The Fool: You Get Me-Open With the Big Move

The Westwind Lion King stepped forward, shielding Lan Batian and the other two behind him.

"Could we not sit down and talk this through?"

Yan Zhanren sneered. "You're just a beast. What makes you think you deserve a seat at my table?"

The Westwind Lion King bristled. "Young man, don't push your luck!"

Yan Zhanren extended his right hand, gathering a ball of flame in his palm.

"Enough talk. I'm in the mood for roast lion today!"

With that, he sent the flame flying at the Westwind Lion King.

It came fast. The lion king had a problem.

He could outrun the flame easily, but Lan Batian and the other two were behind him.

"Roar!" The Westwind Lion King bellowed.

A blast of wind surged from his mouth and collided with the black flame.

Boom!

That brief exchange was enough for Yan Zhanren to gauge the Westwind Lion King's strength.

He was weaker than Yan Zhanren, but he would still be troublesome.

The black flame burst apart, and the Westwind Lion King realized something was wrong.

The flame... hadn't gone out!

Ye Chen froze too. "Whoa, is that actually Amaterasu? The wind can't blow it out?"

Then he shook his head sharply. "No way. If it were Amaterasu, wouldn't the wind catch fire too...?"

The Westwind Lion King stared. What? Wind could catch fire?

"Who's there?!"

Yan Zhanren pointed, and a blast struck the wooden cabin where Ye Chen was hiding.

Lan Batian blinked. "Since when was there a wooden cabin in my house?"

"Damn, they found me. So much for catching them off guard." Ye Chen sighed helplessly.

A crack opened down the middle of the sealed cabin.

Ye Chen stepped out through it.

"Ye, you brat?!"

"Ye Chen?!"

"Ye, you bastard?!"

Zhang Daosheng, Bai Zhan, and Lan Batian cried out.

"What are you doing here?! Have you lost your mind?" Zhang Daosheng flared up at once.

Bai Zhan frowned too. "Ye Chen, get out of here!"

"Why did you come here? Damn it..."

They all sounded different, but each of them was worried about Ye Chen.

"Heh. You came here, and now you think you can leave?" Yan Zhanhei mocked.

Ye Chen shrugged. "Yeah, I came, and I'm not leaving. Old Zhang, Bai Zhan, Lan Batian, don't worry. I'm strong."

Yan Zhanren narrowed his eyes and assessed Ye Chen's cultivation.

"Seventh Awakening Realm? Strong?" He couldn't help laughing.

"Little Westwind, I'll hold off the one with the black fire. Can you take out the others in one go?" Ye Chen waved to the Westwind Lion King.

Ye Chen had every confidence in his strength now. The black flame was still burning on the Wood Release he had created, but it was spreading slowly.

Unless his opponent was a wind user like the lion king, someone who relied on speed...

He would have no choice but to attack head-on!

And head-on attacks were the last thing Ye Chen feared!

Zhang Daosheng stared at him. "Ye, you brat, do you hear yourself?!"

Lan Batian covered his forehead and turned to Zhang Daosheng. "If we survive this, take Ye Chen to get his head checked."

Bai Zhan's face went pale. As far as he could see, Ye Chen was going to die here with the rest of them.

Bai Zhan had military status, so the Yan Family wouldn't dare kill him. The others had no such protection.

Ye Chen felt helpless. The Yan Family didn't believe him, and neither did his own side.

The Westwind Lion King saw his expression and burst out laughing.

"Fine! He's yours. As for the rest... I'll finish them in no time!"

The Yan Family members roared with laughter. "This is killing me! That kid and the stupid lion really think they can stop Third Master!"

"Hahahaha! My stomach hurts!"

Yan Zhanren laughed too. "Kid, are you serious?"

Ye Chen glanced around at his surroundings.

He lowered himself slightly, his face turning grave.

"Old Zhang, Bai Zhan, Lan Batian, you three, move back!"

Zhang Daosheng was about to speak, but the Westwind Lion King stopped him.

"I'd listen to him if I were you. Move back."

Ye Chen pressed his palms together!

Sage Face Markings appeared, along with the familiar markings around his eyes.

His aura surged.

Everyone present was stunned.

Ye Chen grinned. "Farther back!"

Zhang Daosheng frowned. They were already hundreds of meters away from Ye Chen!

"Do as he says," the Westwind Lion King said meaningfully.

The Yan Family members began to sense something was wrong.

"Seventh Elder, should we...?"

Yan Zhanbai narrowed his eyes and looked toward Yan Zhanren.

Yan Zhanren smiled. "His aura has grown a lot, but he's still an ant."

Yan Zhanbai breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's fine. The kid can't do much!"

Ye Chen saw that Zhang Daosheng and the other two were nearly a kilometer away.

"Watch out!!!"

"Sage Art: True Thousand Hands!"

Ye Chen spread his hands, then brought them together!

The ground shook violently. Countless branches burst from the earth, and trees twisted together.

A Wood Dragon coiled around a Wooden Human!

The earth kept shaking!

The Wooden Human emerged, seated cross-legged on the ground!

The hundred-meter-tall figure left everyone dumbstruck!

"I'm not done yet!!!" Ye Chen roared.

A Buddha's head rose from the earth, followed by its body.

Thousands of arms fanned out behind the Great Buddha. A kilometer tall, it opened its eyes and stared straight at Yan Zhanren and the other two in the air.

As for the others? No one knew if they were alive or dead.

They had been too close and had been caught inside the Great Buddha. They were probably crushed beneath it!

The kilometer-tall Great Buddha obliterated the entire Lan Family estate. Even the guard dog's kennel was gone.

A towering Buddha stood in the middle of Zanghai City!

"Everyone, look! What is that?!"

"A Buddha?!"

"Why is it so huge?!"

"My god, it must be a kilometer tall!"

Some sharp-eyed onlookers noticed that what looked like a crown on the Buddha's head was actually a giant sitting cross-legged atop it.

And there seemed to be people standing on the giant's head! They were too far away to make out clearly.

"Yan Zhanren! Am I qualified to fight you now?!"

Ye Chen glared at Yan Zhanren, his roar ringing through the sky.

Yan Zhanren went pale and swallowed, struggling to look calm.

"You think being big means you can fight?!"

Truth be told, it did... Which Mutant Beast of the Blazing Sun Realm didn't have a true form hundreds of meters tall?

But the Great Buddha before him was a kilometer tall, and the arms behind it rose twice as high!

"Let's find out!"

"Hah!!"

At that sharp cry, the True Thousand Hands moved!

An arm shot out from the right!

It hurtled toward Yan Zhanren like a missile.

Even the Westwind Lion King was stunned. "Holy hell... Dong Shizhang got lucky back then... He didn't have this thing chasing him down..."

Dong Shizhang crawled out of hell with a smile and said, "Thanks a lot!"