216: Thunder Crystal

Jiang Ye said to the middle-aged man, "If you move even an inch, I'll blast him into ashes, and you won't even be able to collect his body!"

The middle-aged man was furious, killing intent surging in his eyes. "I will exterminate your entire family! Argh... who is it?"

Suddenly, a powerful force pressed down on him; an Elder from the Shen Xuan Alliance had taken action.

"Nangong Mao, how dare you! To attack a participant during a competition hosted by my Shen Xuan Alliance!"

Nangong Mao said, "Elder, this person used lethal force against a participant. Why isn't he being punished?"

Jiang Ye laughed loudly, "Hahaha! He's your son, isn't he? If you hadn't recklessly charged onto the stage to kill me, why would I have dealt such a heavy blow to him? Elder, I only did this for self-preservation; I had no intention of killing anyone."

The Shen Xuan Alliance Elder narrowed his eyes and said to Jiang Ye, "Your second move indeed carried killing intent, so your participation rights are revoked! As for you, for willfully breaking the rules, your Nangong Family is barred from participating in the Profound Realm Youth Grand Competition for five years."

"Wait!" Lei Ming appeared on the Martial Arts Stage. "As the organizers, you failed to ensure the safety of the participants, and now you want to punish him instead? If that's the case, I'll charge up and kill someone in a moment, and you can just wait until I've finished before coming down to say a few words!"

"A mere Xuan Lei Sect dares to challenge my Shen Xuan Alliance! Believe it or not, I can strip you of your participation rights for ten years."

Lei Ming said angrily, "No need for you to strip anything! My Xuan Lei Sect is withdrawing right now and will never participate again. Let's go!"

"You..." The Shen Xuan Alliance Elder hadn't expected him to be so unyielding!

At that moment, Qian Zheng, the Grand Elder of the Shen Xuan Alliance on the spectator stand, said, "Lei Ming, your temper is still as explosive as ever. Since the Disciple of your Xuan Lei Sect didn't suffer any mishaps, let him advance to the next round! As for the Nangong Family, since they broke the rules first, they will be punished as previously stated—barred from our Profound Realm Youth Grand Competition for five years."

Lei Ming looked at Jiang Ye and said, "Let's go!"

Jiang Ye flicked his long spear; Nangong Mu was already on the verge of death, his body corroded by Evil Qi. Nangong Mao rushed forward to check his injuries and was instantly horrified!

Nangong Mao shouted at Jiang Ye, "Bastard! What did you do to him?"

Jiang Ye smiled faintly, "Heh, idiot!"

"Wait!" Just as Jiang Ye was about to turn and leave, the Shen Xuan Alliance Elder from before called out to him, "The Evil Qi on him must be because of that long spear of yours! Such a weapon is too wicked; hand it over to my Shen Xuan Alliance."

Boom!! In a move that no one expected, Jiang Ye directly erupted with powerful Power of Thunder and roared at the Elder, "Is your Shen Xuan Alliance going to rob me of my weapon right in front of all the forces in the Profound Realm?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's hearts trembled. This man dared to speak to a Shen Xuan Alliance Elder like that!

"You dare to resist my Shen Xuan Alliance? Today, I will make you... ah..." The Elder was suddenly suppressed and forced to his knees by Qian Zheng.

Qian Zheng's expression was somewhat cold as he said, "You've completely disgraced the Shen Xuan Alliance's Face. In front of so many people, you covet a junior's weapon and even try to seize it by force!"

Qian Zheng had no choice but to act. Anyone with half a brain could see that their Elder had taken a fancy to the boy's black spear. If they gave people cause for gossip in front of so many witnesses, it would be difficult to salvage their reputation for justice.

"Grand Elder! I didn't... his weapon really is too wicked. I was just afraid he wouldn't be able to control it..."

Jiang Ye cursed loudly, "Screw your mother! This spear is in my hands; do you see anything abnormal about me? If your Shen Xuan Alliance wants to snatch every good thing they see from other forces, then you might as well just force every power in the Profound Realm to kneel before you and submit as subjects."

Upon hearing this, the spectators began to whisper among themselves. Qian Zheng saw the situation was being swayed by Jiang Ye and immediately understood his intent. Jiang Ye wanted to force him to take action against this Elder; otherwise, it would be hard to silence the rumors, and the blow to the Shen Xuan Alliance's reputation would be immense.

Qian Zheng said in a calm tone, "My Shen Xuan Alliance has never engaged in the act of seizing others' weapons or treasures. This person indeed harbored greed just now. From this day forward, he is stripped of his position as an Elder. If he dares to commit the same mistake again, he will be expelled from the Shen Xuan Alliance!"

Jiang Ye said loudly, "The Shen Xuan Alliance is truly just and selfless; I am impressed!" After saying that, he walked off the Martial Arts Stage.

Qian Zheng's expression was as calm as water, but internally, he was already furious with Jiang Ye. However, for the sake of Face, he couldn't deal with him on the spot. The Elder also didn't dare to speak again, knowing that he had been a bit reckless due to greed and needed to cooperate with Qian Zheng to keep up appearances.

Finally, the top one hundred participants were determined, and only eight from the Xuan Lei Sect made the cut. Not long after they returned to their base, Jiang Ye was once again drinking wine in the courtyard with Lei Jun and the others.

At that moment, Nangong Chen walked in and said to Jiang Ye in a cold and arrogant tone, "Come with me to save someone!"

Jiang Ye replied with a single, flat word: "Scram!"

"Huh?" Nangong Chen hadn't expected such a response, and Lei Jun and the others were also stunned, feeling a bit surprised.

Lei Jun said, "Junior Brother Nangong, why don't you explain things more clearly?"

Nangong Chen said coldly, "Go save the person whose Dantian was crippled by him today. He is my half-brother."

Jiang Ye turned to look at him and said, "So that means you're my enemy too? Your father wanted to kill me, and now you want me to save your brother? Is there something wrong with your head?"

Nangong Chen took a step forward and said, "Don't force me to use force!"

Jiang Ye stood up and asked Lei Jun, "If I kill him, it won't be a big problem, right?"

"What?" Everyone present was shocked!

Nangong Chen stared at him and said, "I am not someone like Nangong Mu, whom you fought today, can be compared to."

Jiang Ye smiled disdainfully, "Isn't it just the Seventh Stage of Xuan Saint Realm? Your father is at the third stage of the Xuan King Realm, and I didn't even care about him, let alone you!"

Nangong Chen's heart jolted as he asked, "You... how did you see through my Realm?"

"Don't think too highly of yourself; you'll live longer that way. If it weren't for the fact that we're in the same sect, I would have already attacked. If I really wanted to kill you, it wouldn't take more than five moves."

Nangong Chen was shocked once again. The person before him was even more powerful than he had imagined. He stared at him warily and asked, "Who on earth are you?"

At that moment, Lei Ming suddenly appeared, and several people bowed simultaneously.

"Vice Sect Master Lei!"

Lei Ming nodded and said, "Mm! Nangong Chen, go back and tell your father that if he is willing to offer that heavenly thunder crystal stone as payment, I can force Jiang Ye to save your brother's life. In any case, your Nangong Family has no means of inscribing Thunder-Attracting Talisman Patterns, so holding onto that heavenly thunder crystal stone is useless."

"This..." Nangong Chen began to hesitate, unsure of what to do for a moment.