Chapter 1582 - Shark Crown Prince Steps In

Everything had unfolded far too quickly. Chen Fan cut down Yi Rui, a seventh-level Immortal Platform expert, leaving everyone stunned.

They had already accepted that Yi Rui was no match for Chen Fan, yet not a single person had expected Chen Fan to kill him so swiftly and so ruthlessly.

Even Shark Crown Prince was also frozen in shock. In his mind, the worst-case scenario was that he would be forced to intervene midway through their battle.

Yet now, before he even had the chance to join the fray, Yi Rui had already died at Chen Fan’s hands; he had not even had time to react to the sudden turn of events.

He was completely caught off guard.

Although Yi Rui’s earlier performance had disappointed Shark Crown Prince and caused him to lose face, Yi Rui was still his loyal subordinate and one of the rare seventh-level Immortal Platform realm experts under him. He would have been a crucial pillar in helping him seize full control of the deep-sea giant shark tribe in the future.

But now, Chen Fan has slain him just like that.

This was a blatant slap to Shark Prince Crown’s face, crisp and resounding.

“Little bastard, you killed him!” Snapping back to his senses, Shark Crown Prince erupted in fury.

In mere moments, he had been publicly humiliated and had lost a trusted general. That was something he could never accept.

Chen Fan smiled faintly and said, “I told you, he’ll die if you don’t step in. You chose not to believe me, so I chose to turn my words into facts.”

The Shark Crown Prince was exuding terrifying pressure, nearing the level of an eighth-level Immortal Platform realm expert, which was precisely what Chen Fan needed.

Almost instantly, Chen Fan felt a vast weight crashing down on his mind and soul; under that oppressive might, the bottleneck of his cultivation began to stir restlessly once again.

“Good, good, good!” Shark Crown Prince laughed in anger, staring at Chen Fan with killing intent brewing inside him.

This was far from the first time Chen Fan had humiliated him. Back at the Sunny Day Chamber of Commerce’s auction, Chen Fan had tricked him in front of countless onlookers, making him lose all face; afterward, he had even slain his subordinate, Sha Bichen.

Now, he had slaughtered Yi Rui, someone much stronger than Sha Bichen, before his eyes.

The repeated humiliations had thoroughly enraged him.

Rumble!

A terrifying pressure erupted from Shark Crown Prince, causing heaven and earth to change colors. Although he was also in the early-stage seventh-level Immortal Platform realm, his strength was on a completely different level from Yi Rui’s or the demon generals’.

Saying that he was no inferior to an eighth-level Immortal Platform expert wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

That dreadful pressure surged outward in heavy waves like a raging tide, crashing against Chen Fan again and again.

Chen Fan was like a coral reef anchored on the seabed, completely immovable. He endured the immense pressure and used it to push against his cultivation bottleneck. As expected, it had yielded significant effects.

By now, the spectators, dumbfounded, had finally returned to their senses, their eyes filled with shock and confusion.

“What... what just happened?”

Many people still couldn’t wrap their heads around how Chen Fan had killed Y Rui in an instant. The latter was a high-level Immortal Platform realm expert, a top expert across the entire sea region.

Everyone knew that Chen Fan could overpower a seventh-level Immortal Platform realm expert, but suppressing someone and killing them were two very different matters.

They believed that Chen Fan could kill a seventh-level Immortal Platform realm expert, but that was only after a fierce, drawn-out battle, certainly not by casually killing such an opponent in the blink of an eye.

Yet reality had played out in direct contradiction to their expectations; with a single, decisive move, Chen Fan had effortlessly executed Yi Rui.

“Yi Rui is dead, slaughtered effortlessly by Chen Fan.”

“Good heavens, I knew he was strong, that ordinary seventh-level Immortal Platform realm cultivators were no match for him, but this is... Insane! To kill someone at the seventh level so casually... Yi Rui really was as insignificant as he said.”

“Shark Crown Prince has gone mad. My god, what a terrifying aura. It’s at least ten times stronger than Yi Rui’s!”

“I once faced an eighth-level Immortal Platform realm expert, and the prince’s aura reminds me of him.”

The nearby crowd was shocked by Shark Crown Prince’s terrifying aura. Once they fully came back to themselves, their faces were filled with pure horror.

They clearly sensed the difference between an ordinary seventh-level Immortal Platform realm and a young master-level figure like Shark Crown Prince. It wasn't something one or two people could make up for.

Facing Shark Crown Prince’s pressure, Chen Fan wore a smile on his face, not showing any signs of fear.

“Shark Crown Prince, you’re finally willing to step into the ring yourself! I thought you’d keep sending your subordinates to their deaths.”

Shark Crown Prince’s followers were outraged and shocked in equal measure.

They were all experts in the Immortal Platform realm, capable of roaming unfettered in the sea region, but Chen Fan made them seem like nothing more than expendable pawns.

This infuriated them to no end.

Who was he looking down on?

However, Yi Rui’s death gave them pause. After all, Yi Rui was one of the strongest in their group, second only to Shark Crown Prince. They only dared to be angry, but not to voice it.

Chen Fan even slaughtered him. They were only on a similar level to him, or even inferior. They had no right to speak before him. They would only be asking to be humiliated if they did.

On their side, only Shark Crown Prince could deal with Chen Fan.

“You’re really courting death. I have decided. I won’t kill you; I will rip your soul out and roast you using the most vicious of flames for eternity.”

Shark Crown Prince’s irises shrank to the size of a needle. His words sent chills down people’s spines.

“Try it.” Chen Fan narrowed his eyes. His gaze was cold, and his expression also became gravely serious.

Unlike Yi Rui and the demon generals, Shark Crown Prince was a true pride of heaven. Just the aura and terrifying pressure emanating from him weighed Chen Fan down tremendously. That alone was proof enough of the prince’s might.

Although Chen Fan wanted to use the pressure from the Shark Crown Prince to induce a cultivation breakthrough, he needed to be very careful. Otherwise, he might not only fail to advance but also lose his life here.

Shark Crown Prince suddenly laughed loftily as he took a step forward, crushing a large pocket of air, forming a vacuum with his immense might, like a supreme lord.

The ruler of the myriad realms forced the mountains and all creatures to submit under his might.

“

Hmph

!” Shark Crown Prince snorted coldly, “I admit that I’d underestimated you before, but so what if you can kill Yi Rui? In front of me, you’re still far too lacking.”

As the words left his mouth, his powerful aura erupted in full. What he had released before had not even been a tenth of his true might; now, he unleashed everything without reservation.