My gorgeous wife
Chapter 405 - 380: Duel in Front of the Temple

Chapter 405: Chapter 380: Duel in Front of the Temple

At the foot of Cangqing Mountain!

A speeding sedan came driving quickly and then stopped at the foot of the mountain, its sudden braking creating a harsh screeching noise.

Li Chen got out of the car and noticed the bus he had seen previously parked nearby, but all the people who had been on it had disappeared.

Anxiously, Li Yang had chosen this spot for the outing; it was clearly an excellent trap location, but he had to go no matter what!

With a swift movement, after a few leaps, Li Chen had already disappeared into the mountain, heading towards the picnic site above.

It wasn’t long before Li Chen reached the halfway point of the mountain where the clouds met; the place was a spacious rocky platform, the site of the outing, but when Li Chen arrived, there was no one there.

His gaze quickly sweeping around, Li Chen suddenly noticed belongings left behind by those people, including small accessories, food, and mobile phones.

Seeing this, Li Chen’s mood grew even darker, guessing that those people had probably all fallen into Li Yang’s hands.

Without hesitation, Li Chen leaped towards a nearby temple.

At that moment, Li Yang stood alone in front of the temple.

Inside, the monks were sitting together, with eyes closed, chanting scriptures. In the middle of the courtyard was a large incense burner, from which a thick smoke was rising.

This smoke was not ordinary yellow but a strange mix of black and red.

The smoke burned slowly, drifting away with the breeze.

The open ground held only Li Yang, while none of the classmates who had come for the outing could be seen.

"Since you’ve already come, why hide anymore?"

Suddenly, Li Yang spoke softly, then turned around with a warm smile, looking towards the bushes ahead.

Li Chen slowly walked out, looking at Li Yang without saying a word, his expression icy cold.

"Don’t look at me like that," Li Yang chuckled. "Those people aren’t dead yet."

"The Third Young Master of the Li Family, Li Yang," Li Chen slowly spoke, his gaze sharp as a blade.

"Hmm?" Li Yang raised an eyebrow, but still smiling, said, "It’s no surprise you found out about me. If you hadn’t, I would have been surprised, right, North American Overlord King?"

The two did not speak, and the rustling of the trees in the forest rose with the sudden gust of wind, turning into a sea of trees.

Their clothes, too, were stirred by the wind, and so was the burning smoke, which now burned even more fiercely.

The chanting of the monks inside the temple seemed to grow more urgent, and the whole scene turned eerie and tense!

"Were you waiting for me to come?" Li Chen said.

"Whether you came or not, it would be fine," Li Yang was still smiling, as sunny as ever, "The trap set for you isn’t just one."

"Was that you that night?"

"Do you feel it’s a pity, that you almost caught me?" Li Yang still smiled.

"I remember I wounded you," Li Chen said softly.

"Yes, you did, but it wasn’t the right hand," Li Yang slowly raised his left hand, then stretched it out, and suddenly Li Chen felt a sinking feeling as he saw the scar from that night on that left hand.

It was his own oversight. He had always thought he had wounded the right hand, but it turned out to be the left.

Li Yang was still smiling, but his smile now carried a chill like the cold of winter, which would freeze you to death invisibly!

"I said I would crush you to death like an ant," Li Yang said softly.

"The Yanjing Li Family said the same thing," Li Chen scoffed coldly.

Li Yang’s smile paused, then his expression turned subtly fierce and hateful.

"Your brother Li Xinshan said that to me, the first time, I destroyed his manhood; the second time, I smashed his skull," said Li Chen nonchalantly, as if he were discussing something trivial, but the smile on Li Yang’s face gradually disappeared, replaced by a chilling cold similar to the one Li Chen had seen in his photograph.

"The Patriarch of the Li Family also spoke to me like that, the first time, I killed sixty-eight people of the Li Family in front of him; the second time, in front of others, I twisted his neck," Li Chen said expressionlessly, "and by the way, I also cleaned up the Li Family a bit."

Li Yang’s expression turned icy, seeming about to explode!

However, Li Yang then laughed again, elegantly pulling out from his bosom the Ghost Mask he had used during the fight with Li Chen that night.

"Although I’ve been away from home for a long time, that place is still where I belong," Li Yang said with a smile, "If you destroy my Li Family, I’ll destroy you."

"I will personally rip your heart out!" Li Yang put the Ghost Mask back on, and instantly, a chilling aura surrounded him, even more powerful than that night.

Li Chen snorted, stamped his foot, and charged directly toward Li Yang. You wore the mask last night, yet couldn’t handle a few of my moves, so what’s the point of wearing it again today?

Killing you would be no different from slaughtering a dog.

The True Qi within Li Chen surged wildly as Li Yang also charged forward. The two clashed in front of the temple, their techniques poised to strike!

But just then, the True Qi inside Li Chen suddenly stagnated, as if his meridians were directly blocked, and his physical strength seemed to be drained in an instant.

What’s happening?

Li Chen was shocked. Why was his body failing him at this critical moment?

But at this time, there was no room for more thought. Li Yang’s attack was already on its way.

Under normal circumstances, Li Chen would have scoffed at such an attack, but now, with his True Qi stagnant and his strength sapped, control over his own body suddenly became much more difficult.

Li Yang’s right arm raised high and then chopped down viciously toward Li Chen!

Li Chen barely managed to lift his left hand to intercept Li Yang’s strike, but his whole body sank downward, the force still smashing into him.

Under the Ghost Mask, Li Yang’s expression revealed a twisted pleasure, "Aren’t you supposed to be formidable?"

Following this, Li Yang hurled a punch that came straight at him. Li Chen struggled to raise his right hand and countered with a palm strike. Their fists and palms collided. Li Chen had planned to seize this opportunity to grab his fist, but his whole body was weak and his movements were slow.

"North American Overlord King?" Li Yang mocked as he smashed Li Chen’s right arm away with a punch, then spun around and delivered a kick that howled through the air!

This spinning kick was immensely powerful. Li Chen crossed his arms to block in front, but the kick landed squarely on his arms. Though the technique was blocked, the sheer force behind it was too much for his weakened state to bear, and it blasted onto his body.

Li Chen’s feet slid back, moving several meters before stopping.

Li Chen looked up at Li Yang, who was wearing the mask, his eyes filled with icy coldness.

"Do you find it strange that the strength in your body seems to have been drained?" Li Yang stood there, his voice carrying a cold laugh as he slowly approached Li Chen.

"I’ve said I would crush you like an ant, didn’t you believe me?" Li Yang seemed assured of his victory, a hint of triumph in his tone.

"I’ve been poisoned?" Li Chen asked indifferently. He had eliminated many possibilities in his mind, leaving only one: he had been poisoned.

Otherwise, there was no way to suddenly control the operation of the True Qi in his body.

"You’re quite smart," Li Yang sneered. "Indeed, you’ve been poisoned, poisoned by a specially concocted poison I commissioned. Now you’re just meat on the chopping board, at my mercy!"

"Because of that bottle of water?" Li Chen stood up.

"How could a bottle of water be sufficient?" Li Yang seemed to laugh, though Li Chen couldn’t see his expression under the mask.

"Of course, that bottle of water also played a crucial role. If you hadn’t drunk it, I really wouldn’t have much to do with you," Li Yang said lightly. "The water contained a new liquid that, under normal circumstances, serves no purpose. However, when combined with another element, it produces a chemical reaction."

"And this other element," Li Yang gestured towards the distant temple, pointing at a massive stick of black and red burning incense.

Li Chen’s gaze also turned to the smoke, and a chill ran through him. No wonder he couldn’t find the source of the poisoning; it was in the form of incense smoke, spreading through the air and reacting chemically with the liquid inside his body—undetectable and unstoppable.

"You must have guessed it by now," Li Yang taunted. "But do you know what this incense is made from?"

Li Chen remained silent, staring at the Ghost Mask, when suddenly his pupils contracted!

"Correct. This incense stick is made from my collection," Li Yang’s voice was twisted and manic, "specifically, from those women’s hearts!"

Li Chen spoke coldly, "Compared to you, Li Xinshan is an amateur. No wonder you two could become brothers, birds of a feather."

"Though that brother of mine is somewhat disappointing, he is still my brother after all," Li Yang’s tone became calm again. "Today, I will use you to honor the entire Li family!"

"I will personally dig out your heart and lay it in front of the Li family’s graves. Your bones on your body, I will break them alive; your flesh, I will feed to the dogs."

Li Chen’s expression remained unchanged, and he used his True Qi to seal his nose, trying his best not to breathe in the incense.

"The people who want to kill me, you’re not yet qualified," Li Chen shook his head. Then, with a snap of his fingers, instantly, from the woods behind him emerged many robust men!

These men, covered in strong Evil Qi and armed, were the advance team sent by Army Breaker.

The group immediately formed a tightening encirclement, slowly advancing toward the temple.

Li Chen’s expression was calm as he watched Li Yang with the Ghost Mask, but Li Yang just laughed, "Li Chen, you’re too naïve. I knew of your identity as the King of the Netherworld, so did you really think I wouldn’t be prepared for your men in Linchuan?"