Chapter 1683: Chapter 1672: Display of Strength! Courting Death!
"Yu Shuiyao, I advise you not to defend that Ye Chenfeng anymore. He saved your life, but if you defend him, you’ll be opposing our three Sects," said Jiang Yutang, a genius of Sword Feather Villa.
Jiang Yutang hadn’t been hit by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique; the one afflicted was another disciple from Sword Feather Villa next to him, named Gu Zhiguang, with his strength at the Middle Stage of the Fourth Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm.
A genius from Star Cloud Sect, Shi Tianning, also spoke, "Yu Shuiyao, that Ye Chenfeng took liberties with your master. Why take that promise seriously? Why not join us to kill that kid instead!"
Shi Tianning naturally wasn’t affected by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique. Though it was tricky, a genius like Shi Tianning had various means, and the one from Star Cloud Sect affected by it was a young man standing beside Shi Tianning, named Liu Yuanshi, with strength at the Initial Stage of the Fourth Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm.
Currently, only Jiang Yutang and Gu Zhiguang from Sword Feather Villa had gathered together, while from Star Cloud Sect, only Shi Tianning and Liu Yuanshi had gathered.
As for Wind Thunder Sect, only a disciple named Ding Liangsheng, with power at the Middle Stage of the Third Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm, was at this dark forest entrance, and the sect’s genius Chen Yuanhan wasn’t present.
Among them, the disciples from Heavenly Sound Sect were the most numerous; besides Yu Shuiyao and Shao Xiong, there was also a female disciple named Li Yueshuang.
A few days ago.
Yu Shuiyao, Shao Xiong, and Li Yueshuang encountered Ye Chenfeng and Li Yanyan in the desert. Back then, Shao Xiong showed strong hostility towards Ye Chenfeng, and his words were also unfriendly, while Li Yueshuang, being Shao Xiong’s admirer, naturally sided with him.
The relationship between Li Yueshuang and Yu Shuiyao was originally like sisters; if not for Li Yueshuang’s protection, the merely Initial Stage of the Third Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm Li Yueshuang would also have been hit by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique.
Those present who had fallen under the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique, after recovering their consciousness, had their bindings loosened. Shao Xiong, in the Middle Stage of the Fourth Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm, completely forgot his lesson and said to Yu Shuiyao, "Sister Shuiyao, they have a point. Why stick to our previous agreement? Ye Chenfeng is nothing but a shameless rogue."
Li Yueshuang echoed, "Sister Shuiyao, Brother Shao is right. In the Dragon Origin Secret Realm, our four Sects should join hands instead."
Sitting on the ground, with her fair hands pressing on the zither, Yu Shuiyao’s expression grew colder. If Shao Xiong hadn’t been affected by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique, she wouldn’t be playing the Heart Clarity Spell here, which was actually helping suppress the technique for the other sect’s disciples.
Yu Shuiyao’s face grew more unpleasant. Considering Shao Xiong was a disciple of Heavenly Sound Sect, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing, although she now regretted not leaving Shao Xiong to his own fate. However, Yu Shuiyao had depleted much of her Spiritual Energy and was temporarily unable to fight.
Yu Shuiyao’s voice was icy as she said, "Shao Xiong, Li Yueshuang, are you truly disciples of Heavenly Sound Sect? Come with me immediately to find Zuo Feibai. I promised Ye Chenfeng to protect Zuo Feibai when meeting him, yet he’s now affected by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique, and who knows where he is?"
"Sister Shuiyao, that kid is affected by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique, and without your Heart Clarity Spell suppression, he’s likely already dead; we’re just wasting our time!" Shao Xiong reacted unpleasantly.
The genius of Sword Feather Villa, Jiang Yutang, spoke again, "Yu Shuiyao, will you keep defending that small brat Ye Chenfeng? What we should do now is capture the disciple from the Soul Devouring Sect to break the disciples out from the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique."
Yu Shuiyao coldly replied, "The disciple from the Soul Devouring Sect is in this forest, why don’t you go and find him? Are you afraid of being hit by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique?"
With Yu Shuiyao’s words, the geniuses Jiang Yutang of Sword Feather Villa and Shi Tianning of Star Cloud Sect’s expressions changed slightly. Yu Shuiyao had hit the nail on the head, as the disciple from the Soul Devouring Sect indeed had Peak strength at the Fourth Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm and mastered the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique. Jiang Yutang and Shi Tianning weren’t fully confident in capturing the opponent.
Shi Tianning shouted, "We shouldn’t argue over an already dead kid. We should unite and capture the disciple from the Soul Devouring Sect."
However.
As soon as Shi Tianning’s words ended, a voice called out, "Even if you die, grandpa here won’t!"
Zuo Feibai’s figure appeared from afar at the forest entrance, followed closely by Ye Chenfeng also arriving at the forest entrance.
Yu Shuiyao and the others were momentarily stunned upon seeing Ye Chenfeng and Zuo Feibai, particularly knowing that Zuo Feibai had been hit by the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique. Their eyes turned to Ye Chenfeng, guessing he must have helped Zuo Feibai suppress the Puppetry Technique.
"Brat, you choose to ignore the open road to heaven and rush into a doorless hell. Tell me, how did you suppress the Soul-Devouring Puppetry Technique? Do you have a way to break it? If your answer satisfies me, maybe I’ll grant you a painless death," Jiang Yutang of Sword Feather Villa fumed, his veins bulging as he glared at Ye Chenfeng.
Shi Tianning, enraged, twisted his arm, saying, "You made us kneel before, who do you think you are?"
Sitting on the ground with her hands on the zither, Yu Shuiyao found her current state was of no help to Ye Chenfeng. She immediately directed Shao Xiong and Li Yueshuang beside her, "You two, go and assist Ye Chenfeng at once."
Shao Xiong feigned difficulty as he said, "It’s not that I don’t want to help. Jiang Yutang and Shi Tianning both have Peak strength at the Fourth Heavenly Layer in the Creation Realm. If I went up, it would just be courting death. Sister Shuiyao, do you want me to throw away my life?"
Listening to Shao Xiong’s grandiose words, Yu Shuiyao blushed with anger, while Li Yueshuang also said, "Sister Shuiyao, Brother Shao is right. You cannot join the fight right now. We would only be throwing away our lives."
With the Qingyun Sword hanging on his back, Ye Chenfeng seemed oblivious to Jiang Yutang and Shi Tianning’s words. With his current strength, he indeed had the capability to contend with Jiang Yutang and Shi Tianning, so Ye Chenfeng only asked Yu Shuiyao, "Has that disciple of the Soul Devouring Sect entered this forest?"
Being asked such an inexplicable question by Ye Chenfeng, Yu Shuiyao instinctively nodded.
Jiang Yutang and Shi Tianning, both geniuses, felt even more furious seeing Ye Chenfeng ignoring them. Shi Tianning looked at Ye Chenfeng with extreme disdain and shouted, "You’re not even qualified to make me act. Liu Yuanshi, cripple this kid’s limbs for me and make him kneel on the ground."
Shi Tianning glanced at Liu Yuanshi, another disciple of the Star Cloud Sect at the Middle Stage of the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Creation Realm.
Lonely on the scene, the Wind Thunder Sect disciple, Ding Liangsheng, stepped out smiling, and said, "Let me take care of this kid! I’ll make sure he obediently kneels on the ground."
Currently, Ding Liangsheng was weak and powerless; before encountering other disciples of his Sect, he had to cling tightly to Jiang Yutang and Shi Tianning, as his own strength was only at the Middle Stage of the Third Heavenly Layer of the Creation Realm.
Seeing Ding Liangsheng ready to make a move, Shi Tianning had no objections and looked at Ye Chenfeng, laughing, "You little bastard, not bad! Before entering the Dragon Origin Secret Realm, you were merely at the Initial Stage of the Second Heavenly Layer of the Creation Realm, and now your strength has increased to the Peak of the Second Heavenly Layer?"
"Ding Liangsheng, since you’re going to make a move, don’t waste my time."
Upon hearing this, spiritual energy surged within Ding Liangsheng, and his figure instantly lunged towards Ye Chenfeng with imposing momentum.
Shi Tianning and Jiang Yutang both wore mocking expressions, considering Ye Chenfeng merely skilled at detoxification. Though his strength had improved to the Peak of the Second Heavenly Layer of the Creation Realm, he was deemed incapable of matching Ding Liangsheng at the Middle Stage of the Third Heavenly Layer.
Yu Shuiyao immediately shouted, "Shao Xiong, stop him right away, stop him immediately."
Shao Xiong deliberately delayed, and upon seeing Ding Liangsheng already at Ye Chenfeng’s front, he feigned, "It’s probably too late for me to act now."
In Shao Xiong’s view, if Ye Chenfeng died, it wouldn’t matter much. As long as he could safely exit the Dragon Origin Secret Realm, would the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sound Sect, Su Bingyun, come after him?
Yu Shuiyao showed a trace of guilt on her face, slightly squinting her eyes in discomfort, considering the level gap between Ye Chenfeng and Ding Liangsheng.
Yet Ye Chenfeng remained calm and composed, while Zuo Feibai, standing beside Ye Chenfeng, showed no change in expression either, as he believed in his patriarch, Ye Chenfeng.
As Ding Liangsheng appeared in front of Ye Chenfeng, he reached out with a very fierce palm strike aimed at Ye Chenfeng.
This strike seemed determined to pierce through Ye Chenfeng’s chest.
Ye Chenfeng swiftly extended his right palm to meet Ding Liangsheng’s strike. Upon seeing this, Ding Liangsheng sneered, "Reckless."
"Bang!"
The two palms collided.
Ding Liangsheng’s face changed dramatically, as he instantly felt an overwhelming force crashing towards him.
Just as Ding Liangsheng’s body was about to be sent flying back, Ye Chenfeng’s hand quickly clamped onto Ding Liangsheng’s neck, and a divine sense in his sea of consciousness instantly extracted some power of the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder.
"Crackle!"
Ye Chenfeng’s hand, clamping Ding Liangsheng’s neck, was instantly enveloped in red lightning, and Ding Liangsheng’s entire head was also wrapped in red lightning.
"Thud!"
After being baptized by the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder, Ding Liangsheng’s head instantly turned to ash, leaving his headless body lying quietly on the ground without even a chance to scream.
Ye Chenfeng clenched his fist, the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder disappeared, and he said indifferently, "There are just too many people in this world eager to court death."
Ye Chenfeng’s gaze swept over the remaining people present.
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