Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's gaze slowly shifted, looking toward the direction he had sensed.

Sure enough, the tall, imposing figure of a young man suddenly appeared in his line of sight, meeting his gaze from a distance.

That figure was, of course, Ye Chen!

He had emerged from Sky-Class Building One shortly after seeing Supreme Profound Daoist repel the group of Divinity Transformation Cultivators through the Forbidden Array.

"Young friend Ye Chen, you're here too!"

Mo Tianyun's face lit up with joy upon seeing Ye Chen, but his expression quickly turned to worry. "This enemy is no small matter," he said. "Young friend Ye Chen, you must be careful."

It wasn't that he hadn't considered asking Ye Chen for help.

But the current enemy was simply too terrifying. As a member of the Demon Exorcism Institute, dealing with evil cultivators was his duty. To force Ye Chen to intervene, however, would be asking too much.

But clearly, Ye Chen had no intention of standing by and watching Mo Tianyun and the elder go to their deaths.

"Brat, so you really are here!"

Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable roared with laughter upon seeing Ye Chen, his expression full of glee.

"What, you know him?"

The Supreme Profound Daoist, who stood to the side, was dressed in a Daoist robe. At first glance, he had the air of a transcendent immortal. If not for knowing his true identity, no one would have guessed that a Cultivator with such an otherworldly temperament was actually an evil cultivator—and one of the very best among them.

"Of course!"

"My evil fetus was destroyed by this brat. I'd recognize him even if he were turned to ash!"

Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable spoke in a low voice. He seemed to be recalling scenes from Kunlun Mountain, and his gaze grew significantly colder.

"What a coincidence."

Supreme Profound Daoist shot Ye Chen a fleeting glance before looking away. A mere youth at the First Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm was clearly not worthy of his attention.

"This is a rare opportunity. I won't interfere. I'll leave it to you to get your revenge, how does that sound?" Supreme Profound Daoist said calmly.

"Thank you, Grand Elder!" Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable trembled with excitement. "I will definitely bring back that brat's head!"

"Why bring it back? He's just an ant in the Divinity Transformation Realm. Just kill him and be done with it. Why bother?" Supreme Profound Daoist frowned.

"As you command!" Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's expression faltered, and he quickly nodded.

"It's that guy?"

Aboard the flying ship, Murong Dai and Zhong Quanming also noticed Ye Chen's arrival.

"So you finally decided to come out and help? I thought you were going to cower in your shell until the end!"

Murong Dai looked at Ye Chen and snorted. "Hurry up and tell that Divine Might Realm subordinate of yours to make a move! With your pathetic cultivation, what are you doing here but causing trouble? Don't end up being a burden we have to protect!"

Her words infuriated Mo Tianyun and the elder.

The flying ship was clearly in a life-or-death crisis, yet this woman remained unbearably arrogant, ordering Ye Chen around with a condescending, imperious attitude.

How could anyone not be enraged by that?

Ye Chen glanced indifferently at Murong Dai and suddenly struck.

However, his target wasn't an evil cultivator, but Murong Dai!

SLAP!

A crisp thud echoed across the deck of the flying ship.

Murong Dai staggered backward as if she'd been hit by a sledgehammer, coughing up blood. A stark, crimson palm print was emblazoned on her delicate cheek!

No one could have imagined that Ye Chen would actually slap Murong Dai in front of everyone!

At that moment, the entire scene fell silent.

Old Demon Jue Yun and the Evil-Slaughter Demon Venerable exchanged a look and burst into laughter. The immense sound wave from their cackling shook the surrounding clouds, blasting them apart.

"Hahaha! I can't believe it! Those fools have started fighting amongst themselves! How idiotic! How laughable!"

The fiendishly handsome man fighting Zhong Quanming also couldn't help but roar with laughter, bending over as he howled.

"Are you insane? Do you know what you're doing?!" Zhong Quanming roared, glaring fiercely at Ye Chen. If he weren't already facing a powerful enemy, he would have attacked Ye Chen himself.

"You... you actually dared to hit me?!"

Murong Dai slowly pushed herself up, her delicate, flower-like face a mask of venomous resentment and utter disbelief.

She could never have imagined that Ye Chen would dare to strike her in front of so many experts from the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce.

And with such a humiliating slap, no less!

The shame was so intense she wished the ground would swallow her whole.

Mo Tianyun and the elder exchanged a look, both unable to suppress a wry smile.

'This Murong Dai really has no sense of priorities. No matter how much of a problem she has with Ye Chen, at a critical juncture like this, she should have set aside her prejudices and focused on the enemy.'

'Just now, she was even hurling insults at him. Wasn't she just asking for it?'

"If you don't want me to get rid of you first, you'd better shut your mouth," Ye Chen said, his expression impassive, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

"Ridiculous!"

"If Commander Murong weren't already heavily injured, do you really think you'd be her match?"

"How shameless, taking advantage of her weakness! With the enemy right in front of us, you attack our own people. Are you planning on defecting to the evil cultivators?"

Among the experts from the Chamber of Commerce, a large man sneered, making no attempt to hide his contempt for Ye Chen.

His words were even subtly calculated to turn everyone against Ye Chen.

SLAP!

However, what greeted the large man was another slap.

This slap was far more vicious. It caved the man's cheek in completely, and he spat out both rows of his teeth in a mouthful of blood.

The large man was dizzy and disoriented. When he finally recovered, his eyes, fixed on Ye Chen, were filled with shock and fury. "You..."

"Want to try that again?" Ye Chen asked, glancing over coolly.

That nonchalant gaze made the man's heart skip a beat. His face flushed red with rage, but he didn't dare utter another word.

"Ye Chen, what is the meaning of this? Are you really planning to side with the evil cultivators?"

Zhong Quanming roared in fury, his aura exploding outward with such force that it seemed to shake the very heavens.

"How I choose to act is none of your business. It's not for you people from the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce to tell me what to do."

Ye Chen shot him an indifferent glance. "Dare to stand there and criticize my actions again, and see if I don't throw every last one of you out of this Forbidden Array."

His threat left the experts from the Chamber of Commerce both shocked and furious.

"This is outrageous! A mere brat at the First Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm dares to threaten us? This is utter madness!" someone raged.

"At a moment of such dire crisis, you attack your own people instead of joining forces against those old fiends! If this flying ship falls, you'll be their accomplice!"

another person rebuked angrily.

Only He Daoyun stood silently to the side, his expression incredibly complex.

And just as the crowd descended into chaos, the Forbidden Array protecting the flying ship suddenly shattered with a deafening BOOM.

The figure of the Supreme Profound Daoist forced its way through.