Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Xu Zhihe was a miserable sight.

He smashed through several hills in a row, scattering countless drops of blood along the way. His body finally came to a slow stop before a mountaintop, mostly buried under rubble.

After Xu Ao personally cleared away the rubble burying him, what was left of Xu Zhihe barely resembled a person.

His chest was caved in, his skull fractured. His eyes were rolled back, showing only the whites like a dead fish. His upper body twitched faintly, taking in air but not letting it out. He clearly didn't have long to live.

This horrifying scene left all the Xu family experts present dumbfounded, and they couldn't help but gasp in shock.

'Th-th-this... Is this the kind of power someone in the Primordial Mansion Realm should have?'

Xu Zhihe was a genuine Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator, yet Ye Chen had slapped him into this half-dead state?

This was far beyond anyone's expectations.

Even Xu Ao was stunned, frozen in place like a statue.

"I say... can you send out someone a little stronger?"

"Otherwise, this duel of yours is a bit too boring."

Ye Chen said, his hands behind his back, his tone indifferent and cold.

Before, they would have paid no mind to Ye Chen's words, dismissing him as an ignorant junior spouting nonsense.

But now, they were utterly shocked by the strength Ye Chen had revealed. As they looked at him, their gazes began to tremble involuntarily.

To kill a Third Layer Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator with a single slap was simply inconceivable!

Especially when it came from a young man in the Primordial Mansion Realm!

In truth, no one would have guessed that the current Ye Chen already believed he could fight a Divine Might Realm expert head-on.

If a true Divine Might Realm expert had been the one to act, slapping Xu Zhihe into this near-dead state would have been understandable.

Xu Ao took a deep breath.

This time, he completely discarded all his disdain. His cloudy eyes were filled with a solemn light!

"Then let this old man exchange a few moves with you!"

He took a step forward, and in the next moment, his figure appeared high in the sky.

As the leader of the Xu family's group, he was the only one who could deal with Ye Chen now.

But Ye Chen just shook his head in disappointment. "You're not good enough either. Why don't you all just come at me together?"

Ye Chen's words made Xu Ao's old face flush red with anger.

"Young man, let's see you take this palm from me first!"

Xu Ao shouted coldly. He clapped his hands together, and a brilliant Palm Seal materialized beneath them. Carrying a monstrous force, it shot unstoppably toward Ye Chen.

"It's our Xu family's Heaven-Opening Seal!"

"That attack is heavy and powerful, its might immense! Coming from Elder Xu Ao, it's enough to easily suppress any Cultivator of the same realm!"

The Xu family experts below began to discuss amongst themselves.

They looked quite excited, clearly having witnessed a rarely seen ultimate technique of the Xu family!

However, Ye Chen merely flicked his finger. A stream of Spiritual Power shot out, directly piercing through the monstrous Palm Seal.

BOOM!

The Palm Seal wavered for a moment in the air before exploding violently, turning into a sky full of light motes that dissipated into nothing.

For a moment, the entire area fell silent.

The members of the Xu family never imagined that the Heaven-Opening Seal, an ultimate technique from Elder Xu Ao's own hands, would be blocked so easily by Ye Chen!

It looked as if he hadn't even broken a sweat!

Xu Ao's expression turned incredibly ugly.

At this point, how could he not see that although this young man's realm was ordinary, his combat power was frighteningly strong!

'He even suspected that the Earth Tier assassin sent to kill Ye Chen back then had fallen at Ye Chen's hands, not Hongyu Pill Venerable's!'

"The Xu family's methods shouldn't be limited to just this, right?"

Ye Chen glanced indifferently at the Xu family members and said with a hint of disappointment, "If you don't bring out your trump-card spirit weapons and secret treasures now, you won't get another chance."

However, just as his voice fell, a magnificent golden light, carrying an aura of supreme, sacred majesty, suddenly erupted from behind Ye Chen.

It blazed in all directions, piercing the heavens!

"Oh?"

Ye Chen slowly turned around, a flicker of interest on his face.

"Young man, your talent is extraordinary. I have never in my life seen such heaven-defying combat power."

"It's a pity you are destined to fall here. To personally end the life of a chosen one of heaven... it truly fills one with a sense of regret!"

Within the majestic golden light, illusory figures of Buddhas were illuminated, and it seemed as if the sound of loud, passionate chanting spread out with them.

Immediately after, a figure strode out of the golden light. He wore a kasaya and held prayer beads. His pair of light golden eyes, gentle yet possessing a look of disdain, gazed indifferently at Ye Chen.

"It's a Saint Monk!"

"With Lord Saint Monk taking action! This time, we can definitely suppress Ye Chen!"

The group from the Xu family grew excited.

Even Xu Ao let out a slight sigh of relief, his heart calming considerably.

A Saint Monk, the top fighting force of the Saint Temple!

Every Saint Monk was a late-stage Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator, at least at the Sixth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm or higher!

And this Saint Monk before them was an Eighth Layer Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator!

His aura surged like the heavens, permeating the entire landscape. The dazzling golden light from his body was as brilliant as the sun, illuminating the twilight sky as if it were day!

'I was hoping to lure out a big fish, but it turns out to be a Saint Monk from the Saint Temple?'

Ye Chen sized up the Monk before him and couldn't help but chuckle.

Back when he was in the Dragon Prison Cave, he had already crossed paths with a Saint Monk.

At that time, he had been hunting the Saint Temple's Buddha's Son. The Buddha's Son's situation had been hopeless, but in the end, an unknown Saint Monk had interfered from a great distance, blocking Ye Chen's attack and forcibly rescuing the Buddha's Son.

Ye Chen quickly determined that the Saint Monk who had saved the Buddha's Son back then was far more powerful than this one!

*Phew...*

Xu Ao let out a long breath. After seeing the Saint Monk appear, his anxious heart couldn't help but relax.

"Lord Saint Monk, if you had acted a moment later, I'm afraid I would have met with disaster."

"This boy is monstrously talented. His combat power is simply unfathomable. I am no match for him!"

Xu Ao said with a grave expression.

"This boy once tried to hunt down and exterminate our temple's Buddha's Son. This matter has long since angered all the monks in our temple."

"Rest assured. On the territory of my Saint Temple, this humble monk will absolutely not allow this boy to continue running rampant!"

The Saint Monk uttered a true word, and his eyes turned a brilliant gold. He suddenly attacked Ye Chen!

A vast golden light filled the space before Ye Chen's eyes, seeming to form a golden torrent of overwhelming might. It was truly astonishing!