Shangguan Min Da led a group of cultivators and strode into the arena. His expression was arrogant as he stared at Ye Chu. “You really are bold, daring to set foot on this land. We failed to kill you at the General’s Tomb, but here, your death is certain.”
“Young Master Shangguan seems to have made killing me your full-time profession!” Ye Chu laughed as he looked at Shangguan Min Da. “But are you really so sure you can kill me?”
“Hahaha…” Shangguan Min Da burst into laughter. “Perhaps you don’t know what the Shangguan family means here. In this place, no one dares oppose my Shangguan family. We are the kings here!”
“Kings? More like turtles!” Ye Chu sneered disdainfully. He no longer looked at Shangguan Min Da. Instead, he stared at the city lord of Black Jade City and said, “I want this Dark Nether Ink Jade. Anyone who dares block me right now will die!”
Before the city lord could speak, Shangguan Min Da roared in fury. “Who do you think you’re scaring? This Dark Nether Ink Jade belongs to this young master now. Hand it over and I’ll leave you a whole corpse. Otherwise, not even your bones will remain!”
Ye Chu let out a soft breath. He looked at the city lord of Black Jade City and the great cultivator from the Shangguan family standing on either side of him. He stared at the city lord and said, “Are you really going to join forces with him?”
“Young Master Shangguan is right. Here, the Shangguan family is the king. No one can defy their will. You may be able to block me, but you cannot block two great cultivators. Hand over the Dark Nether Ink Jade,” the city lord said, staring fixedly at Ye Chu.
Ye Chu sighed and shook his head. “Do you really think I can’t handle two great cultivators?”
These words stunned the city lord for a moment. Then he laughed loudly. “You don’t need to bluff us. An Innate Realm cultivator using a secret art to fight a great cultivator is already heaven-defying. Do you think you can get even stronger?”
Ye Chu said nothing. He simply stood in front of the city lord, his expression cold and resolute.
“Kill him!” Shangguan Min Da’s hatred for Ye Chu had reached its peak. He ordered the great cultivator beside him, Shangguan Zhi. Shangguan Min Da was an obsessive man. He could not tolerate Ye Chu’s contemptuous attitude. As the heir of the Shangguan family, he always got whatever he wanted. Everyone treated him with respect. Yet this young man had repeatedly provoked him and even humiliated him in front of Tan Miaotong. The only way to ease his hatred was to kill him.
Seeing the two great cultivators surrounding him from left and right, Ye Chu spoke word by word. “I’ll say it one more time: anyone who blocks me dies!”
These words left the surroundings in stunned silence. Everyone looked at Ye Chu in disbelief, feeling that they had just heard the most arrogant statement of the night. Did he not know who stood before him? Two great cultivators surrounded him—terrifying existences capable of shattering stone and splitting gold with a casual gesture.
“What a big mouth!” Shangguan Zhi was also furious. He snorted coldly. The iron hammer in his hand swept out horizontally, carrying howling winds. It was extremely terrifying.
The city lord of Black Jade City did not hold back either. His long blade chopped towards Ye Chu, his expression dark. In his view, Ye Chu already struggled to block him alone. Blocking two great cultivators was impossible. If he could not block them, the only outcome was death.
The long blade and heavy hammer attacked Ye Chu from both sides, sealing off his retreat. They clearly intended to kill him in one strike!
Ye Jingyun watched this scene from outside. Her expression changed. Two great cultivators attacking Ye Chu together—he could not possibly withstand them. She almost seemed to see the moment Ye Chu would be heavily injured by this combined assault.
But just as everyone sighed in resignation, Ye Chu’s body suddenly erupted with surging murderous qi. The murderous qi was more than twice as intense as before. “I originally did not want to kill anyone, but you insist on forcing my hand!”
Ye Chu was truly furious. The multicoloured-patterned murderous spider’s power left in his qi sea was already scarce. He had been reluctant to use it. He had only intended to force the city lord back earlier. He never expected the other side to be so determined to kill him.
Ye Chu no longer cared about wasting the multicoloured-patterned murderous spider’s qi. In his rage, he had only one thought: kill these two first.
Ye Chu’s long blade coiled with murderous qi, erupting with heart-shaking radiance. Light flashed and shook the space. The blade danced with howling winds, carrying vast power as it met the two opponents head-on.
The city lord of Black Jade City and Shangguan Zhi both had drastic changes in expression. They stared at Ye Chu in disbelief. The power Ye Chu erupted with now actually surpassed either of them. The long blade struck their weapons and directly sent both of them flying. Their blood and qi churned violently, and their steps staggered.
Ye Chu held the advantage. His long blade swung in wide, unrestrained arcs. Every strike forced them into a sorry defence. With absolute dominance, Ye Chu suppressed the two great cultivators.
Their techniques were relentless, yet in the face of murderous qi, their techniques were greatly suppressed. They could not unleash their full power. They could only be forced back step by step by Ye Chu.
This scene terrified the many cultivators. Shangguan Min Da stared in disbelief at Ye Chu, who was now brimming with battle intent and enveloped in chilling yin-cold energy.
“Young master…” Several cultivators following Shangguan Min Da swallowed hard. Their faces were pale as they pulled at him. “He is too dominant. The two of them cannot stop him.”
Shangguan Min Da’s expression was dark. He stared fixedly at Ye Chu, who was overwhelming the two great cultivators with wide, unrestrained strikes. He gritted his teeth and said, “He must die…”
The accompanying cultivators exchanged glances and tried to dissuade him. “But…”
“Come with me!” Shangguan Min Da said nothing more. He shouted to his followers and led them away.
Ye Jingyun, watching from the rooftop, was equally shaken. She stared blankly at Ye Chu in the arena, who seemed possessed by a war god. A thousand emotions surged in her heart. She had never dreamed Ye Chu could erupt with such combat power.
She let out a soft breath. Just then, she saw Shangguan Min Da leaving with his followers. She frowned, flipped down from the roof, and landed in front of Shangguan Min Da. “No matter what you plan to do, I advise you to restrain yourself!”
Shangguan Min Da had not expected Ye Jingyun to block his path. He snorted. “What I do is none of your business!”
With that, he ignored Ye Jingyun and turned to leave.
“Stop right there!” Ye Jingyun was furious. She shouted at Shangguan Min Da. “You’d better abandon whatever little scheme you’re cooking up. Don’t think that just because you’re the heir of the Shangguan family, no one dares touch you.”
“Ye Jingyun, don’t think that just because you’re from the Ye family I won’t dare touch you either. Remember, this is my territory. If I kill you, what can the Ye family do?” Shangguan Min Da retorted sharply. He shouted to his followers, “Let’s go!”
“You…”
Ye Jingyun gritted her teeth in hatred. Yet she also knew he was telling the truth. Here, she truly could not do anything to Shangguan Min Da. Watching his retreating figure, Ye Jingyun did not need to guess what he intended to do.
“Bastard!” Ye Jingyun cursed under her breath. But she was helpless. She could only turn her gaze back to Ye Chu, hoping he would end the fight quickly.