Chapter 2112: Aren't You Proud?

Qi Zhen looked at Ye Yuan with a disdainful expression.

This pill contest had indeed shocked him immensely, even making him feel ashamed of his own inferiority.

But so what?

Did that mean the Qilin Clan had to gift a top-tier Heavenly Lord spiritual treasure for nothing?

What was a top-tier Heavenly Lord spiritual treasure?

It was a treasure on the same level as the Realm-Steering Stele and the Soul-Steering Pearl!

Such a treasure could suppress one side and bring great fortune.

Ye Yuan's meteoric rise was inseparable from these two treasures.

Such a treasure, even for the Qilin Clan, was by no means dispensable.

If not for the Qilin Emperor Bone being too tempting and too extraordinary, Qi Chen would never have proposed such a pill contest.

But now, they found there was no hope of winning, so they could only choose this shameless way to end the bet.

Qi Zhen really didn't take Ye Yuan seriously; no matter how great a sub-sage, he couldn't lord it over the Qilin Clan.

"Is that so? I can't keep you here, but what about it?"

A cold glint flashed in Ye Yuan's eyes as he slowly took out the Emperor Bone.

As the Emperor Bone appeared, a force seemingly from the primordial age descended abruptly, and all the experts in the hall felt a weight on their shoulders, a tremendous pressure falling from the sky.

Everyone's expression changed drastically!

That day, when Ye Yuan had taken out the Emperor Bone, he hadn't activated the power within it.

The aura they had sensed was only what the Emperor Bone naturally emitted.

But today, the pressure within the Emperor Bone was fully unleashed, and even these Heavenly Lords felt immense pressure.

Of course, mere pressure alone couldn't give Ye Yuan the power to rival a Heavenly Lord.

But there was one person who was different!

That person was Qi Zhen.

This was an Emperor Bone from ancient times, from the ancestor of the ancestors of the current Qilin Clan. How noble was its bloodline, how intense its pressure?

This pressure came from the depths of bloodline and soul.

"Kneel!"

Ye Yuan's shout was like a morning drum and evening bell, leveraging the Emperor Bone's might, shaking the great hall until it trembled.

Qi Zhen's reason told him not to kneel.

Yet his body and soul seemed to disobey him.

It was as if a demon inside him urged him to kneel, to kneel...

Trembling, Qi Zhen slowly knelt down.

From his body, one could see that he was struggling intensely.

But it was futile!

Under such powerful bloodline pressure, his body no longer obeyed him!

The moment Qi Zhen's knees touched the ground, endless humiliation surged within him.

He glared coldly at Ye Yuan, his eyes nearly splitting as he roared, "Ye Yuan, you dare humiliate me? Humiliate the Qilin Clan? You'll die without a burial place!"

Everyone's mouths hung open, staring dumbfounded at the scene.

Even Gongyang Lie, a Heavenly Emperor expert, was stunned speechless.

The Qilin Clan, as a primordial exotic race, was not only immensely powerful themselves but also had an extremely powerful clan.

Although he was a Heavenly Emperor, when meeting a Qilin Clan elite like Qi Zhen, he would still yield somewhat.

But Ye Yuan had used such drastic means to make him kneel?

"Sub-Sage, this... might be inappropriate?" Gongyang Lie cautiously advised.

Ye Yuan ignored him, instead looking calmly at Qi Zhen and sneering, "Aren't you noble in blood? Aren't you extremely proud? Don't you bully others by relying on power? Aren't you shameless? Then today I'll tell you, your pride is worthless before me!"

"I can forgo the Jade Pure True Fire Bottle, and the bet can be called off. I, Ye Yuan, am not an unreasonable person! But your Qilin Clan, priding yourselves on your noble bloodline, look down on everyone else, and use this shameless way to cancel the bet. So this is how Heavenly Lord experts keep their word—like farting!"

"If that were all, fine. But you come before me, flaunting your power, demanding I hand over the Emperor Bone! Once or twice is tolerable, but do you really take me, Ye Yuan, for a soft persimmon, that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can threaten me? Hmm?"

Ye Yuan's tiger eyes glared, as if a god had descended, giving a divine feeling.

The surrounding Heavenly Lord experts, hearing Ye Yuan's accusations, all sighed inwardly.

Indeed, although Ye Yuan was a young genius comparable to the Saint Ancestor High Priest, he lacked the frivolity typical of youth.

When Chi Xiao had been so arrogant before him, Ye Yuan had just laughed it off.

But the Qilin Clan had gone too far, pushing their luck.

Everyone present knew what had happened that day.

Qi Yun, upon seeing Ye Yuan, had declared the Emperor Bone belonged to the Qilin Clan, extremely overbearing.

Then Qi You popped up, acting the same.

Later, Qi Chen, a late-stage Heavenly Lord expert, also did the same.

Finally, upon discovering Ye Yuan's identity and knowing they couldn't force it, they used the bet to swindle.

But after witnessing Ye Yuan's strength, the Qilin Clan reneged!

Reneging would be one thing, but at least come and talk nicely.

Lower your head, admit your mistake, and perhaps Ye Yuan would let it go.

But this Qi Zhen acted as if he were the best in the world, swaggering before Ye Yuan, not only canceling the bet on such a shameless pretext but also demanding Ye Yuan hand over the Emperor Bone.

Even a clay Buddha has three parts of anger, let alone Ye Yuan, a young, successful genius whose status rivaled the Saint Ancestor High Priest.

No matter how easygoing, there is a limit, right?

But they never expected that Ye Yuan's Emperor Bone possessed such terrifying power, able to force Qi Zhen, a Heavenly Lord, to kneel directly.

"Aren't you proud? Isn't your bloodline noble? Then I'll trample all your pride underfoot!"

With that, Ye Yuan stomped down, stepping directly on Qi Zhen's face and pressing it to the floor.

The immense force shattered the floor tiles.

Ye Yuan's strength was negligible to Qi Zhen, only making his cheek ache a little.

But the humiliation in his heart reached its peak at that moment.

He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Ye Yuan, if you have the guts, kill me! As long as you don't kill me today, I'll grind your bones to dust and make you know what true regret is!"

The Qilin Clan was so proud; today's event would become a lifelong stain. How could he not be furious?

But his threat to Ye Yuan wasn't because he feared Ye Yuan would actually do anything to him.

Humiliating him like this was already the limit of what Ye Yuan could do.

Would he really dare to kill him?

The consequences of killing him were not something Ye Yuan could bear!

However, he underestimated Ye Yuan's resoluteness.

Ye Yuan had always been tough when faced with toughness, and soft when faced with softness. Even if a Supreme Heavenly Emperor came, he wouldn't make Ye Yuan bow his head, let alone a mere Qi Zhen?

A murderous intent flashed in Ye Yuan's eyes, and the bone sword was already in his hand.

"Heh, you think that with the Qilin Clan as your backing, I wouldn't dare to do anything to you? Since that's the case, I'll send you on your way. I'd like to see what the Qilin Clan can do to me!"