I Want to Know What It Feels Like to Beat Up a Myriad Stars Realm Expert

Ye Chen's mind raced.

Dong Shizhang stood before him with barely a tenth of his spiritual energy left.

And he was badly wounded...

But even a starving camel was bigger than a horse. Ye Chen hesitated.

If he used his immortal arts, could he really take Dong Shizhang on?

Dong Shizhang suddenly descended and shot a mass of water from his hand.

A moment later, the water rose into the air carrying another person.

Ye Chen's eyes lit up when he saw him.

So I'm not the only one they caught!

"Mmmph! Mmmph!" (Did they catch you too?!)

Xu Shen looked at Ye Chen in confusion. "Sir, what's he saying?"

"No idea, and I don't want to know." Dong Shizhang shot Xu Shen a resentful look.

Xu Shen caught on at once and slapped Ye Chen across the face. "Mmph, mmph? Mmph your mother."

Ye Chen froze.

The slap also broke the water sealing his mouth. "Fuck you! You dare hit me?!"

Ye Chen writhed furiously, kicking at Xu Shen with his little feet.

"Fuck you! Today, either your mother or mine is going to die!"

Ye Chen roared.

"Enough!" Dong Shizhang was dumbfounded.

Water sealed Ye Chen's mouth again.

"Now do you understand why I sealed his mouth?" Dong Shizhang asked pointedly.

Xu Shen stared at Ye Chen in shock. Ye Chen was still at it.

"Mmmph! Mmmph!" (Use your imagination.)

The corners of Xu Shen's mouth twitched twice.

After a while, Ye Chen seemed to tire and finally fell silent.

Half an hour later, Dong Shizhang returned to the Beast God Cult's base in Zanghai City.

Zhou Zixuan hurried forward to fawn over him as soon as he arrived.

"Welcome back, sir." Zhou Zixuan saw that Dong Shizhang's clothes were in tatters.

He immediately shouted, "Someone! Prepare a fresh set of clothes and take them to his room!"

Dong Shizhang waved him off. "No need."

Then he turned his gaze to Ye Chen. "First, I want to have a chat with this boy."

Ye Chen was baffled. He still had no idea what these people wanted with him.

They took Ye Chen to a dim room.

Dong Shizhang loomed over him, glaring.

"Tell me. Were you in the Lianhai Mountains five days ago?!"

Ye Chen gave no answer.

"Keeping your mouth shut? Fine! Then tell me this: did you see a dragon?!"

Ye Chen gave no answer.

Zhou Zixuan went still. A dragon? Five days ago?!

He turned a dark look on Xu Shen.

Xu Shen met his gaze with a smile. With Dong Shizhang backing him, he had no reason to fear Zhou Zixuan.

Zhou Zixuan knew that too. He could only swallow his anger.

"I'm giving you a chance. Don't throw it away!"

Dong Shizhang's temper flared, and he slammed the table as he rose.

"Tell me where that dragon went. Once I find it, I can let you live."

Ye Chen gave no answer.

"Say something, damn you!"

Dong Shizhang's voice thundered through the room.

Ye Chen still gave no answer.

Just then, Zhou Zixuan spoke up timidly.

"Sir... his mouth is still sealed..."

An awkward silence fell. Ye Chen looked at Zhou Zixuan with the approving gaze of a teacher seeing a promising student.

Then he cast Dong Shizhang a contemptuous glance.

At that, Dong Shizhang flew into a rage.

"Why the hell are you only telling me now?! Would it have killed you to say so sooner?!" Dong Shizhang flicked his hand.

A jet of water slammed into Zhou Zixuan.

Zhou Zixuan wanted to cry. I should've kept my mouth shut. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Dong Shizhang had held back, though. The attack was only meant to teach Zhou Zixuan a lesson, not injure him.

Then he removed the seal from Ye Chen's mouth.

"Now, boy. Where did that dragon go?"

Ye Chen's eyes darted around. "I'm hungry. Don't feel like answering."

"...Get him something to eat!" Dong Shizhang glared at Ye Chen and spoke through gritted teeth.

Dong Shizhang had no fear that Ye Chen would escape. He was only in the Awakening Realm, after all.

If he let Ye Chen get away, he might as well throw away his Myriad Stars Realm cultivation and start over.

After eating and drinking his fill, Ye Chen let out a satisfied burp.

Dong Shizhang frowned.

"Can you tell me now?"

Ye Chen looked puzzled. "Tell you what?"

The room fell silent...

"You... Do you really think I won't kill you?!" Dong Shizhang's patience was nearly gone.

"Well, you're badly wounded. You're probably only a bit stronger than someone at the peak of the Sea-Overturning Realm, right? And your spiritual energy hasn't recovered much either." Ye Chen smiled.

Ye Chen had used up too much spiritual energy transferring it to his students earlier, but his constitution was extraordinary.

Thanks to the hour he had spent stalling, he had recovered to full strength.

Now... he just needed an opening.

Dong Shizhang narrowed his eyes. "Are you saying you can beat me?"

Ye Chen gave a dry laugh. "The thought did cross my mind."

Before Dong Shizhang could speak, Xu Shen charged up to Ye Chen.

"You little brat! You're still wet behind the ears, and you dare speak to him like that?!"

With that, he swung another slap at Ye Chen.

Dong Shizhang tacitly allowed it.

He had to admit, Xu Shen made a decent lackey.

But what happened next stunned everyone.

Xu Shen was in the Mountain-Moving Realm, yet a root had caught and bound his hand.

Everyone froze.

Wood?!

"I haven't even settled the score for that first slap. Are you really in such a hurry to die?!"

Killing intent flashed in Ye Chen's eyes.

He had figured it out. If they had come for the Wood Dragon, someone among them must have seen it, yet they had not come to capture him immediately.

That meant they saw the Wood Dragon as a threat.

And the Wooden Human and Great Buddha were even stronger!

Ye Chen no longer felt he had anything to fear.

The root grew wildly. In an instant, wood wrapped tightly around Xu Shen's entire body.

He could not move!

No matter how strong he was, he had no room to put that strength to use. Breaking free would be difficult.

Ye Chen slowly rose from his chair and rolled his neck.

"Today, I want to know what it feels like to beat up a Myriad Stars Realm expert."

Dong Shizhang's face darkened.

Suddenly, a branch appeared in Ye Chen's right hand, just as one had before.

It slowly changed shape, becoming a sharp spear.

Ye Chen struck, but Dong Shizhang was not his target.

"Don't you dare, boy!" Dong Shizhang was alarmed. Xu Shen might not be particularly strong, but he was a capable lackey.

Xu Shen's eyes widened in terror as the wooden spear flew straight at his head.

"Water Mirror!"

At Dong Shizhang's call, a pale blue shield appeared before Xu Shen.

So that's what this thing is called—Water Mirror, Ye Chen thought with a smile.