Ye Xiwen opened his eyes. What was meant to come would come eventually.
Above the inn, a group of more than a dozen people stood suspended in the sky, all clad in heavy black iron armor. The military officer at their head appeared to be around thirty and bore some resemblance to Ma Yuanlong. An immeasurable aura swept out from his body, a terrifying force accompanied by boundless killing intent.
Such a terrifying aura immediately alarmed many people.
"Is that Ma Yuanfeng? Hiss, he's back. He must be here to make trouble for that man called Ye Xiwen. How terrifying! With the strength of the Transcendent Realm Third Heaven, aside from the City Lord and the heads of several great Lineages, he is nearly without rival!"
"That man is dead for sure. He crippled Ma Yuanlong's cultivation yet still dared to act so arrogantly and didn't leave. Isn't that courting death?"
"Exactly. The Ma Yuanlong and Ma Yuanfeng brothers have always been extremely close. Otherwise, Ma Yuanlong would never have been so overbearing and tyrannical. Now that Ma Yuanlong's cultivation has been crippled, how could Ma Yuanfeng possibly not come for revenge?"
Ma Yuanfeng made no attempt to conceal his aura, which enveloped every place within a radius of more than ten miles.
Boom! A figure shot out of the inn and swept into midair, facing Ma Yuanfeng from afar.
"Were you the one who crippled my younger brother's cultivation?" Ma Yuanfeng restrained his fury. His voice emerged through his armor, muffled yet tinged with anger.
"That's right." Ye Xiwen nodded.
"How dare you?" Savage light flickered in Ma Yuanfeng's eyes. Ye Xiwen had been utterly ruthless, directly destroying Ma Yuanlong's dantian and crushing it into chaos, leaving even Ma Yuanfeng unable to treat him.
"He merely brought it upon