Ye Chen gazed up at the Skywatch Pavilion, his entire being on alert, as if some unparalleled terror was lurking there.

"Ye Chen, are you alright?" Chu Yanran asked with concern.

Above the pavilion was a massive pane of reinforced glass, separating them from the vast sky, allowing them to look up and see the clear, blue sky—a scene fitting for the Skywatch Pavilion. Chu Yanran had not noticed anything amiss.

"Later, find a corner and stay there quietly!" Ye Chen said softly.

"Huh?" Chu Yanran was puzzled; Ye Chen's behavior seemed inexplicable.

"Bang!"

However, just as Chu Yanran began to harbor doubts, the massive piece of glass above their heads shattered with a thunderous crash, and countless shards of glass rained down from the sky, whooshing towards them.

"What!"

The sudden change filled Chu Yanran with horror, and a strong sense of impending death loomed over her.

If those razor-sharp fragments were to slice into a person's body, they would undoubtedly be lethal!

But just as Chu Yanran felt petrified, Ye Chen suddenly embraced her, providing her with the strongest protection with his body.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Innumerable glass shards fell upon Ye Chen, but they did not produce the sound of tearing flesh, but rather the sound of ice hitting iron.

"Thud!"

A tall and formidable figure plummeted from the pavilion above, his heft crashing to the ground, causing the entire Skywatch Pavilion to tremble as if it could no longer bear the weight.

Ye Chen looked at the towering figure, surprise written all over his face—there was not the slightest sign of life in that person!

All living beings should exude vitality!

Only the dead are filled with stillness!

Horror!

Looking at the imposing figure, Ye Chen's eyelids started to tremble uncontrollably.

"The aura of that old man earlier was too terrifying, I didn't dare to make a move directly. Now that he's gone, I dare to appear and kill you!" At that moment, Fang Ruolan, cloaked in a black robe, descended from the sky, her gaze coldly fixed on Ye Chen and Chu Yanran.

Mr. Yi was inscrutable, making even Fang Ruolan feel somewhat apprehensive.

However, Fang Ruolan also had a powerful backer, and Mr. Yi did not want to provoke trouble without good reason, so he left this mess to Ye Chen.

The incident with Chu Yanran being poisoned by gu had led Ye Chen to suspect that this calamity was targeted at him. Yi Shuiqing had discovered it but chose not to get involved, and Ye Chen bore no resentment, after all, the man was just an innocent old man.

"Saint Fang?!" Ye Chen's eyes showed a chill as he looked at Fang Ruolan. "I spared your life last time, and today you dare come to court death?"

Ye Chen had subdued Fang Ruolan's lifeline Gu King, and this woman had troubled him once before. Fang Ruolan had been intimidated by him and seemed to have become completely submissive, but now she was challenging him again.

"Today I am here to repay you. I will kill you and refine you into an undying, golden, invincible corpse gu, granting you eternal immortality!" said Fang Ruolan.

As a Miaojiang Saint, Fang Ruolan could command all Gu Masters. No matter where she went, she was always someone seated high above!

But she had been humiliated in Ye Chen's hands and nearly killed, which was something Saint Fang could not tolerate.

Fang Ruolan's visit was for murder, vengeance, and resolution of her hatred!

"In my eyes, you are nothing more than a little dog. If I wish to kill you, I will!" Ye Chen said disdainfully, with no hint of politeness in his words.

Ye Chen possessed secret techniques, and he was not afraid of Fang Ruolan's gu. And as for the Saint's close combat abilities, they were extremely weak. Ye Chen could truly torment her at will.

Indeed, if Ye Chen were not concerned about Fang Ruolan's status as the Miaojiang Saint, he would have eradicated her long ago. Why would he have left such a bane by his side?!

"I don't want to waste words with you!" declared Fang Ruolan confidently. "Today, I will not only reclaim my lifeline Gu King but also kill you to salvage my honor!"

"Kill me?" Ye Chen eyed the towering figure behind Fang Ruolan. "You think you can, with just that big guy behind you?!"

The impressive being was shrouded by a black robe, obscuring any glimpse of his true features, but his presence was strange and unsettling, making Ye Chen's heart race.

"Actually, I alone am more than enough to kill you. However, your enemies are numerous, and there are those who have sought me out to join forces against you!" Fang Ruolan said with a cold laugh.

Fang Ruolan had brought an undying corpse gu, a protective killing device bestowed upon her by her master. Once activated, it could kill even those at the Grandmaster Peak. Hence, she found it effortlessly easy to aim to eliminate Ye Chen, especially since he was only at the Mid Grandmaster Stage!

However, she was not the only one after Ye Chen's life today!

"As I suspected!" Ye Chen's expression darkened. "It seems my senses weren't wrong—there's a Peerless Grandmaster lurking here!"

Earlier, Ye Chen had faintly touched upon the presence of several powerful auras here. Those auras were ethereal, existing in a liminal state, and Ye Chen had thought it was merely his imagination, but indeed, there were formidable beings in hiding.

"Such a young Grandmaster, a rarity in both ancient and modern times. Who would have thought that today I would personally extinguish one!" Suddenly, a terrifying aura manifested, and a figure fell from the sky.

This was a middle-aged man with an air of detachment and a face that bore the Great Compassion and Mercy, as if he were a Saint walking among mortals!

Upon seeing this man, Ye Chen's gaze intensified; he was undoubtedly a peerless Grandmaster, unfathomably dreadful!

However, what shocked Ye Chen even more was yet to come, for there was not just one concealed powerhouse!

"Twenty years ago, I owed someone a favor. Today, someone has sought me out to kill you. With your death, my debt will be repaid!"

At this moment, a third person descended from the sky, also a Peerless Grandmaster, exuding a fierce aura as he coldly regarded Ye Chen.

"I'm a bit curious now, just who are you, kid, to have so many people trying to kill you?"

A voice of surprise came forth as the fourth expert arrived on the scene, a short-statured elder, but his presence was no weaker than the others, perhaps even the strongest among them.

Ye Chen's face was grim; the arrival of these Grandmasters filled him with a daunting unease.

Grandmaster-level figures were generally elusive as dragons, why had they all appeared to kill him today?

All of them were exceptional Grandmasters, with cultivation far surpassing his, giving him a strong sense of crisis—a sense of impending death!

These people were here for his life!

"Who are you?"

Just then, a terrified Chu Yanran finally reacted.

These individuals were all Peerless Grandmasters, seen as immortals in the eyes of ordinary people, but Empress Chu, accustomed to storms, quickly recovered from her shock and dared to meet such people eye to eye.

"This has nothing to do with you!" Ye Chen shook his head and positioned Chu Yanran behind him.

"Ye Chen!" Chu Yanran said, looking earnestly at Ye Chen. "Let me face this with you, please!"

Chu Yanran didn't know who these people were, but they were definitely up to no good, and she felt a strong impulse to confront them alongside Ye Chen.

"Stop it, people will die!" Ye Chen said.

All of these individuals were Grandmaster powerhouses, each unfathomably profound. This was undoubtedly the most formidable threat Ye Chen had ever faced!

With Chu Yanran causing further disturbance, Ye Chen grew impatient.

"Mr. Yi said before he left that this is our combined tribulation, and only by joining hands can we overcome it!" Chu Yanran stated, her gaze filled with an inexplicable determination and resolve.

"Mr. Yi?"

Ye Chen, seeing the earnestness in Chu Yanran, couldn't help but be moved, momentarily losing focus.

Yi Shuiqing was a remarkable individual, an expert not only in geomancy but also a terrifying and peerless entity! He had left some meaningful words before his departure; could it be that this tribulation was indeed something he and Chu Yanran had to face together?

"With such a formidable enemy before us, you still have the mind for love and affection?" said the man with the Great Compassion and Mercy persona.

"What's it to you?" Ye Chen retorted, his words far from polite.

"I've not touched a woman in eight years, and this lady beside you has a fine temperament. How about you let me have her?" said the short elder, his eyes flashing greedily as he looked at Chu Yanran.

"Here, let me give you a slap in the face!" was Ye Chen's riposte.

"A brash young fellow, let's not waste time. Let us join forces and kill him!" declared the fierce Grandmaster.

"You'd better join forces, or else I'll beat you to a pulp, and even your mothers won't recognize you!" Ye Chen declared recklessly.

"..."

Fang Ruolan did not speak. There was something very off about Ye Chen in this state.

"So young, yet with some accomplishments, you dare to look down on everything?"

"You impudent brat, I'm absolutely livid!"

"Kill him!"

None of those present were anything less than Grandmasters of their generation, and never before had they been so disrespected. Ye Chen's arrogance and insolence were nothing short of an insult to them.

"You appear out of the blue, saying you want to kill me. Since that's the case and we're all enemies, why should I show any respect to my foes?" Ye Chen looked coldly at the Grandmasters. "I haven't insulted your mothers; that's already showing respect for elders, a bunch of old thieves!"

"You insolent youngster!" the Grandmasters shouted in anger.

"I'm the junior, and you're the seniors!" Ye Chen replied. "You're all at the late stage of the Grandmaster level, truly Peerless Grandmasters, and now you're ganging up to bully me, a junior?"

"Do you have no shame?"

Ye Chen's words conveyed his bewilderment; he had never offended these people, so why were they trying to kill him?

However, what puzzled Ye Chen the most was whether these people had any shame left at all!

"If you must blame, blame yourself for offending someone!"

The fierce Grandmaster let out a sinister chuckle as he floated up, poised to strike.

"Wait!" Ye Chen bellowed. "I have never had a grievance with you, so why do you attack me?"

"Undertaking a task on behalf of another is the duty of loyalty!"

"Dammit! Don't talk as if you're so righteous. I swear, I've never wronged your granddaughter!" Ye Chen glared and exclaimed.

"Boy, I swear I'm not human if I don't kill you today!"

The fierce Grandmaster exploded with anger; when had he ever said that Ye Chen had harmed his granddaughter?!

"Old fool, you dare attack me!?" Ye Chen roared. "Do you know who I am?"

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