"Chen Jie, your girlfriend is in danger. You need to go see her quickly!" Lin Shuang reminded him.
"Where are they?"
Chen Jie's gaze sharpened, and he quickly asked.
...
Inside the Yin family courtyard, a strong smell of blood permeated the air.
A group of experts were surrounding a safe house.
One of them shouted, "Wang Xiaoyan, tell your people to surrender immediately, or we won't be polite!"
The speaker was Deng Zhou, the vice-president of the Sorcery Association.
Receiving no response, he immediately said to those beside him, "Start the excavators and break into the safe house as soon as possible."
Following his command, several excavators with impact drills attached to their large arms began to violently dismantle the safe house.
Among the crowd was another person whom Chen Jie would surely recognize.
He was Fang Tai, the president of the Pingcheng Martial Arts Association.
How could Fang Tai let the person who caused his son's death get away with it?
He had been looking for an opportunity for revenge for a long time.
This time, he happened to arrive in the provincial capital to attend the annual exchange meeting between the Sorcery Association and the Martial Arts Association. Hearing that the Sorcery Association intended to deal with Chen Jie, he felt that the opportunity had arrived. He voluntarily suggested that since Chen Jie's fiancée was in the provincial capital, they could capture Wang Xiaoyan first to ensure everything went smoothly.
However, they had underestimated the strength of Wang Xiaoyan and Lin Mengjiao.
After they lured Wang Xiaoyan to this place using Yin Qiuran, they launched a surprise attack on Wang Xiaoyan and Lin Mengjiao.
The surprise attack was successful, but to their surprise, Lin Mengjiao was very strong. Even after being successfully ambushed, she was only injured.
As for Wang Xiaoyan, she was wearing a protective artifact, which was only depleted of its spiritual energy. She herself was not seriously injured.
Fortunately, they were currently confined within the safe house.
They were unable to escape for the time being.
"Damn it! Why is this safe house built by Yin Qiuran so strong?" Fang Tai cursed angrily.
The walls, made of poured concrete, were two meters thick.
Even with explosives or excavators, it would take a while to break through the walls.
Inside the safe house.
Lin Mengjiao's hair was disheveled, blood was seeping from the corner of her mouth, and a wound on her abdomen was deep enough to see bone.
She held her soft sword, facing the safe door, motionless.
"Mengjiao, my phone still has no signal," Wang Xiaoyan said worriedly, holding her phone.
"It's okay. My master will come to find you. He'll find us soon!" Lin Mengjiao said with firm eyes.
"I'm sorry. It's all my fault for being so willful! It's my fault for being jealous of Chen Jie and not going to see him immediately, which led us to this situation. I've endangered you!"
Wang Xiaoyan said with great guilt.
After leaving the high-speed train station, Wang Xiaoyan had turned to work.
Hoping to numb herself with work.
Yin Qiuran had said he had a business deal to discuss with her, and she had agreed without much thought.
She had never expected it to be a trap.
Outside, Deng Zhou shouted again, "Wang Xiaoyan, I advise you not to struggle any longer. Do you think Chen Jie will come to save you? No, you're wrong. Our Sorcery Association has sent top experts to assassinate Chen Jie. Let alone whether Chen Jie knows about your current situation, even if he does, he's doomed! Come out quickly. Once we capture Chen Jie, we promise not to harm you!"
Lin Mengjiao ignored him, but Wang Xiaoyan's body trembled.
"My master is invincible. Nothing will happen to him," Lin Mengjiao said.
"Mengjiao, I want you to promise me one thing!" Wang Xiaoyan suddenly said.
"What is it?" Lin Mengjiao's face was cold. She had long lost the demeanor of a young girl.
"I know you could easily escape alone if you weren't protecting me. I want you to run away immediately when you're outmatched, don't worry about me!" Wang Xiaoyan said.
Lin Mengjiao smiled.
Chen Jie had asked her to come here specifically to protect Wang Xiaoyan.
How could she abandon Wang Xiaoyan?
While thinking this, she said aloud, "Okay, don't worry, I'll find a chance to escape."
"Then I can rest easy!"
A look of determination appeared on Wang Xiaoyan's face. She absolutely would not allow herself to be captured and used to threaten Chen Jie.
Outside, the excavators worked with a rumble, but with little effect.
At this moment, a subordinate stepped forward to report, "President Deng, bad news! We can't contact Cao Hanzi!"
Deng Zhou's gaze sharpened. "What's going on? Where is Cao Hanzi now?"
"Look..."
The subordinate took out his phone and handed it to Deng Zhou.
On the internet, a video had gone viral.
The video showed two figures, one young and one old, fighting on a city street.
In the video, the young man's movements were incredibly agile.
The old man wielded a large treasured sword, attacking him repeatedly.
Each attack was either blocked by the opponent or evaded.
For a time, he was unable to do anything to the young man.
"Not good!"
Deng Zhou was shocked. "Cao Hanzi, he can't even deal with him using that treasured sword?"
Others also saw the video. "This is incredible! Cao Hanzi's treasured sword is enough to sweep through everything, but it doesn't have much effect on him... this..."
Everyone gasped.
Fang Tai, standing by, also felt a jolt in his heart.
Even though he hadn't witnessed it firsthand, he knew he wouldn't last a single round in a battle of that magnitude.
If Chen Jie could defeat Cao Hanzi, would it be difficult for him to kill them all?
Although he knew that Chen Jie couldn't possibly defeat Cao Hanzi.
With Cao Hanzi wielding the treasured sword, the two would at best be at a stalemate.
"We can't wait any longer. We can't let them drag this out. Now, we will resort to a frontal assault!" Deng Zhou ordered.
A subordinate worriedly said, "President Deng, at least an hour has passed. I'm afraid Cao Hanzi's side has already concluded..."
"Hmph! Battles between experts can last for days and nights. It's only been an hour!"
"We need to capture Wang Xiaoyan quickly to force Chen Jie to submit. Heavenly rank experts, charge in!" Deng Zhou shouted.
"Let me!" A middle-aged man among them erupted with a terrifying aura and stepped forward towards the damaged safe door.
"You slut, let's see how long you can hold out! I'll knock you down with one slap!"
This person was known as "Great Hand Lord" within the Sorcery Association.
He relied entirely on his right hand to perform his sorcery.
He immediately rushed to the door and unleashed a palm strike towards Lin Mengjiao from a distance.
Subsequently, a faint, ethereal large hand flew towards Lin Mengjiao's face.
Swish! Swish!
Lin Mengjiao swung her soft sword a few times, and the large hand was instantly shattered by her.
"Damn it, this little slut is too strong! Let's go together!"
The other Heavenly rank experts couldn't wait any longer.
They all charged in at once.
"You are seeking death!"
Lin Mengjiao's eyes turned cold, and she immediately channeled her spiritual energy.
She engaged them in combat.
Swish, swish, swish...
Pfft...