S Province, Lu Family Villa.

Ding-ling-ling!

A ring of the telephone awakened Jiang Chen, who was in deep sleep.

Jiang Chen groggily opened his eyes and glanced out the window, where it was still pitch dark outside.

After looking at his phone, Jiang Chen instantly became alert—the call was from Yan Hu. If Yan Hu was calling at this time, it must be something urgent... Could it be...

A foreboding feeling rose in Jiang Chen's heart as he quickly answered the phone, "Hello, Yan Hu!"

"Young Master, Elder Master Jiang has been poisoned and fallen into a coma. Jiang Minghui is leading a raid against the family, claiming that the madam attempted to poison Elder Master Jiang. Half of the family guards have rebelled. Jiang Minghui has found some expert from God knows where, and even united with three of our Elders, we are no match.

Now, the Third Elder is dead, the Second Elder and Elder Master suffered serious injuries. The madam took a palm strike for Elder Master, and she's critically wounded. You... you must come back quickly!"

Yan Hu's voice laced with sobs came through the receiver.

"Bastards!" Jiang Chen roared furiously, an overwhelming killing intent erupting instantly, enveloping the entire Lu Family estate.

"What happened?"

"What's going on?"

"Who is this person..."

"So powerful!"

The guards of the Lu family fell to the ground, pale-faced and terrified, all staring at the villa.

Bang!

A roar sounded as the door to Jiang Chen's room was blown apart, and Jiang Minglong, Li Wushuang, and several others rushed in.

"Chen'er, what's happened?" Jiang Minglong asked anxiously. They had felt Jiang Chen's killing intent and thought he was under attack, so they had hurried over.

"Where are you?" Jiang Chen didn't bother with Jiang Minglong, his face iron-blue as he spoke.

"We're hiding in a small courtyard in Jincheng's West Suburb. Jiang Minghui's men are hunting for us everywhere!" Yan Hu said urgently.

"Keep your phone on, I'm on my way back!"

Jiang Chen quietly instructed before hanging up, quickly getting dressed, and said while dressing, "The family's been attacked. The Third Elder is dead, Elder Master, the Second Elder, and my mom are seriously injured. Elder Master Jiang has been poisoned and is in a coma!"

"What?!" Jiang Minglong's face changed drastically, and he shouted angrily, "Who did this!"

"Jiang Minghui!" Jiang Chen's voice was filled with a grinding fury. "I should never have been lenient. I should have killed all those bastards!"

Ding-ling-ling!

Jiang Chen's phone rang again. He looked at it, frowned, and answered, "Hello, Wen Jie!"

"Boss, you need to come back quickly. The Jiang Family villa has been attacked. Our family, the Meng Family, and the Sun Family's Family Heads were all summoned by that old bastard Fang Mingyuan, and they haven't returned all night. We can't mobilize the family powers now. You need to come back quickly; there's been a bloodbath at the Jiang Family villa!" Wen Jie's anxious voice came through the receiver.

"I'm on my way back right now!" Jiang Chen said sternly, hung up the phone, and without hesitation, smashed through the window and jumped out. Jiang Minglong and the others followed closely.

Whoosh!

"Jiang..." Butler Lu's bedroom window opened, and Lu Chengfeng called out loudly, but he had only shouted for a split second. Jiang Chen and the others had already boarded their Knight XV, smashed through the villa's gate, and sped off.

In the meantime, Jiang Chen took out his phone and made another call.

"Hello, where am I?" A tired voice came from the other end.

"Elder Xu, where are you?" Jiang Chen's voice carried a chilling coldness. Xu Wannian had sent people to protect Shen Xiaoqin. Now that she was seriously injured, didn't Xu Wannian know?

"I'm over here in Batie. Fang Mingyuan recommended me for a post, so I was transferred as well. I've just finished a meeting—it went on for six hours and nearly killed me from exhaustion. What's up? I saw dozens of missed calls on my phone; did you make all those? What's happened?" Xu Wannian explained his situation, his voice turning serious.

"Jiang Minghui led an assault on my home; it's a bloodbath at the Jiang Family villa! Meanwhile, Fang Mingyuan had his men capture the Zhang, Meng, and Sun Family Heads, threatening that none of the families should intervene. Are all of you behaving like bandits? Great! Just fine! I won't give any of you a shred of face anymore. You want to kill, do you? I'll show you killing! If my mom, my grandfather, or anyone else alive dies, I will go to Batie and kill that old bastard Fang Mingyuan!"

Jiang Chen bellowed furiously and slammed down the phone!

Elder Xu, far away in Batie, suddenly became fully awake. The exhaustion from the six-hour meeting vanished instantly, leaving only shock and panic.

Since Jiang Chen had said so, he would certainly do it. If another person from the Jiang family died, then...

"Fang Mingyuan, I curse your ancestors!" Xu Wannian swore loudly and grabbed his phone to make another call.

"Xu..."

"Long Jianfei, deploy the Flying Eagle Special Combat Squadron immediately and locate the family members of Jiang Chen of the Jiang Family. Protect them at all costs. Anyone who dares to touch them will be killed without mercy!"

...

At this moment, in the west suburbs of Jincheng, in a courtyard that was half demolished.

Thud!

Yan Hu hung up the phone and spat out a mouthful of blood. His body swayed, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Hu Zi, how are you?" Barbarian cried out in alarm, steadying Yan Hu with one hand.

Yan Hu shook his head and glanced at the people in the yard, saying with a face full of guilt, "I've let the Young Master down!"

In the courtyard, Elder Master Jiang lay on the ground, his complexion turning dark. Beside him was Shen Xiaoqin, pale-faced with blood at the corner of her mouth.

Next to them sat the heavily injured First Elder and Second Elder of the Jiang Family, as well as Jin Chong.

Surrounding the group, whether sitting or standing, were over a dozen guards from the Jiang Family.

They had escaped from the Jiang Family and were temporarily taking refuge here.

But how long could they hide?

Would that terrifying Cangben Wuzang come after them again?

If he did, they would all be doomed.

Ding-a-ling!

A ringtone broke Yan Hu's train of thought. He glanced at his phone and hurriedly answered, "Hello, Elder Medicine."

"Hu Zi, Jiang Chen called me. He asked me to come to Jincheng immediately to rescue you. We're on our way. Where are you?" came Elder Medicine's anxious voice from the receiver.

"We're at…"

Boom!

Before Yan Hu could finish, a roaring sound erupted, and a Beihai National Samurai smashed through the courtyard door and charged in.

"So, you are all here!" the Samurai said with a cold sneer.

"Hu Zi, you guys run! We'll hold him off!" Barbarian shouted, rushing at the man, followed by the dozen Jiang Family guards.

Yan Hu clenched his teeth, turned around, picked up the unconscious Shen Xiaoqin, and jumped out of the yard.

Jin Chong carried Elder Master Jiang, and the First Elder picked up the severely injured Second Elder. They all followed swiftly behind.

They couldn't stay behind. Now that they had been discovered, Jiang Minghui's people would definitely arrive soon. If they fell into Jiang Minghui's hands, he would surely use them to threaten Jiang Chen, and then they would be completely finished!

"Hello! Hello! Yan Hu!"

Yan Hu was in a hurry, and the phone fell to the ground, still ringing with Elder Medicine's calls.

This was the only phone they had on them. The incident had happened so abruptly that apart from Yan Hu, who was on patrol, no one else had their phones with them as they had rushed out in their pajamas.

...

Meanwhile, Butler Lu, with two Semi-Innate Grand Masters, was rushing chaotically through the streets of the west suburbs of Jincheng.

"Any news of the Elder Master and the others?" Butler Lu occasionally asked the powerful individuals beside him.

"No, brothers are scattered everywhere, but…" One of the Semi-Innates shook his head anxiously.

Butler Lu ground his teeth and spat angrily, "Damn it! Damn it! Jiang Minghui is really cunning. He took advantage of our absence during a special training trip to launch a surprise attack on the Jiang Family, that bastard!"

When the Jiang Family was under attack, over a hundred powerful individuals who were training behind the sixth inner courtyard were not there. They had taken the Cultivation Techniques given by Jiang Chen and gone to train in the remote mountains.

By the time they got the call and rushed back to the Jiang Family, the place was deserted, and even Jiang Minghui and his people were gone. All they could do was search frantically for Elder Master Jiang and the others like headless flies.

...

In the West Suburb streets, a chubby figure walked out of a gambling house, muttering dejectedly to himself, "Ah, lost again. Still, the bets I made with Jiang Chen were the most thrilling. I heard he's the boss of the Yi Chen Corporation. Ever since he came to Jincheng, I wonder when I'll run into him again. If I do, I wonder if he would still take me for a couple of bets!"

This man was none other than the fatty Zhu Wenqiang, whom Jiang Chen had befriended while at the Dingjing casino.

Zhu Wenqiang belonged to an offshoot of the second-rate Zhu Family in Jincheng. Overlooked since childhood and having given up on himself, he had turned into a complete prodigal, spending his days at casinos and bars.

"You know Jiang Chen?" As he passed a dark alley, a voice rang out, startling Zhu Wenqiang, who quickly turned his head to look.

Inside the alley, six men and women with either pale or pitch-black complexions were sitting or standing.

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