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    Just now, when the paper man version of Ye Fan approached Zhou Ming, his strength was suppressed below the Grandmaster Realm!


    But at this moment, when the real Ye Fan approached Zhou Ming, he found the Inheritance within the depths of his dantian to be exceptionally excited, the flames it emitted were more vigorous than ever before.


    A peculiar Martial Breath surged within Ye Fan''s body, seemingly contesting the strange qi around Zhou Ming, reducing the influence of the oppressive force on his power.


    Even with the powerful strength of the Inheritance, it could only reduce Zhou Ming''s mysterious power by half, allowing Ye Fan to exhibit the peak prowess of the Martial Venerable Realm, but still not reaching the Martial Emperor Level.


    However, Zhou Ming''s power was clearly above the Martial Venerable Realm.


    "Elder Pang, take everyone else and retreat outside the hall!"


    Previously, when Ye Fan had used the paper man to test, he had found that Zhou Ming''s suppression of power only extended within a three-foot range of Zhou Ming.


    But when Ye Fan had just entered from outside the hall, he found that the oppressing force had already spread throughout the entire hall.


    Ye Fan now had little confidence that his Teleportation Trait, combined with the Evil-Purging Formation, Inheritance, and some Divinity Fragment powers, would be sufficient to defeat Zhou Ming.


    But Zhou Ming, as the final boss hidden at the end, made it impossible for Ye Fan to leave today!


    Their confrontation was bound to be a life-and-death battle!


    "Afraid it''s too late to leave now!" Seeing Pang Hai and the others preparing to move, Zhou Ming immediately made his move.


    Zhou Ming had already experienced Ye Fan''s prowess last time in Cloud City, where a moment of carelessness resulted in his physical body being destroyed by Ye Fan.


    Now, seizing the opportunity of the Ren Family''s banquet, it had not been easy to gather so many of Ye Fan''s companions and women together—a bargaining chip to threaten Ye Fan. How could Zhou Ming let them leave?


    Boom!


    Zhou Ming''s wrist smashed violently towards the ground, and a black mist began to spread rapidly, transforming into a black dragon and attacking Pang Hai, Yu Qiang, Ren Xueying, Qiu Wan, and others in eight different directions.


    "It''s the power of the Evil Cult!"


    Upon seeing the black mist, Elder Pang''s face changed drastically, "Young Master Ye, be careful. This black mist is very strange; once it entangles you, it will continuously devour your Vitality Force!"


    Tianji Pavilion had been involved in the suppression and sealing of the Evil Cult for many years and was very clear about its power.


    Ye Fan''s brows furrowed, the background of Zhou Ming was indeed related to the Evil Cult!


    What Zhou Ming feared most was the Evil-Purging Formation, and just now, outside the hall, Ye Fan had already set up over thirty arrays. Each formation could wear down Zhou Ming a bit. With over thirty formations activated, Zhou Ming should be almost dragged down, right?


    The most infuriating part was the treacherous artifact on Zhou Ming''s body suppressing strength. The closer one got to Zhou Ming, the more they would be suppressed, which greatly worried Ye Fan.


    However, although Ye Fan had his own plan, Zhou Ming also came fully prepared this time.


    He had seen the formidable power of Ye Fan''s formation and thus wasn''t going to give Ye Fan the chance to keep activating the formation.


    Boom!


    The strong Martial Breath instantly made it difficult for Ye Fan to even breathe!


    The moment Zhou Ming''s dagger was about to stab in front of Ye Fan, with no other choice, Ye Fan used his Teleportation Trait to barely evade Zhou Ming''s first attack.


    "Heh, quite quick... But I don''t believe you can move continuously!" Zhou Ming said with a cold snort as he pressed towards Ye Fan once again.


    The gap between Martial Emperor Fourth Rank and the peak of Martial Venerable was not a small one.


    Even with Ye Fan''s formidable physique and the Teleportation Trait, he was still under great strain!


    The second time Zhou Ming approached, Ye Fan activated the second array, the power of the Evil-Purging Array blocking Zhou Ming once. However, the black fog around Zhou Ming seemed endless, effortlessly dissolving the array.


    The third time, Ye Fan used the power of Inheritance to burn and block once!


    The fourth time, Ye Fan''s Teleportation was already very strenuous!


    The fifth time, Ye Fan ultimately couldn''t hold on and was struck in the chest by Zhou Ming''s punch, his body thrown backward!


    "The reputed monstrous Qilin Son of the Ye Family is just this, huh!" While Zhou Ming coldly exclaimed, he saw Ye Fan staggering, losing his fighting power, but Zhou Ming didn''t let up and continued charging at Ye Fan!


    If one strikes, it must be a fatal blow!


    "Brother Fan! Be careful, I''m coming to help you!" Ren Xueying, seeing Ye Fan vomiting blood, his Martial Breath weakening rapidly, sped toward Ye Fan. At the same time, an ancient Qi Force surged out from her body, enveloping Ye Fan in its midst.


    In that instant, Ye Fan felt as if a long-parched desert suddenly encountered life-saving rain!


    A powerful Vitality Force quickly replenished him, and at the same time, his own Martial Breath exploded more than twofold!


    Previously, Zhou Ming had suppressed Ye Fan''s strength below the peak of Martial Venerable, but at that moment, with Ren Xueying joining in, Ye Fan''s strength suddenly skyrocketed to at least the Martial Emperor Second Grade!


    Was this the power of a wet nurse?