At this moment, Ye Chen's forehead was covered with veins, and the features on his face were twisted together, looking extremely ferocious.

Duanmu Jie actually blackmailed him into kneeling by threatening the lives of his foster father and foster mother in front of so many people.

This behavior was really despicable.

If Ye Chen didn't comply, his foster father and mother might indeed be killed by Duanmu Jie's men.

"Duanmu Jie, don't go too far, quickly release Ye Chen's foster father and mother." Ouyang Xue's brows furrowed tightly, anger surging in her eyes.

Duanmu Jie's actions were clearly intended to humiliate Ye Chen in front of so many people.

"Trash, I'll say it one last time, kneel for me, otherwise, prepare to collect the corpses of your foster father and mother." Duanmu Jie didn't even glance at Ouyang Xue, a cruel smile on his lips, speaking coldly to Ye Chen.

With a loud thud.

The next moment, Ye Chen's knees slammed down hard in front of Duanmu Jie, exerting so much force that even the white jade stone bricks on the ground shattered completely.

"Haha, now that's more like it." Duanmu Jie couldn't help but laugh, eyes full of mockery, looking at Ye Chen like a predator toying with its prey.

"Look, Ye Chen kneeled down to Duanmu Jie!"

"Haha, wasn't this guy so tough? What's happening now?"

"Did he really think that winning the top spot in the new student competition meant he could stand against Senior Brother Duanmu? In the end, he still kneels like a dead dog in front of him." Duanmu Jie's followers laughed mockingly, eyes filled with ridicule.

"Truly pitiful." Ye Lin'er held her head high, staring indifferently at Ye Chen, a schadenfreude expression, like a divine lady looking down on a pathetic insect.

"Duanmu Jie, I swear you'll pay back a hundredfold for today's humiliation." At this moment, Ye Chen's teeth were clenched tightly, bleeding from the force.

He felt utterly humiliated, wishing he could tear Duanmu Jie to pieces.

But to save his foster father and mother, he had to endure it.

His foster father and mother were the most important people in the world to him.

What was his dignity compared to their lives?

"Enough, Duanmu Jie, you've gone too far." At this moment, a figure suddenly swooped down from the sky, a powerful rush of Celestial Spirits instantly lifting Ye Chen from the ground.

This figure was Ouyang Zhong.

His aged face was full of fury, with a terrifying power surging, like an enraged beast, making souls tremble.

Even Duanmu Jie's face changed abruptly, shivering involuntarily.

If Ouyang Zhong truly wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as squashing an ant.

"Ouyang Zhong, is the Duanmu Family genius something you can touch? If you don't withdraw your power, don't blame me for being impolite." In the opulent hall, Duanmu Ying's face turned extremely somber, speaking coldly to Ouyang Zhong.

"Hmph! Elder Ouyang, are you trying to bully the younger? If you dare touch a hair on my head, the Ouyang Family will pay a dreadful price. Is it worth it for this useless waste?" With Duanmu Ying backing him up, Duanmu Jie's demeanor quickly regained composure, his tone incredibly arrogant.

"Damn it!" Ouyang Zhong's chest was filled with rage, wishing to slap Duanmu Jie to death.

As the Grand Elder of the War King Hall, his status was extremely prestigious.

Yet now, a seed student who just joined the Celestial Flame Academy dared to defy him in front of so many people...

This was a great humiliation to him.

However, thinking of the current situation of the Ouyang Family, Ouyang Zhong had to swallow his frustration.

Why had the Ouyang Family fallen so far?

Provoking Duanmu Ying recklessly now would indeed be unwise.

"Duanmu Jie, I've already knelt for you, are you satisfied now? When will you release my foster father and mother?" Ye Chen clenched his fists tightly, making a piercing cracking sound, suppressing his anger as he asked Duanmu Jie.

His greatest concern now was the safety of Ye Ming and Xiao Hui.

As for the hatred between him and Duanmu Jie, there will be plenty of opportunities for revenge in the future.

"Haha, Ye Chen, I forgot to tell you, your adoptive father and mother have both committed suicide out of guilt. You'd better prepare two coffins for their burial." Duanmu Jie gazed at Ye Chen with mocking eyes, speaking with a voice filled with cruelty, as if looking at a pathetic insect.

"No! No!" Ye Chen's head buzzed with a deafening sound, his entire body froze in place as if struck by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.

Then, a hysterical roar erupted from his mouth, his voice piercingly shrill to the point of chilling the spine.

At this moment, he truly couldn't accept the news of Ye Ming and Xiao Hui's deaths.

To him, this was akin to the sky collapsing.

"Damn it, truly damn it! How could Ye Chen's adoptive parents commit suicide out of guilt? It must be your Duanmu Family that executed them." Even Ouyang Xue, standing beside Ye Chen, had eyes turned blood-red, filled with rage as if she could swallow Duanmu Jie whole at any moment.

Previously, when Duanmu Lang captured Ye Chen's adoptive parents, he clearly said that as long as two Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts were provided within three days, Ye Chen's adoptive parents could be redeemed.

But now, less than two days had passed, and Ye Chen's adoptive parents were already dead.

Even a fool could understand that this was definitely a deliberate act by the Duanmu Family.

Why couldn't they just let Ye Chen's adoptive parents go?

"Die! Duanmu Jie, I want you dead." At this moment, an extremely terrifying force suddenly erupted from Ye Chen's body.

He had completely lost his mind, his eyes blood-red, filled with intense grief and indignation, pouncing toward Duanmu Jie like a crazed beast.

His adoptive parents were his only family in this world, whom he cared for more than his own life.

But now, they had all been tragically killed by the Duanmu Family.

And the root of all these tragedies was Duanmu Jie.

If Duanmu Jie wasn't killed, what face would Ye Chen have to continue living in this world.

"Haha, perfect timing. I want to see how a waste like you plans to kill me." Duanmu Jie couldn't help but chuckle, his mouth full of mockery, as if everything was within his expectation.

He had people kill Ye Chen's adoptive parents deliberately to completely enrage Ye Chen.

Only in this way would Ye Chen agree to life-and-death duel with him on the Life and Death Battle Platform.

And now, his goal was about to be achieved.

"Ye Chen, don't act impulsively. You're not his match." Just then, a powerful surge of Celestial Spirits suddenly flowed from Ouyang Zhong's body, enveloping Ye Chen in its midst.

The next moment, Ye Chen's body seemed entangled in countless threads, rendering him unable to move no matter how he struggled.

This is the terror of a strong practitioner of the Celestial Spirit Realm; the Celestial Spirits within their bodies contain power far stronger than Gang Qi.

Even if Ye Chen went all out, he couldn't resist a Grandmaster of the Celestial Spirit Realm.

"Let me go, I must kill this beast and avenge my adoptive parents." Ye Chen's mouth continued to emit sounds of indescribable grief and rage, still trapped in a state of madness.

His most important family members in this world had been killed, leaving him no chance to remain calm.

"Heh! You think a waste like you can kill me? You haven't even weighed your own abilities. If no one restrained you, I could crush you with a single palm." Duanmu Jie sneered, his expression utterly disdainful, looking at Ye Chen as if he were a pathetic clown.

"Ye Chen, you really think that winning the championship of the seed student competition qualified you to challenge Brother Duanmu? It's laughable; the gap between you and Brother Duanmu is like that between a firefly and the bright moon. Don't you even have that bit of self-awareness?" Even Ye Lin'Er by the side had a touch of mockery flashing across her lips, speaking to Ye Chen with an attitude of superiority.

"Ye Chen, don't say I didn't give a waste like you a chance. If you truly want to avenge your adoptive parents, in a month's time, let's meet on the Life and Death Battle Platform for a duel to the death. If you don't even have the courage for that, then continue living miserably." Duanmu Jie said with extreme indifference, his eyes filled with provocation.

"What? Brother Duanmu actually wants Ye Chen to face him on the Life and Death Battle Platform?"

"If Ye Chen really agrees, he'll definitely die without a place to be buried, even Elder Ouyang couldn't save him." The new students watching gasped, whispering among themselves.

Everyone knew that Duanmu Jie possesses a Profound Level Fifth Grade bloodline, and his cultivation had long stepped into the Gang Qi Realm, far beyond Duanmu Xiong's power.

Even if Ye Chen had the strength to defeat Duanmu Xiong, in front of Duanmu Jie, he was nothing more than a joke.

If he truly agreed to Duanmu Jie's proposal, he wouldn't have the slightest chance of survival.

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