Blood light and golden light clashed.
The might of the Shura Sword was extinguished by a single slash of the Primordial Sword.
The bizarre sight left everyone dumbfounded.
The massive cauldron clashed with the Sand Drum and the Yin-Yang Mirror.
They were evenly matched.
The Extreme Dao slash unleashed by the blood sword.
A sword slash swept toward the Asura Race.
In an instant, space shattered wherever it passed, and the Asura Race warriors were terrified.
"How is this possible? Even the Shura Sword couldn't match it!"
"This is bad! This slash has at least late-stage Extreme Dao power! Elders, act now!"
"Human, you've gone too far!"
With those words, the Shura Sword trembled again.
A terrifying imperial might swept outward.
The blood sword's might was instantly annihilated.
"A peak Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon really is overbearing."
Watching this, Ye Changge was utterly shocked.
Without the Primordial Sword, this would only have ended in a draw.
Even with the Primordial Sword, they still hadn't hurt the other side. What a pity.
"Primordial Forbidden Zone, the Ye Lineage will remember this. I hope you hide inside your Emperor Formation forever."
The Ye Lineage's Quasi-Emperor spoke with a dark expression.
He made no attempt to hide the killing intent in his eyes.
Hearing this, Ye Changge immediately gave an order.
"Dugu Jian, Ma Chao, take the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons and pay the Ye Lineage a visit."
"Yes, young master."
The two took the Sword Sect's heavy sword and the Artifact Sect's great cauldron, then vanished in a flash.
"Zhao Zilong, Duan Lang, take the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons and pay the Asura Race a visit. We've been short of resources lately, so put some effort into getting them."
As he spoke, he handed the Five Elements Sword to Duan Lang and the Three-Eared Twin-Dragon Furnace to Zhao Zilong.
With two mid-stage Great Emperors taking action.
He believed the matter was as good as settled.
"System, conceal everything for me so they can rob in peace. No, collect resources."
"You damned host, even I can't stand watching this. Aren't you far too shameless?"
"What's wrong with being shameless? Don't you need energy?"
"You damned host, you're just too adorable. I like you."
The speed of its about-face almost made Ye Changge feel that it wasn't a system, but a real person.
Yet Ye Changge knew nothing about any of this, nor did he have time to verify it.
Meanwhile, within the Ye Lineage, a group of Supremes, Quasi-Emperors, and the Ye patriarch were all shocked after seeing the result of that strike.
"What sort of faction is this Primordial Forbidden Zone? Why have we never heard of it before?"
"Indeed. That it could block a strike from the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron truly exceeded our expectations."
"They used the Emperor Formation's power to revive a mid-stage Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, along with the late-stage Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, the Yin-Yang Mirror. With the Emperor Formation's support, blocking one strike was no problem."
"But this time, giving in to impulse felt good for a moment, and now we've truly offended such a colossus."
Everyone wore helpless expressions.
The Primordial Forbidden Zone was too powerful, far beyond an ordinary Extreme Dao faction.
It was a supreme faction guarded by four Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons. Even imperial lineages like theirs lacked such reserves.
If the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron hadn't been of such a high rank, the Ye Lineage wouldn't have dared provoke the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
"No matter what, our Ye Lineage has produced two emperors. Would we really fear some Primordial Forbidden Zone that appeared out of nowhere?"
"Is that so?"
Just as everyone was shooting their mouths off.
An icy, commanding voice rang out.
It descended directly upon the Ye estate.
Terrifying imperial might swept in all directions.
This was a true Great Emperor, not some Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
"Who's there? Get out here!"
The Ye Lineage's Quasi-Emperor was furious.
But the very next moment, they froze. An old man and a young man had appeared in the hall at some unknown point.
"You are..."
Without saying anything, however, Ma Chao struck.
He never wasted words.
A Great Emperor's might instantly crushed a group of elders to death.
The Ye patriarch saw the scene.
His eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
"A... Great... Emperor..."
At this moment, the head of an entire lineage couldn't even speak properly.
It was too frightening. The Ye Lineage had actually provoked a Great Emperor.
They were practically a heifer riding a plane-their badassery had soared into the heavens.
"Sir, slaughtering our Ye Lineage's elders like this-do you intend to make an enemy of us? Or do you hold our Ye Lineage in such contempt?"
As the voice fell, towering imperial might surged from the depths of the Ye estate, instantly bearing down on them.
"I am an elder of the Primordial Forbidden Zone. Do I need to spell out what you've done?"
As Ma Chao spoke, his spear flashed. He instantly appeared beside his opponent and thrust.
Before he could react, the Ye Lineage's Great Emperor was sent flying, his chest pierced clean through by the spear.
"The Ye Lineage's Great Emperor amounts to no more than this."
With that, he unleashed a barrage.
Before his opponent could even react, he had beaten his face black and blue, until it resembled a pig's head.
He stripped away his spatial ring, clothes, and trousers.
Such banditry instantly enraged everyone in the Ye Lineage.
"This is bad! Revive the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, quickly!"
The Ye Lineage's ancestors sensed a powerful enemy invading.
Without another word, they immediately revived the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
Terrifying imperial might swept across the nine heavens and ten lands, but with the system concealing it, no one outside knew anything.
"A peak Emperor Weapon? You think you can do whatever you want?"
Ma Chao showed no restraint either. He directly deployed the Artifact Sect's great cauldron, bringing its presence to the peak of the late-stage Emperor Weapon level under his control.
It was still somewhat short of a peak Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
Even so, the Ye patriarch's heart pounded wildly, and his body trembled with fright.
If two Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons clashed, the Ye Lineage was finished.
Rumble!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Ma Chao was ruthless as well, clashing furiously with it. After three blows, he was sent flying back.
"As expected of the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron. Its power is no ordinary terror."
Ma Chao's expression was grave.
"A mere Heavenly Emperor Cauldron-does it think it can ascend to heaven?"
Dugu Jian moved beside him. Terrifying imperial might swept outward, a Great Emperor's power surging across the four seas and eight wildernesses.
Sword Qi crisscrossed like a mountain of Sword Qi, shredding everything at will.
"Sir, could you withdraw your Qi swords? Our Ye Lineage is willing to offer compensation."
With two living Great Emperors attacking, even if the Ye Lineage wasn't destroyed, it would exist in name only. They could not accept such an outcome.
Dugu Jian withdrew his pressure and said calmly, "Hand over all your cultivation resources, and we can spare your lives."
The young master had said it too: chives had to be kept around for slow, repeated harvests.
Once they had gathered their resources, they could come rob them again. No, collect another batch.
It was far better than killing them.
"Sir, don't take a mile when given an inch."
Another surge of terrifying imperial might erupted from the depths of the Ye estate, and a decaying presence spread outward.
It was clearly someone on the verge of death.
With little lifespan remaining, he had chosen to seal himself away and wait for the great tide to arrive, then attempt to break through to a higher realm.
But the current situation left him no choice but to act.
"A second living Great Emperor? With such dense death Qi on you, how strong could you possibly be?"
As Dugu Jian spoke, he used his fingers as a sword and instantly charged out.
Clang! Clang!
Crack! Crack!
Aah!
With a scream, his opponent was sent flying by Dugu Jian.
"You old bastard, you deserve to die! Die! Even if our Ye Lineage dies, we won't let you have your way!"
As he spoke, the old fellow directly burned his Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.
Terrifying spatial power erupted.
At this moment, his cultivation reached the late-stage Great Emperor realm.
Seeing this, Dugu Jian smiled faintly.
Now that was more like it.
They clashed for another two moves, yet he was still sent flying by Dugu Jian, suffering serious injuries.
"Damn it! Damn it! How can you be this strong? You're clearly only a mid-stage Great Emperor! Why are you so strong?"
"Why? Let me beat you up first, then we'll talk."
Aah!
The Ye Lineage's Great Emperor roared in fury. The Heavenly Emperor Cauldron flew into his hand, and as he held it, streams of energy poured into his body, beginning to heal his injuries. Before long, he was actually fighting Dugu Jian to a standstill.
Ma Chao, however, seized this moment.
He charged toward the Ye Lineage's treasury.
"So this is the Ye Lineage that produced two emperors? Isn't it far too poor?"
Looking at the contents of the treasury, Ma Chao couldn't help speaking disdainfully.
After taking everything, he charged at the Ye patriarch. Following a savage beating, he took his spatial ring and searched his soul, learning that the Ye Lineage's true reserves were actually inside a small world.
There was also a secret realm where the Ye Lineage specifically cultivated rare treasures of heaven and earth.