Seeing Qin Hu, possessing brute strength, yet unable to hit his target, after several exchanges, he was instead struck two or three times by the black-clad person, clearly at a disadvantage.

Ye Tianfan frowned deeply. Qin Hu was an expert with the blade, so why, even when clearly at a disadvantage, had he not drawn his blade?

Although Qin Hu's hardened skill was impressive, and the three palms the black-clad person had struck him with did not injure him, if this stalemate continued, Qin Hu would surely be the one to lose!

"That person's style is very strange. I've seen many renowned masters of the ancient martial realm, but I've never seen such an eerie body technique," Ren Ningyue coughed lightly, her beautiful eyes frosted, staring intently in Qin Hu's direction.

Upon hearing Ren Ningyue's words, Ye Tianfan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, a flash of astonishment in his eyes, and he couldn't help but ask, "You understand ancient martial arts too?"

Ren Ningyue stared unblinkingly at Qin Hu, whispering, "I know a thing or two."

As soon as she spoke, the black-clad person struck Qin Hu's back again, causing him to stagger back three or four steps.

At that moment, Ye Tianfan focused his gaze, and his pupils suddenly constricted sharply! Though the black-clad person's strength in each palm was not strong, each palm landed accurately on the same spot!

If one palm after another is stacked on the same spot, even if Qin Hu practiced Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt, he wouldn't be able to withstand it!

At this moment, Ye Tianfan's expression suddenly turned cold, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

No!

Ye Tianfan had seen that black-clad person's technique before! It was the Seven Deadly Palms of Yama Hall!

This technique is extremely vicious and the conditions for its execution are extremely stringent, requiring seven palms to land on the same spot to be effective. In a battle between experts, achieving this is extremely difficult, so very few people practice the Seven Deadly Palms, and it once was believed lost.

The most malicious aspect of the Seven Deadly Palms is its Qi force! Because each palm's force is not great, initially, it is not noticeable when striking the body, but each successful strike allows a stream of Qi to invade the enemy's body, initially invisible and traceless. After seven palms are struck, the Qi explodes inside the enemy, causing death with blood streaming from the seven orifices! And Qin Hu had already taken four palms!

"He's from Yama Hall!" Ye Tianfan murmured, his eyes already filled with killing intent.

"Yama Hall?" Ren Ningyue frowned, a hint of confusion flashing across her pale face, as she looked back at Ye Tianfan and asked, "Why have I never heard of this organization?"

Ye Tianfan's expression was grim, his gaze locked onto the black-clad person, he spoke, "Of course you've never heard of them!"

Ren Ningyue wouldn't have heard of the Yama Hall, because this organization had disappeared for nearly a thousand years, as nearly a thousand years ago, the Ye Family's ancestors almost wiped out the Yama Hall! Now that the Yama Hall has resurfaced, it is scarcely known!

But no matter what, the Yama Hall has always been the Ye Family's mortal enemy! Ye Family's ancestral instructions were, anyone who is a member of Yama Hall must be exterminated upon sight!

This has always been the Ye Family's attitude towards Yama Hall! Moreover, the revived Yama Hall still maintains its former practices, with insidious and vicious methods! They even went to the extent of placing a bomb on Ren Ningyue's car! Such actions go against the Ancient Martial Dao of China!

Ye Tianfan's eyes grew increasingly cold, he didn't drag things out with Ren Ningyue, suddenly with a stride, his form flashed and disappeared, appearing beside Qin Hu in the next instant.

"You protect Miss Ren! I'll handle him!" No sooner had he spoken than Ye Tianfan suddenly struck with his palm, the speed like thunder, giving the Yama Hall person no chance to react, the force within his palm arriving in a flash.

Yet that figure, ghostly like the night, leaped backward, twisted into an eerie arc, narrowly avoiding Ye Tianfan's lethal strike.

"Let's see how you dodge this time!!" Qin Hu's low roar was filled with anger, his immense strength unable to touch the black-clad person in the slightest during their exchanges, already enraged Qin Hu to the point of fury. Taking advantage of the moment when the black-clad person had yet to land, Qin Hu timed his opportunity well, focused all his strength, and threw a punch with full force!

But at this critical moment, a flash of astonishment appeared in Ye Tianfan's eyes, he shouted urgently, "No!" Immediately following, he grabbed Qin Hu's clothing and forcefully pulled backward!

"Swish..."

A cold gleam flashed, and a cut instantly appeared on Qin Hu's cheek.

Out of the darkness, another figure had appeared! This person was slender, holding an East Ocean Blade in his right hand! The blade swooping like lightning toward Qin Hu, if Ye Tianfan hadn't pulled Qin Hu back in time, Qin Hu would likely have been cleaved in two by now.

"Japanese Ninja Technique! You're from the Eight-Headed Association!" Ye Tianfan's eyes flashed with cold light.

"Yes!" The man raised the East Ocean Blade in his hand, licking the blade where Qin Hu's blood had been smeared clean.

Ye Tianfan's eyes grew colder, casting a glance at the black-clad person from Yama Hall, coldly speaking, "You've colluded with the Eight-Headed Association?"

The appearance of the Eight-Headed Association member at such a crucial moment clearly indicated some understanding had been reached with the Yama Hall people, which made Ye Tianfan feel a flash of disdain. Though Yama Hall was the Ye Family's mortal enemy, it also highlighted the Yama Hall's prowess. Once a formidable adversary, millennia ago capable of rivaling the Ye Family, Yama Hall now reduced to colluding with foreign forces like the Eight-Headed Association!

Shameful! Despicable!

Such a force dares to be an enemy of the Ye Family?

Utterly disgraceful! Having such a mortal enemy is an implicit depreciation of the Ye Family!

"The current Yama Hall is completely embarrassing itself!"

Ye Tianfan's Qi force burst forth instantly from his body, enveloping him in killing intent!

But at this moment, the man from the Eight-Headed Association and the black-clad person from Yama Hall suddenly retreated violently, neither seemed willing to engage Ye Tianfan directly, instead, like specters, their figures rushed rapidly toward Ren Ningyue.

Ye Tianfan had not expected such synchronization between them, roared in anger, wanting to turn back and pursue, but it was too late, Ren Ningyue was too close! With such a short distance, those two figures would reach her almost instantly.

"Ren Ningyue, watch out!"

Ye Tianfan turned back with all his strength, yet still lagged by half a second, the Qi force in his palm always just a hair's breadth short of reaching the two.

"Cough cough cough..." Ren Ningyue coughed urgently again, her delicate body trembling slightly, her hand holding a white handkerchief shaking rapidly, at this point, she couldn't even hold the handkerchief, it slipped from her hand.

Ren Ningyue's frail, sickly form slowly expanding in Ye Tianfan's pupils, this woman full of Chinese fervor, was about to be struck by those two! With her frail physique, let alone two ancient martial experts, even a common burly man could crush her with a single punch.

Ye Tianfan's expression shifted suddenly; if he wanted to save Ren Ningyue, he would have to use the Ye Family's ultimate technique [Wind Traverses Miles]! But his destiny didn't permit him to use the Ye Family's ultimate techniques! The three restrictions of the Ye family's old master seemed to echo in Ye Tianfan's ear, forbidding the use of the Ye Family's ultimate techniques before the age of thirty-six!

What to do?

Should he use the Ye Family's ultimate technique, defy fate, act against the heavens, and henceforth fall into a destiny of constant misfortune, or should he watch helplessly as Ren Ningyue dies in front of him? At this moment, Ye Tianfan must make a life-or-death decision in an extreme timeframe!

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