"I want to ask Father for help, to have me impersonate Qin Yan, lure Zhou Yan to the Qin family, and then we can ambush him in secret."
Qin Yan said with a confident smile.
"You mean..." Qin Batian's eyes lit up.
"I've had someone research it. Although Zhou Yan has extraordinary talent, he doesn't have much powerful combat strength. So as long as we set up properly, we can definitely make him have no burial place!"
Qin Yan's face was filled with a thick aura of conspiracy. He knew that the only chance to kill Zhou Yan now was this one.
"Haha, good, we'll do as you say. Yan'er, you've done very well."
Qin Batian patted Qin Yan's shoulder, then burst into laughter.
"As long as you can kill Zhou Yan, your father will certainly not be stingy with rewards."
...
"Zhou Yan, stop right there!"
Zhou Yan had only walked a few steps when a fierce roar came from behind him. Then, he saw a young man in black, with disheveled hair, blocking his path.
This young man was the one who had been chasing him before.
"What do you want now?"
Zhou Yan frowned, staring at the young man blocking his way, and asked with icy eyes.
"Heh heh, what do I want? Don't you know what I want?"
The young man chuckled when he saw Zhou Yan's expression, then continued, "Zhou Yan, I advise you not to play any tricks. I heard you're a tough character. If you dare to play any games, believe it or not, I'll kill you on the spot."
A cold smile appeared on Zhou Yan's face. "You're overthinking it."
"Heh heh, I think you're the one overthinking it, Zhou Yan. Don't play any tricks on me, or the consequences will be clear to you."
A cold sneer curved the corner of the young man's lips, and he continued, "If you're sensible, leave here immediately, or don't blame me for using force."
"What are you, to speak to me like this?"
Zhou Yan said disdainfully, then waved his hands lightly. Immediately, a group of black-clothed bodyguards surrounded him.
"Heh heh, Zhou Yan, I'd like to see how arrogant you can be this time."
The young man sneered when he saw this, then ordered his black-clothed bodyguards, "All of you, go and capture him."
"Yes."
Immediately, the bodyguards surged towards Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan's pupils contracted sharply. Then, with a tap of his toes, he leaped up and unleashed a punch. A ball of flame shot out from his fist, transforming into countless fire snakes that rapidly attacked the black-clothed bodyguards, engulfing them all in an instant.
"Ah!"
Screams echoed continuously, and then the black-clothed bodyguards were swallowed by the flames and disappeared without a trace.
"This... How is this possible?"
The young man's eyes widened in disbelief. What he was witnessing was completely beyond his expectations.
He could never have imagined that the experts he had painstakingly cultivated would be annihilated without even a chance to resist. How could this be possible?
"Why are you still stunned? Hurry up and attack!"
"Yes."
The young man snapped back to reality and immediately directed his subordinates to charge at Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan snorted coldly, his figure flickered, and he appeared before the young man. He held a dagger in his hand and thrust it down fiercely. Blood spurted out, and the young man was directly pierced through the heart, falling into a pool of blood.
Zhou Yan did not stop. He struck thirty-six times before finally finishing off the young man in black.
Zhou Yan discarded the young man's corpse on the spot, then slowly walked towards the black-clothed bodyguards. With every step he took, the bodyguards would retreat in terror, then fall to the ground with loud thuds, foaming at the mouth.
"Zhou Yan, let me go, don't kill me, don't kill me..."
"Zhou Yan, please, don't kill me. Whatever you want, just name it, I'll agree to anything..."
Seeing Zhou Yan approaching one by one, the bodyguards were already terrified out of their wits, kneeling and wailing, begging for mercy.
However, none of this had any effect on Zhou Yan.
"Weren't you all very arrogant? Weren't you all going to kill me? I'm telling you, I love to torture you, to make you wish you were dead and couldn't die. Haha, how is it? Feels good, right?"
A cruel smile appeared on Zhou Yan's face. He then walked up to the bodyguards, squatted down, pinched their chins, and said coldly.
"I... I beg you..."
"I... I beg you too..."
The bodyguards were so scared they were stupefied, not knowing what to do, only able to cry with pathetic faces and beg incessantly.
"You beg me? Heh heh, I hate it the most when people beg me, especially the kind of sycophants like you." A cold smile flickered across Zhou Yan's face.
"You, how dare you call us dogs? I..."
The bodyguards' faces turned red, and they roared in anger.
"Heh heh, so what if I call you dogs? What's the big deal? Did I say something wrong?"
Zhou Yan sneered, then flicked his wrist. A gust of immense wind swept out, knocking all the bodyguards to the ground.
"I... I was wrong..."
Seeing this, the bodyguards had lost all their temper. They all lay on the ground, continuously begging.
"Since you know you were wrong, why aren't you rolling quickly? Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite." Zhou Yan's eyes flashed with cold light, and his tone was chilling.
"Yes, yes, yes... we'll get out of here right away, right away."
The bodyguards scrambled to their feet and fled into the distance.
Zhou Yan stood up, patted his backside, and turned to walk away. In a short while, he returned to his room.
Meanwhile, in another hotel.
In a room, a short, plump man was sitting.
This man was dressed luxuriously and possessed the aura of a king, a quality possessed only by those in positions of power.
This man was none other than the patriarch of the Huangfu family, Huangfu Yunhai!
"Heh heh, Zhou Yan, your strength is indeed more powerful than I imagined. I'm increasingly looking forward to your growth."
A sinister smile appeared on Huangfu Yunhai's face.
"Patriarch, what do we do now? This Zhou Yan is too strong, our forces are no match for him!"
Beside Huangfu Yunhai stood a black-robed elder with a look of reverence. This was Huangfu Yunhai's personal guard, named Liu Zhi, his right-hand man.
"Heh heh, although Zhou Yan's strength is not weak, he has only just broken through to the Innate realm after all."