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Chapter 280 - 246 [Turning the Tables, Taking the Initiative!]

Chapter 280: Chapter 246 [Turning the Tables, Taking the Initiative!]

Night had fallen, city lights came on, one by one illuminating the darkness of Donghai.

Under the cover of night, two figures moved on foot through the woods flanking the road to Ao Xiang Villa, their speed extreme, like haunting apparitions, nearly impossible to track.

"Brother, what do you think Young Master Chen is thinking? Is it really necessary for us to take action just to kill an Innate Great Success Martial Artist?"

As they moved swiftly, the younger man, trailing half a step behind, spoke with some discontent, himself an Innate Great Success Martial Artist with the combat strength of a peak stage Innate Martial Artist. He truly felt that assassinating another Innate Great Success Martial Artist was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, a waste of their abilities.

Especially when his brother, who was even stronger than him, was involved.

You see, even when they were just Early Innate Martial Artists, the two of them could easily kill an Innate Great Success Martial Artist when working together!

"You can say such things in front of me, but you mustn’t speak carelessly in front of others." The young man in the front stopped walking and reminded him, "If Young Master Chen has sent us, he must have his reasons."

"I don’t think there’s any profound reason. Young Master Chen just thinks that our strength as brothers hasn’t increased quickly enough, and that we are dragging down the Black Dragon Guard, hence treating us like common members."

The young man named Shi Ling disagreed. Although the two brothers were members of the notorious Black Dragon Guard in the underworld, they were the last in the ranking among the eighteen Black Dragon Guards. Seen as mysterious and powerful in the eyes of ordinary Qinghong Gang members, within the ranks of the Black Dragon Guard, they were scorned.

Brother Shi Feng remained silent. He knew that the other sixteen Black Dragon Guards all felt that he and his brother were unworthy of being Black Dragon Guards, let alone disciples of Chen Daozang—while the outside world only knew they were Black Dragon Guards, they did not know that they were disciples of Chen Daozang, that their entire martial arts knowledge was personally imparted to them by Chen Daozang!

"Even if treated as mere common members, there is no need to have us travel thousands of miles to sneak into Huaxia to assassinate an entry-level Innate Martial Artist. If this gets out, where will we put our faces in the future?" Shi Ling continued his incessant grumbling.

"Maybe Young Master Chen was considering the target’s dual cultivation of magic and martial arts," Shi Feng sighed.

"What about dual cultivation?"

Shi Ling spoke with disdain, "That kid is not at the Innate Great Success realm in both magic and martial arts! Besides, even if that kid was at the Innate Great Success in both fields, with the martial arts technique ’Shadowless Yin Demon Slash’ that our teacher taught us, we could kill him as easily as slaughtering a chicken without joining forces, right?"

Shi Feng fell silent once more.

The ’Shadowless Yin Demon Slash’ that Shi Ling mentioned was a martial arts technique created by Chen Daozang a few years ago. It was the ultimate killing move of the Xuanyin Fist, combining elements of Formation, integrating the strengths of both magic and martial arts. Once executed, the attack would cause damage both to the opponent’s body and consciousness. And when magicians use their magic to attack, the Evil Yin Qi can’t enter their bodies; on the contrary, it indirectly makes their attack power even stronger.

"Forget it, stop complaining."

In the midst of the silence, seeing that Shi Ling was about to say more, Shi Feng took the lead, "Let’s find a place to cultivate for a while, replenish the inner strength we’ve used up, and then we can take action when the night gets deeper."

"Brother, we’re just killing a chicken, are you being too cautious?" Shi Ling was dissatisfied and said, "In my opinion, we should go straight to Ao Xiang Villa now and slaughter the entire place."

"Have you forgotten Young Master Chen’s orders?"

Shi Feng frowned and said, "Young Master Chen demands that we must carry out the assassination without alerting the Yanhuang Organization. If we make a big scene and carry out a bloodbath at Ao Xiang Villa, the Yanhuang Organization will surely notice, and then it will be difficult to extricate ourselves."

"There’s no need to wait until deep in the night to act, though. Why don’t we just infiltrate and assassinate now?" Although Shi Ling spoke these words, his tone was no longer as arrogant as before.

Because, he was well aware that besides Chu Xuanji, who had taken the lead in developing a medicine to resist the destroy virus and save the world, Huaxia’s rise to become the leader of the Six Major Alliances had something to do with the power of the Yanhuang Organization—the organization’s members in various places were generally not strong, but there were a few masters at the headquarters, and moreover, wasn’t there ’Yan,’ the transcendent master, in charge?

If not for this, the Yanhuang Organization would not be able to manage the Huaxia Martial Arts World, filled with experts!

"The time is too early now. To avoid exposure, let’s wait until after midnight."

Shi Feng shook his head; just like all twin brothers, he and Shi Ling had completely opposite personalities—Shi Ling was impulsive and hot-tempered, while he was more deliberate and cautious.

Upon hearing this, Shi Ling wanted to say something, but seeing that Shi Feng had made up his mind, he could only follow him dejectedly towards the depths of the forest.

At midnight, the Shi brothers, Shi Feng, and Shi Ling, having completed their practice in a forest three kilometers away from Ao Xiang Villa, set off towards the Villa.

"Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array?"

Approaching Ao Xiang Villa, Shi Ling noticed significant fluctuations of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi above the villa and soon deduced the reason, scoffing disdainfully, "This little guy is quite clever, but isn’t the power of this array somewhat too weak?"

"As a Postnatal Grandmaster, being able to set up a Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array of this power is already impressive." Shi Feng said this, but his vigilance clearly decreased—judging from the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array, he assessed that Ye Fan’s Magic Cultivation was not very strong.

"Heh, this kid really is at ease. Around the villa, he actually didn’t set up any security personnel." Shi Ling restrained his consciousness and sensed carefully, finding no presence around the villa, and started to sneer.

"With his strength, ordinary bodyguards are just for show, and Martial Artists above the Innate Realm are unlikely to follow him."

Shi Feng explained, then added after a moment’s thought, "Once we enter the villa, don’t be in a hurry to act. First, we’ll lurk for a while, sensing carefully to ensure that both Ye Wenhao and Chu Ji are not in the villa."

"Brother, you’re always so careful," Shi Ling smiled, then with a flick of his body, he dashed and effortlessly leaped over the villa’s wall, infiltrating inside.

Seeing this, Shi Feng gave a wry smile and quickly followed after Shi Ling.

Upon entering the villa, both Shi Feng and Shi Ling could clearly see the vast villa lit only by street lamps on either side of the road and the lights at the entrance of each villa—all the villas were pitch dark.

Seeing this scene, Shi Feng immediately concealed his entire aura, then gestured to Shi Ling to do the same.

Reluctantly, although Shi Ling was somewhat unwilling, he always followed Shi Feng’s arrangements during operations, so he glumly went along with Shi Feng’s instructions.

"Brother, there are only two strong auras inside the villa. One of them is equivalent to the aura of an Innate Great Success Martial Artist, and the other seems like a Magician, probably not having stepped into the Innate Realm yet." Ten minutes later, Shi Ling could not help but say.

"Hmm, it seems that Young Master Chen’s information was accurate; the target is indeed an Innate Great Success Martial Artist, and that Magician’s aura comes from the girl alongside him named Situ Ruoshui."

Shi Feng nodded, and then a cold gleam flashed through his eyes as he said, "Move undercover and, just to be safe, kill with one strike!"

"That’s what I was waiting for you to say."

Shi Ling licked his lips and sneered, "What a pity that none of us have learned the Lan Hua Sect’s Martial Arts from Master Mother, especially the high-level martial arts technique ’Essence Absorption Technique’ that Master helped Master Mother develop, otherwise we could drain those three women into human jerky."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Ling did not stop; he took the lead and swiftly headed for the villa in the middle, with Shi Feng following behind him, any caution on his face completely gone.

"They’re here."

At the same time, inside the villa, Chu Ji sensed the presence of the Shi brothers.

"Sister Chu, can Ye Fan handle them alone? Maybe you should go down and help him and stop worrying about us," said Su Yuxin, concerned, by Chu Ji’s side.

"Yeah, Big Brother is facing them alone; what if he gets hurt?" Situ Ruoshui also expressed her concerns.

"If he wasn’t sure of himself, he wouldn’t have chosen to fight alone," Chu Ji responded.

Su Liuli also spoke up, her gaze fixated on Ye Fan’s back, and she couldn’t help but remember the words Ye Fan had told her: ’Don’t worry, within the constraints of the law and the Yanhuang Organization’s rules, I will make them regret being born this lifetime!’

Huh?

Surprised by Su Liuli’s words, Chu Ji pondered for a moment, and seeing that Su Liuli’s face bore no worry but only emotion, she couldn’t help but smile bitterly to herself: In her view, although Su Liuli seemed to have the least connection with Ye Fan on the surface, she was the one who understood him the most.

Whoosh!

While Chu Ji silently smirked to herself, Ye Fan, who had been sitting cross-legged on the jade stone, suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp light bursting forth as his gaze swept toward the northern wall of the courtyard like a cutting blade.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

In the next moment, under Ye Fan’s gaze, the Shi brothers leaped into the courtyard and immediately spotted Ye Fan sitting on the jade stone, with his eyes half-closed, looking at them without any sign of surprise.

Huh?

This discovery made the Shi brothers somewhat astonished—they had not expected Ye Fan to appear so composed after seeing them!

"Heh, quite composed, aren’t you?"

Caught off guard, Shi Ling couldn’t help but sneer, "Brother, it seems like this kid thinks we’re just ordinary Innate Great Success Martial Artists."

"Enough talk; let’s finish this."

Seeing that Ye Fan showed no fear, Shi Feng quickly sensed their surroundings again to confirm there were no powerful presences in the villa, then he agreed with Shi Ling’s statement.

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan leaped from the jade stone, secretly gathering his inner strength, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

"Kid, don’t bother struggling—all struggle is futile, I could crush you with just one hand!"

Sensing the flow of inner strength in Ye Fan’s body, Shi Ling walked toward Ye Fan with a mocking smile, as if he were The Buddha and Ye Fan was Sun Wukong—unable to escape from his palm.

Without replying, Ye Fan just quietly watched Shi Ling as he gradually shortened the distance between them.

"So much for the legendary Black Dragon Guard," Ye Fan remarked after a while, as Shi Ling came within less than twenty meters of him, his expression undisturbed, his tone calm, his voice not loud, yet it boomed like thunder in the ears of Shi Feng and Shi Ling, "I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!"

Whoosh!

Startled by Ye Fan’s words, Shi Feng’s face suddenly changed, sensing the surroundings again, while Shi Ling stopped in his tracks, staring at Ye Fan incredulously as if asking: How... how is this possible?

No answer.

Ye Fan launched a punch at Shi Ling!

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PS: This was the second Chapter from yesterday; making up for it. Two more Chapters coming tonight.

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