Chapter 166: Ye Youlan
The terrifying roar shook the sky, reverberating abruptly.
Ye Chen and the woman resembling a fairy erupted into their strongest confrontation yet, intending to determine the outcome with this single strike.
If Ye Chen lost, he would leave.
If the woman lost, she would no longer interfere.
The terrifying shockwaves engulfed the sky, tearing through the space, and the aftermath ripped apart the earth, spreading in all directions like ripples in water.
Within these shockwaves, an arrow suddenly descended like a falling star, crashing in front of Wu Qingxue, creating a huge crater in the ground.
The powerful shockwaves forced Wu Qingxue to retreat repeatedly, almost causing her to cough up blood.
"So strong!"
Wu Qingxue's expression was shocked. Just the aftermath was so terrifying; it was hard to imagine how formidable the two's combat power must be.
If she didn't use the power of the Thousand Dream Realm and chose to confront them head-on, she might not even be able to withstand half of their attacks.
As the shockwaves fell from the sky to the ground, the two figures seemed to have separated and landed on the ground, emitting two resounding thuds.
Wu Qingxue looked over with anticipation, wondering what the outcome would be.
As the shockwaves dispersed, she saw the woman resembling a fairy kneeling on the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood, her whole body in disarray.
On the other hand, Ye Chen's clothes were torn at the chest, with traces of blood seeping out, but he still appeared calm and composed, clearly indicating the outcome.
Although the woman resembling a fairy was terrifying, her realm was far inferior. She was simply not Ye Chen's match.
The woman resembling a fairy slowly got up, her veil already fallen, revealing her perfectly sculpted face, incomparably beautiful and difficult to describe in words.
It seemed like perfection had reached its peak.
Even Ye Chen couldn't help but tremble slightly, but he quickly recovered.
"Thank you for sparing me," the woman resembling a fairy said gratefully as she retrieved her longbow and looked at Ye Chen.
She knew that at this final moment of the confrontation, if the opponent hadn't held back, she would not only have lost but would have perished.
"Your realm is far below mine, destined to lose. If you were at the same realm as me, it wouldn't have been such a difficult defeat," Ye Chen said calmly, earning himself a glare from the woman resembling a fairy, whose resentful gaze was enough to break any man's heart.
Was he comforting her or mocking her?
It must be mocking to say she wouldn't have lost so miserably.
She gave Ye Chen a deep look, deciding not to take any further action and began controlling the numerous demonic beasts, dispersing them to the sides, opening up a passage.
"Although you have defeated me, you still cannot reach the depths," the woman resembling a fairy said.
"Could it be that there are immortal-level demonic beasts in the depths?" Ye Chen asked.
The woman resembling a fairy regained her cold demeanor and remained silent.
Ye Chen smiled wryly and looked up at the starry fruit on the cliff, which was now ripe.
With a light tap of his toe, he rose into the air, plucking the starry fruit along with the starry old vine.
This scene made the woman resembling a fairy's eyes flicker, but the momentary excitement quickly faded.
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and the woman resembling a fairy instinctively reached out and caught it. Opening her hand, she saw that it was the starry fruit, causing her delicate face to tremble slightly in confusion.
"What does this mean?" the woman resembling a fairy asked, puzzled.
This was a treasure that could unconditionally raise a martial artist's realm by one level. Why did this person not want it?
"For me, the starry fruit is like a chicken rib. I want to break through my realm, and I don't need this thing at all. You need it more than I do," Ye Chen said indifferently.
Although the starry fruit was precious, it was of little importance to Ye Chen. After all, he only needed sufficient vitality to break through his realm; he didn't need such a rare and precious fruit containing the rules of a realm.
With the starry old vine, he could also refine pills to break through.
"Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch. You want something in return," Ye Chen said with a smile.
"Sly," the woman resembling a fairy snorted softly, immediately repressing the words of gratitude she had wanted to say.
Indeed, there's no such thing as a free lunch in the world.
"What do you want?" she asked coldly.
"Very simple, I need you to tell me some information," Ye Chen said casually with a smile.
"If that's the case, I don't need this starry fruit. The way to the Netherworld is not through the starry fruit," the woman resembling a fairy shook her head, as if she knew what Ye Chen wanted to ask before he even asked.
"Don't rush to refuse, my question is not difficult to answer," Ye Chen shook his head with a smile.
"If you want to ask about the situation here or anything about the Lord of the Nine Nethers, ancient secrets, you don't need to speak," the woman resembling a fairy preemptively blocked some information.
"What is your name?" Ye Chen asked.
The woman resembling a fairy was slightly taken aback, not expecting Ye Chen to ask this question.
But she still spoke, "Ye Youlan."
"Indeed, your surname is Ye," Ye Chen nodded secretly, not surprised at all, and then asked, "Is the Ye family related to the lineage of the Lord of the Nine Nethers?"
Ye Youlan's beautiful eyes slightly narrowed, "I've said before, I won't answer questions about the Lord of the Nine Nethers or ancient secrets."
"I understand."
Ye Chen didn't press further, just nodded with a smile, making Ye Youlan secretly surprised. Did he already guess what I wanted to ask?
This person is not only incredibly talented and powerful in battle but also seems to be quite extraordinary in his thinking.
"This starry fruit is yours," Ye Chen said casually.
"You only want to ask these two questions?" Ye Youlan was a bit puzzled. He gave up such a precious starry fruit just to ask her name and identity. Could it be that he wants to pursue me?
As this thought emerged, a hint of blush flashed across Ye Youlan's jade-like face.
"Come out, you've been hiding for so long, neither attacking nor leaving. Do you want me to invite you for tea?" Suddenly, Ye Chen spoke towards a certain direction in the air.
Wu Qingxue looked over in amazement. Someone was still hiding in the space?
Ye Youlan was also surprised.
In the distance, ripples suddenly appeared in the space, like a calm lake being disturbed by a pebble.
The next moment, the ripples spread, slowly revealing a space gate, and a figure walked out from within.
Dressed in black robes, with an ethereal aura, although there were no strong fluctuations, it made people not dare to underestimate him.
Wu Qingxue's beautiful eyes shrank, and that aura seemed no weaker
than her grandfather's. Who was this person?
"A few months ago, it was you who intervened and drove me out of the relic space," Ye Chen looked at the old man with a calm expression, unsurprised.
He had known within the Dan Saint relic space that there were powerful individuals, and this person was undoubtedly one of them.
The old man assessed Ye Chen, a hint of surprise flashing deep in his eyes.
He concealed his aura, hid in space, and didn't expect this person to still discover him. This kid's spiritual sense was somewhat terrifying.
The most frightening thing was his age and realm.
A teenager who could cultivate to the level of the Netherworld realm, and at such a speed, was unheard of. Could this truly be fate?