As the bells rang out across the city, countless cultivators flew to the city gates. Every cultivator was clad in armour, their aura full and vigorous. When numerous cultivators saw these people, they all avoided them from afar.
These were the guardians of the Path of Proud Heavens, protecting the rules of the Path. It was precisely because of these people’s existence that everything on the Path of Proud Heavens was orderly.
The guardians normally cultivated on the Path of Proud Heavens, only appearing when someone broke the rules. At this moment, these numerous Path of Proud Heavens cultivators chased towards the distance.
Their speed was extremely fast, and they were exceptionally familiar with the Path of Proud Heavens. These numerous cultivators pursued, and quickly discovered Ye Chu’s tracks.
Not long after, these people saw Ye Chu. One of the cultivators shot a force straight at Ye Chu, blocking his path. Numerous cultivators blocked Ye Chu’s path. “The Path of Proud Heavens does not permit turning back. Please return to Twelfth City, and leave through the north city gate.”
Ye Chu looked at the group of cultivators blocking his path, his gaze cold, staring at the group and shouting, “Scram!”
“Let me reiterate once more. Please return to Twelfth City as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be treated as desertion, and you will be executed immediately.” The leading cultivator stared at Ye Chu expressionlessly, but his words were extremely cold.
Ye Chu had no mind to deal with them. At this moment, Ye Chu only wanted to leave the Path of Proud Heavens early and return to Heartless Peak, to give all the accumulated blood on his body to Xi Xi.
Seeing Ye Chu step away, ignoring them, this group of guardians exchanged glances. After so many years, this was the first time they had encountered such an unruly character. Since that was the case, they would let him know that the rules of the Path of Proud Heavens could not be broken.
The guardians surrounded Ye Chu in the centre, their figures shifting, forming a circular formation, staring at Ye Chu and shouting, “This is your final chance. Return to Twelfth City now, and the Path of Proud Heavens guardians will not trouble you. Otherwise, it will be a fight to the death.”
Ye Chu stared at this group of guardians, his eyes also bloodshot, staring at the group and shouting, “Whoever blocks me from saving someone, I will fight to the death with them.”
“Seeking death.” These guardians were finally enraged. On the Path of Proud Heavens, they were transcendent existences. Here, everyone gave them some face, even outstanding geniuses. Yet now there was a reckless youth treating them like this.
“Capture him. Bring him back to Twelfth City for punishment.” The guardians shouted.
A group of guardians’ figures shifted, their formation merging, various forces erupting, forming a net that directly suppressed Ye Chu. These people’s strength was not weak. Every one of them had the strength of the Profound Life Realm. The leaders among them were almost about to step into the King realm.
But this strength was still not enough in Ye Chu’s eyes. He snorted coldly. “With just this bit of strength, you want to capture me. You really look down on me too much.”
Ye Chu looked at the net-like force descending, his face cold, his fingers moving, his body possessing vast power. The power had no finesse, directly charging towards the combined force of everyone.
These people’s power was also terrifying. Even an ordinary King would have a headache under such suppression. But Ye Chu struck out, his power like thunder exploding, shooting straight into the sea of clouds. The terrifying power instantly shattered the net-like covering force of the opposition.
The group was shaken back several steps simultaneously, looking at Ye Chu with fear on their faces.
“Who are you?” The guardians stared at Ye Chu and shouted.
Ye Chu did not answer them, but looked at the group and said, “Move aside. Or die.”
The guardians stared at Ye Chu dead on, guessing Ye Chu’s identity. However, the guardians had always been deaf to outside matters, solely focused on cultivation. Even though Ye Chu’s reputation was considerable, they had not guessed his identity. It was precisely because of this that this team had pursued him. Otherwise, had they known Ye Chu’s battle record, they certainly would not have been so bold.
“Attack together. Dead or alive.” The guardians shouted. Numerous cultivators stepped around, forming a circle. Power vibrated out from their arms. Between each vibration, power gathered together, then transformed into raging flames. The flames formed a massive fireball, smashing down from the void towards Ye Chu’s head.
Wherever the fireball passed, the space burned with ripples. The terrifying fireball was enough to destroy a mountain. Such power would probably give even a King a headache.
“It is still not too late to follow us back now.” The leading guardian shouted.
Ye Chu did not speak, his body directly flying out, one fist smashing straight at this fireball, without a trace of finesse, completely relying on his own domineering strength.
This strike shook out like a heavy hammer smashing onto the fireball. The fireball was instantly pierced through. That terrifying power that made one’s scalp tingle directly collapsed. The terrifying power flew directly in all directions. The vegetation in all directions was instantly set ablaze. Ye Chu landed in the centre, the erupted force blowing his clothes. Ye Chu stood in the air, his clothes fluttering, proudly looking down at the numerous cultivators.
“I am only going back to save someone. If you all press me hard, do not blame this young master for killing.”
Ye Chu’s dominance exceeded their expectations. Looking at Ye Chu’s figure standing in the air, how could they not understand what level this person before them was. But they were not frightened by Ye Chu’s words. As guardians of the Path of Proud Heavens, whoever dared to kill them would truly be a fight to the death.
The group simply did not care about Ye Chu’s threat, once again waving their arms, condensing power wanting to suppress Ye Chu.
“You are courting death yourselves.” Ye Chu roared, vast power surging out, sword intent erupting, terrifying momentum covering down. The surrounding air was compressed into substance.
This momentum was much stronger than when he had fought Tan Chen previously. The cultivators instantly felt breathing difficulty. They gritted their teeth and persisted, each dancing out their strongest power, weapons directly shooting towards Ye Chu’s vital points.
Ye Chu’s eyes were bloodshot. These people obstructed him, so they were his enemies.
Sword intent directly shot out, carrying his own surging power, directly piercing through the leading few cultivators. These few cultivators did not even have a chance to dodge, directly being killed by the sword light.
Blood dyed the earth red. Several cultivators collapsed with a boom. Although the collapsing sound was not loud, it shook every guardian.
They stared blankly at those corpses, every one of them with dull expressions. They could not believe that someone truly dared to make a move to kill the guardians of the Path of Proud Heavens.
In their daze, several sword lights once again shot forth. As Profound Life Realm cultivators, under this sword light they did not even have the possibility to dodge, directly being pierced through. Several more cultivators were pierced through.
Ye Chu’s slaughter finally made these cultivators panic. They forcibly summoned a bit of courage, and with stern voices shouted, “Kill our guardians, and you will certainly die. All the cultivators of the Path of Proud Heavens will certainly execute you.”
Since Ye Chu had killed the first, he was not afraid to kill a second, glaring at the group and saying, “You all talk too much nonsense.”
As Ye Chu’s words fell, several more cultivators were pierced through.
This scene made the cultivators in the city who witnessed this scene from afar suck in a cold breath, staring blankly at Ye Chu, only feeling that Ye Chu had truly gone mad. Once you killed the guardians, there was truly no way back.