Elder Fan looked at Mo Qi with disdain and said, "Boy, I originally disdained to fight you, but you are too arrogant. As former imperial advisors of the Red Leaf Kingdom and now elders of the Flowing Cloud Tribe, we cannot allow you to appear before us so brazenly."
Mo Qi said with slight anger, "Are you two deaf? I am your prince, and this is my territory. Should I not be here?"
"No, this is not your territory. Your territory is in the Red Leaf Kingdom, but it has unfortunately been occupied," Elder Peng said. "You are now homeless."
"Wherever the Ye family is, that's where I am. Did Ye Gang not move the Ye family ancestral shrine here? If not, I'll turn around and leave," Mo Qi stated.
The two old men were speechless.
"However, you are not Ye Yun," Elder Fan said after a moment of contemplation.
"There is a way to prove it. Let me enter the ancestral shrine. If I gain recognition from the Old Ancestor and inherit the legacy, then I am the legitimate descendant of the Ye family. If I am not a member of the Ye family, I will face heavenly punishment upon entering. Therefore, whether I am Ye Yun or not can be verified," Mo Qi proposed.
"That would at most prove you are a Ye family member, but not necessarily Ye Yun."
"As long as I am the legitimate descendant of the Ye family, I am stronger than Ye Gang. If you don't believe me, let Ye Gang go in and see if he can obtain the inheritance?" Mo Qi said with firm conviction.
Ye Gang had already entered before and gained nothing. The Old Ancestor would not recognize those with impure hearts.
Elder Fan declared, "If you are Ye Yun, then now is the time to kill you. In the past, your cultivation was high, and your status was elevated. You were always arrogant in front of us. I wanted to deal with you back then, but I couldn't defeat you. Now that you have fallen to such a state, isn't this a perfect opportunity for me to kill you? How could I miss such a good chance?"
Elder Peng added, "I don't care if you are Ye Yun or not. We are now protecting Ye Gang. Anyone who intends to harm him is our enemy."
"Ye Gang killed his brother and usurped the throne. Such treachery, and you still protect him? Have you no principles?" Mo Qi asked with disdain.
Elder Peng became enraged, "You little punk, how dare you lecture us! Who do you think you are? We just think you are weak, so what? We want to bully you, so what?"
Their true colors were finally revealed!
Their fangs were finally bared!
At this moment, Er Zhu Lin could no longer hold back. She said to Sun Qian, "Look, they are not acting honorably either. It was already bullying for them to attack him alone, and now they are both attacking him together. What are we waiting for? If we keep waiting like this, Ye Yun will surely die."
Sun Qian looked troubled and glanced at Xiao Yi. "Xiao Yi, how about we go up and help him?"
Xiao Yi shook his head. "Brother has many helpers around him, like Little Dot, Little Blood Man, Fire Demon, and the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors. If he needed help, he could release them at any time, but he hasn't, which means he doesn't need it."
In fact, Mo Qi had many considerations. It wasn't that he didn't want to release Little Blood Man and the others, but rather that even if he did, it wouldn't change the unfavorable situation.
This was because the opposing side had more people.
If he released Little Blood Man and the others, the opponents would call up more people to surround and attack them.
At that point, not only would Little Blood Man and the others be in a difficult situation, but he would still be facing two enemies alone, unable to change anything.
Moreover, his greatest concern was that if he blindly expanded the scope of the battle and angered the opponents, they might go to attack Sun Qian and the others, which would put him in an even more passive position.
Therefore, the current method was actually the most ideal way to fight, even though his chances of winning were slim!
Elder Fan made a gesture with his staff, striking it on the ground. Circles of light spread out like rippling waves.
Elder Peng unfurled a demonic banner. As it unfurled, a fierce wind howled, and dark energy permeated the air. Within the darkness, countless figures, resembling humans or demons, traversed, baring their fangs and claws with ferocious expressions.
In an instant, attacks rained down from all directions, the sky and ground were shrouded in dark clouds, and eerie cries filled the air.
Mo Qi unleashed his spatial arts, making a slash in the air. The air rippled, and a barrier appeared in front of him, blocking all the smoke and spirits outside the barrier, preventing them from reaching Mo Qi's space.
Elder Fan sneered, "A mere trick!"
He then began to spin his staff. A skull appeared on the staff, and two beams of red light shot out from its eye sockets, directly striking the spatial ripple. With a loud boom, the spatial barrier was shattered. With a rustling sound, the space broke like shattered glass, scattering on the ground.
The black mist roared forward like beasts breaking free from their cages, pouncing on Mo Qi with roars. Within the mist, strangely shaped figures bared their fangs, exuding a bloody stench.
Mo Qi slashed the air again, causing it to fold. The fierce beast-like figures suddenly changed direction and lunged towards Elder Fan and Elder Peng.
Elder Fan roared in fury and spun his staff again. Two beams of red light shot out from the skull's eye sockets, annihilating the beast-like figures one by one.
After this exchange of probes, two individuals at the Golden Saint cultivation level fighting against one at the Profound Saint cultivation level had surprisingly fought to a draw.
Elder Fan and Elder Peng were so enraged that their beards bristled. "You, you've angered me!"
Mo Qi appeared calm and composed. "So what? Bite me!"
Elder Fan leaped up in a rage, staff in hand, and slammed it forcefully onto the ground.
With a thud, it was like a meteorite landing.
The clouds were light and the wind was gentle, yet the earth trembled.
A shadow quietly spread out, like a gentle breeze passing by.
Immediately after, the ground began to collapse. Starting from three zhang in front of Elder Fan, it collapsed progressively towards Mo Qi.
Mo Qi slashed his hands repeatedly, attempting to cast his spatial arts again!
However, the space at this moment seemed to have been flattened, appearing exceptionally rigid. He couldn't make it budge.
It was as if it were asleep, refusing to obey no matter how he commanded it.
The ground collapsed as a whole. Mo Qi dared not hesitate and leaped up.
But that divine ability seemed to target more than just the ground. An invisible force surged through the air and struck Mo Qi, disorienting him and almost causing his body to split apart.
He almost fainted, and his body involuntarily began to fall.
"Brother!" Ye Qingqing cried out in dismay, attempting to rush towards Mo Qi but was held back by Wan Yan Ting.
Mo Qi, suspended in mid-air, saw the ground swirling like a vortex. The earth and stones churned, resembling surging waves or a running meat grinder. Once fallen in, he would surely be ground to a pulp, his blood instantly squeezed out.
Mo Qi dared not delay. Twisting his almost shattered body, he unleashed all his spiritual power, forcefully carving a path through the air.
Although the air was rigid, he managed to carve open a gap.
It was as if a ray of dawn shone through, giving Mo Qi a glimmer of hope.