Tai Xiao screamed. With a thunderous boom, light erupted from his entire body as streams of vital essence surged out from countless pores. The majority of his cultivation had been directly severed, plummeting from the third heaven of the Saint Treasury Realm all the way down to the Postnatal Realm.
He spat out three mouthfuls of blood, all of which were Immortal King blood, shining brilliantly with radiant immortal light. But soon, all of it receded, becoming the most ordinary of blood.
"Ahhh—"
On the martial stage, Tai Xiao let out a great cry, filled with grief and indignation.
He had toiled for over twenty years to finally cultivate to the Saint Treasury Realm, and now, in a single day, all his cultivation had been severed, returning him to the mortal realm. How could he accept this?
In the void above, Ye Chen stood with his hands clasped behind his back, like a supreme Heavenly Emperor reigning over the nine heavens, lofty and aloof, looking down upon the mortal world and gazing down upon Tai Xiao. He spoke indifferently, "Now, I will make you understand that even an Immortal Prince cannot look down upon all living beings. As a mere Saint, even with an Immortal King bloodline and possessing Immortal King blood, you are nothing but an ant to me."
"You rely on your status as an Immortal Prince, thinking you can look down upon the world and scorn all living beings. Today, I will make you a mortal, so you can experience what you call mortal ants."
Within the Noon Mountain Sect, the world fell into complete silence.
Everyone watched this scene in shock, not daring to even breathe loudly.
Dominant!
Overbearing!
With a single thought, he had repelled an Immortal Monarch of the Tai'a Immortal King Lineage.
In an instant, he had severed all the cultivation painstakingly obtained by Immortal Prince Tai Xiao, reducing him to the lowest level of mortal.
Such capability was undeniably astonishing.
But even more shocking was his audacity.
To act so brazenly time and again was a true, face-to-face challenge to the Tai'a Immortal King Lineage.
"Your Highness!"
Boom—
A tremendous roar shook the million-li mountain range of the Noon Mountain Sect. Towering, majestic peaks trembled violently, with many collapsing outright.
A supremely powerful figure shot up from the depths of the earth, trailing clouds of dust and blazing immortal light. An unparalleled monarch's heavenly might, interwoven with threads of immortal dao power that stood above all and even rivaled the Heavenly Dao itself.
Immortal Monarch Tai Huang, the peerless Immortal Monarch of the Tai'a Immortal King Lineage, soared into the sky and arrived before Tai Xiao. He clearly sensed that Tai Xiao's cultivation had been completely severed. Moreover, his supremely powerful Immortal King bloodline had been thoroughly sealed, receding into the deepest part of his body, unable to awaken.
He knew that His Highness had now become the most ordinary of mortals.
Tai Huang was both shocked and furious, but his first action was not to deal with Ye Chen. Instead, he channeled streams of Emperor power, continuously pouring them into Tai Xiao's body, attempting to break the seal left by Ye Chen and reawaken the Immortal King bloodline within Tai Xiao.
"This... this is—"
Tai Huang suddenly changed color, for he sensed a wisp of Immortal King majesty that made even his Emperor soul tremble. Upon closer inspection, wasn't this the aura of the Immortal King Bell's imprint?
But now, the aura of the Immortal King Bell's imprint had been transformed into a great dao shackle, entering Tai Xiao's body not to reawaken his Immortal King bloodline, but rather to seal and suppress it.
"How dare you! You dare to lay hands on my clan's prince. It seems you truly are reckless and do not hold my Tai'a Immortal King Lineage in any regard!"
Tai Huang was enraged. He first placed Tai Xiao with the other experts of the Tai'a Immortal King Lineage for protection, because next, he was going to attack Ye Chen.
Though furious, he also knew that Ye Chen was no ordinary person; he must be an Immortal Monarch on the same level as himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been caught off guard earlier, struck down into the depths of the crater.
However, he was only somewhat wary, believing that he had merely been caught unprepared by Ye Chen. In a true battle, Ye Chen would certainly not be his match.
Moreover, he was an Immortal Monarch of an Immortal King clan, possessing a peerless Immortal King Scripture and capable of unleashing Immortal King Arts that could dominate past and present, greatly amplifying his combat power.
Of course, more importantly, he also carried a trump card capable of suppressing everything.
Ye Chen said indifferently, "Indeed, I do not hold your Tai'a Immortal King Lineage in any regard."
Even if Tai'a Immortal King himself were to come, it was uncertain whether Ye Chen would regard him.
For others, it might be different, but who was Ye Chen? Even though he had been reborn and could not use his Chaos Divine Power, his physical body remained the peerless, matchless Half-Step Overlord level. Even if a Primordial Giant or an Immortal Venerable—supreme existences—were to come, they would have to show him some respect, let alone a mere weak Immortal Monarch.
That's right, even someone as powerful as an Immortal Monarch could only be described with the word 'weak' in his eyes.
If he truly wanted to kill, a single breath would be enough to annihilate an Immortal Monarch.
Hearing this, even though they already knew of Ye Chen's arrogance, his brazen claim of not holding the Tai'a Immortal King Lineage in any regard immediately horrified everyone in the Noon Mountain Sect.
Truly audacious.
In this era, even a supreme immortal would not dare speak so bluntly.
The Tai'a Immortal King Lineage was an invincible Immortal King clan of the current era, possessing an eternal, indestructible foundation, supreme immortals standing guard, quasi-Immortal Kings, and even Tai'a Immortal King himself, who had existed since the Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
It could be said that throughout the entire Primordial Immortal World, aside from those lofty Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerables who looked down upon the world for countless ages, who would dare utter such words?
That was suicidal behavior, a great disrespect towards an Immortal King.
"Insolent brat! Today, this Immortal Monarch will see just what gives you the audacity to not hold my Tai'a Immortal King Lineage in any regard." Tai Huang spoke coldly and angrily, immediately making his move.
As soon as he acted, it was apeerless / suprememeans of the Immortal Monarch level. Billions of strands of immortal light, each capable of crushing a hundred thousand li of rivers and mountains upon landing. Billions of strands together could sink a small half of an immortal domain.
It could be said that Tai Huang was employing true Immortal Monarch power without holding back in the slightest.
Outside the Primordial Immortal World's domain, massive stars were severed and fell, transforming into blazing, roaring meteors that descended.
The Noon Mountain Monarch paled. With such means unleashed, it would be enough to completely annihilate the entire Noon Mountain Sect, including himself, with no chance of survival.
Of course, he also knew that Tai Huang would not strike the Noon Mountain Sect directly, because Immortal Prince Tai Xiao was also there.
Facing the descent of billions of strands of immortal light, Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged. He simply extended a palm, not using a trace of magical power. Yet, precisely because of this, a majestic, earth-shattering force erupted from between his fingers and palm.
Silently, the void above the Noon Mountain Sect for who knew how many tens of thousands of li was annihilated into dust, leaving only the truest Void.
The billions of strands of immortal light descended like a blanket covering the sky, but they were all blocked by this infinite Void, strand by strand being devoured, completely transformed into nothingness.
Heaven and earth fell silent. No one had expected that Immortal Monarch Tai Huang's world-shaking attack would be so effortlessly resolved by Ye Chen.
Tai Huang's expression turned grave. Even though he had repeatedly overestimated Ye Chen, he had still underestimated him.
The other party's cultivation was considerably higher than he had imagined.
Of course, Tai Huang was not afraid, because this was not his true means either.
Since things had reached this point, he too had to unleash his true forbidden means.