Boom!
Suddenly, a string of flames erupted from the old man's body. The moment the flames appeared, they began to spread rapidly along the ground.
In just a moment, the area around the old man had turned into a sea of fire.
Ye Chen was unable to escape from the sea of fire. Instead, he was surrounded by it. Finally, one of the flames reached his feet.
Surprisingly, the flames didn't cause any damage to Ye Chen's shoes.
However, at this moment, Ye Chen's soul felt like it was being burned.
"Soul attack." Ye Chen stared at the sea of fire around him in shock.
Only now did he realize that the sea of fire around him was also a type of soul attack.
Furthermore, it was a rather ingenious soul attack.
This kind of soul attack was able to stir up the surrounding sea of soul energy, making it impossible for the martial artist to escape or dodge.
Even if Ye Chen escaped, the flames would still burn in the depths of Ye Chen's soul.
Unless Ye Chen's soul was strong enough to extinguish the flames, he would be able to survive.
In addition, these flames were already close to being real. If the short and fat old man's Soul Power was just a little bit stronger, these flames would immediately turn from nothingness into reality.
At that time, the old man's soul attack would become both corporeal and corporeal. Both the soul attack and the sea of fire would directly burn the body.
"Young man, stop struggling. You have already been struck by my Spiritual Sea of Fire. Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, these flames will remain in the depths of your heart and burn you to ashes," the short and fat old man said with a smile as he grabbed Zi Yu who had fallen to the ground with one hand.
Ye Chen, who had been doing his best to resist the flames, looked at the old man and asked, "Are you also from the Sacred Race?"
In the Sage Monarch Commandery, perhaps only the Sacred Race could use such an ingenious soul attack.
"You're about to die. What's the point of knowing so much?" The old man smiled, but his tone wasn't polite at all.
When Ye Chen saw this, he couldn't be bothered to ask any more questions. Instead, he took out the Monarch Sacred Sword and planned to use the Wine God Curse again to fight to the death.
However, he wasn't too optimistic about his fate.
This short and fat old man who had just appeared was much stronger than Zi Yu.
Up until now, this stocky old man hadn't even taken a single step, easily forcing Ye Chen into this desperate situation. In this situation, Ye Chen really didn't think that the Wine God Curse was enough to threaten this old man.
Crack!
Just as Ye Chen was about to use the Wine God Curse, a thunderous sound came from above Ye Chen's head.
At the same time, a dark cloud quickly gathered above Ye Chen's head and flashes of lightning appeared.
"That's strange. With today's weather, there shouldn't be any thunder or rain." Ye Chen felt that it was very strange.
The dark clouds came too quickly. Before Ye Chen could react, raindrops the size of soybeans had already fallen from the sky.
Ye Chen didn't care much about the rain.
This was because the flames burning around him were spiritual flames. Ordinary rain couldn't possibly extinguish these spiritual flames.
However, what shocked Ye Chen was that when the rain fell from above his head, it seemed to be extinguishing ordinary flames, quickly extinguishing the spiritual flames below.
Even the flames burning in the depths of Ye Chen's soul seemed to be affected by the rain. They quickly dimmed and finally disappeared without a trace.
"This rain is also a spiritual manifestation."
Ye Chen finally reacted. Regardless of whether it was the dark clouds above his head, the thunder and lightning, or even the rain, they were all performed by a soul expert in the dark.
This kind of exquisite control over the soul power made Ye Chen feel quite shocked.
At the very least, the current Ye Chen was far from having such an ability.
Standing in front of Ye Chen, the smile on the fat old man's face disappeared. His face was gloomy as he looked around and said, "Since the Great Elder is here, why don't you show yourself?"
Whoosh!
Following the fat old man's voice, a figure suddenly appeared not far from Ye Chen.
However, a few more figures appeared one after another beside Ye Chen and the others.
In the end, a total of eight people appeared beside the two of them. Moreover, these eight people were all old men with solemn expressions.
"Eight elders, I didn't expect the eight of you to come together. You really think highly of me."
The short and stout old man in front of Ye Chen slowly swept his gaze over the eight people, and his expression became unprecedentedly solemn.
Eight elders?
When Ye Chen heard this, he couldn't help but look at the eight people beside him.
Whether it was the Sage Institute or the Sage Monarch Commandery's Elder Palace, there were always many elders.
However, in the entire Sage Monarch Commandery, there were only nine elders who could be regarded as important.
These nine people were the nine elders who controlled the Sage Monarch Commandery.
Since the first elder hadn't appeared, the remaining eight people were most likely eight of the nine elders who controlled the Sage Monarch Commandery.
For the eight people with the highest status in the Sage Monarch Commandery to appear together was indeed shocking.
"Elder Hua, I really didn't expect that the traitor of our Sacred Clan would be you."
Among the eight elders, an elder with snow-white eyebrows stepped forward and stared at the fat old man in front of him.
The fat old man sneered and said, "Second Elder, don't be so harsh with your words. I'm afraid we still don't know who betrayed the Sacred Clan. Furthermore, even if the eight of you came together, do you really think you'd be able to keep me here?"
Even in the face of eight elders, the fat old man's tone was still unyielding.
In an instant, the expressions of the eight elders turned incomparably grave.
These eight elders were not only the eight people with the highest status in the Sage Monarch Commandery, but they were also the strongest people in the Sage Monarch Commandery.
Now that the eight of them had appeared together, the fat old man still seemed to be full of confidence. Even Ye Chen was surprised.
"It seems that Elder Hua still has a trump card up his sleeve. Since that's the case, let me have a taste of Elder Hua's power."
The second elder who had stepped forward before slowly stepped forward. A sword shadow condensed on his body and slashed at the fat old man opposite him.
The fat old man's expression was grave. With a boom, a ball of flame appeared on his body.
However, the ball of flame didn't attack the second elder. Instead, it flew in the opposite direction.
"You still want to escape?" When the eight elders saw this, their expressions changed.
They finally realized that the fat old man didn't have the confidence to fight them head-on. That was why he had pretended to be so arrogant. He wanted to numb them and take the opportunity to escape.
Whoosh!
Just as the eight elders flew up, a huge sword that looked extremely powerful suddenly appeared in the distance and directly pierced through the body of the short and fat elder who was trying to escape.
The power of the greatsword sent the short and fat old man flying back, nailing him to the ground.
The first elder's figure slowly appeared in the direction of the sword.