677 A Complete Victory!

Ye Qin sneered at the sect, and the purple-gold-robed man's face instantly turned livid, dark as iron.

"Your Excellency does not seem like a reckless fool. Why be so unwise as to try to provoke me? It seems you have only just arrived in Demon Spirit City and do not know who I, Cao Liangbai, am!?"

The purple-gold-robed man summoned a set of fire-element flying swords. With a turn of his thoughts, his fury turned into laughter. Ye Qin's strength undoubtedly made him deeply wary, and he knew nothing of his background. Otherwise, he would have long since sent his sword flying to cut him down—why would he waste words?

"Cao Liangbai? Never heard of you. You're a nineteen-round cultivator—are you supposed to be famous?!"

Ye Qin said impatiently.

Ye Qin's casual remark struck Cao Liangbai's sore spot, immediately leaving him embarrassed and enraged. Within Demon Spirit City, there were at least several hundred Nascent Soul Cultivators capable of holding the nineteenth round, while there were only a dozen or so who could hold the twentieth. Those were the ones with truly illustrious reputations. Cao Liangbai himself was not particularly famous; what was truly famous was the ancestor he had. Thus, he often placed himself on equal footing with those top twentieth-round cultivators.

"It does not matter if you do not know me, but if you do not know my ancestor, that would be the joke of the century! My ancestor is the Great Lord Cao of Red Flame Valley near Demon Spirit City, and also a member of Demon Spirit City's council of elders. He commands a territory spanning millions of li, with no fewer than a thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators under him."

Cao Liangbai laughed heartily, then abruptly changed his tone and sent a secret voice transmission. "...Your