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"Eh?"
As he listened to his subordinates' wails, the officer stared at the eyeball in Ye Chen's hand, frozen in place. After standing there in a daze for a moment, he finally reached slowly toward his right eye socket, where a burning sensation was beginning to rise.
"Yaaahhhhhh—!"
And so, the officer dropped to both knees with a thud, joining his subordinates in a heart-rending performance of screams.
Ye Chen quietly admired the scene before him, a deeply fulfilled smile on his face. With another gentle wave of his hand, he raised a burst of cold black light and bestowed the "Abyss Three-Piece Set" upon every invader present, turning each and every one of them into a "spasming firebrand."
The refugees standing behind him were utterly petrified by this sudden turn of events.
One after another, they collapsed to the ground. Looking down at the group of fire-men who wished they were dead, then looking up at that back wreathed in black mist, they stared agape, trembling with fear, not daring even to breathe too loudly.
At this moment, Ye Chen's presence—and the power he displayed—undoubtedly inspired a terror in the refugees far deeper than that caused by the invaders. It was like facing a natural disaster at arm's length, leaving their limbs limp and their bodies unable to move.
However, the Daig Family alone was different.
Although the strange black aura and savage presence emanating from the young man initially filled the family with dread, they soon realized that the figure's appearance felt incomparably familiar.
As a fragment of memory flashed through their minds, Daigman, Daigrick, and Daigrian's expressions changed. They immediately cried out at Ye Chen's figure in shock:
"You're... Ye Chen, aren't you!?"
"Big brother!?"
"Big Brother Ye Chen, Big Brother Ye Chen, is it