Yulu Qin's heart was pounding fiercely, but she slowly closed her eyes. Yet, just at the moment when her eyes closed, she suddenly felt Ye Xiao envelop her waist and heard him say,

"Keep quiet and just listen."

Ye Xiao's voice was soft and gentle, yet Yulu also sensed a hint of chilliness in it. At that moment, Yulu didn't understand what the chilliness meant, but after many years, she finally realized.

Those people arrived beside Ye Xiao in the blink of an eye, with Ye Xiao holding Yulu and his eyes sharp as knives, looking at each person charging towards him.

"Die." A fierce-looking youth stepped forward quickly, swinging his fist straight towards Ye Xiao's face. The group was moving fast and forcefully, and this punch marked the beginning of the battle.

Ye Xiao stood still, watching the approaching fierce-looking youth. The punch was completed in less than two seconds, a speed not easily achieved by the average person. Unfortunately, he was facing Ye Xiao.

When Ye Xiao saw the fist of the fierce-looking youth close enough, his gaze suddenly turned icy. With his free left hand, he threw a punch that met the youth's fist head-on.

However, in that moment of contact, cracking sounds could be heard from the young man's arm, followed by a piece of stark white bone protruding halfway out of his shoulder.

Ye Xiao had forcefully punched the bone out, the force behind it significant.

The originally aggressive youth didn't even have the chance to cry out before he collapsed and passed out from the pain.

After all, extracting a bone is pain that no normal human can bear.

The phrase "skin and bone extraction" probably looked like this.

Ye Xiao's methods were displayed in this instant, frightening the other youths who were initially eager to charge.

A punch that forced someone's bone out? Was this even human?

At that moment, those young hooligans on the scene looked at Ye Xiao as if they were staring at a bloodthirsty beast.

Zhang Zihao and Han Fei were also startled. It was a true clash of raw power.

"Go… go get him, at all costs. Capture Ye Xiao, and each of you gets 100,000," Zhang Zihao, seeing the formidable strength of Ye Xiao, realized that if he didn't promise a substantial reward, these people would no longer dare to step forward.

Indeed, extraordinary rewards breed heroes.

These young hooligans, burning with passion upon hearing Zhang Zihao's words, were not the privileged children of Minghai Academy. Many came from ordinary families, and 100,000 yuan might not be much for Zhang Zihao, but for these thugs from the Third Academy, it was a substantial sum.

So, driven by Zhang's promise, they charged again towards Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao had no plans to show mercy.

Those who led the charge believed they were the strongest, yet they didn't realize that "the gun targets the bird taking the lead."

A burly youth charged forward, wielding a steel bar, and aimed directly at Ye Xiao's head. However, Ye Xiao dodged it swiftly, without even glancing at the youth, he threw a punch that landed directly on the boy's chest. Instantly, like hitting a spring, the youth flew backward and crashed into his companions, knocking down four or five of them whose ribs nearly all broke.

They screamed in pain on the spot; it was a tragic sight.

But this was the stage of great reward, and despite the injuries, there were still those willing to risk their lives for the money. After all, should they manage to take down Ye Xiao, today would be their moment of fame.

However, no matter how many came, they were all repelled by Ye Xiao, each one crying out in pain from his unstoppable strikes.

In an instant, several lay on the ground, each knocked out with a single punch.

Zhang Zihao and Han Fei watched, hearts racing and terrified by Ye Xiao's overwhelming power, seeming to possess endless strength.

Meanwhile, as Ye Xiao dealt with one enemy after another, someone hurriedly ran from the direction of the academic building.

Hearing the wails from the crowd, this person was surprised and ran even faster.

When he reached the outskirts of the fray, he immediately spotted Zhang Zihao.

Zhang felt someone tap his shoulder, turned around, and saw it was Chen Ming, whom he thought had left earlier.

"Mr. Chen?" Zhang Zihao looked puzzlingly at Chen Ming, then smiled and said, "Watch how I take down Ye Xiao."

"Stop bullshitting, make them stop," Chen Ming had also seen Ye Xiao fighting the hooligans, still holding Yulu Qin, and quickly spoke loudly to Zhang Zihao.

Zhang Zihao and Han Fei were both stunned by Chen Ming's words.

At this moment, Han Fei really wanted Ye Xiao to be taken down, so he immediately said to Chen Ming, "Mr. Chen, how can we stop now? Whether we can take down Ye Xiao depends on today."

"Screw you, get lost. Zhang Zihao, stop now or you'll regret it." Chen Ming didn't take Han Fei seriously at all and also loudly shouted at Zhang Zihao.

Chen Ming was really anxious now. If something happened to Ye Xiao and he uploaded that video online, the Chen family would be ruined, despite his father being greatly at fault. Now was not the time to discuss right and wrong.

Zhang Zihao and Han Fei were both puzzled, but facing Chen Ming, none of them dared to contradict him.

Although Chen Ming's father, Chen Maozhong, was only the second in command in Minghai City, he had deep roots there. Nobody in any circle dared to disrespect Chen Maozhong.

Therefore, although Zhang Zihao was very annoyed, he still loudly ordered his subordinates, "Stop."

At this moment, a young thug who had already reached Ye Xiao also hurriedly stopped.

However, his stopping was indeed beneficial, at least it prevented disability.

Ye Xiao hadn't used any Nine Yang True Qi in the fight. After all, fighting these school thugs with Nine Yang True Qi would have been an insult to it.

Although Ye Xiao had only used physical attacks before, a Yellow Rank Martial Artist would have already greatly enhanced their muscles. A high-level Yellow Rank Martial Artist could beat a group of ordinary people unrecognizably without using Inner Power True Qi, not to mention, Ye Xiao was already approaching the middle stage of the Xuan Rank.

It's said that middle stage Xuan Rank Martial Artists could emit their Inner Power True Qi to form a True Qi Gauze. Martial Artists below the Xuan Rank couldn't harm a Xuan Rank Martial Artist protected by True Qi Gauze no matter how hard they tried.

Seeing that his men had stopped, Chen Ming quickly strode towards Ye Xiao.

"Brother Xiao, are you alright?" Although Chen Ming actually felt like killing Ye Xiao at this moment, he had to speak kindly since his father was in Ye Xiao's hands.

Ye Xiao looked at Chen Ming but ignored him and instead turned to look at Qin Yulu, who was frowning and trembling next to him.

"Yulu, open your eyes, the storm has passed."

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Qin Yulu slowly opened her eyes. When she had closed her eyes earlier, she felt dizzy and the surrounding shouts scared her so much that she was trembling, though she really wanted to open her eyes to see what was happening.

But, Qin Yulu ultimately didn't open her eyes, fearing that once she did, she might see something she shouldn't see.

Now, hearing Ye Xiao speak, Qin Yulu dared to open her eyes, and when she saw about ten campus thugs lying around haphazardly, she was completely dumbfounded.

She really couldn't believe it, were they all beaten by Ye Xiao? How could Ye Xiao possibly beat so many people by himself? And these people were still lying on the ground crying out in pain.

"Ye Xiao, this..." Qin Yulu looked at the injured people on the ground, her heart trembling.

Ye Xiao smiled and said, "They got tired, so they're lying down to rest a bit."

"Brother Xiao." Chen Ming was a bit embarrassed, but he spoke to Ye Xiao again.

Ye Xiao looked up at Chen Ming, letting go of Qin Yulu's slender waist, but he was still holding her hand. It wasn't that he was worried about Qin Yulu getting hurt—who would dare to make a move now? He really just wanted to touch the young woman's hand a bit more.

"Is there something?" Ye Xiao appeared as if he didn't understand anything.

Chen Ming immediately smiled awkwardly and said, "My father will be here soon, he wants to talk to you. I wonder if Brother Xiao is free?"

"To talk to me?" Ye Xiao couldn't help but chuckle, "To receive an audience with the second man of Chen Minghai City, I am truly flattered. But, my brother is currently locked in the security room."

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Chen Ming quickly turned to Zhang Zihao and loudly cursed, "Zhang Zihao, you dare to lock up Brother Xiao's brother? Do you want to die? Quickly release him."

Zhang Zihao, hearing this, was extremely irritated, wondering whose side Chen Ming was actually on, and even more so that Chen Ming was publicly scolding him.

Zhang Zihao's face turned green with anger, he stood still, seemingly sulking.

Han Fei, seeing the situation, realized that it was impossible to take down Ye Xiao today and quickly came out, smiling and saying, "I'm going. I'm going."

Chen Ming hurriedly said to Ye Xiao, "Brother Xiao, what do you think now?"

Ye Xiao said, "When is he coming? If he's late, I won't wait. My time is also very limited."

"He's coming right away, right away. There's a coffee house nearby, let's go there. It has an elegant environment, most suitable for someone of Brother Xiao's status..."

"Enough, stop sucking up," Ye Xiao said, visibly annoyed.

Chen Ming maintained a smile, even though he was extremely displeased inside, but there was nothing he could do.

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