Chapter 1290: Did You Ask Me?

“The first Holy Son, Yue Wanfa.”

When Haotian Chengxing blinked, it looked like stars were glittering, and celestial bodies were rising and falling in his eyes.

“It is I.” The man, Yue Wanfa, nodded.

Even the Southern Ghost Emperor could not help but hide a frown when he confirmed that the man was Yue Wanfa. The guy was that famous.

The Earthly Sovereign Hall boasted nine halls, and each hall was helmed by a Holy Son. As the first hall was the head of the nine halls, the Holy Sons all obeyed the Holy Son of the first hall, Yue Wanfa.

The Earthly Sovereign Hall inherited the way of the Earthly Sovereign, so the large majority of their martial arts were based on body-tempering. However, Yue Wanfa wasn’t just exceedingly talented in the ways of body-tempering. He was an expert in all sorts of mental Magia and secret arts. A mind-body warrior, he came to be known as the Perfect Warrior who had gathered all the arts in one body.

Yue Wanfa was young, but he was very strong. None of the Hallmasters save for the first hall dared to say that they could defeat Yue Wanfa one hundred percent of the time.

“Everyone here wants the Earthly Sovereign Bell, but there is only one Earthly Sovereign Bell. What should we do?”

The Southern Ghost Emperor asked, “Do you three want to discuss things first?”

“Cease your pathetic attempt to sow discord, Ghost Emperor. The Earthly Sovereign Bell is a human matter. It has nothing to do with you ghosts.”

𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Haotian Chengxing declared coldly, “You best get lost now unless you want a beating.”

“She’s right. You should leave now while the mood is still amiable, ghost emperor,” Xuanyuan De echoed in agreement.

The Southern Ghost Emperor looked at Yue Wanfa next. “What do you say, Holy Son?”

Obviously, the Southern Ghost Emperor was reluctant to withdraw just like that. Although the Earthly Sovereign Bell was a sacred artifact of humanity, that didn’t mean it was useless to them ghosts. On the contrary, it was highly useful. That was why the Great Emperor of Fengud had sent him over.

“It doesn’t matter either way.”

Yue Wanfa declared in an indifferent voice, “The Earthly Sovereign Bell belongs to the Earthly Sovereign Hall. That is how it was, it is, and it will be.”

“Therefore, you all should get out of our faces before we get angry.”

“The arrogance...”

This time, the Southern Ghost Emperor failed to get a word in before Haotian Chengxing mouthed a cold retort. Her gaze on Xuanyuan De grew a tad displeased as well.

Wittingly or not, Yue Wanfa’s cold rebuke had caused the atmosphere to grow tense and heavy.

“Haha.”

The tension was razor sharp when a sharp, ridiculing laugh cut through it like a knife. “I think you’ve all forgotten something. The Earthly Sovereign Bell belongs to me.”

As soon as he said this, everyone turned to look at Ye Qing.

Ye Qing did not seem to feel the weight of their attention though. He continued lightly, “You should ask the owner if you want his stuff, no?”

As soon as he finished, the Unbounded Platform, no, the entire East Radiance Mountain fell so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

To describe how ridiculous Ye Qing’s interruption was, it was like a sheep suddenly bleating in a stand-off between wolves and saying, “Ayo this is my domain you bloodthirsty wolves. At least greet me before you fight it out inside my territory!”

Yep. Simply ludicrous.

“Haha! Hahahaha! How interesting! How very interesting!”

A few breaths later, the Southern Ghost Emperor laughed so hard that the sky shook, and the dark clouds churned. “You know what, you got me. I did forget that you, the true master of the Earthly Sovereign Bell, is still here!”

“So? What do you want to do, Mad Lord?”

Yue Wanfa, Xuanyuan De and Haotian Chengxing did not say anything. They simply looked at Ye Qing like they were looking at a clown.

“This is the heroes’ arena. I’ve already stated that anyone who beats me or kills me may take the Earthly Sovereign Bell,” Ye Qing said indifferently.

“Hahaha! This is too interesting!”

The Southern Ghost Emperor laughed madly before looking at the trio again. “So? Who among us will challenge the Mad Lord first?”

Again, Yue Wanfa, Xuanyuan De and Haotian Chengxing remained expressionless. Why would they care about the whims of a sensationalist ant?

“There’s no need. All of you, come at me together.”

They weren’t speaking, but Ye Qing was. “It will save me the time of dealing with you all one by one.”

“Heavens! The Mad Lord truly is one mad motherfucker!”

Forget the trio, the spectators were feeling exasperated as well. Did he think he was invincible? In his dreams, maybe!

“I see you’re all too bashful to go first. I’ll come to you then.”

Lips smirking and eye blazing with fighting spirit, Ye Qing abruptly appeared in front of the Southern Ghost Emperor and said, “You’ve annoyed me from the start, you know that? Your laugh is just too ugly for my liking.”

Ye Qing threw a punch as soon as he finished.

The Southern Ghost Emperor looked unimpressed at first, but when Ye Qing’s fist descended, and alarm bells abruptly blared inside his head, he let out an angry shout and conjured a nine-headed Nether Phoenix from the surrounding yin wind. It immediately spat a jet of ghastly flames at Ye Qing.

However, Ye Qing’s fist easily sent the ghastly flames rolling back to the Southern Ghost Emperor. Specifically, the flames did no damage to the Southern Ghost Emperor, but it destroyed both the nine-headed Nether Phoenix and the yin soldiers unfortunate enough to be standing in its way.

“You dare!”

The Southern Ghost Emperor was furious, but he didn’t even manage to finish his threat before Ye Qing, dozens of meters away from him when he initially threw his punch, abruptly appeared right in front of him as if he had teleported and punched him squarely in the jaw.

The Southern Ghost Emperor was over a hundred meters tall. Ye Qing might as well be an insect compared to him. Despite this, Ye Qing’s punch sent him flying like anyone else. Not only that, his massive body and ghastly qi were melting rapidly like ice under the hot sun.

Thang!

Before the crowd could make sense of what just happened, another thunderclap drew their attention. They saw Ye Qing somehow appearing behind Yaotian Chengxing in the blink of an eye and punching the golden mirror behind her head.

Haotian Chengxing was wearing a dark expression on her face. Only she knew if it was due to shock or anger.

Whatever her feelings might be, Ye Qing’s only reaction was a disdainful scoff, “Shatter!”

Crack crack crack!

At first, the golden mirror emitted a golden light so hot and bright it felt like it would destroy anything and everything. However, everything that goes up must come down. The powerful golden light only lasted an instant before it winked out into nothing, and the sound of glass breaking filled everyone’s ears.

The golden mirror completely shattered after that.

The destruction of the golden mirror caused Haotian Chengxing to blank out for an instant. An instant was all Ye Qing needed to punch her squarely in the forehead.

Unfortunately, right before Ye Qing’s fist intent would crush her, Haotian Chengxing’s body abruptly turned intangible. As a result, Ye Qing’s fist intent missed completely.

Realizing that he would not be able to threaten Haotian Chengxing immediately, Ye Qing seemingly melted into the sky before reappearing in front of Xuanyuan De. Then, he launched a palm strike.

Xuanyuan De was prepared for him though. He responded by throwing out his own punch.

The punch was as basic and straightforward as it got, and yet it felt overwhelming and vast to the point where there was nowhere for Ye Qing to run or hide. It was as if the punch would hit its target one hundred percent of the time no matter how he tried to block or dodge it.

That was fine though. If he couldn’t block or dodge the attack, then he wouldn’t. In one thought, Ye Qing grew a couple inches taller, and the profound light surrounding his body grew dim to the point where it was practically invisible. It wasn’t because the profound light had become weak though. It had simply sunk into his flesh and blood and formed patterns not unlike the veins of the earth.

The next moment, Ye Qing’s palm landed on Xuanyuan De’s shoulder, and Xuanyuan De’s fist Ye QIng’s abdomen.

THANG!

A pair of metallic clangs resounded at the same time, causing a windy explosion that pushed back Xuanyuan De at least three hundred meters. On the other hand, Ye Qing stayed where he was as if he couldn’t even feel the punch. He simply smoothed out the wrinkles on his shirt before turning to shoot Yue Wanfa an imperious look.