The corpse of Dragon Lord Ao Ze of the North Sea, along with the North Sea Dragon Lord Seal in Ye Zhen's hand, made the senior disciples—also the Five Immortals Sect's five Supreme Elders—calm down one by one and reassess Ye Zhen.
People were like that. Even these Five Immortals Sect Supreme Elders, who stood among the most powerful figures in the Myriad Worlds, were no exception.
Only when they believed their enemy possessed the strength to contend with them would they treat that enemy as an opponent, rather than an ant they could crush at will.
Only then could there be equality!
Only then could there be a possibility of negotiation!
There were countless possibilities behind Ye Zhen producing Dragon Lord Ao Ze of the North Sea's corpse, but one point was certain to everyone—behind Ye Zhen, or in Ye Zhen's hands, was a powerful figure or force capable of slaying a Creation Realm Divine King Realm expert!
Although Dragon Lord Ao Ze of the North Sea was only at the late stage of the Creation Realm Divine General Realm, the Dragon Race's combat strength was inherently formidable. As a Dragon Lord, Ao Ze possessed an immense number of spiritual treasures and Weapons of Slaughter, enough to let him contend with a Creation Realm Divine King.
And he had been slain in the North Sea waters, with the North Sea Dragon Lord Seal involved. The implications behind that were anything but ordinary.
Fu Su, Leng Shou Tian, Ling Xian, Lian Mo, and Zhuang Ning Bing had founded the Five Immortals Sect together and hidden overseas for so many years. They still had a tacit understanding between them.
Senior Disciple Brother Fu Su's timely rebuke, together with his rambling about past cooperation with the North Sea and so on, established