Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 2291: Chapter 2289: East State in Ruins!

What Ye Tianchen hadn’t expected was that, although he hadn’t died, hadn’t been killed by that Half-step Saint Life from the Yazi Descendants, when he woke up, nearly a whole year had already passed. Qin Kongdao told him that Earth was no longer the Earth it used to be, the Martial Arts World was no longer the Martial Arts World it had been; everything had changed, changed far too many things. The Magic Laws of the Martial Arts World had undergone a great transformation, great chaos had arrived, the great-era struggle had begun. When Ye Tianchen left this cave where he’d been recuperating and stepped outside, what kind of scene would be waiting for him? Were his family, his friends, still alive?

After Qin Kongdao left, there was indeed a moment when Ye Tianchen wanted to impulsively rush out and see what Earth had become. A whole year had passed—was it really now that things remained but people were gone?

For anyone, that was a normal line of thought. Ye Tianchen could imagine, when the Magic Laws of the Martial Arts World changed drastically, when the Laws of Earth changed drastically and the great-era struggle arrived, what kind of situation ordinary people would be in, what kind of situation those weak lives would face. Perhaps death for these weak beings was something that could descend at any moment, because the world had been completely overturned and reshaped. Everything was being shuffled anew; all those nations and homelands of Earth’s secular world could be destroyed by a single strike from a powerful expert, nothing left at all, not even worth thinking about anymore!

”No, just as Senior Battle King said, I’m still badly injured and not yet recovered. Even if I go out now, it’s probably a dead end. I need to remember, this is already the great-era struggle; it’s not only the original Martial Arts Experts on Earth—most likely some experts from beyond the domain have descended as well. Who knows what kind of heaven-defying Demons now exist? With my cultivation at the Mid-stage Martial Saint, I should push my breakthrough further downward...” Ye Tianchen thought to himself.

Rumble!

A heaven-shaking blast exploded within an unknown mountain range, and the entire great mountain turned to nothing in an instant. Dust was continuously blown apart by the raging Wind. A single figure appeared within the dust, and as he emerged, his entire body flickered with streak after streak of Golden Light. This person was Ye Tianchen. After nearly a month of healing, he had finally recovered completely. However, he had not yet broken through to the Late Stage Martial Saint cultivation realm; this was intentional on his part. He felt that his Heavenly Punishment Thunder Tribulation was unusually special—there would be times when it could be put to great use!

Whoosh!

Ye Tianchen shot straight up into the high sky, his gaze instantly sweeping far into the distance. As he looked around in all directions, he was shocked; he sensed many powerful auras, many auras completely different from before. It seemed the entire Barbaric Forbidden Land had undergone a colossal transformation. Yet his powerful Divine Thought Perception, although sensing so many auras, did not detect a single familiar presence. Granted, in the Barbaric Forbidden Land Ye Tianchen didn’t have many friends, but even the familiar aura of former enemies was absent. Why was that? Had they all died?

”This still seems to be East State. Maybe I need to go everywhere and take a look.” Ye Tianchen was feeling a bit uneasy inside, even somewhat anxious. His Divine Thought Perception was strong enough, yet he hadn’t sensed a single aura from anyone he’d once come into contact with. That truly left Ye Tianchen very unsure in his heart!

Swish!

After orienting himself, Ye Tianchen vanished from midair, directly flying off in one direction. After he had used Qi Manipulation Flight for roughly one hour, he saw a stretch of city wall—a section of ruined, broken walls, already extremely desolate. This could not help but startle Ye Tianchen. The place he had arrived at, though shabby and tattered everywhere, with the walls destroyed and half collapsed, still had one upright section, on which a single character ”East” was written. This was the city of East State. What Ye Tianchen hadn’t expected was that it had been completely destroyed, which truly shocked him!

The controllers of East State City had always been the Qiong Qi Descendants, an extremely powerful Species. Even back when Ye Tianchen had slain the younger generation of the Qiong Qi Descendants, he had never dared to underestimate this clan. They had chased him down everywhere all the same. But now East State’s city had been destroyed, desolate and devoid of people. So where had the Qiong Qi Descendants gone? Would they really be willing to let others destroy their city like this without resistance?

Ye Tianchen pondered for a moment, then his Divine Thought spread out in an instant, sweeping across an even broader area. However, he still gained nothing; he could not find a single Cultivator life. At most there were some ordinary people still hiding in some mountain ranges, trying to survive—but that was not what Ye Tianchen wanted to find!

”I need to go into this city and take a look. Maybe I can discover something.” After thinking it over, Ye Tianchen immediately rushed into the ruined city of East State!

When Ye Tianchen flew into East State City, he was completely shocked. Inside the city, all the buildings had been destroyed; everything seemed to have been wiped away, leaving only some dust and broken walls. This astonished Ye Tianchen—just what had happened here? Why had it become like this?

Passing through some areas, Ye Tianchen deliberately stopped to examine the surrounding traces. Some places bore marks of combat, some had imprints of palm strikes, some had signs of fists and kicks. It appeared that a great battle had taken place within East State City, because even the powerful Formations guarding the city had been utterly shattered!

Unknowingly, Ye Tianchen had walked to the far end of East State City. There lay a vast open area, with some tall buildings, though they were all dilapidated, smashed to pieces. This was precisely the territory of the Qiong Qi Descendants. They had once controlled East State City, and no one had dared act wildly here. Ye Tianchen had experienced that power and domineering might first-hand. Yet now, on the territory of the Qiong Qi Descendants, there remained only dust and cobwebs. As for the living members of the Qiong Qi Descendants, not a single one was left. This inevitably shocked Ye Tianchen. How could such a domineering, overbearing clan allow others to sweep through East State City like this? Clearly, a shocking battle had erupted. But now their territory had been destroyed, nothing left behind, nothing remaining at all. Just what on earth had happened?

”Could it be that some powerful expert destroyed this place? Slaughtered the entire Qiong Qi Descendants?” A startling thought suddenly rose in Ye Tianchen’s heart.

At that thought, Ye Tianchen truly froze for a moment, somewhat unsure whether he dared believe his own idea. One must know how powerful a Species the Qiong Qi Descendants were. If they weren’t strong enough, how could they have controlled East State City? And if someone really did make a move against East State City, it wasn’t just that the Qiong Qi Descendants wouldn’t accept it; even the other lives residing here would absolutely not accept it—they would definitely fight. So the power within East State City was certainly not weak. Ordinary experts would never dare act so recklessly, right?

”It seems there are only two possibilities now. Either unimaginable experts have descended onto Earth and come here to slaughter, destroying everything here. Or, powerful beings fought a great battle here, turning the place into this ruin, and the Qiong Qi Descendants, along with the other lives residing in East State City, all fled so as not to be attacked again!” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but mutter to himself, analyzing aloud.

After staying for a while, Ye Tianchen left the territory of the Qiong Qi Descendants. He had found nothing there, and lingering any longer would only be a waste of time. What Ye Tianchen urgently needed to understand now was the current state of the Barbaric Forbidden Land, and even of all Earth—what had it become? As for the family and friends he worried about and missed, where were they?

Ye Tianchen arrived in the sky above East State City and glanced at the massive, supposedly indestructible rock on which the characters ”East State” had been carved. Now only the character ”East” remained, while the character ”State” had long since turned to ashes. He was still shocked in his heart—who possessed enough power to destroy it?

”Looks like there’s no clue here. I should...” Ye Tianchen was thinking to himself. But just as he was preparing to leave using Qi Manipulation Flight, he sensed a faint trace of life force and couldn’t help but look around!

Crash!

Ye Tianchen reached out a giant palm toward a corner of the city wall, directly smashing the entire ground there. When he drew his hand back, he saw a man, scared out of his wits, kneeling on the ground, kowtowing over and over as he begged for mercy: ”Don’t kill me, don’t kill me...”

When Ye Tianchen saw this man, he was genuinely surprised; he hadn’t expected it to be someone he recognized. Looking at the man kneeling and kowtowing, begging for mercy, he said, ”Raise your head and see who I am.”

The man kneeling there, already scared pale and still kowtowing frantically, heard Ye Tianchen’s words and couldn’t help but lift his head for a glance. When he saw Ye Tianchen, he was shocked to the extreme and cried out, ”You... you... how can it be you?”

”Very surprised, huh? Your master, the Golden-faced Young Master, is already dead. I didn’t expect you to still be alive. Looks like you’re pretty hard to kill.” Ye Tianchen said with a faint smile.

”I... I was just always watching over the tavern. The master only came by from time to time. That day he went out to hunt you down, and I never thought he’d die, while you’d survive!” The man stared fixedly at Ye Tianchen, his eyes full of astonishment as he spoke.