C13 Humiliate Ye Chen

If Ye Chen were truly a Grade One alchemist, it wouldn't be out of the question for her to become his concubine, or even serve him without complaint. After all, the status and prestige of a Grade One alchemist are unmatched within a thousand miles of Heavenly Cloud City. Even the elders of the War Cloud Sect's Outer Academy would have to treat him with the utmost respect.

However, considering that Ye Chen's bone structure and martial soul have been destroyed, the idea that he could still concoct medicine pills seems impossible. The hesitation that Shen Lingwei once felt has now turned into cold indifference and disdain.

"Shen Lingwei, remember, the genius Ye Chen you once knew is now nothing more than a worthless dog that everyone shuns."

"He's not even in the same league as you anymore!"

"This loser is completely unworthy of you!"

With these thoughts, a chill flashed in Shen Lingwei's eyes as she slowly spoke.

"Ye Chen, if your bone structure and martial soul hadn't been destroyed, perhaps I would have considered being with you."

"But now, the distance between us is like the moon and the stars, the firefly and the sun—worlds apart! From now on, you're just a nobody in Heavenly Cloud City, while I... I'm destined to become the woman of Qin Huai, one of the top five talents in the War Cloud Sect!"

Looking at Ye Chen's calm expression, Shen Lingwei shook her head and spoke without hesitation. In her view, even if Ye Chen could produce ten perfect Spirit Fount Pills, it was likely just a reward he earned back when he was a top ten talent in the War Cloud Sect's Outer Academy. And once she married Qin Huai, wouldn't she have as many of these pills as she wanted? Why envy someone who's barely hanging on, like a dog on its last legs?

Hearing Shen Lingwei's words, Ye Chen couldn't help but chuckle. He never thought the Shen family, whom he didn't even consider worth his attention, would be so full of themselves, going out of their way to mock him just to save face.

"How about this," Ye Chen said with a cold smile, shaking his head. "Since your Shen family looks down on us, why don't I write a letter right now to break off the engagement with Shen Lingwei? That should suit you both just fine, don't you think?"

"Ye Chen, the promise between our families was just verbal," Shen Lingwei's father retorted. "Besides, look at you now, a complete loser. How could you possibly be a match for Lingwei? As for breaking off the engagement, it would be us kicking you out, not the other way around!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Hanzhou let out a mocking laugh, unable to resist taunting.

"Ye Chen, in your current pathetic state, you're not even worthy of divorcing me. If anyone's doing the divorcing, it's me, Shen Lingwei, kicking you to the curb!"

"And let me give you some advice: don't even try to prove yourself to me. With your current useless skills, you can't even compare to any of the outer academy students at War Cloud Sect. How could you possibly be worthy of me?"

Off to the side, Shen Lingwei sneered, chiming in.

"Shen Lingwei, who do you think you are? You think you have the right to talk about divorce? And honestly, you're right about one thing: with your family's scheming ways, always trying to climb the social ladder, you're not worthy of the Ye family, let alone me, Ye Chen!"

"So, today, I'll write you a letter of divorce and give it to you and your father!"

"At the upcoming Outer Academy Competition, not only will I defeat Qin Huai, the so-called prodigy of the Qin family, but I'll also divorce you in front of thousands of students from the War Cloud Sect Outer Academy, and make sure your Shen family is kicked out of Heavenly Cloud City!"

Ye Chen smiled coldly, his expression turning icy as he spoke.

"Ye Chen, you useless fool, do you still think you're the genius you once were?"

"I'm going to avenge Yan Fan right now!"

Hearing Ye Chen's taunts, Shen Hanzhou's face twisted with rage, his Martial Soul Stage Level Five power suddenly bursting forth as he launched a fierce punch at Ye Chen.

As Shen Hanzhou stood, a fierce tiger with deep blue electric sparks appeared behind him, radiating six distinct yellow glows. This was clearly Shen Hanzhou's Yellow Rank Level Six Martial Soul, the Thunder Tiger. With the emergence of the Thunder Tiger, Shen Hanzhou's aura surged dramatically. He unleashed a punch with a force of over ten thousand pounds, a power that ordinary Level Two Martial Soul practitioners could hardly withstand.

Watching this unfold, Shen Lingwei smirked. In her eyes, with her father's Level Five Martial Soul Stage and the terrifying power of the Yellow Rank Level Six Thunder Tiger, defeating Ye Chen—who now lacked both bone structure and Martial Soul—was a simple task.

"Shen Hanzhou, how dare you!" Ye Yuanming, standing nearby, released his formidable Level One Martial Master Stage aura, ready to intervene and save Ye Chen from Shen Hanzhou's attack.

"Father, let me handle this old dog myself," Ye Chen said with a calm smile. He stepped forward, looking disdainfully at Shen Hanzhou charging toward him, and spoke slowly.

With his current Level Two cultivation in the Martial Soul Stage, combined with the Yellow Rank Grade Eight Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul and the formidable power of the Dragon Blood Stage Level Six from the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique, teaching Shen Hanzhou a lesson seemed like a piece of cake for him.

"Well... alright."

Seeing that Ye Chen seemed to dismiss Shen Hanzhou and was brimming with confidence, Ye Yuanming hesitated for a moment before withdrawing his Martial Master Stage cultivation and speaking up. After all, he was still unaware of the previous incident where Ye Chen had his bone structure stripped and his martial soul shattered. Even though the Shen family had been mocking Ye Chen as a failure, Ye Yuanming thought they were just trying to align themselves with the more powerful Qin family, without considering other possibilities. Thus, he still believed Ye Chen was one of the top ten geniuses in the War Cloud Sect.

Considering Ye Chen had reached Level Three in the Martial Soul Stage while at the War Cloud Sect, and had awakened a Yellow Rank Grade Nine martial soul along with a Yellow Rank Grade Eight bone structure, dealing with Shen Hanzhou shouldn't have been difficult at all.

"You old dog, you're probably just like your useless son, all bark and no bite, showing off in front of others only to get beaten down like a dead dog!"

Seeing Shen Hanzhou charging at him, Ye Chen let out a cold laugh, his face full of disdain.

"Boom!"

In the next moment, Ye Chen activated the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique within him and threw a powerful punch. There were no fancy moves, nor did he use the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul or the Heaven Slaying Sword Martial Soul. It was simply the raw power of his physical strength unleashed in a single punch.

However, as Ye Chen's punch was thrown, a faint dragon's roar seemed to echo from his right fist, indicating that the force behind it had reached a terrifying peak!