Chapter 287 - [The

Chapter 287: Chapter 286: Ye Tianchen left the deserted island, and the words of Asura before his death greatly inspired him, giving him an even stronger sense of responsibility. The friends and relatives who had perished in the apocalypse were waiting for him to return for revenge, otherwise their souls would not rest. As a Superpower User, it was also his duty to seek the mystery of Eternal Life. For now, the most important thing was to protect his family and to revive and strengthen the Ye family. Only then would he be able to leave with peace of mind.

Asura was worthy of respect; there wasn’t a deep hatred between Ye Tianchen and him, just that they stood on opposite sides and had to fight a life-and-death battle.

The Xuanyuan family’s fate was sealed that night, destined to be expelled from both the underworld and legitimate worlds. Once the news spread, it would undoubtedly shake the whole of Huaxia, even more shocking than the declines of the Qin family and the Luo family. After all, the downfall of the Qin and Luo families was suppressed by the top leaders of the nation and kept secret, but the Xuanyuan family was a Hidden Family well-known in both the underworld and legitimate worlds. This news could not be suppressed and would soon spread throughout Huaxia.

Suddenly leaving by night, Ye Tianchen took the Thirteen Heavenly Kings and did not stop for a moment. Upon reaching the man-made Dead Sea coast, he had Hu Long and a few others go to get the cars ready. There was no time to delay. Even though it had only been a day, the situation in Capital City might have already become tumultuous, and Ye Tianchen needed to rush back as soon as possible.

Bang Boom! Boom!

A loud sound came from the island; without the Superpower Isolation Net of Ye Tianchen anymore, the sound was very loud, waking up everyone in the nearby villas by the Dead Sea. They all ran outside. The moonlight was bright, and fire spread across the island, accompanied by an earthquake-like sensation. The island in the center of the man-made Dead Sea began sinking, and in no time was completely submerged. Many people gathered on the beach, looking at the scene with both surprise and curiosity, while Ye Tianchen just sighed.

"How could this have happened?" Wuxue asked, puzzled.

"We didn’t place any explosives there, did we?" Wang Jie also felt it was strange.

"Could it be that your fight with Asura cracked the island?" Bao Tianglong also exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Tianchen shook his head. He had sensed something. The moment the island began to sink, he had felt Asura’s potent superpower. His battle with Asura had greatly damaged the island, almost splitting it into pieces. Yet, it shouldn’t have sunk, at least not immediately.

"Let’s go. It’s better this way. At least the senior would be happy, truly without any worries now!" Ye Tianchen said before turning around and getting into the car.

This time, the Thirteen Heavenly Kings’ first battle was exceptionally successful, wiping out the Xuanyuan family. Amongst the Thirteen Heavenly Kings, only two sustained minor injuries. After all, it was easy to talk about, but the Xuanyuan family’s power was very formidable; there were actually more than a hundred top assassins on the island. If it weren’t for each of the Thirteen Heavenly Kings being supreme masters, even sending an army might not have been able to eliminate the Xuanyuan family in such a short time. Asura’s strength was astonishing, and Ye Tianchen had nearly crippled his arms to defeat him, showing the difficulty of this battle.

The next day, before Ye Tianchen and the Thirteen Heavenly Kings had returned to Capital City, the entire underworld and legitimate worlds were abuzz. Of course, such incredible news was not known to the ordinary people at the bottom, but those slightly influential were all discussing it, utterly amazed. Overnight, the Xuanyuan family, a great Hidden Family, had been annihilated. There are no walls in this world through which wind cannot pass. It was the grandson of the Ye family from the Third-Class Family in Capital City, Ye Tianchen, leading his ’Thirteen Heavenly Kings’ who did it, leaving many in astonishment.

Many people, upon learning that it was Ye Tianchen, leading the "Thirteen Heavenly Kings" who had annihilated the Xuanyuan family, were immensely surprised and equally shocked. The Ye family, originally a declining Third-class Family, was considered to have descendants who were not competitive, causing the Ye family to decline even further. According to trends, it wouldn’t take many years for the Ye family to completely deteriorate and never rise again.

However, the emergence of Ye Tianchen, since returning to Capital City, all his actions had been beyond astonishing, making everyone feel that the Ye family might rise because of Ye Tianchen. This was also why many great families and powers wanted to suppress the Ye family. There was no other reason; it was simply that the rise of the Ye family might threaten the power of other great families, so they wanted to suppress them in advance. It was just that simple.

At this moment, while Ye Tianchen was returning to Capital City with the Thirteen Heavenly Kings, within the Ouyang family, Ouyang Zhenhua was seated in the center of the hall. In front of him, there stood a middle-aged man, about thirty years old, very frail, as if a gust of wind could blow him over, especially his eyes, which were full of a killing aura that was definitely not fabricated. It was evident that he had been forged through many years of killing. This man was very formidable.

Ouyang Zhenhua had only one grandson, Ouyang Feiyun, left in the current generation. Besides having a son who had run away from home nearly twenty years ago, with no contact and unknown whether alive or dead, he had only Ouyang Feiyun. He never anticipated that his family was close to having no descendants, possibly already at that point. How could Ouyang Zhenhua not be furious? If it weren’t for Murong Yudou’s threats and temptations over the phone, Ouyang Zhenhua would have stamped his foot long ago and had the Ye family exterminated—such was his power.

Once, Ouyang Zhenhua had thought about reducing the killings, as with age, despite the vicious aura and the fury of slaughter still not having subsided within him, and still possessing the authority of an underworld king, he slowly came to understand the cycle of karma, the inexorability of retribution, that reducing the killings was the right thing to do. It was his past murderous actions that had driven his youngest son to leave home, and he had not found him since then.

However, this time, Ye Tianchen had killed his own grandson, Ouyang Feiyun, potentially leaving Ouyang Zhenhua without descendants. Regardless of right or wrong, Ouyang Zhenhua could not swallow this indignity, he was determined to kill Ye Tianchen and annihilate the Ye family to avenge this.

"My lord, I have just received news from Sichuan Province, the Xuanyuan family has been annihilated, not only Xuanyuan Xuanyu and his son Xuanyuan Qiu have died, but even the Xuanyuan family’s hidden island has sunk, wiped clean!" standing in front of Ouyang Zhenhua, he respectfully reported.

Upon hearing this middle-aged bodyguard’s report, Ouyang Zhenhua couldn’t help but frown. The Xuanyuan family, like the Ouyang family, was also a hidden major family. Although there were no relations or connections between the two families, they both understood, having reached such a level and state of power, there would definitely be some mutual awareness. The overnight destruction of the Xuanyuan family, including their hidden island sinking was shocking news, even for someone as significant as Ouyang Zhenhua, he couldn’t remain entirely composed especially given his understanding of the Xuanyuan family’s influence.

"Could there be a mistake in the message? The Xuanyuan family’s power was not weak, just the first-class assassins on the island alone numbered over a hundred, not to mention Asura, whose strength would not be inferior to yours!" Ouyang Zhenhua said to the middle-aged bodyguard in front of him.

"Not at all, nowadays the entire underworld is buzzing about this news, and I have also instructed our informant in Sichuan Province to investigate. Indeed, the Xuanyuan family was annihilated last night, our men even sneaked into the ’Artificial Sea of Death’, discovered the sunken island, all the bodies were on it, all trapped due to the island’s collapse, hence the bodies did not float up!" the middle-aged bodyguard relayed.

"Asura, he died as well?" Ouyang Zhenhua asked.

"Yes!" the middle-aged bodyguard nodded, remaining silent, but his eyes were filled with surprise and reluctance.

"Iron Leopard, Asura’s skills were not inferior to yours, and yet he couldn’t save the Xuanyuan family. I’m very curious about which power managed to destroy them, which family was willing to spend so much to hold such a grudge against the Xuanyuan family!" Ouyang Zhenhua said indifferently.

Iron Leopard glanced at Ouyang Zhenhua, his mind filled with doubts and a hint of anger. Having fought Asura years ago with no victor, just as he planned to go to Sichuan Province again after ten years to settle their score, Asura had surprisingly died, which deeply regretted Iron Leopard and made him determined to kill the person who denied him this final duel with Asura.

"It was Ye Tianchen with his own forces who annihilated the Xuanyuan family!" Iron Leopard said coldly.

"What?"

Ouyang Zhenhua was completely startled, despite being a powerful figure on such a plane, he had definitely not expected such a huge change overnight, and even more, that Ye Tianchen would annihilate the Xuanyuan family in one night. He couldn’t believe that Ye Tianchen had such strength.

"Ye Tianchen couldn’t have destroyed the Xuanyuan family on his own, it must have been that old man Murong Yudou secretly helping!" Ouyang Zhenhua sat back down on the sofa, angrily speaking out.

Now Ouyang Zhenhua understood why Murong Yudou had called to stabilize him, fearing if the Ouyang family and Xuanyuan family joined forces, then even with Murong Yudou’s support, Ye Tianchen could not withstand the combined assault of two great hidden families. Taking advantage of the night, Ye Tianchen had led his men to Sichuan Province and wiped out the Xuanyuan family, a truly shocking revelation that had under-estimated Ye Tianchen’s capabilities.

"No, it’s said that it was a force Ye Tianchen himself established, named the ’Thirteen Heavenly Kings’. Including himself, all thirteen members are top-notch masters, incomparable to ordinary assassins!" Iron Leopard said with a tone of surprise; the name Thirteen Heavenly Kings had by now shocked both the underworld and mainstream societies.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation.)