Ye Xiwen glanced at Ao Shiba. Whether or not to kill Ao Shiba was not the main issue right now. If he were driven out, that would be a heaven-shaking loss.
Besides, most importantly, the Ancient Artifact City Lord gave him an unfathomable, unimaginable feeling.
Every opening of Artifact Emperor Heaven occurred at this weak point. To the major forces harboring ambitions toward Artifact Emperor Heaven, this was undoubtedly a highly significant stronghold. Yet Ancient Artifact City had been able to remain independent, beyond the control of those major forces, for so long. Aside from the mutual checks and balances among those forces, the Ancient Artifact City Lord was likely a very important reason as well.
Only those who truly possessed sufficient strength had sufficient say.
"Since you are both willing to give this old man face, I am deeply grateful!" The Ancient Artifact City Lord nodded, seemingly quite satisfied. "I do not care if you fight, but until this matter of Artifact Emperor Heaven is over, I hope no deaths occur within Ancient Artifact City. Otherwise, no one will look good!"
The gathered heroes all fell silent. Faced with the unfathomable Ancient Artifact City Lord, no one seemed willing to challenge his authority in Ancient Artifact City.
Ye Xiwen's gaze swept toward the depths of the cosmos. Within them, quite a few formidable auras lay concealed, appearing and vanishing indistinctly, each faintly carrying a terrifying presence.
The corner of his lips curled up. Those old fellows had calculated things well. They probably wanted him and Ao Shiba to wound each other badly. Quite a few old monsters who had lived for many years would be entering Artifact Emperor Heaven this time. Though they had not attained the Dao, they possessed many terrifying methods.
Killing Ao Shiba was nothing, but