since he found him too arrogant, Sima Hong had sent a puppet to deal with him.
After the puppet engaged Ye Tian in combat, Sima Hong and Huang Bo left, so the outcome of the fight between the puppet and Ye Tian was unknown to him.
Nobody around had informed him either.
Yet, there stood Ye Tian, alive and well before him, filling Sima Hong’s heart with disbelief!
The stronger the foundation of the Sima Family’s puppets, the more powerful they became after transformation!
Deng Xi had been a formidable warrior before becoming a puppet, so naturally, his power as a puppet was not to be underestimated.
But Ye Tian had managed to escape from a battle with the puppetized Deng Xi, and his luck seemed extraordinary!
“Heh heh heh!
Who would have thought you are quite adept at escaping death!
But today you’ve met me, and no matter how much you run, there’s no escaping!”
Even though he recognized that Ye Tian had some abilities, Sima Hong was not afraid at all.
After all, there was a powerful puppet by his side today, and its strength was not something the mere Ye Tian could contend with.
“Ye Tian…”
Seeing the threatening demeanor of the opponent, Bai Lan couldn’t help but pull on Ye Tian’s sleeve.
The enemy before them was not only powerful but also exuded a sinister aura that was bone-chilling.
Ye Tian was formidable, yes, but it wasn’t certain that he would hold his own against these monsters…
As for the bus driver, he too was terrified.
“Oh my god!
To think there are such masters!”
Having driven busses for decades, this was the first time the driver had encountered such a situation, not only did he have martial artists fighting on his bus, but each one seemed more skilled than the last…
It was like something out of a movie!
The three Ding brothers were also stunned; they had truly misjudged the situation before when they provoked this man.
The skill Ye Tian showed when saving Deng Er was not that of an ordinary person!
The three brothers themselves were suffering from severe internal injuries and couldn’t escape; only Ye Tian stepping forward might save them.
However, the Ding brothers didn’t believe that Ye Tian could defeat Sima Hong and his puppet; they were simply too powerful!
“Friend, thanks for saving Deng Er just now, but the Sima Family isn’t easy to provoke.
If you don’t want to die, you better take your woman and leave this place!”
Ding Da said slowly, but how could Ye Tian not hear the provocation in his voice?
He was trying to goad Ye Tian into backing down in frustration, unwittingly plunging into a desperate fight with Sima Hong and his puppet!
“Leave this place?” Ye Tian said with a cold laugh.
“I’ve never liked being dictated to in my actions.
If you three brothers want to live, just keep quiet.
Provoke me one more time, and I’ll leave immediately!”
“This…”
Ye Tian’s keen insight had taken Ding Da by surprise.
For the sake of survival, Ding Da had no choice but to remain silent, merely staring blankly at Ye Tian, uncertain of Ye Tian’s strength or if he could match up against Sima Hong and his puppet.
“Leave immediately?”
Ye Tian’s words were met with disdain by Sima Hong.
“Don’t be so arrogant!
Today, you have come here, facing certain death with no chance for life.
Thinking you can escape from my hands?
No way!”
From Sima Hong’s words, a chilling killing intent was already seeping through, and the Ding Brothers knew that the young master of the Sima Family had the intent to kill.
Although the hope was slim, the Ding Brothers could only silently pray that Ye Tian would be able to defeat Sima Hong and his puppet!
“To deal with someone like you, I don’t even need to lift a finger myself!”
Sima Hong took a step back, making room for his puppet to maneuver.
In fact, Sima Hong was aware of Ye Tian’s strength when Huang Bo exerted his full power to combat him, yet he turned out to be no match for Ye Tian.
Huang Bo’s strength was naturally superior to Sima Hong’s; if Huang Bo couldn’t defeat Ye Tian, neither could Sima Hong…
However, the strength of his own puppet was not something Sima Hong or Huang Bo could compare with; no matter how strong Ye Tian was, he would not be a match for his puppet!
Step by step, the puppet advanced towards Ye Tian, preparing to strike him, but unexpectedly, Ye Tian suddenly vanished in a flash!
“Eh?
Where did he go?”
Sima Hong was shocked.
Upon closer look, Ye Tian had already silently moved from the back row to the front row seats of the bus.
His speed, was it really so fast!?
The Ding Brothers were all stunned.
All three brothers had cultivated the force of nature, so whether it was eyesight or insight, they were beyond ordinary people’s capacities, yet they couldn’t see Ye Tian’s movements clearly.
Who exactly was this Ye Tian?
“Sir, could you please not move to the front, my heart can’t take this!”
The bus driver yelled out because Ye Tian was very close to him, which was not a good thing at all.
If a fight broke out, with their skills, it was very likely that he could end up dead!
“What’s so great about Qinggong?
Without enough strength, you’re only destined to flee everywhere!”
Although Ye Tian was extremely fast, Sima Hong didn’t take it seriously.
He spoke coldly and then gave an order to his puppet.
“Kill him!”
The puppet’s foot stomped down fiercely, the floor of the bus caved in heavily with the stomp, and the wheels crushed the road beneath them.
With the power of that stomp, the puppet lunged swiftly towards Ye Tian.
Even if Ye Tian’s speed was fast, he seemed unable to evade…
“Hehehe, you can’t dodge this time, can you?”
Sima Hong let out a cold laugh.
As long as Ye Tian engaged in close combat with the puppet, he would have no chance of winning.
“Ye Tian!
Dodge quickly!”
Bai Lan also shouted, but instead of heeding her advice to dodge the attack, Ye Tian merely smiled faintly.
Then, the Inner Strength in Ye Tian’s body circulated, and he struck out with both hands, clashing directly with the puppet’s hands!
“Boom!”
A loud crash echoed.
The force of their clash, Ye Tian against the puppet, was indescribably strong, causing the whole bus to tremble violently, shattering all its windows.
Although the puppet was invincible, the fact that Ye Tian could match it with his own strength left the Ding Brothers agape with amazement.
“How is this possible?
He didn’t use the force of nature, yet he could stand against the puppet head-on?”
“Is there really a martial artist in this world with such strong Inner Strength?
No matter how you look at it, it seems inconceivable!”
“Who is this man?
His strength has already surpassed the limits of ordinary martial artists!”
The Ding Brothers might not be strong, but they could clearly see that the power Ye Tian used was just ordinary Inner Strength and not the force of nature.
For there to be a martial artist who could contest the puppet of the Sima Family with pure Inner Strength seemed utterly unimaginable!
“This…
this…”
Sima Hong was also astonished; he had completely expected his puppet to defeat Ye Tian easily, but to his surprise, Ye Tian was actually able to stand up against the puppet.
Of course, even so, Sima Hong wasn’t worried that the puppet couldn’t defeat Ye Tian because the puppet’s advantage over ordinary martial artists was far too great.
“Stop dragging this out!
Fight him for real!”
Sima Hong commanded again, and the puppet immediately withdrew its palm, no longer engaging in a contest of Inner Strength with Ye Tian.
If it were any other martial artist, after a contest of Inner Strength, they would usually need to adjust their inner energy slightly before they could continue attacking.
But the puppet, being controlled by someone, had full control over its Inner Strength and did not need to gather energy, so as soon as it withdrew its palm, it immediately launched an attack.
“Swoosh!”
The puppet’s mighty fist flew straight towards Ye Tian’s chest, but Ye Tian was no ordinary opponent; with just a slight pause, the energy within him became fluid again.
“Snap!”
Ye Tian’s two palms caught the punch that the puppet had aimed at him, and though the puppet possessed immense strength, it couldn’t get a single inch closer to Ye Tian’s body.
The fist was as if clamped down by a huge pair of pincers…
But while Ye Tian’s hands were locking down the puppet’s fist, the puppet had another hand free for use and immediately swung, aiming for Ye Tian’s undefended face!
“Be careful!”
Bai Lan yelled, and the Ding Brothers also couldn’t help but sweat for Ye Tian.
He needed both hands just to fend off the puppet’s attack; if the puppet used both hands, how could he have any capacity to defend himself?