"Scared, are you? Since you're here, none of you are leaving today. As it happens, I need you as a gift."
Smiling broadly, Ye Xingchen shook his head, then took a step forward. Streams of powerful divine fire immediately rose from his hand. At the sight, the three Heavenly God experts' expressions turned extremely ugly.
After exchanging glances, they struck together, charging at Ye Xingchen.
Yet just as they were about to draw close, a piercing metallic sound suddenly rang out. The three seemed to collide with the air itself and fell to the ground. Bewildered, they looked around and froze where they stood.
"What is this? I've never seen anything so bizarre."
"Who exactly are you? You can't possibly be that genius Demon Empress. Has some old monster possessed you?"
Standing outside, Ye Xingchen smiled at their words. He shook his head slightly, looked at the three, and teased:
"You really think too highly of me, don't you? What old monster do you think could possess me?"
With those words, Ye Xingchen waved his hand. The Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul in his hand instantly began contracting without limit. Before the three Heavenly God experts could react, its power bound them in place.
At the same time, vines immediately coiled up beneath their feet, leaving them no path into the heavens and no door into the earth. For a moment, they fell into a panic.
Having done all this, Ye Xingchen smiled, turned to look toward Stone Village, then flew off with the three Heavenly Gods.
Meanwhile, in Stone Village,
Willow God, who had revealed her true form, frowned slightly as she watched the dangerous auras steadily approach. She thought that, in all her time lying low in this Great Wilderness, this was the first time experts this powerful