407: Chapter 407 Since you've set a trap for me, let's settle things today.

The guards were immediately thrown into Chaos.

The fog of flowing fire obscured their vision, the chaotic Spiritual Qi interfered with their spiritual sense, and the erupting pillars of geothermal fire forced them to divide their attention to dodge.

Their originally tight defensive Formation instantly developed numerous flaws and fell into disarray.

"Illusionary Sea Tide Rising, Water Moon Mirror Flower!" Shui Qingdie's gentle voice rang out almost at the same moment the Formation was activated.

She stood upon the rock ledge, her dress fluttering slightly in the heatwave, her hands forming seals, and a deep blue light rippled in her eyes.

A power that pierced straight into the mind rippled outward, quietly blending into the fog of flowing fire and the chaotic fluctuations of Spiritual Qi.

Those Martial Artists of the Nangong Family, who were busy dealing with the flowing fire, geothermal fire, and falling rocks, suddenly felt a wave of trance.

The figures before their eyes, which were clearly their comrades, seemed to twist and transform into hideous flame monsters.

Or, when they clearly saw an attack coming and dodged, they discovered it was only a phantom image.

Even worse, the screams of companions or the battle cries of enemies rang in their ears, seizing their minds and immediately throwing them into a panic.

"Bastards! It's an illusion! Guard your minds!" Elder Yin's eyes flashed with a sharp glint as he suddenly looked toward the rock ledge where Shui Qingdie was located. His withered palm raised, and a stream of grey-black True Essence was about to burst forth!

His spiritual sense was the strongest, and he instantly detected the source of the illusion fluctuations.

However, just at the moment he experienced a Divided Soul, a calm yet cold voice exploded like a thunderclap in his and Nangong Zhaotian's ears: "Your opponent is me."

Immediately following this, a figure in green robes, wreathed in grey currents of air and with tiny sparks of lightning dancing around his body, instantly crossed dozens of zhang and appeared above the main platform!

It was none other than Ye Tian!

What he had been waiting for was precisely the moment when Elder Yin was affected by Dongfang Xinghe's Formation and Shui Qingdie's illusion, causing a flaw in his mental state!

"Junior, you seek death!"

A fierce light flared in Elder Yin's eyes. He could no longer afford to attack Shui Qingdie; he shifted the direction of his raised, withered palm and fiercely clawed at Ye Tian, who was swooping down from the air!

"Elder Yin, kill him!" Nangong Zhaotian was both shocked and furious. He had not expected Ye Tian to be so audacious as to not flee but instead advance, killing his way directly to his front!

But his reaction was fast. Knowing Ye Tian's terror in close combat, while his body retreated violently, his palms turned crimson and he thrust them forward fiercely. Two hideous phantom fire pythons roared out, one from the left and one from the right, devouring toward Ye Tian!

Two Sea Transformation Third Stage guards also roared and lunged forward, their blades and swords flashing as they slashed toward Ye Tian!

Facing the siege of one Fourth Stage Peak of the Sea Transformation Realm, one Fourth Stage of Sea Transformation, and two Sea Transformation Third Stage Martial Artists, Ye Tian immediately utilized Thunder Gang Dream Walk to dodge.

"So fast!" Nangong Zhaotian's pupils constricted. He discovered that the two fire pythons he had unleashed with all his might hadn't even touched the corner of Ye Tian's clothes!

"His movement technique is bizarre!" Elder Yin also felt a shiver in his heart, but his claw stance remained unchanged, and the cold, sinister claw wind followed like a shadow, pressing toward Ye Tian!

Facing this vicious claw from Elder Yin, Ye Tian did not dodge. Instead, he shouted explosively and shot out a Sword Qi with joined fingers, instantly shattering the grey-black claw wind!

"What?!" For the first time, a look of shock appeared on Elder Yin's usually calm face!

His Profound Yin Qi had been cultivated by gathering Yin-Melting Poison over decades of painstaking effort, and all Martial Artists of the same rank feared it to some degree.

Ye Tian was only at the Sea-Transformation Realm Level 3 Peak, yet he could so easily shatter his Profound Yin Qi?!

Just as Elder Yin's mind was violently shaken, Ye Tian immediately turned his fingers into a palm and struck back!

"Little beast, how dare you!"

Elder Yin was greatly alarmed and, in his haste, could only raise his other arm to block!

"Boom-crack!"

Elder Yin felt his arm shake violently and couldn't help but retreat several steps. A flush of red surged onto his face, and the horror in his eyes deepened even further!

"This brat's True Essence is...?!" A storm raged in Elder Yin's heart.

With his cultivation at the Fourth Stage Peak of the Sea Transformation Realm, he was actually forced back in a head-on clash by a junior at the Sea-Transformation Realm Level 3 Peak?!

Although he had underestimated his opponent, this result still left him incredibly horrified.

"Protect the Young Master!" Seeing Elder Yin forced back, the two Sea Transformation Third Stage guards were greatly alarmed. However, bound by their duty, they still roared and attacked desperately to buy time for Nangong Zhaotian.

"Get lost!" Ye Tian didn't even look at these two. His body twisted, dodging the blade slashing from his left, while his right hand shot out a grey light, tapping onto the tip of the sword thrusting from his right!

The fine steel longsword in the guard's hand was actually struck until it bent and deformed, and then, with a snap, it broke in two! The remaining force of the finger strike did not dissipate and traveled along the broken sword into his arm.

"Pfft!" The guard suffered a heavy blow; the web between his thumb and index finger burst open, his entire right arm shattered, and he flew backward while screaming, spraying blood from his mouth.

Ye Tian instantly closed in on the other guard wielding a blade, striking out with his left palm, the palm force pulsing, layer upon layer!

After three consecutive muffled sounds, the guard felt the force coming from his blade grow stronger with each layer!

When the third layer of force erupted, he could no longer hold onto his blade!

"Die!" Ye Tian's eyes were cold, and Chaos Sword Qi pulsed at his fingertips, ready to finish him off.

"Arrogant!"

Just at this moment, an angry shout rang out, and a crimson palm shadow, carrying a heaven-burning heatwave, blasted over! It was Nangong Zhaotian!

Seeing Elder Yin forced back and his guards injured and in danger in the blink of an eye, he could no longer restrain himself from attacking!

This palm strike was launched in anger, and the scorching True Essence scorched the air until it distorted, its power far exceeding the two fire pythons from before!

At this moment, if Ye Tian wanted to kill the blade-wielding guard, he would inevitably have to take this full-force palm strike from Nangong Zhaotian head-on!

A strike launched in anger by a Fourth Stage of Sea Transformation Martial Artist—even with Ye Tian's Physical Body, he could not claim he could take it without a scratch.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian changed the direction of his finger-sword, which was originally pointing at the blade-wielding guard. He turned the point into a slash, and the Chaos Sword Qi left his hand, slashing toward the guard's neck.

At the same time, lightning flashed beneath his feet, and he dodged Nangong Zhaotian's palm strike, only being grazed by the edge of the scorching palm wind, which instantly charred a patch of his shoulder clothing.

"Ssh-la!" Blood sprayed! The blade-wielding guard clutched his spurting neck, his eyes filled with disbelief, and he slowly collapsed to the ground.

Ye Tian had already used the force of Nangong Zhaotian's palm wind to retreat several zhang, landing at the edge of the main platform, standing opposite Nangong Zhaotian, Elder Yin, and the remaining injured guard.

At this moment, his breath was steady, and apart from the damaged clothing on his shoulder, he appeared completely unscathed!

Conversely, on Nangong Zhaotian's side, in a single exchange, one was dead and one was seriously injured, Elder Yin had been forced back, and Nangong Zhaotian's angry strike had missed, which could be described as utterly wretched.

All of this seemed long, but in reality, from the moment Pei Tieshan collapsed the rock wall to Ye Tian's surprise attack on the main platform, killing two people in succession and forcing back Elder Yin and Nangong Zhaotian, it had only been a short span of three to five breaths!

Yet it was so fast that the guards on the other platforms had no time to react at all!

At this moment, the guards in other areas below were still in Chaos under the influence of the fog of flowing fire, the erupting geothermal fire, and the illusion, unable to provide support at all.

On the main platform, Nangong Zhaotian's face was livid. He stared fixedly at Ye Tian, his eyes filled with chilling killing intent.

He never expected that the trap he had painstakingly set would be so easily torn open by the opponent, and he had even lost two capable subordinates!

What shocked him even more was that Ye Tian's strength was far stronger than he had imagined!

Facing the siege of himself and Elder Yin, he was actually still able to gain the upper hand?!

Elder Yin slowly regulated his breath, his grey-white eyes locked onto Ye Tian, his voice hoarse: "Chaos aura... Brat, what exactly is the Cultivation Technique you Cultivate?"

A storm was already raging in his heart. In the brief exchange just now, he had felt that within Ye Tian's True Essence, there was a trace of an aura that made his very Soul tremble; it was definitely not an ordinary Cultivation Technique!

Ye Tian slowly straightened his body, and the jingji sword had quietly unsheathed.

He looked at Nangong Zhaotian and Elder Yin and spoke calmly: "Nangong Zhaotian, seeking revenge for your brother? Just with you motley crew?"

"You!" Nangong Zhaotian was furious, his red hair almost standing on end. "Ye Tian! If I don't tear you into ten thousand pieces today, I, Nangong Zhaotian, swear I am not a man! Elder Yin, let's attack together and kill him!"

A fierce light flickered in Elder Yin's eyes. Ye Tian's Cultivation Technique made him wary, but it also stirred up his greed even more.

If he could capture this brat and force the secret of the Cultivation Technique out of him...

He nodded slowly, his aura beginning to rise, forming a cold and hot contrast with Nangong Zhaotian's scorching, violent aura.

The last injured Sea Transformation Third Stage guard struggled to crawl up, retreating behind Nangong Zhaotian with a face full of fear, his hand gripping his blade trembling.

The other guards below, following a cold snort from Elder Yin, finally managed to struggle free from the Chaos. They all looked toward the main platform, and upon seeing the situation clearly, they all gasped in cold air.

"Ye... Ye Tian?! Why is he here?!"

"Commander Wang and Commander Li... Could it be that they were..."

"This Formation... Is he going to face the Young Master and Elder Yin all by himself?"

The guards whispered among themselves, looking at the green-robed figure standing alone at the edge of the platform, their eyes filled with shock.

Ye Tian watched Nangong Zhaotian and Elder Yin quietly, the jingji sword raised slightly, its tip pointing toward them from afar.

"Since you set a trap to wait for me, let's settle everything today."