Chapter Twenty Explosion

  "Thanks!" Ye Chen gratefully clasped his fists together in respect towards Old Hu.

  Three people left the city master's mansion, all seeming to have let out a sigh of relief. Although they had spent a sleepless night together, the gap in their identities still made all three feel somewhat oppressed, especially Chen Tao, who hadn't spoken much at all.

  "Wow, Ye Chen, how did you manage to get on the good side of Hu Lao, and it turns out he's even the city master's mentor? This is huge news!"

  "You're not unaware, with my situation, I can still get along with Old Hu? It's just that in the library, I've been fortunate enough to have Old Hu take care of me, but there's no particularly deep relationship." Ye Chen said helplessly with a shrug.

  "Hehe, I didn't expect Old Man Hu to be a super strong expert. I think he must be a peak-level innate realm expert!" Ye Xue said with a look of admiration.

  Ye Xue said, and suddenly the surroundings fell silent. The strongest at the peak of the Innate Realm! For the three of them, that was truly an existence at the pinnacle. Originally, Ye Chen was the highest among the three, but he was only at the sixth stage of the Mortal Dust Realm, still far from the Innate Realm. Now, Ye Chen's realm had fallen, and he became the lowest among the three, while Ye Xue became the highest. However, Ye Chen and Ye Xue were both unaware of each other's secrets. For the three of them, even the Innate Realm was already a very strong existence, let alone the peak of the Innate Realm.

  "Don't think about it anymore, let's go back first. The city is very chaotic now, be careful with your safety." Ye Chen was the first to recover.

  "En en." Chen Tao and Ye Xue also knew what was going on now, nodding in response at the same time.

  Chen Tao's electric car had already been scrapped, so the three of them walked back to Ye Chen's house. Along the way, many people were anxious and worried, with news of the demon beasts attacking the city constantly coming in. At the city gate, the military and the disciples of the various sects were facing off against tens of thousands of demon beasts, the situation was extremely critical, and a slight carelessness could lead to a disastrous war.

  Many people were frightened by this news, feeling as if they were about to be swallowed up by the monster, and some even began to loot. The good weapons and armor became the source of chaos.

  Of course, there are also dark-hearted people who even lay hands on beauties, adding a lot of bloodshed. Some were killed by the beauties, while others killed the beauties, and it was all chaotic.

  The three of them returned to Ye Chen and Ye Xue's home with caution, after chatting together for a while, Ye Xue pouted and went back to her own room. Ye Chen smiled wryly, this girl is getting more and more disobedient as she grows up.

  "Are you afraid that Xiaoxue will scold you if she finds out?" Chen Tao said with a smile, Chen Tao seemed careless but was actually very meticulous, and Yechen's little thoughts couldn't escape Chen Tao's eyes.

  "Xiaoxue is still young, it's too dangerous to go out, I'm not at ease like this. Now that people are rioting, Xiaoxue is alone at home and I'm worried. Chen Tao, you'd better stay here." Yedu thought for a moment and said.

  Chen Tao furrowed his brow after hearing Ye Chen's words: "You're going out alone? It's too dangerous outside!"

  "It's too dangerous, that's why I want to go out alone, don't worry, these years have been mixed up, tonight will be fine." Ye Chen patted Chen Tao's shoulder.

  Chen Tao fell silent for a moment, knowing he couldn't change Ye Chen's decision. He nodded, "You be careful, I don't want Xiao Xue to cry herself to death."

  "Don't worry!" Ye Chen turned around and picked up his own black long sword, quietly leaving the house.

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  A chaotic scene unfolded in the Star City, with a demonic beast approaching the city, bringing immense fear. This was an unprecedented event in over a decade. Ye Chen blended into the darkness like a dark messenger, his entire body merging with the shadows. Even as two moons shone brightly in the sky, illuminating the earth, their soft glow carried a hint of ambiguity, providing Ye Chen with ample room to maneuver.

  Those swordsmen were much better, and a few people walking in the city didn't bother anyone. Ye Chen walked towards the city gate in the faint shadow, Ye Chen was a person who knew how to repay kindness, although he didn't show much on his face, but many things were remembered in his heart. Even if he was weak now and couldn't help much, he would still do his best to make a small contribution!

  Inside the city, near the gate, there were also heavily guarded troops, and many people could only watch from a distance. Ye Chen carefully climbed up the city wall from a distant dark place, while the soldiers were intently watching the situation in front of them, with almost no defense behind them, nor did they think that anyone would dare to sneak up on them at this time. Ye Chen knocked out a soldier and quickly hugged him as he jumped down the city wall, a long hook caught onto the wall, supporting the force of the two people, just enough to let Ye Chen reach the corner of the wall.

  Ye Chen put on the armor and helmet of a soldier, climbed back onto the city wall, and the people around him were all intently watching the current situation, without noticing that the original soldier had been replaced.

  Ye Chen walked to the back of the soldiers, looking through the gap between the two rows of soldiers in front, a dense and numerous group of fierce-eyed monsters staring at the soldiers on the city wall, with a loud roar, even the tall city wall had a kind of trembling feeling.

  "Roar!" A deafening roar, all sounds ceased, many low-level demon beasts cowered and lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound. Ye Chen focused his eyes in the direction of the roar, and saw a giant demon beast enter his line of sight, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, just by looking at its body size, he knew that these guys were at least fourth-level or higher demon beasts, and the one standing proudly in front of the city gate was actually an eighth-level demon beast, Ling Long Shou. The Ling Long Shou is born with dragon blood, and when it grows up, it becomes an eighth-level demon beast, possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth. Legend has it that when the Ling Long Shou's bloodline returns to its ancestors, it can evolve into a true giant dragon, roaming freely in the world! It's worthy of being a top-tier tenth-level demon beast!

  The current Linglong beast is staring at Ye Wumian with those angry eyes, roaring and conveying something. An eighth-level demon beast can already simply convey the information it wants to say through its divine sense, without needing to speak with its mouth.

  Although Ye Chen couldn't sleep at night, he could still receive the spiritual thoughts of the Linglong Beast. He could understand some of it, and with his own speculation, he roughly grasped what had happened. Then, Ye Chen heard Night's calm and majestic voice.

  "Linglong beast, just because your child is lost doesn't mean it was stolen by someone from our Star City. Within a radius of ten thousand miles, there are two other star cities, and people from other main cities or star cities may have come here too. You should investigate clearly before coming to accuse us. Do you really want to attack the city?" Night insomnia's voice could be heard by everyone in the scene, and it was only then that people realized someone had stolen the Linglong beast's child, and now they were coming to seek revenge!

  "ROAR!" was the response, a furious roar that echoed through the sky and shook the earth, as tens of thousands of demonic beasts let out a deafening howl in unison. The sound waves rippled outward, causing even the soldiers who were closest to take several steps back, a testament to the sheer scale and power of the beast's fury!

  "Ling Long Beast, although there are monsters in Star City, they all go through registration. I'll check and see if your child is here. Are you willing to wait a bit? If your child is really in Star City, I guarantee that I will bring them back to you unharmed!" Ye Wu Men's voice remained calm.

  As an eighth-level demon beast, Ling Long Shou couldn't speak human language, but its intelligence was in no way inferior to that of humans. It also knew that the device worn on the wrist in Xing City could record everything, and many things would be recorded within it. Now, what's most important is his child; as for other matters, they can wait until later.

  The dragon beast nodded immediately, and Ye Wumeng seemed to let out a sigh of relief. He turned his head and said something to the person beside him, and one of the generals quickly left. There were still several people standing beside Ye Wumeng who were not wearing armor, each emitting a powerful aura, apparently the elders or leaders of those sects.

  Ye Chen looked from afar, without going over. The current Ye Chen was just a small soldier with his own post. He also had self-awareness and knew that his current strength couldn't even get close to the city gate.

  After a while, the commander returned with a flat LCD screen in hand. Yechen couldn't see it clearly from afar, but after Ye Wumeng looked at it, his expression relaxed a bit, and then he heard Ye Wumeng's majestic and calm voice echoing over Xingcheng again.

  "Ling Long Beast, after investigation, no one in the city has stolen your child. Recently, 39,700 people went out and 15,476 people came back, among whom more than 4,000 people have pets, but absolutely no Ling Long Beast!"

  Ling Long Beast listened to Ye Wu Mian's words, while releasing his own senses. If his children were here, he should have been able to sense them at the very least. A powerful force enveloped the entire Star City, and Ye Wu Mian and the people beside him simultaneously changed color. The elders of the various sects and the leaders grasped their long swords, ready to draw them out and attack each other. Ye Wu Mian raised his hand to stop them, while Ling Long Beast glanced at the few people beside Ye Wu Mian with a disdainful gaze before focusing all his attention on sensing again.

  As the aura spreads, the dragon's expression also becomes solemn. There are several powerful forces in Xing City that make the dragon somewhat apprehensive, but compared to the child's safety, this little apprehension cannot stop the dragon at all. It seems to know the dragon's situation as well, and the several powerful forces did not block the dragon's probe.

  The Linglong Beast soon finished its detection, and such a huge Star City, even with the eighth-level Linglong Beast's full detection, consumed a lot of power. It took a while to recover again. During this time, Ye Wu and others didn't move at all. When the Linglong Beast was weak, taking action might have been able to severely injure it again. However, there were so many other demonic beasts that even if everyone present were to be sacrificed, they probably wouldn't be enough for them to devour.

  The final result was almost the same as what Ye Wuhen had said, the Ling Long Beast did not sense any signs of its child and let out a loud roar before turning around to head towards the next Star City.

  As the monster beasts all roared and moved in another direction, everyone let out a sigh of relief. After all, this was too sudden, and no one was prepared. If war really broke out, the casualties would be unbearable, and who knows how many people would lose their homes and loved ones? The entire Star City might not survive.

  Just then, a dragon-like scream of pain and tearing suddenly came from the quiet Star City, piercing the sky and echoing far away in the empty night sky.

  In a secluded and elegant villa in the Star City, a man in black cursed hastily and fled out of the villa without looking back.

  Several powerful auras burst forth and pressed towards the man in black, who suddenly twisted his body and disappeared into the darkness amidst several astonished gasps.

  Outside the city at night without sleep They suddenly changed color and whispered: "Not good!"

  All the monsters that were about to leave stopped as if they had been cast with a petrification spell, the crystal-like eyes of the Linglong beast suddenly turned blood red, and a thunderous roar burst out from its mouth, many soldiers who were close by were shocked to death, bleeding from their seven orifices, and were killed alive by the violent Linglong beast.

  Ye Chen also felt his whole body's energy and blood churning, stars appearing before his eyes, dizziness, and even bleeding from his nostrils. The Sword Dissolution Technique, which he could normally use with ease, barely managed to expel the sound wave out of his body, saving Ye Chen's life by a hair's breadth.

  "Defend!" Yin Wumeng shouted loudly. At the same time, he displayed his strongest momentum, a powerful aura rose up to meet the Linglong Beast.

  The war broke out at this unexpected moment, the Linglong Beast's scarlet eyes rushed up first, and the demon beasts behind it also roared towards the city wall.

  Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

  The insomnia and the spiritual dragon beast collided, emitting a powerful collision sound. The soldiers on the city wall immediately set up special longbows and shot them, instantly filling the sky with blackness, and the light of the two moons could not penetrate through.

  After a round of arrow rain, countless first and second-level demon beasts were killed or injured. The bloody sky stimulated the demon beasts even more, making them go crazy. Flying demon beasts like Golden Winged Eagles landed directly on the city wall, grasping the armor of soldiers with their sharp claws, piercing through helmets, blood flowing freely. With a flap of their wings, the soldiers fell off the city wall and died at the hands of countless demon beasts.

  Fresh blood, skulls, and limbs scattered all over the city gate in an instant. The crazy arrow rain and the powerful demon beasts once again showed their bloody and violent side.

  Ye Chen also followed the soldiers in raising their longbows to shoot. This longbow requires at least a Martial Artist of the Mortal Dust Realm Second Stage to pull it, and Ye Chen is currently only at the Mortal Dust Realm Second Stage. However, the previous Ye Chen was at the Mortal Dust Realm Sixth Stage, and his actual strength far exceeded that of the sixth stage. Pulling the longbow was still very simple for him.

  Ye Chen didn't shoot randomly, but aimed at his target and fired. Tens of thousands of demonic beasts rushed forward with great momentum. The top-level demonic beasts naturally had top-level people to deal with them. Ye Chen's target was the second-level demonic beast, which was also a challenge for the previous Ye Chen. However, now Ye Chen's weapon in hand was much better than before!

  Facing the golden feathered eagles flying towards him, Ye Chen's specially made longbow seemed like a deadly arrow, every time he shot an arrow, one of the golden feathered eagles would fall down. Ye Chen continuously shot over ten arrows, clearing the surrounding area, and the soldiers' worries above were reduced by half, quickly shooting at the demonic beasts below.

  For a time, the lethality soared, but there were too many demon beasts. Bows and arrows could only kill second-level demon beasts, and as for third-level demon beasts, at least ten arrows had to hit them simultaneously in order to have a chance of killing them.

  The monstrous beasts trampled over the bodies of their companions or soldiers and rushed up to the city wall, like a tiger entering a forest. The situation was completely reversed: previously, the monsters had suffered heavy losses, but now the soldiers were killed or injured in large numbers.

  "Kill!" Some warriors surged forward on the city wall, all of whom were residents of the city. Previously, because they were uncertain whether a war would break out, they had been watching with bated breath, some even showing fear and panic in their hearts. But once the real fight began, all fears dissipated, leaving only a determination to die, for this city still had its own ties, its own loved ones!

  Ye Chen's eyes turned red, the demon beast rushed up to the city wall, and the longbow was no longer effective. Facing a third-level demon beast, a dozen soldiers were not enough, let alone that a third-level demon beast was equivalent to a Xiantian realm expert! The highest level of these soldiers was only six or seven, and fighting against a third-level demon beast was undoubtedly like eggs hitting a rock!

  Boom!

  Ye Wu was knocked onto the city wall by a single swipe of Ling Long Shou's paw, with fresh blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. Just one look and it was clear that he had suffered a serious injury!

  "Lord! Lord!" The soldiers loudly shouted, bursting out with the strongest power to rush to Ye Wu's side to protect their lord. A painful expression flashed across Ye Wu's face, he supported himself with one hand and stood up, his body swaying twice before standing straight, even though injured, still standing firm and unwavering!

  The Linglong beast is too powerful, and Ye Wumeng can't last more than a few moves in its hands. But before that, there was no other choice. The enraged Linglong beast had to be stopped, or else the Star City would have been destroyed. With a casual swing of his hand, he knocked down the third-level demon beast that was attacking him. Ye Wumeng said in a low voice: "Linglong beast, make them stop, and I will give you an explanation!"

  Ye Wumian wanted to make the Linglong Beast stop, but his child's mournful cries had already driven the Linglong Beast mad. Would a maddened Linglong Beast listen to Ye Wumian's explanations? In response was an even more violently crazed Linglong Beast, with a powerful aura condensing, its massive claws fiercely slapping down, forming a huge palm print that howled as it pressed down towards Ye Wumian's location.

  Sleepless at night, his face tightened, he gritted his teeth and took out a compass-like object, shouting loudly: "Rise!"

  The entire Star City shook immediately, and a burst of light shot up from the city walls to the sky, swirling in mid-air and forming a protective cover over the entire Star City. The demonic beasts that had attacked were all reduced to powder upon colliding with the white light!

  "Protective Array of the City! It's a Protective Array of the City!" Everyone on the city wall or nearby cheered, as the Protective Array was usually only found on the main city. The Star City rarely had a Protective Array, one reason being that the required materials were too precious and scarce. So people had only heard that the main city had a Protective Array, but unexpectedly their own Star City also had one!

  Everyone's emotions were stirred up, each one excited to the extreme. Once the city defense array was activated, it basically eliminated the possibility of monster attacks. As long as they killed the monsters within the array, their side would be safe. Many people thought of this and became even more ferocious in killing the monsters. After all, the monsters' bodies were filled with treasures, worth a lot of credit points! The warriors who had eliminated their worries looked at the monsters as if they saw only a few credit points, completely not taking the fearsome monsters seriously.

  Everyone didn't see that the face of insomnia at night turned pale, and his body also trembled a little!

  Ye Chen had been paying attention to Ye Wu all along, and when the Protective City Array was activated, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel excited. Although Ye Chen had never seen the Protective City Array before, he had heard stories about it since he was young. The Protective City Array was a powerful formation that could even repel or heavily injure ninth-level demon beasts, personally cast by Law Enforcer and had even killed the ninth-level demon beast, Xiao Tian Beast!

  Wait until night without sleep pale face, trembling body. Ye Chen's heart shook, with a bad premonition.

  "Ling Long Beast, are you really going to make me take drastic measures? I told you I would investigate and give you an explanation. If you insist on attacking the city, my only choice is to activate the law array for defense and counterattack!" Ye Wu Men raised his head to look at the Ling Long Beast hovering in mid-air.

  The Linglong Beast saw the sudden activation of the protective array in Xing City, and a sense of crisis spread throughout its body. Its blood-red eyes gradually calmed down, and it let out a loud roar. All the demonic beasts retreated like a tide, with a hint of fear flashing in their eyes.

  Roar! The Spirit Dragon Beast let out a loud roar towards Ye Wu Men, conveying something. After a moment of contemplation, Ye Wu Men slowly nodded and said: "Alright!"

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