Chapter 144: Chapter 144: They Are Guardians

"Young Master, I didn’t disappoint you."

Gazing at the man before her, Liang Yiyi was still terrified by what she had just been through.

Jiang Chen nodded.

Then he asked suddenly, "Are you afraid, following me?"

"I’m the one who has led you into this endless abyss of sin."

Liang Yiyi looked at the man’s emotionless face in the darkness.

Jiang Chen was different tonight.

He was normally cold, but tonight, he was ruthless.

Finally, Liang Yiyi shook her head emphatically.

"Young Master, no. If we hadn’t acted, they would have. They would have slaughtered everyone in the Jiang Family."

"I don’t think we were wrong."

Jiang Chen looked at Liang Yiyi again, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.

’He hadn’t expected Liang Yiyi to see it that way.’

’That’s right. It was ruthless, but the Ximen and Bai Families were planning to slaughter the Jiang Family all the same.’

’If we weren’t strong enough, the Jiang Family estate would be littered with corpses tonight.’

He felt no guilt.

"Yiyi, you’ve matured."

Jiang Chen patted Liang Yiyi on the head. Her hair was in a bun, but her face still showed signs of panic.

’This girl must have gone through a severe psychological ordeal tonight.’

"Young Master, can you give me a hug?"

Liang Yiyi was at her breaking point. She had done things she could never have imagined.

She truly felt dizzy.

She didn’t regret it, but she still felt a heavy sense of self-reproach.

"Of course."

Jiang Chen opened his arms, and Liang Yiyi immediately threw herself into his embrace.

"WAAAH..."

In that moment, Liang Yiyi burst into tears.

She began to sob loudly.

After a long while, Liang Yiyi finally pulled away from Jiang Chen’s embrace.

She rubbed her tear-filled eyes.

"Young Master, I’m still not strong enough, but I’ll try my best."

Jiang Chen gave Liang Yiyi a gentle smile.

"It’s okay now."

"Don’t dwell on it. It’s time for us to head back."

Soon, Jiang Chen led a somewhat relieved Liang Yiyi back toward the Jiang Family estate.

Meanwhile, the Jiang Family had already sent people to clean up the battlefield.

"Master..."

Upon seeing Jiang Chen, the two Martial Kings who had just put on such a fearsome display were still panting, their eyes bloodshot.

Yet, they were utterly respectful toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen arrived with Liang Yiyi, trailed by six Martial King Experts. Four of them were Death Warriors who had consumed the Bloodthirst Pill.

The other two had not taken the Bloodthirst Pill yet.

After all, Jiang Chen had brought two Death Warriors with him when he went out, just in case.

He had also assigned two Death Warriors to Liang Yiyi, but in the end, only one was needed to finish the battle.

"Our son is missing."

When Xiao Yun returned, the battle had just begun—or rather, the one-sided slaughter had just started.

She had watched the entire affair unfold from just inside the Jiang Family’s main gate.

Only then did she remember the more pressing matter, turning to Jiang Han and saying in a panic.

She had checked Jiang Chen’s courtyard, only to find that both her son, Jiang Chen, and his maid, Liang Yiyi, were gone.

The discovery had given her a huge fright.

She had instantly started to worry about her son.

That’s why she had rushed back, only to witness the terrifying battle.

The battle just now hadn’t lasted long at all; it had ended with extreme speed. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

When a Martial King made a move, it didn’t take much time at all.

Jiang Han was shocked by his wife’s words.

"Our son is missing?"

"How could he be missing?"

This led Jiang Han to imagine several terrible possibilities.

’What if the Bai and Ximen Families were using the frontal assault as a distraction, sending people to his son’s courtyard to capture Jiang Chen? It would be all over.’

The color drained from his face.

He hastily asked the other family members, but they all shook their heads, knowing nothing.

"The Young Master is here! The Young Master is back!"

Just then, a cry of excitement came from a family member who was cleaning up the battlefield outside.

Everyone rushed outside. They saw Jiang Chen and Liang Yiyi walking side-by-side, followed by four Martial King Experts.

’That’s right. The two from before had now become four.’

The members of the Jiang Family were instantly dumbfounded.

They stared in utter shock as Jiang Chen approached slowly, like a king surveying his domain.

The four Martial King Experts radiated an overwhelming aura, yet they seemed to be nothing more than Jiang Chen’s personal guards.

It was too incredible to believe.

Their minds reeled.

No one could quite process what they were seeing.

They all knew that the two Martial Kings who had aided the Jiang Family were incredibly powerful and had mysterious origins.

After the battle ended, they had stood there, motionless, as if waiting for something.

And now, with Jiang Chen’s return, they were following him.

The scene was absolutely staggering.

It left everyone dumbfounded.

Jiang Han and Xiao Yun stood frozen, watching as Jiang Chen slowly walked back from outside.

Behind him followed four men covered in blood, each looking like a bloodthirsty demon, striking terror into the hearts of all who looked upon them.

After all, the Jiang Family members had all witnessed just how terrifying a Martial King Expert could be when they went on a killing spree.

"Father, Mother, I’m sorry for making you worry. I’m fine."

But as he drew near, Jiang Chen smiled at his parents and the other family members.

It was as if he were just returning from a casual stroll.

"Son..."

Though Xiao Yun found the situation bizarre, her motherly concern was overwhelming, and she rushed over to him.

She came to a stop right in front of Jiang Chen.

Only after confirming that Jiang Chen was completely unharmed did she, with some lingering fear, point at the four blood-soaked Martial King Experts and the two regular-looking Death Warriors behind him and ask.

"Son, who are they?"

’She had so many questions.’

Jiang Han also led the rest of the Jiang Family over.

They were all keenly aware that the Martial Kings behind Jiang Chen were the saviors of the Jiang Family.

’Perhaps they were even part of the Jiang Family themselves.’

Jiang Chen smiled. "Them? They are the Guardians of our Jiang Family."

What?

Guardians?

Everyone was baffled.

None of them had ever heard of the Jiang Family having Guardians.

However, Jiang Chen had no intention of letting more people know the secret of the Death Warriors.

He addressed the crowd, "Everyone, go and clean up the battlefield. And one more thing: after tonight, the Ximen and Bai Families no longer exist."

"I trust you know what to do next."

"Father, you go make the arrangements. When you’re done, come find me. I’ll explain everything then."

’He knew his father was full of questions. After all, these were the hidden assets Jiang Chen had prepared for the Jiang Family, and tonight, he had finally revealed his hand.’

’He trusted his father would recognize how important this was for the Jiang Family.’

He would also use this opportunity to come clean with his father.

In truth, Jiang Chen had no interest in managing the Jiang Family’s day-to-day affairs; he still needed his father to handle them.

Jiang Han was completely dumbfounded.

’This son of his was becoming more and more of an enigma.’

’What on earth did he go out and do?’

Of course, once he found out the truth, he would think his son was even more of a monster.

This was because the Jiang Family had begun their counterattack.

When they arrived at the Bai and Ximen Family estates, they found rivers of blood and a deathly silence.

Both the Bai Family and the Ximen Family had been utterly annihilated.

The Jiang Family members who witnessed the scene were all shocked to their core, each feeling as if they were trapped in a nightmare.

That night, the Bai and Ximen Families vanished from Hanwu City as if they had never existed in the first place.

The three great families—the Bai, the Ximen, and the Jiang—had always maintained a three-way balance of power.

But now, in a single night, only the Jiang Family was left.