If they still didn’t act after being provoked like that, they’d all lose face.
The Astral Realm old man steered forward the horsetail whisk he was standing on and stared down at Ye Chenyuan with eyes that seemed to be sending out electricity.
“What an arrogant kid. Seeing that you have outstanding talents, I was going to be lenient on you. Since you refuse to come to your senses, I’ll be teaching you a lesson on behalf of your master!”
With one strike of his palm, Ye Chenyuan pushed back the Nascent Soul sword cultivator who had been tangled in a battle with him. He then returned to the divine sword’s side, his back ramrod straight as he stood there unyieldingly.
“People like you who seize others’ belongings by every possible means aren’t fit to even be compared to my master. She’ll take offence to it.”
“You! D*mn it!”
Old Qin raised his white eyebrows and countless silver threads burst out from the horsetail whisk beneath his feet.
The power of an Astral Realm was indeed brilliant. The closely compacted silver threads struck the Lingtian Shield endlessly and it gave out a blinding white light before disappearing.
At the same time, the sword cultivator thrust his sword towards Ye Chenyuan. Ye Chenyuan narrowly avoided it, and the sword energy cut his shoulder, leaving a long bloody gash on Ye Chenyuan’s white garment.
“Draw your sword!” The sword cultivator let out a ‘hmph’, “I want to see how powerful the divine sword is!”
As Ye Chenyuan spun around and took a step back, his finger grazed the divine sword’s hilt but he didn’t pull it out.
The current situation was such that things were on the verge of breaking out and the killing intent and sword intent that was coming from all around him caused his long hair to dance wildly. At such a tense moment, he actually let out a hearty laugh.
“I said, all of you should come at me together! Besides, there’s no need for me to wield the sword to defeat all of you!”
Everyone finally lost their senses at Ye Chenyuan’s arrogance and they were all seething with anger as they charged towards Ye Chenyuan.
The spirit tools they were standing on became multi-coloured flittering lights that descended from the sky. All those who were above Nascent Soul made their move as those below Nascent Soul looked on from a distance.
At this moment, the onlookers weren’t worried for Ye Chenyuan yet their hearts were in their throats.
Was Ye Chenyuan really not going to draw the sword?
Once all of them were within a certain range, twelve Dragon Shields suddenly appeared from Ye Chenyuan’s body.
As he defended himself against the attack that was coming from all sides, he retrieved the incomplete array[1].
Originally, the array would’ve been able to cover an entire sect but after it was damaged, it could only cover a radius of a hundred li. It could be considered to be rather invaluable.
However, once Ye Chenyuan activated the array, it instantly became larger, enveloping everyone who had rushed over. From far away, it looked like a giant upside down transparent bowl.
Immediately after that, black demonic energy emerged from Ye Chenyuan’s hand and after it was blown and dispersed by the sword energy, the array’s interior was instantly engulfed in demonic energy.
Everyone had been using their martial techniques, so before they even had time to react, they were caught off guard and inhaled the demonic energy.
Oh no!
They turned to run away but were trapped inside the array. Left with no choice, they quickly used magic treasures to block the demonic energy.
However, the demonic energy that Ye Chenyuan released had come from the demon lord’s own soul essence and it could get past all types of defences to enter a person’s body.
Unable to escape and not daring to use their spiritual energy to break the array, everyone fell into Ye Chenyuan’s trap.
Old Qin abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood, then he said in disbelief, “You’re actually able to cultivate both spiritual energy and demonic energy?”
He had also been invaded by the demonic energy, and because he’s unable to escape from Ye Chenyuan’s array seal, the demonic energy will slowly take over him, making his situation worse and worse.
If they’re unable to expel the demonic energy soon, they’d be in danger of blowing up once the demonic energy inside their body reaches a critical point.
Everyone promptly halted their offensive, but many of them spat out blood and fell from the sky because it was too late.
Ye Chenyuan was the only one left standing amidst the wisps of black smoke and he touched the sword’s hilt with his fingertip. The situation had been totally reversed.
Someone shouted angrily, “You! Quick let us out, at such a close distance, you won’t be spared if someone explodes!”
At this moment, they could no longer fly or use spiritual energy. Ye Chenyuan looked at them indifferently.
As the demonic energy continued to spread, they became more and more panicked.
“Kid! We are all from the various aristocratic families, do you intend to take us down with you?”
Ye Chenyuan sneered.
Finally, Old Qin spoke.
“Stop this! The divine sword……we won’t snatch it from you anymore. Besides, we’ve already been taken over by demonic energy so pure that it’ll definitely take us months to expel. By then, the divine sword mystic realm would’ve re-opened, so why do you have to risk mutual destruction with us?”
It was then that Ye Chenyuan finally spoke. His pale face was surrounded by dense black Qi, making him appear especially bewitching. The tip of his finger lingered on the divine sword’s hilt as he spoke unhurriedly.
“Are you begging me?”
Seeing that they might really explode if this continued, someone promptly said.
“Yes yes yes, we’re begging you! We won’t snatch it from you anymore!”
Ye Chenyuan chuckled.
“If you’re begging someone, you should have the right attitude. I’m very angry at being ganged up on and attacked like this. Shouldn’t you all kneel and apologise?”
Everyone fell silent at Ye Chenyuan’s words. All of them were usually on the receiving end of others’ bows. Since when did it become them who had to bow to others?
If they really were to kneel to him, wouldn’t they lose face?!
However, they were now at his mercy and the demonic energy was making its way into their bodies with every second that was passing. What else could they do?
So, one person abruptly knelt down, and after that, the rest also fell to their knees.
In the end, Old Qin was the only one left standing. He really couldn’t bring himself to swallow his anger. He stared at Ye Chenyuan as if he wanted to puncture two holes into his body.
“As an Astral Realm, I can kneel before the gods or kneel before His Majesty and my master, but how can I kneel before you?!” With a wave of Ye Chenyuan’s hand, the scattered demonic energy suddenly gathered together and enveloped Old Qin. With this, the people outside could now see what was happening inside the array, and they saw that everyone was kneeling before Ye Chenyuan. What was going on?!
With a flip of Ye Chenyuan’s fingertip, the demonic energy tied Old Qin even tighter.
He said with a sneer, “You can choose not to kneel and apologise. After that, you can take your pride and die.”
He sneered as his cold phoenix eyes narrowed bewitchingly, looking like he was enjoying this.
“In any case, everyone here will die when you explode, but I won’t.”
Everyone felt their blood run cold at Ye Chenyuan’s words and they stared at Old Qin with angry expressions in their eyes.
What’s the point of being stubborn right now? Even if he wants to die, he shouldn’t drag them down with him!
Initially, Old Qin had no intention of yielding even if it cost him his life.
But after he was wrapped up in the thick demonic energy, the fear of death stuck to him……and that pain travelled from his limbs to the depths of his heart. It was only then that he realised that he didn’t dare to die.
Old Qin’s fists unclenched before clenching again. He glared at Ye Chenyuan, his hoarse and aged voice held deep resentment.
“Boy, you’re rude! You better pray that you never end up in my hands!” Saying this, he finally bent his knees and knelt. In this moment, all his persistence and honour shattered.
1. The one Yuan Chu gave him in Chap 285 ↩
If they still didn’t act after being provoked like that, they’d all lose face.
The Astral Realm old man steered forward the horsetail whisk he was standing on and stared down at Ye Chenyuan with eyes that seemed to be sending out electricity.
“What an arrogant kid. Seeing that you have outstanding talents, I was going to be lenient on you. Since you refuse to come to your senses, I’ll be teaching you a lesson on behalf of your master!”
With one strike of his palm, Ye Chenyuan pushed back the Nascent Soul sword cultivator who had been tangled in a battle with him. He then returned to the divine sword’s side, his back ramrod straight as he stood there unyieldingly.
“People like you who seize others’ belongings by every possible means aren’t fit to even be compared to my master. She’ll take offence to it.”
“You! D*mn it!”
Old Qin raised his white eyebrows and countless silver threads burst out from the horsetail whisk beneath his feet.
The power of an Astral Realm was indeed brilliant. The closely compacted silver threads struck the Lingtian Shield endlessly and it gave out a blinding white light before disappearing.
At the same time, the sword cultivator thrust his sword towards Ye Chenyuan. Ye Chenyuan narrowly avoided it, and the sword energy cut his shoulder, leaving a long bloody gash on Ye Chenyuan’s white garment.
“Draw your sword!” The sword cultivator let out a ‘hmph’, “I want to see how powerful the divine sword is!”
As Ye Chenyuan spun around and took a step back, his finger grazed the divine sword’s hilt but he didn’t pull it out.
The current situation was such that things were on the verge of breaking out and the killing intent and sword intent that was coming from all around him caused his long hair to dance wildly. At such a tense moment, he actually let out a hearty laugh.
“I said, all of you should come at me together! Besides, there’s no need for me to wield the sword to defeat all of you!”
Everyone finally lost their senses at Ye Chenyuan’s arrogance and they were all seething with anger as they charged towards Ye Chenyuan.
The spirit tools they were standing on became multi-coloured flittering lights that descended from the sky. All those who were above Nascent Soul made their move as those below Nascent Soul looked on from a distance.
At this moment, the onlookers weren’t worried for Ye Chenyuan yet their hearts were in their throats.
Was Ye Chenyuan really not going to draw the sword?
Once all of them were within a certain range, twelve Dragon Shields suddenly appeared from Ye Chenyuan’s body.
As he defended himself against the attack that was coming from all sides, he retrieved the incomplete array[1].
Originally, the array would’ve been able to cover an entire sect but after it was damaged, it could only cover a radius of a hundred li. It could be considered to be rather invaluable.
However, once Ye Chenyuan activated the array, it instantly became larger, enveloping everyone who had rushed over. From far away, it looked like a giant upside down transparent bowl.
Immediately after that, black demonic energy emerged from Ye Chenyuan’s hand and after it was blown and dispersed by the sword energy, the array’s interior was instantly engulfed in demonic energy.
Everyone had been using their martial techniques, so before they even had time to react, they were caught off guard and inhaled the demonic energy.
Oh no!
They turned to run away but were trapped inside the array. Left with no choice, they quickly used magic treasures to block the demonic energy.
However, the demonic energy that Ye Chenyuan released had come from the demon lord’s own soul essence and it could get past all types of defences to enter a person’s body.
Unable to escape and not daring to use their spiritual energy to break the array, everyone fell into Ye Chenyuan’s trap.
Old Qin abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood, then he said in disbelief, “You’re actually able to cultivate both spiritual energy and demonic energy?”
He had also been invaded by the demonic energy, and because he’s unable to escape from Ye Chenyuan’s array seal, the demonic energy will slowly take over him, making his situation worse and worse.
If they’re unable to expel the demonic energy soon, they’d be in danger of blowing up once the demonic energy inside their body reaches a critical point.
Everyone promptly halted their offensive, but many of them spat out blood and fell from the sky because it was too late.
Ye Chenyuan was the only one left standing amidst the wisps of black smoke and he touched the sword’s hilt with his fingertip. The situation had been totally reversed.
Someone shouted angrily, “You! Quick let us out, at such a close distance, you won’t be spared if someone explodes!”
At this moment, they could no longer fly or use spiritual energy. Ye Chenyuan looked at them indifferently.
As the demonic energy continued to spread, they became more and more panicked.
“Kid! We are all from the various aristocratic families, do you intend to take us down with you?”
Ye Chenyuan sneered.
Finally, Old Qin spoke.
“Stop this! The divine sword……we won’t snatch it from you anymore. Besides, we’ve already been taken over by demonic energy so pure that it’ll definitely take us months to expel. By then, the divine sword mystic realm would’ve re-opened, so why do you have to risk mutual destruction with us?”
It was then that Ye Chenyuan finally spoke. His pale face was surrounded by dense black Qi, making him appear especially bewitching. The tip of his finger lingered on the divine sword’s hilt as he spoke unhurriedly.
“Are you begging me?”
Seeing that they might really explode if this continued, someone promptly said.
“Yes yes yes, we’re begging you! We won’t snatch it from you anymore!”
Ye Chenyuan chuckled.
“If you’re begging someone, you should have the right attitude. I’m very angry at being ganged up on and attacked like this. Shouldn’t you all kneel and apologise?”
Everyone fell silent at Ye Chenyuan’s words. All of them were usually on the receiving end of others’ bows. Since when did it become them who had to bow to others?
If they really were to kneel to him, wouldn’t they lose face?!
However, they were now at his mercy and the demonic energy was making its way into their bodies with every second that was passing. What else could they do?
So, one person abruptly knelt down, and after that, the rest also fell to their knees.
In the end, Old Qin was the only one left standing. He really couldn’t bring himself to swallow his anger. He stared at Ye Chenyuan as if he wanted to puncture two holes into his body.
“As an Astral Realm, I can kneel before the gods or kneel before His Majesty and my master, but how can I kneel before you?!” With a wave of Ye Chenyuan’s hand, the scattered demonic energy suddenly gathered together and enveloped Old Qin. With this, the people outside could now see what was happening inside the array, and they saw that everyone was kneeling before Ye Chenyuan. What was going on?!
With a flip of Ye Chenyuan’s fingertip, the demonic energy tied Old Qin even tighter.
He said with a sneer, “You can choose not to kneel and apologise. After that, you can take your pride and die.”
He sneered as his cold phoenix eyes narrowed bewitchingly, looking like he was enjoying this.
“In any case, everyone here will die when you explode, but I won’t.”
Everyone felt their blood run cold at Ye Chenyuan’s words and they stared at Old Qin with angry expressions in their eyes.
What’s the point of being stubborn right now? Even if he wants to die, he shouldn’t drag them down with him!
Initially, Old Qin had no intention of yielding even if it cost him his life.
But after he was wrapped up in the thick demonic energy, the fear of death stuck to him……and that pain travelled from his limbs to the depths of his heart. It was only then that he realised that he didn’t dare to die.
Old Qin’s fists unclenched before clenching again. He glared at Ye Chenyuan, his hoarse and aged voice held deep resentment.
“Boy, you’re rude! You better pray that you never end up in my hands!” Saying this, he finally bent his knees and knelt. In this moment, all his persistence and honour shattered.
1. The one Yuan Chu gave him in Chap 285 ↩
