CHAPTER 1169: CHAPTER 1165: THE ONLY HOPE

The martial artists all looked to Ye Tian as their leader, so when he finished meditating, they immediately gathered around him, asking questions...

"Boss, what should we do next? Please give us orders!"

"Everyone can’t stand the arrogance of the Black Hole Clan. We want to have a big fight with them. Ye Tian, what do you think?"

"Young man, you need to make a decision quickly. Right now, we all have one goal, which is to destroy the Black Hole Clan!"

"The people in the southern city are in great danger. If we don’t act soon, I’m afraid everyone will be at risk!"

...

Everyone was united in spirit, despite having just suffered a bitter defeat at the hands of the Black Hole Clan’s martial artists, their fighting spirit was not diminished at all.

But Ye Tian did not express his stance...

Among everyone present, no one was more eager than Ye Tian because his wife Yun Xinyan had been abducted by the Black Hole Clan. The clan coveted the child in Yun Xinyan’s womb. Before Yun Xinyan gave birth, she was not in danger, but if delayed too long and the child was born, no one could predict what the Black Hole Clan might do to Yun Xinyan.

However, despite his urgency, Ye Tian was very clear-hearted. Right now, even if he included all the martial artists present, they still had no odds of winning a head-on clash with the Black Hole Clan.

Just Elder Nan Feng and his personal guards had led to a great defeat for all the martial artists, let alone if other elders joined in...

Therefore, even though the martial artists were strongly determined, Ye Tian stopped this trend of thought among them!

"Everyone, please calm down. Right now, we are injured and exhausted. Facing the Black Hole Clan in direct battle, we have no chance of winning. Also, the Xiangshan Villa Area has been burned down by Elder Nan Feng; we have lost our base.

Fortunately, this ravine is extremely hidden. Even if the Black Hole Clan’s martial artists have tremendous power, they can’t find us here for the time being. So, everyone can temporarily stay here, recover and heal, consolidate your strength."

Ye Tian spoke gently, but the more impatient martial artists felt somewhat dissatisfied!

"Let us just hide here? Do we have to hide forever?"

"Yes! If this goes on, the people in the southern city will likely all perish!"

"As martial artists, hiding is disgraceful. If that’s the case, I’d rather die!"

...

Seeing everyone getting agitated, Daichong immediately shouted, "What nonsense are you all speaking?! Ye Tian must have his reasons for saying this! Do you really think relying on sheer determination can defeat the Black Hole Clan?"

These impatient martial artists were mostly from the Heaven Sect, so when Sect Leader Daichong scolded them, they stopped talking and quietly stood, waiting for Ye Tian to speak next.

Seeing all the martial artists quiet down again, Ye Tian continued, "The top priority is that we need a way to quickly enhance our fighting power! Once we find this method, we’ll have a chance against the Black Hole Clan!"

Nevertheless, Ye Tian’s words elicited skepticism from many people...

"Boss, words are easy, but enhancing battle power immediately? That’s not easy at all! We can’t just find some miraculous medicine!"

"Exactly, Ye Tian! If we here cannot enhance our strength in a hundred years, won’t the Black Hole Clan be rampant for a hundred years? Then the people in the southern city will have long turned to ashes!"

"If we continue hiding here passively, we’ll never muster the courage to fight the Black Hole Clan. In that case, aren’t we just cowards for life?"

"Young man, we four old bastards also think that it’s impossible for everyone’s strength to receive a significant boost right now. We might as well think of a feasible plan!"

...

The martial artists discussed among themselves, generally disagreeing with Ye Tian’s idea.

In truth, Ye Tian himself had no confidence in quickly enhancing his and the martial artists’ strength. After all, haste makes waste. For a martial artist’s strength to leap from novice to master, it’s simply unrealistic.

Step-by-step progress is a fundamental principle of the Martial Arts World. Any martial artist hoping for shortcuts tends to meet a bad end...

Though his own experiences were richer than ordinary martial artists, it still wasn’t possible for him to enhance his strength just because he wanted to!

Perhaps he got some Divine Artifact, or awakened some internal power...

However, occurrences like these are pursued rather than sought; it wouldn’t happen simply because he had to face the Black Hole Clan’s experts in battle...

Moreover, even if his skills improved rapidly, what about the other martial artists?

Wanting collective progress is unrealistic if relying solely on chance and luck...

Ye Tian was in a quandary!

Seeing Ye Tian’s troubled face, the martial artists refrained from further discussion, empathizing with his predicament.

After all, Ye Tian’s wife was still in the hands of the Black Hole Clan, yet Ye Tian refrained from calling for an attack on the southern city, concerned for everyone’s safety.

Thus, everyone fell silent.

Daichong immediately declared, "Ye Tian, rest assured. Since you’ve advised everyone against acting recklessly, everyone will abide by it. We’ll remain in this ravine, continuously strengthening ourselves, waiting for the right moment to fight!

As for you, Ye Tian, you suffered considerable injury fighting Elder Nan Feng, so you must take good care to heal, striving to recover to your full combat power! Only you are our sole hope to defeat the Black Hole Clan!"

Daichong’s words were certainly directed toward Ye Tian, who faintly smiled and said, "Daichong, thank you, but I don’t want to stay here now because there’s something I’ve wanted to try. Maybe I can discover a way to defeat the Black Hole Clan."

"Something? Try?"

Ye Tian’s cryptic words surprised Daichong, who wanted to inquire further, but Ye Tian did not elaborate, merely saying briefly, "Because it seems foolish, I’m not sure if it’s worth trying, so I’m embarrassed to tell you.

Regardless of success or failure, I’ll quickly return, so please don’t worry about me. Remember my words: don’t rashly enter battle, wait for my return!"

"Alright! Ye Tian, you can count on us!"

Though confused, Daichong nodded heavily.

In Daichong’s mind, he knew Ye Tian wouldn’t do anything meaningless. Though Ye Tian described his upcoming task as foolish, perhaps it held the key to defeating the Black Hole Clan!

Not only Daichong, but the other martial artists also deeply trusted Ye Tian’s actions, watching him leave the ravine with many giving their farewells!

"Boss, go ahead and go! Although we don’t know what you’re going to do, please be careful, we’ll wait here dutifully!"

"Ye Tian, return quickly, your brothers are eagerly anticipating your full return!"

"We hope that when you come back, we’ll all be united and charge toward the southern city, attack the Black Hole Clan’s base!"

...

Thus, Ye Tian, under everyone’s expectant gaze, left the ravine.

The place Ye Tian headed was none other than Phoenix Mountain’s peak where he’d once battled Tian Yi. There, Ye Tian made a Southern City airline plane crash land, using his Life Weapon to cleave it in two, and finally defeated Tian Yi, ranked first among the Black Hole Clan’s thirteen guards!

Of course, in that fight, Ye Tian, due to some carelessness, almost died from Tian Yi’s ambush. Luckily, a skilled elder in medicine arrived promptly, saving him.

The one who saved him was none other than Elder Guo, who had taught him all his skills, including martial arts, in his childhood.

This experience evoked numerous memories for Ye Tian about his childhood and his relationship with Elder Guo, with the most vivid being Elder Guo’s words that instructed him to find him at high places!

Young Ye Tian hadn’t understood the meaning of this at all, so he never knew how to find Elder Guo.

However, now Ye Tian was different; not only had his skills improved greatly, but his perspective was unlike the former self!

More importantly, during his fight with Peng Luos, a personal guard of Bei Feng, one of the Black Hole Clan’s four elders in New World Tower, Ye Tian grasped the ability to cut through Different Space, finally finding a key enabling his reunion with Elder Guo.

Still, Ye Tian didn’t know if his speculation was correct. If he was wrong, there’s no need to trouble everyone with his foolish endeavor...

According to Ye Tian’s insight, the ’high place’ Elder Guo referred to wasn’t symbolic but literal, meaning to find Elder Guo, he needed to be at a high location.

But humans can’t survive in the air; the only possibility is that an alternate space exists at high altitude!

The brothers from the Night King Hall informed him that during his battle with Tian Yi, severely injured, Elder Guo had leaped down, landing on Phoenix Mountain’s summit. Based on this, Ye Tian could speculate that above Phoenix Mountain’s peak, there must be a path leading to Elder Guo.

At present, with Black Hole Clan’s experts everywhere and his side’s combat strength far from sufficient, finding Elder Guo and learning from him the method to enhance his battle power was Ye Tian’s only shortcut. While the hope seemed slim, it was better than doing nothing!