Chapter 323: Who Will Die a Horrible Death?

"Young friend? Heh, if you knew it was I who comprehended your Little Nine-Turn Chain Formation, I wonder what expression you'd have!" Ye Yuan chuckled to himself.

Actually, it was reasonable for King Da Yan to call Ye Yuan a young friend, as he was several thousand years older than Ye Yuan.

However, in his previous life, Ji Qingyun's alchemy skills were outstanding, naturally qualifying him to treat Lu Linfeng as an equal.

But in this life, Ji Qingyun had changed his appearance; even if he stood before Lu Linfeng, the latter probably wouldn't recognize him.

Thinking of this, Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel a surge of mischievous delight.

When the time came for Ye Yuan to actually become his disciple, would this guy pass on the "Nine Volumes of Array Dao" to him?

Yet Ye Yuan was somewhat surprised that Lu Linfeng had left these eighteen sword puppets to find a successor.

He wondered if it was a whim or deliberate.

Back when Lu Linfeng ascended, he probably never imagined he would reach such heights in the Divine Realm, right?

Ye Yuan moved his divine sense, and the eighteen sword puppets stirred again, startling Mei Zhen, who quickly raised his sword to prepare for battle.

Ye Yuan laughed and said, "Elder Mei, no need to be nervous. These sword puppets won't attack you."

Mei Zhen was taken aback, then quickly realized, and asked in surprise, "Could it be... that you were controlling these puppets just now?"

Ye Yuan nodded. "I have fully comprehended this formation. Now these sword puppets have acknowledged me as their master."

"What? You only took two hours to fully comprehend this formation?" Mei Zhen was startled by Ye Yuan's words.

Actually, Ye Yuan comprehending a formation wouldn't have surprised Mei Zhen that much, but through comparison, he knew how monstrous this formation was!

The Blazing Fire Barrier outside was a fourth-grade superior formation with unparalleled power, yet Ye Yuan had traversed it as if on level ground.

As for the Little Nine-Turn Chain Formation, Ye Yuan had previously had no confidence in breaking it, which showed how complex this formation was.

Such a monstrous formation, and Ye Yuan had fully comprehended it in just two hours—wasn't his deduction ability too monstrous?

After all, for a formation master to comprehend a formation often took several years!

And the higher the grade of the formation, the more time required to comprehend it.

Using two hours to comprehend a formation far more complex than a fourth-grade superior formation—this was simply not something a human should do!

Ye Yuan smiled. "Just luck. It seems this Yonghua Palace has several levels. Maybe there are good things above. We should hurry up."

By then, the others had mostly recovered. Seeing that Ye Yuan had directly taken control of these sword puppets, they were overjoyed.

This was equivalent to adding a Huahai realm powerhouse to their side!

Just as they were about to proceed to the next level, a commotion came from outside the hall.

Mei Zhen frowned. "I didn't expect they actually made it out!"

Ye Yuan, however, smiled. "They came out, but the cost was probably not small."

As he spoke, a large crowd surged into the hall, led by Wu Zhao.

Behind Wu Zhao, another elder from Tianqian Sect was supporting Zhao Yuyang, who had already fainted.

It seemed he had exhausted his mental energy deducing the Blazing Fire Barrier Formation.

As soon as Wu Zhao entered the hall, he saw Ye Yuan leisurely sizing up their group, and a surge of inexplicable anger welled up inside him.

"Heh, boy, you probably never imagined we could walk out of that formation alive, did you?" Wu Zhao sneered at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan shrugged. "That's not it. I just didn't expect that elder of yours to have some skill, getting out so quickly."

Wu Zhao's face darkened. "Since we've come out of the formation, today is your death day! Not only will you die, but everyone from your Nethercloud Sect will be buried with you! Mei Zhen, if you want to blame someone, blame Ye Yuan!"

Having said that, Wu Zhao turned to the other six sects. "Ye Yuan used a trick to escape, and you almost lost your lives! Attack together and kill these damned Nethercloud Sect bastards. We, Tianqian Sect, won't take a single thing from them!"

However... no one responded.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan laughed. "It seems you did something heinous to get through the formation! Now you've lost the hearts of the other sects, and you still expect them to help you?"

Ye Yuan only needed one glance at this group to know what had happened inside the Blazing Fire Barrier Formation.

With Zhao Yuyang's level, it was impossible to find the exit so quickly unless they used human flesh to probe the way.

The number of people from the six sects had decreased further, confirming Ye Yuan's speculation.

Wu Zhao's expression was very ugly; his face was livid with anger.

He knew he had offended the other sects inside the formation, which was why he offered to take nothing.

But he clearly underestimated the severity of his actions; not a single person responded.

"Hmph! So what? Dealing with a bunch of scum like you, our Tianqian Sect alone is enough! Tianqian Sect disciples, hear my command! Kill all Nethercloud Sect disciples with me! Leave no one alive!"

Tianqian Sect had suffered the fewest losses besides Nethercloud Sect, with fifteen or sixteen people remaining—twice the number of Nethercloud Sect!

With a two-to-one ratio, it seemed not too difficult for Tianqian Sect to annihilate Nethercloud Sect.

"Yes!"

The Tianqian Sect disciples were all raring to go, especially Li Changyu, who had long wanted to kill Ye Yuan!

He volunteered, "Elder Wu, leave Ye Yuan to me!"

Wu Zhao glanced at him and nodded. "Take good care of this brat, or I won't be able to vent my hatred!"

"Heh, rest assured, Elder Wu. I'll make him feel both pleasure and pain!" Li Changyu looked at Ye Yuan and sneered.

Wu Zhao knew that Li Changyu had suffered at Ye Yuan's hands before, so he naturally wouldn't hold back.

A Condensation Crystal fourth layer against a Liquid Essence eighth layer—no matter how you looked at it, it was a sure win for Ye Yuan's death!

Although Wu Zhao was often dissatisfied with Li Changyu, he knew Li Changyu had real skill; his actual combat strength was no less than that of a late Condensation Crystal cultivator!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been accepted as a disciple by Chi Zongtao.

Among the younger generation, Li Changyu's strength was extremely formidable!

But to the Nethercloud Sect disciples, their conversation was utterly ridiculous. Many of them wore strange expressions.

Finally, Pang Wannian couldn't help but retort, "Hey, don't say I didn't warn you. I advise you not to pick a fight with Ye Yuan, or you'll die a horrible death."

Li Changyu sneered, "Fine! I'd like to see how he'll make me die a horrible death! I admit he has some tricks up his sleeve, but a martial artist who relies on tricks will eventually die a horrible death! Ye Yuan, today I'll show you what true strength is!"

Ye Yuan was amused and laughed, "Great! I just got a little trick myself. Let me try it on you and see if you'll die a horrible death!"