Awakening the Phoenix Flow System after the breakup, I'm so happy!

Chen Yang couldn't help but laugh out loud at these outrageously arrogant words.

He pulled Lin Qingzhi behind him and slowly dusted off the dust from his suit sleeves.

"Trade my woman's life for mine?"

"Wearing a tattered owl mask in broad daylight, does he really think he's someone important?"

The mask on Night Owl's face completely concealed his expression, but his hoarse voice carried a hint of mockery.

"You stupid bastard."

He didn't even turn his head, but casually raised his right hand, which was wearing a black glove, and snapped his fingers in mid-air.

Accompanied by this crisp sound.

The black-feathered assassins kneeling not far away didn't even have time to scream before their bodies exploded into several clumps of viscous blood mist, like overinflated balloons.

The pungent smell of blood, mixed with an indescribable stench, was carried directly into people's nasal cavities by the mountain breeze from the mountainside.

Instead of landing, the blood mist seemed to come alive, quickly seeping into the ground through the cracks in the bluestone slabs.

"Wood-Eating Array, activate."

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of chilling cracking sounds echoed throughout the courtyard of the ancestral hall.

The once smooth bluestone slabs shattered inch by inch, and countless black vines as thick as an adult's arm sprouted from the ground.

These black vines were completely different from those on the wood demon earlier; they were covered in barbs and exuded an aura of death.

Black Vine was incredibly fast, giving everyone no chance to react.

A dozen or so thorny vines intertwined to form a large net, flanking him from both sides and tightly binding Old Master Lin, who had just stood up.

The other black vines clung to the ground, heading straight for Lin Qingzhi's ankles.

Chen Yang reacted quickly, severing two vines that were heading towards Lin Qingzhi, but these things were like weeds that could never be eradicated.

No sooner had one problem been solved than another arose; as soon as one section was cut off, even more black vines sprouted from the cracks in the ground.

While Chen Yang's hands and feet were entangled by seven or eight black vines, Lin Qingzhi's slender waist was tightly bound by a single black vine.

Before the girl could even cry out in pain, her body was abruptly lifted off the ground, leaving her suspended in mid-air.

The thorns on the black vine easily tore through her haute couture suit and pierced her fair skin.

It was visibly clear that Lin Qingzhi's rosy complexion quickly turned pale, and her beautiful face was filled with pain.

"Girl!"

Grandpa Lin was so anxious that he shouted and struggled desperately, but the more he struggled, the tighter the black vines wrapped around his body became.

The black vines greedily absorbed their life force. The old man, who already had little energy, became even weaker, struggling to even breathe.

"Don't waste your energy."

Night Owl strolled leisurely in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, not even giving Chen Yang a second glance, his eyes fixed entirely on Lin Qingzhi in mid-air.

"The key points of the Seven Stars Formation in Jiangcheng are all hidden deeper than the last."

"Who would have thought that the key to the wood vein array hidden beneath the Lin family's century-old medicinal garden would require a living person as the key?"

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lin's face turned completely pale.

He gasped for breath and shouted out the secret that had been hidden in the Lin family's ancestral precepts for many years.

"You won't succeed!"

"Even if you drain this old man dry, it won't work. The essence of the Lin family's direct lineage is the only key to unlocking the array's core!"

Upon hearing this, the owl let out a low chuckle.

"The old man does have some knowledge."

"Otherwise, why do you think I went through all this trouble to keep this girl alive?"

"Once I drain all the blood from her body, this Wood Vein Array Core will be mine."

After he finished speaking, his gaze finally fell back on Chen Yang, carrying a hint of condescending scrutiny.

"As for you, it's too late to beg for mercy now."

As soon as Night Owl finished speaking, he made a grabbing motion in mid-air with his right hand.

The lingering black mist in the air swirled wildly, condensing directly into a two-meter-long black spear in his hand.

The spear was shrouded in a dense aura of malevolence, and its tip gleamed with a cold, eerie light.

Night Owl pushed off with both legs, his black trench coat leaving a trail of afterimages in mid-air, and with an indomitable aura, he thrust his gun straight at Chen Yang's face.

The speed was so fast that the spear slashed through the air with a sharp, piercing sound.

Chen Yang looked at the spear thrusting towards him, but didn't even try to dodge. He directly mobilized the pure Yang internal energy within his body.

Two balls of fiery red true energy directly covered his palms, forming an indestructible protective layer.

"Bang!"

A deafening thud echoed through the courtyard.

Chen Yang grabbed the gun tip three inches below it with his bare hands, firmly withstanding Night Owl's thunderous blow.

The violent shockwave emanated from the two of them, lifting the already shattered bluestone slabs into the air.

But no one noticed that when Chen Yang took the shot, he actually staggered back two steps.

He left two deep footprints on the bluestone slab, and even his breathing became a little more rapid.

Seeing this, the owl's arrogance, hidden beneath his mask, became even more apparent.

"Your foundation in ancient martial arts is quite solid, being able to withstand one of my moves."

"Unfortunately, your meager skills are no match for me."

With a flick of his wrist, the black spear unleashed an even stronger killing intent, forcing Chen Yang to retreat repeatedly until he reached the edge of the ancestral hall's threshold.

Lin Qingzhi hung in mid-air, watching Chen Yang retreat step by step, and tears streamed down her face in distress.

"Chen Yang, leave me alone!"

"Run! You can't beat him! Run!"

Even at this point, this girl was still worried about Chen Yang's safety.

Hearing the piercing sob in his voice, Chen Yang sighed helplessly in his heart.

This silly woman, does she really think he can't even handle something that can't be brought to light?

Using the force of his retreat, he had already pushed his Eye of Insight to its limit.

A barely perceptible golden light flashed in Chen Yang's eyes, allowing him to see right through Night Owl.

It was fine if he hadn't looked, but once he did, Chen Yang was amused.

The guy in the trench coat who's acting all mysterious has no meridians or heart vessels in his body.

Beneath that black trench coat, there was clearly a thick, unyielding mass of dead, malevolent energy.

This thing isn't the real Night Owl at all; at most, it's just a clone or puppet that was teleported over.

The source of this puppet's actions was not itself, but the dilapidated Lin family ancestral hall behind it.

Chen Yang looked back in the direction of the flowing evil energy.

My gaze was immediately fixed on the row of ancestral tablets in the very center of the offering table.

The black spirit tablet at the very top is now continuously emitting black energy of the same origin as that on Night Owl's body.

"After all that, it's just a broken clone attached to a dead person's memorial tablet."

Chen Yang curled his lip and ruthlessly released the defensive force in his hand.

This unexpected turn of events caught the Night Owl completely off guard.

The spear pierced straight through the afterimage left behind by Chen Yang.

Chen Yang himself had already used the exquisite Dragon Step to bypass Night Owl's front, not even glancing at him, and kicked the incense burner in front of the offering table.

Night Owl then realized what was happening, and his voice behind the mask took on a slightly exasperated tone.

"You dare!"

He turned around to try and stop him, the spear in his hand transforming into a black venomous dragon, aiming to pierce Chen Yang's heart from behind.

But Chen Yang was faster than him.

Without any hesitation, his right fist, imbued with pure Yang energy, slammed directly into the black ancestral tablet at the very top of the offering table.

Before the fist even landed, the scorching true energy burned away all the surrounding cold and malevolent energy.

A crisp snapping sound was heard.

The ancestral tablet, which the Lin family had worshipped for a hundred years, shattered into a pile of wood chips before it could even withstand the bombardment of pure Yang internal energy.

The moment the memorial tablet shattered, the situation in the courtyard changed in the blink of an eye.

The owl let out a shrill scream, and even the black spear in its hand could not be held, disintegrating into a cloud of black smoke.

The owl mask on his face split open in the middle, and fragments of the mask fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

What was revealed was not a human face, but a blurry black shadow.

The once arrogant and domineering Yin Sha clone was now like a punctured tire, its aura visibly weakening.

"Good lad."

"You dared to destroy my clone? I'll remember this!"

The dark figure twisted and struggled violently in mid-air, clearly unwilling to simply dissipate.

Chen Yang turned around, not even in the mood to look at the dead man.

"You coward who doesn't even dare to show your true form, what are you pretending to be, acting like a big shot?"

"Since you're here, you can all stay here and use them as fertilizer."

With a flick of his wrist, Chen Yang conjured several more water blades imbued with spiritual spring water.

Just as he was about to completely shred the dark figure into pieces.

A chilling, maniacal laugh suddenly echoed from the shadows of the owl.

"Did you really think you were going to win?"

"Even if I can't get my hands on this Wood Vein Array Core, I absolutely cannot leave it to you idiots to get in the way."

With its last ounce of strength, the shadowy figure shot a beam of black light straight into the depths of the ground.

"Explode it for me!"

The black light pierced through the soil without hindrance and struck the sinister nail hidden underground.

This was a backup plan that the Black Feather Organization had planted long ago.

A muffled rumbling sound came from underground, like a small earthquake.

Chen Yang frowned, realizing something was wrong.

But before he could make a move, the Night Owl's clone completely vanished into thin air.

at the same time.

Lin Qingzhi and Old Master Lin, who were originally suspended in mid-air, fell onto the bluestone slab along with the black vines after losing the support of the evil energy.

Chen Yang rushed forward and steadily caught Lin Qingzhi in his arms.

Before they could catch their breath, Old Master Lin pointed a trembling finger at the medicinal herb field outside the courtyard, and even his voice changed.

"It's over. The Lin family's century-old legacy is completely gone."

Chen Yang looked in the direction the old man was pointing.

The Valley of Herbs was originally lush and green, filled with rare and exotic plants.

It is decaying at an alarming rate.

The venomous energy seeping from the earth is like an invisible plague, spreading outwards along the earth's veins.

Those elixirs and rare medicinal herbs that are more precious than gold.

One by one, the leaves turned yellow and black, and even the veins on the leaves rotted and oozed black liquid.

The entire valley was filled with the deathly aura of withered vegetation, and life had been completely extinguished.

Lin Qingzhi leaned against Chen Yang's chest, looking at this apocalyptic scene, tears streaming down her face like broken beads, her body trembling uncontrollably.

"Chen Yang".

"What should we do?"