Chapter 31

**Snap! Snap! Snap!**

Du Xianhong looked at Ye Xuan with cold eyes, a smirk of satisfaction on his lips. His feet swiftly and consecutively stomped on Ye Xuan's right arm, left leg, and right leg, shattering the bones to pieces!

Ye Xuan's agonized screams echoed across the training ground, reaching the ears of the Ye family members, causing them to clench their fists in rage, their eyes burning with murderous intent.

The Du family was being too overbearing!

The onlookers from other families couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines. The Du family was clearly intent on making a mortal enemy of the Ye family!

"Stop it!"

Ye Zhong roared, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes bloodshot with fury. He wished he could tear Du Xianhong to pieces. The Du family was too vicious; Ye Xuan had already been defeated, yet Du Xianhong still refused to let up, continuing to crush Ye Xuan's bones with brutal force, leaving him crippled!

"Xianhong, that's enough. Don't ruin the harmony. This is, after all, the Ye family's territory. Although the younger generation of the Ye family are all useless, we should still give them some face," Du Yuanming, the head of the Du family, said with a mocking smile, casually glancing at the Ye family members whose rage was boiling over.

Was this giving the Ye family face? It was more like rubbing salt in their wounds!

Du Yuanming's words were a blatant insult!

"Is the Du family one of the three major families in Qingyue City, while the Ye family is what? Though they bear the name of a major family, they have long since declined. They are the lowest of the low among the major families. Not a single five-star martial artist has emerged in the younger generation, and they have no successors. They will only become more destitute. It's hard to say whether they can even maintain their status as a major family this year!" General Zhou Wu sneered disdainfully.

"The Du family wants the land at Beishan Bay. Just sell it to us. Those who understand the times are wise. Why make things difficult for yourself? If I were you, I would sell it to the Du family and form a good relationship," Dong He, the president of Linghe Chamber of Commerce, said with a smile. "Without strength, what good is being stubborn? This is called having backbone? I think it's foolish!"

The mocking and disdainful remarks of General Zhou Wu and Dong He made Ye Zhengqing, the head of the Ye family, extremely grim. His fists were clenched so tightly that the veins on his hands were bulging, and his heart was filled with rage and murderous intent. The Ye family may have declined, but they were not to be bullied!

"Brother Ye, the young ones are just being ignorant. They don't know their own strength. Don't take it to heart. I will definitely teach him a lesson later. How could he be so excessive? Even if the other party is useless, they should still be given some face!" Du Yuanming said with a false smile, looking at the ashen-faced Ye Zhengqing, but there was no hint of apology in his tone.

"It's because Ye Xuan is not as skilled!" Ye Zhengqing took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, suppressing the boiling rage in his heart. He looked at the smug Du Yuanming and said coldly.

Ye Hai leaped onto the training ground and carefully carried Ye Xuan down.

Ye Xuan was clearly on the brink of death, his injuries severe, and there was even a risk of death! Even the tough Ye Hai couldn't help but have red-rimmed eyes, quickly giving Ye Xuan a pill.

"Zhong, go. Ye Xuan has three broken ribs, and the bones in his arms and thighs are broken. You know what to do, right?" Ye Zhengqing placed his hand on Ye Zhong's shoulder, applying a slight pressure.

"Okay!" Ye Zhong nodded, feeling the suppressed anger in his grandfather.

Ye Zhong stared at the arrogant Du Xianhong with bloodshot eyes, his gaze cold, as if he were looking at a dead man.

"Ye Xuan, I will avenge you tenfold, a hundredfold!" As he watched Ye Xuan being carried away by the clan members for treatment, Ye Zhong's fists clenched tightly, and he spoke with a cold, resolute voice.

Ye Zhong's robe fluttered as he leaped onto the training ground, his arms bulging with veins, looking particularly fierce. At this moment, Ye Zhong was like a ferocious beast, radiating a brutal aura, completely different from his usual steady demeanor.

"Is this all the Ye family has? I, Du Xianhong, can easily deal with all of you useless people!" Du Xianhong looked down at Ye Zhong with a condescending gaze, speaking with cold arrogance.

Du Xianhong knew that Ye Zhong was the strongest of the younger generation of the Ye family, a four-star martial artist. However, even if Ye Zhong's cultivation was the same as his, he did not take Ye Zhong seriously.

"Even if our cultivation is the same, you can't possibly win against me!" Du Xianhong was confident because he mastered a peak-level high-grade spirit technique.

"A large family, yet the strongest of the younger generation is only a four-star martial artist. How pitiful. Let me see just how useless the top of the Ye family's younger generation is!" Du Xianhong sneered and arrogantly beckoned to Ye Zhong with his fingers.

As soon as Du Xianhong's words fell, seventy-two divine patterns condensed around Ye Zhong, shimmering with energy, forming a wave-like pattern beneath his feet.

High-grade spirit technique, Wave Step!

With the sound of water, Ye Zhong stepped on the wave, transforming into a blur, moving at an incredibly terrifying speed. At this moment, Ye Zhong, fueled by anger, held nothing back.

The power of a five-star martial artist erupted instantly!

*Whoosh!*

In the blink of an eye, Ye Zhong was in front of Du Xianhong, his fist surrounded by a faint silver energy, like a glove. This was something only a five-star martial artist could do!

The strength of a five-star martial artist was a qualitative leap from a four-star martial artist. A five-star martial artist could make energy surround their body, making them faster, stronger, and more resilient than a four-star martial artist.

Just as a few six-star martial artists were no match for a seven-star martial artist, a few four-star martial artists were no match for a five-star martial artist.

A five-star martial artist could make energy surround their body, while a seven-star martial artist could condense energy into feathers.

Ye Zhong, like a charging leopard, his muscles trembling with explosive power, his fist whistling through the air like thunder.

"Five-star martial artist! How is this possible?!" In Du Xianhong's shocked gaze, Ye Zhong's iron fist grew larger and larger.

Du Xianhong instinctively raised his hands to block.

*Bang!*

Ye Zhong's fist, like a hammer, struck heavily, driving straight through and smashing into Du Xianhong's chest.

*Snap! Snap! Snap!*

Du Xianhong's hand bones shattered, his chest caved in, and at least six of his ribs were broken.

A five-star martial artist was already much stronger than a four-star martial artist. Ye Zhong, fueled by anger and using a peak-level high-grade spirit technique, moved with lightning speed, leaving the four-star martial artist Du Xianhong with no chance to fight back.

The gap between a four-star martial artist and a five-star martial artist was too great. A difference of one star in cultivation meant a significant difference in strength. Challenging a higher level was not something ordinary people could do.

At least in Qingyue City, it was rare to see someone defeat a higher-level opponent!

"I will avenge the pain and humiliation you inflicted on my cousin Ye Xuan, and I will do it tenfold, a hundredfold!" Ye Zhong walked towards the groaning Du Xianhong on the ground, his face as cold as a terrifying death god.

"Don't! Spare me!" Du Xianhong, seeing Ye Zhong approaching step by step, showed a look of fear, no longer the arrogant and overbearing person he was before.

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Fists glowing with a faint silver light, heavy as mountains, carrying Ye Zhong's overwhelming rage, struck Du Xianhong's face, body, arms, and thighs.

His attacks were extremely ruthless!

"Energy surrounding the body, a five-star martial artist!" Du Yuanming's face turned extremely ugly. He never expected Ye Zhong to be a five-star martial artist.

According to the information the Du family had gathered, Ye Zhong was still a four-star martial artist three days ago!

"Is that Ye Zhong, the top of the Ye family's younger generation? The Ye family's younger generation isn't so weak after all!"

"Ye Zhong is only twenty-two years old, right? A five-star martial artist at twenty-two, his future is boundless!"

Many of the young nobles watching the scene whispered to each other, and the young nobles from the Ye family's rival families had somewhat solemn expressions. A five-star martial artist at twenty-two meant that in the future, the Ye family might have another Condensation Realm expert!

On the training ground, Ye Zhong's fists shattered every bone in Du Xianhong's body, rupturing his internal organs. Although he didn't kill him, Du Xianhong was completely crippled.

Although Ye Zhong was angry, he remained rational. Severely injuring or crippling Du Xianhong was not a big issue, as the Du family had crippled a member of the Ye family first. Now, the Ye family was retaliating in kind, and the Du family couldn't say much in front of so many people.

But if he killed Du Xianhong, the Du family would have an excuse to cause trouble for the Ye family. The Ye family's strength was far inferior to the Du family, and the Du family had several powerful allies. If a full-scale war broke out, the Ye family had no chance of winning.

Ye Zhong was very clear about this, so he was very measured in his actions, making Du Xianhong suffer without taking his life!

"Zhong, that's enough. Don't ruin the harmony. The Du family is one of the three major families in Qingyue City, and we should still give them some face," Ye Zhengqing's cold voice rang out, looking at Du Yuanming and mimicking his earlier tone, returning Du Yuanming's words verbatim.

The Ye family rarely provoked trouble, but they were never afraid of it. Even in the face of the powerful Du family, the Ye family remained unyielding, retaliating in kind!

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