CHAPTER 698: CHAPTER 697: ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE (1/5)

The tongues of fire spewed.

A few elders and the palace master sensed someone shooting at them, and just as the tongues of fire spewed, they dodged. Those who couldn’t dodge showcased their magical resistance, blocking the remaining bullets.

To them, modern firearms were merely faster darts. As long as they detected them, dodging or blocking was not a difficult task.

Therefore, firearms posed little threat to them, not even as powerful as some specially crafted crossbow arrows within their sect.

Several elders wanted to deal with the few members of the Dragon Tooth Squad first, but seeing the inner sect disciples charging out, they redirected their focus onto Yang Chen and Ye Xin.

In their view, Yang Chen and Ye Xin were the important ones. Members of the Dragon Tooth Squad were mere clowns, unworthy of their attention; the inner sect disciples were more than enough to handle them.

When the inner sect disciples came out in a grand manner, the Dragon Tooth Squad’s expressions changed.

Although they had been prepared, the number of people was overwhelming.

A massive crowd, numbering around one or two hundred.

When Night Fire charged in and saw the scene, he shouted without hesitation, "Open fire!"

Instantly, a barrage of fire spewed toward the inner sect disciples.

After all, the inner sect disciples were just that, lacking the cultivation, combat experience, and reflexes of the elders and palace master.

With the sheer number of them, some could dodge, some couldn’t, and some didn’t even see the shots coming.

In an instant, screams echoed continuously, with wails all around and blood splattering everywhere.

"Quick! Disperse!"

"We’re being ambushed!"

"Don’t get hit!"

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Amidst the chaos, the inner sect disciples turned into a mess.

"Stop! Everyone, stop!" The Fifth Elder, witnessing the scene, roared with eyes nearly popping out from anger.

It could be said that these inner sect disciples were the hope of their sect and the result of painstaking cultivation efforts.

Now being swept away like this by the Dragon Tooth Squad, resulting in several deaths, their hard work was all in vain. How could they not be furious?

Yang Chen and Ye Xin also paused.

Seeing this, Yang Chen signaled the Dragon Tooth Squad to cease fire.

Soon, everyone gathered around Yang Chen.

"Boss!"

"Old Wang!"

"Master!"

Everyone looked at Yang Chen, faces full of joy and concern.

"Boss, you’re finally out; I was worried sick!" Sun Yue looked at Ye Xin, tears welling up in her eyes.

Ye Xin couldn’t help but smile at this, hugging Sun Yue, "Silly girl, it’s alright now, no need to worry."

Sun Yue hugged Ye Xin, and her tears began to flow uncontrollably.

Meng Po gazed deeply at Yang Chen, her eyes filled with tenderness and deep concern.

Yang Chen gave Meng Po a reassuring look, then turned to face the elders and palace master.

He knew that this battle was unavoidable.

If it were only him and Ye Xin, they could choose to escape.

However, with the Dragon Tooth Squad here, Yang Chen absolutely wouldn’t stand by and let his comrades face insurmountable enemies on his behalf.

Thus, Yang Chen chose to fight!

The Fifth Elder looked at the disciples who had fallen in pools of blood behind him, each being dragged into the Shangqing Sect’s array and vanishing from sight. He was trembling with rage.

His eyes were filled with blood as he glared angrily at Yang Chen.

"You have harmed my sect’s disciples; I will not forgive this lightly!" the Fifth Elder said furiously.

Yang Chen snorted coldly, "You only have yourselves to blame for attacking me!"

"You intrude into my sect, take our sect’s saintess, and hurt our palace master and elders, yet you blame us for attacking you!" the Fifth Elder roared.

In the Fifth Elder’s ears, Yang Chen’s words were mere sophistry.

Yang Chen snorted coldly, glaring at the Fifth Elder, "If you put it that way, how do you account for sending people to abduct my wife and harming my brothers?"

"Nonsense!" the Fifth Elder nearly roared in fury.

The Fourth Elder snorted coldly and said to the Fifth Elder, "Old Five, words are useless. Take action!"

The Fifth Elder wore a grim expression, staring intently at Yang Chen, his eyes filled with a fighting spirit.

Yang Chen knew that no amount of reasoning would resolve this dispute; in the end, it would come down to whoever had the bigger fist.

This battle was unavoidable.

Immediately, Yang Chen said in a deep voice, "Night Fire, Jian Feng, you take your men and spread out. Your opponents are these inner sect disciples. The few elders and palace master are ours! Meng Po, assist Night Fire and his men, just in case!"

"Yes!"

Jian Feng and Night Fire responded and immediately led their people to spread out.

At the same time, Meng Po and others followed with their weapons.

They understood Yang Chen’s intention. Although the Dragon Tooth Squad had formidable combat capabilities, they had not practiced cultivation. The squad’s prowess lay in their superhuman stamina, combat experience, and fighting abilities, but they lacked cultivation technique training and deeper internal energy utilization.

Yang Chen and Ye Xin stood side by side, staring at the five opponents.

The Fourth Elder looked at Yang Chen and snorted coldly, "A mere Transcendence stage junior dares to challenge the Shangqing Sect? Overestimating yourself! Go!"

At his command, the five people rushed forward toward Yang Chen and Ye Xin.

The Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder, and a palace master charged at Yang Chen, while the other two palace masters headed toward Ye Xin.

In their view, Yang Chen was more formidable than Ye Xin, so they paid more attention to Ye Xin’s side in their personnel allocation.

Yang Chen couldn’t help but sneer at the Fourth Elder’s words, "Who’s overestimating who? That remains to be seen!"

Immediately, they split up, each taking on their respective opponents.

The Fourth Elder wielded a whip; before he even reached Yang Chen, the whip cracked sharply, snapping toward his neck.

Yang Chen snorted coldly, pushing off with his foot and sidestepping.

The whip was an extremely difficult and flexible weapon to control. The best strategy was to evade. If you tried to block it with a weapon, the whip could entangle yours, and before you realized it, a force would snatch your weapon away.

Though Yang Chen knew that, with the Fourth Elder’s strength, it was impossible to take his weapon, he always fought carefully.

Because the outcome of the battle concerned not only his safety but also those behind him.

Yang Chen charged up, and the Fifth Elder’s two short forks were already striking toward him.

Clang, clang, clang!

Their weapons clashed rapidly, generating sparks, exchanging hundreds of blows in the blink of an eye.

After the quick exchange, they swiftly separated, staring each other down.

Both were surprised.

The Fifth Elder was astonished by Yang Chen’s speed. Though he had witnessed Yang Chen’s terrifying speed in the battles with Kun Bai, Kun Ren, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder, the real terror was fully realized only after engaging directly.

The fleeting exchange just now could have cost him his throat if he had been the slightest bit careless!

The Fifth Elder was profoundly shocked, never expecting such terrifying strength from a Transcendence stage brat!