929: Chapter 922: Who Exactly is Targeting Us?
929: Chapter 922: Who Exactly is Targeting Us?
Fang Banshan’s chest caved in under the assault of five ferocious punches, shattering the entire expanse of bone in his chest, forcing him to stagger back eight steps as the blood vessels linked to his heart shattered completely, with cracks even appearing on his heart itself.
“Pu!
Pu!
Pu!”
Fang Banshan’s eyes bulged like lanterns as his mouth suddenly flung open, spurting three mouthfuls of fresh blood from his throat.
His body trembled violently, his eyes—rapidly losing their vitality—fixated intently on Ye Chenfeng.
Ye Chenfeng’s aura clearly matched only that of the Initial Stage of the Primordial Heaven, yet Fang Banshan, who had long entered that Initial Stage and was now breaking through to the Middle Stage, was instantly killed by a single move from Ye Chenfeng?
Fang Banshan was unwilling!
Extremely unwilling!
He had been very likely to break through to the Peak of Primordial Heaven in this lifetime, but all of that had been ruined by the Ye Chenfeng before him.
On the Tianshan Sect’s square, the disciples who had full confidence in Fang Banshan truly hadn’t expected that their revered elder would fail to withstand even a single move from Ye Chenfeng and be instantly killed.
They plummeted once again into a state of panic.
Fang Banshan, standing not far from Ye Chenfeng, heaved in his chest more violently with each passing moment.
His breathing through his nose and mouth grew increasingly rapid.
With trembling lips, he spoke in a feeble voice, “The Ancient Martial World is about to change!
The Ancient Martial World is about to change!
The Ancient Martial World is going to…”
His weak voice cut off abruptly.
In his final moments, much crossed his mind.
Ye Chenfeng was only in his twenties now, but already possessed the strength to kill a master of the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven in a single blow.
If Ye Chenfeng was allowed to continue growing like this, he knew that one day no one in the Ancient Martial World would be able to stand against Ye Chenfeng, that one day Ye Chenfeng would reach the utmost pinnacle of the Ancient Martial World and personally destroy Tianshan Sect.
Fang Banshan was aware that Ye Chenfeng was like a dragon yet to mature.
Before this, Yun Tian Sect, Tianshan Sect, and Myriad Poison Sect had never taken Ye Chenfeng seriously, even regarding him as a soft persimmon that could be squashed at any moment.
But once this dragon truly grew up, not even the top-tier forces like Yun Tian Sect could withstand Ye Chenfeng.
Upon seeing Fang Banshan dead, the Tianshan Sect disciples on the plaza began to scatter in chaos.
All they wanted now was to escape Tianshan Sect, but Ye Chenfeng didn’t give them the chance.
No matter how they begged for mercy, Ye Chenfeng remained cold and merciless, sending them to meet King Yama.
One must understand that showing mercy to an enemy is cruelty to oneself.
Since he had already begun a killing spree within Tianshan Sect, Ye Chenfeng was determined to eradicate them completely.
After finishing off all the disciples on the plaza, Ye Chenfeng released the entirety of his Sect-level Initial Stage Soul Force within him, sensing where any survivors of Tianshan Sect might be.
Those disciples from Tianshan Sect who had thought themselves clever by hiding away could not escape the perception of Ye Chenfeng’s Soul Force.
Ye Chenfeng located all of them and systematically sent them to meet King Yama.
After exterminating every disciple of Tianshan Sect, Ye Chenfeng left the place as if leisurely strolling through a garden, as though he had never come to kill but to merely visit.
Now, apart from Sect Leader Fang Zhiyong and Great Elder Qiu Yuanlong of Tianshan Sect who had stayed at Yun Tian Sect, everyone else in Tianshan Sect had been completely slaughtered by Ye Chenfeng.
With Fang Zhiyong and Qiu Yuanlong absent from Tianshan Sect, it turned out well—they would be left for his granduncle Sun Boyi and others to handle.
The complete extermination of Tianshan Sect was the first disturbance Ye Chenfeng intended to create among the top-tier forces.
He believed that the top-tier forces would soon grow turbulent with the events of this night.
Having left Tianshan Sect, Ye Chenfeng found a secluded place to rest for the night, planning to head to Tianxing City the next day, where he would wait for Xia Zining and Sun Boyi to join him.
…
The next day.
When dawn was still a dim blur,
A group of people appeared in the Tianshan Sect’s plaza.
Among them were Wang Zhongtian, the Sect Master of Yun Tian Sect; Fang Zhiyong, the Sect Leader of Tianshan Sect; Qiu Yuanlong, the Great Elder of Tianshan Sect; and Kang Baiyin, the Sect Leader of Myriad Poison Sect.
Of course, standing beside Wang Zhongtian was an elder in his sixties or seventies.
This elder was Wu Nan, the Great Elder of Yun Tian Sect, and his power had already reached the Middle Stage of Primordial Heaven.
Wang Zhongtian and the others had received news of the massacre at Tianshan Sect late last night, so Fang Zhiyong and Qiu Yuanlong had hurried back to Tianshan Sect overnight.
Of course, Wang Zhongtian and the others had accompanied Fang Zhiyong and Qiu Yuanlong to see the situation for themselves.
The entire Tianshan Sect plaza was strewn with the headless bodies of Tianshan Sect disciples, the air heavy with a thick scent of blood.
The ground was soaked with fresh blood, and on the left side of the plaza, an old man stood stiffly.
His eyes were wide open, his mouth slightly ajar, and the blood at the corners had dried up.
A large portion of his ribcage had caved in completely.
When Fang Zhiyong saw this old man, his eyes turned a crimson red in an instant, and he hurried to the old man’s side, crying out in a heart-wrenching yell, “Grandfather, Grandfather, Grandfather…”
The rest, upon seeing the old man, were taken aback as well, including Qiu Yuanlong, the Great Elder of Tianshan Sect.
They all recognized Fang Banshan, Fang Zhiyong’s grandfather.
Hadn’t Fang Zhiyong declared long ago that his grandfather had died?
Qiu Yuanlong, the Great Elder of Tianshan Sect, looked over the bodies of the Tianshan Sect disciples on the plaza.
His eyes twitched incessantly as he swiftly searched the Tianshan Sect’s great hall, and after a thorough investigation, he returned to the plaza with a look of disappointment and despair, coming to Fang Zhiyong’s side to report, “Sect Leader, not a single survivor remains in Tianshan Sect.”
Upon hearing Qiu Yuanlong’s report, Fang Zhiyong felt a chill in his heart and began to tremble uncontrollably.
His eyes, filled with anger, now also showed traces of fear.
After all, whoever had slaughtered Tianshan Sect overnight had to be no ordinary individual, especially considering that his grandfather Fang Banshan had already reached the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven.
Fang Zhiyong looked at Qiu Yuanlong, saying, “Great Elder, my grandfather had reached the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven.
It seems that someone is specifically targeting our Tianshan Sect.
Could it be that Tianshan Sect is destined to fall from now on?”
Hearing that Fang Banshan had reached the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven, the crowd, including Wang Zhongtian, were visibly surprised.
Wang Zhongtian spoke, “Sect Leader Fang, please contain your grief and accept the change.
If you have nowhere else to go in the future, you can stay with us at Yun Tian Sect.
You are always welcome here.”
After all, it was the Tianshan Sect disciples who had perished, and Wang Zhongtian didn’t particularly care.
Kang Baiyin, the Sect Leader of Myriad Poison Sect, shared a feeling of sorrow, realizing that a fox grieves the death of a rabbit.
Like Tianshan Sect, Myriad Poison Sect was also a Third-Rate Force, unlike Yun Tian Sect, a First-Rate Force.
After some silence, he finally spoke, “It seems the top-tier forces are dissatisfied with our actions lately.
To have slaughtered the Tianshan Sect disciples overnight and killed Elder Fang, who possessed the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven, our adversary must be at least a Second-Rate Force.
But now the top-tier forces know that our three sects stand united, so I believe a Second-Rate Force would not dare to attack us.
Only a First-Rate Force would dare to make a move on us at this time.”
After listening to Kang Baiyin’s speculation, Fang Zhiyong furrowed his brow deeply and muttered to himself, “Who exactly is making a move against us?”
Then, Fang Zhiyong turned to Wang Zhongtian and said, “Sect Master Wang, now we are in the same boat.
Now that my Tianshan Sect is thoroughly devastated, the next target might be Myriad Poison Sect, and the one after might be your Yun Tian Sect.
I think we should now find the murderer who slaughtered our Tianshan Sect.”
This time, Wang Zhongtian did not respond, but Wu Nan, the Great Elder of Yun Tian Sect, spoke up, “Fang Zhiyong, while it is true we are in the same boat, you can’t expect to drag our Yun Tian Sect down with you.
I believe that at most, they would only dare to act against your Tianshan Sect and Myriad Poison Sect, but not dare to touch our Yun Tian Sect.
So, if you wish to investigate the mastermind behind this, our Yun Tian Sect will not obstruct you, but we will definitely not interfere either.”
In Wu Nan’s view, it was highly likely that a First-Rate Force was behind the attack on Tianshan Sect, so if Yun Tian Sect were to get involved, they would be implicated once the mastermind was uncovered and would have to engage in a life-and-death struggle.
Moreover, so far, no moves had been made against Yun Tian Sect, which led Wu Nan to believe that Yun Tian Sect should not get involved, at least not now.
(To be continued.
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