Chapter 1280: Chapter 1260: Following the Trail

Upon hearing this, Ye Huan’s face darkened as uneasiness settled in his heart.

The situation was indeed as he had anticipated; Di Asura had secretly sent Empress away from Huaxia!

The destination was Japan!

This was highly unusual!

The Japanese division of the Sequence had already been eradicated.

What did Di Asura mean by sending someone there?

Could it be that he was sending someone to the internal mole of the Japanese Twelve Celestial Gods?

If that’s the case, the call should be coming soon...

Just as Ye Huan thought this, his phone suddenly rang.

He took out his phone from his pocket and glanced at it.

As expected.

Caller: Apollo!

Ye Huan quickly pressed the answer button.

"Ye Huan, something’s up!"

"My men have found out that Athena has secretly dispatched a squad of Divine Guards from the Temple of Wisdom to Yokohama Port to make contact with a woman, who seems to be Xiao Yu, the wife of Judgement Dragon God, Di Asura! She’s carrying another woman on her back!"

"The woman on her back is someone we both know, the Dragon God of Tiankai... Empress!"

"Empress is in a coma, badly injured, in a very poor condition!"

Apollo’s tone was anxious: "Moreover, by the time I arrived at the scene, the squad was already leading Xiao Yu and the injured unconscious Empress away! Do you think I should immediately pursue them or...?"

"How long ago did they leave?" Ye Huan asked.

"An hour and a half!"

"Don’t pursue them for now," Ye Huan decided, "An hour and a half is too long. If we go after them now, we might not even see their shadows, and it would alert them unnecessarily."

After pausing for a moment, and pondering, he continued, "Instead, have someone secretly track their movements. Di Asura has already defected to the Sequence’s side. Empress is extremely important to the Di Family at present, so his objective this time is to deliver Empress to the Sequence, their enemy. Xiao Yu’s destination must be an important base of the Sequence. Once we track and find out the location of that base, we can strategically gain significant benefits."

On the other end, Apollo nodded repeatedly, clearly agreeing with Ye Huan’s decision, "I understand, but..."

At this point, his tone changed, and he said grimly, "Ye Huan, that bastard Athena, she has definitely betrayed the Twelve Celestial Gods, should we temporarily detain her?"

"No need, let events unfold further to see the bigger picture. Let the bullet keep flying, don’t act on her yet."

With that, Ye Huan hung up the phone, his face filled with gloom.

It was obvious that Di Asura had arranged for Wulao Dog to send Xiao Yu and Empress to Japan as a mere stepping stone, to quickly get them out of the country and then have someone from the Sequence pick them up from Japan to their base!

Once Empress falls into the hands of the Sequence, she will be in grave danger!

Her life will be under great threat!

"Sequence, Di Asura, I hope you don’t go too far, otherwise..." Ye Huan’s gaze turned cold, murmuring to himself for a while, he suddenly stretched out his right hand in front of him and intercepted a hot, smoking bullet with his bare hand!

Nearby, Wulao Dog, who was sneaking out a silenced pistol intending to assassinate Ye Huan while he was on the phone, with a sinister grin on his face, suddenly froze upon witnessing this scene.

When Ye Huan turned his head and looked at him with eyes filled with icy killing intent, Wulao Dog instantly found himself in a state of utter despair and fear, losing control of his bladder.

The air was thick with a filthy stench!

"There sure are plenty of people seeking death these days."

Ye Huan sneered, extending his right hand, completing the process of gun snatching and chambering in 0.1 seconds, and raised the silenced pistol to aim its dark and hollow muzzle at Wulao Dog’s head!

At this moment, Wulao Dog regretted so much that his intestines turned green.

If he could do it all over again, he’d rather die than attempt such a suicidal move to ambush Ye Huan.

Ye Huan, expressionless, placed his finger on the trigger! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

...

In Binhai City, beside a road outside the East Dock.

Chen Fangzhou, full of anxiety, paced back and forth, extremely worried, "Why isn’t he here yet? If he’s any later, Ye Huan might be in deep trouble!"

At that moment, a Lamborghini Aventador rushed over and parked by the roadside.

Six lavishly dressed individuals got out of the car.

One was Chen Donghai, and the other five were the Half-step Divine Kings that Chen Donghai had contacted and invited from near Binhai City!

"Dad, you finally arrived, I was about to lose my mind!"

Chen Fangzhou let out a sigh of relief upon seeing them!

"No time for anything else, where is Mr. Ye, how is he now?!" Chen Donghai’s face was filled with urgency as he asked for the situation.

"Sigh, you arrived late. Mr. Ye couldn’t hold on! There were still intense fighting noises three minutes ago, now it’s all silent. I presume the battle is over, and Mr. Ye is dead at the hands of the traitors!" Chen Fangzhou sighed, looking quite sorrowful.

Upon hearing this, Chen Donghai and the esteemed experts present turned white, unable to stand firm, almost falling to the ground.

Having heard earlier from Chen Fangzhou that Ye Huan was besieged by the three Grand Elders of the Punishment Hall, they rushed to Binhai City without delay!

The objective was to reach the battlefield as swiftly as possible to rescue Ye Huan!

After all, looking at the entire Ancient Martial Realm, the three Grand Elders of Dragon Gate’s Punishment Hall were amongst the strongest, all being seasoned top-tier experts!

With Ye Huan being attacked by them, it was destined to be a dire situation, hard to defend against!

Unexpectedly, even with going as fast as possible, they were still a step too late!

Chen Donghai’s old face was filled with sorrow, "It’s over, everything’s over!"

"Everyone regarded Ye Huan as the hope of the Ancient Martial Realm, that’s why they stood against the Di Family with him!"

"Now that Ye Huan is dead, the Ancient Martial Realm will fall back under the control of the Di Family!"

"Once the Di Family regains its composure, they will surely launch a fierce reckoning against all the major families of the Ancient Martial Realm. At that time, most families will not be able to escape their fate, and our Chen Family will also face ruin!!"

Chen Donghai spat out a mouthful of old blood, nearly fainting on the spot.

The patriarchs of the Ancient Martial Realm present, these Half-step Divine Kings, also had faces ashen!

They too had once stood against the Di Family!

Now that Ye Huan is dead, everything has collapsed!

The reckoning of the Di Family is something no ancient martial artist or family can withstand!

"Heavens are against us, forcing us to our doom!"

Chen Donghai seemed to age ten years in an instant, despairingly uttered this statement, and after struggling to get up from the ground, he sighed and gestured dismissively: "Enough, enough, let’s not bother about anything else now, let’s first go collect Ye Shao’s... body, hoping his ashes haven’t been scattered by the three Grand Elders of Dragon Gate’s Punishment Hall!"

Saying this, he had Chen Fangzhou lead the way, and together with the five Half-step Divine Kings, they headed into the East Dock.

Five minutes later.

"Bang!!!"

A loud gunshot echoed through the night sky!

Ye Huan, expressionless, pulled the trigger!

A flash from the muzzle, a sharp bullet tore through the air, piercing Wulao Dog’s skull, sending him straight to Hell!

Chen Donghai and his group arrived just in time to witness this scene!

The seven of them were all stunned.

After coming to their senses, their eyes widened in disbelief!

They thought they were hallucinating, rubbed their eyes hard twice, then opened them again.

Seeing that Ye Huan was indeed standing there, they were utterly perplexed, hurriedly scanning their surroundings.

Upon seeing the three bodies, riddled with gunshots and wrapped in black robes by a container, they couldn’t stand anymore, bursting out into screams!

"What the hell, that’s the Grand Elder of Dragon Gate’s Punishment Hall, Di Gao Yang!"

"The one beside him is... the Second Elder of Dragon Gate’s Punishment Hall, Di Jiuzhou!"

"And that one, that seems to be the Third Elder, Di Tianyi!"

"Damn, what exactly happened?!"

Even for Chen Donghai and the others, who had seen many grand scenes, seeing the three Grand Elders of Dragon Gate’s Punishment Hall and the ground full of villain bodies left them exclaiming bluntly full of shock!

Their eyes almost popped out, unable to believe what they were seeing!

After rubbing their eyes hard for a good while, and slapping themselves a few times.

After confirming they were not mistaken and were indeed not dreaming, they were thoroughly shocked, left in a daze.

"Ye... Ye Shao, is it... is it you who killed the three Grand Elders of the Punishment Hall?!" Chen Donghai’s voice trembled as he tentatively asked.