Chapter 236 | My Avatar Is Becoming a God

Ye Hanshan streaked across the sky like a purple meteor, charging forward like an enraged lion. He stood in mid-air, scanning the area.

“Dad, I’m over here!”

Down in the convoy, Ye Yu waved her arms frantically, trying to catch her father's attention.

Seeing that his daughter was unharmed, Ye Hanshan finally let out a sigh of relief.

Just ten minutes ago, his daughter had sent him an incredibly brief text message that nearly made him jump out of his skin.

【Dad, something huge happened in the North District! Someone is trying to silence and kill all of us right now!】

There was no context or explanation, as Ye Yu hadn't had the time to write more.

But that was more than enough to make Ye Hanshan drop everything and rush over at a moment's notice.

Now that he saw his daughter was safe, he finally had the chance to take in his surroundings. His eyes instantly widened.

What was he looking at?

How did the wall of the North District—supposedly the most heavily fortified defense line—end up looking like this?

It looked as if someone had violently torn it down.

The scene on the ground was pure chaos. Numerous Scavengers lay scattered about, looking as if they had just been through a massive brawl. There were fresh bloodstains and several corpses strewn across the ground.

Had a war just taken place here?

And who was that fighting in the center? They were moving so fast that he couldn't even make out their figure.

Then again, considering who was capable of causing such a massive ruckus, it was probably Bai Feifei. What on earth had happened this time?

At the same time, he spotted Xu Linyuan, the head of the Xu family, as well as the other Edgerunners who had just arrived.

Every single one of them was a familiar face. Li Tai, the head of the Li family, and the head of the Huang family were both here!

He had rushed over because of his daughter's message, but what were they doing here?

As expected of old foxes, he smelled something fishy almost instantly.

“Heh, what’s the meaning of this today? Quite a lively crowd,” Ye Hanshan drawled.

Xu Linyuan’s expression turned incredibly sour when he saw this unexpected arrival.

“Ye Hanshan? What are you doing here?”

“What, you can come but I can’t?” Ye Hanshan scoffed disdainfully. “I ate a bit too much and decided to take a stroll around Dawn City to digest my food. Is that a problem?”

A gentle breeze swept through, condensing into a figure in the air above the academy. It was Zhou Qingfeng, the Edgerunner from Qingping Academy.

“Are the students alright?” The moment he appeared, he frowned and quickly scanned the crowd to count the students.

“They just returned from their Graduation Show. What is going on here?”

Ye Yu quickly waved at Zhou Qingfeng as well. He was also part of the backup she had called.

From the moment she realized something was wrong, she had been racking her brain to call for help.

At this moment, the sky was filled with powerful figures. Except during the Voting Assembly, Dawn City had almost never seen so many powerhouses gathered in one place.

Of the five major families, the heads of four—excluding the Yan family—were present!

And some hadn't even come alone; they had brought along another Edgerunner from their respective families.

Combined with Zhou Qingfeng, Wan Qianhong, and the others who were already present, the number of individuals with Edgerunner-level strength on the field had actually exceeded ten!

Furthermore, the Yan family wasn't entirely absent either. A massive crowd of reporters had somehow caught wind of the situation and emerged from all directions, as if materializing out of thin air.

They quickly claimed every vantage point and set up their old-fashioned cameras.

Looking at the scene before him, Xu Linyuan’s face was extremely grim. The situation had spiraled completely out of his control.

According to his original plan, he only needed the border defense force in the North District to delay this group under the guise of a routine inspection, slowly separating them.

This wouldn't have taken very long. In reality, it would have taken them a few hours at most to arrive.

Once they got there, they could have easily taken care of Bai Feifei—the biggest threat—and then verified how much information had been leaked and what exactly had transpired in the North District.

From there, they could decide who needed to be silenced, and who could be bribed or pressured into keeping quiet.

Everything after that would have been easy to handle.

The only reason he had gone to the trouble of calling the Li and Huang families was because he was wary of Bai Feifei’s hidden background, preparing for a potential confrontation with members of the Masked Hermit Society.

Of course, this was also because they hadn't personally witnessed the Sinking Black. Otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to harbor such thoughts in the first place.

But the problem was that Bai Feifei was an utterly unpredictable powder keg.

It was supposed to be a standard inspection, yet she had actually decided to launch a full-scale assault on the fortress. And she had actually succeeded in breaking through!

Forget delaying them for a few hours; they hadn't even managed to stall her for a single second. She had started fighting the moment they met!

Now that things had escalated to this point, with even Ye Hanshan and Zhou Qingfeng showing up alongside a massive crowd of onlookers, Xu Linyuan's plan to quickly eliminate Bai Feifei and sweep everything under the rug had completely failed.

Boom!

In the very center of the field, Xu Mo and the Xu family elder clashed one final time before bouncing backward, returning to their respective sides.

The Xu family elder’s body swayed slightly, his face flushing red and white.

With so many powerhouses watching, the fact that he had failed to resolve a fight against a junior who hadn't even reached the Edgerunner rank after so long was incredibly humiliating.

Forget failing to resolve it—even his own blood and energy were churning violently from the sheer force of the repeated impacts.

The opponent’s attacks were incredibly precise and tricky. If not for his Escape Art, he might have actually been injured.

Feeling the gazes of everyone present focusing on him, he quickly tried to save face, whispering to Xu Linyuan, “This little girl's abilities are bizarre. To think she could actually trade blows with me for so long. However, she must be heavily injured by now.”

Xu Linyuan: “...”

He looked up at the rosy-cheeked “Bai Feifei” opposite them, who looked as if she had only just finished warming up, and felt completely speechless.

Did she look heavily injured to him?

Was this woman really this strong before? It had only been a few days since they last met...

“Let's have a chat, everyone. Don't just stand there like idiots,” Ye Hanshan was the first to speak, gesturing with his chin toward the Xu family's direction.

“This is quite a turnout. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were holding a Voting Assembly today.

“Don't tell me that every single one of you just happened to be taking a stroll and randomly ended up here at the same time.

“So, what exactly happened?”

Hearing Ye Hanshan's question, Ye Yu immediately rushed out from beside “Bai Feifei” and shouted at the top of her lungs for everyone to hear:

“Dad! There's something wrong with the Xu family! Everyone on their side is corrupt! Their potion research wasn't done by themselves at all! They've been collaborating with a group of tattooed men who worship an Evil God! They sent us to the North District just to conduct some kind of sick experiment. If it weren't for Teacher Bai, all of us would have died there! And now that we've made it back, they're trying to silence us!”