A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 974 Gathering of the Powerful

Back then, the time wasn't right yet.

The Chu clan placed a lot of emphasis on one's background and despised those of lowly birth, so Ye Fan's birth alone destined him for a lot of obstruction to his return to the clan. Even though Chu Zheng-Hong was now the head of the family, he didn't dare to let Ye Fan return to the clan if he wasn't sure that everything was going to be alright. Doing this prematurely might kill Ye Fan instead.

The internal struggle for power within huge clans like the Chu family had always been cruel.

Ye Fan was the eldest son of the Chu clan, so even if he didn't want to become the head of the family, he couldn't avoid being embroiled in the power struggle within the family. As a result, Chu Zheng-Hong had been waiting all these years.

He was waiting for the time when he had sufficient power in his hands to protect Ye Fan and his mother.

He was also waiting for Ye Fan to grow up and become able to take on challenges by himself.

And now, the time was right.

The fact that Ye Fan made it to number 11 on the Sky Ranking made it possible for him to protect himself within the family.

And that was why Chu Zheng-Hong was so eager to wait for Ye Fan to return.

It was time to explain everything that happened back then to Ye Fan.

The time finally reached 9AM.

As the time of Ye Fan's arrival came close, Chu Zheng-Hong's heart started to get both excited and nervous at the same time.

But just when Chu Zheng-Hong was filled with anticipation as he looked forward to being reunited with his son, a piece of bad news was announced over the PA system in the arrival hall.

"On 18th May 2020, at 1023AM, the cruise ship 'Emperor' ran into an accident in Japanese waters and has sunk. Rescue teams have already begun their search for survivors, but they have not found any survivors at the moment. The relevant departments are still investigating the details of this matter with the Japanese government."

"On 18th May 2020, at 1023AM, the cruise ship 'Emperor' ran into an accident in Japanese waters and has sunk..."

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'...they have not found any survivors at the moment."

The low volume of the announcement repeated itself within the arrival hall.

Chu Zheng-Hong's face instantly paled.

His body staggered backwards and he collapsed onto the chair behind him.

"The Emperor has sunk? And...there are no...no survivors?"

This news came like a bolt from the blue.

He suddenly felt like he had aged by ten years.

The excitement in his eyes immediately dimmed.

"Master, Master! Don't worry, Young Master will be fine. Young Master has an ability that surpasses others and is even recognized as a supreme grandmaster. Even if that cruise completely sinks, Young Maste will definitely be able to come out unscathed," consoled Han as he ran forward to help Chu Zheng-Hong up.

But the color on Chu Zheng-Hong's face did not look any better after hearing this.

If this was just an ordinary accident, then Ye Fan would definitely be able to come out unscathed since he was so powerful.

But was this really an ordinary accident?

Ye Fan had just become well known from that battle in Japan, and the cruise he was taking back to China suddenly ran into an accident.

If one put these two incidents together, then the answer was as clear as day.

It was very obvious that someone had purposely tried to kill Ye Fan!

After losing his calm for a few moments, Chu Zheng-Hong's expression immediately turned cold. He took his phone out and made a call.

"Send orders out. I want all the best martial artists of the Chu family to gather tonight at the coast of Donghai!" His low voice was completely void of emotion.

It was so cold, it felt like an ice cave that had not melted for centuries.

Han was instantly stunned by this.

The Chu family was the greatest family in the whole world.

It also controlled about half the power within Chu Sect.

And now, Chu Zheng-Hong was suddenly calling for all the best martial artists to come together.

Han didn't even dare to imagine what sort of terrifying power all of them added together would have.

He looked at Chu Zheng-Hong and asked in horror, "Master, what...what are you trying to do?"

"What am I trying to do? I'm going to raze Japan to the ground!" Chu Zheng-Hong clenched his fists tightly and his sinister words were overflowing with murder.

Han was frightened to bits.

"Ma-master, don't be rash. We still don't know if Young Master is dead or alive, and investigations are still on going. The more important thing now is to find out exactly what happened. Besides, Young Master is not someone who would die so easily," Han tried to persuade him against this.

If the Chu family gathered their best martial artists to attack Japan, it would be a huge matter.

If this wasn't handled properly, it might cause other problems as well.

The global martial arts world might end up being involved in this fight.

"They'd better pray hard that my son is still alive. Otherwise, I'm going to make sure all of Japan perishes with my son!" Chu Zheng-Hong clenched his fists tightly and his eyes were bloodshot.

He thought that today would be the day he reunited with his son, but all he got was the terrible news that the ship had sunk.

But Han had a point too.

If nobody could find Ye Fan's dead body, then it was hard to say if he was dead or alive.

"Fan, you must live on," prayed Chu Zheng-Hong in his heart as he stood in the hall with reddened eyes.

That night, a large group of martial artists gathered at short notice at the coast of Donghai in China.

A grandmaster was like a dragon, so when countless grandmasters came together, the energy and aura they exuded filled the entire sky!

Even someone hundreds of kilometers away would have felt that aggressive and heavy pressure coming from the coast of Donghai.

This was part of the Chinese border and so many high level martial artists had suddenly appeared, so it alarmed the local martial arts community.

That night, someone came to report this urgently to War God Castle.

"What did you say? There's a huge number of non-Chinese powerful martial artists gathered at the coast of Donghai? There are more than ten grandmasters and even a few supreme grandmasters among them? My god! Who is in charge of these people? What do they intend to do? Are they here to attack the Chinese martial arts world?" Sword Saint and everyone else was shocked by the information. More than ten grandmasters?

Even the Chinese government wasn't able to pull so many high level martial artists so quickly.

And they had actually gathered on the shores of China?

This was equivalent to a foreign nuclear powered aircraft carrier suddenly appearing within Chinese waters.

War God Castle was thoroughly shaken after receiving the news.

"Hurry up! King of Fighters, call God of War. We've got a crisis at our doorstep. We'll go over first, tell God of War to help us at the coast of Donghai!"

After getting over their initial shock, Sword Saint Xiao Chen, the King of Fighters Mo Gu-Cheng and Heavenly Grandmaster Tang Hao immediately set off towards Donghai to observe the movements of these mysterious martial artists.

This concerned the safety of the Chinese martial arts world, so they couldn't be careless about it.

But they soon realized that they had panicked for nothing.

These people weren't targeting China at all.

Once they were all gathered, they all headed towards Japan.