Invincible Soul Emperor

Chapter 604 Ye Qingchen’s Burial Site

Zhang Guangling watched Ye Qingchen’s somewhat provocative gaze, and his body trembled involuntarily. At the same time, he was inwardly thankful he hadn’t rashly attacked Ye Qingchen; otherwise, he feared he would have been easily slain, just like these low-level demons.

Just then, Xiao Xiao and the others lured over some low-level demons, who were now heading in their direction. Without giving Zhang Guangling a second glance, Ye Qingchen soared into the sky and pounced on the demons behind the group. With his sword in hand, Ye Qingchen moved through the horde of low-level demons as if they weren’t even there. His strikes were clean and decisive, each one claiming a demon’s life. In the blink of an eye, all the low-level demons the four of them had lured over were slaughtered.

With his back to them, Ye Qingchen said flatly, "This is too slow."

Ignoring their stunned expressions, he flew directly toward the main gathering place of the low-level demons.

"Young Master, be careful!" Xiao Xiao cried out anxiously when she saw him bravely fly toward the gathering place alone. But Ye Qingchen was already too far away to hear her.

After all, while the gathering place wasn’t particularly large, it still contained at least a few hundred low-level demons. This was why Zhang Guangling, when targeting Ye Qingchen earlier, hadn’t dared to suggest he go there alone. The scent of blood from a large-scale slaughter would drive all nearby low-level demons into a frenzy, an assault no one could withstand. If Zhang Guangling had ordered Ye Qingchen to enter the gathering place, everyone would have assumed he wanted him dead.

In their minds, no single person could slaughter an entire gathering place, which was precisely why they went through the trouble of luring the demons out in small groups. Yet now, Ye Qingchen was heading there of his own volition. Although they had entered the area earlier, they hadn’t actually fought anyone. What Ye Qingchen was about to do was on a completely different level.

Even Zhang Guangling, with his strength at the fifth layer of the Martial Emperor Realm, only dared to lure about a dozen low-level demons at most. Any more than that, and he would be hard-pressed to fend them off. Now, however, Ye Qingchen was about to face hundreds of them. The disparity was so great that even after witnessing his astounding combat prowess, the others believed he was undoubtedly doomed.

By this time, Ye Qingchen had already arrived at the gathering place and begun his slaughter. Disregarding their agreement, Xiao Xiao immediately rushed over to help. The other disciples exchanged a glance and followed suit.

Only Zhang Guangling sneered. If Ye Qingchen dies to the low-level demons, the Saint Heir will still consider it a great service, even if I wasn’t the one who killed him!

At this thought, Zhang Guangling took out a Recording Crystal and flew toward the gathering place. He intended to record the scene of Ye Qingchen’s miserable death at the hands of the low-level demons and present it to the Saint Heir.

Contrary to everyone’s expectations, once Ye Qingchen entered the gathering place, he was like a tiger among sheep, unleashing a wanton massacre upon the low-level demons. In an instant, another dozen of them fell to his sword. The thick stench of blood sent the other low-level demons in the area into a rampage, and they all began swarming toward his position. Yet Ye Qingchen didn’t retreat. Instead, he took the initiative and attacked the approaching demons.

Zhang Guangling stared dumbfounded at the massacre. The scene he had imagined—Ye Qingchen being besieged by low-level demons—failed to materialize. Instead, the demons couldn’t even converge on him faster than he could cut them down.

Zhang Guangling could also instantly kill low-level demons, but he had to use various high-level Martial Techniques, combining them with his Martial Soul and Attribute Energy. Ye Qingchen, however, hadn’t used his Martial Soul or his Attribute Energy at all. There’s only one explanation: he must be using some kind of advanced Martial Technique. Otherwise, how could someone at the mere first layer of the Martial Emperor Realm kill them so effortlessly?

What Zhang Guangling found most unbelievable was that Ye Qingchen seemed tireless. After killing so many low-level demons, his expression hadn’t changed in the slightest; he wasn’t even breathing heavily.

Ye Qingchen was indeed using the Earth Rank Martial Technique, Sword Dusting the Wind. For someone with his powerful recovery abilities, a low-level Earth Rank technique like this consumed almost no energy. Moreover, while killing the low-level demons, Ye Qingchen continuously absorbed their Demonic Qi. Once the stone egg absorbed this Demonic Qi, it would, in turn, release pure Energy back to him. Thus, after this prolonged battle, not only had Ye Qingchen expended no energy, but his strength was also slowly increasing.

A moment later, every low-level demon that had rushed over had been slain. Although more were still converging on his position, Ye Qingchen didn’t wait. He used his movement technique to fly deeper into the gathering place.

Seeing Ye Qingchen’s valiant performance, Xiao Xiao and the others inwardly relaxed. They followed in his wake, eager to witness his heroic form as he slaughtered the low-level demons.

Zhang Guangling gritted his teeth. He had recorded everything so far, but judging from Ye Qingchen’s performance, this gathering place of low-level demons was clearly not enough to threaten his life. He crushed the Recording Crystal in his hand and began sending a voice transmission to the Saint Heir.

Zhang Guangling had originally only heard from Li Rui that Ye Qingchen had mastered Attribute Energy while still in the Martial King Realm. Later, after breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm, he had single-handedly slaughtered thirty mid-level Martial Emperors from the three great academies. At the time, Zhang Guangling had simply thought the disciples from the three great academies were good-for-nothings and hadn’t paid Ye Qingchen any mind. Now, however, Zhang Guangling clearly recognized that he was no match for Ye Qingchen whatsoever. He began to request reinforcements from the Saint Heir, relaying Ye Qingchen’s current location.

After a long while, Zhang Guangling received the Saint Heir’s response. No one on the first layer of the Demon Clan’s battlefield was a match for Ye Qingchen. The Saint Heir ordered Zhang Guangling to lure him to the second layer of the battlefield. There, he would arrange for experts to ambush and kill him.

Having received his orders, Zhang Guangling temporarily suppressed his urge to deal with Ye Qingchen himself and flew in the direction of the others.

「An hour later.」

Xiao Xiao’s team followed behind Ye Qingchen. Although they didn’t have to fight, just keeping up left the others—aside from Xiao Xiao—panting with exertion. In contrast, Ye Qingchen, who had been fighting the entire time, looked completely normal and showed no signs of fatigue. In that hour, he had slaughtered every last low-level demon in the gathering place. He had killed more than two hundred of them, and his Points Jade Plaque now showed a total of over four thousand points. After killing just a few more, he would be able to enter the second layer of the battlefield.

At that moment, everyone’s Jade Pendants flashed as their points each increased by five hundred. They had just reached the five-thousand-point threshold, earning the right to enter the second layer.

"We can enter the second layer now!" Zhang Guangling’s eyes lit up when he saw they had enough points.

As long as we get to the second layer, the experts there can kill Ye Qingchen! That place will be his grave!