道罗邪皇子 (邪神之道 B5)

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[Hmm.]

Seeing Ye Gui Feng vanishing off into the distance Yi stood in the air with an expression of thought.

Having detected sources of life energy the chances of there being people here in the Four Great Hells is already guaranteed.

However, these invaders cannot possibly come from the Starry Seas or the Primordial Continent when these areas are currently frozen in time.

Even if these people had arrived here prior to the events that halted the flow of time the chances of this is rather slim due to the obscure way that the Four Great Hells are hidden.

In other words-

(Has the outside world already begun to make movements?)

From this conclusion a Half-Monarch's involvement is all but certain.

[...]

Looking towards the direction of the Second Hell Yi begins to descend closer to the ground before proceeding towards his destination with caution.

.........

[...]

Flying closer to the ground and proceeding with caution the same series of thoughts that occupied Yi a moment ago crosses Ye Gui Feng's mind.

(Half-Monarchs... I wonder if my current strength will allow me to put up a fight against them.)

Recalling the azure colored spirit energy's ability to corrode Absolute Laws the thought of whether or not he can battle a Half-Monarch appears in Ye Gui Feng's head.

But rather quickly-

(I may be able to corrode their Absolute Laws to a certain degree but one hit and I'd probably be injured badly. I guess running away from one is still doable.)

Having survived a battle between monarch level existences Ye Gui Feng is somewhat confident that none of the nine Exalted Celestials or the 11 Yaksha Lords of the Primordial Continent would have the strength to defeat him in a one versus one battle under ordinary circumstances.

However, without experiencing the combat strength of the Primordial Continent as a whole it is still difficult to say for certain.

[*Sigh* uh?]

Raising a sigh Ye Gui Feng abruptly halts his movement in the next instance before choosing to land on the ground and hide behind a boulder for cover.

As the shrilled sound of the air being parted draws closer and closer the figure of three practitioners gradually come into view.

"...-Bother with this?"

"Just do as you're told."

"Remember other than us the Xià (夏) family is here as well."

Straining his ears Ye Gui Feng listens in on the three practitioners' conversation.

Judging by the three's uniformed attire of dark and blue robes they seem to belong to the same sect.

As for this Xia family that they mentioned-

(Xia family... So other than this group that they belong to there's another faction here as well? If there's more than one faction here, then there might also be another Half-Monarch involved in all this...)

"This area seems like a decent place to start our patrols. Let's get it over with."

From the tone used by the bald-headed practitioner and the other two's show of agreement with his words he seems to be the leader of their group.

[...]

The cultivation base of these three are far beneath him so killing them would be all too easy and thinking about what the best course of action would be Ye Gui Feng's eyes gave off a gleam of killing intent but-

(Since they are able to be here their sect can't possibly be something of the lower class. They may have some ways to detect the death of their disciples... If I kill them now I run the risk of exposing myself to whoever is behind them.)

As the three closes in on the boulder he is hiding behind Ye Gui Feng makes his decision in the next instance.

"...Uh?"

Not knowing why the world had turned upside down in that instance one of the three practitioners suddenly felt a heavy force of impact smashing onto the back of his head causing him to black out.

To the unconscious practitioner's companions all they had seen is a shadow leaping out from behind the boulder in the front of them and by the time they had recovered from that their companion already had the back of their head slammed against the ground.

Following the first practitioner's fall the second practitioner who had been the one to whine in his group's conversation a moment ago becomes the shadow's next target.

"...!"

The moment Ye Gui Feng's fist sinks into the second practitioner's abdomen they immediately lost consciousness as they spewed out a mouth of blood and falls face first onto the ground.

"...Nng!"

With a dumbfound expression on his face towards the sudden loss of his two companions the bald-headed practitioner abruptly finds Ye Gui Feng's right hand wrapped around his neck as his feet is lifted a few inches off the ground.

"...!"

Looking to Ye Gui Feng with a pale complexion the bald-headed practitioner knew immediately that he won't be able to escape for the grip strength demonstrated by the former can easily snap his neck with just a bit more force.