Super God Grandmaster
Chapter 1053 - 1053 1039 Locked in the Iron Cage

Chapter 1053: Chapter 1039: Locked in the Iron Cage Chapter 1053: Chapter 1039: Locked in the Iron Cage Ye Chen composed himself, although Shao Hengjiang had arrived, at this point the ship was in chaos. However, Shao Hengjiang’s martial arts were indeed formidable, not someone just anyone could contend with. It wasn’t Ye Chen’s first time clashing with Shao Hengjiang, it seemed necessary to strike first, there was no time to delay here. It was still daytime, if he didn’t hurry to escape, there might be no opportunity. He thought of catching them by surprise, and said to Nangong Yan behind him, “Run at the first chance, hide as soon as you escape.”

Shao Hengjiang seemed to have seen through the opponent’s intentions, but like a master, he chose to answer movement with stillness. He was well acquainted with the young man’s martial arts, and their abilities were well matched.

With a leap, Ye Chen chanted “Mani Mani Hong” to awaken the Black Demonic Spirit and Red Demonic Spirit, sending forth golden light like dragons and tigers, bursting out with an attack so sharp it was unstoppable, killing energy surged toward the opponent like a torrent.

The opponent assumed a Horse Stance, a Light Wave formed, and with a boom, thousands of strands of golden light struck the Light Wave. With a “bang,” cracks appeared in the floor; his martial arts were high but the ferocity of this attack was too much for the floor to bear, and it looked like it was going to blast him away.

Ye Chen urged Nangong Yan to move faster. Just as they were about to dash out the door, the golden light that had been fired out was redirected back by Shao Hengjiang’s Dodging Technique. Ye Chen had to defend himself, a Thunderclap through Clear Skies shattered the thousands of strands of golden light; he muttered to himself, “This old guy, truly unfathomable, such powerful energy, and he can still use the Dodging Technique.”

Although he blocked the incoming onslaught, Nangong Yan was once again captured by Shao Hengjiang.

Greatly shocked, Ye Chen roared, “I’m going to fight you to the end!” With that, he sent a flurry of palms in return, the Gathering of Ten Thousand Spirits, with thundering and electric fury, each move more ferocious than the last.

Yet Shao Hengjiang remained composed. After clashing three times, with a dodge here and a meeting there, Ye Chen fought until his face was red with exertion but grew more urgent in his attacks. Seizing the opportunity, Shao Hengjiang launched a palm strike, blasting Ye Chen into a sprawling fall.

“Damn it,” what should he do now? Not to mention he couldn’t rescue the girl, he couldn’t even escape himself. Ye Chen glared at Shao Hengjiang and said, “Fine, you’ve forced my hand. I’m going to destroy this ship and see what you can do about it.”

Boom, boom, boom…

Energy blasted wildly everywhere.

Before the third wave could be released, Shao Hengjiang, by activating some mechanism, suddenly revealed a conical Light Wave that trapped Ye Chen. He launched several strikes, but couldn’t break the cone-shaped energy barrier encasing him. It turned out this device was used for training; light emitted from four points formed a triangle that ensnared a person within, preventing those inside from getting out and those outside from getting in, also to protect the person practicing within.

Ye Chen was taken aback, realizing he had been trapped and it seemed he had fallen into a trap.

Extremely angry, Ye Chen struck two punches that didn’t break through, and he murmured, “Think this will hold me? No way.” He needed to shatter this cone barrier first.

Manifesting the Lightning of Success and Failure, he launched it toward the conical barrier.

Indeed, the device couldn’t hold Ye Chen. Still, escaping would consume a vast amount of his energy. Shao Hengjiang, already confident of victory, watched him, silently gathering his Qi. Ye Chen released energy that blasted open the conical barrier.

Immediately, Shao Hengjiang launched a violent attack. Ye Chen hurried back to defend, boom, boom, boom…

Somewhat disoriented, having expended a great deal in breaking the barrier, with this powerful attack bearing down like dragons and tigers, it was natural for Ye Chen to lose his bearings. He was evenly matched with Shao Hengjiang to begin with, having spent a large amount of his force, it was quite an achievement to have not been killed.

But just as he lost his bearings, Shao Hengjiang appeared behind him and struck from the rear. By the time Ye Chen noticed, his acupoints had already been hit, and he was instantly subdued.

Having subdued Ye Chen and the others, Shao Hengjiang had them locked up and then left again.

Wan Liyun came running, saying, “Big brother, the Shark Ship is gone.”

Shao Hengjiang saw as well, they must be chasing the Water Dragon Ship. He said, “Don’t bother with them here anymore, retreat and we’ll talk.” Continuing the struggle was pointless; they had already fought for several hours and night had fallen.

Wan Liyun asked, “Should we still follow them?” He was worried about not being able to keep up since they didn’t know where Qiandu Xiang had fled to.

Shao Hengjiang said, “Pull back, we’ll circle around.” That was the only option, especially since they still had Ban Hong as an inside man, they could only wait for his news, hoping to catch up.

Wan Liyun added, “The Breeze Ship has a leak, it’s not seaworthy, repairs will take at least half a day, and it’s not certain it’ll be fixed.”

Shao Hengjiang fell silent for a moment, then asked, “Will it sink?”

“Not for now, don’t worry.”

“In that case, gather our best men on the Breeze Ship, and leave the rest on the Shark Ship to wait for our brothers’ assistance.”

Left with no alternative, Wan Liyun said, “Seems that’s all we can do. Hopefully, we’ll get news from Ban Hong. That damned girl, truly a curse, never expected her to cause such a mess.”

“Hey, hurry up and find a way to circle around, we might still catch them.” Both sides were tired from the battle; they could use the cover of night to stealthily change course.

Today, Wan Liyun was about to strike the girl when Shao Hengjiang actually stopped him, an unprecedented act for him. If it had been in the past, Shao Hengjiang would have surely flown into a rage, yet inexplicably, he was different towards this girl. Very puzzled, he asked, “Big brother, why are you so good to that girl?” Last time’s failure to search the ship had already confused him a great deal.

Shao Hengjiang simply said, “Perhaps I owe her.” Having said so, he turned to go below, but before heading down, added, “I’ll leave this in your hands.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll set off as soon as possible.”

Ye Chen awoke in a daze, only to hear Nangong Yan calling out to him.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself bound by iron chains, locked inside an energy-infused iron cage, which was also guarded from the outside.

Ye Chen murmured, “It’s over, now I’m really finished.”

Nangong Yan, seeing Ye Chen awaken without dying, was of course very happy and said, “You’re awake, you really are.”

But Ye Chen discovered that both the Red Demonic Spirit and Black Demonic Spirit were gone from his body, and he yelled, “You little brat, you’re really going to get me killed.”

“I didn’t want this to happen either.”

“You didn’t want it to happen, but you’ve ruined me. Now I’m really going to be captured and made a slave, just wait for the childbearing,” Ye Chen murmured again. “To think you wouldn’t tell me, you truly aren’t afraid of dying. If you’re not afraid of death, there’s no need to drag me into it. I haven’t even passed on the family line yet.”

“I was afraid you wouldn’t agree.”

“Of course I wouldn’t agree, who would be that stupid? You think this is Immortal Medicine Island? Making a fuss here and not getting caught would be weird. I see you just don’t have a brain. If you did, you wouldn’t have done such a thing,” Ye Chen got angry.

The obstinate Nangong Yan, having never been spoken to like this before, retorted, “I didn’t ask you to come rescue me.”

“Right, I’m the fool, I deserve it. Otherwise, how could I possibly think to rescue you? I must have had my brain kicked in by a donkey.” Ye Chen was close to breaking down and murmured yet again, “You’re really great, playing the hero. Yes, you’ve succeeded, you’ve stirred them all up.”

“Hey, stop speaking in anger. What do we do now?”

“Let’s see if I can catch the old man’s eye, have a few more pretty babies for him. Maybe then, they’ll let me go.”

“Stop talking nonsense,” Nangong Yan’s face turned red.

“No wonder my eyelids have been twitching these past few days. I knew something was going to happen to me, but I never imagined it would come from you.”

While they were speaking, footsteps approached. It was Shao Hengjiang who walked in, and the sounds of killing had long since stopped.

Ye Chen whispered to Nangong Yan, “Get ready to be skinned.”

Li Mo had been silent throughout. He hadn’t woken up yet, and Ye Chen’s calls elicited no response. He lay there motionless.

Nangong Yan pursed her lips and remained silent.

Shao Hengjiang sat down on a grandmaster’s chair like an elderly man, looking inside, certainly infuriated by the major trouble that had arisen, how could he not be?

Nangong Yan blurted out, “This was all my doing, including poisoning you. It was all my idea. I am responsible for my own actions, and you can kill or flay me as you wish, but I will not allow you to insult me, or else I’ll bite my tongue and commit suicide.”

Shao Hengjiang, looking at Nangong Yan, noticed the resemblance. She was just as stubborn, and that familiar face woke up his dormant memory, reminding him of many past events and making her feel familiar again.

Ye Chen quickly said, “Do you believe this girl has the ability to do this? Of course, it was all my doing. Don’t listen to the little girl’s nonsense. She’s just a foolish girl without a clue who couldn’t possibly have orchestrated such a big mess.”

Nangong Yan hastily said, “You’re the one spouting nonsense. Entering your room to poison you, stealing the painting, releasing the Water Dragon, I did it all myself. He knew nothing. If he did, he would have stopped me because he’s afraid of dying. That’s why I couldn’t let him know. So he didn’t participate in the plan at all. It was just because he knew I was captured, he came out to rescue me. I’ll take the blame alone. Come at me and let him go.”

Ye Chen was somewhat surprised. This girl was actually willing to make a sacrifice.

Shao Hengjiang believed what the girl said, and he let out a faint smile. He still looked at the girl with affection.

Ye Chen found it strange. Shao Hengjiang should be exploding with rage, so why would he smile? Unless he really fancied the girl, otherwise, he must be out of his mind. Many people must have died; how could he possibly be smiling?

Shao Hengjiang asked, “Girl, how old are you?”

“Seventeen, what about it?” Nangong Yan didn’t understand why he was asking her age but answered reflexively anyway.

“When were you born?”

“…On the seventh day of the seventh month.” She replied instinctively, but with some surprise. Why was this old man asking about her birthdate?

After Shao Hengjiang calculated the dates, Nine months in the womb, that would mean eighteen years ago in September, that period was the happiest time he spent with Fu Chulan.