King of Creation

Chapter 1955: Chapter 1940: The Vanished Bottom Line

"Is it you?"

Upon seeing Ye Zhen, Hu Lian exclaimed in surprise.

"Did you do this?"

"How dare you defy us? Don’t you believe that I’ll have my father scatter your souls..."

Slap!

A Spiritual Power Long Whip lashed out swiftly, its cracking sound mingling with the screams and cries of Hu Lian’s son, Tu Yan.

"You... stop!" Hu Lian was horrified, "If you dare hurt my son again, I’ll immediately have you..."

Slap, slap, slap!

The continuous sound of the whip cracking and Tu Yan’s wailing resounded, seeing Tu Yan being whipped to the point of bloody wounds by Ye Zhen. Hu Lian almost fainted.

Ye Zhen’s lips were full of coldness.

Using such means against a child was truly despicable, even shameless.

However, Ye Zhen’s own daughter had been taken away, and he didn’t know where she was locked up or what kind of pain she was enduring.

Shame and shamelessness, Ye Zhen’s limits had vanished the moment Chi Ling’er was kidnapped.

To obtain any information regarding the whereabouts of Chi Ling’er, Ye Zhen had abandoned all limits.

"Tell me, where is Chi Ling’er being held by your father! Otherwise, you will watch me whip your son to death!"

Ye Zhen’s voice was as icy as if it came from hell, making the shocked Hu Lian shiver uncontrollably!

Nevertheless, Hu Lian was confident in his cleverness and quickly denied.

"Ye, although our family has grievances with Hu Qingtong, Chi Ling’er was truly not taken by us..."

Slap, slap!

Responding to Hu Lian was the sound of Ye Zhen’s wrist flicking the Spirit Whip at Tu Yan.

With eyes chillingly fixated on Hu Lian, the whip in his hand steadily whipped Tu Yan, each strike bringing louder screams as his clothes gradually became soaked with blood.

"It’s not, truly..."

Under Ye Zhen’s icy gaze and the brutally relentless whipping of Tu Yan, the once-defiant Hu Lian completely broke down.

"It’s truly not my doing; please spare my son, he’s about to be whipped to death, I beg you." Hu Lian fell to his knees.

"I just want to know where Chi Ling’er is held." Ye Zhen spoke, but his hand did not stop, and by now, Tu Yan’s screams had weakened.

It was foreseeable that if he kept whipping, Ye Zhen might truly whip Tu Yan to death.

"I... I truly don’t know!"

Slap!

The sound of bone breaking echoed, as Ye Zhen lashed down, directly snapping Tu Yan’s left calf into pieces.

"Please, I truly don’t know, don’t whip my son anymore!"

Ye Zhen’s whip fell once more without a shred of emotion in his eyes, turning Tu Yan’s right calf into three mangled pieces.

Amidst Tu Yan’s piercing cries, Hu Lian desperately kowtowed to Ye Zhen.

"No more whipping, I’ll tell you everything, I’ll say it all!"

"Chi Ling’er was taken by my father; it was my son whom I helped to scheme and lure her out, but I truly don’t know where my father has imprisoned Chi Ling’er.

Let me go, I’ll find my father, and exchange Chi Ling’er for my son, is that okay?"

Hu Lian pleaded bitterly, eyes full of fear, terrified that Ye Zhen’s whip would lash down again.

A few more strikes, and his son Tu Yan might truly not survive.

There was no deceit in Hu Lian’s eyes.

Ye Zhen’s lips, however, displayed a bitter smile; his first hope had already crumbled, it seemed Hu Lian indeed didn’t know where Hu Buding had imprisoned Chi Ling’er.

"Then answer my second question, how many children and grandchildren does Hu Buding have, and which one is his favorite?"

Speaking, Ye Zhen glanced at Tu Xiong, who was clinging to the Void Prison with blood-teared eyes, "You better answer honestly, I’ll interrogate Tu Xiong later, if you leave one out, I’ll whip your son’s arm until it breaks, if the arm isn’t enough, I’ll shatter his skull!"

The chill in Ye Zhen’s words once again made Hu Lian shiver.

Born from the Fox Clan, Hu Lian had a poor temperament but was not foolish.

In an instant, he understood what Ye Zhen intended!

He also realized that this Ye Zhen in front of him was an absolute ruthless figure!

Suddenly, Hu Lian felt that what his father had done might have been a miscalculation.

This had brought disaster upon their small family.

Under Ye Zhen’s threat, Hu Lian stammeringly listed a string of names, including himself and Tu Yan, revealing that Hu Buding had two sons, one daughter, and three grandchildren.

The only daughter was naturally Hu Lian, the eldest son had long been groomed by Hu Buding, sent to serve under a Great Saint as a counselor a few hundred years ago, reportedly now a trusted Think Tank.

Hu Buding’s eldest son Hu Kuan had one grandson, Hu Changji, now grown and staying in the Hu Mansion for training in strategic and practical affairs under Hu Buding, with a cultivation at the Second Stage of Dark Palace Realm.

The younger son Hu Guang also had a son named Hu Youji, both staying under Hu Buding’s guidance.

However, the youngest son Hu Guang had mediocre talent, whereas the grandson Hu Youji, despite not being of age, was exceptionally bright, fond of reading, and regarded by Hu Buding as a treasure.

Under Ye Zhen’s threat, Hu Lian, though aware of Ye Zhen’s intentions, still obediently disclosed everything for the sake of her son, Tu Yan.

"Draw the portraits of the Hu Family’s descendants for me now. Don’t try anything funny; your husband will do the same shortly. If you dare to play tricks, you know the consequences!" Ye Zhen’s face was stern.

Bitterly, even if Hu Lian was unwilling, she diligently used the method of Divine Record to draw the portraits of the Hu Family’s descendants for Ye Zhen.

Afterward, Ye Zhen isolated all sounds from the Void Prison confining Hu Lian and began interrogating Tu Xiong.

Tu Xiong was a smart man; although barely alive, during this time he had already seen the situation clearly.

If they did not cooperate, their son would suffer.

Therefore, Tu Xiong answered straightforwardly, and his portraits were also drawn as straightforwardly.

Without collusion, Tu Xiong and Hu Lian’s answers were identical, and the similarity of the portraits they provided was as high as ninety percent.

"Hmph, seems you know your place!"

As he imprinted the portraits from the Jade Scroll in his mind, Ye Zhen snorted coldly and was about to leave.

"Brother, it’s wrong of my father-in-law to abduct Chi Ling’er, but please grant us a way to live; Yan’er, after all, is still a child and urgently needs medical treatment for such severe injuries." Seeing Ye Zhen about to leave, Tu Xiong pleaded bitterly.

Ye Zhen paused slightly without a word and vanished in an instant.

Yet, in the next moment, Tu Xiong was delighted to find that the invisible barrier confining him had suddenly disappeared. Wiping away tears, Tu Xiong dragged his wounded body toward his equally barely alive son, Tu Yan.

Half a quarter-hour later, Ye Zhen reappeared in the underground of Hu Buding’s mansion.

After a day of chaos, night had fallen, which made it more convenient for Ye Zhen to act.

Ye Zhen still decided to start with the simplest yet most important tasks.

Ye Zhen didn’t know how much Hu Buding valued family relations, whether his plans would outweigh these ties, but Ye Zhen understood that what he needed to do was to accumulate as many bargaining chips as possible.

In terms of ruthlessness, Ye Zhen considered himself second to none!

The first target was Hu Buding’s little grandson, Hu Buding’s favorite second grandson, Hu Youji.

No need for Ye Zhen to search; Nie Ting had received Ye Zhen’s news early and already pointed out Hu Youji’s location to him.

The sky had darkened, Hu Youji had just finished eating and returned, drank a few sips of tea, and habitually sat back at his desk.

At this moment, a Linglong Bamboo beside the desk came alive, flicking Hu Youji’s back of the head like lightning, rendering him unconscious.

Ye Zhen flashed out and, with a wave of his hand, took Hu Youji into the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space.

With the Dao Realm expert Hu Buding overseeing the mansion, Ye Zhen’s actions couldn’t be as reckless as in Hu Lian’s home; he had to be cautious.

At least not before capturing all the important figures without exposing himself.

Ye Zhen’s second target was Hu Buding’s eldest grandson, Hu Changji, but there was a bit of trouble when Ye Zhen went over.

This Hu Changji was actually enjoying a musical and dance performance from several songstresses, and it seemed their performance wouldn’t end anytime soon.

This made Ye Zhen extremely anxious.

The Ninth Elder Hu Buding’s mansion was different from Hu Lian’s home, which had only one servant, whereas Hu Buding’s mansion had hundreds of servants.

Presumably, it wouldn’t take long before the incident of Hu Youji’s disappearance would break out.

Time was running short for Ye Zhen.

"Tonight will definitely be an unforgettable night for Hu Mansion."

With a cold smile emerging at the corner of his mouth, Ye Zhen’s figure had already changed into another guise, wearing a black scarf like a mysterious figure.

Silent as a shadow, Ye Zhen suddenly burst out from underground.

A figure in black suddenly appeared, terrifying the songstresses into screaming, and before Hu Buding’s eldest grandson, Hu Changji, could react, his form tightened, and he found himself in a completely unfamiliar space.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A Thunderclap suddenly struck down, injuring Hu Changji heavily.

Meanwhile, in the Hu Mansion, a ball of fire erupted suddenly from the west courtyard, and within a couple of breaths, the west courtyard was ablaze.

Chaos descended upon the Hu Mansion.

The west courtyard of the Hu Mansion was where the two Master Sunxs resided and, with an incident there, numerous experts within the mansion rushed frantically towards it.

Almost simultaneously, a cold snort full of anger, carrying a frightening Dao Realm aura, soared skyward from the mansion’s main route and swiftly descended upon the west courtyard, extinguishing the raging fire with a single palm!

"Where are Youji and Changji?" Having spread his Divine Sense only to find no trace of his two grandsons, Hu Buding was astounded.

At that very moment, guided by Nie Ting, Ye Zhen made straight for the sky above the east courtyard of Hu Buding’s mansion, accurately blocking Hu Buding’s youngest son, Hu Guang.

Hu Buding’s youngest son, Hu Guang, possessed a cultivation at the Fourth Stage of Realm King Realm, which was higher than Ye Zhen’s, yet regarding Divine Soul Power, Hu Guang was absolutely inferior to Ye Zhen.

This was a time to strike quickly and decisively.

Without hesitation, Ye Zhen unleashed all his Primordial Spirit Power, intending to capture Hu Buding’s youngest son Hu Guang in one move!

At the moment of the overwhelming Primordial Spirit Waves rising, Hu Buding’s youngest son, Hu Guang, suddenly vanished into thin air.

However, the fleeting Primordial Spirit Waves immediately alerted the Fox Clan’s Ninth Elder Hu Buding, who had just arrived at the west courtyard.

It could be said that Hu Buding witnessed his youngest son Hu Guang vanish into thin air before his eyes.

In truth, it was only a distance of three to four miles.

"Thief, how dare you!" Hu Buding, his face ashen, shouted furiously like a thunderbolt, arriving in an instant!