A group of people had no idea why these Ghost Venerables feared Yang Chen so deeply.
Could it be that Yang Chen truly possessed some special ability, one capable of contending against these four half-step Heavenly Separation Realm Ghost Venerables?
Yet just as such thoughts arose in their hearts, the four half-step Heavenly Separation Realm Ghost Venerables soon revealed mocking expressions.
"I wondered what sort of figure he was. Turns out he is merely an ordinary Transcendent Realm expert. Either the intelligence was wrong, or our people greatly overestimated this brat surnamed Yang," one half-step Heavenly Separation Realm Ghost Venerable sneered.
"Hahaha! Those ghost creatures sent to the Southern Realm before were all useless trash dispatched as cannon fodder. We are the elite reinforcements who arrived afterward. Naturally, our vision is worlds apart from theirs—how could we possibly be compared? A mere ordinary Transcendent Realm cultivator was called formidable enough to warrant caution by them. I truly do not know what those trash were thinking. In my view, there is no need for so much nonsense. Just go up and kill the brat."
At first, the four half-step Heavenly Separation Realm Ghost Venerables had held some misgivings toward Yang Chen. But after seeing his cultivation, their reactions were no longer so intense.
However, the leading half-step Heavenly Separation Realm Ghost Venerable said with a grim expression, "Do not be careless, and do not be misled by this boy's cultivation. He killed the Seven Stars Young Master when he was at the Great Ascension Stage. That is the true reason we have appeared in this plane. Had the Seven Stars Young Master not been slain, we should never have appeared in a plane like this. You all know the Seven Stars Young Master's strength. He was killed by someone of the