Ye Xingyun's words instantly plunged the bustling great hall into silence.
Many people from major powers stared at Ye Xingyun in astonishment, as though looking at a fool.
"That is the Stellar King Physique from the Desolate Ancient Ye Family. What is he trying to pull?"
"Indeed, this is the Jun Family Divine Son's Tenth Birthday Banquet, yet he dares say such things."
"I heard that Ye Xingyun seems rather taken with the Jiang Clan's precious pearl..."
Many guests around them whispered among themselves.
They did not dare speak recklessly.
After all, the Ye Family was also a renowned Desolate Ancient aristocratic family, with formidable foundations and a legacy spanning countless years.
They would do best not to get involved in such a conflict.
The old servant beside Ye Xingyun's expression changed drastically upon hearing his words.
"Young Master, do not act rashly..."
"Enough, Uncle Fu. I am not trying to cause trouble. I merely saw the Jun Family Divine Son and felt the joy of a hunter seeing his prey." Ye Xingyun directly interrupted the old servant's advice.
He could no longer bear to see the girl he fancied wearing such a besotted expression toward Jun Xiaoyao.
"Well, Jun Family Divine Son, might Ye have the honor?"
Suppressing the jealousy and fury in his heart, Ye Xingyun spoke in as calm a tone as possible.
He was not an idiot. If he truly spoke rudely and without restraint at a Jun Family banquet, that would be courting death.
But if it was merely a sparring match, Ye Xingyun believed the Jun Family would not do anything to him.
Sure enough, upon hearing Ye Xingyun's words, Jun Zhantian and the others merely frowned slightly without saying anything.
This was not because Ye Xingyun had the Desolate Ancient Ye Family behind him, but because Jun Zhantian and the others also wished to know how much progress Jun Xiaoyao had made after a year of seclusion.
"You are..." Jun Xiaoyao's expression remained calm.
"Ye Family, Ye Xingyun." Ye Xingyun looked directly at Jun Xiaoyao.
"Oh, so you are that Stellar King Physique." Jun Xiaoyao came to a realization.
He still knew something about the young prodigies of certain Desolate Ancient aristocratic families.
The most famous forbidden prodigy of the Desolate Ancient Ye Family should have been that legendary reincarnation of the Sword Demon, Ye Guchen.
Wielding an Emperor-Slaying Sword, he had swept through the younger generation of the Immortal Domain without a single rival—a peerless sword-dao monster.
It was said that when he fought prodigies of his generation, he had never needed to draw a second sword.
Because no one could withstand his first sword.
This Ye Xingyun possessed the Stellar King Physique and could be considered decent, but he was utterly incomparable to Ye Guchen.
If Ye Guchen were here, Jun Xiaoyao might have taken some interest.
As for this Ye Xingyun...
Jun Xiaoyao truly did not think much of him.
"No need. Jun's strength is utterly ordinary; there is no need to spar."
Jun Xiaoyao shook his head. He truly could not be bothered to make a move against Ye Xingyun, casually finding a clumsy excuse.
Upon hearing Jun Xiaoyao's words, some important figures from various factions revealed strange looks.
To be honest, Jun Xiaoyao's appearance had indeed shocked them. His aura was unfathomable, his bearing transcendent, like an exiled immortal descending into the mortal world.
Yet now, faced with Ye Xingyun's provocation, Jun Xiaoyao did not make a move and instead claimed that his strength was utterly ordinary.
Could that truly be the case?
Was the Jun Family Divine Son merely a silver spearhead with nothing inside?
Jun Zhangjian and the others, however, were covered in cold sweat upon hearing this.
Utterly ordinary, my ass!
If Cousin Xiaoyao is utterly ordinary, then I might as well smash myself to death with a block of tofu. Jun Zhangjian thought helplessly.
However, Ye Xingyun did not know Jun Xiaoyao's true strength.
The phenomenon from Jun Xiaoyao's earlier breakthrough had, at most, made Ye Xingyun take him slightly more seriously.
Now that he saw Jun Xiaoyao unwilling to act, Ye Xingyun grew anxious.
If Jun Xiaoyao did not make a move, how was he supposed to show off before Jiang Luoli?
After thinking for a moment, Ye Xingyun said, "Divine Son, there is no need to be modest. If your cultivation is insufficient, Ye can suppress my realm to the peak of the Divine Palace Realm and fight you."
In Ye Xingyun's view, no matter how monstrous ten-year-old Jun Xiaoyao was, he could at most possess cultivation in the Divine Palace Realm.
Ye Xingyun himself, at sixteen or seventeen, was already an expert at the fifth level of the True Spirit Realm.
Upon hearing Ye Xingyun's words, everyone in the great hall turned their gazes toward Jun Xiaoyao.
If Jun Xiaoyao still refused under such circumstances, it would inevitably invite criticism.
Jun Xiaoyao sighed inwardly.
He could not be bothered to slap faces, yet people insisted on offering their faces for him to slap.
He glanced at Jiang Luoli beside him and roughly understood why Ye Xingyun was acting this way.
A beauty was a source of calamity!
"Are you done being annoying? Why do you keep pestering Brother Xiaoyao?"
The little girl Jiang Luoli was displeased.
She had wanted to properly chat with Jun Xiaoyao and cultivate their feelings.
Yet Ye Xingyun, unable to tell good from bad, had to stick his hand in.
"Luoli, I merely wanted to..."
Ye Xingyun's face turned green. Jiang Luoli had actually started calling him Brother Xiaoyao.
Jiang Luoli said impatiently, "Wanted what? If you hurt Brother Xiaoyao's face, can you compensate for it?"
"I..." Ye Xingyun choked, his face flushing red as he nearly could not stop himself from swearing.
Did being handsome make someone superior, able to do whatever he pleased?
Ye Xingyun grew even more jealous.
Jun Xiaoyao was also speechless. Jiang Luoli could practically serve as president of the Appearance Association.
"No need. Since you insist on sparring with this Divine Son, then make your move." Jun Xiaoyao said calmly, one hand behind his back.
"Brother Xiaoyao, you..." Jiang Luoli hesitated.
She was also somewhat worried that Jun Xiaoyao would be suppressed by Ye Xingyun.
"Tsk tsk, Luoli is already worrying about her future husband?" Jiang Shengyi revealed her pearly teeth and laughed softly from the side.
"No, I am not..." Jiang Luoli's pretty face flushed crimson.
Ye Xingyun's expression darkened as he impatiently wished to prove himself.
He suppressed his own cultivation to the ninth level of the Divine Palace Realm.
Jun Xiaoyao said lightly, "You may make the first move, and there is no need to suppress your realm."
"No need." Ye Xingyun directly refused.
He knew that if he truly did that, Jun Xiaoyao would have an excuse for his own defeat.
Then it would not achieve the effect of showing off and slapping faces. How could he make Jiang Luoli see him in a new light?
"Ah..." Jun Xiaoyao sighed.
He said nothing more and directly activated the Divine Elephant Suppresses Prison Force.
During this year of seclusion, Jun Xiaoyao had awakened another ten thousand Divine Elephant Particles.
In other words, Jun Xiaoyao had now awakened a full forty thousand Divine Elephant Particles, equivalent to four hundred million jin of immense strength!
What kind of concept was four hundred million jin of immense strength?
One palm strike could shatter primordial mountains and sweep across the stars of the nine heavens!
Rumble, rumble!
Within Jun Xiaoyao's body, dazzling golden sacred blood surged!
A torrential golden tide of blood and qi poured from his body, vaguely seeming to form the phantom of a Primordial Divine Elephant that suppressed the heavens!
Jun Xiaoyao simply thrust one hand forward.
Like the hand of an ancient god, it opened frontiers and cleaved the earth. Its terrifying fluctuations made the void tremble, while the entire great hall erupted with violent roars!
Every single person attending the banquet, whether young prodigies or elders of the previous generation, could not help but rise to their feet, utterly dumbfounded!
The terrifying pressure of that power made even many elders feel their hearts quiver with fear.
As for Ye Xingyun, he was struck as though by lightning, his expression changing drastically in horror!
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