83: The holder of the Shen family's Azure Heaven Token, and the future head of the Shen family!

“?????”

Hearing Old Man Jiu You's urgent voice, Lu Ya was full of questions, asking in disbelief through a voice transmission, “Senior Jiu You, what are you talking about?”

“What funeral?”

“I highly suspect that this Shen Nian is from the Ancient Desolate Shen Family!” Old Man Jiu You explained rapidly, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

Damn it!

After being slapped by that person, his mind wasn't clear anymore. He didn't even recognize such a great Buddha right in front of him... good thing, almost... almost!

“Ancient Desolate... Shen Family??” Lu Ya's pupils constricted for a moment, an unprecedented fear surged from the soles of his feet, and he murmured in disbelief, “How is this possible...”

Coming from Eastern Profound, he naturally knew what the Ancient Desolate Shen Family represented!

At the same time, some childhood memories flooded his mind. At the age of three, he had already bathed in the Holy Water, and his intellect had opened early. He vaguely remembered that day when a Shen Family sequence member came to the Yaoguang Holy Land, how obsequious his father had been!

He remembered his father saying that on the Human Race's Eastern Profound Star, whether it was the Northern Region, Southern Desert, Western Heaven, Eastern Profound, or Central Divine Continent, all the great Holy Lands, transcendent Families, or even the Human Emperor Hall, had an insurmountable gap with the Ancient Desolate Families. Their origins were vast, inherited from endless eons ago, and compared to them, it was not an exaggeration to call the beings on the Eastern Profound Star natives.

Among these, the Shen Family was the strongest. Old Man Tianji once said, “If the Shen Family's Ninth Ancestor were to emerge, even if the sky were to fall, there would be no Eastern Profound Star without the Shen Family...”

“No!”

“I don't believe it!” Lu Ya gritted his teeth and added, “He absolutely isn't!”

“How could a Shen Family Disciple, so arrogant, come to a small place like Great Xia to Cultivate? I don't believe it!”

“Even if he is, he must be an external Disciple, and perhaps he has already been abandoned by the Shen Family!”

If Shen Nian was from the Shen Family, the status gap between them would be like heaven and earth!

Thinking of what he had just said, Lu Ya suddenly felt like a clown. And he was comparing Family backgrounds with the other party?

Was he worthy?

Was the Yaoguang Holy Land worthy?

He simply couldn't accept the fact that he had become a clown and still clung to a shred of hope!

“You're really stubborn, damn it...” Old Man Jiu You immediately cursed. If he and Lu Ya weren't already bound by life and death, he would have slapped this good-for-nothing to death!

Is this a matter of whether you believe it or not?

Even if there's a slight possibility, we can't afford to provoke him!

Moreover, with such talent, Old Man Jiu You was ninety-nine percent sure that the other party definitely came from the Shen Family, and their status was absolutely not low. What Family would abandon such a Prodigy of a clansman?

The next second!

A terrifying Sword Intent, which Shen Nian had prepared for a long time, struck. This time, the great sun behind him directly slashed out.

Boom!

The entire sky's space began to twist. The terrifying Aura of the Great Sun Indestructible Sword Intent permeated, moving extremely fast, instantly transforming into a sky full of brilliant golden flames that directly engulfed Lu Ya, even melting the space.

Shen Nian merely stood with his hands behind his back, radiating a brilliant Great Sun Sword Intent, like a Fire God gazing at the scene.

He was too lazy to answer such idiotic questions from the other party, only caring about how strong his trump card was, whether it could completely kill Lu Ya, and whether there would be a high preaching value reward.

As for retaliation from the forces behind the other party, let them come. He would just find an excuse to clear out the Holy Lands; the harvest would surely be considerable.

Suddenly!

Thump!

A heartbeat seemed to pull the entire world, and time stood still.

The entire scene fell into a deathly silence!

Everyone present held their breath, unable to move at all. Even the Female Yan Emperor's golden eyes within Xiao Qinger showed a hint of solemnity.

“Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor?”

“I didn't expect this Lu Ya to be his Legacy inheritor. This power should be a remnant will left by the Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor...”

“Strange, where is this kid's Dao Protector?” The Female Yan Emperor scanned the surrounding space, not detecting any fluctuations from a Void Refinement Fourth Layer great expert, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Logically speaking, Dao Protectors usually stay inseparable until the protected one grows into a titan.

Why does Shen Nian's Dao Protector often go missing?

Could it be that the Void Refinement existence isn't his Dao Protector?

Just as the Female Yan Emperor was pondering.

“Empress, what should we do? Senior Brother won't be in trouble, will he?!” Xiao Qinger's face was pale as she cried out in her mind.

“Don't worry, he'll be fine no matter what happens to anyone else,” the Female Yan Emperor transmitted to comfort her, then thought for a moment and added, “If there's really any situation, I will personally intervene...”

At this moment.

Lu Ya's pupils, within the flames, gradually unfocused. His essence blood continuously poured into the black stone in his hand. His injuries gradually healed, and at the same time, an Aura containing the power of heaven and earth emanated. Each breath was enough to shatter heaven and earth, a shocking sight. That power seemed capable of shaking the entire Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The Great Sun Indestructible Sword Intent disappeared, and Lu Ya's figure reappeared. At this moment, he was respectfully kneeling in mid-air. In front of him floated a bizarre black stone. Only now did the crowd see that it was actually a skullcap.

“Why awaken me...”

A voice, as if from ancient times, resounded throughout heaven and earth. This voice seemed to possess a demonic power, capable of captivating one's mind.

“You actually awakened the Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor's will... Forget it, forget it. Break through space and leave; don't make a mortal enemy of him...” Old Man Jiu You, upon sensing that Lu Ya had used his trump card, immediately deflated and transmitted, able only to pray in his heart that he wasn't a Shen Family member!

If he really was, then it would be best if his status wasn't too high. If he was just an ordinary clansman, there might still be room for maneuver... However, Lu Ya's face was cold, he gritted his teeth, and suddenly kowtowed, “Lord Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor, I am your Legacy inheritor. Now that I am facing a life-and-death crisis, please save me, Lord...”

After his voice spread, the world fell silent. The next second.

“Granted.”

After that voice faintly emanated, Lu Ya immediately rejoiced, then turned to look at Shen Nian.

A tremendous sense of oppression struck, and Shen Nian frowned slightly. The Chaos little person in his body instantly transformed into chaos essence blood, filling his entire body. An abstruse star rune gradually emerged on his chest, and his Physical Body strength had already reached its Peak.

“This should be a remnant thought. Judging by the Aura it emits, its strength should reach true Void Refinement, though I don't know which layer...” Shen Nian felt the terrifying pressure and was about to contact his servant Lin Yuan.

He hadn't expected that killing a Destined Villain would be so troublesome, with so many trump cards. He felt that this Destined Villain was much stronger than the current Daughter of Destiny.

But then, Shen Nian revealed a look of surprise. The cangtian token in his body suddenly emitted an Aura.

“Hm?”

The sky instantly darkened.

Only to see a black phantom slowly condensing behind Lu Ya. This figure was tens of thousands of feet tall, stepping on stars and the universe, clad in black armor, like an ancient demon god. His face was unclear, obscured by a hazy divine light, as if he could dissipate at any moment, resembling someone not of this era.

“Let me see, who dares to bully my Legacy inheritor...” The voice of the black phantom faintly emanated. A pair of eyes, the size of mountains, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, instantly locked onto Shen Nian.

“It was you who bullied my Legacy inheritor?”

Immediately after, the Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor's phantom was slightly startled: “This is... the Aura of the cangtian token?”

“Shen Family Patriarch?”

“No... too weak. To control the cangtian token at such a young age...”

“He is...”

Meanwhile, Lu Ya on the side also showed excitement as he looked at Shen Nian, his expression frantic.

But the next second.

Slap!

A crisp slap landed heavily on Lu Ya's face, almost knocking him unconscious. Lu Ya looked at the Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor's phantom, which had returned to normal human size, with a bewildered expression. But after hearing the other party's voice echo in his mind, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

“Are you seeking death?”

“Are you trying to trick me?”

“Even at my Peak, I wouldn't dare offend the Shen Family. And you now dare to provoke the Shen Family's cangtian token Wielder, the future Shen Family Patriarch??”

“Shen... Shen Family... Young... Young Clan Leader?” Lu Ya covered his face in terror, his teeth chattering, feeling like he might wet himself, completely collapsing. He didn't know what the cangtian token was, but the Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor's words absolutely couldn't be false.

Young Clan Leader of the Shen Family?

What kind of existence was that?!!

A single word could make the Yaoguang Holy Land cease to exist!

He had just said those words in front of him, bullying others with his power? My identity far exceeds your imagination?

He had just been questioning the other party's identity?

How dared he!

Thinking of this, Lu Ya felt an unprecedented fear and intense shame, making him want to find a hole to crawl into. Compared to Shen Nian, he was merely an ephemeral mayfly on the ground!!

His face instantly flushed red, and for a moment he was at a loss. Why would the Young Clan Leader of the Shen Family be in Great Xia... Old Man Jiu You, who was inside him, also heard the Nine Nethers Underworld Emperor's voice transmission, and immediately froze, his body trembling uncontrollably. Old Man Jiu You almost shouted, “My god, the cangtian token Wielder!!!”

“It's over, no hope!”

“Let's just be destroyed!”