Chapter 79: The Chen Family's Retribution
"Don't bother shouting."
Xiao Ye strode into the room. "Your men are all down outside. Not a single one can get back on their feet!"
Chen Ming was about to ask who Xiao Ye was when he suddenly remembered the photo he'd seen before.
'Isn't this the guy who crippled Chen Li and Chen Peng!'
'What does he want, barging into the Chen Family home this late at night?!'
Chen Ming swallowed fearfully and took a step back. "Wh-what do you want?"
"Bodyguards! Bodyguards!"
Xiao Ye sat down on the sofa without a hint of ceremony, picked up a piece of imported fruit, and took a bite with a CRUNCH.
"Go ahead and scream. No one will come, even if you scream your lungs out."
Chen Ming was scared. He didn't want to end up a cripple like Chen Li. "Wh-what do you really want?"
"As long as you don't hurt me, I… I can consider anything that isn't too outrageous."
"Simple. Get all your Chen Family Elders and your Patriarch back here."
Xiao Ye laid down his terms directly. "Within one hour, every single one of them must be here."
'If I'm going to deal with the Chen Family, I might as well take care of them all at once.'
Chen Ming, who had been terrified just a moment ago, suddenly had a look of glee on his face.
'This idiot Xiao Ye actually told him to call for backup!'
'He'd been worried about how to protect himself.'
'With so many experts in the Chen Family, there's no way they can't take down this one guy!'
"Fine, I'll call them back right now!"
Chen Ming eagerly whipped out his phone and dialed the numbers for the Patriarch and the various Elders.
'This was a perfect opportunity. He could let everyone see that *he* was the one who devised the plan to capture Xiao Ye, not those two crippled fools!'
How could Xiao Ye not guess what he was thinking?
'In the face of absolute power, all schemes and plots are futile!'
He continued to sit and eat fruit, acting as if he were in his own home.
About forty minutes passed.
Members of the Chen Family began to file in.
The current Patriarch of the Chen Family, Chen Bohua, led the way, followed by the various Elders.
They had been at a banquet and rushed back immediately after receiving Chen Ming's call.
Seeing Xiao Ye, the root of all their problems, Chen Bohua looked ready to flay him alive. His eyes burned with hatred. "You dare show your face here!"
'Thanks to him, both of his children were now cripples!'
He gritted his teeth. "You injured members of my Chen Family! You deserve to die a thousand deaths! Men, seize him!"
Xiao Ye nonchalantly wiped his hands. "Don't waste time. Just come at me all at once. Your so-called Eight Great Vajras and Four Great Experts… I killed them all."
This declaration stunned everyone.
They had almost forgotten—those were the Chen Family's top experts!
Chen Bohua's face darkened, but then he let out a cold sneer. "Don't think I don't know what happened. You used a sneak attack. Otherwise, how could you possibly have defeated so many experts from my Chen Family!"
"Since you've come here to die, don't blame me for what happens next! Everyone, attack!"
"Kill this son of a bitch! Avenge the heroic spirits of my Chen Family who have fallen!"
'Heroic spirits?'
'Are they even worthy?'
'Just a bunch of scumbags whose evil deeds have caught up to them!'
Hearing the command, the Chen Family's bodyguards swarmed forward!
Chen Ming looked at Chen Bohua, seeking to curry favor. "I'm the one who tricked this kid into coming here. This trap will make sure he has no way out!"
However, the only response he got was the sound of one bodyguard after another hitting the floor!
Several of them were sent flying into the wall, splattering blood across the pristine white surface in a shocking display!
Witnessing this, the members of the Chen Family were terrified.
'How can anyone be this strong!'
The bodyguards they had hired at great expense were like sandbags, completely unable to withstand a single blow!
As he watched his men dwindle, Chen Bohua finally realized the situation and turned to run.
Just then, a deep voice rang out as a tall man walked into the Chen Family villa. "I have arrived!"
Chen Bohua instantly looked as if he'd found his savior. "Quick! Kill this guy!"
"This is our Chen Family's number one expert! You're finished!"
He looked at Xiao Ye as if he were already a dead man.
Just as this was happening, Xiao Ye finished off the last bodyguard and turned to face the so-called number one expert.
'A sinister face. He doesn't look like a good person at first glance.'
'His brow is dark. He's in for a bloody disaster today!'
Xiao Ye laughed, his eyes filled with disdain. "Number one expert? What a joke. Seems like anyone dares to call themselves an expert these days!"
"You're courting death!"
The man roared and charged forward, his momentum unstoppable!
Every member of the Chen Family wore an excited expression, as if they couldn't wait to see Xiao Ye die a miserable death!
However, Xiao Ye simply raised a hand to block the punch, and with a simultaneous kick, sent the man flying!
Against Xiao Ye's full, unrestrained power, even a "number one expert" was just another person lining up to be slaughtered!
THUD!
The man crashed heavily to the ground, motionless. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth; he was clearly severely injured!
'External wounds are easy to treat, but internal injuries are another story!'
The members of the Chen Family all backed away, staring at him in terror.
Chen Ming swallowed hard. "Th-that's impossible!"
Xiao Ye's gaze swept across the room as he sneered, "Your Chen Family has committed countless evil deeds, aiding a tyrant in his villainy."
"As for the Han Family, they were the ones in the wrong first. Their destruction was just retribution."
"Not only did you fail to distinguish right from wrong, but you also resorted to despicable means to seek revenge!"
"Today, your Chen Family will face its own retribution!"
Chen Bohua finally accepted the fact that the Chen Family was probably finished today!
He turned and slapped Chen Ming across the face. "Useless!"
'If he hadn't brought Xiao Ye here, they wouldn't be facing this situation!'
At this moment, Chen Ming was also filled with regret. 'If he had known, he never would have taken credit for this.'
'So much for getting credit. This wasn't a triumph; it was a disaster!'
Xiao Ye sat back down on the sofa. There was a smile on his face, but his eyes were ice-cold.
'The current balance of power in the Provincial City can't be disrupted. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the Lin Family to establish a foothold.'
'Even if he eliminated the Chen Family and handed things over to Lin Chuyue, the remaining "Three Tigers of the Provincial City" were no pushovers. They would certainly target the Lin Family, and might even join forces.'
'In that case, he couldn't just get rid of the Chen Family.'
'But he had another way.'
Xiao Ye beckoned with his hand. "You few, come here."
Chen Bohua and the Elders exchanged glances, their faces grim.
They wanted to run, but they knew their old bones wouldn't get them far enough to escape Xiao Ye's grasp.
Steeling themselves, the few of them walked over to stand before Xiao Ye.
Chen Bohua still tried to put on a brave face. "Xiao Ye, the Han Family was connected to our Chen Family by marriage. It's only natural that we would help them."
"Besides, we never acted against the Lin Family, nor did we touch your core interests."
"I promise you, from this moment on, we will never move against the Lin Family!"
Xiao Ye scoffed. "You idiot. Are you trying to fool a three-year-old?"
'The Chen Family's specialty was using underhanded tactics. Xiao Ye had to eliminate any possibility of that happening, once and for all!'
"You!"
Chen Bohua was furious. In all his years, no one had ever dared to speak to him like that!
But one look at Xiao Ye's murderous gaze and his anger evaporated. "Then what do you want?"
Xiao Ye picked up another piece of fruit, popped it into his mouth, and said leisurely, "My wife has a kind heart. She doesn't like me fighting and killing."
"That's the only reason you members of the Chen Family are still alive today. Otherwise, you'd have met the same fate as the Han Family."
"If anyone came to look tomorrow, they would find the Chen Family villa filled with corpses. I guarantee they wouldn't find a single living person!"