Among the layers of clouds, Ye Chen's figure flashed past and rushed towards the direction of the imperial palace.
At the same time, in the imperial city.
The news of Ye Chen coming out of seclusion and killing Yan Tiexin spread like wildfire, reaching everyone's ears. While the crowd was amazed by Ye Chen's strength, they also began to rush toward the palace.
Because they all knew that Ye Chen and Murong Xue were a pair of talented scholars and beauties. Because of Murong Xue, Ye Chen had dared to humiliate Duanmu Feng four times and even killed several young geniuses. This time, Murong Xue was about to leave the imperial palace to complete the marriage agreement.
How could Ye Chen just stand by and watch?
While the crowd was rushing, Ye Chen had already arrived outside the imperial palace.
It was noon and the sun was hanging high in the sky, sprinkling scorching sunlight, making the entire imperial palace look magnificent.
However, in front of the palace gate, there was already a group of people waiting. These people were not wearing armor and there was no murderous aura around them. Instead, they were looking at Ye Chen with eyes full of hatred, anger and indifference, as if they had an irreconcilable enmity with Ye Chen.
Ye Chen took a step forward and glanced at the crowd. With a hint of coldness, he yelled, "Get out of my way!"
The more than ten people in front of him were exuding an overbearing aura. All of them were young and very strong. None of them was weak.
But so what? Ye Chen only wanted to rescue Murong Xue. Even if there were thousands of soldiers and horses in front of him, he would not hesitate to step forward fearlessly.
"Are you Ye Chen?"
One of the young men wearing a white robe stared at Ye Chen. Among this group of people, he was the strongest. His cultivation had already reached the eighth level of truth realm. When he spoke, he exuded an incomparably scorching aura, which was somewhat similar to Yan Tiexin's aura.
"I'll say it again, get lost!"
Ye Chen shouted again. The flames of the great sun burned fiercely on his body, as if it wanted to burn the void completely.
"Smelly brat, death is near at hand, but you still dare to be so arrogant. We are all inner disciples of Xing Chen Pavilion, and our minds are interlinked. We can use the 'Eighteen Stars Combined Attack Technique' to kill a peerless master of Truth ninth layer. Who do you think you are? How dare you tell us to get lost!"
A hot-tempered young man snapped furiously all of a sudden.
After hearing his words, the rest of the inner disciples of the Starry Pagoda burst out cursing too. They had been waiting for Ye Chen for a long time in the Royal City. Their hatred, grievances, and anger were all unleashed, as if they were mad women cursing on the street.
"Noisy." Ye Chen felt a chill in his heart. He flew up into the air, wanting to rush into the royal palace.
"Everyone, attack!"
The young man in white robe snorted coldly. Immediately, the figures of those people flickered and surrounded Ye Chen in the void. On their bodies, an incomparably scorching flame blossomed, turning into numerous malevolent chains, completely binding the entire space.
Rumble!
The eighteen young geniuses simultaneously pulled the flame chains with their hands, and the flame chains began to slowly rotate, occasionally spurting out scorching flames that could even burn the air.
"Ye Chen, although you killed Lei Mufeng and Yan Tiexin, your strength is very powerful. Although we are no match for you, but if we join forces, we can use the combined attack technique. You have no way to survive, prepare to die."
The white-robed young man sneered and the eighteen figures rushed towards Ye Chen at the same time. A scorching heat was constantly approaching Ye Chen, making Ye Chen's five viscera and six bowels feel hot and dry.
Ye Chen looked at the group of people rushing towards him and sneered. He said disdainfully, "The eighteen of you are joining forces, yet you still put on an arrogant look. How shameless. I feel deeply sad for the Stellar Pavilion to have disciples like you."
As soon as his voice faded, the flames of the sun on Ye Chen's body shot up into the sky, and a beautiful fire lotus circulated on his palm.
Feeling the extreme Yang flames of the sun, the eighteen people's eyes narrowed slightly. They looked at each other and exploded with killing intent at the same time, crazily rushing towards Ye Chen. The flames were like snakes, either roaring or sneaking attacks. They were all-pervasive and almost sealed off Ye Chen's escape route.
The flames overlapped and covered the entire mountain.
"Break!"
With a low shout, Ye Chen threw out the Great Sun Fire Lotus. At the same time, a gust of Nether Qi spurted out from Ye Chen's palm, freezing everything and rolling up a chilly wind.
"Starry Sky!"
The eighteen people tightened their flaming chains, and suddenly, thousands of stars appeared in the sky. The stars collided with each other and exploded with an incomparably terrifying force. In front of this force, Ye Chen's Great Sun Fire Lotus actually slowly dissipated, and even the Nether Qi became much thinner. On the other hand, the flaming chains of the eighteen people became even stronger.
"Starry World Destruction!"
The eighteen flaming chains trembled at the same time and gathered together, transforming into a huge flaming dragon that roared furiously at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen could feel that although this flaming dragon contained the power of the Divine Fire, it also contained the mysterious power of thousands of stars. It was profound and abstruse, and could erupt with a shocking force that could topple mountains and overturn seas.
The flaming dragon moved rapidly, opening its bloody mouth, wanting to swallow Ye Chen whole.
"Dragon Soaring Nine Heavens!"
Ye Chen's body turned into an afterimage, and the dragon's roar resounded. He barely avoided the flaming dragon's attack. His eyes flashed, and countless formation runes flew up into the sky. The terrifying suppressive force of the five mountains pressed down from the sky, directly smashing towards the eighteen young geniuses.
Five Mountains Prison Shaking Formation!
The gigantic Five Sacred Peaks came crashing down, but the 18 people didn't dodge. The flaming dragon rushed into the sky, and in just a moment, the Five Sacred Peaks' phantoms were destroyed. Countless runes were burned by the divine fire, and they turned into a rain of fire that fell to the ground with cracking sounds.
"Ye Chen, with your strength alone, you can't defeat us. Surrender now, and maybe I can leave you with a whole corpse." The young man in white shouted. The other seventeen people also revealed cold smiles.
The "Eighteen Stars Combined Attack Technique" was the Star Pavilion's top martial skill. It could gather the power of eighteen people, and use the Divine Fire to form a dragon that could burn the sky and boil the sea.
It was precisely because of the tyrannical power of this martial art that these eighteen people dared to block Ye Chen's path. Otherwise, they would have already scattered like birds and beasts. They wouldn't even have the courage to look at Ye Chen directly, not to mention mocking him now.
"Leave me with a whole corpse?
I'll return those words to you, word for word. "
Ye Chen's pupils were cold as his berserk Zhen Yuan started to surge crazily. In his hands, lines of formation runes started to gather crazily. Vaguely, they carried a dense intent as they kept on wriggling in the sky, constructing an incomparably huge Yuan Formation.
"Hmm?"
The young man in white was slightly taken aback. Soon after, he burst into laughter and said, "How foolish. The Level 5 Origin Formation that you used just now is simply unable to block a single attack from the flaming dragon. It is simply futile for you to continue to set up the Origin Formation now."
The flaming dragon roared furiously, and it seemed to be filled with mockery. It whizzed towards Ye Chen, as if it would not stop until it killed Ye Chen.
However, at this moment, Ye Chen suddenly turned around. His eyes had already turned golden, and they emitted a ruthless aura.
As he turned around, he suddenly raised his hands, and the Origin Formation in the sky suddenly took shape.
This Origin Formation contained eight thousand one hundred and twenty-eight formation runes, and it was a Level 5 Origin Formation.
However, this Origin Formation was not an ordinary Origin Formation, but an Ancient Origin Formation.