"Junior, I've finally found you."
The icy voice of the black-robed Heavenly King suddenly resounded throughout the entire Heavenly Heart Hall, accompanied by an extremely terrifying Heavenly King-level pressure that swept through the hall.
If not for the Heavenly Heart Hall's extraordinary nature, any other grand treasure hall would have long since collapsed.
The powerhouses present were shocked and suspicious; this extremely terrifying black-robed Heavenly King had actually come to cause trouble for the Battle Saint King.
Ye Chen stood up, his expression unchanged as he swept his gaze over the other party. "What do you want with me?"
The black-robed Heavenly King was so furious he felt his chest might explode. This little scoundrel had stolen the pool of Emperor's bloodline accumulated over many years within the Bloodline Heaven Stele, and now he actually had the gall to ask what he wanted.
His face immediately darkened. "What have you done? Don't you know perfectly well?"
The other powerhouses were astonished. What had the Battle Saint King done to provoke such anger from this famous old Heavenly King of the Ye Family? Everyone couldn't help but be curious.
Ye Chen said with a straight face, "I don't know."
The black-robed Heavenly King roared, "You little scoundrel took the bloodline hea—"
He stopped abruptly, cutting himself off. The matter of using the Bloodline Heaven Stele to steal over half of the clan's bloodline was a shameful secret not to be exposed. If it spread, it would have a huge impact on the reputation of the entire Ye imperial clan.
"Hea-what?" Ye Chen revealed a faint smile. He was precisely using this point to make the black-robed Heavenly King's actions seem unreasonable.
However, the other Ye Family powerhouses instantly understood. One of the Ye Family's ancient recluses, under the astonished gazes of everyone, was the first to rush out. He returned after a short while, his expression extremely unpleasant. He transmitted a message via voice transmission to the other Ye Family powerhouses, and their expressions all changed drastically, immediately looking at Ye Chen with dark faces.
"Battle Saint King." The Ye Family Patriarch's voice was low and filled with fury.
This surprised many, because even the Ye Family Patriarch's expression had changed. Just what had the Battle Saint King done to make the Ye Family so enraged?
Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged as he spoke. "I can return half. The other half is the price for your imperial clan's poor treatment of my Tian Du lineage clansmen over these years."
"Impossible!"
How could the Ye Family's higher-ups agree? That was the bloodline power accumulated by the Ye Family over countless generations throughout the ages. To just give up half like that was simply impossible.
Especially the black-robed Heavenly King, who strode forward, his aura overwhelmingly terrifying. "Today, not only will I make you spit it all out, but you will also pay the price."
"Child—"
"Brother Ye Chen—"
Ye Ao, Xia Wei, and Ye Zimei were all filled with worry. In contrast, Ye Heng and Ye Feng were filled with glee, their gazes toward the Battle Saint King carrying a bloodthirsty hatred as if they wished they could cut him into a thousand pieces. They hoped the black-robed Heavenly King would directly suppress and kill the Battle Saint King.
But Ye Chen strode out, a majestic aura no weaker than the other's exploding from his body, flooding the entire Heavenly Heart Hall. Everyone was horrified, including the Yao Chi Holy Mother and the Ye Family Patriarch, the masters of imperial clans, who also changed color.
Everyone knew the Battle Saint King was powerful, a Heavenly King, but they hadn't expected him to be a peerless powerhouse among Heavenly Kings, definitely far stronger than an ordinary Heavenly King.
Boom—
The Ye Family Patriarch immediately activated the Emperor's patterns within the Heavenly Heart Hall. Those were the supreme Dao principles of Emperor's patterns laid down by the Heavenly Heart Sword Emperor, sufficient to withstand all attacks below the Emperor level.
Moreover, another brand new world opened within the Heavenly Heart Hall, where Emperor's laws were evolving, truly creating Heaven and Earth. There, a boundless starry sky appeared, and as the Emperor's laws evolved, one massive star after another was created out of thin air.
The Ye Family Patriarch's body glowed, faintly resonating with the Emperor's patterns in the Heavenly Heart Hall, manifesting an Emperor's might that would make all living beings submit. "Elder Hei, Battle Saint King, both of you, resolve this within the starry sky."
"Patriarch!"
The other Ye Family powerhouses shouted, not understanding why they didn't just use the Emperor's patterns to directly suppress the Battle Saint King.
The Ye Family Patriarch wore a faint, almost imperceptible bitter smile. Did they think he didn't want to? But considering that the Battle Saint King possessed a Divine Stone Coffin, which contained the King of Monarchs, the most powerful Sovereign of Formlessness throughout the ages, he had no choice but to relent.
Although awakening the dormant Divine Stone Coffin required a great price and a large amount of heart's blood, once the Battle Saint King was truly angered, he truly didn't believe there was anything in the world the Battle Saint King wouldn't do.
Moreover, he was deeply worried whether the Heavenly Heart Hall could withstand the corpse of the Sovereign of Formlessness. After all, this King of Monarchs from the Mythical Era dared to confront the Mythical Emperor, the strongest under the Emperor's Dao. It was rumored he possessed unparalleled combat power rivaling the Emperor's Dao.
At this moment, the Ye Family Patriarch also looked at Ye Chen. "Battle Saint King, if Elder Hei defeats you, please return everything. If Elder Hei loses, you can have one-third. I only hope you will not use that Divine Stone Coffin, and I also hope you will not push your luck. Our imperial clan also has its limits of tolerance."
Ye Chen nodded. "Since the Ye Family Patriarch is so reasonable, I am not an utterly unreasonable person either. Agreed."
"Hmph, junior, your tone is quite big. Today, I will completely cripple your cultivation," said the black-robed Heavenly King. "Remember my name, Ye Hei Gong!"
Ye Chen stepped into the evolved starry sky, speaking indifferently. "I never remember the names of those I've defeated."
Hei Gong Heavenly King was arrogant, but Ye Chen was even more so, carrying a kind of near-arrogant invincible confidence. In a battle of the same realm, he feared no one, even within the same major realm.
Hei Gong Heavenly King's expression immediately darkened. He snorted coldly. "Big talk. But young people shouldn't be so insolent. What is too hard breaks easily. I shall act in place of your master to make you understand that there is always a higher heaven and a greater man."
Boom—
Hei Gong Heavenly King made his move. The moment he struck, it was like the strongest attack capable of shattering heaven and earth. In this evolved starry sky, one brilliant great star after another immediately began to explode continuously, dazzling divine radiance blooming forth, so intense that even Saints found it difficult to look directly and had to close their eyes.
A terrifying Heavenly King-level battle was taking place there, rare in the current age, far more terrifying than Saints wielding Heavenly King-level Great Dao Ancient Weapons in battle.
Because once Heavenly Kings engage in battle, it truly is world-destroying. One could see in the starry sky above, star after star being shattered by them.
That kind of majestic power seemed utterly unlike anything mortals could wield, stirring the endless starry void as they engaged in the most fearsome battle within that vast, empty region.
Even with the isolation of the Emperor's patterns, the powerhouses in the Heavenly Heart Hall could still clearly sense the occurrence of this battle, indirectly experiencing the terrifying Heavenly King-level combat.
Even the masters of the great powers understood that in this level of terrifying battle, even a single minor fluctuation would be enough to crush them a thousand times over.