CHAPTER 1197: CHAPTER 1193: THE UNDERGROUND CITY OF SOUTH CITY

"Who is it!?"

Ye Tian shouted, though the person wasn’t exuding any killing intent, following him all the time still made him feel quite uncomfortable...

"It’s me!"

A person emerged from the bushes, it turned out to be Daichong, the Sect Leader of Tianmen.

Daichong had a puzzled expression on his face as he slowly asked Ye Tian—

"Ye Tian, weren’t you looking for a way to enhance our brothers’ strength? Why are you appearing on the outskirts of the South City?"

"..."

Faced with Daichong’s question, Ye Tian could only remain silent.

During his silence, Ye Tian faintly guessed Daichong’s intention for coming, but he didn’t expose it...

Then Daichong continued, "Ye Tian, we are all brothers. How could we not understand what you’re thinking? The journey to the South City is extremely dangerous, you don’t want to implicate the brothers, so you decided to go alone.

But, the brothers aren’t cowards either. A warrior dies for a confidant. Ye Tian, your deep love and loyalty for your wife, even facing the danger of death, made you determined to go rescue her. How can the brothers just sit and watch? Please give us a chance to sacrifice our lives to accompany you!"

Daichong spoke earnestly, and after hearing him, Ye Tian couldn’t help but shake his head.

"So, from the beginning, I never hid it from anyone!"

Ye Tian said with a bitter smile, and Daichong also laughed, saying, "Ye Tian, you’ve been apart from your wife for so long, you must be thinking of her day and night. How could a lover like you say things like ’stay put’? Later you mentioned finding a way to enhance strength, but how could such a method be found so easily?

Brothers were worried about you, so they came to the outskirts of the South City, just to see when you would come, and unexpectedly, you were already impatient so soon!"

Just after Daichong finished his words, all the brothers who were originally waiting quietly for Ye Tian’s return in the mountain nook also showed up.

Ye Xuong, Tian Qi, Andrew, Bilis, the Ding brothers, the Ye elders, the rest of the brothers from the Night King Hall, and a group of disciples from Tianmen...

Not a single one missing, several hundred martial artists in total, all hiding in the bushes earlier, waiting for Ye Tian’s arrival!

Ye Tian couldn’t help but smile bitterly in his heart, worried about Yun Xinyan’s situation, he hadn’t even noticed any movement in the bushes until he was about to enter the South City and make a big move, when he released his senses and noticed the brothers following him.

And when the brothers saw Ye Tian, they surrounded him tightly, not letting him leave so easily!

"Boss, you are truly too much, making us wait for your return, but you went to South City alone, planning to risk it all by yourself!"

"We’re all real men, we won’t cling to our own lives! And trading other brothers’ lives for a chance to survive is a great insult!"

"Ye Tian, you can deceive yourself, but you can’t deceive these brothers who fight alongside you! Everyone knows you’re a lover, someone who can’t let go of your wife and the child in her belly! You certainly intended to go to South City alone..."

"What you’re doing is too dangerous, facing the entire Black Hole Clan alone, there’s not the slightest chance of winning! Ye Tian, you’ve gone mad!!"

"Boss, the brothers don’t just want to live the same year, same month, and same day, but to die the same year, same month, and same day! You want to fight the Black Hole Clan alone, even if it means disobeying your orders, we must swear to follow you!"

"Yes! This time, buddy, you can’t act on impulse! We’re a team! Since we’re a team, we must fight together! Don’t bear everything alone!"

...

The numerous martial artists, each with something to say, enough to wear out Ye Tian’s ears.

Ye Tian was quickly overwhelmed by his brothers’ words, unable to say a single rebuttal. He soon realized that leaving the brothers behind to go to the South City alone was not very sensible.

Although he could use "protecting the brothers’ lives" as an excuse, once you bring out such an excuse openly, it doesn’t stand firm...

Since they are brothers, they should share blessings and bear hardships together. Neither enjoying blessings alone nor bearing hardships alone is what qualified brothers do!

Ye Tian quickly realized his mistake, taking advantage of the opportunity when the brothers’ words were no longer noisy, he bowed deeply to all the brothers...

"Brothers! I’m sorry!"

Ye Tian apologized deeply; proud as he was, he rarely spoke such words in front of the brothers.

All the martial artists were deeply moved upon hearing it...

Of course, Ye Tian’s actions didn’t deserve blame from everyone, because he did it for everyone’s good, and thus his apology was also something the martial artists could hardly digest...

"Boss, we just want to fight with you, we didn’t mean to blame you, why apologize?"

"Indeed! You are the soul of the alliance, everyone was worried about your safety, that’s why they followed you, but the words were somewhat too intense..."

"Ye Tian, actually you don’t need to apologize at all. If you do, the brothers will feel guilty because it’s our weakness that led to this situation."

"It’s our fault, boss, you haven’t done anything wrong at all."

...

The martial artists expressed their eagerness, feeling uneasy with Ye Tian’s apology.

However, Ye Tian smiled gently and said openly, "Brothers, there’s no need to dwell on right or wrong anymore. Indeed, as a leader, I didn’t do well this time: Firstly, I didn’t take into account everyone’s feelings; secondly, I didn’t make the whole team better; thirdly, I deceived you all, though it was a well-intentioned deception.

Both publicly and privately, I’m not a qualified leader. So here, I want to sincerely apologize to everyone. This isn’t ’Liu Bei drops the child’ to win hearts, but a genuine apology from the heart!"

Ye Tian’s words deeply moved the brothers present.

Despite his youth, Ye Tian already possessed the demeanor of a great general. He was not arrogant about his achievements and always self-reflective about his mistakes. Who wouldn’t admire such a leader?

While touched, the brothers only felt their emotions fiercely stirred, each was bursting with energy, eager to unleash it right now!

"All the mistakes are of the Black Hole Clan. Today, we must unite as one and show those bastards a thing or two!"

"Yes! Now Southern City is right in front of us. Only by infiltrating it, disrupting the Black Hole Clan’s plot, and uprooting them can we rid ourselves of this resentment!"

"It’s time to act. I’m itching all over with energy and have to fight hard!"

...

The martial artists were indignant. During Ye Tian’s battle with Elder Nan Feng, they infused their energy into Ye Tian’s body, which resulted in some depletion.

However, it was merely a depletion of energy, with no martial artist injured. All martial artists were seasoned warriors, so after a brief adjustment, their spirits recovered fully.

Everyone was united in determination, bound to go all out against the Black Hole Clan in Southern City!

This time, Ye Tian did not stop them...

"That’s right! Between us and the Black Hole Clan, there’s a lot of grievances. So today’s battle must be spectacular, we must resolve all grievances! Brothers, now, I won’t stop anyone anymore, let’s pour all our passion into Southern City!

I hope our battle can save the innocent people of Southern City, and set a correct example for the future of the Martial Arts World. If that’s the case, what does it matter even if we sacrifice?"

Ye Tian’s words undoubtedly ignited the interest among the martial artists, everyone shouted loudly!

"Fight hard!"

"We’ll fight them to the end!"

"We won’t let them have their way!"

...

Such shouts rumbled through the outskirts of Southern City, for the omniscient Black Hole Clan, the martial artists’ yelling certainly could not be concealed.

Since it can’t be concealed, let the enemy know!

Ye Tian then continued, "Everyone! Although Southern City has not yet entered an emergency state, the Black Hole Clan has already planted surveillance facilities throughout Southern City’s streets and alleys, indicating their actions are imminent, very soon to be executed!

We cannot give them the chance to poison ordinary residents, so let’s act first and catch them off guard! This time, let’s show the elders of Black Hole Clan our strength!"

Ye Tian shouted loudly, the martial artists were immediately motivated, without delay, everyone performed Light Skill Steps and rushed into Southern City.

At this moment, it was the dusk of Southern City, a grand battle was about to erupt!

Meanwhile, beneath the new district of Southern City was a secret place known as the Underground City.

Even the native residents of Southern City didn’t know such a place existed, because the Underground City wasn’t there initially but was constructed during the development of the new district after the Black Hole Clan took control of Southern City.

Not just the unsuspecting ordinary citizens, but even within the Black Hole Clan, few know of this place...

Southern City’s Underground City was entirely built of steel, astonishingly solid, impeccably guarded, equipped with numerous surveillance devices and many advanced weapons to prevent sudden intrusions.

Everything was designed to protect the core area of the Underground City — a small room of several dozen square meters located at the very center.