Ding Kaiwei stepped forward. The crowd of martial trainees surrounding Ye Chu immediately parted to create a path. He walked slowly until he stood directly in front of Ye Chu, his expression filled with arrogance. He simply stood there, facing Ye Chu head-on.
“I wondered who would dare cause trouble in Dingwu Hall. So it turns out to be Yao City’s former street rat!”
Ding Kaiwei’s tone carried clear contempt. He glanced at the kicked-in iron doors and continued, “Still, you have surprised me. The powerless weakling from back then actually possesses such strength now.”
Ye Chu looked at the youth whom everyone revered, his own expression unchanged. His voice was direct. “I will say it again. Get out of my way!”
These brazen words ignited fury among the surrounding martial trainees. They gripped their iron rods tighter, roaring in outrage.
“Young master! Why waste words on him? Just crush him and throw him out!”
“Exactly! Dingwu Hall cannot allow a piece of trash like him to cause trouble here!”
“Young master! Step aside. Talking to such scum lowers your status!”
“…”
Ding Kaiwei raised his hand. The hall full of curses instantly fell silent.
“Ye Chu! Remember your place. You are no longer the person from three years ago who could strut around relying on your family name. Right now you are nothing more than a discarded pawn of the Ye family. Even if I killed you here, no one would stand up for you. If you know what is good for you, kneel and beg for mercy. Perhaps then I might let you leave alive.” Ding Kaiwei’s voice was not loud, yet it carried an unquestionable authority.
The crowd looked at Ye Chu with gloating delight. With Hall Master Ding Kaiwei personally speaking, Ye Chu was finished! In Dingwu Hall, no one dared disobey Ding Kaiwei’s words, and none of his commands had ever gone unfulfilled.
Liang Shan shook his head bitterly. Watching Ye Chu stand alone in the centre, surrounded by countless hostile glares, he felt utterly powerless!
“Interesting! Very interesting!” Pang Shao hid off to one side, chuckling wickedly. He had never expected Ye Chu to clash with Ding Kaiwei. This was going to be quite a show! Pang Shao had always wanted to know exactly how strong Ye Chu was, but he himself did not dare test it personally. Using Ding Kaiwei to do so was perfect!
Ding Kaiwei was no ordinary fighter. Together with the hundred martial trainees of Dingwu Hall, they should at least give Ye Chu some real trouble!
But what surprised Pang Shao was that Ye Chu completely ignored these people and continued walking step by step towards Fang Xinyuan.
Fang Xinyuan saw that Ye Chu still intended to deal with him. He sneered in disdain. With Ding Kaiwei and the entire Dingwu Hall backing him up, no one could touch him now!
“Still acting like you have the same status as three years ago? This time you will die!” Fang Xinyuan thought viciously to himself.
Seeing Ye Chu disregard his presence and keep walking forward, Ding Kaiwei finally lost his temper. He roared at the crowd, “Break his arms and legs! Let him learn that Dingwu Hall is not a place he can afford to provoke!”
The moment Ding Kaiwei gave the order, the martial trainees surged towards Ye Chu once more. They swung their iron rods with ferocious force, aiming straight for Ye Chu’s body.
“Courting death!” Ye Chu had already been pushed to the limit by their repeated provocations. His anger flared even hotter. Earlier he had shown mercy, merely slapping the trainees aside. Now, Ye Chu casually reached out and seized one of the incoming iron rods. With a sharp tug, he wrenched it from the man’s grasp.
Iron rod in hand, Ye Chu swept it horizontally. The strike carried overwhelming, tyrannical power. Every swing sent iron rods flying from the trainees’ hands. When the rod struck their bodies, crisp cracking sounds rang out. One after another, the trainees screamed in agony.
No matter how strong they thought they were, in Ye Chu’s hands they were nothing more than targets for a single strike. One sweep after another, he broke through their ranks like a storm, sending man after man crashing to the ground, rolling in pain.
“Since you refuse to see reason, then Dingwu Hall no longer needs to exist!”
Every strike Ye Chu delivered was powerful and precise. Several trainees at a time were sent flying with miserable cries. With each step he took, he carved a path of dominance. Within his immediate vicinity, no one could even approach him. His presence was absolute and tyrannical!
Ye Chu’s expression remained calm as he wielded the iron rod with a single hand, utterly unstoppable.
The martial trainees who had sworn to deal with him now retreated in droves amid the chorus of wails and screams. None dared to attack him again!
Watching one man drive back over a hundred martial trainees of Dingwu Hall, every face in the hall filled with shock and disbelief. Liang Shan had climbed back to his feet. His entire face flushed red with excitement. A rush of blood surged to his head, making him feel as though he were on fire!
Su Rong and Zhang Su’er exchanged a glance. Their expressions were far from calm as they watched Ye Chu casually swing the iron rod, beating Dingwu Hall’s fighting spirit into complete submission. Only now did they truly understand just how terrifyingly powerful Ye Chu had become.
Judging from the strength Ye Chu displayed right now, the true qi realm was clearly insufficient to describe him! Could it be… he had reached the Intent Transformation Realm?
Su Rong could not help recalling Qingyang Marquis’s earlier concession. The memory flashed through her mind of Qingyang Marquis’s expression changing dramatically when Ye Chu seized his wrist. Suddenly, she felt this possibility was very likely. If Ye Chu truly possessed such a realm, then Qingyang Marquis’s actions made perfect sense!
But the Intent Transformation Realm… that was an entirely different level!
Qingyang Marquis had already been stuck at the peak of the true qi realm for no less than ten years, yet he still could not break through to the Intent Transformation Realm! That alone proved how terrifyingly difficult it was to reach!
In the entire Yao City, the number of people who had entered the Intent Transformation Realm did not even reach one hundred!
For Ye Chu to achieve this realm in just three years was simply too inconceivable!
Only Pang Shao remained unsurprised. A bunch of useless good-for-nothings daring to stand in Ye Chu’s way—they were underestimating him far too much! Pang Shao glanced at Ding Kaiwei, thinking to himself that if Ding Kaiwei joined forces with these hundred men, perhaps they could finally give Ye Chu some real trouble!
Fang Xinyuan’s face had turned deathly pale. Only now did he realise what kind of terrifying monster he had provoked. If not for being inside Dingwu Hall right now, he would have already turned and fled. Watching one martial trainee after another being beaten down with miserable cries, fear gripped his heart even tighter.
“Clang…”
Ye Chu swung the iron rod once more. This time the strike was blocked. Ding Kaiwei had finally acted personally. He met Ye Chu’s rod with his own. The two iron rods collided and bent under the force. Ye Chu’s movement paused for the first time!
Casually tossing aside the now-bent iron rod, which smashed into one trainee’s forehead amid his scream, Ye Chu looked at Ding Kaiwei standing before him and said, “So? Are you finally going to make a move?”
Ding Kaiwei’s heart was far from calm. He had never expected Ye Chu to undergo such a terrifying transformation in just three years. Though Ye Chu’s earlier strikes had seemed chaotic and unrefined, to someone who had reached Ding Kaiwei’s level, it was clear that every move contained intent. In other words, Ye Chu had undoubtedly entered the Intent Transformation Realm.
For a former waste to reach the Intent Transformation Realm—it was almost laughably ironic! Among the younger generation of the entire Yao City, only five people had achieved this realm!
“You truly make me see you in a new light!” Ding Kaiwei took a deep breath and said to Ye Chu.
“No need for that. Hand over Fang Xinyuan and his group, and I will not pursue this matter further.” Ye Chu replied.
“Impossible!” Ding Kaiwei answered.
Ye Chu suddenly smiled, his grin bright and dazzling. “Excellent! It seems you have forgotten exactly what kind of person I am! In that case, there is no longer any need for Dingwu Hall to exist!”
Though his voice was not loud, the words stunned every single person present! They could not help recalling how three years ago, Ye Chu had been exactly this arrogant and unrestrained, committing evil without any regard!
Even Ding Kaiwei was momentarily stunned by Ye Chu’s words. But he quickly laughed in furious disbelief. “Just with you? You are not qualified! Today, I will teach you how to behave!”
As Ding Kaiwei spoke, his leg swept out in a ferocious arc, kicking straight towards Ye Chu’s chest with explosive power!