Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 402 - 399 Pretense and Deceit

Chapter 402: Chapter 399 Pretense and Deceit

Chill wrapped around him, and Ye Xuan found himself in the Xuanbing Mansion’s ice chamber, his body quickly covered in a layer of frost. At the same time, Dragon Scales rapidly surfaced on his body. As the scales appeared inch by inch, they immediately repelled the frost, shattering it into tiny fragments of ice.

"Think you can trap me?"

The moment Ye Xuan broke free from the frost’s hold, a golden glow began to wriggle on his skin, and then the Dragon Scales on his body suddenly ejected outwards. However, it was not the scales themselves that were propelled, but pure golden energy which blasted out in all directions like raindrops.

Pupu pupu!

The golden light scales bombarded the ice chamber, producing a very crisp sound. Initially, the ice chamber did not suffer much damage, but under such a dense barrage, it ultimately gave way and collapsed with a thunderous crash.

"Quite troublesome indeed!"

The pale-faced Elder began to feel a headache coming on. Ye Xuan’s strength had surpassed his expectations; even his ice chamber sealing technique was unable to contain Ye Xuan—it was really troublesome to deal with.

Having broken through the ice chamber’s seal, Ye Xuan was unafraid of the chilly air currents, dashing at high speed towards the pale-faced Elder and slashing with his sword.

Whoosh!

A crescent-shaped Sword Qi burst forth.

"Seal it for me!"

The pale-faced Elder quickly condensed the cold air currents around him, gathering them in front of his body.

Bang!

The next moment, the cold air currents that had exploded open bloomed violently like springtime flowers, propelling the pale-faced Elder backwards through the air.

"Golden Thunder Slash!"

Having blown apart the cluster of cold air currents, Ye Xuan seized the moment when the pale-faced Elder’s defenses were weakest and unleashed his strongest sword strike, with golden-yellow sword light sweeping across every direction.

"Damnable brat!"

The pale-faced Elder felt his scalp tingle; this sword brought a significant sense of crisis. The air seemed to be torn apart like fabric where the sword passed.

"Ice Emperor Armor!"

In the nick of time, an exceptionally icy cold chill burst forth from the pale-faced Elder. This chill seemed to be squeezed out forcefully from his very marrow and blood, rapidly forming a layer of armor made entirely from ice, firmly protecting his body.

Thud thud thud...

The sword light struck the pale-faced Elder, and immediately, intense sparks flew in all directions. The pale-faced Elder’s feet scraped against the ground, sliding back more than ten meters, his face fluctuating between red and pale, nearly spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Golden Thunder Slash, backhand style!"

Ye Xuan did not give the white-faced elder a chance to catch his breath. Right after executing the move "Golden Thunder Slash" with his dominant hand, he spun the sword blade and reversed his grip, slashing out with the same technique once again.

This sword strike was even fiercer than the one before.

"Again?"

The white-faced elder hurriedly drove his frigid Ice Emperor Armor to thicken it with his Half-step True Essence, but his efforts were to no avail. The sword light struck again at the same spot as the previous blow with a "crack," and this time, the Ice Emperor Armor could no longer withstand the attack of the Sword Qi and was thoroughly shattered, leaving a gaping fissure.

Pffft!

Unable to contain it any longer, the white-faced elder finally spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body violently thrown back, crashing into his seat behind him and reducing it to rubble, in a sorry state.

Hiss!

Seeing the disheveled elder crash into his seat, the upper echelons of the Xuanbing Mansion were shocked, their expressions changing, some incredulously looking at Ye Xuan. They clearly did not expect that their Supreme Elder was no match for Ye Xuan, and after just a few exchanges, he ended up in a miserable defeat.

Such strength, it is feared that not many in the entire Chaotic Sea Domain could achieve this, let alone that Ye Xuan was merely a young man in his early twenties.

"Old fellow, do I now have the right to intervene?"

With a move, Ye Xuan suddenly disappeared from the gaze of many Xuanbing Mansion elites and, after a moment, reappeared before the white-faced elder and asked indifferently.

"You, despicable..."

The white-faced elder was furious, but when he saw the harmless smile on Ye Xuan’s face, he couldn’t help but feel a chill rise in his heart. He knew that although Ye Xuan now appeared like he wouldn’t hurt him, if he were to say anything defiant, his fate would likely be many times worse than it currently was.

"This matter is of great importance as it involves our relationship with Snow Dragon Mountain, so we must discuss it at length..." the white-faced elder’s countenance shifted as he tried to buy time.

However, Ye Xuan was no fool. Hearing these words from the white-faced elder, he knew what kind of nonsense the latter was spouting, and immediately took a step forward, his expression suddenly turning cold. The Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword was fiercely planted in front of the white-faced elder, "Don’t give me so much nonsense. Supreme Elder, I am asking you just one question right now, will you call off the engagement or not?"

"Retreat, of course, retreat," the white-faced elder gritted his teeth. He knew he couldn’t disagree at such a critical moment, otherwise, there was no telling what impulsive act Ye Xuan might commit.

He no longer believed that his status as the Supreme Elder of Xuanbing Mansion would save him. Ye Xuan’s power was clearly beyond the level of a Half-step Martial Venerate, so he would not fear the Xuanbing Mansion at all. If even he was no match for Ye Xuan, who else in the Xuanbing Mansion could be?

"Good, I’ll give you seven days to settle this matter," Ye Xuan didn’t plan to waste more words with this old fellow. Originally, he hadn’t intended to take action since this was a matter that could be resolved by talking. Why bother with such a show of force? But unfortunately, this old guy preferred to use force, so he could only be impolite. Since he had already been impolite once, there was no reason to care about a second time.

"Seven days? Isn’t that too tight a timeframe?" the complexion of the white-faced elder changed once again. Seven days was indeed too short; even to make a trip to Snow Dragon Mountain would take at least three days at the fastest.

"I think it’s more than enough," said Ye Xuan with a cold smile. "You dug this hole yourself, do you still expect others to wipe your ass for you? Of course, that’s also possible, but then you don’t need to act as Supreme Elder anymore. If you can’t handle such a small matter, let someone else more capable do it."

Watching the white-faced elder in front of him, Ye Xuan’s mocking smile grew thicker. This old guy still wanted to stall for time, probably thinking up some kind of scheme. But it was useless to try anything; he wanted to see what tricks the old man could pull.

"Alright, I will take care of this within seven days," the white-faced elder’s lips twitched a couple of times, finally giving in. However, his eyes flickered with an unusual light, unpredictable, clearly, he was not entirely willing to call off the engagement so simply. After all, he had pushed others aside at a considerable cost to finally broker this marriage, how could he let Ye Xuan easily thwart it.