Chapter 412: Chapter 412: The Expansion of the Time-Space Door, Braggart King Mos Quasi-Emperor
“This damned Ye Feng, why is he always like a lingering ghost?”
Zhu Yongfu hid in the underground tunnel, shivering.
Having finally deduced a great opportunity, it didn’t take long after poking his head out for him to encounter the nightmarish Ye Feng.
Although Ye Feng was shrouded in mist, that elegantly upright familiar silhouette, even if turned to ashes, Zhu Yongfu would recognize it.
“I wouldn’t stay in this damned place!”
Zhu Yongfu quickly crawled back along the tunnel the way he had come.
Even though his deduction wasn’t wrong, seeing Ye Feng here made Zhu Yongfu feel uneasy all over.
Even if Ye Feng hadn’t noticed him, he didn’t dare stay long.
If he were discovered, that would be the end of him!
“I must survive!”
“I can’t go to dangerous places!”
Zhu Yongfu used his hands and feet to crawl rapidly through the tunnel.
The latter half of the trial grounds.
Quite a few Demon Soldier Level monsters of the Foreign Clan discovered this tunnel, cocking their heads at the entrance and sniffing, detecting an appetizing scent.
“Woo-ow!”
A One-eyed Netherworld Wolf let out a piercing howl, and the next moment, dozens of Demon Soldier Level Netherworld Wolves charged over and followed the tunnel in pursuit.
Soon, several Demon General Level creatures discovered the tunnel as well.
The excitement in their eyes was unmistakable as they too followed the trail out of the tunnel, frightening Zhu Yongfu inside to howl and hasten his escape.
“Why am I so unlucky!”
Zhu Yongfu didn’t even bother to kill the Demon Soldier Level beasts chasing him.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t defeat them, but if he stopped, the Demon General Level creatures further behind would catch up to him.
To save his own life, he had to crawl with all his might.
Ye Feng was unaware that Zhu Yongfu had been to the scene.
He stood at the edge of a cliff, overlooking the entire trial grounds.
So far, behind the ten space doors, a total of six High-Rank Demon Generals had appeared, all formidable in strength.
However, Jiang Baige, the top disciple of the Sword King Sect, possessed extraordinary combat prowess, slaying four High-Rank Demon Generals single-handedly.
The remaining two were slain respectively by Bai Chunfeng and Mo Ying.
“Jiang Baige is getting stronger and stronger,” said Mu Ruxue, her lips parting lightly, her voice cool and clear, at the edge of the cliff.
She believed that she was not weaker than Jiang Baige in an equal-level fight.
But since her current level of cultivation was not as high as his, she would likely be pressured by him in a real battle.
“Indeed, Jiang Baige’s strength is exceptional; temporarily, no one among the younger generation is his match,” Mo Minxi also remarked.
Hearing this, Ye Feng looked toward Mo Minxi.
“Young Alliance Leader, your cultivation is not weak; could it be that you think you are not Jiang Baige’s match either?” Ye Feng asked.
Because he was enshrouded in light mist, the others couldn’t see any of his expressions, nor could they guess the intent behind his question.
“My cultivation level is not low, but I’m not too adept at fighting. In an equal-level combat, I am slightly inferior to Jiang Baige in strength,” said Mo Minxi, her voice cool.
She knew that her father had always wanted to push her toward Ye Feng.
But suddenly, she realized something.
Ye Feng was too strong!
Originally, she felt that she was more than sufficient for Ye Feng.
Yet now it seemed that she was not worthy of him at all.
After all, he was a Great Power of the Divine Origin Realm!
Even though she was regarded as a proud daughter of heaven, at this moment she hadn’t even reached the Spirit Sea Realm, the disparity between them was not insignificant.
“Look, the number of Foreign Clan members appearing behind the space portal has decreased a lot. Could it be… they are scared?”
Someone pointed to the space portal a hundred miles away and asked loudly.
The crowd turned their gaze in that direction.
Indeed, as that person said, behind the space portal, there were only a few members of the Foreign Clan scrambling through, and some, upon appearing, seemed to hear strange calls before scurrying back into the space portal.
“Could this be what Sect Master Ye was worried about?” Mo Wenshi frowned, sensing that the situation was far from simple.
“Very likely!”
The others remembered Ye Feng frowning, and it seemed he had anticipated the current anomaly.
“I… I really don’t know anything!”
Ye Feng felt frustrated inside.
However, he could only act as if nothing had happened, standing unflinchingly like a sharp sword in his original spot.
Seeing his calm demeanor, everyone’s taut nerves relaxed a bit.
“Everyone, by eradicating the creatures from the Underground Cavern Alien Race within the trial grounds, you may take a temporary rest to conserve your strength,” Liu Ming reminded loudly, fearing the young cultivators below would continue to fight to the death.
“Fall back first, replenish what’s been lost!”
“I need to heal my injuries too.”
Hearing the announcement, many cultivators quickly retreated.
After the battle that had just occurred, many were injured.
For the less unfortunate, arms and legs were missing.
For the more unfortunate ones, they died on the spot.
Luckily, with the presence of highly cultivated Sect Master level experts, as long as the missing parts were retrieved, they could be reattached right there and then, causing no major issues.
“Sect Master Uncle, we’re back.”
Li Jiaojiao, with a kitchen knife in both hands, returned to the edge of the cliff with Mo Ying, Shi Lei and others.
Ye Feng glanced over and saw his disciples dirty and injured, though luckily, with Nanny Yan Ruyu constantly with the group, some disciples who were nearly fatal received good fortune and managed to cling onto life.
As for the sects without a nanny like Yan Ruyu, they weren’t so fortunate.
Soon, the disciples had replenished their resources.
Now, each disciple of the Misty Sect had cultivated the “Second Qi Sea”, granting them stamina in battle.
In terms of consumption, they had an advantage.
Before long, the others had also recovered.
Within the crowd.
Dong Qiang stood behind the leaders of the Liuyun Sect, with his head lowered, trying to make himself as unnoticeable as possible.
“Damn it, Ye Feng is actually a Great Power of the Divine Origin Realm, what a misjudgment!” Demon King Huyuan cursed under his breath.
“Who could have thought that this guy is also a Great Power, no weaker than my past self, this is a bit troublesome,” Dong Dongqiang also expressed concern.
Hearing the two men, Dong Qiang remained silent.
He had always said that he didn’t want to be an enemy of Ye Feng.
Now, it seemed his decision was correct. As for Huyuan and Dong Dongqiang hidden in his Sea of Consciousness, who always thought Ye Feng was easy to deal with and were not cautious enough,
“Luckily I’m a coward, otherwise, if I became an enemy of Sect Master Ye, I would have probably been dead by now,” Dong Qiang secretly felt relieved.
Boom!
Just then, an unexpected change occurred.
The ten space portals began to tremble, and the next moment, ancient roars echoed from behind the portals.
Whoosh!
The bodies of the Underground Cavern Alien Race that lay on the trial grounds started to tremble, their previously fallen forms now bleeding anew!
Hum!
Demon Blood converged in the air and then infused into the cliff walls, causing mutations in the ten space portals, which began to expand rapidly and move closer to each other.
“This is bad!”
“There are experts among the Underground Cavern Alien Race who are remotely controlling that Demon Blood, forcibly merging the space portals. If they succeed, powerful members of the Underground Cavern Alien Race will surely appear.”
The Blue Dragon King noticed something amiss and hastily shouted.
“Sect Master Ye, do we need to take action now and forcibly interrupt the integration of the spatial gate?” Liu Ming looked towards Ye Feng beside him.
When the others heard the voice, they all looked over, seemingly treating Ye Feng as the main pillar of support.
Ye Feng didn’t immediately reply.
He noticed that the crisis awareness of the sect was not strong, indicating that even if the spatial gate were to fully integrate, it seemed there wouldn’t be any grave danger.
Therefore, Ye Feng calmly said, “It’s a minor issue, no need to panic!”
“Really just a minor issue?” The crowd looked at each other.
It might be a small problem for someone at the Divine Origin Realm, but for them, it could potentially be a terrifying disaster.
While the crowd was worried, the spatial gate finally completed the integration, turning dark gold in color.
Within it, three terrifying auras surged out.
The pressure emitted by those of the middle-ranked Spirit Sea Realm instantly released, vast and deep like the ocean, shaking the entire trial grounds, even making people like Liu Ming and Mo Wenshi take on a serious expression.
“Three mid-rank Demon Kings!”
Sect leaders from various sects had serious expressions, each taking out their spiritual artifacts, ready to go all out.
“Hee hee hee!”
“Not even a Demon Emperor of the Divine Origin Realm, this world is still as weak as ever.”
“Begin summoning the Quasi-Emperor.”
As soon as these three mid-rank Demon Kings appeared, they scanned the area with their spiritual sense, and then their gaze fell on Liu Ming, Ancestor Ning, the Supreme Elder of the Sword King Sect, and other Spirit Sea Realm experts, sneering contemptuously.
Seeing that they completely ignored Ye Feng and the protector Hu Feifei, the crowd exchanged glances.
“It seems that these three mid-rank Demon Kings are unable to sense the aura of two great powers at the Divine Origin Realm, Sect Master Ye and Protector Hu Feifei. They think that we’re the only practitioners here with average strength.”
Liu Ming murmured.
At this, everyone felt an urge to laugh.
A Quasi-Emperor is equivalent to a half-step Great Venerable.
This meant that those three mid-rank Demon Kings were preparing to summon a foreign clan powerhouse of that level, which in past Demon Slaying Conferences would have required the Commandery Prince himself to deal with.
But now, we have Sect Master Ye!
A mere Quasi-Emperor, coming here would be courting death.
With this thought, everyone stood taller and their eyes were filled with disdain.
Ye Feng did not take action.
But Protector Hu Feifei seemed eager to try.
In the latter half of the trial grounds.
The three mid-rank Demon Kings each stretched out a finger to their foreheads, taking out demon blood, and drew a special light array in mid-air.
Immediately after, a one-eyed muscular man, over three meters tall, carrying a huge axe, walked out of the light array.
With a swing of his axe, a violent gale swept out, shaking the trial grounds.
“I am the deputy of the King of the Underground Cavern, Mos Quasi-Emperor!”
The muscular man’s expression was cold, and he exuded an aura as deep and heavy as the abyss, which landed on everyone, crushing like a collapsing mountain, creating immense pressure.
Yet, the crowd showed no trace of fear.
“Huh?”
Mos Quasi-Emperor frowned slightly.
He noticed something off with the expressions of the human race on the ground.
There wasn’t even a single High-Rank Demon King level expert among them, yet oddly, everyone was so calm.
Some even had contempt in their eyes!
“Mos Quasi-Emperor, your oppressive might shocks the universe, it must have scared those human race experts silly, so they all froze on the spot, unable to react,” one of the mid-rank Demon Kings flattered.
“Right, Mos Quasi-Emperor, with your overwhelming presence, you will dominate through the ages, without any rivals. Under your leadership, we will surely ascend to the surface, establish a new branch, and begin to gradually expand in this world.”
“At that time, we will all be the great heroes who have expanded the land.”
The remaining two mid-rank Demon Kings were also quite pleased with themselves.
The reason they had the massive assault of Demon Generals and Demon Soldier Level Foreign Clan members previously was not to conquer the surface, but to send them to their deaths.
Once enough demon blood had accumulated, the teleportation array could be activated.
And now, they had succeeded!
Three Middle-Rank Demon Kings and a fearsome Quasi-Emperor, riding on an invincible momentum, descended, destined to sweep across the battlefield as true conquerors!
“The mere Human Race, weak as ants, not to mention my personal intervention, any one of you three could slaughter wildly among these human cultivators.”
Mockingly, Mos Quasi-Emperor said with a cold laugh.
He raised his head, looking up at the hundreds of thousands of cultivators on the cliff, licked his lips, and contemplated how to toy with these humans.
On the edge of the cliff.
Everyone heard the bragging of Mos Quasi-Emperor and the others and struggled to hold back their laughter.
“So, Sect Master Ye was deliberately concealing his aura to watch the joke unfold with these Underground Cavern Alien Race members!”
Liu Ming said, suddenly realizing.
“Sect Master Ye, when will you take action?”
“Sect Master Ye, please hold back from taking action for a while longer, so that we can continue to enjoy the braggadocio of these few from the Underground Cavern Alien Race.”
The Sect Leaders from the various major sects winked and gestured at each other.
Some of them took out special Spiritual Artifacts to record the sound and scene, preparing to use it as material for light-hearted gossip later.
Ye Feng stood on the edge of the cliff with a peculiar expression.
He hadn’t expected Mos Quasi-Emperor and his group to be so full of bluster without even having made a move, already touting the merits they would supposedly earn in the future.
For a moment, Ye Feng, too, fell silent.
He really wanted to continue listening to these Braggart Kings blow their own trumpets.
“Listen up, humans above, I offer you a chance to surrender.”
“Whosoever can kneel before me and kowtow a hundred times, I will, albeit reluctantly, accept as a fierce general in my ranks.”
It was then that the Braggart King, Mos Quasi-Emperor, spoke up again.
His voice resonated powerfully, filling the entire Trial Grounds.
Upon hearing this, Ancestor Ning and others exchanged bemused glances.
This Mos Quasi-Emperor sure had a thick face!
“What’s the matter, have you all been scared silly?”
Mos Quasi-Emperor, seeing no one come forward, snorted coldly, feeling that his majesty had been seriously challenged.
“In the Underground Cavern World, I’m a lord of my domain; even a casual swipe of my hand can split mountains and tear the earth asunder. To become a fierce general under my command is the good fortune you’ve cultivated over hundreds of lifetimes, do not fail to recognize this good fortune!”
As he spoke, Mos Quasi-Emperor realized that the human cultivators on the cliff remained indifferent.
“Pfft!” Someone finally couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.
“Damn it, to dare scoff at me, I have decided to split you all to death!”
Mos Quasi-Emperor lost his playful mood, axes in hand, he soared into the air, beginning to gather the formidable aura that was vast as the sea.
The aura of almost a Great Venerable burst forth, instantly sweeping over the entire Trial Grounds.
Even the likes of Ancestor Ning and Liu Ming took on grave expressions, unanimously turning their heads to look towards Ye Feng hidden in the mist.
“Sect Master Ye!”
Someone shouted, hoping Ye Feng would make a move.
“Actually, I’d like to listen to this Braggart King’s rubbish talk a bit longer,” Ye Feng said softly, seemingly a bit regretful.
He extended his right hand and made a motion as if pressing down through the air.
Bang!
The Braggart King Mos Quasi-Emperor, just as he surged into the sky, axe raised, felt a terrifying force bearing down on him, a fear even more dreadful than facing the King of the Underground Cavern.
“Damn, there’s a Divine Origin Realm here!”
Those were the last words of the Braggart King in this world.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he was crushed to the ground by a golden palm imprint, his body bursting into dust, and even the Spirit Shadow he had barely managed to form was obliterated.
“This, this, this!”
The remaining three Middle-Rank Demon Kings stuttered, their eyes bulging in shock, feeling a chill wash over them.