The three of them slowly approached the orb of light.

Wu Qianxun and Elder Ming positioned themselves on either side of Yan Hu, adopting a defensive stance.

"Young Master! The Young Mistress, Miss Gong, and Miss Ye are all waiting for you to come home!" Yan Hu exhaled sharply and shouted.

Humming noises!

The blood-colored mist vibrated intensely, with faint golden light seeping through.

"It's working!" Wu Qianxun and Elder Ming exclaimed joyfully.

"Young Master, the Young Mistress, Miss Gong, and Miss Ye are waiting for you to come home!" Yan Hu called out again, his face full of expectation as he watched the orb in front of him.

Hum!

The blood-colored mist suddenly became violent, and more golden light shone through.

"Young Master, Young...," Yan Hu began to shout again.

"Enough!"

Suddenly, a cold voice rang out.

Then the blood mist quickly receded, all of it flowing into the center, revealing Jiang Chen's figure.

Afterward, all the momentum slowly converged, and the blood mist and golden light also slowly retracted into Jiang Chen's body.

"Young Master, you're awake!" Yan Hu exclaimed joyfully, stepping forward to support Jiang Chen.

Hum!

Suddenly, a cold murderous intent burst forth from Jiang Chen, causing Yan Hu and the others to shiver instantly.

"Be careful!" Wu Qianxun and the other shouted, reaching out to pull Yan Hu back.

Whoosh!

A streak of blood flashed by, Wu Qianxun and the other grasped at thin air, as Yan Hu's body was lifted up, his neck grasped by a blood-colored hand.

Jiang Chen's eyes blazed with bloody radiance, his face ferociously fixated on Yan Hu.

"Mr. Jiang!"

Wu Qianxun and the other exclaimed, their expressions changing as a conflicted look flashed through their eyes.

"Don't... worry about me..."

Yan Hu's face turned a deep red as he gasped out, "Young Master... awake... everyone... waiting... waiting for you..."

"Mr. Jiang, wake up! He's Yan Hu!"

"Mr. Jiang, wake up!"

"Big brother, wake up! You're going to kill Brother Tiger!"

"Master, come to your senses!"

Wu Qianxun and the other shouted loudly as Lou Qiangqiang and others rushed to Jiang Chen when the momentum dissipated, now shouting loudly around him.

"Young... Master... awake..."

Yan Hu was nearly suffocating but still desperately directed his gaze downward, looking at Jiang Chen with eyes full of hope.

"Mr. Yan Hu, it's no use, we're getting you down!" Wu Qianxun said urgently, his aura bursting forth, as Yan Hu was almost strangled by Jiang Chen!

"Don't... don't! If the Young Master... wants to kill... then let him... kill... If it wakes... the Young Master... my death will... be worth it!"

Yan Hu frantically waved his hands, gasping intermittently, his breath growing weaker, his eyes rolling back, and his hand movements diminishing!

Hum!

The cold aura suddenly vibrated and then vanished instantly, the bloody light in Jiang Chen's eyes abruptly disappeared, and the bloody radiance on his hand also melded back into his body.

Thud! Thud!

Two dull thuds sounded in succession, Jiang Chen's body went limp, collapsing to the ground together with Yan Hu.

"Mr. Jiang!"

"Mr. Yan Hu!"

Wu Qianxun and Elder Ming cried out, hastily helping up Jiang Chen and Yan Hu.

"Cough, cough, cough! Young Master!" Yan Hu coughed violently, his breathing uneven, yet he still looked at Jiang Chen with concern.

Huffing and puffing!

Jiang Chen was covered in cold sweat, his face smeared with sweat, exceedingly pale, gasping heavily, and with a reproachful look in his eyes he glared at Yan Hu and weakly said, "Hu Zi, are you crazy? What are you doing here?"

"Hehe! Young Master, it's good that you're awake!" Yan Hu regained his energy and smiled naively.

Jiang Chen gave Yan Hu a look and scanned the few people around him, whispering, "Sorry for making everyone worry, I'm fine now. Just don't tell the family about today's incident."

"Okay!"

"Yes!"

"Big brother, you scared us to death!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Jiang Chen nodded, glanced at the car behind him, and Wu Qianxun hurriedly helped him into the vehicle.

Yan Hu turned to look at the two Rolls-Royces parked in the middle of the road and scanned the surroundings with a slight frown before stepping over to the side of the vehicles.

Bang! Bang!

With two muffled sounds, Yan Hu heavily kicked the side of the first car, which crashed into the second, and then both cars flew into the forest beside the road.

Turning back to Knight XV, Yan Hu sat in the driver's seat, turned to look at Jiang Chen in the back seat, and whispered, "Young Master, sorry, Ge'er Te escaped!"

"It's alright, now is not the time to kill him, let him run then!" Jiang Chen weakly waved his hand and ordered, "Let's go, return home."

"Yes!"

Yan Hu acknowledged and ignited the engine, continuing toward Jincheng.

Whew!

Taking a long sigh, Jiang Chen sat in the car brooding for a long while.

Suddenly, he chuckled coldly, "Trying to use a Heart Demon to control me and boost my cultivation? Hmph, think again."

Muttering to himself, his expression grew more determined.

Suddenly he closed his eyes, circulated his Cultivation Technique, and began to regulate his breathing.

Yan Hu, Tang Wanru, and Lou Qiangqiang all breathed lightly, careful not to disturb Jiang Chen.

...

"Bastard!"

After Jiang Chen entered meditation, a furious roar echoed in a certain space.

If Jiang Chen were here, he would surely recognize this place from his dream memories as the mountainside where a furious roar emanated from the bloody palace.

"Trying to provoke the eruption of my descendant's Heart Demon to take control of him?" Jiang Wuwei's cold voice spoke from above the palace.

"Hmph! Do you think your descendant's willpower is strong?" A harsh voice echoed from within the Blood Palace. "Just a bit more, just a little more, and I would have had control over him. Then, I would have him slaughter your entire Dragon-Tyrant Bloodline first!"

Jiang Wuwei's brows furrowed tightly, remaining silent.

He had indeed felt the struggle within the Blood Palace growing stronger, a sign that the blood seed was nearing maturation.

Every person that figure controlled turned into a blood seed for him, providing him with vital energy to break through his own suppression.

Just now, it was so close, just so close to breaking free!

What level had that boy reached? To provide him with so much vital energy?

Jiang Wuwei's brows furrowed tighter, a worried look in his eyes. Could it be that he had reached the Semi Venerable stage?

Was that boy's talent so terrifying? Did he not practice the "Heavenly Dragon Art" I gave him? Why didn't it suppress his Heart Demon Outburst?

"Blood Demon, to what realm has my descendant reached?" Jiang Wuwei coldly asked.

"Worried now? Hahaha! Hahahaha..." A mocking voice followed the burst of laughter from the Blood Palace, "Do you really want to know?"

"Enough with the nonsense!" Jiang Wuwei felt a sense of foreboding.

"Hahaha! Hahahaha! This morning, that boy had just advanced to the mid-stage of the Semi Venerable, and by noon I'd already used the Heart Demon Outburst to push him to the late-stage of the Semi Venerable. How about that? Am I not generous to your descendent? Haha..." The Blood Demon laughed loudly again.

"Bastard!"

Jiang Wuwei cursed aloud. Advancing too quickly could destabilize the mind, especially in special cases like Jiang Chen's, making it easy for the Blood Demon's provocation to trigger a Heart Demon Outburst!

Although he knew this, Jiang Wuwei had no solution, as the Blood Demon could influence Jiang Chen through some medium, but he couldn't. All he could hope for was that Jiang Chen would overcome it on his own.

He knew that a greater challenge awaited Jiang Chen next!

"Bastard?!"

Suddenly, a furious shout erupted from within the Blood Palace: "Your family's descendant is truly ruthless, dispelling his own powers to bring his level back down to mid-stage Semi Venerable?!

How could he do that?

No..."

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