"Brother Long, he's out!"
Ye Wei saw Ye Ling emerge from the ancestral hall, his fat body trembling, and quickly said to Ye Long.
"Useless thing!"
Ye Long glared fiercely at Ye Wei, then clutched his stomach and shouted at Ye Ling, "So what if you're strong? You dare to wait for me!"
"No need to wait. After I'm done with you, they'll be here soon enough."
Ye Ling said indifferently, instantly appearing before Ye Long and kicking his calf, sending Ye Long suspended in the air before crashing down onto his knees!
*Crack!*
The other three felt pain just by hearing the sound of Ye Long's kneecap shattering. Their bodies trembled.
Ye Long was drenched in sweat from the pain, his face contorted, but he couldn't move an inch.
Ye Ling ignored Ye Long and coldly swept his gaze over the other three, saying, "Kneel down yourself, or shall I help you?"
Ye Wei, the most timid among them, was instantly threatened by Ye Ling and immediately knelt before him, trembling, "Don't, don't hit me!"
However, Ye Hu, unable to bear the humiliation, suddenly pulled a small knife from his pocket and lunged at Ye Ling, "I'll kill you!"
Seeing Ye Hu stab at him with the knife, Ye Ling showed no mercy. He grabbed Ye Hu's knife-wielding hand with one hand and directly twisted Ye Hu's arm, forcing the knife into Ye Hu's abdomen.
Ye Hu screamed, blood spraying out.
Ye Ling then grabbed Ye Hu's head and violently slammed him to the ground.
*Bang!*
The concrete floor shattered, and half of Ye Hu's face was embedded in the ground. He was completely knocked unconscious!
He Saicheng, standing nearby, was completely stunned. When Ye Ling looked at him, he immediately knelt down without a word, trembling, "Brother, spare me! I was only in charge of building the farmhouse. This has nothing to do with me!"
After witnessing Ye Ling's terrifying methods, He Saicheng had no intention of resisting and immediately surrendered.
Seeing the miserable state of Ye Long and Ye Hu, one with a broken leg and the other beaten half to death, He Saicheng thought of his own thin frame and realized Ye Ling could probably shatter him with a single punch!
"There they are!!!"
Just then, over a dozen burly men wearing hard hats rushed over, looking menacing.
Ye Long, who had also been stunned, regained his confidence upon seeing his brothers arrive and cursed Ye Ling, "You bastard, keep being arrogant! I'll beat you half to death today!"
"Stubborn and unrepentant, your sins are doubled."
Ye Ling said indifferently and stomped on Ye Long's face, driving him into the ground.
Ye Long cried out in pain, feeling his nose bridge break and blood gushing into his throat, making him incredibly uncomfortable.
"Brothers, attack! Chop him down!!!"
The dozen or so burly men finally arrived. Seeing the miserable state of Ye Long and Ye Hu, they immediately brandished their cleavers and hoes, swinging them at Ye Ling.
These men were all followers Ye Long had gathered over the years, accustomed to being tyrannical in this area, with few daring to provoke them.
Their years of arrogance and impunity had made their attacks even more vicious!
However, before the crowd could even swing their weapons, a blur flashed before their eyes, and then blood splattered among them!
Moments later, the dozen or so burly men lay on the ground, groaning with broken arms or legs!
The scene was extremely brutal!
He Saicheng and Ye Wei, the only two whose bodies remained intact, stared blankly at the ground littered with severed limbs, their minds a complete blank.
Ye Wei, especially, who was as timid as a mouse, had already wet his pants and was trembling violently.
This... this was a devil!
Looking at the men writhing and groaning on the ground, Ye Ling's expression was indifferent. He said coldly, "This is just a lesson for you. I'll give you ten seconds to get out of my sight."
"Quick, quick, go!"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the groaning men on the ground looked terrified. They dared not linger for a moment, enduring the pain, picking up their severed limbs, and fleeing in disarray.
If they were quick enough, their severed limbs could still be reattached.
Soon, the area outside the ancestral hall became quiet again. Ye Long and Ye Hu were unconscious, while Ye Wei and He Saicheng were completely terrified and knelt on the spot, not daring to speak.
Only the blood on the ground told the story of what had just happened.
Ye Ling scanned the surroundings. Dark demonic energy surged from within him, engulfing everything.
In moments, the blood on the ground was cleaned away, and the area outside the ancestral hall returned to its original state.
He Saicheng and Ye Wei, kneeling on the ground, were even more terrified by Ye Ling's supernatural abilities, thinking they had offended their ancestors by trying to demolish the ancestral hall. They quickly kowtowed to Ye Ling, begging for mercy, "Ancestor, spare us! Ancestor, spare us! We were temporarily blinded by greed and our hearts were filled with greed!"
"We will never dare to do this again!"
Ye Ling looked indifferently at the two men kowtowing and begging for mercy, not saying a word, and turned to leave.
Seeing that Ye Ling did not act against them, He Saicheng and Ye Wei both felt a sense of relief, secretly sighing that they had been quick to surrender!
However, before the two could go to rescue Ye Long and Ye Hu, a bolt of lightning struck from the sky, hitting all four of them!
*Rumble!*
The four of them were reduced to ashes.
...
After paying respects to his grandfather and dealing with some unexpected matters, Ye Ling walked towards his ancestral home.
Along the way, Ye Ling encountered several young children playing. Seeing the innocent smiles on the children's faces and hearing their carefree laughter, Ye Ling was also infected and began humming a tune.
When he lived in the village, he was as carefree as these children.
Alas, time flies. Even though those joyful moments felt like they were just yesterday.
But Ye Ling knew he could never go back.
As he approached, Ye Ling soon saw a three-story building.
That building was built with the life savings of Ye Xingguo, and it was where Ye Ling had lived before he was seven years old.
Seeing the courtyard in front of the building, Ye Ling couldn't help but recall...
Every summer night, when the moon was high, he and his grandfather would often sit under the moon, fanning themselves, and talk about everything.
Before he even entered the courtyard, Ye Ling saw a girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, being thrown out of the courtyard.
"Get out! How many times have I told you! This house belongs to my He family now. If you dare to cause trouble here again, I'll have someone break your legs!"
A middle-aged man in his fifties, standing in the courtyard, yelled at the girl. Beside him, a young man walked out of the courtyard, approaching the girl menacingly.
"Nonsense! This house belongs to my maternal grandfather! None of you will take it!" The girl got up from the ground and pointed at the two men, shouting, "You are the real robbers!"
Seeing the girl's familiar appearance, Ye Ling felt a moment of daze.
That was his cousin, Lin Yu. He never expected that the little girl who always followed him, with a runny nose, had now grown into a spirited young woman.
"You're asking for a beating!"
A young man grabbed a wooden stick from the courtyard entrance and was about to swing it at Lin Yu.
Seeing this, Lin Yu quickly covered her head and curled up, preparing to be hit.
But the pain she expected did not come. Lin Yu cautiously looked and saw a tall, upright young man standing in front of her.
Seeing Ye Ling's back, Lin Yu's pupils contracted sharply.
"Ge!"