Outside, the King of Chen, seeing the entire Chen family's main hall engulfed in flames, was secretly astonished.
This old bastard's grandson had truly grown to such a degree.
Chen Shanshui, standing beside him, cut down a Divine Religion apostle and looked at Chen Guojun, worriedly asking, "Father, are you alright?"
Chen Guojun shook his head and looked at Chen Shan, saying with relief, "Shui'er, perhaps your choice was not wrong."
Seeing his father say this, Chen Shanshui tentatively asked, "Father, that Yunyun Gu..."
Chen Guojun shook his head and said helplessly, "After the battle ends, remove the manipulations within the Yunyun Gu."
Seeing his father say this, Chen Shanshui honestly replied, "I've already removed them."
Chen Guojun looked at Chen Shanshui, his eyes full of relief, "Perhaps, you are the one suited to be the family head."
Chen Shanshui's expression turned somewhat bitter, "Father, Elder Brother..."
Chen Guojun fell silent for a moment and then slowly said, "He was the spy collaborating with the Divine Religion, wasn't he?"
Chen Shanshui nodded without speaking.
"Alas~"
Chen Guojun sighed helplessly, his pale face filled with disappointment.
The entire hall had caught fire.
And inside, Yu Daohan and Li Tiandao were fighting fiercely, completely disregarding their surroundings.
The Chen family's main hall was built with century-old sandalwood, and the fire was impossible to control.
Yu Daohan knew clearly that this was the best opportunity to kill Li Tiandao, and he absolutely could not miss it.
Li Tiandao, on the other hand, did not want to get entangled with this lunatic.
The situation was lost, and there was no longer any possibility of snatching the compass.
Retreat was the only option.
Striking while the iron was hot, Yu Daohan seized the flaw in Li Tiandao's move, parried the attacking long sword with his mace, and then unleashed the Tianqian Palm with his other hand.
Li Tiandao looked at the incoming Tianqian Palm. By the time he thought of drawing his sword again, it was too late, so he could only condense his qi in his other palm and meet the attack head-on.
Bang!
The two palms collided, and the resulting surge of energy swept outwards.
The pillars of the hall, already burning from the flames, were precarious. Further battered by this powerful surge of energy, they could no longer bear the weight and collapsed.
Without the main pillars supporting them, the other pillars also began to fall.
Rumble—
A roof beam fell, landing precisely between the two fighters.
Both retreated simultaneously. Li Tiandao seized this opportunity, punching hard towards the wall behind him.
The wall was already badly damaged, and Li Tiandao's powerful punch instantly blasted a huge hole through it.
"Damn it!"
Yu Daohan cursed. Seeing Li Tiandao trying to escape, he quickly focused his left eye, and several drops of Samsara Blood Tears flowed out and floated in the air. Without a word, he raised his hand and swung.
Li Tiandao was focused solely on escaping and paid no attention to the incoming Samsara Blood Tears.
Splat—
Several drops of Samsara Blood Tears instantly struck Li Tiandao's back and then pierced through his body.
Although his body was pierced by the Samsara Blood Tears, no vital points were hit.
Li Tiandao gritted his teeth, ignored the pain, and ran out quickly.
"Fuck, he's still not dead!"
Yu Daohan couldn't help but curse. Just as he was about to give chase, roof beams began to fall one after another.
The flames had already spread throughout the entire hall. Yu Daohan looked up at the hall, which was at its limit and could collapse at any moment, and could only choose to leave first.
Just as Yu Daohan was leaving the hall.
Rumble—
The hall completely collapsed, and the flames instantly spread and burned.
Yu Daohan turned to one of the Chen family disciples and asked, "What's behind here?"
The Chen family disciple replied truthfully, "There are some houses behind, but the only way down the mountain is through the cave."
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohan immediately bypassed the main hall and chased after him.
This time, he absolutely could not let him escape.
Late at night.
The burning flames of the main hall illuminated half of the Chen family.
The apostles of the Divine Religion also began to retreat one after another.
Their orders before the operation were to break through the Chen family, assassinate all Chen family disciples, and search for the whereabouts of the compass.
And this was contingent on the Left Envoy successfully assassinating the King of Chen.
If the Left Envoy failed to assassinate the King of Chen, the mission would be considered a failure, and they were to retreat immediately.
Yu Daohan continued to pursue, and within moments, he saw a large gate.
The gate was open, and beyond it was the interior of the mountain.
Yu Daohan glanced at the bloodstains on the ground and unhesitatingly chased in.
Yu Daohan pursued along the passage.
When he reached the end, he found that it was a cliff.
Yu Daohan looked down at the rope leading to the bottom of the cliff and sighed helplessly, "Truly, fate is not to be denied."
There was no point in chasing further now.
Yu Daohan turned and left.
Although he failed to kill Li Tiandao this time, fortunately, the compass was not taken.
They had won this battle.
Emerging from the cave, Yu Daohan arrived at the location of the main hall.
The battle had ended. The ground was littered with the corpses of Chen family disciples and Divine Religion members. The marble floor was already stained red with blood, a gruesome sight.
Some disciples were tending to the wounded, while others were fetching water to fight the fire.
Chen Shanshui looked at Yu Daohan, cupped his fists, and thanked him, "Thank you, Master Yu, for your help. Otherwise, my Chen family would likely have been annihilated."
Yu Daohan waved his hand and looked at Chen Guojun, who was sitting cross-legged and cultivating, with a mocking tone, "This old bone is truly tough. It didn't die even now."
Chen Guojun snorted dismissively, not yielding, "Before I kill you, this old bone can still hold on."
Yu Daohan shrugged indifferently, "I still say the same thing. If you think you have the strength, you can come and kill me anytime. I, Yu Daohan, will always be ready. I will continue to grow stronger until you abandon this thought from the bottom of your hearts."
At this moment, Yu Daohan exuded the aura of a top-tier expert.
He understood that saving someone's life and expecting them to abandon their revenge for their grandson was impossible.
It was like if your father's killer saved your life, you would just give up on revenge?
That was ridiculous.
True strong individuals never feared their enemies seeking revenge, because if I could kill your father, I could kill you just as easily.
This was absolute affirmation and confidence in one's own strength!
Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots was never the act of the strong, but the fear of the weak.
If you're going to do it, then don't fear anyone seeking revenge.
The strong should fear no revenge or challenge!
"Alright."
Chen Guojun gazed at Yu Daohan and slowly said, "One day, you will fall due to your own arrogance."
Yu Daohan shrugged dismissively and smiled, "Is that so? I'll be waiting, but you probably won't live to see that day."
"Let's wait and see," Chen Guojun said and fell silent.
"This..."
Looking at the tense exchange between his father and Yu Daohan, Chen Shanshui didn't know what to say.
But he was certain that making an enemy of Yu Daohan was a very unwise choice.