Three hundred and sixty-two Earthly Immortals stood proudly in the void.
The overwhelming pressure descended mightily, sweeping across the heavens around. The surging Earth Immortal True Qi was like a mountain crashing down!
Although he didn’t employ the same methods Ye Qingchen used that day to slay Zhan Kuang and others, sealing the shock across the entire city, the terror exhibited now was hundreds of times more terrifying than that day!
The vast city had almost no one who could remain standing under such pressure. Everywhere one looked, the high buildings, residential houses, and sections of the city walls were all crackling and shattering.
Tang Mei’Er watched the scene above her with eyes full of horror.
Next to her, Ye Qingchen stood straight like a javelin, right now looking up proudly at the world with narrowed eyes:
"Zhan Family?"
"Indeed!" replied the leader, an old man with hair and beard all white, visage gaunt, dressed in black robes, his eyes like torches, gazing down from above the entire Ice City, "Ye Qingchen, from the moment you killed my Zhan Family descendant, you should have envisioned this scene! I am the Great Elder of the Zhan Family, Zhan Feng! Today, I have come specifically to take your head!"
The old man’s voice started to murmur, growing more and more fierce until it shook the vast cosmos into a mad tremble, the thunderous sound rolling and sweeping in all directions. Ice City fell silent except for the continuous tearing sound of towers, houses, ground, and city walls.
Simultaneously.
An old man in a black robe stepped forward and shouted, "Ye Qingchen, forfeit your life!"
Another beautiful woman in a purple robe also shouted harshly, "Ye Qingchen, forfeit your life!"
Following them.
A Cold-voiced Earthly Immortal, clad in a long spear, said, "Ye Qingchen, forfeit your life!"
Waves of shouts.
Like tides, they ripped through the sky in an instant.
Numerous low-cultivation cultivators were directly shaken by this ferocious voice, their Qi Blood churning, bleeding from eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
...
"This..."
Luo Family.
Luo Xin watched the sky with a pale face.
This was indeed a scene of a Divine Demon descending, crushing the heavens. Even though he was far from the battlefield, he could still feel that surging Earthly Immortal pressure, as if it was about to crush his entire body and bones.
"The Zhan Family, three hundred and sixty-two Earthly Immortals, have they all come?"
It’s not just him.
Everyone in the Luo Family was dumbfounded, thinking as if the apocalypse was upon them. This was the entire might of the Zhan Family, power enough to sweep the entire Extreme North!
"What can we do?"
"Three hundred and sixty-two Earthly Immortals... have they all come for Mr. Ye?"
"What should we do!"
Witnessing that scene resembling Divine Demons filling the sky, everyone felt deeply shocked.
Even though.
They had long anticipated facing retaliation from the Zhan Family, they did not expect the revenge to come so swiftly and forcefully!
...
"Are all these Earthly Immortals here to seek Ye Qingchen?"
Xu Fanshan’s heart trembled wildly.
Not just him.
The few disciples from the Ice Mechanism Sect who had been discussing how to teach Ye Qingchen a lesson were all pale, unbelievingly watching the scene.
’Mr. Ye, days ago, in Ice City, killed eleven Earth Immortals of the Zhan Family! From start to finish, those eleven Earth Immortals, in Ye Qingchen’s hands, were like mere toys!’
At first.
This rumor seemed like a joke to them. But now, seeing this scene, they could no longer laugh.
"We were all wrong, terribly wrong..."
A disciple of the Ice Mechanism Sect, shaken by the pressure to the point of kneeling on the ground, trembling all over and muttering incoherently: "This Mr. Ye, he’s truly... how did we dare, how did we dare to plot against him?"
This sentence nearly articulated the thoughts of everyone present.
Even Senior Sister Zhao, who had previously helped strategize, turned slightly pale, speechless. Only Xu Fanshan looked at Ye Qingchen’s location with eyes filled with resentment, a hint of schadenfreude in his gaze:
"Ye Qingchen, even if you are a Martial Dao sensation, so what? Even if you have Dual Cultivation of Pills and Martial Arts, so what?"
"The Zhan Family’s three hundred and sixty-two Earthly Immortals come crashing down like a great force. No matter how high your cultivation and strength, today you will be shattered to pieces!"
...
"Did I kill the Zhan Family descendants?"
Ye Qingchen stood with hands behind his back, facing the descent of so many Earthly Immortals without a trace of fear; instead, he slightly raised the corner of his mouth, disdainfully saying: "You came to my Earthly Immortal gathering uninvited, provoking in all manners. How do we settle this score?"
"Hmph!"
Zhan Feng snorted coldly, waving a long sleeve, and shouted:
"And what if we provoked you?"
"My Zhan Family has been dominant in the Extreme North for thousands of years, with myriad immortals bowing. Provoking you, even shaming you, so what? Even if we kill you, you can only accept it!"
"This is the strength of my Zhan Family, this is the foundation of my Zhan Family!"
Boom!
As soon as he said this.
The vast Ice City crowd, without exception, felt their hearts tremble with fear.
What a domineering Zhan Family!
However, more people shook their heads silently, smiling bitterly. With such an attitude, such strength, the other party indeed had the right to speak in this way!
Ye Qingchen sneered coldly, not commenting.
"Ye Qingchen, considering your rare talent in Dual Cultivation of Pills and Martial Arts, it would be a pity to kill you just like this!" Zhan Feng’s tone shifted, coldly saying: "If you are willing to surrender and join our Zhan Family, I might spare your life!"
Zhan Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Originally.
He intended to charge into Ice City with thunderous force to obliterate Ye Qingchen. But along the way, he learned that Ye Qingchen was a cultivator excelling in both pills and martial arts, with alchemical talents not inferior to his Martial Dao.
If such a Great Alchemist were incorporated into the family, the Zhan Family’s strength would rise to another level.
Of course, crippling his cultivation, implanting a Death Seal, establishing a Divine Soul Oath, these details, he naturally wouldn’t mention.
’How should he respond?’
For a moment.
The crowd in Ice City couldn’t help but direct their gazes at Ye Qingchen.
In the city, some Earthly Immortals who originally came to see Ye Qingchen also felt nothing but despair watching this scene.
If they were in this situation, there would be no other choice. Three hundred and sixty-two Earthly Immortals crashing down would surely mean being shattered to pieces. The only way to survive was to obediently surrender!
"Could it be that heaven wants to destroy my Luo Family?"
Luo Xin cried out in agony inside.
He naturally understood.
In such a situation, Ye Qingchen had no other choice. Any wise person would know that the safest path lay in surrendering to the Zhan Family.
"Consider this kid lucky!"
Xu Fanshan snorted coldly, thinking to himself. Yet his face still had that mocking expression, for while others might not be aware, he knew well enough that a behemoth like the Zhan Family, dominant in the Extreme North for so many years, would never show mercy.
Once Ye Qingchen joined the Zhan Family, he would surely lose his freedom, and be reduced to a slave of the Zhan Family!
"Mr. Ye!"
At this moment, even Tang Mei’Er looked over with utmost anxiety.
Just as everyone was either gloating, sneering, or worrying, looking at Ye Qingchen, Ye Qingchen suddenly smiled, shaking his head unexpectedly.
"Is that so?"
Under the unbelievable gaze of the crowd, Ye Qingchen slowly said
"Thinking of making me surrender, I’m afraid you all are not enough!"
"I said before, if your Zhan Family plans to seek revenge, I will surely tread down your Zhan Family; do you think I was just joking? Today, I will make your Zhan Family disappear from the Extreme North completely!"
"You’re courting death!"
As the words fell.
Zhan Feng could no longer contain his rage, sweeping his long sleeves, surging a vast wave of fury, overwhelming the heavens, crashing down, enveloping the entire Ice City!
With this move, the strength of the Earth Immortal Third Layer unmistakably manifested!
"Hmph!"
Ye Qingchen snorted coldly, his eyes boiling with a killing intent.
Today, he wanted the world to clearly see.
He, Ye Qingchen, was not someone who could be casually humiliated!