Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

A being on the verge of the Void Realm could easily do as they pleased in the Black Triangle!

Hearing this, Ye Chen sneered and said, “You talk a good game, but didn’t you still send your City Guard Envoy to try and take me away by force?”

“How is that domineering, brutish behavior any different from that Mr. Yun?”

“I…” Fan Yunxian immediately lost his composure at these words. He looked nervously at Tan Jingyu, as if terrified of being blamed.

But Tan Jingyu only frowned slightly and said, “Indeed, that was a lapse in judgment on my part. I haven’t been paying close attention to the actions of the cultivators under my command. If you feel offended, my friend, I can certainly compensate you.”

“Compensate me?”

The smile on Ye Chen’s face slowly faded. He stared at Tan Jingyu with an indifferent expression. “I never would have thought that the great Clan Leader of the Xuanwu Tribe would be such a two-faced hypocrite!”

The hearts of everyone from the Huo family and the Cyan Dragon Tribe skipped a beat.

Ye Chen’s tone was sharp and his attitude unyielding. It seemed he had no respect for the Clan Leader of the Xuanwu Tribe at all!

Was he about to burn all bridges?

On the other side, Fan Yunxian looked up in a rage, a murderous glint in his eyes as he pointed his long spear at Ye Chen. “Brat, you dare to offend the Clan Leader’s dignity?”

Behind him, the Xuanwu Guards all glared fiercely as well.

Only Tan Jingyu remained expressionless, not saying a word.

Ye Chen continued, “Since you could sense my presence, why did you only send someone to find me now?”

“From what I can tell, it’s most likely because my Divine Soul was in a depleted state and the Ancient God Order was sealed away in my storage space, making it impossible for you to sense.”

“It wasn’t until I refined the Fire Jade Red Cloud Ginseng, allowing my Divine Soul to recover further and letting me barely access the Spiritual Objects in my storage space, that you were finally able to get a rough lock on my position.”

“You talk about compensating me, acting all magnanimous, but in reality, from Mr. Yun to this City Guard Envoy, each one has been more arrogant than the last, acting as if I were beneath their notice.”

“You couldn’t have just turned a blind eye to all this! Or rather, this was your true intention all along. It’s just that my strength has recovered too quickly—far faster than you imagined. So fast that your subordinates can no longer reliably suppress me!”

“And since your true self can’t come here for some reason, you’ve put on this hypocritical show of wanting to negotiate, hoping I’ll just hand over the Ancient God Order.”

“Although I don’t know what the Ancient God Order is for, and I haven’t discovered its secrets, your actions make one thing clear: it must be something extraordinary!”

“And your behavior disgusts me! To put it bluntly, if you think you can persuade me to hand over the Ancient God Order with just words, you can forget about it.”

Ye Chen’s gaze was indifferent, his tone bone-chillingly cold. “If you want it, why don’t you come and take it yourself?”

The entire area fell silent!

No one had expected Ye Chen’s attitude to be so unyielding. Facing the number one person in the Black Triangle’s Cultivation Realm, he refused to back down an inch, his words even laced with provocation!

“You’re courting death!!!”

Fan Yunxian couldn’t stand it any longer. His gaze as sharp as a blade, he thrust his spear through the void, unleashing a great silver wave toward Ye Chen.

But Ye Chen simply threw a punch, shattering the wave. The immense power sent Fan Yunxian’s insides churning, his face flushing crimson.

“A defeated foe shouldn’t come seeking further humiliation.” Ye Chen gave him a casual glance before turning his gaze back to Tan Jingyu.

That disdainful look made Fan Yunxian feel a surge of indignation. Unable to hold it back any longer, he spat out a large mouthful of blood. The arm holding his spear trembled slightly; he had clearly suffered a hidden loss in the clash with Ye Chen.

“…”

Tan Jingyu fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally spoke slowly, “I believe there must be some misunderstanding between us, my friend…”

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn’t be bothered to listen to any more of his nonsense. He threw a direct punch, and the ferocious power of a True Dragon seemed to stir the very heavens as it rushed toward Tan Jingyu’s Divine Soul avatar.

Tan Jingyu’s brow furrowed, a barely perceptible killing intent flashing in the depths of his eyes.

With a wave of his sleeve, he effortlessly dissipated the incoming attack.

“It seems there’s no room for discussion between us, then?” he said, raising an eyebrow.

“Isn’t that obvious?”

Ye Chen chuckled. “If you had been sincere about getting the Ancient God Order from me, you would have come to negotiate in person as soon as you sensed my location.”

“Instead, you sent your lackeys to bother me again and again!”

“It was only when you realized your lackeys couldn’t handle me, and your true self was tied up, that you decided to try obtaining the Ancient God Order through peaceful means…”

“As the Clan Leader of the Xuanwu Tribe, you’re a bit too naive.”

Ye Chen said this with a calm expression.

“Sigh…”

A sigh echoed between heaven and earth.

Tan Jingyu looked at Ye Chen with a complicated expression.

“When I first heard you had fallen in Dongxuan Province, I was actually a little frustrated.”

“The fall of a prodigy is always a cause for regret. Besides, I hadn’t obtained the Ancient God Order yet, so it seemed like a golden opportunity had been missed.”

“Then, I sensed your aura in the Black Triangle… Even though it was just for a brief moment, I could be certain that you weren’t dead! You were most likely just severely injured, lying dormant in some corner of the Black Triangle, recuperating!”

“I was overjoyed. It seemed my persistence was about to be rewarded; I could finally get my hands on that Ancient God Order!”

“I just had to wait for your injuries to recover a bit, and I’d be able to sense your location again. At that point, the Ancient God Order would easily fall into my grasp!”

“What I didn’t expect was that even though you’d lost your entire cultivation base and your many injuries hadn’t healed… your combat power would still be so unexpectedly formidable. That was the one thing I miscalculated.”

“Of course, you’ve also miscalculated something.”

Hearing this, Ye Chen’s curiosity was instantly piqued. He said with great interest, “I’ve miscalculated something? Do tell.”

“You believe my true self can’t get away, so you act with such impunity. Even though your cultivation hasn’t recovered, you dare to be so defiant before me.”

“But in reality…”

“You guessed wrong!”

As his words fell, a terrifying aura that seemed to blot out the sky and shake the earth began to brew!

Behind Tan Jingyu, the layers of spatial ripples began to spread out once more. But this time, the frequency of the undulations was countless times faster than before!

Faintly, a proud and imposing figure seemed about to step out from within, ready to dominate the world with its presence!