Suddenly, he frowned: "Someone's coming."
He extinguished the fire with a backhand and quickly slipped to a hidden spot.
A bearded man in camouflage led five mercenaries as they crept over.
When the group arrived at the waterfall, the bearded man squatted down and touched the area around the fire.
"The fire is still warm; the men must have just left." The bearded man slowly stood up. "Brothers, cheer up! Once we finish this job, we can retire. These two are getting very high pay."
"Brother, they haven't gone far yet, let's chase after them." A mercenary said, carrying a gun.
"They didn't leave at all." The bearded man turned around abruptly and saw Ye Xingchen walking out from behind the big tree.
"Not bad, they're quite vigilant." Ye Xingchen nodded.
With a clatter, five guns were pointed at Ye Xingchen.
The bearded man sneered, "Kid, you're really skilled and daring. There are so many of us, and you still dare to step forward?"
"You've been chasing us all night, you must be tired." Ye Xingchen said with a smile, "Why don't you take a break? I think this place is beautiful, it would be nice for the six of you to be buried here."
"But before I make a move, I have a few questions to ask you. It won't be too late for me to make a move after you've answered them."
“We’re assassins, and we all have professional ethics. We won’t casually reveal our employers’ information,” the bearded man sneered. “Don’t waste your energy, you’re going to die anyway.”
"Is that so? Then I won't waste my energy." Ye Xingchen nodded, and with a flick of his right hand, a leaf appeared in his hand.
A sharp killing intent suddenly enveloped the bearded man in front of him.
The bearded man was startled and, realizing the danger, roared, "Kill him..."
However, it was too late. Ye Xingchen pointed forward with his right hand, and the leaf instantly turned into a green shadow.
*Pfft...* The bearded man's voice abruptly stopped, and a line of blood appeared on his neck.
"Big brother..." The remaining five men were filled with grief and indignation. They quickly raised their guns to shoot Ye Xingchen, but it was too late.
Ye Xingchen tapped the ground with his right foot, and with a crack, five pebbles suddenly floated up, their true energy carrying them as they spun rapidly in mid-air.
Before they could even fire their guns, Ye Xingchen's figure had already vanished before their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, five pebbles flew toward the five people like bullets.
Puff puff puff...
The five men were thrown backward, each struck in the forehead by a pebble, blood streaming down their faces.
Even until their deaths, they never saw clearly how Ye Xingchen made his move.
Reaching the Heavenly Realm means becoming a top-tier expert, capable of injuring people with a mere breath, or even with falling petals and leaves.
"Don't come out." Ye Xingchen suddenly sensed a danger approaching. He stopped Ning Qingyan, who was about to come out from behind, and then quickly retreated.
Boom... The sniper hidden in the shadows made his move, but unfortunately, Ye Xingchen had advanced three realms in a row, and his mental power was extremely strong. The moment the sniper made his move, he sensed the danger and dodged the shot.
The sniper quickly ejected the spent cartridge and continued aiming, but Ye Xingchen had already disappeared from the high-powered scope.
Suddenly, he saw a figure flash by, and a figure was rapidly approaching the place where he was hiding.
The sniper's eyelids twitched, a sense of extreme danger washing over him. He quickly aimed and fired a shot.
The opponent vanished in a flash, and with a click, the sniper ejected the spent cartridge and searched for the opponent's figure.
Ye Xingchen had already locked onto the sniper's figure. He moved like lightning, rushing towards the sniper's hiding place two kilometers away.
The sniper hidden in the shadows fired another shot, but it missed again, and Ye Xingchen's figure disappeared once more.
The sniper had excellent mental fortitude; even after missing both shots, he remained calm and searched for Ye Xingchen's figure through the high-powered scope.
However, after Ye Xingchen disappeared this time, he could no longer find her.
After taking out his binoculars and looking for a moment, the sniper frowned.
He quickly got up, grabbed his gun, and was about to change his hiding place, but as he stood up, a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart.
He pulled out a pistol from behind his back, and without even looking, fired two shots in one direction.
However, after both shots missed, Ye Xingchen appeared quickly, pointing forward with two fingers of his right hand.
A leaf slipped from between his two fingers, and *splat*... a line of blood appeared on the sniper's neck.
A look of horror flashed in his eyes, and he fell to his knees with a thud, clutching his stomach.
Blood gushed from his neck. He looked at Ye Xingchen with resentment before collapsing to the ground.
This guy never understood why Ye Xingchen was so fast, even until his death.
The coldness in Ye Xingchen's eyes gradually faded. The sniper had put a lot of pressure on him. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been forced into such a sorry state.
After his skills improved, ordinary guns could no longer harm him, but snipers could still put some pressure on him.
Ye Xingchen completely dealt with the mercenary squad. Just as he was about to leave after finding Ning Qingyan, a hissing sound came from a walkie-talkie on the ground.
Ning Qingyan picked up the walkie-talkie and pressed the button. Li Hong's voice came through: "There are gunshots over there. What's the situation now?"
"Li Hong," Ning Qingyan said.
There was a moment of silence on the walkie-talkie, and after a long while, Li Hong finally spoke: "You're still alive."
“Yes, I’m still alive. If you come here now, I can explain the situation to headquarters. I’ll spare your entire family, just for your life,” Ning Qingyan said calmly.
"Heh, thank you then, but I have more people here, so the outcome is still uncertain. Ning Qingyan, I'm waiting for you." Li Hong sneered.
"I've given you a chance, Li Hong. Don't push yourself into a corner," Ning Qingyan said in a deep voice.
"Give me a chance? Hah, what do you have besides good fortune?" Li Hong said coldly, "Aren't you just a great-grandfather who was the founder of the Zhongmen sect?"
"Why should we, the Li family, be inferior to others generation after generation? If I don't change this, my children will continue, so I am not reconciled. Ning Qingyan, I am waiting for you."
With a thud, Li Hong slammed the walkie-talkie in her hand to the ground. Dozens of thugs stood around her, some of whom were from her own shrewd gang, and others were borrowed from Na Sanshao.
"Ning Qingyan, I'm waiting for you. Today, it's either you or me who lives." Li Hong's face was twisted and ferocious; she had already prepared for the worst.
Li Hong was naturally unwilling to accept this. She had been plotting for so long, all to get rid of Ning Qingyan and escape their generations-long fate.
But she never expected things to turn out this way; the mercenary team she had hired at a high price was completely wiped out.
She led a group of people deep into the mountains, vowing to fight to the death.
Suddenly, a figure flashed in front of them, and Ye Xingchen slowly walked out, with Ning Qingyan following behind him.
“You still dare to take the main road? You have guts.” Li Hong stopped, and dozens of people behind her stepped forward and surrounded the two.
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