Jiang Taibai, Xuan Qingyi

Ye Qingfeng spoke calmly. Without waiting for the Crocodile Ancestor to answer, he flicked his sleeve and tossed a massive head before him.

The Crocodile Ancestor's heart jolted, and he could not help asking fearfully, "What do you mean by this, young friend?"

Ye Qingfeng shook his head, then said evenly, "This is the overlord of the South Sea Demon Race, the Netherwater Profound Serpent Demon Ancestor."

"During the Abyssal Demon Calamity, this fiend not only failed to join the battle at Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion, but also took the chance to ambush Lihuo Island. This enraged my master, who ordered me to kill him."

Ye Qingfeng spoke at an unhurried pace, then changed the subject. "But rest assured, I have not come today to make a move against you. I have come to make a trade."

"A trade?"

The Crocodile Ancestor's expression shifted slightly, and a few guesses rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Ye Qingfeng nodded and said, "The Netherwater Profound Serpent's cultivation ground in exchange for the ancestral vein of the lower reaches of the Eastern Wasteland Ancestral River."

"This..."

The Crocodile Ancestor was both stunned and alarmed. He glanced at the Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword in Ye Qingfeng's hand and understood that, though this appeared to be a trade, he had no choice at all.

With Chen Nianzhi's current strength and status, even if he simply seized it by force, no one would dare say anything over dealing with a single Primordial Spirit of the Demon Race.

The fact that they were willing to exchange the Netherwater Profound Serpent Emperor's cultivation ground for it was likely only because he had repeatedly taken action during the great battles of recent years.

"Now that the human race of the Eastern Wasteland has risen, there is indeed no room