"I slept for quite a long time, it seems."
The youth climbed out of the coffin, stretched lazily, and seemed to feel quite comfortable.
He looked too delicate and gentle, completely giving off the feeling of the boy next door.
But at this moment, every single person on the platform was watching that youth with wary eyes. Many had already quietly taken steps backward, ready to flee the platform at any moment.
"I didn't expect it to be so lively here. What brings all of you here? Did you come seeking treasure? I indeed left quite a few things here before I went to sleep, though they're not worth much. You can take them, I don't mind. However, it's rather impolite of you to come to the place where I meditate and cultivate and disturb me."
The youth spoke with a smile. His tone sounded extremely gentle, as if he were easy to get along with.
"Senior, could it be you aren't dead?" Finally, one expert couldn't help but ask.
"Dead? What nonsense are you spouting? Aren't I standing right here in front of you, alive? And you say I'm dead? This is a grave insult to me!"
The youth, who had originally appeared calm and unruffled, instantly changed his expression upon hearing this, his gaze suddenly locking onto that expert.
"Come over here! Take a good look. Am I dead or alive?"
The youth stretched out a hand and beckoned. A powerful suction force instantly materialized, pulling that expert over.
That expert had absolutely no ability to resist. Not even understanding what was happening, he found himself in front of the youth, his face turning pale with fright.
"Now, what do you think? Am I dead or alive?"
The youth reached out, grabbed the expert by the neck, lifted him up, and asked in a voice that now carried a somewhat sinister tone.
Gurgle... Gurgle...
That expert, his throat constricted, was utterly unable to speak, his eyes full of horror.
Boom...!
The energy within his body erupted like a volcano, continuously pouring out as he tried to break free from the youth's control.
At the same time, a powerful surge of Soul Power rushed out from his Soul Sea, shooting toward the youth's head.
"Release him! He's a member of our Gan Family!" An elder barked sternly.
This elder was a member of the Eastern Barrens' Gan Family! "Let's go save him!"
With a wave of his hand, this elder led several Gan Family experts forward to attempt a rescue.
Right at that moment.
The youth's hand gave a light squeeze. With a *pfft* sound, the expert he held aloft instantly exploded like a bubble.
Seeing this, everyone felt a wave of hair-raising terror. Remember, all those who managed to climb this high platform were experts of the Dao Yuan Realm. Yet before this youth, they were as weak as little chicks, utterly helpless!
Even those Primordial Heterogeneous Race members and Flying Sky Yin Monkeys revealed looks of dread!
What happened before their eyes confirmed everyone's earlier suspicion—this being that emerged from this coffin was definitely no ordinary entity!
Those few Gan Family experts no longer dared to advance. Everyone else was also a bit dumbfounded. They had all toiled so hard to get here, thinking they could explore the legendary Nine-Life Immortal Coffin and obtain an emperor's fortune, or even an immortal's fate. Who knew that instead a youth would climb out of the Nine-Life Immortal Coffin? If they were to leave just like this, no one was willing. Yet if they wanted to move forward and fight, for now, no one dared.
"Were you guys thinking of rescuing someone just now?"
The youth's gaze suddenly shifted to those few Gan Family experts.
"Retreat!" The Gan Family elder's expression drastically changed as he shouted sternly.
The Gan Family experts immediately retreated, turning and charging down from the high platform.
All who came were the top experts of the Gan Family, and they had even brought a supreme Extreme Dao Treasure from their clan!
Boom...!
A silver longsword rushed out from within that elder's body, bursting forth with rolling waves of saber light that sliced through the surrounding space, its aura terrifying.
This was a Mid-Grade Extreme Dao Treasure!
"Leaving without even saying goodbye? Are all your Gan Family members this ill-mannered?"
The youth shook his head. Then he reached out and grabbed. His palm instantly enlarged, blotting out the sky and covering the earth as it pursued those fleeing Gan Family experts.
One could see mysterious and unfathomable laws winding around his palm. Within the center of his palm, illusions shifted—scenes of resplendent starry skies, suns and moons over mountains and rivers, changing seasons, and all sorts of living beings moving about.
"This is the palm-world magic!" Ye Yunfei couldn't help but frown.
It was important to note that generally, only those who had reached Quasi-Emperor or even Heavenly Emperor levels could master such a complex magical ability. Yet this youth before him casually performed it!
"This guy isn't simple. He's definitely not a Heavenly Emperor, yet he carries the aura of a Heavenly Emperor on him? Strange. What exactly are his origins?" Hun Lao's voice echoed within Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea.
"Correct. He carries the aura of a Great Emperor." Ye Yunfei nodded.
The moment this youth emerged from the coffin, Ye Yunfei had already sensed that he carried some aura of a Heavenly Emperor on him.
Boom...!
The youth's palm pursued those Gan Family experts. The silver longsword was snatched into his grasp with one hand. Then, holding the sword, he gently swung it, slicing two of the Gan Family experts in half at the waist.
The remaining three Gan Family experts were so terrified their souls almost flew from their bodies. They directly ignited their source energy and essence blood, and with eyes blazing with raging flames, instantly accelerated. In the blink of an eye, they had already reached the base of the high platform.
"Get out of here, now!" The Gan Family elder cried out in panic.
Thus, all Gan Family personnel desperately fled outward.
"Oh, so it's just a low-grade treasure." The youth held the silver longsword in his hand, giving it a look-over, his tone scornful.
Then he gave his hands a light shake, directly shattering the sword into several pieces.
A Mid-Grade Extreme Dao Treasure was destroyed just like that, in his hands!
"Master Yang Song, what are the origins of this youth? Can you tell?"
At this moment, many experts were already secretly using Sound Transmission to ask Yang Song.
"He carries the aura of a Heavenly Emperor," Yang Song replied.
"Could he be the legendary ancient Heavenly Emperor said to be buried within the Nine-Life Immortal Coffin?"
Hearing Yang Song's words, those experts were all startled. Could an actual Heavenly Emperor be standing before them?
Heavenly Emperors were the most supreme existences in this world, the true masters of the three thousand great and small worlds!
"I dare not be sure if he is a Heavenly Emperor. I will divine it." Yang Song responded.
Yang Song formed hand seals, secretly performing divination.
Pfff...!
Suddenly, Yang Song's face flushed red, and he directly spat out several mouthfuls of blood.
"You're divining me?"
The youth's gaze landed on Yang Song. His originally amiable eyes instantly grew as sharp as swords.
Yang Song's expression changed as he retreated again and again.
"This junior, Yang Song, pays homage to the Great Emperor! I beseech the Great Emperor to forgive Yang Song for his disrespectful offense!"
Yang Song said in a trembling voice as he retreated.
"Hmm, you have good eyes, I see." The youth, upon hearing Yang Song's words, gave a slight nod, seeming quite pleased.
A Great Emperor!
Upon hearing Yang Song's words, the other experts were all terrified to the point their legs trembled, all retreating.
Yang Song was hailed as the master with the highest divination skill in the Eastern Barrens, reputed to be able to calculate heaven and earth, time and space, past lives, this life, and future lives—calculating all matters of the world! If even he believed this youth before them was a Great Emperor, it was likely ten to one true.
"So that legend is true. The Nine-Life Immortal Coffin buries an ancient Great Emperor from remote antiquity. This Great Emperor's Soul Body entered the world to cultivate anew. After experiencing nine lives, he would be reborn! We arrived precisely during this Great Emperor's resurrection! Things are far from good!"
At this moment, all those experts from the Eastern Barrens recalled that legend concerning the Nine-Life Immortal Coffin, each face turning pale.
"All of you, we must work together to escape. He has already developed killing intent toward all of us. If we don't flee now, I'm afraid we'll all die here."
Yang Song secretly Sound Transmitted to the other experts.
In fact, even without his reminder, everyone was already stealthily retreating, preparing to flee this high platform.
"So it is like this."
At this moment, Ye Yunfei suddenly wore an expression of realization, having discerned the origins of this youth.