CHAPTER 1184: CHAPTER 1123: THE MASTER’S ARRIVAL

Ye Chen didn’t care what those Sovereigns, Divine Venerables, and Divine Kings he rescued thought.

Nor did he care whether they continued to roam the Inner Sea or intended to return to the Outer Sea.

After disappearing from the place where he killed Xiang Zuoyuan, within a few breaths, Ye Chen had already traveled hundreds of thousands of miles away.

Ye Chen revealed himself directly.

He extended his hand, and at some unknown moment, a strange blood-colored pattern had appeared in his palm.

"It seems that things haven’t ended so simply yet."

Looking at the blood-colored pattern, Ye Chen let out a cold smile.

"Let’s head to another region, lest those I rescued be discovered and suffer a fatal disaster."

After murmuring to himself, Ye Chen disappeared from the spot in an instant.

...

When Ye Chen successively disappeared after killing Xiang Zuoyuan.

In the vast black Divine Mountain, Heavenly Dragon Mountain, located in the western sea region of the Inner Sea in the Sea of Exile, Zhulong, the Daoist in a robe who was gathering with the other Six Great Overlords to prepare for treasure refining, suddenly halted his actions, his face turning extremely unsightly.

"What’s wrong, Brother Zhulong?"

Seeing the Daoist Overlord’s expression, the other Overlords were momentarily startled and asked one after another.

The Zhulong Daoist coldly snorted, "Someone actually has the audacity to kill my disciple!"

As he spoke, Zhulong Daoist waved his hand, and a void projection immediately appeared above everyone’s heads.

Looking up at the void projection, the scene in the projection was exactly where Ye Chen killed Xiang Zuoyuan!

When they saw Ye Chen, in the realm of an Immortal Divine Venerable, suppress Xiang Zuoyuan, who was in the fifth tier of the Divine Master Realm, with one move, and then use an unbelievable killing technique to directly kill Xiang Zuoyuan, the Six Great Overlords beside him all revealed strange expressions: "That five-tier Divine Master was Zhulong’s disciple?"

"And that Immortal Divine Venerable looks incredibly young, barely in the Divine Venerable Realm, still far from the Divine Master Realm, yet even Zhulong’s disciple was no match."

"Where did this young man come from?!"

These people could only see Ye Chen killing Xiang Zuoyuan in the void projection, but they couldn’t hear Ye Chen’s voice and could only speculate about Ye Chen’s origins.

Moreover, since the deceased was not their disciple, they even faintly had the intent of mocking Zhulong Daoist in their hearts.

These people conversed without any anger on their faces, and this scene only added fuel to the flames in Zhulong Daoist’s heart.

"These few people probably think they’re watching a joke."

"My disciple couldn’t even handle a young Immortal Divine Venerable; I can only imagine how they’re mocking me in their hearts."

"Even many Cosmic Emperors in the Inner Sea would show me Zhulong some respect. That young Immortal Divine Venerable dares to be so arrogant, killing my disciple, truly ignorant of the height of the heavens!"

"This person must be killed; otherwise, countless others will bully me, Zhulong!"

Passing thoughts arose in his mind, Zhulong Daoist looked at the other Six Overlords and sneered, "So, esteemed Taoist friends evidently have no intention of helping me kill that young one?"

"That young one killed my disciple, delaying the progress of refining the ’Chaotic Demon Bowl,’ wasting all of our time."

"Well then, if you’re not taking action, I will personally do so!"

Zhulong Daoist’s words made the other Overlords smile sheepishly.

"No need to be angry, Brother Zhulong; although that Immortal Divine Venerable seems a bit unusual, his killing force, which I’ve sensed, only reaches the Divine Master level, not much higher than your disciple."

"For a young one like him, there’s no need for so many of us Overlords to act."

"Of course, if Brother Zhulong wants to take action personally, we’ll accompany you to meet this young one, to see Brother Zhulong display your divine might and intimidate those of minor status."

"However, the Inner Sea is vast. Does Brother Zhulong know where that young Immortal Divine Venerable is hiding?"

Upon hearing these words, Zhulong Daoist sneered, "Every disciple I send out to work for me carries my prohibition. That young one killed my disciple, naturally touching upon my prohibition. Even if he hides to the ends of the earth, I will track him down. By now, I suspect he’s already discovered my prohibition and is desperately fleeing."

"Since esteemed Taoist friends wish to watch the spectacle, accompany me to reveal this matter!"

"Meanwhile, let’s gather the people we need for treasure refining on route, to avoid wasting endless time by sending people out again!"

Zhulong Daoist settled on a plan, the other Six Overlords exchanged glances and nodded.

In the next moment, these seven Overlords vanished from the Heavenly Dragon Mountain.

...

"The Inner Sea of the Sea of Exile truly is completely different from the Outer Sea."

While flickering through the void, Ye Chen continually altered his course and observed the scenery of the Inner Sea.

At present, he was still at the outer edge of the Inner Sea, not having reached the truly terrifying areas of the Inner Sea.

But even so, Ye Chen encountered many terrifying Great Demons and faced several battles.

Of course, with Ye Chen’s cautious defenses, he hadn’t been drawn into these killing traps.

At this moment, feeling the blood-colored pattern on his hand growing ever hotter, Ye Chen knew that the master of Xiang Zuoyuan, Zhulong Daoist, was likely drawing closer and closer. Under such circumstances, Ye Chen naturally didn’t want to provoke other troubles.

Deal with that Zhulong Daoist first!

Thus, continuing to fly, several hours later, Ye Chen suddenly stopped above a certain void in the Inner Sea.

Almost at the same moment Ye Chen stopped, from another direction in the void, space was directly torn apart; a Dao-robed sovereign emerged from that space and intercepted Ye Chen.

"Worthy of being a genius junior who could kill my disciples, to have discovered my movements so quickly."

As soon as the Dao-robed sovereign appeared, he fixed a cold gaze on Ye Chen and spoke.

Was this Dao-robed sovereign not Zhulong, who came from Heavenly God Mountain to assassinate Ye Chen?

"Your Excellency must be Zhulong, the master of Xiang Zuoyuan, at the peak of the Overlord Level?" Ye Chen looked at Zhulong, his expression unchanged, and spoke directly.

Zhulong sneered coldly, "Given that you know I am a peak Lord, you still dare to attack my disciples; truly bold!"

"Tell me, how do you wish to die?"

In Zhulong’s threatening words, Ye Chen did not respond, instead looked towards another direction and said, "Since the other friends have come together, why not show yourselves as well."

As Ye Chen spoke, a surprised voice echoed from that space.

Then space was torn, and the other Six Great Overlords revealed themselves.

"We specifically hid behind Zhulong, yet you managed to detect us; it seems you truly are extraordinary."

"Young man, where do you come from, and where in the Inner Sea are you headed?"

One of the Six Great Overlords asked Ye Chen.

Ye Chen looked at the Six Great Overlords and then at Zhulong.

To these inquiries, Ye Chen naturally wouldn’t reveal his secrets, considering they were enemies rather than friends.

Ye Chen directly said to the seven, "So, all seven of you came together, intending to jointly take action against me?"

"If that’s the case, let’s not waste words, strike."

Ye Chen’s calm words caused these peak Lords to be taken aback.

These ancient demons, having cultivated for countless ages, were all deep in thought, pondering, "Could this junior have some major trump card? Otherwise, why wouldn’t he fear facing the Seven Great Overlords?"

"But, he is merely an Immortal Divine Venerable; no matter how formidable, he shouldn’t be capable of confronting peak Lords."

"Could he have powerful seniors nearby? Those of Cosmic Emperor-level?"

Thinking of this, these peak Lords hurriedly sensed around, but after searching, they found nothing.

"It’s impossible for Cosmic Emperor-level seniors to be nearby; otherwise, he wouldn’t be fleeing in various ways, facing matters directly instead. Cosmic Emperor seniors wouldn’t let him struggle so much, even their appearance alone would resolve this."

"Could it be he’s merely bluffing?"

While the Six Great Overlords speculated in various ways, Zhulong was left with a mixture of emotions on his face from Ye Chen’s words.

"Ridiculous."

"You, an Immortal Divine Venerable, even if you can kill in the Divine Master Realm, do you truly think you could be the opponent of a Lord?"

"Do you really believe you possess the ability for us seven to collectively deal with you?"

"Killing you is but a mere gesture!"

Boom!

While speaking, Zhulong lightly flicked his hand.

Instantly, that strange blood-colored pattern in Ye Chen’s palm formed a terrifying flame, starting to burn fiercely, appearing as though it was going to engulf Ye Chen.

"The prohibition I placed can extinguish you. If not for wanting to personally witness your downfall, I wouldn’t have bothered coming here."

Seeing Ye Chen instantly swallowed by the flames, Zhulong sneered.

Yet, the next moment, the sneer froze on Zhulong’s face.

He suddenly realized that Ye Chen, swallowed by the endless flames, appeared again from within the fire, and the prohibition flames surrounding him grew smaller, eventually turning back into a blood-colored pattern.

In fact, Ye Chen swung his palm, directly flinging the blood-colored pattern off!

"Did you truly think I couldn’t counter your prohibition?"

"I kept it only to deal with you directly, to avoid further troubles."

Having dispelled the prohibition, Ye Chen looked directly at Zhulong, speaking calmly.

What Zhulong wished to extinguish Ye Chen with flames, unknowingly, Ye Chen had long refined the "Change of Devouring Fire" within the Chaotic Heavenly Hall, having mastery over fire even stronger than many Lords.

After all, the mysterious Change of Devouring Fire could lead to Cosmic Emperor-level fire insights!

The level of prohibition flames was merely low Overlord-level, unable to pose the slightest trouble for Ye Chen!

Seeing Ye Chen emerge from the prohibition’s extinction, even claiming to be waiting to specifically resolve Zhulong, ending this incident, such words changed the faces of the Six Great Overlords beside him, while Zhulong’s killing intent grew fiercer.

"You want to kill me? Let’s see if you possess that ability!"

"I want to see how you, an Immortal Divine Venerable, will kill me."

"No matter how talented, I’ve never seen anyone capable of such cross-realm killing force!"

Saying this, Zhulong suddenly swung his Dao robe, instantly releasing five white chains like thunder, fearfully wrapping towards Ye Chen.

The killing force of these white chains had already reached peak Lord-level, clearly Zhulong’s truly powerful divine treasure, far exceeding the prohibition flame’s prowess.