Chapter 160: Eradicate the Root Cause

After leaving that luxurious mansion, Ye Feng used his detector to track the whereabouts of the man in black. Although he hadn’t left any traces at the scene, almost no one would know who had committed the massacre. But to be safe, Ye Feng wouldn’t allow the same mistake to happen again.
No one knew who the man in black would tell about the massacre in the mansion or what forces might be involved. The safest approach was to eradicate the root cause—kill everyone who knew the truth.
After searching, the detector showed three red dots across the city. Ye Feng checked each one one by one; the man in black had just returned from a teleportation array.
By observing his flight path, Ye Feng realized he was heading straight for the mansion already filled with corpses. Ye Feng chose a deserted path he would inevitably take, removed his invisibility ring, and waited patiently for his arrival.
Just a few minutes later, the man in black appeared in Ye Feng’s line of sight. Without hesitation, Ye Feng blocked his path.
Seeing someone in front of him, Zhang Ming slowly slowed down. He could tell at a glance that the person blocking him was just a novice at the Yuan Ying stage. He felt puzzled—his speed had clearly shown that his strength far exceeded that of a Yuan Ying practitioner. Why would someone at that level dare to stop him?
“Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?” Zhang Ming stopped not far from Ye Feng, looking at him warily, fearing there might be more ambushes nearby.
“Are you one of Yu Huawen’s men?” Ye Feng ignored his question.
“So what if I am? Who exactly are you?” Zhang Ming realized immediately that Ye Feng meant no good. But how could he recognize Ye Feng, who was wearing an old man’s mask? He had only seen pictures of Ye Feng’s true face.
“I’m an enemy of Yu Huawen!” Ye Feng had no intention of revealing his identity.
“You’re just a newcomer at the Yuan Ying stage. Do you really think blocking a strong person at the Fen Shen stage is a wise move?” Zhang Ming sneered. But he believed that since Ye Feng dared to appear before him, he must have some confidence, so he didn’t dare to attack first, fearing a trap.
“So what if I’m at the Yuan Ying stage? As long as I’m confident I can kill you!” Although Ye Feng’s words sounded arrogant, they only made Zhang Ming fear him even more.

“You must have been involved in destroying the Water Blue Planet teleportation array too! It seems you’re Yu Huawen’s confidant!” Ye Feng wanted to extract more information from him, to find out if anyone else was aware of what had happened. “Doesn’t Yu Huawen fear being discovered by the teleportation array managers? Or that someone might leak the information? After all, deliberately destroying a teleportation array is an act condemned by everyone in the cultivation world!”
“So what if I was involved? Could it be that you were hired by those people to help?” Zhang Ming clearly remembered Ye Feng and the others’ appearances, but the old man before him was clearly unfamiliar—definitely not one of Ye Feng’s group. “Besides, we naturally handled this matter discreetly, ensuring no one would find out. We made it seem like the failure was caused by years of neglect. Moreover, aside from my master and me, no one knows who did this, so there’s no need to worry about leaks! You must have heard about this from Ye Feng and the others, right?”
“In other words, aside from you and Yu Huawen, no one knows the truth about this?” A smile appeared on Ye Feng’s lips—his goal had been achieved.
“Are you trying to trick me into talking?!” Zhang Ming immediately realized that the questions he had been asked were meant to find out if anyone else knew about what had happened.
“Smart. But with this answer, you’re no longer necessary!” Ye Feng said as he took out a photon cannon from the void. He had no intention of fighting him. If this man, like that Yu Huawen, also had several Yuan Ying in his body, fighting him head-on would likely result in his own defeat. He planned to end the battle quickly, leaving no chance for the other man to escape alive.
Zhang Ming saw the strange object being taken out, then his entire right arm was covered by a layer of strange metal as it was pointed at him. He knew the other man was about to attack.
He darted away, trying to evade Ye Feng’s aim, as his instinct for danger told him that being hit by this unknown weapon could have extremely serious consequences.
“It’s useless! The photon cannon has an automatic targeting function! Even if it misses the first time, it won’t miss the second!” Ye Feng paid no attention to Zhang Ming’s attempts to dodge.
He simply pressed the lock button slowly, then pulled the trigger. Five out of six energy grids were filled in an instant, followed by a flash of white light.

Zhang Ming only had time to see a flash of white light before feeling intense pain in his right side. His strength was rapidly draining, and his heavy body fell to the ground from the air. He looked down and saw that his right half of the body was gone—his arm, shoulder, ribs, and even his entire neck were gone; only the left half remained, with his head still supported by the other half of his neck and not yet falling off. He didn’t die immediately. He clearly saw his internal organs flowing out through the wound on his right side. His severed intestines turned slightly purple due to oxidation in the air… “Your vitality is quite tenacious. With your Yuan Ying dissipated and your body in this state, you’re still alive…” Ye Feng slowly walked toward Zhang Ming, who had fallen to the ground. Zhang Ming tried to say something but couldn’t produce any sound. Using his last bit of strength, he slightly opened his mouth. Then, with his head tilting, his breath ceased. Ye Feng slowly closed his eyes and exhaled deeply. “Finally, all the troubles are resolved! There should be no one else to avenge these guys this time!” “12 second-tier souls obtained. 319,327 domain points can be exchanged. Do you want to exchange for domain points?” After the battle ended, this dialog box finally appeared automatically. “Yes!” Ye Feng nodded and then rushed away from the scene. Not long after he left, a figure suddenly appeared near this deserted path. “It’s that energy from before again…” The old man who had purchased the Immortal Grass slowly descended. After some investigation, he finally found Zhang Ming’s body. He crouched down and carefully examined the cause of death of this body. “How did this happen? Just one strike destroyed half of a person’s body. There are no other wounds on him—this is the fatal wound. There are burn marks at the wound. What kind of weapon is this… No body was found in that study before. Could it have been vaporized by the high temperature of this weapon?” After a long time of investigation, the old man left the scene with little gain…