Chapter 268: Chapter 266: Who Are You?
"Dad, are you okay?"
Wen Bufan rushed to his father’s side and quickly helped him up.
Only then did the others from the City Lord’s Mansion react. Wu Feng, Lin Hai, and the rest hurried forward.
Their faces were pale as death, and they stared at the injured City Lord with lingering fear.
They didn’t understand what had just happened.
After being helped up, Wen Quan still felt awful all over.
Fresh blood continuously trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"COUGH, COUGH..."
He coughed a few times before looking at Jiang Chen in utter shock.
Jiang Chen, however, stood there with a calm and composed expression, as if nothing had happened.
This shocked Wen Quan even more.
He recalled the earlier encounter. Jiang Chen hadn’t actually harmed him; instead, just as his attack was about to land, he had been struck by a backlash from his own Fire Sparrow Seal.
He spat out another few mouthfuls of blood.
Wen Quan waved his hand at Wen Bufan and the others. "Stand back."
He was incredibly unwilling to accept this. To be defeated just like that, by the weak Jiang Chen.
"Dad, your injuries..."
Wen Bufan started to say.
But Wen Quan cut him off, and the others all fell silent.
They didn’t dare to speak.
Wen Quan swayed for a moment before managing to steady himself. The Fire Sparrow Seal within him was also gradually calming down.
The backlash had severely injured him, but Wen Quan could still fight.
He took a few steps forward.
Staring at Jiang Chen, Wen Quan boomed, "I refuse to be defeated by someone who’s merely at the Warrior Seventh Heaven!"
Wen Quan was indignant, unwilling to be defeated by Jiang Chen so easily.
He had to test Jiang Chen again.
At the same time, he wanted to confirm a suspicion.
He remembered that when Qin Muxue had previously called off the engagement, she had taken Elder Resentment to the Jiang Family. In the end, Elder Resentment returned severely injured, claiming it was due to a backlash from the Fire Sparrow Seal.
Today, he had encountered the exact same situation.
’Why would the Fire Sparrow Seal cause a backlash?’
’Could it have something to do with Jiang Chen?’
He slowly advanced.
Moving closer to Jiang Chen.
The atmosphere in the arena grew tense once more.
Because Jiang Chen and Wen Quan were about to fight again.
It was an unconventional battle.
Jiang Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his expression unusually calm.
He watched Wen Quan with an icy gaze.
The backlash from the Fire Sparrow Seal was terrifying. He could see that Wen Quan was now gravely injured, with little of his Combat Power remaining.
Of course, even so, if it came down to pure Combat Power, Jiang Chen was still no match for Wen Quan.
Jiang Chen’s entire advantage lay with the Fire Sparrow Seal.
"Jiang Chen, again!"
Wen Quan roared, his body shooting forward in an instant.
As he moved, he activated the Fire Sparrow Seal once more, his entire body bursting into flames.
It wasn’t just that he refused to accept defeat; the most crucial thing was to understand if Jiang Chen’s presence was truly affecting the Fire Sparrow Seal.
He wanted to get to the bottom of this.
He was ready to risk it all, even if it meant suffering another backlash.
Wreathed in flames, Wen Quan appeared before Jiang Chen and thrust out a palm.
Within his palm, the power of the Fire Sparrow Seal condensed into a Firebird, which shot toward Jiang Chen with a shriek.
Jiang Chen gave a faint, indifferent smile.
"Then I’ll show you what happens when the descendant meets the ancestor."
"Vermilion Bird Seal, backlash."
He didn’t move a muscle. He simply stood there and uttered those words softly.
That’s right, he didn’t even lift a finger.
It was as if he didn’t even need to fight Wen Quan.
The Jiang Family members were once again dumbfounded.
’Is Jiang Chen being too arrogant? He’s not even fighting back!’
However, what they saw next changed their minds completely.
"RUMBLE..."
Wen Quan hadn’t even gotten close to Jiang Chen when he felt the Fire Sparrow Seal inside him begin to roar.
An endless inferno began to burn within his body—the backlash had started.
’The backlash is starting again?’
Wen Quan’s expression changed drastically.
The Fire Sparrow Seal was backlashing before he even got near Jiang Chen.
This outcome was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
But he had no time to think. The backlash from the Fire Sparrow Seal was simply unstoppable.
It crushed his internal defenses in an instant, and he couldn’t suppress it at all.
His insides churned violently.
"AHH..."
Wen Quan cried out and collapsed to the ground.
He began to twitch uncontrollably.
He desperately tried to suppress the Fire Sparrow Seal’s backlash raging within him.
That single moment had nearly cost him his life.
After some time, a severely weakened Wen Quan stopped convulsing and slowly climbed up from the ground.
He looked at Jiang Chen with a hint of terror.
"Who are you?"
"Who in the world are you?"
"Why can you make my Fire Sparrow Seal backlash?"
"What kind of person are you?"
He questioned Jiang Chen frantically.
He had figured it out. The Fire Sparrow Seal’s backlash was because of Jiang Chen.
This was the second time it had happened.
It was a situation that was almost impossible to believe.
But he was certain that Jiang Chen was the cause.
He had heard Jiang Chen mention the word "backlash" twice now.
If Jiang Chen could cause the Fire Sparrow Seal to backlash, didn’t that mean anyone in the Fire Sparrow Kingdom who practiced the Fire Sparrow Seal would be defeated before a fight even began?
What a terrifying thought.
’I must report this to the Fire Sparrow Kingdom.’
’This man... he’s an absolute monster.’
These thoughts kept surfacing in Wen Quan’s mind. With Jiang Chen in the Fire Sparrow Kingdom, the kingdom would be powerless against him.
Jiang Chen could even threaten the fate of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom at any moment.
The more he thought about it, the more terrified he became, and a cold sweat broke out on his skin.
Jiang Chen replied coolly, "I am no one. I am me."
"You... have lost."
Wen Quan trembled violently, not just from the backlash, but from the agony of being defeated by someone so much weaker.
It was a feeling worse than death.
"You..."
"Who in the hell are you?"
"Jiang Chen, you’re not Jiang Chen! The Jiang Chen I know is just a useless piece of trash! You’re not trash, so you can’t be Jiang Chen..."
Wen Quan was on the verge of madness. His intuition screamed at him.
The person before him was not the idle, utterly useless Jiang Chen from before.
He stared intently at Jiang Chen.
He became more and more convinced that his judgment was correct.
At that moment, Jiang Chen’s expression changed.
This was the first time someone had suspected his true identity.
After all, his reincarnation was his greatest secret.
His face turned cold, and he snapped, "You’re courting death."
"Vermilion Bird Seal, backlash!"
He needed to shut Wen Quan up.
The backlash started once more.
"AHHH..."
Sure enough, Wen Quan was immediately hit by the backlash. It could even be triggered when he wasn’t attacking Jiang Chen.
He let out a pained scream and scrambled backward in a hurry.
At the same time, seeing their City Lord in trouble, the men from the City Lord’s Mansion rushed forward.
They stood guard against Jiang Chen.
Wen Bufan, in particular, looked at Jiang Chen as if he had seen a ghost.
Jiang Chen had once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, completely turning the tables.
How infuriating.
"Damn bastard..."
He trembled with rage.
But there was nothing he could do about the young man before him.
Sheltered by the experts from the City Lord’s Mansion, Wen Quan flashed a savage grin at Jiang Chen and suddenly shouted, "Jiang Han, that’s not your son!"
"He isn’t Jiang Chen! He is definitely not your son, Jiang Chen!"
The crazed Wen Quan yelled this out in the direction of the Jiang Family.
He had voiced his suspicion.
The scene instantly fell silent.
He’s not Jiang Chen, not Jiang Chen....
