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Chapter 279 - 245 [Fish on the Hook]

Chapter 279: Chapter 245 [Fish on the Hook]

"Ao wu~"

As the first ray of morning light pierced through the sky from east to west, a wolf howl echoed across the skies of Ao Xiang Villa. Near the jade stone in the courtyard of the central villa, Little Wolf raised its head to the sky and howled, as if to welcome the new day.

"Shua!"

On the jade stone, Ye Fan, who had meditated through the night, seemed to be awakened by Little Wolf’s howling. He abruptly opened his eyes, ceased his meditation, stretched out his hand, and with a smile, patted Little Wolf’s head, saying, "Go find them."

"Ao wu~"

Little Wolf affectionately licked Ye Fan’s palm, then, with an excited yelp, leaped away, rushing towards the exterior of the villa.

In the past few days, since Ye Fan let Su Yuxin, Su Liuli, and Situ Ruoshui stay at the villa, perhaps out of boredom, they not only prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Little Wolf each day but also took Little Wolf for walks around the villa.

And now, it was time for Little Wolf’s breakfast, and although it couldn’t understand Ye Fan’s words, it knew they were waiting for it at the dining area.

Huh?

Why has Little Wolf’s speed increased again?

Watching Little Wolf’s figure turn into a phantom and disappear within the blink of an eye inside the villa courtyard, Ye Fan was astounded!

Although he knew that the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi gathered by the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array’ would benefit Little Wolf, he didn’t anticipate such a dramatic change in less than a month — Little Wolf was now more than twice as fast and strong as it was when it first arrived at Ao Xiang Villa!

"At this rate, Little Wolf will someday become the king of all beasts."

Shaking his head lightly, Ye Fan stopped pondering why Little Wolf had changed so much and collected the Ghostly Gourd, allowing the jade stone to act as the main Array Eye and activate a simplified version of the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.

"Hu!"

Accompanied by a swishing sound, Ye Fan leaped from the jade stone. At that moment, his consciousness stirred and power surged within him, his Qi and blood roiled, and a current of air formed out of nowhere. Encased within the air current, an invisible halo formed by his Qi and blood enveloped him like an eggshell.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!"

Feeling the Qi and blood within him thoroughly boiling, Ye Fan’s figure flashed as he practiced Xuansha Fist. His right fist transformed into a series of phantoms, relentlessly thrusting out at a rapid pace. Every punch vibrated the air, producing a continuous cracking sound akin to firecrackers exploding, quite frightening to hear.

After a short while, as Ye Fan executed the later parts of Xuansha Fist, he reached his limit in speed. His body became a series of phantoms in the morning light, nearly soundless in his movements except for the continual bursting sounds of the air.

At the same time, a terrifying evil aura suddenly surrounded him, making him appear like a Demon God descending, his whole being exuded a dark, icy aura.

"In all the World Martial Arts, speed is unmatched — Qi Rushes to the Sky!"

Suddenly, Ye Fan bellowed, and the power from his acupoints burst forth, joining together like a torrent and instantly reaching his right fist.

With the power concentrated, Ye Fan’s right fist, like a cannonball being fired, was fully unleashed, smashing towards the ground!

A punch was thrown, and the evil aura that had previously enveloped Ye Fan quietly gathered on his right fist, causing the air in front of the fist to burst without making a sound.

"Pop pop pop pop... Boom!"

Shortly after, when Ye Fan’s right fist, imbued with terrifying power and evil aura, slammed into the solid concrete ground, it was like the sound of firecrackers exploding, followed by a muffled thud that drowned out the previous noise!

Crack—

With the muffled sound, concrete debris scattered in all directions, and a small hole the size of a fist appeared, with Ye Fan’s fist completely immersed in it.

In the morning light, with Ye Fan’s fist as the center, numerous cracks emerged on the surrounding concrete ground, dense and interlaced like a spider web.

"The power of eighteen times the strength of the Second Level of Sky-reaching Killing Qi truly is overbearing!"

Pulling out his hand and looking at the small hole he had smashed open, Ye Fan couldn’t help but smack his lips.

In the past five days, apart from meditation cultivation to enhance his cultivation, he had also spent a lot of effort practicing the killing move "Qi Rushes to the Sky" from the Xuansha Fist. Yesterday morning, he had fully grasped the method of unleashing power for the Second Level of "Qi Rushes to the Sky."

After extensive practice and verification, he had now completely mastered the trick.

The key to the First Level of "Qi Rushes to the Sky" was to be willing to face death in order to survive, to have the determination and confidence to kill the enemy with one strike.

The key to the Second Level was just one word: Fast!

To mobilize the internal power in the shortest amount of time, concentrate that power onto the right fist in the shortest amount of time, and then use all the body’s strength to throw the punch, pushing the speed of the punch to the limit, and then with extreme speed, produce an even more ferocious force, unleashing unparalleled power!

There’s a saying that if speed reaches its limit, even a leaf can kill someone, and that’s exactly the principle!

"Dear nephew, could you be any more of a demon?"

Just as Ye Fan made a small hole in the ground with a punch, Chu Ji, draped in a red cloak, appeared in the courtyard of the villa.

Five days ago, after receiving Ye Fan’s call, she had rushed to Dong Hai non-stop, sneaked into Ao Xiang Villa, and while waiting with Ye Fan for Qinghong Gang to carry out their assassination, she told Ye Fan the key to the Second Level of "Qi Rushes to the Sky" and patiently demonstrated it for him.

Originally, Chu Ji was already surprised when Ye Fan comprehended the Second Level of "Qi Rushes to the Sky" yesterday. Now, seeing Ye Fan’s punch release eighteen times the power and knowing that he had completely mastered the trick of the Second Level of "Qi Rushes to the Sky," she looked at Ye Fan with eyes one would use to behold a monster.

"It’s all thanks to my senior sister’s excellent teaching."

Ye Fan complimented excitedly, as he too did not expect to master the Second Level of the killing move "Qi Rushes to the Sky" in just five days.

"Oh, please, it’s clearly because you’re too abnormal."

Chu Ji laughed and scolded, but then found it strange and said, "But speaking of which, even if you have been practicing the killing move ’Qi Rushes to the Sky’ from an early stage and had mastered the First Level while still in the Half-step Innate stage, it’s still impossible to grasp it in such a short time, isn’t it?"

"Ever since I cultivated the Mind Power Seed and became an Innate Mage, my ability to comprehend seems to have become much stronger than before."

While Ye Fan said that, his heart was clear that ever since that crimson golden crown appeared, causing his telekinesis to surge, he had found his comprehension abilities to be stronger than before.

About that, Ye Fan even suspected that his quick learning and extraordinary talent from a young age had an inseparable relation to the Crimson Golden Crown.

"Freak!"

After hearing this, Chu Ji couldn’t help but tease him again with a laugh, her smile filled with joy. In her view, Ye Fan’s current cultivation speed could truly be described as godspeed, and his comprehension was so freakishly good that it wouldn’t be long before he could catch up to those so-called martial arts geniuses!

"Buzz... Buzz..."

Just then, the sound of a vibrating phone rang out. Ye Fan felt a movement in his heart, his body flickered, and in an instant, he was next to the jade stone, picking up the phone. At a glance, he saw the call was from Pan Jueming.

"Jueming, any news?"

Ye Fan quickly pressed the answer button and proactively asked, his tone tinged with excitement.

Since learning that Bai Luo had contacted Qinghong Gang’s Crown Prince, Chen Feilian, attempting to assassinate him and Su Yuxin, Su Liuli, and Situ Ruoshui, Ye Fan hadn’t removed the surveillance on Bai Luo but instead had Pan Jueming monitor the software non-stop, 24 hours a day.

"Yes, Mr. Ye, this morning Bai Luo talked on the phone with Chen Feilian of the Qinghong Gang again. I’ve sent the video to your email," the voice on the other end of the phone said, Pan Jueming’s eyes red with fatigue, his spirit weary, but his tone was especially excited, as if helping Ye Fan was a matter of happiness and pride for him.

"You’ve worked hard. Take a couple of days off to rest."

Having received confirmation from Pan Jueming, Ye Fan didn’t rush to watch the video but instead consoled Pan Jueming. He knew that even though Pan Jueming was a Postnatal Perfect Martial Artist, watching a computer screen non-stop for five days without sleep would be too much for anyone.

"It’s not hard."

Pan Jueming cracked a smile, laughed a little, and didn’t say anything overly sentimental.

Knowing Pan Jueming’s disposition, Ye Fan didn’t say anything more and ended the call.

"Finally, it’s happening. This old lady has been waiting till I’m practically starving for it," Chu Ji said, seeing Ye Fan hang up the phone, sticking out her tongue to lick her sexy red lips seductively enough to drive anyone crazy, yet her captivating eyes flickered with a cold murderous intent.

Half a minute later, Ye Fan and Chu Ji entered the villa together, turned on the computer, entered the email, and saw the video sent by Pan Jueming.

"Lord Bai, my men will arrive in Donghai by this evening. As long as Ye Wenhao and Chu Ji are not by the bastard’s side, we can make our move tonight," Chen Feilian’s voice came first in the video.

Behind his desk, Bai Luo sneered, "Don’t worry. To my knowledge, Ye Wenhao has returned to Yanjing for a meeting these past two days, and that bitch Chu Ji hasn’t been seen in Donghai, only in Yanjing."

"If that’s the case, then it’s foolproof," said Chen Feilian.

"Young Master Chen, that Ye Family’s bastard has dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, and his strength is not bad. Are you sure your men won’t have any trouble?" Bai Luo asked worriedly, recalling how Duanmu and Guan Lin had both been defeated by Ye Fan.

Chen Feilian replied, "Rest assured, they are all Innate Great Success Martial Artists."

"Innate Great Success?"

Hearing Chen Feilian’s words, Bai Luo’s expression changed, "The Ye Family’s bastard originally possessed the combat power of Innate Great Success, and his magic cultivation isn’t weak either, having reached the Postnatal Perfection Realm. Are you sure your men can kill him?"

"Young Master Bai, there’s no need to worry. Although my men are just Innate Great Success Martial Artists, their strength exceeds even those at the peak stage of Innate. Ordinary peak-stage Innate Martial Artists can’t last more than ten moves against them!"

Chen Feilian spoke with confidence, "That bastard, even if he has dual cultivation, at best he only possesses the combat power of someone at the peak stage of Innate. He can’t even handle one of them, let alone two. Furthermore, the two men I’ve sent are twin brothers, highly coordinated to begin with. Once they use their ’Combined Skill,’ they can even fend off attacks from someone at Innate Perfection!"

"I’m not well-versed in martial arts, so if Young Master Chen says there is no problem, then it must be so," Bai Luo relaxed again upon hearing Chen Feilian’s confidence and smiled, "Then I’ll just wait for the good news from you."

"It seems Qinghong Gang has sent out their Black Dragon Guard, truly sparing no expense." Chu Ji sneered upon hearing this.

"I had heard before that the Black Dragon Guard was strong, but I never realized they also possessed a ’Combined Attack’." Ye Fan frowned slightly. As a disciple of Chu Xuanji, his understanding of the Martial Arts World was not something ordinary martial artists could compare with. He knew that in the Martial Arts World, apart from ’secret techniques,’ there was also ’Combined Attack’.

A Combined Attack, as the name suggests, is a martial arts move jointly performed by two or more martial artists, with incredibly powerful effects, typically used only when facing an opponent significantly stronger than oneself.

In Ye Fan’s memory, several strong sects in the Martial Arts World had their own Combined Attacks, and among them, the ’Snake and Dragon Joint Attack’ of the Yanhuang Organization was the most famous.

"No matter. If eighteen Black Dragon Guards were to come together for a Combined Attack, I might be cautious, but just two of them? I could slap them dead with one palm!" Chu Ji laughed disdainfully.

"They don’t deserve your attention; leave them to me," Ye Fan said seriously.

"With your strength, you can handle one of them without a problem, but facing both of them, even if they don’t use their Combined Attack, you won’t have a chance at victory," Chu Ji shook her head.

"Sister, although you have fought with mages before, you probably haven’t fought against someone who has dual cultivation in both high-level magic and martial arts, have you?" Ye Fan asked.

Chu Ji replied with a mix of laughter and helplessness, "In the entire Martial Arts World, those who have reached Innate level through dual cultivation are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; I truly haven’t encountered any."

"Magic plus martial arts is not as simple as one plus one." Ye Fan smiled confidently, his intent to fight suddenly erupting, "Tonight, I’ll let you see for yourself!"

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PS: Apologies for writing slowly tonight; this is the first update, and now I’ll continue writing the second Chapter!

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