Chapter 547: Regret

Han Luo, a Supreme Elder of the Vermilion Bird Clan, was a Cultivator who had stepped into the Spirit Sea Realm.

Yet, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he was sent flying by a casual punch from Ye Chen, severely injured on the spot!

How could this not astonish the onlookers?

‘This kid… he’s even stronger than before he left the clan!’

The old Priest breathed a sigh of relief. His judgment had been correct. Ye Chen must have obtained the White Tiger Clan’s Fire Seed; otherwise, there was no way he could have become this powerful.

Zhao Tiankuo and the others, however, were not surprised. They had long been aware of Ye Chen’s strength, so there was nothing for them to be shocked about.

Lin Ruowei, on the other hand, had a pretty face so pale it was drained of all color, as if she had seen a ghost. Her expression was one of utter disbelief.

“You… How can you be so strong?!”

Han Luo was the strongest expert in her faction, her greatest source of confidence for asserting dominance within the clan.

But she never imagined that Han Luo wouldn’t even be able to take a single punch from the young man before her!

‘This is just too ridiculous!’

Xiaohe’s small face was also frozen in a daze, her heart filled with both excitement and thrill.

‘With the Young Master here, I really don’t have to worry about the Young Mistress being bullied!’

“Husband…” Lin Qiyun’s gaze softened. The heart that had been hanging in her throat finally settled.

After sending Han Luo flying with one punch, Ye Chen’s gaze slowly turned to Lin Ruowei.

“You… What are you trying to do?!”

At this moment, Lin Ruowei could no longer maintain her calm and composed demeanor.

Her pretty face changed color. Just from Ye Chen’s eyes alone, she felt an indescribable sense of pressure, forcing her to take a step back involuntarily.

“This time, there’s no one left to protect you, is there?”

Ye Chen smiled and was just about to make his move.

“Damn it!”

“Clan Leader, fall back! I can still fight!”

Han Luo roared, struggling to push himself up from the ground.

He had taken a Healing Elixir right after being struck down, and by now, he had recovered some of his strength.

“But, you…” Lin Ruowei hesitated, looking at Han Luo’s miserable, blood-soaked state.

“Form the array!”

Han Luo ignored Lin Ruowei’s plea. He took a step forward, and the power of the Spirit Sea Realm erupted from his body.

Seeing this, the Elders of his faction behind him all made their move at the right moment. A powerful Array slowly began to form before everyone’s eyes.

“That’s a killing array, meant only for fending off external enemies!”

“Han Luo, what is the meaning of this?!”

The old Priest’s brows furrowed as he snapped coldly.

“As far as I’m concerned, this person *is* an external enemy!”

Han Luo glared at Ye Chen. Bolstered by the Array’s power, his aura surged to an almost unimaginable degree. Even the old Priest felt his skin tighten under the immense pressure.

But Ye Chen couldn’t even be bothered to give it a second glance. He swatted casually with his hand.

BOOM!

A muffled bang reverberated between heaven and earth.

The massive Array, which had only just finished forming, instantly shattered with a BOOM, like a deflating balloon.

With the Array shattered by Ye Chen’s palm, Han Luo and the other Elders, connected by its energy, were all severely injured. They coughed up blood one after another, their auras weakening until they could barely even stand.

In that instant, the entire crowd was terror-stricken!

“…This is not an enemy we can handle!”

“Clan Leader, I did my best…”

Han Luo could no longer hold himself up and collapsed directly onto the ground.

He felt as if all the strength had been drained from his body. At this moment, he would struggle to even move a finger!

Lin Ruowei stared blankly at this scene.

She finally realized that Ye Chen’s strength was far, far beyond theirs. Even his casual attacks were utterly crushing!

Before Ye Chen, they didn’t have the slightest chance to fight back!

“How could you be… so strong?”

Lin Ruowei managed to speak, her tone filled with bitterness and regret.

Even Han Luo, backed by the combined power of all the Elders, couldn’t deal with Ye Chen. She certainly wasn’t naive enough to think she could escape from his grasp.

She suddenly felt a pang of regret.

‘Perhaps… I shouldn’t have let Lin Qiyun and Ye Chen marry back then… Perhaps, if I’d had a little more foresight, I could have roped Ye Chen into my own camp first…’

‘If I had, a situation like today’s would never have happened, would it?’

‘In fact, with Ye Chen’s help, my rule would have been even more stable, and the power of my faction would have grown even stronger!’

Lin Ruowei gave a miserable laugh.

‘Things have already come to this. What’s the use of regret?’

‘Besides, who could have ever imagined back then that a good-for-nothing with no cultivation would possess such immense combat strength?’

‘Without a doubt, Ye Chen must have been a Body Cultivator before. Even without his Spiritual Cultivation, his physical strength alone is enough to crush many other Cultivators!’

“This time, are you ready to accept your fate?” Ye Chen looked at Lin Ruowei with an indifferent gaze.

“Perhaps this is the will of the heavens. Fate decreed that my sister should not fall, so it made me act foolishly and granted her a chance to turn the tables.”

Lin Ruowei spoke bitterly, but her gaze remained sharp. “However, accept my fate? It’s still a little too early for me to do that.”

“Oh?”

“Don’t tell me you still have another card up your sleeve?”

Ye Chen looked at Lin Ruowei with great interest.

“Of course.”

“I always plan ahead. Elder Han Luo’s strength alone was never enough to completely secure my rule.”

“Therefore, I naturally made other preparations!”

Lin Ruowei suddenly smiled. Her smile was undeniably beautiful—not gentle and soft like Lin Qiyun’s, nor pure and transcendent like Qing Lian’s. It had an indescribable brightness and charm.

She suddenly took out a Token and crushed it fiercely!

CRACK!

The Token vanished into a cloud of dust.

Seeing this, Han Luo’s pupils shrank. “Clan Leader, bringing them here is just letting a wolf in the house!”

“But this is the only thing I can do, isn’t it?”

Lin Ruowei’s gaze was resolute and unyielding. “Besides, I’m going to marry into the Profound Wind Pavilion in the future anyway. Given their nature, it’s only a matter of time before they annex our Vermilion Bird Clan.”

“I just have to find an opportunity to take the Vermilion Bird Clan back from the Profound Wind Pavilion later on!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire crowd was shocked!

The Profound Wind Pavilion was a third-rate power with a full seven Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivators presiding over it. It was quite famous in the vicinity!

It was rumored that the Pavilion Master of the Profound Wind Pavilion was an expert at the Peak of the Primordial Mansion Realm, just one step away from the Divinity Transformation Realm.

As long as he succeeded in his breakthrough during his seclusion, the Profound Wind Pavilion would shed its title as a third-rate power and ascend to the ranks of second-rate powers!

The old Priest’s eyes glinted. He finally understood where Lin Ruowei had gone when she left the clan during this period.

‘So she went to the Profound Wind Pavilion to propose a marriage alliance!’

Without a doubt, the one proposing the alliance was Lin Ruowei herself.

She would marry into the Profound Wind Pavilion, and as the Clan Leader of the Vermilion Bird Clan, her clan would receive the Profound Wind Pavilion’s protection and support!