by Feng Yise
Clank!
A crisp metal clashing sound came over. Ye Yuan and Xie Ying separated upon contact. Ye Yuan was actually repelled back several dozen steps!
"This boy actually used the power of his fleshy body to have a frontal clash with Xie Ying! Just how powerful is his fleshy body?"
"Such a quick sword move, how did he see it?"
"No wonder this boy dared to challenge Xie Ying. Turns out that his strength was actually this powerful! But it looks like he still isn't Xie Ying's match!"
One move down; Xie Ying did not move a muscle, while Ye Yuan was beaten back several dozen steps. Whoever was superior was immediately determined.
"Heh, no wonder you were so c.o.c.ky. Turns out that your fleshy body has already cultivated to such a level. However … no matter how powerful your fleshy body is, it's of no avail too! Prepare to die!"
Xie Ying gave a cold laugh. Swinging his sword, he attacked again!
Clank! Clank! Clank!
In a blink of an eye, the two people engaged in battle for several dozen rounds.
Bang!
Xie Ying raised his foot and suddenly stomped onto Ye Yuan's c.h.e.s.t, directly kicking him out far away.
"Master Ye!"
Yan Jun was long struck dumb with amazement already. He did not think that Ye Yuan was actually still such a formidable martial path expert.
Battling an expert like Xie Ying, he was actually just in a slightly disadvantageous position.
But this move, it gave Yan Jun a fright.
Ye Yuan looked perfectly fine. Crawling to his feet and patting the dust on his body, he said, "Not bad, a little interesting. Again!"
Xie Ying's foot landed right on Ye Yuan's c.h.e.s.t, and he was currently pleased with himself. Seeing that Ye Yuan looked perfectly fine, his expression could not help becoming ugly.
This foot, he did not hold back much. Ye Yuan was actually not injured at all.
Formidable fleshy body, this defense was also ridiculously powerful!
Looks like only the Slaughter Concept could break Ye Yuan's defense!
"Humph! Boy, you won't be so lucky next time!"
Xie Ying wielded his sword and attacked again, battling with Ye Yuan again.
Xie Ying's Slaughter Concept spread out everywhere, violent to the extreme. In comparison, Ye Yuan was like a stubborn rock in howling winds and torrential rain; no matter how fierce the storm was, he still held on as firmly as a rock!
It was just that people with discerning eyes could tell that Ye Yuan was still at a disadvantage.
Xie Ying very much wanted to use his Slaughter Concept to deal with Ye Yuan. But each time, it was cleverly avoided by Ye Yuan.
However, even though Ye Yuan avoided the vital parts, he was in a sorry plight the entire process. A thousand exchanges down, he already suffered considerable external wounds.
"Heh heh, even if you're a chunk of metal, you'll die from serious injuries at this rate!" Xie Ying was very patient. Since Ye Yuan wanted to drag the time, then he would like to see who could afford to waste time.
But Ye Yuan was seemingly oblivious. He still brandished his fists non-stop, not giving Xie Ying any chance to catch his breath at all.
"Master Ye, don't fight anymore! If you carry on fighting, you'll die!" Yan Jun really could not carry on watching anymore and shouted at the sides.
"Haha! You're too naive! At this point, will City Lord Xie still let him leave alive? But to be able to force City Lord Xie to this extent, he can be sufficiently proud already," said one of Xie Ying's followers with a big laugh.
"Fool! This is a deathmatch! Until one party dies, it won't cease. This brat is overestimating his own ability, to actually dare challenge City Lord Xie. It also serves him right if he dies!"
Seeing as Ye Yuan was going to be defeated, everyone sneered in contempt towards Ye Yuan's overestimation of his own strength.
From the start until now, Ye Yuan had always been in a situation of taking a beating passively. No chances of victory could be seen at all.
Although Ye Yuan's strength exceeded everyone's expectations, it was very clear that the gap with Xie Ying was too great.
They naturally did not discover that starting from just now, Xie Ying's expression became increasingly solemn.
The force Ye Yuan wielded became greater and greater. Each punch was like a giant hammer, carrying an enormous impact force. Xie Ying actually had some signs of not being able to withstand it.
Moreover, each punch of Ye Yuan's landing, Xie Ying's entire body felt like he was being burned by flames.
Tremendous impact force and the power of combustion made his entire person extremely unacclimatized.
All of a sudden, Xie Ying's pupils constricted!
This punch of Ye Yuan's actually vanished before his eyes!
Boom!
It was only to hear a loud bang. Xie Ying's body was smashed right onto the ground like a cannonball.
Those voices mocking Ye Yuan suddenly cut off.
They looked at this scene in disbelief, their brains not being able to wrap itself around it for a moment.
Just now, it was clearly Xie Ying who occupied the absolute initiative. Why did he lose in the twinkling of an eye?
Chapter 870 - Is It Her?
"This … What's going on here?"
"Xie Ying was clearly suppressing this boy all-round. How did he suddenly turn out like this?"
"An Earth Carnage Proclamation expert actually lose to an unknown and nameless Second Level Heaven Enlightenment Realm. It's too unbelievable!"
Xie Ying suddenly getting hit made everyone unbelievably stunned.
Clearly, Xie Ying had suppressed Ye Yuan all-round, and he was about to be defeated soon. How did the plot reverse suddenly?
Xie Ying struggled to his feet, looking incredibly wretched.
He lowered his head to take a look at himself. The light armor he was wearing previously was actually ruined by Ye Yuan with one punch and already completely lost its function.
Which was also to say that if Ye Yuan gave him another punch, he would face certain death.
The life and death juncture just now, it was this light armor that saved his life.
This light armor was acquired by him by spending a huge price. It was for the sake of preserving his life. He did not expect that Ye Yuan only used one punch to shatter it.
Recalling the punch earlier, Xie Ying still had lingering fear in his heart. The light armor on him was a high-grade profound artifact armor. It was actually rendered invalid under Ye Yuan's punch.
One could imagine just how formidable the might of Ye Yuan's punch earlier was.
One must know that devastating a high-grade profound artifact armor beyond repair was a much higher level of difficulty compared to snapping a sword!
Apart from the armor, there was still the martial artist's protective essence energy. Not only did Ye Yuan directly smash Xie Ying's protective essence energy, the residual force even destroyed a high-grade protective armor.
This blow was too terrifying!
Xie Ying looked at Ye Yuan, his eyes showing a look of extreme fear. "You … You were actually testing your moves on me!"
At this point, if Xie Ying still did not understand that Ye Yuan was only treating him as a target to practice his skill, then he would be too stupid.
Ye Yuan's fist technique became stronger and stronger in the battle, increasingly proficient, resulting in unleashing that terrifying punch at the back!
The power of that punch was absolutely able to annihilate a Phaseless Realm martial artist!
Second Level Heaven Enlightenment Realm and he could cross a major cultivation realm to eliminate a Phaseless Realm martial artist. What kind of concept was this?
It was true that the Earth Carnage Proclamation's martial artists were strong, but when they were at the Second Level Heaven Enlightenment, it was also not possible to have such perverse strength!
The Ye Yuan in midair appeared rather ragg
ed. But his fleshy body was extremely powerful. Xie Ying's attack did not cause very substantial injury to him.
Ye Yuan said nonchalantly when he heard that, "You're not too stupid! Thanks to you, my Void Dragon Shadow Punch is finally mastered."
This move was the move merged together and formed from the Void Fire Mark and dragon wave. The reason why he chose Xie Ying to test the move was that he was strong enough.
Of course, Ye Yuan similarly had the strength to kill Xie Ying by relying on the Azure Dipper Floating Zero Sword.
Xie Ying's expression was incomparably ugly, but his dread towards Ye Yuan reached the pinnacle. "You … That punch just now, what it contained was actually the Scorching Supreme True Intent!"
"What?! The two of them exchanged a thousand moves, and it was actually just that boy testing his moves?"
"Too terrifying! To actually dare use an Earth Carnage Proclamation expert to test one's moves. Just how confident is this guy?!"
"What did Xie Ying say just now? Scorching Supreme True Intent! This … Isn't that the supreme true intent that only the Spirit Bristle Divine King could comprehend? This boy, how did he do it?"
Ye Yuan and Xie Ying's conversation made the surrounding martial artists stupefied.
They previously even thought that Ye Yuan could not stand up to a single blow. They did not expect that Ye Yuan completely did not attach any importance to Xie Ying.
To dare use an Earth Carnage Proclamation expert to test moves, Ye Yuan must have absolute confidence.
Even if he did not use that newly mastered move, Ye Yuan likewise had the ability to kill Xie Ying too.
However, Ye Yuan was just Second Level Heaven Enlightenment!
Looking at Xie Ying, Ye Yuan said indifferently, "At least you have some insights. Now, I can send you on your way!"
Finished talking, Ye Yuan's figure moved, planning on eradicating Xie Ying with one punch.
"Hang on! If you dare to kill me, that little lass is dead for sure too! Don't you want to save her? I want to see just how you save her!" Xie Ying said with a cold smile.
Ye Yuan's relationship with Yan Jun husband and wife, Xie Ying had long inquired clearly.
Kidnapping Yan Ling was originally in order to extort a huge sum from Yan Jun. But he did not expect that in the end, it actually became his protective charm. This made Xie Ying incredibly pleased with himself.
With Yan Ling around, Ye Yuan absolutely would not dare to make a move!
Hearing these words, Yan Jun husband and wife's faces changed as they reproached indignantly, "Xie Ying, you … are shameless!"
Xie Ying roared with laughter and said, "Hahaha! Shameless? The victor becomes king and the loser a bandit! Shameless, this term, is utterly not applicable in the Chaotic Devil Sea! Boy, since you want the Absolute Kill Token, then have you made the preparations to sink low? Do you want your own life or that little girl's life? Choose one yourself!"
Ye Yuan landed onto the ground and looked at Xie Ying pitifully as he said with a faint smile, "If I want to kill you, nobody can stop me!"
Xie Ying was taken in by Ye Yuan's imposing momentum and actually involuntarily retreated several steps. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Don't you care about that little girl's life and death anymore?"
Ye Yuan smiled and pointed towards the crowd as he said, "Is the little girl you're talking about her?"
Tracing the direction Ye Yuan pointed at and looking over, Xie Ying's expression could not help changing drastically. His legs turned weak, and his entire person plopped down onto the ground.
"This … How is this possible?"
In the crowd, a youth was carrying a little girl in his arms. Who could that little girl be but Yan Ling?
When Yan Jun husband and wife saw Yan Ling, they could not help rubbing their eyes as they revealed a look of disbelief.
"L-Ling-er?"
"Father … Mother …"
Fiery carried Yan Ling and came before Yan Jun husband and wife, and he returned her to Lin Shuang. The couple's tears poured down.
"Ling-er, it was all father and mother's fault, causing you to have suffered!" The family of three cried bitterly on each other's shoulders.
Bang!
Ye Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest and finished off Xie Ying neat and tidily.
The final protective charm being gone, Xie Ying could not even muster up the courage to resist.
Ye Yuan extended his hand and beckoned. A token flew into his hand from Xie Ying's corpse.
The moment he caught it, a berserk killing qi pounced from head-on. A scarlet red 'kill' word was written on the token.
This token was the Absolute Kill Token!
With it, Ye Yuan would be able to enter the Slaughter Steppes and start a journey filled with blood and slaughter.
Dripping blood to acknowledge a master, a burst of extremely powerful killing qi entered Ye Yuan's body, assaulting Ye Yuan's sea of consciousness.
In an instant, it was as if Ye Yuan had fallen into endless slaughter. He actually had an impulse to kill off all the people around him.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Yuan entered Heart Like Monolith Heart Realm. It instantly suppressed this bout of killing intent down.
How could a mere killing intent beat Ye Yuan's Heart Like Monolith?
At this instant, each and every one of Ye Yuan's actions was watched closely by everyone.
When everyone saw that he actually dripped blood to acknowledge a master on the spot, all of them were shocked until they could not close their mouths.
In the Absolute Kill Token contained extremely intense killing intent. A single mishap could make the martial artist turn into a killing machine.
When ordinary people obtained this Absolute Kill Token, they all would find a place without anybody to enter seclusion. Who would be so arrogant like Ye Yuan?
But they clearly saw that Ye Yuan's eyes were only turbid for an instant, then it recovered clarity.
This newly-ascended city lord was too terrifying!
Chapter 871 - Coercion
Yan Jun trio huddled together and cried bitterly for a while before finally recovering.
He led his wife and daughter in front of Ye Yuan and prostrated on the ground.
"Master Ye saved my family. Yan Jun has nothing to repay you with, so I'll give these meager family wealth to master. Hope that Master don't scorn it."
Yan Jun offered up a storage ring with cupped hands, stirring the audience into a commotion.
No need to think, inside this storage ring definitely had quite a number of earth essence crystals. This made each and every one of them extremely envious.
It was just that no matter how great their gall was, nobody dared to provoke this new city lord either.
Who knew that Ye Yuan actually pushed the storage ring back and said coolly, "No need to be courteous, Owner Yan. In the future, leave this troublesome place and bring your wife and child to live your lives well!"
Yan Jun showed a look of dilemma. Suddenly, he pushed Yan Ling in front of Ye Yuan and said, "This Yan knows that this action is very presumptuous, but I don't want Ling-er to live like good-for-nothings like us in the future! Master Ye, I beg you to take Ling-er in as a disciple. We, husband and wife, will be endlessly grateful!"
Regarding Yan Jun's actions, Ye Yuan was rather surprised. He could feel Yan Jun's fond love toward his daughter. He did not think that they would actually be willing to part by giving Ling-er to him to be an apprentice.
Ye Yuan said, "This matter isn't up to us. It still has to depend on Ling-er's wishes herself. Ling-er, do you want to learn alchemy skills from Big Brother Ye Yuan?"
Ling-er nodded without the slightest hesitation and said, "Of course I want! Ling-er wants to become the greatest alchemist! But … Ling-er can't bear to part with Father and Mother."
Ling-er was very clever. She knew that by acknowledging Ye Yuan as her master, she would likely have to part with her own father and mother.
Ye
Yuan smiled and said, "That's easy to handle. I'll write a letter for you all. You go to the White Valiant Region's Crimson Afterglow Holy Land, say that you were arranged to come by me. They will naturally take you guys in."
Yan Jun was overjoyed when he heard that and hurriedly gave thanks to Ye Yuan.
Settling Yan Jun's family down, Ye Yuan suddenly said coolly to the crowd, "Tan Si, do you want to keep on watching like this?"
The moment these words came out, Yan Jun, Liu Yusheng, and the rest were all startled.
They did not think that Tan Si was actually hiding in the crowd.
Indeed, a scarface flashed out from within the crowd. It was precisely Tan Si.
"That expert lying undercover in the trade caravans was indeed you!" Tan Si looked at Ye Yuan and said with a gloomy face.
The moment these words were uttered, Liu Yusheng's face changed.
If he still did not know that it was Ye Yuan who secretly made a move until now, then he would be too stupid.
But the problem was, how did Ye Yuan make a move? One had to know that the one controlling the Spirit Profound Unity Formation was him. When did Ye Yuan take action? He actually did not find out at all!
Hearing that, Ye Yuan just smiled.
The current Tan Si was very wary of Ye Yuan and said again, "I'm only here to observe the battle and don't have any ill-intent!"
But Tan Si's appearance caused a commotion.
"He … He's Earth Carnage Proclamation rank 458, Tan Si! My God, why would Tan Si appear in Cloud Transient City?"
"Heard that it was this Tan Si's first time entering the Earth Carnage Proclamation, charging straight to the 458th place. He's a legendary-like existence!"
"But … But he actually submitted to City Lord Ye!"
Tan Si's ranking was even several positions higher than Xie Ying's, indicating that his strength was even stronger than Xie Ying's.
But this kind of existence actually submitted to Ye Yuan. This made everyone's jaws dropped.
Ye Yuan looked at Tan Si with a smile that was not a smile and said, "Don't you feel that this sort of explanation is very feeble? If I didn't call you out, would you tail behind Owner Yan and leave Cloud Transient City, and then kill them halfway?"