Chapter 221: Interception
Seeing that Ye Chen and his group didn't pause for even a moment,
the other three, aside from the middle-aged scholar, looked at each other in dismay.
"Old Hu, it looks like they didn't take your words seriously at all," the young man said, looking at the middle-aged scholar with a teasing tone.
The middle-aged scholar said nothing.
Seeing this, the young man laughed. "Old Hu, are you really that heartless? Why not give them another warning? If anything happens to those two beauties, my heart will ache."
"We are but passersby in this mortal world. I couldn't bear to see them walk into disaster for nothing, so I gave them a warning."
"In any case, the message has been delivered. Whether they listen or not is their business. It has nothing to do with me."
The middle-aged scholar maintained his indifferent and composed demeanor. "Besides, it's not your place to feel heartache for those two young ladies. You should worry about yourself first."
"Old Hu, how can you say that!" The young man clenched his fists, slightly angered.
The old man at the side interjected, "Fellow Daoist Hu is right. One of those young ladies is a Seventh-Layer Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator. It's really not your place to worry about her."
"What?"
Hearing this, both the young man and the ribboned girl's expressions changed slightly. Only then did they realize they had misjudged them.
Their perception wasn't as sharp as the middle-aged scholar's and the daoist-robed elder's. They could only tell that Ye Chen's cultivation hadn't yet reached the Primordial Mansion Realm, but they had failed to see Song Yubing's cultivation level.
'So that's why the kid is so confident. It's because he has such a powerful and heaven-blessed beauty with him?'
'Good heavens, even a Spirit Sea Realm guy can live off a woman! With my talent and my looks, why isn't there a powerful and beautiful girl letting me live off *her*?!'
The young man cursed his fate and wailed incessantly.
"Look at you, acting so pathetic! What girl would be blind enough to fall for you!" the ribboned girl ruthlessly scolded from the side.
"You!" The young man's eyes widened. "Are you itching for a beating?"
"It seems your recent progress hasn't been small. You actually dare to provoke me now." The ribboned girl's face turned icy as her aura flared powerfully.
At this, the young man clenched his fists but ultimately yielded to the girl's powerful aura, helplessly lowering them.
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"Young Master Ye, have you still not been able to pinpoint the location of the Kunlun Mountain secret realm?"
Song Yubing couldn't help but ask as she watched their group get closer and closer to the summit.
Ye Chen frowned and said thoughtfully, "Based on my senses, the secret realm should be within a five-hundred-meter radius."
For Cultivators of their level, this wasn't a great distance.
That was true even with the powerful oppressive force on Kunlun Mountain affecting them.
"Five hundred meters?" The Realm Spirit blinked, her expression cool as she spoke. "It seems we're almost there."
Just as they were about to continue on their way, three aged figures suddenly appeared, blocking their path.
"Please, stop here."
The one in the lead was an imposing, red-robed elder. His voice was hoarse, and a powerful aura pulsed around him. He was clearly a Cultivator of considerable skill.
"Is there a problem?" Ye Chen asked indifferently.
"This path is blocked. Please take another route," the red-robed elder said.
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Do you own this road?" Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.
"It may not be mine, but if I insist on blocking your way, what can you do about it?" The red-robed elder seemed to be provoked by Ye Chen's attitude, and his tone became less courteous.
"Then we'll just have to fight." A glint flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, and he was about to make a move.
However, Song Yubing beat him to it, drawing her sword.
"Young Master Ye, allow me to deal with this trash."
Ye Chen had already been through a series of major battles, even clashing with experts at the Divinity Transformation Realm.
How could Song Yubing just stand by and watch like a mere spectator all the time?
Of course, she had to pull her weight when the time was right.
Seeing Song Yubing volunteer to fight, Ye Chen immediately stopped. "Very well. I'll leave them to you."
The contemptuous and casual tone between the two made it clear they didn't see these elders as any sort of threat.
The three elders' faces immediately filled with anger. "So young, yet so arrogant. In that case, I'll have to see for myself just how skilled you are."
"I'll deal with the girl. The other two are yours," the red-robed elder ordered.
However, Song Yubing just sneered. "You should all attack together. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't even get a chance to make a move."
"Hmph!" The red-robed elder was so furious he laughed. "Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish!"
He took a sudden step forward, and a powerful aura surged out. He unleashed the full force of his Fifth-Layer Primordial Mansion Realm cultivation without reservation!
The two elders beside him, both at the Fourth Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm, attacked in unison. The resulting power was as astonishing as a mountain torrent or a tsunami, causing the entire mountaintop to tremble.
If not for the mysterious power on Kunlun Mountain suppressing the area, a battle of this level would have been enough to engulf the entire peak and cause it to collapse into ruins.
"Is this all you've got?"
Song Yubing raised an eyebrow, then slashed out with her sword. The aura of the Seventh-Layer Primordial Mansion Realm erupted from her.
The sword light was brilliant, like the silver moon falling from the sky. In an instant, it completely obliterated the three elders' attacks. For a moment, heaven and earth shook as a shocking aftershock swept out, sending sand and stones flying and filling the air with dust.
"What?!"
Upon witnessing Song Yubing's cultivation level, the three elders' expressions changed dramatically.
They would have never imagined in their wildest dreams that this young woman before them possessed a cultivation level far greater than their own, even though they had been cultivating for their entire lives.
Furthermore, the martial arts and Swordsmanship she practiced were of an astonishingly high grade. A single strike was enough to make them feel immense pressure.
"It seems that even with the three of you working together, you're still no match for me."
Song Yubing shook her head, looking somewhat disappointed. She swung her sword again, and Sword Qi shot out like a cascading meteor shower.
Seeing this, the red-robed elder and his companions turned pale with fright. They realized that their opponent was an unparalleled powerhouse who they couldn't afford to underestimate in the slightest.
The three of them immediately played their trump cards. Various Spiritual Treasures and talismans were thrown out, emitting powerful fluctuations and might that managed to block Song Yubing's Sword Skill.
But trump cards are finite; they couldn't just be consumed without limit.
Before long, Song Yubing swung her sword once more. The blade's light carried an unmatched might as it cut down one of the elders.
The elder let out a bloodcurdling scream and died on the spot. His body was severed in two—a gruesome sight.
"Dammit!"
"The enemy is too difficult! We can't fight her head-on! Retreat!"
The red-robed elder's face changed drastically. Not daring to linger a moment longer, he immediately turned to flee.