Seeing the talented youth Liu Yan of the Flame Sect intervene, Ye Chen still didn't back down, not only striking at Liu Yan directly but also seizing those three Half-Step Rotating Pills out of thin air, leaving everyone at the scene astonished.
Was Ye Chen from the Sixth Rank sect really going to take on four people from the Fifth Rank Flame Sect alone?
Previously, Ye Chen's overwhelming one-versus-three against the Half-Step Rotating Pills had already shocked countless people, but Liu Yan was rumored to be the strongest practitioner of the Flame Sect, the personal disciple of Daoist Chi Mei, with inscrutable strength. In such a situation, Ye Chen still dared to make a move against him?
Just how formidable was this youth's strength to be so domineering and peerless!
Everyone on the giant lotus leaf looked up to the sky, eager to see what the outcome of this one-versus-four battle would be.
As the crowd turned their gaze, Ye Chen's vast and unparalleled True Qi had already reached Liu Yan.
Liu Yan had not expected Ye Chen to show no regard for his face and dare to make a move directly, his face instantly turned ashen, "Ye Chen, it seems you are confident in killing members of my sect in front of me, good, then I'll make sure you can't kill them!"
"I want to see who is the stronger one between us!"
As Liu Yan spoke, the massive True Qi within his body billowed out like dense smoke, unlike the pure cyan color of others' True Qi, but displaying an eerie purple hue.
Clearly, the unfathomable Liu Yan, like Ye Chen, also cultivated a special kind of True Qi!
Looking up from below, it almost happened in the blink of an eye: in the sky, centered around Liu Yan, a vast expanse of purple True Qi smoke spread out, covering a few hundred feet in all directions.
The moment this purple True Qi smoke dispersed, it split into two streams, one directly confronting Ye Chen's attack, while the other wildly reached for the three stray cultivators Ye Chen had seized in the air.
It seemed that Liu Yan was not only trying to fend off Ye Chen's attack but also to rescue those three stray cultivators from Ye Chen's grasp!
Liu Yan managed to shatter the vast True Qi brought forth by Ye Chen, but his attempt to pull the three Half-Step Rotating Pills out of Ye Chen's void grip was utterly futile!
It was evident that Ye Chen's control over the three Half-Step Rotating Pills was far superior to that of Liu Yan!
The reason he could shatter the force of Ye Chen's True Qi was that Ye Chen hadn't truly unleashed his deadly skills on him!
Liu Yan's face changed in an instant; he knew the extent of his own power.
This power could directly kill a Half-Step Rotating Pill, yet unexpectedly, it couldn't save even three people.
Liu Yan's expression changed as he reached out with his palm, and in an instant, an even more robust wave of purple True Qi swept out, reaching for the three Half-Step Rotating Pills again.
In the sky, the three Half-Step Rotating Pills were utterly immobile, now becoming the object of contention between the two talented youths!
Whoever could seize them would evidently be the more powerful one.
From the giant lotus leaf looking into the void, one could see Ye Chen's singularly majestic silver True Qi on one side, and Liu Yan's dense purple True Qi on the other, both vying for the three Half-Step Rotating Pills.
The two forces were struggling for possession of the Half-Step Rotating Pills!
The Half-Step Rotating Pills below were utterly shocked to disbelief!
Those were three formidable Half-Step Rotating Pills, and yet, in the struggle between the two youths, they couldn't move in the slightest, proving that both young men possessed strength that far surpassed most Half-Step Rotating Pills, truly monstrous talents!
If swapped with many others present, they would probably be just like those three Half-Step Rotating Pills from the Flame Sect in the void, utterly helpless before these two youths!
This, of course, left everyone utterly astounded!
"One is the direct disciple of Daoist Chi Mei, the number one powerhouse of the Fifth Rank Flame Sect!"
"The other is a genius youth who emerged out of nowhere, making everyone on the Fourth Sea Island willingly follow behind him!"
"Between these two men, who will prove stronger?"
Just as this thought flashed through the minds of many, they found that with Liu Yan's increased True Qi force, Ye Chen finally made another move!
Ye Chen reached out with one hand into the void, and a surging river-like tide of Gang Yuan True Qi once again went towards those three Half-Step Rotating Pills from the Flame Sect.
An astonishing thing happened!
No matter how powerful Liu Yan's force was in retrieving those three Half-Step Rotating Pills, it couldn't withstand Ye Chen's void grip, and those three Half-Step Rotating Pills were directly seized by Ye Chen, screaming as they flew back towards him.
The three Half-Step Rotating Pills had thought Liu Yan's intervention would save them.
But they could never have imagined that their sect's talent, capable of overpowering countless Half-Step Rotating Pills, still was no match for Ye Chen after intervening and could not rescue them!
If even Liu Yan couldn't save them, then they really were left with no option but the path to death!
Their astonishment and screams were beyond control!
These three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators were filled with immense regret, lamenting why they thought of killing Jiang Yao for a treasured black pearl relic. They had murdered many for treasures but never imagined they would fall into someone else's hands one day.
As these three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators screamed and flew backward towards Ye Chen, and Liu Yan realized he couldn't shake Ye Chen's True Qi at all, his face turning ashen in an instant as he moved to chase after the three and was about to execute his martial techniques, Ye Chen let out a cold snort.
In an instant, Ye Chen disappeared from where he stood, and in the next moment, he appeared right in front of the flying trio.
These three, daring to kill even Jiang Yao for a treasured black pearl relic, had failed the first time and targeted her again on this central huge island. Such people must not be let off easily; otherwise, it would lead to endless harm.
After teleporting in front of them, Ye Chen simply uttered these two words. Then, the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators were horrified to discover a hot geyser of blood spurting out from their necks.
Looking down at their necks, they saw an incredibly dazzling Sword Intents slice across their throats.
"Are we just... dead ...?"
No sooner had this thought crossed their minds when the annihilation of their physical bodies led to the instantaneous extinction of their consciousness. The three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators plummeted from the sky, their bodies severed in two and crashing onto the massive lotus leaf below.
From Ye Chen's move to slaying the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators, it all happened in the blink of an eye!
Everyone still saw Liu Yan chasing after the trio, saw the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators flying backward, but before they could discern Ye Chen's movements, they only saw the incredible flash of three Sword Intents and found the three cultivators dead in the arena.
This completely shocked the countless spectators below, causing them to cover their mouths in astonishment.
The people in the arena, all experienced in countless bloody battles, were not shocked by the death of the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators; they were shocked that the young Ye Chen had managed to kill them even with Liu Yan's interference!
And they had not even seen the method Ye Chen used to kill the Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators!
Only a few people in the arena, such as Fairy Nishang, recognized Ye Chen's technique.
"I heard from the girls in my sect that Ye Chen once saved their lives on the Fourth Sea Island; he truly is formidable!" Fairy Nishang nodded her head as she looked at Ye Chen.
Then, she turned to look at the corpses of the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators on the massive lotus leaf, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.
"These people thought they could bully a disciple of a Sixth Rank Sect, and yet they died at the hands of one, how laughable."
As Fairy Nishang murmured to herself, she waved her hand towards the massive lotus leaf, and a sweep of blue light cleared the leaf. With her gesture, the fallen bodies and blood of the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators disappeared without a trace.
Afterward, Fairy Nishang looked up toward the sky.
This action from Fairy Nishang once again surprised the numerous people in the arena.
Such an instantaneous technique to make the bodies of three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators vanish pointed to an extremely formidable martial technique!
Indeed, the ones who could enter the ancient tomb were all masters.
With Fairy Nishang and Liu Yan ahead, and now the suddenly emerging Ye Chen, who knows what other formidable characters might be hiding in the crowd, never having revealed their deadly skills?
For a moment, many who sought one of the fifty spots to enter Azure Blue Lake, some even harboring murderous intentions, cooled their heads; if they were too arrogant in this ancient tomb, they might become the next to die like these three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators!
Various thoughts filled the minds of everyone in the arena.
Meanwhile, Liu Yan in the sky had turned completely livid!
Despite his attempt to intervene, he couldn't save the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators from the Flame Sect, and they were still killed by Ye Chen, which was like a slap to his face!
He was in the mid-stage of the Spirit Sea realm, while Ye Chen was in the early stage. Both possessed combat power beyond their realms, but in this situation, he, with a higher realm, still found himself at a disadvantage against Ye Chen, which was humiliating!
Liu Yan had never been so suppressed since he became a disciple of Daoist Chi Mei, a late-stage Rotating Pill expert of the Flame Sect. Now Liu Yan's concern was not just for the three Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators; he needed to regain his own dignity!
"Good, good, Ye Chen, you dare to kill my sect members right in front of me!" Liu Yan looked at Ye Chen, eyes flashing coldly, "Today, I will let you know what happens when you are too arrogant!"
As Liu Yan spoke, a purple flame light flashed suddenly in his eyes.
At the same time, his hand opened, and an extraordinary purple flame rose in his palm.
As soon as this flame appeared, the temperature inside the entire massive lotus leaf space soared, and the True Qi inside many Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators began to burn and dissipate in the presence of this scorching aura.
This scene caused the Half-Step Rotating Pill cultivators to cry out in shock.
When Fairy Nishang, looking up into the sky, saw the flicker of purple flame in Liu Yan's hand, disbelief flashed in her eyes: "True Fire, could it be that Liu Yan has actually refined a 'True Fire'?!"