“Qianfan, stop him!”
“Make him crawl on his knees!”
“Brother Qianfan, avenge Brother Qianyuan!”
“…”
Upon reaching this person, the young men who had spoken earlier spoke up, placing great hope in this young man.
Staring coldly at Chen Fan, Feng Qianfan said, “Scram! If you don’t fight back or dodge, I’ll take your life with one punch!”
“Although I’d like to kill you, I don’t want to do it this way!”
His expression was arrogant, clearly overconfident in his own strength.
Chen Fan, however, remained placid and said, “You are no different from the others!”
He took a step forward and said, “If you don’t make a move, I will walk past you!”
“You’re seeking death, I’ll grant it!”
Feng Qianfan snorted coldly, drawing a semicircle on the ground with his toe. His legs parted, and his body swayed like a galloping horse.
After pressing his palm to the ground, he raised his hands, forming claws like a soaring eagle, and pecked towards Chen Fan’s chest.
Sharp and fierce, as if nothing could break it.
This Eagle Claw technique was nearing perfection.
Chen Fan’s expression remained unchanged. He still moved neither fast nor slow, and a sound like flowing lead and mercury echoed within his body.
His palms struck out, unleashing hidden force.
Chen Fan’s body trembled slightly. His body was like steel, and he advanced instead of retreated as the claws descended.
With a bang, Feng Qianfan felt as if his claws had struck steel. All his hidden force vanished without a trace, like a mud-ox entering the sea.
He himself was forced to stumble back.
Chen Fan didn’t spare him another glance and walked straight past him.
Feng Qianfan was left with a face of shifting green and white, staring at Chen Fan’s retreating back in disbelief.
He had used almost all his strength in this move, yet he couldn’t even stop Chen Fan’s advance by half a step.
The young men behind him, including the Feng clan’s princess, fell silent, their expressions greatly shaken.
However, some of the elders under the eaves on either side showed moved expressions and began to discuss among themselves.
“Even Qianfan couldn’t hurt him. No wonder he defeated the Heir back then and retreated unharmed from the encirclement of several clan elders!”
“The younger generation is formidable. It’s a pity he is an enemy of our clan!”
“This child cannot be allowed to live. If we couldn’t kill him three years ago, he is even stronger now, and may become a disaster!”
“…”
The Feng clan’s princess’s mouth gaped open, her pupils contracting.
She was determined to seek revenge, but seeing Chen Fan’s strength, she had no idea how she could possibly achieve it.
Chen Fan continued forward without pause.
The young men after Feng Qianfan were not weak; they were all a level stronger than those before them.
But none of them could stop Chen Fan’s progress.
Blows imbued with powerful inner force were delivered ruthlessly at Chen Fan, but Chen Fan remained unharmed, as if unaffected.
The young men were all shocked!
This was too terrifying. The younger generation of the Feng family was unable to stop this person, unable to halt his steps.
They were defeated one after another, their faces burning with humiliation.
The crux of the problem was that Chen Fan hadn’t retaliated or dodged; he had taken every blow head-on.
When they proposed this condition, they knew in their hearts that it was excessive.
Yet Chen Fan had achieved it, and it seemed effortless.
In their understanding, even a martial artist at the peak of Hua Jin couldn’t accomplish this.
Although Hua Jin was powerful, simply enduring blows without counter-attacking, and relying on inner force spread throughout the body to resist, would eventually fail under constant assault. The perfectly refined Hua Jin couldn’t be maintained throughout the entire body indefinitely.
Moreover, while the young men of the Feng family hadn’t resorted to dirty tactics like attacking the eyes or throat, they hadn’t held back when striking at the vital points of the chest and abdomen.
But incredibly, Chen Fan had endured it all and remained unharmed!
Could this person have broken through the limits of Hua Jin and reached the realm of Martial Dao Grandmaster?
Many were horrified and disbelieving.
For the thousand-year-old Feng clan, the realm of Martial Dao Grandmaster was not unknown; the Feng family had a Martial Dao Grandmaster as its guardian.
This was the true foundation of the Feng family!
However, among the Martial Dao Grandmasters in the martial world, were they not all individuals who had dedicated their lives to martial arts, immersed in the Dao for decades before achieving such cultivation?
And how old was Chen Fan?
The elders watching from the village also showed moved expressions, their shock and vigilance no less than that of the younger generation.
At this moment, Chen Fan had reached the outer grounds of the Feng family ancestral hall.
Beneath the eaves of the square ancestral hall, several elders, radiating an unyielding and unfathomably deep aura, stood still, watching Chen Fan approach.
These elders, both male and female, exuded an extremely powerful presence.
The steps leading up to the ancestral hall were quite high, numbering over ten.
At the foot of the steps stood a young man in a white training outfit.
He appeared to be in his mid-twenties, with a robust build that conveyed a sense of imposing stillness.
All eyes were fixed on this person.
He was the last of the Feng family’s younger generation on this path, and the foremost after Feng Qianyuan, named Feng Qianzhong.
Chen Fan’s gaze swept over the clan elders of the Feng family’s ancestral hall and settled on Feng Qianzhong.
“Feng Qianzhong!”
Feng Qianzhong cupped his hands and said, “I have been in Hua Jin for three years. Please give me your guidance!”
“Chen Tianjiao.”
Chen Fan nodded, without many words, and took a step forward.
Feng Qianzhong took a deep breath, parted his legs, and leaped up suddenly.
With a rumbling sound of wind and thunder, he surged upward like a phoenix, as if reborn in fire.
His aura surged in an instant, and his internal energy churned, causing the void to crackle.
One hand transformed into a phoenix claw, emitting crimson energy that spread like flames.
The temperature outside the ancestral hall seemed to rise considerably.
His fighting spirit surged, concentrated in this single claw, capable of piercing a heavy truck.
This strike was unstoppable!
Chen Fan looked up at the move that left him no room to evade and caused his internal energy to surge even before it landed, his expression grave.
He suddenly took half a step back with his left foot and lowered his body slightly.
Then, he stomped his foot.
With a drum-like thud, the ground trembled.
A fierce aura surged and flowed around him, and his entire body’s energy gathered at his shoulders.
He neither dodged nor retreated, but with a slight shift of his body, there seemed to be infinite variations.
With a snap, Feng Qianzhong’s phoenix claw descended, landing squarely on Chen Fan’s shoulder.
With a crack, his bones vibrated.
However, the moment this claw landed, a terrifying surge of energy erupted. The clothes on Chen Fan’s shoulder were torn to shreds.
He rotated his body slightly, his shoulder blade seeming to turn into armor.
Feng Qianzhong, who was descending, swayed violently, suddenly released his grip, and retreated.
With a muffled thud, his sleeve burst open, and his palm became a bloody mess.
It was the backlash of Chen Fan’s inner force that had caused this.
After retreating three steps, Feng Qianzhong finally steadied himself.
Chen Fan let out a long breath and walked past him, facing the many elders of the Feng family.
As if nothing had happened, he said in a deep voice, “Where is Su Yingxue? I’m taking her away!”
All the young men of the Feng family were stunned into silence.
The Feng clan’s princess gazed at Chen Fan’s not-so-imposing figure, her expression growing more complex.
“Chen Tianjiao, do you truly believe the Feng family has no one?”
An elder in his fifties said with a dark gaze, “I thought you came to the Feng family to kowtow and admit your mistake, but you’ve come to demand someone?”
“Do you think the Feng family is a place you can come and go as you please?”
“If you had come to kowtow and atone for what happened three years ago, we might have allowed you to leave the Feng family unharmed. Instead, you come to the Feng family to demand a person?”
Chen Fan said calmly, “I don’t want to dwell on what happened three years ago. Su Yingxue is my woman. If you don’t let me take her, don’t blame me for turning the Feng family upside down!”
“How dare you!” An old woman scolded sternly, “Chen Tianjiao, you were fortunate to survive three years ago, yet you are still ungrateful. You won’t be leaving today; go down and join Qianyuan. He’s been waiting for you in the underworld!”
Chen Fan twitched the corner of his mouth and burst into loud laughter.