Chapter 401: Chapter 400: Are You Yang Fei?
Duanmu Yun grew more shocked as the battle raged on.
He was slightly stronger than Wang Lei, but in the heat of combat, he was consistently being suppressed by Wang Lei, and sometimes even driven into a state of panic.
How could this be?
Wang Lei seemed to grow braver with each exchange, but inside, he was anxious to the extreme.
Just now, he had faintly heard Yang Hao’s cry of alarm and screams.
Moreover, Duanmu Yun had hinted earlier that he wasn’t the only one out to deal with Yang Fei; it seemed that after Yang Changjin left with Yang Hao behind his back, they were intercepted, and by the sounds of Yang Hao’s earlier cries, it was possible that Yang Changjin had already been killed.
He was entrusted by Yang Fei to protect his family, and if something happened to Yang Changjin and his son, how could he
face Yang Fei?
With concerns weighing on his mind, Wang Lei spared no effort, and after suppressing Duanmu Yun, he took the chance to break away and sprint in the direction where Yang Changjin had departed.
Seeing that he couldn’t keep Wang Lei from leaving, Duanmu Yun, fearing ridicule from his brothers, furiously drew his sword and pursued.
Wang Lei had just rushed out a short distance when he suddenly felt a shock of alarm.
His keen senses warned him of a crisis, and he violently slashed forward with his blade.
In the dim basement, a trail of light spread forward, and from three meters ahead of the blade’s edge came a series of ’puff’ sounds, as if an invisible Qi Blade had been split, causing a wild wind to surge and the void to churn as if boiling.
Shocked, Wang Lei’s gaze swept across to identify the figure that had appeared before him.
To manipulate the Heaven and Earth Power to such an extent, this person’s understanding of the Innate Realm far surpassed others of the same level.
"Eh?"
The person blocking the way seemed surprised that Wang Lei had defended against his move, letting out a sound of astonishment.
Duanmu Yun said, "Cousin, he’s that kid who escaped from the Wang Family ten years ago, Wang Lei."
"Oh? The genius of the Wang Family?" The person obstructing the path expressed mild surprise, then with a flash of sharp light in his eyes, he smiled and asked, "Are you really Wang Lei?"
Wang Lei saw that he was holding someone and recognized the severely injured Yang Hao; his heart sank.
Yang Changjin was nowhere to be seen, and combined with the earlier terrified calls from Yang Hao, Wang Lei had a bad feeling that Yang Fei’s uncle had met with misfortune.
"As a proud son of the Duanmu Family, if you’re out to deal with Yang Fei, why not confront him directly and fight to determine who’s superior? That’s the way to display true heroism, so why target his family? Such actions are truly despicable." Wang Lei spoke coldly.
The man holding Yang Hao was named Duanmu Hai, and a glint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
It didn’t matter to him if the outside world knew of their Duanmu Family’s deeds, but since Wang Lei was from the Hidden Sect, if he were to report today’s events back to the Hidden Sect, it would indeed greatly damage their siblings’ reputation, and it could even tarnish the Duanmu Family’s name.
"Duanmu Yun, you pride yourself on your swift progress. How come you can’t even defeat this castoff who fled from the Wang Family ten years ago?" Duanmu Hai said coldly.
Duanmu Yun was somewhat in awe of this cousin and quickly responded, "He can’t defeat me, but I can’t keep him from fleeing. Now that you’re here to back me up, cousin, watch me cut him down!"
Wang Lei’s figure flashed, decisively giving up on rescuing Yang Hao and instead turned back, aiming a slash at Duanmu Yun.
Duanmu Yun saw him return to face himself and anger surged in his heart.
Was this man targeting him because he feared Duanmu Hai or thought he was an easy target?
He gathered his Qi into his sword, determined to hold Wang Lei back.
Wang Lei’s swordplay was sharp and forceful, his Qi powerful and heavy. Duanmu Yun responded with his sword, but his finesse could not overcome brute strength, and soon he was suppressed once again.
Wang Lei, using the Thunderclap Saber Technique, attacked ferociously, seeking an opportunity to either severely injure Duanmu Yun or capture him, to exchange for Yang Hao. But although Duanmu Yun was slightly less adept in combat, capturing him proved to be extremely difficult.
After over ten moves in fierce combat, Wang Lei felt a burst of force attacking from behind, forcing him to turn back and strike with his saber, instantly falling into a pincer attack between Duanmu Hai and Duanmu Yun.
Alarmed, Wang Lei knew he couldn’t save Yang Hao, risking a stab in the back from Duanmu Yun’s sword; he managed to repel Duanmu Hai with one slash and took the opportunity to dash through the gap between the two, quickly vanishing into the dimness.
The Duanmu brothers pursued him for about ten meters, realizing that Wang Lei was intent on fleeing and that they couldn’t catch up, Duanmu Hai said, "Enough, with this kid in our hands, let’s finish our official business first."
...
Binhai, Military Department base.
With the help of Yang Fei, Qin Yanyang had also entered the process of Foundation Establishment.
As the two of them engaged in Dual Cultivation, their True Yuan merged together, dense and powerful. Coupled with Yang Fei’s prior experience, this True Qi gently tempered Qin Yanyang’s flesh and bones in her hands, reaching success effortlessly.
In just a few days, Qin Yanyang sensed that her hands had become different from before, even without mobilizing True Yuan, her delicate hands were as tough as copper skin and iron bones, extremely hard. Moreover, the bones in her hands had also been tempered to an incredibly strong extent, which made lifting her arms and moving her hands feel several times more laborious than before.
"With such cultivation, our body constitutions will change, and there may be new discoveries by then," Yang Fei said.
Qin Yanyang was also overjoyed, nodding and saying, "Just this powerful body can withstand many attacks, the enhancement of our bodies to this extent is far stronger than any genetic medicine developed by countries to transform the human body."
The two pinpointed the direction for their cultivation, full of anticipation for the future.
Suddenly, they both heard a racket.
Qin Yanyang’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
This was the Military Department base, a heavily guarded military area, and she was the Deputy Minister of the Military Department. Here, she held the highest authority; she and Yang Fei were in seclusion for cultivation and had already instructed that no one should disturb them, so why was there a commotion?
While puzzled, a cold reprimand from outside reached her ears, "Open up!"
Qin Yanyang’s pupils shrank as she recognized the voice and reluctantly stood up.
Yang Fei seemed to sense something was amiss and stood up, asking, "What’s wrong?"
"It’s nothing," Qin Yanyang said, with determined tone and full of confidence.
Yang Fei nodded, also feeling that nothing could go wrong here.
The sound of heavy metal moving followed, and the thick iron door of the chamber was actually being pushed open by someone.
A killing intent flashed in Qin Yanyang’s eyes.
Someone dared to push open the door to her seclusion room without her permission, truly lawless.
As the heavy iron door swung open, a voice immediately came through, "Minister Qin, Minister Zhang has an order from above with the Commander’s Seal, I... I couldn’t stop him, nor did I have the time to report to you in advance."
A staff officer, with a flushed face and looking nervous, rushed into the room to report to Qin Yanyang.
Behind him, a muscular middle-aged man in his forties, accompanied by several people with a menacing aura, barged into the room, shoving the staff officer aside and fixing his gaze on Yang Fei, saying coldly, "Are you Yang Fei?"
Yang Fei was taken aback.
He had thought they were here for Qin Yanyang, but unexpectedly, they called for him first.
As he was wondering, Qin Yanyang stepped forward to protect him, facing the middle-aged military officer and saying, "Zhang Zhaoen, you’re very bold indeed, to bring people into Jiangnan County’s Military Department stronghold without authorization?"
The man known as Zhang Zhaoen was unfazed by Qin Yanyang’s rebuke and instead looked at Yang Fei again and asked, "I’m asking you, is your name Yang Fei?"
Yang Fei frowned slightly and nodded, "That’s me."
"Arrest him!"
Zhang Zhaoen gave a big wave of his hand and ordered.