by Feng Yise
And at the current moment, Ye Yuan's refinement had already reached the final juncture.
He circulated the Fire Source True Sutra with full strength. Although he was a major realm lower than Fang Yaojiang, his speed was several times faster!
Seeing this scene, the fury in Fang Yaojiang's eyes had already turned into sorrowful hatred.
Simply not on the same level! Why did you pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger?!
If I knew beforehand that this brat was so powerful and so sinister, couldn't I have just withdrawn straightaway?
Currently, Fang Yaojiang's intestines were already green with regret. It was truly wanting to cry but have no tears.
Right at this time, he suddenly sensed an extremely powerful aura approaching this place rapidly.
Fand Yaojiang sweated heavily. It looked like the outcome was decided outside. Wonder if it was Black Crow Old Man or the Golden Sword Condor?
However, the result seemed to be the same.
Fang Yaojiang's eyes could not resist turning towards Ye Yuan. A thick mockery intent was revealed in his eyes.
Brat, you plotted against your father, but isn't your outcome still death? I don't believe that you can escape alive from the hands of a Sea Transformation Realm!
Chapter 173 - Last Minute Breakthrough!
The approaching person was clearly releasing a powerful aura on purpose. The goal was to make the other party surrender.
Black Crow Old Man was powerful and simply did not care who was inside. Either way, as long as he found out, the outcome was death.
This was the powerful confidence in his own strength!
"Where art thou from, Little Thief! To dare spoil this Old Man's business! Quickly leave, and I'll spare your life! Otherwise, this Old Man will extract your soul and refine your bones!"
Black Crow Old Man's angry roar had exceedingly powerful penetrative force as it instantly spread throughout the entire underground cave.
From Black Crow Old Man's voice, one could tell just how enraged he was right now.
The reason why Black Crow Old Man was so infuriated was that the treasure's undulations were becoming progressively smaller. It was evidently about to be taken away by someone else.
And even though he raised his speed to the maximum right now, he was still unable to arrive immediately, so he wanted to use words to awe the other party.
The entire underground cave was full of twists and turns. No matter how great Black Crow's speed was, it was also hard to rush to the deepest part right away.
However, his angry cry did not have any effect at all, because Ye Yuan would not even buy it.
Ye Yuan turned a deaf ear to Black Crow's warning as if he was unable to sense the aura belonging to a Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse. He continued to refine the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus.
Heart Like Still Water realm was no joke. Forget about Sea Transformation Realm, even if it was the aura of Soul Sea Realm, it was also impossible to disrupt him.
"This brat has such powerful concentration. That warning, that should be Black Crow Old Man. Such an incredible aura, even I'm almost unable to withstand it. He's actually not affected in the slightest!" Fang Yaojiang was secretly alarmed.
He discovered that other than Ye Yuan's realm not being high, he had no chinks in virtually all other aspects.
Just what kind of hermit family clan could actually nurture such a breathtaking youth?
At least within the scope of the Tranquil Cloud Sect, Fang Yaojiang had never heard of such a powerful family clan. Even if it was the Tranquil Cloud Sect's core disciples, they were probably inferior when compared to this young man in front of him, right?
Right at this time, Ye Yuan who had his eyes shut this whole time suddenly snapped open both eyes. A brilliant light shone from his eyes.
Fang Yaojiang was secretly shocked. He finished refining the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus!
Ye Yuan's refining speed was actually multiple times faster than him!
This brat was truly leaking mystery from all over his body!
Black Crow Old Man who was currently rushing over paused his footsteps and clenched his jaw tightly in anger. The aura of that fire-attribute treasure totally could not be sensed anymore!
"Heaven has a path, but you refuse to walk! Hell has no gate yet you want to barge inside! Looks like this old man has not come out for a long time, many people in the outside world have already forgotten the terror of me, Black Crow! Regardless of who you are, I will let you know just how tragic the outcome of pitting against this old man will be!" Black Crow Old Man gnashed his teeth and said.
Black Crow moved and swept towards the bottom floor again. But he stopped his footsteps again after just a few steps.
"Huh? What's going on? This is . . . essence energy storm? Could it be that this Little Thief wants to break through here? Heh heh, really does not know how the word death is written! After snatching this Old Man's treasure, he did not think about fleeing but actually dared to stay at the spot to break through. I want to see if you have the strength to withstand old me after breaking through!" Black Crow Old Man said with a cold smile.
. . . . . .
At the bottom floor, Fang Yaojiang's eyes revealed astonishment again. After Ye Yuan refined the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus, he actually not did run away immediately, but chose to take advantage of the opportunity to breakthrough!
Could it be that this brat wanted to confront Black Crow Old Man face to face?
But Ye Yuan was only at the First Level Spirit Condensation Realm! Even if he broke through, it was only Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm. That was on a completely different level from Black Crow Old Man!
Just what on earth is this brat thinking?
Although Fang Yaojiang was heavily injured, he was thrown into disorder by Ye Yuan's actions.
He initially thought that after Ye Yuan refined the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus, he would flee frantically, or find a place to hide. That way, he could see the despair on Ye Yuan's face in his death throes.
But who would have thought that this brat's actions would exceed all expectations. He actually chose to break through on the spot and sit here waiting for Black Crow Old Man's arrival!
Ye Yuan' expression was currently calm as if he did not sense the approaching danger. He just absorbed essence energy frenziedly and greedily.
The Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus was a Tier 4 natural spiritual object. By itself, it contained vast quantities of essence energy. After Ye Yuan refined it, he already became one with the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus.
Borrowing that colossal essence energy from the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus, it was not surprising for Ye Yuan to take advantage of the situation to break through. It was just that the timing and venue he chose was unbelievable.
In truth, it was not that Ye Yuan did not wish to run, but because he knew that he already could not flee.
Entering the Heart Like Still Water state, Ye Yuan had an abnormally vivid grasp on the situation.
From Black Crow Old Man's undulations, he had already crossed that hidden cave entrance. Even if Ye Yuan wanted to flee, there was already no place to escape.
Since there was no place to run to, then there was only meeting the enemy face to face.
At this very moment, even another portion of strength was good too. What Ye Yuan was about to face was a Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse!
Hence, he chose to break through without hesitation.
Perhaps to others, Sea Transformation Realm was an unmatchable existence. Any form of resistance was futile.
But Ye Yuan would not think that way. He had a clear understanding of a Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse's strength and also had a clear understanding of the cards in his hands.
Ye Yuan felt that he had the strength to fight!
Another nine spirit liquid drops gradually formed within Ye Yuan's Dantian. He was about to break through to the Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm!
Right then, an aged but ice-cold voice sounded out, "I was wondering which expert dared to steal my, Black Crow's, item! Turns out that it's merely a First Level Spirit Condensation Realm Little Punk! The younger generation should really be feared! To actually even dare to do a last-minute break through. Such bravado is worth complimenting! However, it ends here!"
Black Crow casually fire out a ball of light which flew towards the currently breaking through Ye Yuan with tremendous speed.
Even though it was just a casual blow, this strike made even Fang Yaojiang palpitate. Putting aside that he was currently heavily injured, even if he was perfectly fine, he also would not dare to receive it head-on!
Bang!
It did not happen like Black Crow imagined, the ball of light smashing Ye Yuan to smithereens.
Just now, Ye Yuan suddenly turned into nine in an instant. And that light ball passed through the center Ye Yuan just like that, striking a rock behind.
Then, the nine silhouettes combined into one and Ye Yuan's figure appeared.
The current Ye Yuan actually already successfully broke through!
Black Crow Old Man's expression stirred and said, "Oh, really have some capabilities. No wonder you would do this sort of suicidal thing! Brat, hand over the treasure. This Old Man will not just spare your life, I can even take you in as my disciple. How's that?"
Ye Yuan looked at Black Crow Old Man indifferently and said, "You don't have the qualifications yet to be my master. What you can teach, I know them all. But what I know, you might not."
"Hahaha . . . What an unbridled brat! Since that's the case, I'll take the treasure myself after I kill you! I want to see just what do you know that even I, this Sea Transformation Realm, can't teach you!"
Ye Yuan's words were simply ignorantly rampant in Black Crow's ears. Only Fang Yaojiang lying over the ground knew that what Ye Yuan said might not be false!
Ye Yuan's expression was calm as he said nonchalantly, "Yuan Fei, come on out!"
When Ye Yuan said that, Black Crow's face changed. With his Sea Transformation Realm divine sense, he actually did not discover that there were still people around here!
Could it be . . .
Chapter 174 - Seven Star Ephemeris Grand Array!
Under Black Crow Old Man's horrified eyes, Yuan Fei appeared out of thin air!
Yuan Fei's arrival gave him a huge shock, but what followed was wild elation!
"Spatial artifact! You actually have a spatial artifact! Hahaha . . . The heaven has truly opened its eyes! Not only did it let me, Black Crow, obtain a priceless natural treasure, it even let me acquire a spatial artifact!" Black Crow laughed madly without restraint.
Seeing Black Crow Old Man's appearance, Ye Yuan could not help secretly lamenting that he was an idiot.
He even dared to show the spatial artifact, could he not have any self-assurance at all?
Why is everybody so presumptuous and opinionated? Fang Yaojiang was so, Black Crow Old Man too.
It was like every time a treasure appeared, it was prepared for them.
If Fang Yaojiang could straighten out his mentality, it would not have been such an easy thing to invite him into the pit.
"Yuan Fei, how did the practice of the Seven Star Ephemeris Grand Array go?" Ye Yuan transmitted.
"Under Young Master's guidance, after these few days of drilling, my clan members and I already have a preliminary grasp on this set of grand arrays. As a matter of fact, this set of arrays is truly miraculous. It can actually allow me to borrow my clan members' strength and temporarily let my strength break through to Tier 4!"
Even if Yuan Fei had always been very composed, his words also faintly revealed his excitement.
These few days, Ye Yuan had been doing things alone. But he did not let Yuan Fei rest.
Yuan Fei was Ye Yuan's greatest aid for a period of time after today. Raising his strength was equivalent to raising his own strength.
But if he let Yuan Fei cultivate by himself, he would not know just when he could breakthrough to middle-stage Tier 3. Hence, Ye Yuan blazed a new trail and imparted him a set of array technique, which was this set: the Seven Star Ephemeris Grand Array!
Seven Star Ephemeris Grand Array was a Tier 4 array with tremendous might. If eight Sea Transformation Realm powerhouses were proficient in this array, they could even cross ranks to challenge a Soul Sea Realm powerhouse!
Once such an array leaked out, all the great sects would surely snatch viciously over it!
If there were ten Tier 3 demonic beasts like Yuan Fei using this array, killing a First Level Sea Transformation Realm like Black Crow Old Man would be like slaughtering a dog!
But sadly, among Yuan Fei's clan members, there was only Yuan Fei this one Tier 3 demonic beast. Therefore, Ye Yuan chose seven by seven, 49 late-stage Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes among Yuan Fei's clan members. Every seven Long-arm Stone Apes formed a miniature Seven Star Ephemeris Grand Array to coordinate with Yuan Fei to form such an array.
Even though the might was not as strong as a genuine Tier 3 demonic beast, it could still let Yuan Fei's strength soar a rank!
The essence of the Seven Star Ephemeris Grand Array was to allow seven people's attack power go through the amplification of the array by passing through the array's development and finally let the eighth person unleash an overwhelming blow!
The seven people's attacks would multiply layer by layer when transiting through the array. By the time the eighth person released it, the might would be so great to the extent where it caused people to be struck with awe!
Yuan Fei and his clansman formed this grand array. Although it was only an elementary understanding, it should not be an issue to trap Black Crow Old Man!
"Brat, you aren't thinking that with a Tier 3 demonic beast, you can deal with me, right? Hahaha!" Black Crow could not resist laughing out loud again when he saw Yuan Fei's strength.
Ye Yuan's move was simply childish to the extreme.
Ye Yuan simply smiled and said, "You're wrong. Not Yuan Fei alone, but it's a whole bunch!"
Once Ye Yuan's voice fell, seven by seven, 49 late-stage Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes instantly appeared.
These 49 Long-arm Stone Apes each formed a team of seven, assuming a seven-star position, protecting Yuan Fei in the center. It faintly gave off a pressure which did not lose out to Black Crow Old Man.
But Black Crow Old Man did not find it too impressive. He said lightly, "You actually have an entire clan of Long-arm Stone Ape spirit beasts and also possess a spatial artifact. Looks like your background is extraordinary! But precisely because that is so, you have to die today beyond doubt even more!"
What a joke. Just an early-stage Tier 3 demonic beast and a bunch of late-stage Tier 2 demonic beasts. Simply a bunch of trash. What kind of threat could they pose to him, a Sea Transformation Realm?
At the very most, it was just delaying the time it took for Ye Yuan to die.
However, Black Crow Old Man was indeed somewhat fearful of Ye Yuan's identity. A Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm rookie who not only could he subdue a Tier 3 demonic beast, but he even owned a spatial artifact, a priceless treasure. His background was probably not simple.
It looked like he had to make sure not a single drop of water leaks out right now to prevent any future troubles!
"Hur hur, is that so? You can come and test." Towards Black Crow's posturing, Ye Yuan had an indifferent face.
"Test then test. Just a bunch of ants. Could you flip the heaven?"
Black Crow Old Man behaved as if he looked down arrogantly upon the world. Waving his staff, he attacked Yuan Fei!
This blow looked light as a feather, but when it arrived in front of Yuan Fei, its momentum was akin to Mt Tai!
Black Crow Old Man smiled coldly as he prepared to crush Yuan Fei with a single blow.
Facing a Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse, Yuan Fei naturally did not dare to slight him. Long before Black Crow Old Man made his move, the Seven Star Ephemeris
Grand Array already activated.
Presently, Yuan Fei's iron palm struck out. He actually wanted to clash head-on with Black Crow Old Man!
The two blows collided and Black Crow Old Man was struck dumb with amazement.
Yuan Fei's blow was actually not the slightest bit weaker than his!
This . . . How is this possible?
Boom!
The two blows caused an explosion in mid-air.
Equally matched!
Sea Transformation Realm experts had already transcended mortal and secular. Therefore, in their eyes, all those below Sea Transformation Realm were akin to ants.
Black Crow Old Man's eyes were filled with disbelief. He was a Sea Transformation Realm expert. How could he fight to a draw with a bunch of ants?
And at this time, Black Crow Old Man was already surrounded dead by a bunch of Long-arm Stone Apes in the center!
"This is an array? Yes, this is definitely an array! But what kind of array could actually have such power? To actually let an Early Stage Tier 3 demonic beast possess the combat power of a Sea Transformation Realm expert? This is too inconceivable!" Black Crow Old Man currently, apart from astonishment, was still in astonishment.
"Hur hur, Senior Black Crow, I wonder if the test results are satisfactory?" Ye Yuan said laughingly.
Black Crow Old Man's face fell. This brat was really unforgiving about the situation!
"Humph! I really did not expect that there was still such a miraculous array in this world! However . . . this is already your greatest reliance, right? You're also looking down on Sea Transformation Realm experts too much!" Black Crow Old Man said with a cold smile.
"How am I belittling Sea Transformation Realm experts? It's Senior Black Crow who is pressing me too hard, that's why junior had to resist. Why not we both take a step back and Senior let me leave. How's that?" Ye Yuan asked with a smile.
Black Crow Old Man's eyes flickered, and he said, "It's also not out of the question to let you leave. But leave behind that natural spiritual object, spatial artifact, and this set of array technique!"
Ye Yuan gave a sigh and said, "Senior has no sincerity at all. If I hand over these items, then what capital do I have to contend with Senior? The way I see it, Senior probably doesn't plan on letting me leave, right? Afraid that I'll return home to find the elders in my clan?"
