As his consciousness grew blurry, he saw the young man who had been such an eyesore in the world. He turned his head to look at his bound self.
Ye Zheng suddenly felt very embarrassed. He did not have the face to face Long Chen.
Back then, Ye Zheng was still Long Chen's opponent. Now, Long Chen was an existence that he looked up to. When he saw Long Chen again, he knew that Long Chen was definitely an expert that he could look up to. His expression and tone did not reveal this.
However, Ye Zheng knew that he was saved.
Ye Zheng heaved a sigh of relief and almost fainted. However, he could not faint. He knew that he had to see how strong Long Chen was. He could already feel Long Chen's killing intent.
"Palace Master."
The tens of thousands of disciples seemed to have found their pillar of support. They cheered and knelt on the ground.
The Heavenly God Hall cultivators had also heard of Long Chen's name. Some of them had even seen Long Chen defeat Feng Zhilin and become the champion of the Hidden Dragon Ranking. Given Long Chen's battle prowess at that time, he should be in the early stage of the Eighth Divine Martial Realm. Now, there were two late stage Eighth Divine Martial Realm cultivators present. After careful consideration, they knew that Long Chen was no threat to them.
The yellow-clothed cultivator pinched Ye Zheng and said loudly, "So, it is Palace Master Long Chen. Your Evil Dragon Palace's Ye Zheng killed my son. Now, the Punishment Hall's enforcers have already decided that he will be thrown into the Extreme Purple Heavenly Fire Formation. Palace Master has just returned, so you must be busy. We will visit another day."
After saying that, they actually turned around and left with Ye Zheng.
"Wait," Long Chen stretched out his left hand and called out softly.
The yellow-clothed cultivator and the others were somewhat impatient. He turned his head and shouted, "Is there anything else?"
"Leave your lives behind," Long Chen said.
The other party was startled at first, but soon after, they all started laughing. However, they did not expect that in the process of laughing, a terrifying figure would pass by them. For a moment, besides the yellow-clothed cultivator in the middle who was still laughing, everyone's expressions stiffened. This was because a bloody hole had appeared between their eyebrows.
In the next second, all the corpses fell from the sky with a loud bang.
All of them were above the Eighth Lv Divine Martial Arts Realm.
At this instant, the sky above the Evil Dragon Palace fell silent.
Long Chen gently wiped away the blood on the Scarlet Blood Desolation and put it away unhurriedly. He raised his head and looked at the only surviving yellow-clothed cultivator who was holding onto Ye Zheng. He was also the one who had shouted the loudest.
The yellow-clothed cultivator finally saw the situation clearly.
At that moment, he felt like he had fallen from heaven to hell. How could he not understand that in the one year outside, not only had Ye Chen's strength reached a terrifying level, even his courage had exceeded his imagination. The people Long Chen had killed were elders of the Punishment Hall, who were even more precious than him, and he had killed more than one of them. Therefore, killing him would be a piece of cake. As for the consequences, Long Chen had dared to fight against the leader of the Divine God Palace even before the Hidden Dragon Ranking battle. Why would he be afraid of the consequences brought by a warrior at the eighth level of the Divine Martial Realm?
The other party was someone who had killed Lu Junyue and his mother.
The yellow-clothed cultivator finally realized this. His body trembled as he looked at the man in front of him.
Long Chen flew over and took Ye Zheng from the other party's hands. During the entire process, the yellow-clothed cultivator was covered in sweat, not daring to move at all.
Below, it was completely silent.
Long Chen was such a person. Every time he did something, it would exceed the limits of their imagination.
"You are the main culprit, but I will not kill you for now. Go back and report the news. Call the strongest person you can call over. Tell them that whoever wants to kill me, Long Chen, don't hold back and come quickly. If you miss this opportunity, you won't get another one. I want to see who you can call over." Long Chen's words echoed in the yellow-clothed cultivator's ears.
I'm saved.
The yellow-clothed cultivator finally understood. Since Long Chen did not kill him for now, he did not even dare to say anything vicious. He fled in a sorry state. After the yellow-clothed cultivator left, Long Chen brought Ye Zheng back to the Cloud Ascension Platform. The Evil Dragon Palace disciples below were all worshiping him.
"You seem to have something to deal with. I'll return to the Martial God Palace first. I'll come and pick you up tomorrow. How about that?"
A tall and stout man stood beside Long Chen. This was Wenren Jingtao, who had returned from 9-Star Primal Chaos City with Long Chen and held a high position in the True Martial Emperor Palace.
Wenren Jingtao's status was even higher than the First Supreme Elder's. If everyone knew, they would be frightened to death.
"Many thanks, Senior," Long Chen said with a cupped-fist salute.
"It's fine." Wenren Jingtao laughed heartily and vanished in the blink of an eye.
After leaving the Demon Dragon Palace, Long Chen returned to Polaris City and told Wenren Jingtao his intentions. Wenren Jingtao did not hesitate. He admired this youth. He immediately returned with Long Chen and finally returned to the True Martial Emperor Palace today. Originally, Long Chen wanted to go to the Martial God Palace, but he wanted to make a trip back first. He did not expect such a thing to happen in the Evil Dragon Palace. Fortunately, he returned in time.
After Wenren Jingtao left, Long Chen looked at the familiar scenery and revealed a smile.
He had quite a few healing medicinal pills on him. First, he gave them to Ye Zheng, Shentu Hong, and the others to slightly heal their injuries. Long Chen simply took out an immortal essence. Hesitating about the limits of their endurance, Long Chen divided the immortal essence into several portions. Every martial artist with a severed arm would have a portion. The medicinal strength of an immortal essence was extremely terrifying. After refining it for a bit, everyone was actually full of vigor and vitality, and their injuries were completely healed.
The Immortal Spirit's medicinal energy was also very beneficial to their cultivation. Especially Ye Zheng, who had great potential.
The appearance of this youth gave everyone hope. In their eyes, there was nothing Long Chen couldn't do.
"Greetings, Palace Master." Countless people rushed out of the Evil Dragon Palace. Tens of thousands of people shouted together. Their voices shook the sky.
Everyone's face was filled with smiles.
Seeing how much they respected and loved him, Long Chen was also very happy. He opened his arms and laughed loudly in the sky: "Everyone, it's my fault that I came back late this time. I never thought that so many idiots would climb over our heads."
He smiled as he looked down and said angrily: "I can guarantee you that from today onwards, as long as I, Long Chen, am still alive, no one will be able to touch a single hair on your heads, and no one will dare to show off in front of my Evil Dragon Palace. From today onwards, my Evil Dragon Palace will be the leader of the three thousand palaces. Not for anything else, but because I, Long Chen, am the Evil Dragon Palace's Palace Master."
Although these words were very unrealistic, it still made everyone's blood boil.
"Of course, if anyone uses my prestige to do evil, then I, Long Chen, will be the first to not let them off."
After speaking, Long Chen laughed loudly.
He was finally back. This time, he wanted to rise up in the most domineering manner. He wanted to become a character that stood above everyone in the True Martial Emperor Palace. He wanted to make the people of the Sword Spirit Emperor Palace speechless. And this war would start from the Heavenly God Palace and the Punishment Hall.
There was no need for Long Chen to make a move. They would come looking for a beating themselves.
Evil Dragon Palace, a familiar feeling.
After Long Chen returned, the entire Evil Dragon Palace was in an uproar. The ten Palace Masters and the others had many things to report. However, Long Chen delayed them. The first thing he did after returning was to save Jiang Cha. This was his promise to Qin Feng.
He had over a hundred kinds of Immortal Spirits, and most of them had divine effects. Saving Jiang Cha was a simple matter.
In the River Heart Pavilion:
Jiang Qing's former disciples, as well as Shentu Hong, Ye Zheng, the Wu siblings, and others, were standing guard outside, waiting for Long Chen's result. Qin Feng was especially excited. Jiang Cha had already been asleep for a year. During this year, he had always been guarding by her side, praying for her to come back to life. Originally, he did not hold much hope. He himself was also working hard to improve himself. He thought that if Long Chen could not do it, there would be a day when he would go out and search for her. Who would have thought that after a year, Long Chen would return?
Night fell. Around midnight, everyone could feel Jiang Cha's God Martial Spirit awakening. They were extremely excited. When Long Chen walked out with the dazed Jiang Cha, everyone's eyes were brimming with tears.
"You guys tell her what exactly is going on."
Long Chen smiled faintly and walked out. He looked at the sky alone. The sky was about to brighten. After a period of time, it would be time for him to enter the Martial God Palace.
Shentu Hong walked out and stood beside Long Chen. "You're leaving?"
"Yes, I'm going to the Martial God Palace." Long Chen nodded.
"Oh …" Shentu Hong was somewhat disappointed. Perhaps after Long Chen entered, it would not be so easy to come out. Furthermore, he had offended the Heavenly Deity Hall today.
Long Chen knew what he meant. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, they'll be here soon. No matter who comes to cause trouble for me, I'll definitely make them suffer. I'll make them fear me. I'll make them tuck their tails between their legs when they see the Evil Dragon Palace."
"Yes."
Shentu Hong did not understand where Long Chen got his courage from. Could he defeat the Heavenly Deity Hall's Hall Master and the others in a year's time?
Long Chen did not have much time left. He said, "Pass down the order. All disciples are to move out and gather below the Cloud Ascension Platform. Today, I want to kill."
Shentu Hong was startled. His Spiritual Sense had already sensed a large number of strong cultivators attacking from afar. Indeed, the yellow-clothed cultivator had gone back to report. However, Shentu Hong did not expect so many people to move out. It was not just the Heavenly Deity Hall. Perhaps even the people of the Mad Demon Hall and Mysterious Underworld Hall were mobilized.
If all the experts of the three great halls were mobilized, then …
Shentu Hong's body trembled. He did not even dare to think about it.
However, Long Chen acted like nothing had happened. He had a relaxed expression. Seeing Shentu Hong still hesitating, he said with a straight face, "Pass down the order."