Behind him followed over a dozen experts of the Ruthless lineage, each with formidable auras and considerable strength.
"Ye Fan, we meet again." Hua Yunfei curled his lips into a cold smile. "You escaped last time, but you won't be so lucky this time."
Ye Fan stared at him coldly, his eyes burning with rage.
"Hua Yunfei, your Ruthless lineage truly is impossible to shake off."
Hua Yunfei laughed. "Likewise. Did you really think we wouldn't know you had come here?"
His gaze fell upon the Green Bronze Fragment in Ye Fan's hand, and greed flashed in his eyes.
"That Green Bronze Fragment, along with the treasure within this forbidden land, will all belong to our Ruthless lineage today!"
Ye Fan sneered. "Just you people?"
"That's right, just us." Hua Yunfei waved his hand, and the dozen or so experts behind him immediately spread out, surrounding Ye Fan and Chu Yang.
"Ye Fan, do you think Tu Fei can protect you?" he said darkly. "Let me tell you something. This time, we brought three elders at the Half-step Saint Realm. No matter how powerful Tu Fei is, he cannot possibly stand against three Half-step Saint Realm experts."
Ye Fan's heart sank as his gaze swept across the enemies surrounding them.
Sure enough, among those dozen experts were three whose auras were especially powerful. They were precisely the Half-step Saint Realm elders Hua Yunfei had mentioned.
Three Half-step Saint Realm experts...
That lineup truly was beyond what he could handle.
He instinctively looked toward Chu Yang, only to find him as calm as ever, as if he had not taken these enemies seriously at all.
"Brother Tu..."
Chu Yang waved a hand, cutting him off.
"Don't worry. Leave it to me," he said casually.
Hua Yunfei sneered. "Tu Fei, who do