Intervention

In the blink of an eye, Cheng Wu had been defeated outright. He did not even know what method that strange woman had used, and he was already unable to move...

This shocked the spectators below.

Cheng Wu had just defeated the renowned Fist Emperor. A powerhouse of that level had been defeated so easily—just how powerful was the one who had defeated him?

And that was not all...

As Cheng Wu stood there, blood-colored patterns crawled over his body as though alive. In the end, they followed the features of his face and slowly began invading his body.

The sight made everyone present's scalps tingle, a bone-deep chill rising from their hearts. Looking again at the enchanting woman in crimson robes opposite him, although she was still beautiful on the outside, she was a demon wearing human skin!

Ye Chen could not help frowning when he saw this.

It seemed this Wind Cloud Arena was destined to differ from all the previous ones. It had gone from an opportunity to recruit Strong Persons to a place where the Four Heirs of Clear Moon City slaughtered one another!

Still, it did not matter.

All he wanted was to attract Lin Yutong's attention and find a pretext to intervene. He did not care about the situation in the arena.

"Old Hu!" Ye Chen softly called to Hu Tian beside him.

Hu Tian immediately understood Ye Chen's intentions.

Without the slightest hesitation, Hu Tian's figure abruptly vanished from where he stood.

On the arena, Blood Dance had been watching Cheng Wu, who had already lost half his life, with a strange smile on her face. She only needed a little more time to completely congeal all the blood and qi in his body, turning it into blood-qi essence to nourish herself!

A Seven Star Dou Huang...

If she could drain all the blood-qi essence from his body, it would be enough to raise her strength by one star. It was far better than the trash Lin Yucheng, that scoundrel, had provided her!

Just then, a bolt of Thunder Light suddenly descended from the sky and struck directly between the two of them.

By the time Blood Dance reacted, her Blood Coagulation Art had already been interrupted by the Thunder Light. A surge of rebounding blood erupted from her heart and rushed through every blood vessel in her body...

Her originally fair face suddenly turned crimson, then seemed to burst apart as tiny streams of blood shot from the blood vessels beneath the skin all over her body. The scene became incomparably bloody.

"Ah!!!"

A shriek like that of a vicious ghost rang out, and Blood Dance instantly transformed into a Blood Shadow before vanishing from the spot.

"Tsk, tsk. The secret art has backfired. This woman is in for quite a bit of suffering!" Ye Chen watched from the side, inwardly sneering at the sight.

This was the price of cultivating a Blood Attribute Secret Art. The force of the backlash was simply terrifying!

"Outrageous!"

Lin Yucheng flew into a rage at once. He rose to his feet and shouted angrily, never expecting that someone in Clear Moon City would dare interfere in the Lin Family's affairs.

"What are you standing around for? Capture this madman already! I want to see who gave him the nerve to cause trouble at the Wind Cloud Arena!"

The three subordinates behind Lin Yucheng immediately charged forward. Fists, kicks, sabers, and swords flew out together as they attacked Hu Tian on the arena.

Unfortunately, the strongest among the three was merely a Three-Star Dou Huang, while two of them were only Dou Wang. They were far inferior to Cheng Wu, Fan Qingge, and the others from earlier.

After all, this was only an arena competition. Even if they intended to scheme against one another, they could not possibly bring out all the forces at their disposal...

Hu Tian's appearance had clearly exceeded the expectations of the Lin Family brothers.

Watching the powerful sword qi rushing toward him, Hu Tian remained calm. Only when his opponent came within two feet did his broad palm suddenly shoot out. His five fingers clenched, and the sword momentum containing such immense force actually froze in place.

"What?!" The Three-Star Dou Huang wielding the sword was instantly horrified.

His opponent had received his attack so effortlessly. The gap in strength between them was clearly enormous!

As for the two Dou Wang lagging behind, they had originally intended to assist. But upon seeing this, they immediately stopped, gripping their weapons as they stood at a distance with wary expressions.

"Who is this person?" Lin Yucheng was deeply startled.

In that instant, his fury had muddled his mind. How could someone capable of interrupting Blood Dance's secret art in an instant possibly be an ordinary person?

He simply had not expected the other party's strength to far exceed his expectations!

"This person's strength has definitely reached the Nine Star Dou Huang level!"

In that moment, not only Lin Yucheng, but Lin Yuheng and Lin Yuting as well came to the same conclusion.

As for Lin Yutong, her heart stirred as she recalled the handsome young man she had seen before the arena match began...

As she thought of this, she could not help looking again in Ye Chen's direction.

By coincidence, her eyes met his once more. Like a little girl caught doing something bad, Lin Yutong swiftly turned her head away, yet she could not stop herself from stealing glances at Ye Chen from the corner of her eye.

Old Luo, standing behind Lin Yutong, furrowed his brows as he watched the old man who had suppressed the entire arena, inside and out, all by himself. His expression was initially puzzled, but when he noticed Ye Chen's burning gaze and his own Miss's suddenly bashful expression, he immediately felt that he understood something...

"He may not be particularly strong himself, but he appears quite young. And with such a powerful expert guarding him, he must have an extraordinary background."

Old Luo looked at Ye Chen, secretly speculating about his identity.

"Miss is currently at an overwhelming disadvantage in this struggle. If we can truly get such a strong person to help us, that would be wonderful!"

With that thought, Old Luo immediately bent down and whispered into Lin Yutong's ear, "Miss, this person's appearance is a tremendous opportunity for us. If we can gain his support, the strength in your hands will immediately rival that of the three Young Masters, perhaps even surpass them!"

He knew very well just how powerful a Peak Nine Star Dou Huang was.

Although most winners of the many Wind Cloud Arena competitions had been recruited by the three Young Masters, the strongest among them had only been at Fan Qingge's level. True Peak Dou Emperors disdained participating in such contests. Wherever they went, they would be honored guests of major powers.

There was no other reason!

Only Strong Persons of such caliber had the possibility of advancing to Dou Zong!

In the Pill Region, and even throughout the entire Middle Continent, Dou Emperors did not truly count among the ranks of Strong Persons. Only Dou Zong experts could make others take notice.

Unfortunately, breaking through to Dou Zong was not easy. Only first-rate powers possessed methods to help others achieve a breakthrough, so countless people would stop at nothing to join those first-rate forces.

The Pill Domain Five Great Families could roam the entire Pill Region unchecked not only because they had the Pill Tower behind them, but also because they possessed the high-tier medicinal pills everyone desperately desired!