Seeing Lan Zhaoye's arrogance, Mu Yangtuo's face grew uglier. If it were any other day, he wouldn't bother with this guy, but things were different now.
He glanced at the flying sword beneath Ye Yun's feet and the two women beside him, his greed swelling. He was unwilling to give up just yet.
Even if it meant using his trump cards, he had to get his hands on the flying sword and the girls!
"Lan Zhaoye, you thought I was still the same as before? Since you're looking for death, I'll grant you your wish!"
Mu Yangtuo snorted coldly and immediately said to the man in black beside him, "You have my permission to use that treasure, and take them all down for me!"
Upon hearing this, the man in black sighed, thinking the second young master was too reckless, but he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"Your subordinate obeys. I shall fetch their heads for you!"
As he spoke, profound energy surged around him, and the aura of the Life and Death Realm erupted.
The next moment, the man in black charged forward, a rhombic silver shuttle forming in his palm. With a wave of his hand, it shot out at extreme speed, transforming into a silver streak of light.
"Young master, be careful!"
The Life and Death Realm cultivator beside Lan Zhaoye's face changed drastically, and he also charged forward, brandishing his saber against the silver shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, the two were locked in combat. The shockwaves stirred up a tempestuous wind, causing the earth to tremble and shake. Those in the forest looked up in confusion, wondering which powerful beings were fighting in the sky.
The battle in the sky was actually one-sided. The reason was that the rhombic silver shuttle controlled by the man in black was incredibly versatile, and combined with his considerable strength, he had the upper hand against Lan Zhaoye's Life and Death Realm cultivator.
"Damn it, you actually brought the Fenxing Chuanyun Shuttle? You're truly despicable!"
Lan Zhaoye couldn't help but curse upon seeing the power of the silver shuttle. The Fenxing Chuanyun Shuttle was a renowned offensive treasure of the Xuanming Immortal Palace, possessing considerable might.
Even though he didn't know what this guy had done to obtain this treasure, with the Fenxing Chuanyun Shuttle's enhancement, the man in black had no chance of winning.
Mu Yangtuo felt a surge of satisfaction seeing him cornered and sneered.
"It's not too late to surrender and beg for mercy. If you resist further, I'll kill you!"
Lan Zhaoye ignored him and turned to Ye Yun, saying, "Little brother, this guy is a bit tricky. You should hurry and escape to the entrance of the Sage's Tomb. If you report my name there, you'll be safe!"
At this point, his first thought was still for others, which genuinely surprised Ye Yun. He thought this kid was quite interesting, truly someone who would act when needed.
Just as Ye Yun was about to respond, Mu Yangtuo's angry roar echoed from a distance.
"You think you can just leave like that? What a pipe dream!"
With that, Mu Yangtuo sharply ordered the man in black, "Don't worry about anything else, just take care of that guy first!"
It was clear that this guy was the linchpin for those two girls. If he were killed, he wouldn't have to worry about not getting the other two.
Upon hearing this, the man in black nodded in agreement and immediately unleashed the Fenxing Chuanyun Shuttle with all his might, causing it to split into ten and shoot out. The violent sonic booms accompanied by icy glints targeted Lan Zhaoye!
Lan Zhaoye's pupils constricted. He truly didn't expect this guy to be so devious.
"Young master!"
Facing the deadly strike, the Life and Death Realm cultivator couldn't concern himself with anything else and rushed in front of Lan Zhaoye to defend with all his might.
At the same time, the man in black sneered and attacked towards Ye Yun's direction instead.
"Dealing with him is troublesome enough. Killing you is no different from crushing an ant, is it?"
Just as Mu Yangtuo had said, he didn't believe a cultivator of this age could be that powerful. It wasn't like everyone could be as monstrous as that Ye Yun from the Eastern Region.
He condensed profound energy in his palm and, with lightning speed, struck Ye Yun with a palm, intending to smash him into a pulp.
In his eyes, Ye Yun seemed to be frozen in fear, standing motionless, as good as dead.
But just as his palm strike reached him, a cold smile appeared on Ye Yun's face. His figure vanished instantly and reappeared behind him, launching a punch imbued with the icy-cold energy of the Ice Phoenix at his waist.
The man in black instantly felt as if he had been struck by a mountain-like, bone-chilling force on his back. With a piercing scream, his body transformed into a meteor and broke through several sonic barriers before crashing to the ground.
The force of this impact was like a meteor from outer space, creating a hundred-meter-wide crater in the solid ground and causing the earth to tremble violently.
Ye Yun glanced at the man in black, who had merged with the earth in the pit, and shook his head, saying indifferently.
"You played the feint well, but you're simply too weak."
With that punch, he had attempted to fuse the power of the Ice Phoenix's cold energy and the Heavenly Tier Profound Skill, Ten Directions Ice Splendor, for the first time. Any cultivator of the same level who underestimated him would undoubtedly be instantly killed.
The might of his punch stunned Lan Zhaoye and the cultivator beside him.
"My god… who is this guy? Is he that terrifying?"
Lan Zhaoye was dumbfounded. The guard beside him said gravely,
"Young master, this person is definitely not ordinary. His speed and strength are too terrifying!"
As for Mu Yangtuo in the distance, his face had already turned ashen.
Being able to instantly blast a cultivator of the first level of the Life and Death Realm made it clear to anyone how terrifying his strength would be. He had definitely kicked a steel plate this time.
Seeing the unfavorable situation, Mu Yangtuo's body trembled involuntarily. He turned to flee.
"Trying to run after showing off? Did I permit that?"
Ye Yun's icy voice rang out, accompanied by the seemingly frozen space around them, making Mu Yangtuo's body and mind feel like they had plunged into an ice cellar, his body stiffening in place.
He slowly turned to look at Ye Yun, his voice trembling as he asked, "Who… who exactly are you?"
"I am the son of the Palace Master of the Xuanming Immortal Palace. If you dare to lay a hand on me, you will be making an enemy of the Xuanming Immortal Palace. You and everyone around you will pay with blood!"
Even now, he was still trying to threaten Ye Yun with the Xuanming Immortal Palace, which made Lan Zhaoye chuckle coldly.
"You're truly courting death. You don't even know how to beg for mercy, and you dare say something like that. Won't that make him want to kill you even more?"
And so it was. Ye Yun gave him a cold glance and said indifferently.
"The last person who threatened me like that was Mo Chenyu not long ago. Later… I sent him out of his resurrection armor."
When he said this, although everyone didn't understand what "resurrection armor" meant, they were all aware of what had happened to Mo Chenyu recently.
The young palace master of the dignified Fulong Immortal Palace had his marriage stolen, went to the Eastern Region to cause trouble, and ended up annihilated. He was only fortunate enough to escape back to the Immortal Palace by relying on his ultimate life-saving trump card. This matter had spread far and wide.
Mu Yangtuo had also heard about it, and he immediately connected it to the identity of the person before him.
"Ye Yun! You are Ye Yun of the Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect!"
He cried out in shock, but his heart was filled with extreme fear at the name he had uttered.
How unlucky was he? To randomly pick a fight with someone and it turned out to be that madman Ye Yun?!
That's right, in his opinion, someone like Ye Yun, who killed people as he pleased without regard for their background, was nothing short of a madman, and the type of person he feared the most.