Lin Zhan's eyes were bloodshot. Since his emergence, he had never been in such a sorry state.
The pressure someone else gave off alone had suppressed him until he could not raise his head.
Even Ye Jinghong beside him looked shocked.
As the Ye Lineage's Throne of Order, he could naturally defeat the Qilin Cave's forces with ease as well.
But suppressing the Heavenly Qilin Combined Attack Formation with nothing but the presence he exuded was a little too outrageous. He admitted with shame that he could not do that.
Not long ago, he had heard an elder of the Lineage mention that this Son of Heaven had awakened an invincible Chaos Physique.
Yet seeing him today, he had not even revealed it. For some unknown reason, he had instead unleashed a divine ability of the Human Emperor Body.
This Son of Heaven possessed such divine might through human emperor pressure alone.
At first, he had been somewhat curious, wanting to see just how great the gap was between himself and this Son of Heaven he had never met.
Now it seemed he had overestimated himself.
When he saw Ye Wushuang simply stand there and defeat the Qilin Cave's combined attack technique with a raised hand, he already had his answer.
But did this Son of Heaven Wushuang also possess a Human Emperor Body?
Recalling the Mountain and River Seal from just now, Ye Jinghong's gaze trembled as he pondered.
"Gather your secret technique again. This time, I won't interrupt your formation. I'd like to see how much more you can prance about. Use whatever moves you have. I'm afraid you won't have another chance to strike."
Ye Wushuang flew proudly into the air, glanced down a few times, and waited for their next attack.
"Bastard!" When had Lin Zhan ever been held in such contempt? The power of the combined attack gathered upon him again.
In his fury, he even began burning his own Ink Qilin blood essence.
"No! Lin Zhan, stop at once! If you burn your blood essence like this, you won't be able to fight again for half a year!" the Qilin Cave elder beside him urged anxiously.
How could Lin Zhan listen to any attempts to dissuade him now? The humiliation of being crushed had long since provoked him, and rage had washed through his mind.
Lin Zhan activated a pitch-black scale. It was the heart-protecting scale of an ancient Ink Qilin that he had obtained during a Lineage trial.
"Ink Dyes All Under Heaven!"
"Son of Heaven of the Ye Lineage, pay the price for your arrogance!"
An Ink Qilin phantom charged toward Ye Wushuang.
The blow slammed heavily into Ye Wushuang, and light spilled in every direction.
Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling's expressions tightened involuntarily, their hearts trembling as they worried about Ye Wushuang.
With a boom, dust rose, and the aftershocks of the attack seemed to shake even the earth.
A moment later, silence reigned. The forces of the great lineages had yet to quite comprehend why this Divine Son of the Ye Lineage had not made a move to counter the blow.
Below, Lin Zhan laughed wildly. "I don't care what Son of Heaven you are! After taking that blow head-on, let's see how you keep looking down from on high!"
He was already a heaven's chosen of the Qilin Cave, and on top of that, he had burned his blood essence to activate the ancient Ink Qilin's heart-protecting scale.
Even some figures a generation older than him would struggle to emerge unscathed from such an all-out blow.
"Is that so?" a calm voice rang out.
Lin Zhan looked as though he had seen a ghost, his body trembling. "Impossible!"
Above, Ye Wushuang stood in the void without a scratch, not moving an inch, not even bothering to show the slightest expression.
It was as though that blow had been nothing but a joke.
Ye Wushuang lightly smoothed the hem of his clothes, but his expression was somewhat indifferent.
"I hadn't intended to bother with you, but you piece of trash actually messed up my clothes. Now, you may kneel."
As his cold words rang out, the Ink Qilin, who had assumed his true form, was pressed straight to the ground. His four legs buckled, and he fell to his knees with a crash.
"Great human emperor divine ability, Mountain and River Seal." A human emperor phantom coalesced behind Ye Wushuang.
An invisible pressure spread outward from Ye Wushuang, surging into the heavens and filling the clouds.
A massive hand unleashed a divine seal, pressing the Ink Qilin straight into the ground until he could no longer move.
"An ant in a rage is still an ant." The massive hand closed, lifting Lin Zhan's true body just like that.
At this moment, every spectator was chilled to the bone. A scene they had not even dared imagine had unfolded before their eyes.
A wondrous Ink Qilin was held by the neck like an object, dangling as a defeated foe.
Many experts of the older generation sighed. "This Son of Heaven of the Ye Lineage has the makings of a Great Emperor."
"To be born in a golden age, yet encounter such a Son of Heaven... who can say whether it's fortune or misfortune for the other heaven's chosen?"
"His invincible momentum has already begun to take shape. The path to emperorship in this lifetime will be interesting."
The various forces hurriedly transmitted messages back, reporting the grand spectacle at the entrance to the Heavenly Sword Secret Realm today.
Ye Wushuang chuckled softly where he stood. "Could there be no one in the Heavenly Sword Secret Realm who can make me draw my sword? How dull."
The Qilin Cave elder's heart tightened when he saw Lin Zhan's condition.
"Young friend, please show the Qilin Cave some respect," a Qilin Cave expert below said, suppressing his anger.
Ye Wushuang smiled faintly. "Since when has my Ye Lineage needed to show you respect?"
The Qilin Cave elder's expression turned icy as he roared, "Release our heaven's chosen at once! Does the Ye Lineage want to spark a war between our two lineages?"
"Since when could you represent the Qilin Cave?" Ye Jinghong said disdainfully.
Ye Wushuang's face shone with spirit. "My Ye Lineage... has no fear of war!"
"Ask those old things behind you whether they dare go to war."
"What can you do to me? You'll still have to send me back."
Lin Zhan still refused to bow his head. He felt that someone behind him would protect him, and he stared at Ye Wushuang with eyes full of provocation.
"If I wish to kill you, who can stop me? Who is even worthy of stopping me?" Ye Wushuang's icy words rang out, like those of a god.
Ye Wushuang stood motionless, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips. "You kept provoking me."
Like a phantom, Ye Wushuang appeared beside Lin Zhan, leaned down, and pressed his five fingers toward the crown of Lin Zhan's head.
Lin Zhan's earlier composure was long gone, his eyes filled with horror.
The Qilin Cave elder's pupils contracted sharply. Before he could cry out, human emperor power pierced through Lin Zhan in an instant.
A wail rang out. Lin Zhan lost all signs of life, and his enormous body collapsed with a crash.
Deathly silence filled the scene. Even the other great lineages froze for a moment.
This Son of Heaven of the Ye Lineage actually acted with such decisiveness and finality.
The ancestors within the ancestral grounds, however, were thoroughly satisfied. This was how their Ye Lineage's Son of Heaven should be: decisive, cutting down anyone without exception.
"If their forces have any objections, let them come to our Ye Lineage. While we're at it, we'll remind them of those days of terror under our rule."
The Second Ancestor's voice was biting, the killing intent within it enough to chill anyone to the bone.
Seeing Lin Zhan's wretched state, the Ancient Qilin Cave elder's eyes filled with blood, and he threw his head back with a long howl, unable to stop his presence from spilling out.
Their Qilin Cave was an invincible force whose ancestors had produced a Great Emperor, comparable to humanity's imperial lineages. When had they ever been in such a sorry state?
The Qilin Cave had always been the one suppressing others, yet today, someone else had directly suppressed them and slaughtered one of them.
The several Qilin Cave heaven's chosen below were all somewhat chilled. They no longer dared make a sound, afraid they would be killed outright.
Ye Wushuang then smiled at them. His peerless features paired with that radiant smile made such a beautiful picture, yet it chilled them to the bone.
"Have your elder bring out treasures. One treasure for one life. If you want to take that corpse back, it counts too."
"Boy, don't go too far." The Qilin Cave elder was on the verge of erupting, only to be blasted back by a single sword strike from the Grand Elder.
He behaved himself.
The little white beast Taiyi had transformed into stuck out his tongue and taunted the Qilin Cave elder. "What can you do to us?"
The Qilin Cave elder was so furious that his vision nearly went black and he almost fainted on the spot.
"Fine, I'll trade!" the Qilin Cave elder agreed hoarsely, his eyes filled with coldness.
Then, one heavenly treasure after another was brought out and sent flying toward Ye Wushuang.
"These are yours." Without so much as a glance, Ye Wushuang tossed the treasures and divine medicines that would make the outside world green with envy to Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling.