No one knows whether a bullet actually hit Ye Xuan.

In the pickup truck furthest from the SUV, a man with a Southern Federation face picked up the walkie-talkie and said in a deep voice: "The Black Emperor has vanished, everyone remains vigilant!"

But before the man’s words fell.

Bang bang bang!

From a modified car not far away, a chaotic burst of gunfire rang out, accompanied by several screams.

In a nearby car, someone grabbed a walkie-talkie and shouted: "The people in group three have been wiped out, the Black Emperor has vanished again!"

"What?"

Upon hearing the news, several cars erupted with exclamations, seemingly unable to believe that the legendary Black Emperor could be so elusive.

A car full of assassin elites was slaughtered almost effortlessly. From beginning to end, no one even caught a glimpse of his figure!

Bang bang bang!

A somewhat panicked voice echoed from the walkie-talkie: "Everyone, be careful, group six has been wiped out, still no sign of the Black Emperor!"

At this point, someone was ready to curse.

Black Emperor, are you human or ghost?

Bang bang bang!

The walkie-talkie sounded again: "Group eight has been wiped out, still no sign of the Black Emperor!"

Damn!

Most people were already feeling panicked.

Bang bang bang!

The familiar sound echoed once more.

"Group two has been wiped out, still... still no sight of the Black Emperor!"

At this moment, the voice coming from the walkie-talkie was filled with terror, and this fearful panic affected all the assassins inside the cars.

Faces turned pale.

Hearts were in throats.

They didn’t want to panic, being elite masters of the Holy Mansion, they were talents chosen out of a hundred, unafraid of death or pain. Death was honor, pain was pride, but... they couldn’t help it!

Who can withstand this freaking situation?

Every time gunfire erupted, a car full of teammates died. In less than a minute, front and back, four cars were already gone!

But the Black Emperor, who caused all this, still hasn’t been found.

What concept is this?

This is completely the gap between human and god!

This disparity can no longer be solved with numbers and weapons. No one knows whether the next utterly annihilated car will be their own.

Death is not scary.

It’s the forced waiting for death that’s truly terrifying!

Bang bang bang!

The pain is brief, yet another car full of people died.

Bang bang bang!

...

Despite appearing vastly disparate in strength, as war erupted, the contrast was visually apparent; yet the ones being mercilessly slaughtered were the larger group.

With each gunfire, a car full of people died.

Every sound from the walkie-talkie was filled with terror and panic.

Time kept passing.

The smell of blood filled the air.

Over a hundred elite Holy Mansion masters, who should have had victory assured, were slaughtered with no power to resist; from start to finish, no one saw Ye Xuan’s figure.

Of course, except for those on the verge of death.

Ten minutes altogether.

The dust around the SUV gradually dissipated.

The chaotic gunfire occasionally ringing on site finally ceased.

Because, everyone was dead.

Only Tyron, with a severed wrist, survived in this blood-soaked battlefield, staring at the vehicles that had fallen completely silent. His face had no trace of color.

In his tightly constricted pupils, he seemed to see a new world.

Is this still human?

This is... truly a corpses-laying-hundred-meters!

Most feared, the air suddenly went silent.

Large beads of sweat frantically emerged on Tyron’s forehead, one after another they slid down, in a mere few seconds, his entire face was wet.

Of course, everything below his head was also wet, especially around the crotch area, simply unbearable to look at.

Suddenly, Tyron was jolted awake.

Because Ye Xuan had already walked up to him.

How laughable. From the moment gunfire began till now, Tyron was seeing Ye Xuan for the first time.

Snap!

The crisp sound of a lighter always broke the silence at the wrong moment.

Ye Xuan took a deep drag, looked at Tyron with a faint smile, and said: "If I remember correctly, back in the day, had I not reached out to save you, you’d have long died on the battlefield, isn’t that right?"

Plop!

Tyron stared with wide eyes, his knees quickly hit the ground, a face full of terror as he looked at Ye Xuan and said: "Lord Black Emperor, please give me one more chance. I didn’t want this either. It was the Holy Mansion’s assassins who forced me. If I didn’t do it, they would kill me!"

Ye Xuan lowered his gaze, chuckling lightly as he said: "If you didn’t do it, they’d kill you? Are you saying they coerced you?"

"Yes, yes! They coerced me, they not only want to kill me, but also my mother and child, I had no choice!" Tyron pleaded.

"Since you were coerced, how did you dare to shout at them earlier? Weren’t you afraid it would anger them and they’d turn on you and your family first?" Ye Xuan sneered.

At Ye Xuan’s words, Tyron was stunned, realizing he’d already severed all chances of survival.

Too late for regrets!

Suddenly, Tyron began to grin.

Laughing shamelessly.

People are like this, only when closest to death do they completely unveil the mask, revealing their true selves.

Tyron knew he was doomed.

Thus, he stood up gritting his teeth, looking at Ye Xuan with a mocking expression, laughing wildly: "Black Emperor, don’t think you’re so smart. What if you figured it out? What’s changed? Your recruitment trip this time is destined to fail!"

Ye Xuan casually shrugged, calmly asked: "Why betray me?"

"Why? You actually ask why?" Tyron sneered: "Of course, for survival!"

"Survival?" Ye Xuan smiled.

"For better survival!" Tyron said: "Black Emperor, I know you’re incredible, the whole world knows you’re incredible.

But, there are people more incredible than you, there are forces a hundred times stronger than Purgatory. I had a chance to climb higher, why remain loyal to you? Just because you saved me once?

Don’t be self-righteous. Back then, you saved me, because you decided to save. I’ve never begged you to save me!

The Holy Mansion’s power is spread across every corner of the world. As long as I please them, I have endless possibilities, and to please them, I just need to help them eliminate you. Why wouldn’t I do it?

It’s just a pity, I failed. Had I succeeded today, if you weren’t so strong, it wouldn’t be long before I’d be a world-famous real estate tycoon, with endless money, women to play with endlessly, I’d be a king in my own domain!"

Tyron spoke more passionately, more honestly, to the point his long-hidden greedy ambition was completely exposed before Ye Xuan.

How ugly.

Saving his life was just Ye Xuan’s misplaced sentimentality.