Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

To avoid any complications, he had to refine this final formation base before the experts from the other factions arrived.

Ye Chen walked toward the empty space behind him. The hazy starlight shone on his body, adding a touch of cold desolation to his figure.

"Trying to escape?"

Seeing Ye Chen retreat, a glint flashed in Lin Ze's eyes. He thought Ye Chen was retreating out of fear of his power.

He quickly followed, striking out with his palm.

It was no wonder he was so anxious.

The commotion in the distance was rapidly approaching.

If Ye Chen truly possessed some Spiritual Objects, he had to seize them before the other factions arrived.

'All of my attendants are dead. I'll be damned if I return empty-handed!'

"Get lost!"

Ye Chen slashed out with a backhand strike. A torrent of sharp Sword Qi surged forward like a river of stars, blanketing everything in its path!

Wherever it passed, the ground was torn apart by the Sword Qi, and cracks spread out rapidly like a spiderweb!

"A decent technique, but that's all it is."

Lin Ze sneered. His vast Spiritual Power swirled upwards, actually transforming into an Ancient Dragon with its wings spread in flight!

Under his control, the Ancient Dragon raised its head to the sky and let out a stunning roar. Then, with a beat of its wings, it seemed to tear through the void as it lunged straight for Ye Chen!

The rampaging Sword Qi filled the space ahead, but the Ancient Dragon merely flapped its wings, unleashing a terrifying torrent of Spiritual Power that directly destroyed a large swath of the Sword Qi.

Then, it charged unstoppably toward Ye Chen.

The experts from various factions, who were rushing over from a distance, were all startled by the dragon's roar.

They subconsciously thought an Ancient Dragon had awakened within the Dragon Prison Cave!

"No! That's a giant dragon formed from Spiritual Power!"

"An expert from Ling Province must be making a move!"

Among the crowd, an experienced elder slowly spoke up, revealing the mystery.

Spiritual Power Manifestation!

This was a unique technique possessed by many Cultivators from Ling Province.

They could make their Spiritual Power take on many different forms.

And for a major power like the Lin family, their methods of manifesting Spiritual Power were even more sophisticated.

With a wave of his hand, Lin Ze had condensed a life-like Ancient Dragon. Its roar shook the heavens, and its presence was utterly intimidating. As its draconic eyes swept across the land, it seemed ready to wipe out everything in existence!

As he watched the ancient, boundless dragon open its cavernous maw to swallow him whole,

Ye Chen took a deep breath.

He knew that with his current strength, defeating Lin Ze would require him to exhaust all his techniques, and even then, victory was not guaranteed.

'If I continue to tangle with Lin Ze, it will only draw the experts from the other major factions here one after another.'

'At that point, I'll probably be trapped!'

As the first person to enter the Dragon Prison Cave, Ye Chen could easily guess that quite a few experts had already marked him as a target!

Therefore, Ye Chen ignored the terrifying Ancient Dragon that was hurtling toward him like a streak of light.

He simply reached back with his hand toward the empty space before him.

At this moment, Ye Chen could only hope that refining the final formation base would trigger some unexpected change.

The formation base, as if sensing Ye Chen's arrival, suddenly lit up with a faint glow.

Perhaps it was because Ye Chen had already refined all the other formation bases.

This final formation base connected directly with Ye Chen's consciousness.

He refined it with almost no effort at all.

The Ancient Dragon's roar echoed between heaven and earth. It scattered the widespread Sword Qi and flapped its enormous wings, on the verge of swallowing Ye Chen whole!

But just then,

something strange happened.

After Ye Chen refined the final corner of the formation base, the empty space beside him began to ripple like the surface of water.

Circles of blue light spread out. At first glance, it looked as if Ye Chen had fallen into a clear lake, with gentle waves slowly wrapping around his body.

With Ye Chen's current strength, he was not yet capable of causing the void to tremble.

Clearly, the grand formation enveloping the Dragon Prison Cave had undergone some kind of change!

An immense suction force emerged from the empty space before him.

The waves acted like tentacles, wrapping around Ye Chen's body and pulling him uncontrollably into the rippling void.

He vanished from Lin Ze's sight on the spot!

The Ancient Dragon snapped its jaws shut.

With Ye Chen's disappearance, everything around them fell silent. The void returned to normal, and the Ancient Dragon bit down on empty air.

"What... what in the world just happened?!"

Just then, countless experts from the surrounding area arrived on the scene.

They had personally witnessed the strange scene, and their faces were filled with shock and doubt, not understanding what had occurred.

Lin Ze's expression was grim. He dispersed the Ancient Dragon, which reverted to a cloud of Spiritual Power that he absorbed back into his body.

A gloomy look flashed across his handsome face.

'In the end, I was a step too slow!'

'I failed to capture Ye Chen!'

The scene from moments ago had shocked him.

Clearly, Ye Chen held some secret related to the Dragon Prison Cave!

'Unfortunately, people from the other factions saw it too.'

'Countless people will want to make a move on Ye Chen now. Even if I run into him again, the prey might not be mine for the taking.'

At this thought, Lin Ze's expression couldn't help but turn ugly.

'I traveled a thousand miles to Lei Province, all for this trip to the Dragon Prison Cave!'

'Am I really going to return empty-handed in the end?'

"You're the young master of the Lin family?"

Just then, someone seemed to recognize Lin Ze's identity.

"The Lin family? Which Lin family?"

"Did you forget that giant dragon just now? Spiritual Power Manifestation! It's the Lin family from Ling Province!"

The crowd stirred, and many people cried out in alarm.

Apparently, the reputation of the Lin family from Ling Province was quite well-known in the eastern part of the dynasty.

Lin Ze looked at the person who had first spoken, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"The Buddha's Son from the Saintly Temple?" He narrowed his eyes, a glint of apprehension flashing within them.

The Buddha's Son walked up to Lin Ze. He glanced at the wreckage strewn across the ground and spoke lightly, "You fought with Ye Chen earlier?"

"That's right." Lin Ze nodded.

"...And you couldn't even keep him here?" The Buddha's Son glanced at Lin Ze, his tone carrying a hint of accusation.

"You saw it too. He seems to hold the secrets of the Dragon Prison Cave. I couldn't hold him."

The Buddha's Son's tone displeased Lin Ze, but due to the other's status, he didn't dare to show his anger.

"How interesting."

The Buddha's Son withdrew his gaze and looked toward the vast, starry sky in the distance.

"A mere Third-Layer Spirit Sea Realm Cultivator has actually mastered the secrets of the Dragon Prison Cave?"

"I'm growing more and more curious about this fellow."

The Buddha's Son shook his head. Within his calm gaze, traces of a cold chill were flowing.