As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes changed.
Ye Yun, this fellow, actually wanted to fight five against one?!
This was not just arrogant; to fight five against one, including the Hall Master of the Heavenly Dao, even Xing Wu would probably not dare to say such a thing.
Now, Ye Yun's grand pronouncements had truly dumbfounded them.
The complexions of the several Emperor-level experts turned uglier by the second.
"Ye Yun, oh Ye Yun, after not seeing you for two years, you've become this arrogant?"
Among them, Feng Chi gazed at Ye Yun, his voice growing colder.
Although Ye Yun's advancement to the Emperor level in these two years had greatly shocked him, it did not mean that Ye Yun could disregard them.
Even Xing Lian looked at Ye Yun with a cold expression.
"You want to kill this Emperor? Then let's see who turns whom to ashes in the end."
Even she found Ye Yun's extremely arrogant challenge somewhat unbearable.
However, Ye Yun remained calm, smiling at her and saying.
"No, no, no, I didn't say I wanted to kill you."
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth curved upwards.
"I just want to defeat you, capture you, and then, after everything is over, you and Xing Wu, my wife, will properly discipline you together."
"I believe that one day, your distorted thinking will be straightened out, and you will repent and atone for everything you have done!"
These words caused a commotion among the crowd.
This Ye Yun was truly reaching the heavens with his arrogance.
He actually said he wanted to capture the Hall Master of the Heavenly Dao?!
As expected, after hearing this, Xing Lian let out a cold snort, her beautiful eyes looking at him icily.
"Then I'm afraid you don't have the strength."
They were both Emperor-level cultivators. Even if the opponent was not weaker than oneself, it was extremely difficult to kill them, let alone capture them, which was almost an impossible feat.
At this moment, Qian Ruoyuan, one of the Emperor-level experts, could no longer hold back.
The death of Qian Hong earlier, and Ye Yun's current unrestrained behavior, had filled him with intense anger towards Ye Yun!
"Brat, if you're so arrogant, let this Emperor be the first to spar with you!"
He charged forward, and Xing Lian did not stop him, allowing him to make his move.
In fact, to be safe, Xing Lian also intended to see exactly how strong Ye Yun was now.
If he was not as formidable as he boasted, Qian Ruoyuan could handle him.
But if he was truly powerful, they could also prepare themselves and gain some advantage when they fought him later.
Qian Ruoyuan was neither a sword cultivator nor a swordsman. A weapon resembling a magical artifact appeared in his hand. Judging by its aura, it was clearly a treasure of quasi-Emperor artifact level!
"Water Heavenly Principle, Sea Dragon's Roar!"
Qian Ruoyuan spoke no nonsense and unleashed most of his strength from the start.
Flowing water the color of the sea appeared like tides, transforming into surging water dragons that emitted a terrifying pressure and dragon-like roars above him.
In an instant, it began to rain within a radius of several hundred miles, as if influenced by Qian Ruoyuan's attack.
The cultivators below the Emperor level in the vicinity, feeling the water dragons coiled around Qian Ruoyuan, could not help but swallow their saliva under the surging pressure.
"As expected of an Emperor-level expert, a single strike possesses such terrifying power."
Many cultivators at the quasi-Emperor realm deeply felt the vast gulf between themselves and Emperor-level experts!
Qian Ruoyuan, while manipulating more than ten water dragons beside him, locked his icy gaze on Ye Yun.
Even at this point, Ye Yun had not made any move, clearly not taking him seriously, which made Qian Ruoyuan even more enraged.
"Let's see how capable you are with this strike!"
Qian Ruoyuan's gaze grew colder, and he abruptly lowered his hand.
Instantly, those more than ten water dragons, hundreds of meters long, surged towards Ye Yun with heaven-shattering might.
Facing the oppressive force that swept towards him, Xing Meng, seeing Ye Yun's continued inaction, couldn't help but shout.
"Hey! What are you doing! Hurry up and attack, are you waiting to die!"
Even from her perspective, Qian Ruoyuan's strike was quite powerful, a strong attack utilizing the power of heavenly principles.
However, Ye Yun remained calm and composed, waving his hand with a smile and saying.
"What's the hurry? Just a few water bugs, why bother?"
Water bugs...
His appellation made Xing Meng behind him twitch her lips slightly.
She was about to retort, but the scene that followed rendered her speechless.
As the water dragons surged to within tens of meters of Ye Yun, he finally made a move, but it was merely raising his hand slightly and casually waving it.
Immediately, surging flames erupted from nowhere, transforming into a fiery dragon exuding scorching flames. It moved in almost the same manner, heading towards those more than ten water dragons.
Using fire to counter water?
This bizarre action truly stunned everyone, who thought Ye Yun had gone mad.
Although there was no principle of elemental opposition on the continent, water overcoming fire was common knowledge.
Now, Ye Yun actually wanted to reverse this common sense?
Qian Ruoyuan couldn't help but snort coldly as he watched.
"You're truly seeking death!"
He then controlled the water dragons, intending to engulf Ye Yun's summoned fire dragon.
But after that, the unbelievable happened...
The fire dragon, upon colliding with the water dragons, instantly ignited and evaporated at a speed barely discernible to the naked eye!
Yes, it was completely vaporized!
It was normal for fire and water to meet and evaporate, but the key was that these were water dragons infused with Qian Ruoyuan's water heavenly principle!
Furthermore, only the water dragons on this side evaporated, while the fire dragon was completely unaffected, piercing through all the water dragons with almost no resistance and evaporating them.
Its power was undiminished, and it shot directly towards Qian Ruoyuan.
"This is impossible!"
Qian Ruoyuan's gaze narrowed, but his actions were swift. He decisively switched from offense to defense, fully condensing a water barrier.
"Water Heavenly Curtain!"
Azure blue water flowed and transformed into a thick water curtain that converged in front of Qian Ruoyuan.
But even so, when the fire dragon made contact, the terrifying power it unleashed still sent him flying violently!
His fully condensed Water Heavenly Curtain was also shattered.
This situation was completely one-sided!
Ye Yun looked at Qian Ruoyuan from afar and shook his head.
"You were quite boastful earlier, is this all the strength you have?"
Qian Ruoyuan, who had been sent flying, still had an expression of disbelief on his face.
"How did you do that?!"
Ye Yun smiled at his shock and said.
"Don't you know that when power reaches a certain level, all restraints are nonsense?"
"..."
These words did have some truth to them.
The problem was that it required power to reach a certain level.
Qian Ruoyuan gritted his teeth, his face grim as he looked at him.
"What realm are you exactly?!"