Ye Xiao rose from the ground once again, although even the protective barrier of the Nine Yang Divine Skill could not prevent the reversal of True Qi within his body, causing considerable damage to Ye Xiao's meridians. Thus, his entire body felt extremely uncomfortable—if not for the potent healing capability of the Nine Yang True Qi within him, Ye Xiao might have been spewing blood like a fountain!

Li Dachong couldn't have even dreamed of what occurred; he thought that clashing head-on with Ye Xiao using True Qi would at least result in mutual destruction, but to his shock, Ye Xiao had slammed him hard into the ground. At that moment, Li Dachong's lower body felt numb, almost as if he had lost all sensation, let alone the ability to use his Inner Power True Qi. But when he saw Ye Xiao standing up off the ground, an evil smile on his face, he was downright petrified!

Indeed, he was utterly astonished; he simply couldn't fathom how Ye Xiao could still stand amidst such dire circumstances!

Ye Xiao slowly walked up to Li Dachong, a confident smile on his face.

"Tell me," who exactly sent you here? Was it just the Zhang family?" Ye Xiao was no fool, and from his interactions with Zhang Zihao and Zhang Zilong, he sensed they were not ordinary people. However, he couldn't believe they could possibly engage a Late-stage Xuan Rank expert like Li Dachong on their own.

Therefore, Ye Xiao had every reason to suspect there were more people behind this and that these individuals might be the most formidable adversaries!

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Li Dachong didn't beg for mercy. Martial Artists possess a fierce pride, and as a Late-stage Xuan Rank expert, Li Dachong naturally bore his pride strong.

"If you want to kill, then kill," from my mouth, squeezing any words out is an absolute impossibility!" Li Dachong's voice was weak but resolute.

Ye Xiao looked at Li Dachong for a full five seconds, then suddenly, he smiled faintly!

Seeing Ye Xiao suddenly smile made Li Dachong's heart thump with surprise once again. At this moment, he wanted to use his Inner Power True Qi to heal his organs, but—

Suddenly Ye Xiao's right hand extended, and a flame burst forth from his palm!

"Fire Demolishing Palm?" Li Dachong saw the flame on Ye Xiao's hand and was shocked to his core.

"Smart," now, what if you taste the Fire Demolishing Palm? Wouldn't it feel great?" Ye Xiao chuckled lightly.

Li Dachong knew the properties of the Fire Demolishing Palm well, being a Martial Arts expert himself and quite familiar with a multitude of Martial Arts techniques.

Seeing Ye Xiao's Fire Demolishing Palm emitting a flame much brighter than usual indicated to him that it was closely associated with Ye Xiao's Inner Power True Qi!

"Won't you beg me?" Ye Xiao whispered with a smile, his eyes fixed on Li Dachong.

"Want me to beg you?" Li Dachong's voice was even weaker than before, he scoffed coldly, "That's utterly impossible!"

"Then, I will kill you!"

"There will be someone who'll handle you, someone you absolutely cannot defeat!" Li Dachong's voice broke!

"I don't know about the person you speak of, but you—must die now!" Ye Xiao finished speaking, flipped his hand, and pressed the flaming palm against Ye Xiao's head!

"Ah—"

A scream of utmost agony emitted from Li Dachong's mouth, but it lasted only two seconds before silence followed.

Ye Xiao slowly walked outside the ruined warehouse, and there lay Li Dachong with blood flowing from every orifice, his lower body permanently embedded in the ground—he was dead!

Ye Xiao initially wished to extract some useful information from Li Dachong, but upon seeing the look in his eyes, he gave up.

Because he knew he could never get any useful information from Li Dachong, who possessed a soul— the soul of an arrogantly proud Martial Artist, a trait belonging to only a few who face dire circumstances and display absolute fearlessness. Hence Li Dachong was admirable, and thus, Ye Xiao killed him without torture.

As Ye Xiao stepped out of the abandoned warehouse, he found Wang Luoxin had already awakened, supported by Purple Flame and Cheng Yun. Although the others had also sustained various internal injuries, the fighting sounds from inside had indeed made them forget their pain.

Therefore, seeing Ye Xiao emerge from the abandoned warehouse was both a shock and a relief. Although they had been enemies not long ago, everyone now hoped to see Ye Xiao come out, simply because compared to Li Dachong, Ye Xiao's malevolence was well-known.

"Feeling better?" Ye Xiao approached Wang Luoxin with a smile.

Wang Luoxin looked at Ye Xiao, hesitated for a moment, but finally faced him and said, "Thank you, they told me you saved me!"

"You..." Wang Luoxin's brows fiercely knitted!

At that moment, due to her anger, Wang Luoxin felt a bit of discomfort in her body and couldn't help but cough a few times!

Cheng Yun and Purple Flame immediately supported Wang Luoxin, and Purple Flame said to Ye Xiao, "Ye Xiao, don't... don't agitate Sister Chi Yu anymore, her injuries are severe!"

Ye Xiao replied with an innocent face, "When did I agitate her? Just now when I was breaking the formation, it was clearly her chest that took the biggest hit, so, I think she wanted to know if it was swollen or not, but who knows what she's thinking in her head? Purple Flame, tell me, what are you thinking about in your pure mind? It better not be something dirty..."

Before Ye Xiao could finish, the young and naive Purple Flame turned red with embarrassment, mumbling under her breath, "I... I didn't!"

"Heh, I knew you didn't; well, I won't chat with you folks anymore. I'm going to check out the cold storage!" Ye Xiao hadn't forgotten what he came here for!

Qin Yulu was still in cold storage number one, and now that Li Dachong was dead, there probably was nothing left to stop him!

So, after saying that, Ye Xiao hurried directly towards cold storage number one, moving so fast that he didn't allow anyone else a chance to react before he dashed inside!

The moment Ye Xiao entered, the door of cold storage number one slammed shut!

That sudden closure gave Ye Xiao quite a shock; he certainly hadn't closed it!

Inside, the cold storage was extremely dim and bitterly cold. Even Ye Xiao, who was usually quite resistant to colds, felt chills!

As Ye Xiao walked further inside, suddenly something on the ground tripped him. If it weren't for his agile reflexes, he would have probably fallen flat!

Ye Xiao immediately focused his gaze and was surprised to find that the obstruction was a human body. The body still had warmth, but there was no breath left!

Just died?

After concluding this, Ye Xiao felt even more surprised; had Li Dachong killed this person? Li Dachong had just walked out from here.

However, Ye Xiao couldn't fathom why Li Dachong would have a motive to kill this person!

"Stop looking!" Just as Ye Xiao was taken aback by the corpse on the ground, suddenly an elderly voice echoed from the depths of the cold storage!

Ye Xiao, startled by the voice that was somewhat hoarse, was genuinely taken aback.

"Who is it?" Ye Xiao exclaimed in shock.

At this moment, it was very dark inside, and even with Ye Xiao's excellent vision, he couldn't pinpoint the source of the sound!

However, at that moment, a few slow footsteps were heard, and a silhouette appeared right in front of Ye Xiao. Carefully inspecting, he recognized him as the old man who had previously warned him not to enter when he had gone into the Yusha cold storage!

"Elder, is it you?" Seeing the old man, Ye Xiao, although addressing him respectfully, was already prepared for battle!

If before he had thought this old man might not be an enemy, now Ye Xiao was not so sure.

"Do you want to fight me?" The old man's voice carried a trace of amusement.

"The cold air in this cold storage is no ordinary cold. Even a late-stage Xuan rank martial artist will feel the bone-chilling cold here, and a Fire Element martial artist will have their strength greatly reduced!" the old man said slowly and clearly.

Hearing the old man's words, Ye Xiao's surprise surfaced again, as he was quite self-aware—he was a Fire Element martial artist, and the Nine Yang Divine Skill was an extremely firm and positive cultivation technique.

Thus, it was clear that the old man had a good estimate of his abilities.

"Elder, what are you trying to say?" Ye Xiao looked towards the old man!

The old man laughed heartily and said, "Honestly, for a woman's sake, you almost died here. I really don't want to be friends with you, but I have waited many years, and I really can't wait any longer!"

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