Hades, the Urban Legend

Chapter 553: Chapter 554: Why Stop Me

On the expressway from Zhonghai to the airport, a military jeep with a modified engine was racing at nearly 200 kilometers per hour, like a streak of dark green lightning!

All the other vehicles fearfully made way, knowing that if a military-plated vehicle crashed into them, no one would dare to interfere, no matter how unjust it might seem.

Yang Chen stared straight ahead with a blank expression. For him, speeding was no longer a technical skill but an instinctual manipulation of the machinery. The car moved like an extension of his own limbs, able to avoid any obstacle and proceed along the perfect route without any conscious thought.

In fact, the task of hunting down Lu Min could have been handed over to the Sea Eagle team or the Rose Society's Red Thorns group. They could intercept and eliminate Lu Min far earlier than he could. Killing someone as unremarkable as Lu Min was child's play.

However, Yang Chen decided to handle it himself. Lu Min had targeted his woman and was the mastermind behind his imprisonment. These reasons alone were enough for Yang Chen to want to personally deal with him.

Moreover, knowing now that Lu Min had a complex background, Yang Chen didn't want anyone else to get involved. He would take care of everything himself.

The speed of the jeep left the owners of the few cars on the expressway dumbfounded. Entering the last curve before the airport road, the jeep didn't slow down at all, charging down at nearly 200 kilometers per hour!

Some car owners thought the jeep driver was suicidal. But to their astonishment, the jeep's tires screeched against the ground, sparks flying, and managed to take the curve without flipping over!

It was a driving skill of the highest order! Everyone was shocked, thinking, no wonder he's a military driver. Yanxia's soldiers are truly impressive!

If Yang Chen knew what these people were thinking, he might feel a bit annoyed. Unexpectedly, he had ended up enhancing the military's reputation.

Less than three kilometers ahead lay the departure point of Zhonghai International Airport. According to reports from the Sea Eagle team, Lu Min had just arrived at the airport.

A cold smile appeared on Yang Chen's lips. This guy wouldn't even need to go through security; he could die right at the entrance.

As for whether killing someone would cause a commotion, Yang Chen wasn't foolish enough to get caught. Using his true energy to remotely shatter an ordinary person's heart was simple. At most, he would let Lu Min see his face before he died, so he wouldn't become a vengeful ghost without a target.

Just as Yang Chen thought the situation was under control, a sudden instinctive sensation flashed through his mind!

"Who is it?!"

Even with Yang Chen's reaction speed, he was a split second too slow!

The moment he sensed a powerful presence approaching, the speeding jeep disappeared from the expressway!

In a business car behind the jeep, an elderly couple exchanged glances.

"Old man, wasn't there a car in front just now?" the elderly woman asked, uncertain.

The old man furrowed his white brows. "I think there was. It might have gone ahead. That car was fast; maybe we didn't notice."

Although the old woman was puzzled, she didn't think much of it.

Meanwhile, Yang Chen, sitting in the jeep, had a face full of changing expressions.

In the blink of an eye, the jeep had been mysteriously moved from the airport expressway to an area of wild grass beneath an overpass.

This was an open space on the outskirts of the airport, about a kilometer away from Zhonghai International Airport.

It was the season between spring and summer, and the land was covered in wild grasses swaying like waves in the wind, in shades of light and dark green, like a tide.

The camouflage green jeep blended into the grassland so well that if it weren't for the engine still emitting heat, it would seem as if the vehicle had always been there.

Yang Chen's expression changed from alertness to confusion, to anger, and now to bewildered uncertainty.

After a while, Yang Chen came to his senses and noticed that the jeep's engine had been destroyed by some force and was no longer operational.

Looking at his location and the distant airport, Yang Chen realized that the vehicle had been moved several kilometers in the blink of an eye from the expressway to here!

Such speed reminded Yang Chen of the effects achieved by the main god after unsealing, through spatial folding.

But the problem was that there was no spatial fluctuation at all!

How was it possible? What kind of power could accomplish such a mind-boggling feat without relying on spatial laws?!

Yang Chen asked himself. Moving the jeep to this area and dropping it down was something he could do, but to replicate what just happened would be impossible without unlocking his powers. Even then, doing it so swiftly might not be feasible!

"Young Master Chen," a gentle voice called from behind the car.

Yang Chen whipped his head around to look out the window. He hadn't even sensed someone behind him?!

It was the elderly woman San Niang, still in her plain old clothes, smiling at Yang Chen with a face full of affection, as if she were looking at her own grandson, radiating genuine fondness.

Yang Chen recognized this woman. Each time he had seen her, it was with someone who made her memorable—Yang Gongming's personal servant!

However, every time he saw this woman, he had paid little attention to her because of her extremely ordinary appearance. Now that he thought about it, considering how important Yang Gongming was, having only her accompany him should have indicated her significance. But he never expected her to be this formidable!

"Who exactly are you?" Yang Chen no longer cared about Lu Min. He didn't want to waste any words and couldn't believe that this elderly woman, whom he had always overlooked, had performed such an incredible act!

How could such a person be by Yang Gongming's side? Could she be from Hongmeng?

Cold sweat trickled down Yang Chen's back. It wasn't fear but the suddenness of the situation that made him feel a rare loss of control.

For someone used to having everything under control, this situation was unfamiliar to Yang Chen.

"My name is Yan San Niang, a servant of the Yang family responsible for taking care of the master's daily life. If you don't mind, you can call me Granny Yan," Yan San Niang said with a smile.

Yan San Niang? Yang Chen had never heard of this name. However, thinking about it, there were plenty of top experts around the world that he didn't know of. The last Hongmeng Emissary he met, Ling Xuzi, was one, and now there was another, Yan San Niang. It felt like seeing a ghost! Abroad, he had been undefeated for years, but back in Yanxia, two people had appeared within a year whom he couldn't see through!

"Why are you stopping me? Did Yang Gongming send you?" Yang Chen frowned, realizing that his plan to kill Lu Min was likely thwarted.

Yan San Niang neither confirmed nor denied, saying, "Young Master Chen should address the master as 'Grandfather.' Of course, if you can't bring yourself to say it now, I understand. As for why I'm stopping you, you should know the reason without needing to ask."

Getting out of the car, Yang Chen stood before Yan San Niang, scratching his head in frustration. "Your information is quite timely. I've been back less than half a day, and you're already here to stop me. Did that old man come too?"

Yan San Niang shook her head and smiled. "The master received a call from Miss Jinyu just now, so I hurried over. The master is still in Yanjing."

"What?!"

Since inheriting the divine position from the previous Hades, Yang Chen had never been frightened, only occasionally tense. But now, San Niang's words truly shocked him!

From Yanjing to Zhonghai, spanning north to south, was over a thousand kilometers! Even if Yang Jinyu's call was made right after the incident, there was no way San Niang could have made it here by plane from the Yang family residence!

In other words, San Niang couldn't have used any conventional means of transportation!

A terrifying thought popped into Yang Chen's mind. Could this kind-looking old woman have used the same method to move the jeep, traversing space alone to arrive in Zhonghai from Yanjing within an hour or even just a few minutes?!

Yang Chen was confident that if he were in an unlocked state, using spatial laws, he could move a thousand kilometers in an hour. Any faster, even if spatial laws allowed it, his body couldn't withstand it!

However, Yang Chen recalled that the Hongmeng Emissary Ling Xuzi had used a similar incomprehensible space-crossing method. Could this woman be related to Hongmeng? What was her true background?!