242: Chapter 242 Black Stone Palace

However, Ye Tian's concession appeared as a sign of cowardice to that youth from the Xuanjian Sect.

Seeing a highly spiritual little golden monkey following Ye Tian, a flash of greed crossed his eyes. Seeing Ye Tian being so "sensible," his arrogance grew even more.

"Stop!"

The youth suddenly barked, his sword tip pointing at Ye Tian. "I told you to scram, meaning you should leave this area immediately!

Who gave you permission to walk past us?

We of the Xuanjian Sect are exterminating these scoundrels. If you disturb us, can you bear the responsibility?

Also, that monkey on your shoulder looks decent. Leave it behind as compensation for the disturbance, then scram immediately!"

As soon as he said this, even the few Xuanjian Sect Disciples beside him felt it was a bit much, but since the youth was the Senior Brother leading the team, no one dared to say anything.

The few Loose Cultivators being besieged glared at him with fury, but they were unable to spare any attention.

Hou Xiaojie could no longer hold back and jumped up, cursing, "Bullshit!

On what basis are you telling us to scram?

Is this ruin owned by your family?

You even want to steal my Senior Brother's Spirit Beast?

In your dreams!"

The youth's expression darkened. "Seeking death! A piece of trash at the Ningyuan Realm dares to talk back to me?

It seems if I don't give you a lesson, you won't know how high the heavens are and how thick the earth is!

Junior Brother Zhang, Junior Brother Li, go take that kid down for me and seize the monkey!"

"Yes, Senior Brother Chen!"

Two Xuanjian Sect Disciples at the Ningyuan Realm Ninth Stage stepped forward in response, approaching Ye Tian with sinister grins and swords in hand.

In their eyes, dealing with a kid at the Ningyuan Eighth Stage was as easy as reaching for something in a bag.

Ye Tian finally stopped his footsteps.

He didn't want to cause trouble, but the other party had provoked him repeatedly and even set their sights on the Mini Dragon Ape, which had crossed his bottom line.

He slowly turned around, looking at the two approaching Xuanjian Sect Disciples and the arrogant "Senior Brother Chen" behind them.

"Senior Brother!" Hou Xiaojie gripped his sword hilt nervously.

Ye Tian waved his hand, signaling him to step back.

He looked at the two Disciples, his tone still calm. "I'll say it one more time, I'm just passing through.

Step aside now, and I can act as if nothing happened."

The two Disciples laughed wildly as if they had heard a huge joke. "Hahaha! Kid, have you been scared stupid?

Just with you?"

Senior Brother Chen in the back sneered even more. "Putting on an act! Cripple him for me!"

The two Disciples no longer hesitated. From left and right, sword light flickered as they stabbed directly at Ye Tian's shoulders!

The Moves were vicious, clearly intended to cripple Ye Tian!

A cold light flashed in Ye Tian's eyes!

He no longer hid his strength, and the aura of the True Martial Realm Second Stage erupted instantly!

At the same time, Dao intent condensed on his two fingers!

Instead of retreating, he advanced, dodging the two sword lights while striking out with a finger!

"Crack! Crack!"

Two crisp sounds of bones breaking rang out almost simultaneously!

"Ah! My hand!"

The two Xuanjian Sect Disciples let out pig-slaughtering screams. Their longswords fell to the ground with a "clang" as they stumbled back clutching their wrists, their faces filled with agony!

The originally intense fighting scene fell silent instantly! No

matter whether it was the people from the Xuanjian Sect or those Loose Cultivators, everyone stared at Ye Tian in dumbfounded shock!

Hou Xiaojie took the opportunity to lament, "Sigh, why are there blind people everywhere..."

One Move!

No, they didn't even see how he attacked!

Two Xuanjian Sect Disciples at the Ningyuan Realm Ninth Stage had their wrists crippled!

"True Martial Realm? He was hiding his cultivation!"

The burly man wielding a saber cried out in shock.

Senior Brother Chen, who had been arrogant just a moment ago, instantly became flustered. "You... you!"

Ye Tian ignored him, his gaze coldly sweeping over the remaining Xuanjian Sect Disciples before settling on Senior Brother Chen. "Now, can we leave?"

Senior Brother Chen's face turned pale and then flushed. Feeling the undisguised True Martial Realm aura from Ye Tian, he was both shocked and furious.

He didn't expect to kick a steel plate!

But under the watchful eyes of everyone, if he backed down now, where would the face of the Xuanjian Sect go?

"Form the array! Attack together! He's only at the True Martial Realm Second Stage; our sword array is enough to trap and kill him!"

Senior Brother Chen roared with false bravado, trying to regain the advantage using numbers and the sword array.

Hearing this, the remaining five or six Xuanjian Sect Disciples, though fearful, steeled themselves and moved quickly to form the array.

Ye Tian shook his head and sighed, "Stubborn and incorrigible."

He no longer held back. With a movement, he performed the Taixu Star-Shift Steps, charging in like a tiger among sheep, striking out casually with a few fingers!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Ah!"

Accompanied by a series of muffled thuds and screams, the Xuanjian Sect Disciples were sent flying one after another, and the sword array was instantly broken!

Everyone sustained injuries of varying severity and lost their combat capability.

The entire process took no more than two or three breaths!

Senior Brother Chen's scalp tingled, and his legs went weak!

Only then did he realize that the opponent was not an ordinary True Martial Realm Second Stage!

This strength was probably comparable to the True Disciples within the Sect!

He turned around, wanting to run!

"Did I let you leave?"

Ye Tian's cold voice rang in his ears.

In the next moment, Senior Brother Chen felt his neck tighten. He had been picked up by the neck like a chick by Ye Tian. His entire body's True Yuan was instantly sealed by a domineering force, rendering him unable to Move!

"Sen... Senior, spare my life! It was I who was blind! I offended Senior! Please spare my life!"

Senior Brother Chen was so scared he soiled himself. Tears and snot flowed as he no longer cared about the Sect's face, pleading for mercy repeatedly.

Ye Tian threw him on the ground like a piece of trash and said coldly, "Scram.

"If I see people from your Xuanjian Sect bullying others again, I will definitely not show mercy!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, Senior, for not killing me! We'll scram! Scramming right now!"

Senior Brother Chen felt as if he had received a great pardon. He scrambled to gather the wailing Disciples and fled into the distance in a pathetic state, not even caring about the god-hiding iron on the ground.

The few surviving Loose Cultivators stared in shock, then quickly reacted, stepping forward to pick up the god-hiding iron and bowing deeply to Ye Tian. "Thank you, young hero, for your rescue! Words cannot express our gratitude!"

They knew that if it weren't for Ye Tian, they would have likely met a grim fate today.

Ye Tian waved his hand. "It was just a small effort. This place is not safe to stay for long; you should leave quickly too."

The Loose Cultivators thanked him again and left quickly.

Hou Xiaojie ran over excitedly. "Senior Brother! You were too domineering! You beat those guys until they peed their pants!"

The Mini Dragon Ape also jumped onto Ye Tian's shoulder, dancing with joy.

Ye Tian smiled, not paying it much mind.

His gaze turned once again toward that silent black great hall.

The sense of summoning from the chaos bead grew even stronger.

"Let's keep moving forward."

The closer they got to the black great hall, the more silent and oppressive the surrounding ruins became.

The dilapidated buildings seemed to be shrouded by an invisible force. Even the rampaging Sword Intent in the air had become softer, but the settled feeling was even more heart-palpitating.

The ground beneath their feet gradually turned into complete black stone slabs, carved with blurry runes, extending all the way to the hall's tightly closed giant gate, which was about three zhang high.

The giant gate was cast from an unknown metal, showing a dark, dull luster and covered in mottled marks. In the center was a carving of an ancient-styled longsword with its tip pointing downward, surrounded by cloud patterns, emitting an ancient aura.

The door was tightly closed, with no gaps, and no visible locks or handles.

Ye Tian stopped ten zhang away from the giant gate.

He could feel that the door itself was a powerful Restriction node. Approaching it recklessly might trigger an unpredictable reaction.

The chaos bead in his chest was burning hot now, pointing toward the space behind the door.

At the same time, on each side of the door was a humanoid stone statue half-embedded in the wall, clad in armor and holding a stone sword, which made Ye Tian's gaze narrow.

"Such Stone Puppets... I seem to have seen something similar at the place where Perfected Han Shui of Juetian Ridge passed away."

Ye Tian thought to himself, "However, these two before me, whether in terms of the energy fluctuations they emit or that Sword Intent, are more than ten times stronger than the Stone Puppets outside Perfected Han Shui's Immortal Cave!

They will likely be extremely difficult to deal with."

"Senior Brother, how do we open this door? It looks so heavy."

Hou Xiaojie looked up at the giant gate and clicked his tongue.

Ye Tian didn't answer but instead spread out his suppressed Divine Sense to investigate carefully.

He signaled Hou Xiaojie and the Dragon Ape to step back, while he slowly moved forward a few steps, standing still about five zhang from the door.

He tried to probe a trace of Sword Intent True Yuan toward the sword-shaped pattern on the door.

The moment the True Yuan touched the pattern, a low sword hum echoed from inside the door!

The entire black great hall trembled slightly!

The longsword pattern suddenly lit up with a blinding white light!

At the same time, the eyes of the stone statues on both sides of the door erupted with crimson light!

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The surfaces of the stone statues cracked, and rubble fell away, revealing bodies inside that shimmered with a dark golden metallic luster!

Powerful energy fluctuations erupted, surprisingly reaching the True Martial Realm Fourth Stage!"