Chapter 1045: Welcome to Come Again

Half an hour later, the strong ones of Demon Saber Mountain were completely overwhelmed.

"I... I concede, stop hitting!" Yue Xinping, who was being brutally beaten, shouted at the top of his lungs.

Ao Qian, going all out, was terrifyingly powerful, leaving him no strength to fight back.

After just half an hour, he could no longer hold on.

Ye Yuan had made it very clear: only one hour. But if this continued, he would be finished by Ao Qian before the hour was up.

However, no matter how much he shouted, Ao Qian's attacks showed no sign of slackening.

He had been holding back for nearly twenty thousand years. Now that he had finally returned to near-peak condition, how could he not make the most of it with Yue Xinping?

And Ye Yuan seemed to have no intention of stopping him.

"You start and stop as you please—wouldn't that make me lose face? Ao Qian, keep hitting! Isn't he a Void Profound realm? Beat him into a Kidney Deficiency realm!" Ye Yuan said coolly.

Ao Qian, upon hearing this, perked up as if injected with stimulant, his attack power instantly multiplying several times.

Although Yue Xinping had unfolded his Divine King domain, it couldn't block Ao Qian's bloodline power at all.

The battle between Void Profound realm experts had a wide impact, turning this entire area into ruins.

Deep within the City Lord's Mansion, Old Man Han sighed softly and said, "That kid, I told him to go easy, but he wouldn't listen! Still, his Golden Needle Acupuncture seems more powerful than before! This kid's return is full of strangeness; even I can't fathom his true strength! The opening of the Eternal Medicine Garden this time seems promising."

With that, he suddenly lifted his fishing rod, and a lively little fish was pulled up.

Old Man Han looked at it and couldn't help but sigh, "You've come up—it seems another thousand years have passed..."

After speaking, he unhooked the little fish and casually threw it back into the great river.

At this moment, Yue Xinping was drenched in blood, his aura extremely chaotic, and it seemed he was about to collapse.

"I... I have something to say!" Yue Xinping seized a gap and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Ye Yuan waved his hand, signaling the three to stop.

Ao Qian ceased, and everyone finally saw Yue Xinping's current state.

His clothes were tattered, his face, hands, and body covered in bloodstains, looking utterly miserable—no trace of the mountain lord's demeanor remained.

As Ye Yuan had said, he no longer looked like a Void Profound expert but rather a Kidney Deficiency expert.

As for the others, they were not much better off.

Yu Rongwei's condition was even worse than Yue Xinping's; he had been beaten almost into a pulp.

The other Divine King experts were similarly thrashed by Jiang Taicang, teeth flying everywhere.

The three peerless experts' actions were nothing short of spectacular.

Not to mention Ao Qian, but Wu Luo and Jiang Taicang, as the second and third prisoners of the White Tiger Clan, were hardly ordinary peak Divine Kings.

Though they hadn't reached the Void Profound realm, they weren't far off.

Ye Yuan walked slowly to Yue Xinping and said coolly, "If you have something to say, say it quickly. There's still a bit of time before the hour is up—enough to beat you into a pulp."

Yue Xinping felt utterly aggrieved, but facing such a powerful opponent, he had no temper left.

Ao Qian's strength completely overwhelmed him. And that guy seemed to be on some kind of stimulant, his combat power off the charts—Yue Xinping simply couldn't withstand it!

If he had known that Ao Qian had been pent up in a dungeon for twenty thousand years, he would have surrendered long ago.

Yue Xinping gritted his teeth and said, "It was indeed me who took the Ancient Spirit Wu Fang Grass and Jadeite Sacred Flower Stamens! That day, I heard you needed these two herbs, so I sent people to gather them ahead of time. Those two refused to sell them to me, insisting on giving them to you. So I had them killed and seized the herbs by force."

At these words, the area instantly erupted.

Demon Saber Mountain's methods were too vicious—to take revenge on Ji Qingyun, Yue Xinping had killed innocent people!

Yue Xinping didn't want to tell the truth, but he knew Ye Yuan was very shrewd; if he didn't come clean, he wouldn't get through this.

Anyway, Demon Saber Mountain's reputation wasn't good to begin with; a little worse wouldn't matter.

When you have many fleas, you don't feel the itch!

In the end, this world of martial artists relies on strength to speak.

No matter how unhappy these people were, what could they do to him?

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "At least you're sensible! Where are the herbs?"

Yue Xinping's mouth twitched twice, but he still braced himself and said, "The herbs... I've already swallowed them!"

Hearing this, the crowd became even more agitated, pointing at Yue Xinping and cursing him.

Especially Jiang Taicang, who wished he could go up and twist his head off.

However, this result did not surprise Ye Yuan. He said coolly, "You know what to do, don't you?"

Yue Xinping's face turned extremely ugly. He pulled out a storage ring and threw it to Ye Yuan, saying, "Inside are the herbs our Demon Saber Mountain has gathered recently, plus fifty thousand Heavenly Essence Crystals. That should be enough compensation, right?"

For this trip to the Eternal Medicine Garden, Demon Saber Mountain was one of the first forces to arrive, and they had gathered many high-grade herbs during this time.

Yue Xinping never expected that provoking Ye Yuan would have such severe consequences.

What puzzled him even more was that he had done this very discreetly—how did Ye Yuan find out?

Ye Yuan took the storage ring and said coolly, "Yue Xinping, if you think it's fun to provoke me, you're welcome to come again! But remember, next time you'd better bring more herbs, or it won't be so easy to settle."

With that, Ye Yuan led Ao Qian and the others away, leaving only a mess behind.

Demon Saber Mountain's stronghold here had been completely reduced to ruins.

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Back at their residence, Jiang Taicang's face was grim, and he said unhappily, "Sir, Old Man Ao's strength was enough to kill that bastard. Why did you let him go?"

He was puzzled. Clearly, Ao Qian's strength completely overwhelmed Yue Xinping, and he was just a step away from killing him.

On their side, it wasn't impossible to annihilate the enemy entirely. He didn't understand why the sir was being so soft-hearted and letting them go.

Jiang Taicang held a considerable grudge against Yue Xinping.

Originally, his strength was about to recover, but now they had to wait until the Eternal Medicine Garden opened to have a chance.

Ao Qian, however, snorted coldly and said, "You pig-brain! If we could have killed him, would the sir have stopped me? A cornered rabbit will bite, let alone that Void Profound realm guy? He came for the Eternal Medicine Garden and must have prepared many trump cards! If we pushed him too far, none of us would come out well! Don't forget, we only had one hour!"