Chapter 1808: None of Them Knew What They Were Looking At

A single finger strike from a True God realm expert, even if casually delivered, was terrifyingly powerful.

Ye Yuan only felt that the space around him was completely locked down; he couldn't mobilize the laws of space at all.

True God realm experts, even if they didn't understand the laws of space, had already reached an appalling level of mastery in their application.

This was a complete crushing through realm superiority!

And this finger strike directly ignored Bai Li Qingyan, who stood before Ye Yuan, and landed on him.

“Ye Yuan!”

Seeing this, Bai Li Qingyan's face turned pale with fright.

When she learned that Ye Yuan was still alive, her heart had been filled with indescribable joy.

But now, having just been reunited, were they to be parted forever?

She refused to accept it!

Chiba and the others all wore looks of schadenfreude—this damned bastard was finally going to die, right?

But just then, the space in front of Ye Yuan suddenly rippled like a layer of water.

A rusty axe poked its head out from the void.

That finger strike dissipated into nothing.

The True God realm expert's gaze darkened, and he said coldly, “Woodcutter, aren't you supposed to be chopping wood on your Tianying Peak? What business do you have on my Tianrui Peak?”

As he spoke, a woodcutter in tattered clothes stepped out from the void, grinning. “This isn't Tianying Peak, but Ye Yuan is a man of my Tianying Peak. Jiang Hong, if you want to kill someone from my Tianying Peak, how could I pretend not to see it?”

Jiang Hong's face darkened. “He violated the sect rules and deserves death!”

The woodcutter had his sleeves rolled up and his pant legs hitched, dressed in coarse linen—he didn't look like an expert at all.

But everyone had clearly seen his earlier move.

This man was definitely on the same level as Jiang Hong!

Hearing Jiang Hong's words, the woodcutter laughed heartily. “Sect rules? Hah, does the sect rule of my Yingyue Sect mean that talented disciples must die with resentment?”

Jiang Hong's face darkened. “Woodcutter, mind your status! Mind your words!”

But the woodcutter didn't care at all, waving his hand dismissively. “Don't talk to me about status—I'm just a woodcutter! If you want to kill someone from my Tianying Peak, you'll have to ask my axe first!”

Jiang Hong snorted coldly. “A vulgar man, beyond reason! Regardless, that brat must die today! Otherwise, where will the face of my Tianrui Peak go?”

The woodcutter paid no heed to Jiang Hong's threat, grinning. “Wasn't Ye Yuan just looking to spar with that kid Chiba? Let the young folks settle their own affairs. We old-timers shouldn't meddle.”

The woodcutter's words made everyone's expression change.

Was he here to save Ye Yuan or to send him to his death?

Letting Ye Yuan fight a Heavenly God realm expert—wasn't that suicide?

Jiang Hong snorted coldly. “Since you want him to die, I won't stop him! Chiba, he's yours!”

Chiba's face shifted uncertainly, and he gritted his teeth. “Yes, Elder Jiang!”

Jiang Hong gave Chiba a strange look, a flicker of doubt in his heart.

This Chiba seemed to lack confidence against Ye Yuan!

Could there really be something off about this Ye Yuan?

But he said no more; questioning Chiba at this moment was clearly unwise.

By now, everyone had likely guessed the identities of these two True God realm experts.

The transmission elders of the nine secondary peaks were usually elusive, rarely seen.

But today's commotion had clearly alerted these two transmission elders!

Among the nine secondary peaks, the transmission elder of Tianying Peak was the most mysterious.

Because he had never concerned himself with Tianying Peak's affairs.

No one expected that today, for Ye Yuan's sake, he would reveal his true form.

Nor did anyone expect that the transmission elder of Tianying Peak was actually a woodcutter!

Even Jiang Hong clearly looked down on this woodcutter, finding him too vulgar.

In fact, if not for the earlier move that broke Jiang Hong's attack, no one would have believed that this woodcutter was a True God realm expert.

This guy was too ordinary!

So ordinary that if he were lost in a crowd, no one would recognize him.

But Ye Yuan saw strength in this woodcutter!

That Jiang Hong was clearly very wary of the woodcutter.

Just then, the woodcutter suddenly turned around and looked at Ye Yuan with a cheerful grin, no different from the woodcutters on the mountain.

Such a woodcutter gave people an absurd illusion, making it impossible to regard him as an expert.

Ye Yuan looked at the woodcutter, utterly astonished.

This feeling was not because the woodcutter was too ordinary, but because he was too extraordinary.

This was a realm of returning to simplicity, a realm unimaginable to ordinary people!

“Heh, kid, don't bring shame to our Tianying Peak! Give him a good beating!” the woodcutter said cheerfully to Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan nodded slightly. “Thank you, Elder, for your help. Ye Yuan won't let you down!”

The woodcutter patted Ye Yuan on the shoulder and laughed. “I noticed you the moment you set foot on Tianying Peak. Those fools only know how to form cliques—none of them knew what they were looking at! A strong man must ultimately rely on his own strength! No matter how powerful a faction is, it's not yours! Show them your talent and make those fools regret it!”

Ye Yuan's pupils contracted slightly. He hadn't expected the woodcutter to have noticed him so early.

It seemed the woodcutter was fully aware of his every move.

That was why he had such confidence in him.

Moreover, what the woodcutter said aligned perfectly with Ye Yuan's own views.

The strength of a faction indeed brought many conveniences, but also many drawbacks.

Which was better was hard to say.

But one thing was certain: a martial artist must ultimately rely on himself.

Others might eventually prove unreliable.

…

Stepping onto the arena, Ye Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, as still as a pine.

Chiba sneered. “Foolish brat, do you think that breaking through to the Ninth Level Divine Lord realm allows you to contend with a Heavenly God expert? Today, I'll show you just how vast the gap between the Divine Lord and Heavenly God realms is!”

The Chiba of today was no longer the Chiba of old.

Although he hadn't broken through to the Second Level Heavenly God realm, his strength had grown considerably compared to two hundred years ago.

Chiba's talent, while not on par with prodigies like Bai Li Qingyan, was far from ordinary.

In fact, he was the representative figure of this generation on Tianrui Peak.

Thus, in everyone's eyes, Ye Yuan's actions were like a moth flying into a flame.

Even though the woodcutter seemed to think highly of Ye Yuan.

The gap between the Heavenly God and Divine Lord realms was well known; even a genius like Bai Li Qingyan couldn't fight across realms.

Not to mention the Ninth Level Divine Lord—even when Bai Li Qingyan was half-step Heavenly God, she couldn't do it!

Heavenly God realm experts had already begun to nurture all things within their inner world, and their world power was over a hundred times that of Divine Lord realm experts.

Coupled with their terrifying divine essence reserves, even a casual strike was beyond what a Divine Lord realm martial artist could withstand.

How could Ye Yuan possibly win?