Chapter 16: The Sword of Severing Sons and Grandsons

  The Wen family's five ancestors heard this and were furious. How could the Blood Hand Sect's butcher come after them for such a ridiculous reason? They were all fuming with rage, their faces red with anger.

  "Ignorant madman! Arrogant fool! You dare to provoke my family, the Wens? Hmph, you want to experience the Five Elements Formation of the Wen family? Then die!"

  Ye Feng yawned and said: "Cut the crap, let's get on with it if you want to fight. I don't have much time."

  Wen Fangda's face was as cold as frost, and he let out a low growl before saying in a deep voice: "Form the array!"

  The five ancestors of the Wen family surrounded Ye Feng in the middle, staring at him, and slowly started walking under their feet.

  Lao Da Wen Fangda, wielding two short halberds, was also the commander of the Five Elements Formation. Lao Er Wen Fangyi held a single-edged sword in his hand. Lao San Wen Fangshan used a dragon-headed steel staff, with hidden weapons concealed in the dragon's mouth. Lao Si Wen Fangshi had twenty-four flying knives on his hands. As for Lao Wu Wen Fangwu, his weapon was a cowhide soft whip.

  The five elders urged the Five Elements Formation to move, surrounding Ye Feng and rotating. Who would have thought that Ye Feng smiled slightly, his left hand holding the Golden Snake Sword, shining with golden light, yet he stood still on the spot, not moving at all, without any intention of making a move.

  Outside the wall of Wen's residence, Xia Xue raised her eyebrows and then suddenly widened her eyes, her head exploding with a loud bang.

  Earlier, Ye Feng had agreed with him on a script. Ye Feng would take his Golden Snake Sword and challenge the Fifth Master of the Wen Family, saying that he had already killed him, and use the mouths of the Wen family members to give him a fake death certificate. And when Ye Feng faced off against the Fifth Master of the Wen Family, he took the opportunity to bring away Wen Yi.

  Xia Xueyi indeed did so.

  But he couldn't help himself after settling down Wen Yi, and came to the Wen residence to watch.

  One is to prevent unexpected events, as long as Ye Feng falls into danger, he can immediately lend a helping hand. Two is curiosity, he was originally an extremely arrogant person and also self-acknowledged his extraordinary talent. However, even so, he couldn't think of a way to crack the Five Elements Formation, but Ye Feng seemed very confident.

  He thought about it carefully!

  Then shocked, and finally convinced.

  As a seasoned martial arts enthusiast, Ye Feng naturally knew that the secret to cracking the Five Elements Formation was four words - "After sending out to control people"!

  The key to the Five Elements Formation lies in that after the enemy is surrounded, no matter how hard they try to break through or dodge, the five old men can counterattack with fierce techniques. One person makes a move, and the other four immediately follow up, not stopping until the enemy is either dead or captured. The five old men's moves complement each other in defense, filling in any gaps. When facing the enemy, the five people are like one person.

  But if the enemy doesn't move, waiting for the five to make a move, as long as one of the five moves, this Five Lines Formation will naturally reveal its flaws. The one who breaks the formation only needs to seize the opportunity and can counterattack with one strike.

  The harmony of yin and yang, the mutual generation and restraint, is precisely this principle.

  The five-line array method is ingenious, but the Wenshi Five Ancestors' innate talent is extremely low. In the original story, they thought that a single five-line array was not enough, so they added an eight-trigram array around the outside of the five-line array. This can be described as "adding feet to a drawing of a snake". They didn't even think about it - if the enemy could break through the five-line array, what would be difficult about breaking through the eight-trigram array?!

  In the original work, Yuan Chengzhi used the outer disciples of the Bagua Formation to stir up the Wuxing Formation, causing them to be thrown into chaos and breaking through the formation instantly.

  Ye Feng didn't move, but Xia Xue immediately understood, but where could the five ancestors of the Wen family see it?

  They saw Ye Feng just smiling and standing there motionless. At first it was fine, but as time passed, they gradually became somewhat impatient.

  Wen Fangshi had his ears cut off by Ye Feng, and he was already harboring a grudge in his heart. With flying knives in hand, he took a step forward, ready to strike at any moment. Wen Fangwu quickly moved his feet and happened to walk behind him, blocking Wen Fangshi: "Fourth brother, don't mess up the formation!"

  Wen Fangshi shot a fierce glance at Ye Feng, snorted, and returned to the formation.

  Just then, Ye Feng suddenly stretched his waist, and the faces of the five ancestors of the Wen family were all joyful, thinking that Ye Feng was about to attack. Who would have thought that after stretching his waist, Ye Feng let out a few more yawns and muttered: "I'm so tired, no way, I need to rest."

  After saying that, he actually turned his back upwards, lay slantingly on the ground and yawned several times, as if he was really sleeping.

  Wen Fang's heart was filled with joy, his feet stepped out of the Five Elements Formation, cold light flashed, and with both hands on either side, eight flying knives shot towards Ye Feng's back simultaneously.

  Ye Feng's ears moved slightly, and his back seemed to have grown eyes as he instantly jumped up from the ground. On one hand, he made use of the "Climbing Dragon and Phoenix" technique from the Divine Movement Hundred Transformations, his body flashing with movement, following the trajectory of the four flying knives as they shimmered. On the other hand, his right hand held the Golden Snake Sword in a reverse grip, its golden light flashing as the two snake-shaped sword tips simultaneously hooked onto two flying knives, swinging them around in a circle. The two flying knives swiftly shot towards Wen Fangyi, who was greatly shocked and pale, using his single knife to block, but the blade still swept across his cheek, splashing fresh blood everywhere. Following that, there were two "pu" sounds, as two disciples of the Stone Beam Sect were struck down and killed.

  Wen Fang was stunned there, still hadn't reacted yet.

  "Wen Fangda angrily said: 'Fourth brother, hurry back!'"

  Ye Feng sneered: "Too late!"

  With a loud clang, the Golden Snake Sword shone brightly, already stabbing towards Wen Fangshi. Wen Fangwu shouted loudly: "Fourth brother be careful!" His wrist shook, and the cowhide whip swung towards the Golden Snake Sword, only to block Ye Feng for an instant.

  "Better worry about yourself."

  As they spoke, the Golden Snake Sword made a strange and unpredictable turn, stabbing towards Wen Fangwu's throat. The latter was shocked and pale, wanting to use his whip to save himself, but it was too late, so he loudly shouted: "Brother, save me!"

  Wen Fang Da wielded a pair of short spears, Wen Fang Yi held a single-edged sword, both attacking the Golden Snake Sword, blocking in front of Wen Fang Wu's body, not seeking to kill the enemy, only seeking to protect Wen Fang Wu.

  Wen Fangshan let out a loud roar: "You dare, you madman!"

  The dragon head steel whip swept through the air and struck towards Ye Feng's back, naturally with the intention of surrounding Wei to rescue Zhao.

  Ye Feng's mouth curled up in a cold smile, his body suddenly transformed into a snake, using the "Unmoving as a Pine, Strong as a Cypress" move from the Divine Movement Hundred Transformations. His feet were fixed on the ground, while his upper body leaned forward, lightly and nimbly avoiding the steel rod's attack. The Golden Snake Sword moved in tandem, dodging the short spear and single-edged sword's sniping attacks, directly striking towards Wen Fangwu's legs.

  Like a snake's sword tip, with just a slight movement, Wen Fang suddenly felt the highest level of human pain - egg pain, no, it should be an even higher level, others only feel egg pain, but he feels his eggs shattered!

  "Wah wah wah——"

  Wen Fangwu's eyes were bloodshot, and he swung his bullwhip wildly, letting out a mournful howl towards the sky.

  The remaining four people were stunned at first, and then indignantly said: "Shameless scoundrel! With such a vicious move, what kind of hero are you?!"

  Ye Feng silently said: "If I were a hero or a good man, I would have joined you long ago and wouldn't need to fight to the death."

  The five old men hummed and angrily said: "A life for a life, I, the five brothers of the Wen family, will make you wish you were dead in the future!"

  "Let's talk about it after we survive today."

  In the original story, Yuan Chengzhi also knew how to crack the Five Elements Formation, but he used many moves and spent a long time breaking it, even borrowing from the outer disciples of the Bagua Formation. The fundamental reason is that he learned the Golden Snake Swordsmanship, but abandoned the many sinister and ruthless moves in the swordsmanship, such as Ye Feng's move that severed descendants.

  Sharp, indeed a learned scholar!

  Leafy edges disdain.

  You've learned the Golden Snake Sword Technique, but you didn't learn the most exquisite part. Are you trying to win people over with virtue? You guys have had a taste of being heroes, but those innocent people died because of you, and what's the point of winning anyone over with virtue?

  Ye Feng has always adhered to a principle in his heart: eradicate evil thoroughly.