Ye Chu stood in the duel arena, silently watching the Sha cultivators preparing to charge towards Pang Shao. Yet not one of them dared to cross him lightly. The way Ye Chu had kicked Sha Shan away had been too shocking. They simply lacked the courage to face him.
“Attacking an injured man. Is this the magnanimity of Yao?” The Sha leader straightened up and roared, glaring at Ye Chu.
“You are talking to me about magnanimity?” Ye Chu suddenly laughed, a bright and radiant laugh. His gaze turned to Su Rong and her group. “What is magnanimity? Is it worth any money?”
Su Rong and the others flushed red, turning their heads as if they had not seen Ye Chu’s look. Yet inwardly they could not help questioning the Sha leader’s intelligence. They thought, you already know this is Yao City’s most infamous Ye Chu, and you still talk to him about this? If he understood such things, would he have become a street rat in Yao City?
Seeing the Yao crowd burst into laughter at his words, the Sha leader shouted angrily, “Do not regret this!”
“I never regret my actions!” Ye Chu stared at the Yao leader. “Send your next warrior. After playing with you lot, I still have to go home for dinner. It is getting late!”
Ye Chu glanced up at the setting sun, which was about to dip below the mountains.
“Sha Shi! You go!” The Sha leader’s face darkened. “Bring Sha Shan back. Our people cannot be bullied by outsiders!”
“Yes!” A youth stepped out from beside the Sha leader. He was heavily built and carried a pair of iron hammers, dragging them across the ground with heavy scrapes as he slowly walked towards the arena, exerting great pressure.
“Ye Chu! This guy is no fun. He fainted!” Pang Shao kicked Sha Shan repeatedly until he passed out, then spat in dissatisfaction.
“Just fainted, not really dead. A few more kicks and he will be!” Ye Chu laughed at Pang Shao. His words made the Yao crowd exchange glances. They thought that while Ye Chu’s strength might have changed greatly, the ruthless disregard for life deep in his bones had not changed at all.
Pang Shao shrugged. “No interest! Beating someone is only fun when you see their pain. What is the point of beating a lump of dead meat? Hehe, get me a few Sha maidservants later.”
Ye Chu turned his head, pretending not to hear Pang Shao, and looked at Sha Shi standing before him. He glanced at the massive iron hammers dragging on the ground and smiled. “You think you can deal with me with two pieces of scrap iron?”
“You will know once you try!” Sha Shi suddenly lifted the hammers and swung them viciously at Ye Chu. The hammers seemed to weigh ten thousand jin, smashing down with heart-palpitating force.
Ye Chu’s figure flashed, dodging the swing. The hammers smashed into the spot where he had stood, instantly shattering the bluestone floor and revealing the terrifying power of the hammers.
“Such strong force!” Ye Tian and the others inhaled sharply, staring at the large crater. They could not understand how Sha had produced so many powerful figures.
From this strike, Sha Shi was at least as strong as Sha Shan, if not stronger.
Ye Tian could not help asking Pang Shao, “Can Ye Chu handle him?”
Pang Shao swallowed hard at the crater, then said uncertainly after a long pause, “He should be able to!”
Even Pang Shao was unsure. Ye Tian and the others grew tense. Ye Tian kept asking, “Ye Chu has no weapon. He will be at a disadvantage. What weapon suits him? I will have someone send one!”
Pang Shao shook his head. “I have never seen him use a weapon!”
Ye Tian and the others frowned. Without a weapon’s aid, how could Ye Chu face such powerful iron hammers? A mortal body could not withstand a single smash!
Everyone grew anxious for him, but Ye Chu only smiled at Sha Shi. “Not bad! But still lacking. Sha Shan said he ranked third just now. Call your leader too. Save me from being accused of bullying you!”
His words not only made the Sha side stare wide-eyed, but the Yao crowd as well. From Sha Shi’s stance, his strength was likely eighth-level Meaning Transformation. Paired with such powerful hammers, even ninth-level would have a headache. Yet Ye Chu now demanded they come together. Had he reached the Innate Realm?
At this possibility, everyone felt their mouths go dry. Innate Realm! In small kingdoms like Yao and Sha, it was the pinnacle existence, like a national guardian, high above, only to be looked up to!
For small kingdoms like Yao and Sha, the number of Innate Realm experts determined national strength. Yao had fewer than five at full count, Sha even fewer.
Some small kingdoms had only one Innate Realm expert nationwide. A kingdom without one was destined for destruction!
Innate Realm was such an existence. They were the talismans of small kingdoms. Yet the youth standing there had reached this level?
Even Pang Shao began to doubt. Though Ye Chu had told him he had not reached Innate Realm, if not, how could he have the courage to say such words?
But if Ye Chu had truly reached Innate Realm, it was too unbelievable! Unlike these small kingdom folk, Pang Shao had seen many Innate Realm experts. He came from an imperial clan. How deep were an empire’s foundations? It was a colossal entity with naturally many Innate Realm experts! Yet this did not mean Pang Shao was not shocked. Innate Realm was a threshold, extremely difficult to cross! He believed Ye Chu could cross it, but not that he had already done so now!
Sha Shi was also stunned by Ye Chu’s words. He had not expected Ye Chu to despise Sha cultivators so much. Their generation was the strongest in Sha history, not because their talent surpassed predecessors, but because they were lucky. They had stumbled upon ruins and gained great opportunities, causing explosive strength growth. This created a terrifying lineup: two eighth-level Meaning Transformation and one seventh-level. They had thought this enough to sweep Yao’s younger generation, yet Yao produced such a person.
“You truly want us to attack together?” Sha Shi could not gauge Ye Chu’s depths. Seeing Ye Chu willing to let them team up, he was only too happy. As long as they dealt with this fellow, Yao’s younger generation would be theirs to handle.
“Of course. I am a man of magnanimity!” Ye Chu said, completely forgetting he had just asked Su Rong what magnanimity was.
“Sha Feng! Since he insists, if we refuse, we would seem insincere.” Though large, Sha Shi was clever. He called to the Sha camp. A youth stepped out, holding a long spear, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Sha Shi.
“Ye Chu is so foolish!” Zhang Su’er and her group panicked. One was already hard to face, yet he called them to attack together. Did he think he was a war god?
“Pang Shao! What are Ye Chu’s chances?” Ye Tian could not help asking Pang Shao, who knew Ye Chu best.
“He should have some!” Pang Shao said awkwardly. “Ye Chu never does anything without confidence!”
“Has he reached Innate Realm?” Ye Tian asked directly. Without Innate Realm, Ye Chu’s chances of winning were near zero. But with it, these two would not be enough.
“He probably has not!” Pang Shao thought, ultimately believing Ye Chu had told him the truth. If he had truly reached Innate Realm, helping White Leopard resolve evil qi last time should not have been so strenuous.
Ye Tian and the others’ expressions shifted. Without Innate Realm, Ye Chu had almost no chance against two weapon-wielding opponents likely to use innate-level techniques.
“Ye Chu is too reckless!” Many shook their heads. Just like before, always seeking the spotlight! They had thought his nature had changed, but now it seemed unchanged. This made them sigh!
