Yu Wancheng sneered dismissively, taunting,

"Giving you a chance to live is showing you respect. Since you don't appreciate it, then there's nothing more to say. Let the lives of you Four Ghosts of Yunshan bear witness to the rise of my Azure Serpent Society!"

Zhao Beishan stared at Yu Wancheng,

"The Azure Serpent Society deserves to rise by only dealing with Foundation Establishment martial artists like us?"

Yu Wancheng: "First, eliminate you small fry, so that the entire Yun River is under the control of my Azure Serpent Society. You Four Ghosts are not the first, nor will you be the last."

"Linjiang is only a few dozen zhang away now. Do you really think you can keep us brothers here?"

Qian Xishan tightened his grip on his saber.

"A few dozen zhang... is enough. I held back before just to give you a way out. Since you don't know what's good for you, then I, Yu, will send you to the afterlife.

You're known as the Five Ghosts of Yun River. One of you died early, so be it. As for the rest of you... I'll turn you into real ghosts of the Yun River."

Yu Wancheng bent his legs and shot out suddenly, bringing a gust of cold wind with him. He wielded his longsword, aiming directly for Zhao Beishan's head.

"Clang! Clang!"

After several clashes, Zhao Beishan could only barely withstand the attacks. But in less than three moves, he was beginning to falter. Yu Wancheng slashed off a lock of hair from his head with a sword.

Then, with a close-range palm strike, he struck Zhao Beishan's body.

Zhao Beishan staggered back several steps and fell to the ground.

Qian Xishan, Sun Nanshan, and Li Dongshan were shocked and enraged, and they immediately swung their sabers at Yu Wancheng.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After several consecutive clashes, the three men, working together, briefly held off Yu Wancheng. Seeing this, the remaining members of the Azure Serpent Society simultaneously joined the battle with their sabers. In a short time,

the four men retreated while fighting, already with several bloody marks on their bodies, cold sweat pouring down.

"Big brother, you go first. The three of us will hold him back!"

"No."

Zhao Beishan sternly refused.

"Big brother, you are the closest to the Qi Condensation Realm among us brothers. Only if you escape will there be hope for revenge in the future," Li Nanshan whispered.

"Yes, big brother. You are the best swimmer. Once you enter the water, these guys will never be able to catch you."

"Stop talking. I won't leave. This dog, Yu Wancheng, couldn't have failed to anticipate this," Zhao Beishan quickly assessed the current situation.

If they really fought, they couldn't escape.

"Old Five is dead. The four of us brothers will accompany him. What's a scar the size of a bowl when your head falls off? In eighteen years, we'll be..."

"No, you won't have a next life."

Yu Wancheng sneered, his eyes filled with coldness.

Trying to escape from under his nose?

Impossible!

The gap between Qi Condensation and Qi Gathering is not something that ordinary people can bridge.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a sound of something cutting through the air resounded. Yu Wancheng was startled and quickly raised his sword to block in front of him.

"Bang!"

A huge force instantly bent the longsword, striking Yu Wancheng's chest, causing him to stagger back several steps. He looked down intently and saw that the thing that had attacked him was a black stone the size of a baby's fist.

"This is... something from a sailboat."

Yu Wancheng's gaze turned cold as he shifted his attention to the figure on the boat in the middle of the river.

When he approached earlier, he had already noticed someone on the boat, but because the distance was too far, he didn't observe them closely, simply assuming they were a fisherman.

He had planned to eliminate that guy after dealing with the Four Ghosts of Yunshan.

Now it seems...

that the visitor has bad intentions!

When the Four Ghosts of Yunshan saw Yu Wancheng being pushed back, their faces lit up with joy. They looked at the figure in the middle of the river, squinting their eyes to make out who it was, but they still couldn't see clearly.

"I... I feel like he's familiar."

"Yeah, I feel the same way."

Zhao Beishan took a deep breath, not saying much, gazing at his savior.

On the small boat in the middle of Yun River, Chen Yuan, seeing that he had pushed back that guy, felt confident. He reached out and grabbed the punting pole, throwing it violently. In the next moment, his figure leapt up.

Standing on the bamboo pole, he rode the waves.

The bamboo pole entered the water, and under Chen Yuan's strength, it moved extremely fast, creating two waves.

Chen Yuan stood on the bamboo pole, his hands behind his back, dressed in green robes, looking like an extremely elegant swordsman.

The bamboo pole glided for several dozen zhang, running out of momentum. Then Chen Yuan exerted a little force, using the bamboo pole floating on the river surface to leap into the air, taking several steps in the air, traversing a distance of seven or eight zhang, and landing steadily on the shore.

He was about ten meters away from Yu Wancheng and his group.

"It's... Benefactor Wang!"

"It's... him!"

Sun Nanshan and Li Dongshan exclaimed.

A look of surprise appeared in their eyes.

"Benefactor..."

Hearing the Yun River Four Ghosts' words, Yu Wancheng's expression turned gloomy.

Watching Chen Yuan approach slowly, he cupped his fist in salute,

"I am Yu Wancheng of the Azure Serpent Society. May I ask who you are, sir?"

Chen Yuan did not answer. His feet seemed to be moving with the wind. In a short amount of time, he arrived in front of the Four Ghosts of Yun River.

"This is a matter for my Azure Serpent Society. Does sir want to start a conflict with my Azure Serpent Society?" Yu Wancheng asked, threateningly, hoping to scare off this guy by mentioning the name of the Azure Serpent Society.

He was quite confident in the Azure Serpent Society's reputation in Nanling Prefecture.

Just that move with the bamboo pole proved that this guy was not to be trifled with. He was definitely a Qi Condensation Realm martial artist. The Foundation Establishment Realm couldn't possibly perform such a feat.

"Azure Serpent Society, are they very powerful?"

Chen Yuan looked at Yu Wancheng with a calm expression.

"There's no one in Nanling Prefecture who doesn't know my Azure Serpent Society. If sir knows what's good for you, it's best to leave now."

"Is that so? So the greatest power in Nanling Prefecture is not the imperial court, but the Azure Serpent Society."

"Who are you?"

Hearing Chen Yuan's tone, Yu Wancheng faintly sensed that something was wrong.

"Not long ago, the Azure Serpent Society just happened to have some grudges with me. Just right, I'll start with you!" Chen Yuan's gaze sharpened. He quickly snatched the heavy saber from Zhao Beishan's hand.

Taking a step forward, he suddenly slashed at Yu Wancheng.

There was no need for pointless words. Kill first!

"You..."

Before Yu Wancheng could continue asking questions, Chen Yuan's attack had already arrived. Yu Wancheng was enraged, feeling that this guy was being too arrogant.

He immediately thrust out his sword.

"Clang!"

The heavy saber struck the longsword, causing it to bend instantly. Unable to withstand the force, Yu Wancheng's expression changed. He dodged to the side, and Chen Yuan's saber missed its mark.

Yu Wancheng straightened his longsword and thrust it out.

Chen Yuan struck back with a horizontal chop.

Yu Wancheng dared not trade injuries and took a step back. But it was precisely this simple step that allowed Chen Yuan to seize the opportunity. The blood and qi in his body surged, and golden paint instantly spread over his right arm.

A powerful force, combining the true qi from the dantian and the power of the Vajra Glazed Body, converged at one point, and a punch was thrown, striking Yu Wancheng's chest.

"Pfft!"

A sound of cracking bones echoed within Yu Wancheng's body. His upper body hunched over, the force pouring into his body, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth.

Like a kite with a broken string, he was sent flying several meters by the powerful force, then crashed heavily to the ground.

The scene fell silent.

Yu Wancheng clenched his teeth, glaring at Chen Yuan, a look of fear on his face.

Such power... he's a Coagulating Ghoul martial artist!

"Benefactor Wang seems to be even stronger!"

Zhao Beishan's eyes flashed with brilliance and awe.

When Chen Yuan had killed the Azure Demon with a few punches before, they knew that he was already very strong, not someone to be compared to ordinary people, perhaps a disciple of some great sect.

Now it seemed that this was indeed the case.

In just over half a month, he was able to seriously injure Yu Wancheng in an instant.

Such strength was enough to make them look up to him.

Chen Yuan looked at Yu Wancheng with a calm gaze. He also had a new understanding of his own strength. With a full-force attack, ordinary martial artists simply couldn't withstand a few of his punches.

The combination of true qi was truly terrifying!

Without the help of true qi, Chen Yuan would not have been able to possess such power.

Yu Wancheng slowly stood up with the help of several people beside him, panting heavily,

"May I ask your name, sir, to possess such strength?"

"Does that matter to a dead man?" Chen Yuan did not answer.

"You want to kill me?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Brother, I was blind and didn't recognize Mount Tai. I hope you will show mercy. Otherwise... the Azure Serpent Society's revenge will leave you exhausted. Why needlessly create enmity?"

Yu Wancheng suppressed his fear and spoke in a very gentle tone.

"I already said before, you... are the interest I'm collecting first. In the future, I will slowly settle accounts with the Azure Serpent Society..."

"There's no room for compromise?"

"Hehe..."

Chen Yuan sneered.

"You all heard it, right? This person doesn't want to leave us alive. If you want to live, then attack him together!" Seeing the fear in the eyes of the surrounding Azure Serpent Society members, Yu Wancheng roared.

"Kill, kill him!"

One of the Azure Serpent Society members echoed, and immediately rushed towards Chen Yuan.

With someone taking the lead, the others also rushed up.

Chen Yuan, holding his saber, killed one with each strike, a pair with two, without even blinking an eye.

Yu Wancheng's eyes turned cold. Enduring the severe pain in his chest, he gripped his longsword, and with a flash of his feet, he stabbed towards Chen Yuan's neck with extreme speed.

The people who grew up in the gangs were afraid of death, but still can summon up some courage, he had killed across a whole street before.

Even if he died, he would tear a piece of meat from the enemy.

With this fierceness, he successfully survived and was appreciated by his superiors. He even managed to step into the Coagulating Ghoul Realm after many hardships. Unfortunately, he had not enjoyed it for a few years...

......

......

Chen Yuan was holding Yu Wancheng's neck with one hand. Both of Yu Wancheng's arms had been shattered by Chen Yuan, twisted beyond recognition. Two streaks of blood slid down between his eyes.

On the ground lay more than a dozen corpses of Azure Serpent Society members.

In a short time, Chen Yuan demonstrated his terrifying strength. Those ordinary members seemed to be there just to provide experience...

"Didn't you want to know my name?"

"My name is Chen Yuan!"

Yu Wancheng's body twitched slightly, muttering intermittently,

"Deep... Abyss..."

"You can think of it that way too."

Chen Yuan's mouth curled into a smile, and his right arm gripped tightly.

"Crack..."

"Bang!"

Yu Wancheng's corpse was thrown heavily to the side.