Chapter 85

From Ye Xingchen erupting primordial heart thunder, to being subjected to the Chaos Emperor Lotus's eternal merciless suppression, it took only a short one or two breaths!

In the distance, Duan Xingming and Dao Xuan Yu had already stared agape, their spines chilled!

Their gazes toward the black-robed figure in the void were filled with unprecedented shock and horror!

After Ye Xingchen unleashed his trump card, they admitted to themselves that they were far inferior!

Yet before Ye Wuque, they were as fragile as infants!

This person…… just who is he?!

When did such a terrifying existence appear in the Boundless Heaven's central realm?!

In the pit, Ye Xingchen painfully lifted his head, blood blurring his vision, yet he fixed his gaze on Ye Wuque slowly descending from the sky; his eyes held no anger, no reluctance, but instead revealed a strange expression, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.

He suddenly cracked his mouth, mixing with blood, and let out a contemptuous, eerie low laugh:

"Heh… heh… So… it's you…"

"You are…… the one who recently rose in the Vast Sky…… Ye Wuque!"

"Hahaha! I never expected…… truly never expected…… you would have grown to this point……"

His words, like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly provoked a violent reaction from the distant Duan Xingming and Dao Xuan Yu!

"What? Ye Wuque?!"

"The one who, in the Vast Sky's Eternal Gods' Tomb, provoked the Shenzun's appearance and overturned the Fate Divine Mountain?!"

"It's him! No wonder he possesses such heaven-defying strength!"

The two cried out in shock, their eyes filled with astonishment and sudden realization!

Ye Wuque's name had long spread throughout the Upper Three Heavens with the Shenzun's appearance; they had naturally heard of him, but never imagined he would actually stand before them, and be so overwhelmingly powerful as to be inconceivable!

Ye Wuque's eyes narrowed slightly, falling upon the heavily wounded Ye Xingchen.

He hadn't expected the opponent to be able to see through his identity.

Was it due to the subtle bloodline sensing between kin?

Or does the Ye Clan possess some special investigative secret art?

Or perhaps it was merely the opponent's guess in desperation?

But these matters are now irrelevant.

What does it matter if my identity is exposed?

As long as one's strength is sufficient, where in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands cannot one go?

Why bother hiding!

Thinking this, Ye Wuque's mind stirred; his bones gave a faint soft sound, the ordinary disguise instantly fell away, revealing his originally handsome countenance that held boundless majesty, a pair of deep eyes as if containing the ancient starry skies.

"So you're a loyal hound under Ye Xuanji's command?"

Ye Wuque's tone was cold, devoid of any emotion, as if stating a fact.

Hearing the words "loyal hound," Ye Xingchen felt as if his most sensitive nerve had been stabbed, he coughed up another mouthful of blood in agitation, yet he fixed his gaze on Ye Wuque, his eyes venomous yet gleeful:

"So what?! Ye Wuque! Even if you kill me today, what then?! I have already sent word of you to the Young Master Xuanji via bloodline secret art!"

"Hahaha! You're finished! You're destined to die! Young Master Xuanji wants you dead by the third watch—who would dare keep you until the fifth?! He'll soon come personally to take your life! I'll be waiting for you down below!!!"

His manic laughter came to an abrupt halt!

Because Ye Wuque's fist had already fallen without mercy.

No dazzling radiance, no mighty momentum—just a simple, plain punch.

Bang!

Ye Xingchen's head, together with the soul within, instantly burst like a watermelon, red and white spraying everywhere, that venomous, mad expression forever frozen.

Ye Family's forty-ninth in line, Ye Xingchen, has fallen!

"How dare you, brat!!!"

Almost at the same moment Ye Xingchen died, a roar brimming with endless wrath and frenzied killing intent, like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, came crashing through the light curtain from outside the secret realm!

Outside the light curtain, Ye Clan Elder Ye Lingyun's beard and hair stood on end, his eyes nearly bursting, his terrifying power erupting wildly, wishing to instantly tear the curtain and charge in to rend Ye Wuque's corpse into myriad pieces!

"Ye Wuque! My Ye Clan will never die with you! Heaven or earth, I will surely kill you!!!"

Facing Ye Lingyun's impotent furious roar, Ye Wuque didn't even lift an eyelid, as if merely hearing a dog's bark.

He slowly withdrew his fist, his gaze calmly turning toward the not‑far Duan Xingming and Dao Xuan Yu, who stood as if facing a great foe.

The two felt their bodies tighten instantly upon meeting Ye Wuque's gaze, as if plunged into an ice cellar!

Even Ye Xingchen was crushed with a casual hand; the two of them together would probably also……

Duan Xingming hesitated not, clasping his hands and speaking solemnly to Ye Wuque:

"Immortal friend Ye, your power reaches the heavens; Xingming admires you! The Immortal Dynasty relinquishes this opportunity's contention, farewell!"

Having spoken, his dragon qi swirled, taking the two guards with him as he retreated at extreme speed, without hesitation leaving the place.

Dao Xuan Yu also made a respectful salute, his tone unprecedentedly solemn: "Immortal friend Ye, your divine powers are boundless; I am ashamed to be inferior, the Dao Heaven Immortal Pavilion withdraws." Before his voice faded, a Taiji Dao diagram enveloped his form and he instantly vanished.

In the blink of an eye, the two hegemonic Heavenly Prides fled as if escaping this place of right and wrong.

In an instant, the ring-shaped valley at the core of this secret realm held only Ye Wuque, and the central cluster of chaos light still slowly rotating, exuding an alluring primordial fluctuation.

Ye Wuque paced slowly toward that chaos light cluster.

His footsteps fell upon the scorched, shattered earth, making a faint sound, yet it felt as if he were stepping upon the heartbeat of the entire era.

All obstacles, all clamor, have been cleared away.

At this moment, opportunity lies within reach.