Chapter 115: Alert
"What?"
The old man's pupils contracted sharply.
He had lunged at empty air. All that remained before him was a slowly fading afterimage!
But his attack had been incredibly swift!
Even though he inwardly disdained Ye Chen, he hadn't held back in the slightest when he attacked.
After all, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.
As an experienced guard of the Lin family, he understood this principle better than anyone.
Yet even so, he had failed to capture Ye Chen instantly.
"What a slippery little brat!"
"But do you think you can get away just by running?"
He snorted, locked onto Ye Chen once more, and launched a new assault.
A torrent of Spiritual Power surged from his body, forming a monstrous wave that threatened to swallow Ye Chen whole!
"Run?"
"You think too highly of yourself."
"The mere Third Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm isn't enough to make me run!"
Ye Chen snorted and immediately began to channel the Spiritual Power within him!
Soon, a vast, golden Spiritual Sea materialized behind him. The terrifying fluctuations shook the very void. Even the distant stars dotting the night sky seemed to tremble, on the verge of falling!
"A golden Spiritual Sea?"
"How is this possible?!"
The old man's expression changed. He had never seen a Spiritual Sea of this color!
From Ye Chen's Spiritual Sea, he sensed a sacred aura he had never encountered before!
"Just a flashy trick!"
Although Ye Chen's Spiritual Sea was far from ordinary, he was, after all, only a Cultivator at the Third Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm!
'No matter how unusual he is, I'll still crush him with ease!'
"BOOM!"
The two palms collided, erupting in a deafening roar!
The terrifying aftershock swept out in all directions like a tidal wave.
"What?"
A glint flashed through Lin Ze's eyes, his face twisting into an expression of disbelief.
Ye Chen remained standing firm, unmoving. The golden Spiritual Sea behind him merely rippled slightly.
As for the old man?
He was sent flying into the distance, spitting up blood as he went.
'The Third Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm is, after all, a full Great Realm above me.'
'That palm strike wasn't enough to inflict a fatal wound.'
Ye Chen looked at his own palm, shaking his head with a soft sigh.
'Sure enough, my current strength is starting to fall behind!'
Facing these powerful enemies from beyond Lei Province, he had to increase his strength as quickly as possible!
"Damn it…"
The old man slowly climbed to his feet, the front of his robes stained red with blood.
"Go help him."
Lin Ze's eyes glinted as he watched the scene, and he immediately gave an order to the other old man beside him.
"As you command!"
The old man's figure flashed, and he too unleashed the terrifying aura of the Third Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm!
This time, the two of them planned to join forces against him!
"Cangming Nether Emperor Hand!"
Seeing himself firmly locked on by two cold auras, Ye Chen couldn't be bothered to waste any more time.
It wasn't just Lin Ze and his men who didn't want to linger, lest the commotion alert other factions.
Ye Chen felt the same way.
He directly unleashed the ultimate martial art in his arsenal, and a colossal phantom of an ancient god materialized!
With a single swipe of its hand, the two old men were annihilated on the spot, unable to even utter a scream as their faces filled with terror.
After casually dispatching two Third-Layer Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivators, Ye Chen turned his indifferent gaze toward Lin Ze in the distance.
"Now, it's your turn."
Lin Ze's eyes narrowed.
Ye Chen's performance had shocked him, but he showed no intention of retreating.
"Two useless attendants."
"Since my attendants are useless, it seems their master will have to take matters into his own hands."
As he spoke, Lin Ze's aura suddenly billowed like boiling water. Within the churning Spiritual Sea behind him stood a Five-Star Primordial Mansion!
"Your performance has surprised me."
"I never thought a tiny place like Lei Province could produce someone like you."
Lin Ze's expression was indifferent, his tone ice-cold.
"My strength is only at the Fourth Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm, just a bit stronger than those two."
"But I have condensed a Five-Star Primordial Mansion!"
"But I imagine someone like you wouldn't understand what a Five-Star Primordial Mansion truly means."
A terrifying pressure radiated from Lin Ze, and an indescribable sense of oppression instantly descended upon the world.
An ordinary Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator would be unable to move an inch under such pressure!
But Ye Chen was different.
His sharp Sword Intent, like the keenest of blades, cleaved the encroaching pressure in two as if parting water!
He strolled through Lin Ze's oppressive aura with calm steps and a composed expression, as if completely unaffected!
"Sword Intent?"
"You're actually… a Sword Cultivator?"
At this moment, even Lin Ze couldn't help but stare wide-eyed.
He had never imagined that Ye Chen was also a Sword Cultivator!
Sword Cultivators were not numerous, but they weren't exactly rare either.
However, Sword Cultivators who could comprehend Sword Intent were few and far between!
Even with all his experience, he had never seen a terrifying prodigy like Ye Chen who could comprehend Sword Intent at such a young age!!!
"No wonder… no wonder your combat prowess is so astonishing. You've comprehended Sword Intent!"
"However, I'm afraid that won't be enough to bridge the gap between us!"
A vicious glint flashed through Lin Ze's eyes.
Ye Chen was the first one to enter the Dragon Prison Cave!
Even though Ye Chen's methods were far more formidable than he had imagined, how could he possibly let such a juicy prize slip through his fingers?
No matter what, he had to capture Ye Chen!
Furthermore, Ye Chen had killed his men. For that reason alone, he could never let him go.
Lin Ze's face was filled with killing intent as he strode forward. Vast waves of Spiritual Power radiated from his towering Primordial Mansion, and the terrifying pressure instantly caused the ground beneath him to crack!
Ye Chen's expression was indifferent. Facing such a powerful foe, he naturally wouldn't be careless. He gripped the Cangming Sword, and a sharp Sword Qi erupted from it, pushing back against the immense pressure.
Just as the two were poised to strike.
Suddenly, a huge commotion erupted in the distance.
"It sounds like someone's fighting over there!"
"Could it be that someone found some Spiritual Objects?"
"Great! We finally found something! I've been wandering around here for so long without seeing a single Spiritual Object. This has been so damn frustrating!"
"Let's hurry over and see!"
As the voices rose, dense swarms of figures began to fly across the distant sky.
Ye Chen's eyes flashed.
He knew the commotion from his battle with Lin Ze had alerted the other factions!