Chapter 158: Scourge
With the appearance of the two great fiends, a thick, sinister, and bloody aura came howling forth like a mountain torrent. Everyone present felt as if they had been plunged into an ice cave, shivering with a deep chill, their hearts filled with utter shock.
Liu Kunlun's expression turned ugly. He stared intently at Thunder Absolute Immortal and said in a low voice, "For the esteemed former Patriarch of the Lei family to collude with evil cultivators... it's truly despicable!"
The powerful experts of the Liu family behind him all nodded in agreement.
The Cultivators on the Lei family's side were just as frightened, but under the pressure of Thunder Absolute Immortal's might, they were all scared into silence, not daring to say a word.
"How I conduct my affairs is not for a junior like you to lecture me on."
Thunder Absolute Immortal glanced coolly at Liu Kunlun. Lightning seemed to flash through his pupils, blooming with a brilliant radiance. Liu Kunlun felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, letting out a muffled groan and stumbling backward!
A single glance was enough to injure Liu Kunlun, a cultivator at the Peak of Spiritual Sea Realm, and make him cough up blood!
Such unfathomable power sent a chill down the spines of everyone present, making their hearts tremble in fear!
Looking at Liu Kunlun's pathetic state, Thunder Absolute Immortal shook his head indifferently. "Even that old fellow, Liu Tianxin, wouldn't dare say a word in my presence. A minor punishment like this should be enough to teach juniors like you some reverence."
Just then, however, Thunder Absolute Immortal's pupils contracted. A sense of crisis suddenly shot through his body. His reaction was incredibly fast; he hurriedly thrust out a palm, and lightning burst forth, slithering through the void like electric serpents.
BOOM!
But even so, as the lightning exploded, he was still forced back repeatedly by the powerful attack, his clothes thrown into disarray and countless cracks spreading across the ground beneath his feet!
Under a sea of disbelieving gazes, Thunder Absolute Immortal slowly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with shock as he stared in the direction the attack had come from.
There, a handsome youth in green robes stood casually.
Everyone on the scene saw it clearly.
The attack that had just scared Thunder Absolute Immortal out of his wits was nothing more than a casual strike from Ye Chen!
"Seeing you pull rank like that, I thought you might actually have some real strength."
"But now it seems you're nothing special."
Ye Chen commented casually, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
"You!"
A thunderous fury erupted in Thunder Absolute Immortal's pupils, and killing intent surged in his heart!
Just moments ago, with a single glance, he had publicly humiliated Liu Kunlun, the Patriarch of the Liu family, injuring him and making him cough up blood.
Who would have thought that now, a casual strike from Ye Chen would leave him, a supreme expert of Lei Province's older generation, so flustered and wretched, losing all face!
Thunder Absolute Immortal was filled with towering rage, but the shock in his heart was even greater!
He had not been present when the Dragon Prison Cave opened. Because of this, he had only ever heard about Ye Chen's brilliant, divine might from others.
Only upon seeing him today did he realize with a shock that this young, immature-looking boy before him truly possessed the terrifying, awe-inspiring power spoken of in the legends!
"No wonder the two lords want to devour your flesh and blood..."
"You truly are extraordinary!"
Thunder Absolute Immortal said hoarsely, his murky eyes glinting!
"Alright, this all ends here."
Old Demon Heart-Thief licked the corner of his mouth, a greedy light blooming in his eyes.
Thunder Absolute Immortal had been beaten back by Ye Chen in a single blow, but Old Demon Heart-Thief seemed completely oblivious. His sinister, fervent eyes were fixed unblinkingly on Ye Chen.
"The stronger you are, the more it proves how extraordinary your physical body is!"
In his eyes, Ye Chen's body was like a great furnace, refining an unimaginably potent wellspring of vital energy and life force that made him drool with desire!
Beside him, Revered Three Corpses also spoke in a sinister tone, "Let's take down this brat quickly. We'll get the Kunlun Key and have such a delicious bloody meal. Our emergence from seclusion this time won't have been for nothing."
As he spoke, the auras of the two men suddenly surged, erupting like a tidal wave.
In an instant, their auras reached the Ninth Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm. The vast and mighty pressure they exuded was like a demon king peering out from the underworld; even the sky became blanketed in thick, dark clouds!
"The Ninth Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm?!"
The experts of the Liu family all gasped, their eyes filled with terror.
No one had expected that these two fiends, hidden from the world for so many years, would display such incredible power the moment they appeared!
After all, even a single Cultivator who had just entered the Primordial Mansion Realm was powerful enough to dominate a region in Lei Province, command immense influence, and be revered by all!
Yet these two fiends before them, who had once run rampant, were terrifying beings at the Ninth Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm! They were just one step away from Divinity Transformation!
Liu Kunlun's and Liu Yuchan's faces fell. Under that monstrous, overwhelming pressure, even when they used every ounce of their strength, they were like a lone boat tossed about in a raging storm, on the verge of capsizing and completely unable to hold on!
Lei Wanjun was also shaken by that malevolent aura, feeling dizzy as his face turned pale.
"This is what evil cultivators are!"
"They use all sorts of unorthodox methods to raise their cultivation, such as devouring flesh and blood or absorbing souls... Their methods are ruthless and horrifying, but they allow them to advance by leaps and bounds on their path of cultivation!"
"This is also why evil cultivators are considered a scourge and are despised by both the righteous and demonic paths!"
Liu Kunlun said through clenched teeth, a trace of horror in his tone.
Indeed, every evil cultivator had committed countless massacres. The people of the world wanted nothing more than to see them all exterminated, and even the slightest sign of their presence could not be ignored.
After all, if an evil cultivator managed to escape, they would likely return a hundred years later, having grown to a point where they could no longer be stopped.
At that point, all living beings under the heavens would become nothing more than fodder for their cultivation!
This was the terror of evil cultivators!
Back then, the abbot of Vajra Temple had tried his utmost to conceal his nature, but Ye Chen had forced him to reveal his methods as an evil cultivator. As a result, the Cultivators of Lei Province had united against a common enemy, viewing him as a scourge!
Because of this, the Provincial Government had even set aside its previous grievances. The Provincial Lord stopped holding past grudges against Ye Chen, and eventually, even the Venerable Thunderclap took action to slay the abbot of Vajra Temple.
These two fiends had managed to escape an encirclement back then, and their whereabouts had remained unknown ever since.
Now, several decades later, they had grown into terrifying beings at the Ninth Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm. Across all the surrounding major provinces, how many people were left who could still make them feel fear?
"Alright now, surrender obediently!"
Amid a sea of horrified gazes, a sinister green light erupted in Old Demon Heart-Thief's eyes. His withered old hand, little more than skin and bones, suddenly shot out to grab Ye Chen, moving so fast the eye could barely follow!
At that very moment, a brilliant beam of sword light, as clear as the high-hanging moon and as swift as a fleeting shadow, flashed before everyone's eyes.
The next moment, a severed arm fell from mid-air.