Chapter 1133: Hero?

"Hahaha, leave? With me here, none of you are leaving today! Hand over the Meteor Token obediently, and I'll grant you a whole corpse!"

Qin Chuan's tiger eyes bulged, his presence imposing, and the onlookers were silent as cicadas in winter.

Warriors of the second-rank holy lands had never in their lives seen a Void Profound powerhouse.

Now they beheld such might, like a deity incarnate.

The master of Ningyang Holy Land had long since hidden away somewhere.

The clash between the two great merchant associations had swept him up as an innocent bystander.

Zhao Qian stepped in front of Ye Yuan and said, "Ye Yuan, I appreciate your kindness! Let us hold them off for you; you go quickly! The Meteor Merchant Association is beyond saving, and I don't want to drag you into this!"

"Hahaha, what a loving couple! But... do you think I'm joking? Today, none of you are leaving!" Qin Chuan laughed loudly.

Qin Chuan's words made Zhao Qian blush, but she still stubbornly stood in front of Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan smiled faintly, pushed Zhao Qian aside, and said to Qin Chuan, "You're called Qin Chuan, right? As far as I know, the Baili Merchant Association has no Void Profound powerhouse named Qin Chuan. Where did you come from?"

Qin Chuan's expression changed at this, and he said, "Do I need to report to a brat like you where I come from? If you want to know, go ask the King of Hell!"

Qin Chuan let out a sinister laugh, suddenly activating his Divine King Domain, and charged at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan's expression turned cold, and he suddenly unleashed the "Demon-Slaying Sword Art"!

"Boom!"

Ye Yuan stood motionless, while Qin Chuan was sent flying backward, already severely injured!

The blast of sword intent overturned even the distant warriors.

Everyone stared at Ye Yuan in shock, casting incredulous glances at him.

"That young man is really at the Sixth Level Dao Profound? He sent a Void Profound powerhouse flying with one sword strike—am I seeing things?"

"Isn't it said that only a Divine King Domain can counter a Divine King Domain? That young man seemed to use just one sword strike!"

"This is unbelievable! I was so excited to see a Void Profound powerhouse just now, but he turned out to be such a pushover!"

...

These people couldn't grasp the terror of Ye Yuan's sword intent, but that didn't stop them from marveling at that strike.

Because Ye Yuan's opponent was an invincible existence—a Void Profound powerhouse!

This Qin Chuan's strength was far inferior to Zhao Lingdong's; his Divine King Domain at most spanned a hundred zhang.

Destroying him was a snap of the fingers for Ye Yuan.

When the Divine King Domain had just struck, Zhao Qian thought she was doomed, but she never expected the situation to change so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Chuan, the Void Profound powerhouse, was defeated.

Defeated by Ye Yuan, who was only at the Sixth Level Dao Profound!

Zhao Qian's beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Yuan, her face full of disbelief.

In ten years, had Ye Yuan's strength become so terrifying?

Ye Yuan approached Qin Chuan and said calmly, "You have one last chance. Is the Baoli Merchant Association now under the control of the demon race?"

"What! The demon race! Could Qin Chuan be a demon?"

"Impossible, right? He was clearly using human techniques!"

"Who is that young man? How does he know Qin Chuan is from the demon race?"

Ye Yuan's words stirred up a commotion among the crowd.

The name "demon race" made people turn pale at the mention.

Qin Chuan's expression changed at this, panic flashing in his eyes, and he shook his head repeatedly, saying, "I... I don't know what you're talking about!"

Ye Yuan nodded and smiled, "Don't understand? Show your true form, or you won't have another chance!"

Ye Yuan advanced step by step, while Qin Chuan crawled backward on the ground.

Ye Yuan slowly raised his sword, and the powerful aura finally made Qin Chuan unable to hold back!

"Boom!"

Demonic qi surged into the sky, and a powerful black aura instantly enveloped Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan's aura had become much stronger than before!

"Damn human! Today I'll tear you limb from limb!" Qin Chuan snarled.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden change. Though the soaring demonic qi was unfamiliar, its state, so different from humans, instantly made everyone realize: this man was a demon!

The demon race had appeared again!

In an instant, this news spread through the crowd like a plague.

"Run! Legend says demons eat people—run!"

"This demon has suddenly grown much stronger, probably even more powerful than a Void Profound powerhouse—run!"

"The Divine Realm is about to change! Legend says the arrival of demons heralds a calamity for the world!"

Panic erupted among the crowd. The warriors, terrified, struggled to flee.

Qin Chuan felt too dangerous to them. Although Ye Yuan had shown great strength, the impact of this aura still couldn't reassure them.

"Hahaha... all of you die, you despicable humans!"

Qin Chuan's demonic qi rampaged toward the warriors, clearly intending to massacre.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan's expression darkened, and he snorted coldly, "Just a mere Demon Emperor—I've killed countless of them. How dare you act recklessly before me!"

Sword intent reaching the divine!

With one sword strike, the domineering sword qi instantly annihilated that demonic qi.

The Demon-Slaying Sword was the bane of demonic qi. This strike, infused with divine essence, utterly destroyed Qin Chuan like a whirlwind.

Though this Demon Emperor was strong, he was no match for the Three Freaks of Demon Ridge.

For Ye Yuan now, he was nothing.

The reason he had delayed was to extract some information from him, but the guy had gone berserk.

The warriors, fleeing in panic, suddenly found that the powerful demonic qi had vanished without a trace.

Looking again, the imposing Qin Chuan was now reduced to nothing, not even ashes.

The crisscrossing sword qi was slowly dissipating.

Everyone stared at Ye Yuan as if seeing a ghost. This young man at the Sixth Level Dao Profound had directly slain a Demon Emperor?

"Well done, sir! You are our hero!"

Amid the shock, someone shouted, and the others immediately came to their senses.

Instantly, cheers erupted everywhere.

If not for Ye Yuan, Ningyang City would surely have been devastated.

These people sincerely regarded Ye Yuan as their hero.

Zhao Qian's eyes shimmered as she gazed at Ye Yuan.

Had that young man grown into a great hero?

No, rather, he had always been a hero!

This man had once stood at the pinnacle of the Dao of Alchemy!

Seeing this scene, Ye Yuan sighed inwardly.

These people were fortunate; they had no idea how powerful the demon race truly was.

The one he had just killed was merely a minor Demon Emperor.

What was truly terrifying were demon gods like Jialan!

One Jialan was already fearsome enough, and behind the demon race were even more terrifying beings: the Sacred Mother Demon Flower and Kano!

Perhaps soon, the scene just now would spread across the entire Divine Realm, wouldn't it?