865: Chapter 865 I don't want to play anymore!

Great Elder Gui Ziming's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

How could he not want to end this quickly?

But that bear was outrageously thick-skinned; its physique, despite being at the Early Nascent Soul Stage, was as tough as a Nascent Soul Peak cultivator's, and even he didn't want to take a direct hit from its paw.

That penguin was even slipperier, like a loach, darting around and occasionally spitting out cold air, forcing him to divert his attention to guard his footing.

What was even more infuriating was…

Ye Chen was still standing there, with absolutely no intention of getting involved himself.

By comparison, they felt like total suckers.

Infuriating!

It was just too damn infuriating!

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan struck out with a palm, forcing Xiao Bai back, and he too became enraged.

"Big Brother, let's join forces and take care of that bear first."

Great Elder Gui Ziming nodded, "Good!"

The two of them simultaneously channeled their true energy, transforming into two streaks of light as they flanked Xiao Bai.

Seeing this, Ye Chen slowly lifted his chin.

"Prince, freeze its feet."

Prince opened its mouth and spat a breath of cold air at Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's feet.

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's steps faltered as a layer of slippery ice instantly formed on the ice surface beneath his feet.

He had to adjust his center of gravity, causing him to pause for half a breath.

Half a breath of time was insignificant to an ordinary person.

But for Xiao Bai, it was more than enough.

It turned abruptly and slapped its paw toward Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's back.

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan dodged to the side, but his figure had already deviated from his original attack path.

Great Elder Gui Ziming rushed in front of Xiao Bai alone and was forced to take the swipe of Xiao Bai's paw head-on.

"Bang!"

Great Elder Gui Ziming's palms collided head-on with Xiao Bai's paw, and as the shockwave exploded, he was knocked back several steps.

Although he wasn't injured, his expression was three shades uglier than before.

He had been knocked back by a bear.

In front of tens of thousands of people.

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan steadied himself, cold light flashing in his eyes.

"We can't drag this out any longer."

"I'll handle this myself."

He no longer paid attention to Xiao Bai; his figure flickered, crossing the battlefield directly as he lunged straight toward Ye Chen.

Since that bear and that penguin were troublesome, he would just solve the master directly.

This logic sounded absolutely correct.

But Second Elder Gui Tuyuan had clearly overlooked one thing…

Ye Chen himself was also at the Nascent Soul Peak.

Watching Second Elder Gui Tuyuan lunging toward him, he grinned.

"Finally decided to come looking for me?"

As he spoke.

He raised his right hand and spread his five fingers.

There were no fancy moves.

He just nonchalantly pressed his hand toward Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's fist.

"Bang!!!!!"

The instant the fist and palm collided, the ice surface beneath their feet shattered with a roar.

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's pupils constricted violently.

Because he felt a power far more formidable than he had imagined surging from Ye Chen's palm.

That power…

Actually faintly suppressed him.

Ye Chen stood in place, looking at him with a smile.

"Old man, did you get one thing wrong?"

"I'm the one who's the most troublesome."

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan: "???"

Having spent fifty years in seclusion, he considered that there were very few people in this world who could go head-to-head with him.

But in that collision just now, he had felt a profound power from Ye Chen's palm strike, as steady as a mountain and as vast as the sea.

This young man…

When fighting against Great Elder Gui Ziming just now, he had actually been holding back!

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan retreated, putting several yards of distance between himself and Ye Chen, and asked in a deep voice, "You didn't use your full strength just now?"

Ye Chen shook his wrist and smiled.

"Fighting an old man, I couldn't just go for the kill right from the start, could I?"

"If I accidentally hurt you, it wouldn't sound very good if it got out."

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's expression sank completely.

"Very well."

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan stepped forward slowly, his true energy circulating in an eerie manner, and purple true energy overflowed from his palms, condensing into fine, dense patterns in the air.

Those patterns coiled around his arms like living things, emitting a heart-palpitating sense of oppression.

"I originally didn't want to use my real skills in front of so many people."

"But since you are so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, I will let you see…"

"What a true Nascent Soul Peak is."

As soon as he finished speaking.

His figure suddenly vanished from where he stood.

The next instant, he appeared before Ye Chen, his right palm wrapped in purple lightning patterns, striking straight at Ye Chen's chest.

Ye Chen's gaze flashed; he didn't take the hit head-on, but instead dodged to the side.

The purple lightning palm wind brushed past his ribs, blasting the floating ice behind him into powder.

Ye Chen slid his feet, his figure moving like a swimming fish as he circled to Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's side and back, raising his hand to punch at his waist and ribs.

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan didn't dodge or evade; he flipped his left hand, and the purple patterns condensed in his palm into a palm-sized light shield.

"Bang!"

The fist slammed into the light shield, which didn't budge at all.

Using the recoil force from that punch, Second Elder Gui Tuyuan struck out with his right palm again, aiming straight for Ye Chen's throat.

Ye Chen tilted his head to avoid it, and the palm wind brushed past his chin, overturning another piece of floating ice several yards away.

The two exchanged blows, every move a lethal strike, leaving everyone off the stage scalp-numbingly stunned.

"Is… is this the speed a human can fight at?"

"Second Elder Gui Tuyuan is indeed more than a notch stronger than Great Elder Gui Ziming! What on earth is this purple pattern technique? How powerful!"

"Ye Chen can actually keep up… the reaction speed of this kid is just too outrageous, right?"

…

The spectator stands were buzzing with discussion.

On the other side.

The battle between Great Elder Gui Ziming, Xiao Bai, and Prince had also reached a fever pitch.

Xiao Bai was thick-skinned and tough; it took several of Great Elder Gui Ziming's palms and remained full of energy, backhanding a claw that forced Great Elder Gui Ziming to retreat several steps.

Prince, meanwhile, was wandering the edge of the battlefield like a loach, occasionally spitting out cold air to create patch after patch of ice beneath Great Elder Gui Ziming's feet, forcing him to divert his attention to deal with it.

Great Elder Gui Ziming became more and more agitated as the fight went on.

He was the dignified Great Elder of Guixu, a Nascent Soul Peak existence, and yet he was currently being entangled to the point of exhaustion by a bear and a penguin.

If this got out, where would he put his face?

"Get lost!"

Great Elder Gui Ziming slammed a palm toward Xiao Bai's face, the palm force pouring out, shaking Xiao Bai back half a step.

Immediately after.

He used the momentum to turn around and smashed a punch toward Prince, who was not far away.

Prince reacted extremely quickly; sliding on its belly, it performed a 360-degree spin, and the fist brushed past its feathers, only shattering a piece of floating ice behind it.

Great Elder Gui Ziming missed his punch and became even more furious.

"Damn beast!!!"

"Awoo awoo~"

Xiao Bai steadied itself, and with a round of howling, it lunged again, slapping its paw toward the back of Great Elder Gui Ziming's head.

Great Elder Gui Ziming was forced to turn around to deal with it, dragged back into the entanglement again.

The battle thus fell into a stalemate.

Ye Chen and Second Elder Gui Tuyuan were fighting intensely.

Xiao Bai joined forces with Prince, and they were also trading blows back and forth with Great Elder Gui Ziming.

Those in the spectator stands who had originally been waiting to see Ye Chen get crushed now all had their mouths wide open.

Damn it!

What on earth is going on with that kid?

So young, and yet he can easily deal with two big shots?

This is simply too outrageous!!!

Bai Canghe's expression was even uglier.

He had originally thought that with Great Elder Gui Ziming and Second Elder Gui Tuyuan joining forces, Ye Chen would surely die.

But he hadn't expected…

Ye Chen not only held his own against Second Elder Gui Tuyuan, but even the two beasts beside him could hold off Great Elder Gui Ziming.

What kind of freakish combination is this?

Ye Chen dodged Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's palm strike again and took advantage of the momentum to retreat several steps.

Then.

He grinned at his opponent.

"Old man, I've pretty much figured out your patterns."

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan frowned, "What did you say?"

Ye Chen flipped his fingers and immediately pulled a stack of Talismans from his robe, smiling faintly, "I said, I don't want to play anymore; I've been messing around with you for long enough, and it's time to end this."

The next second.

He flicked his wrist, and dozens of Talisman papers, like butterflies filling the sky, swept uniformly toward Second Elder Gui Tuyuan.

The first was a Spirit-Locking Binding Talisman, which exploded in the air into a pale cyan light net, covering Second Elder Gui Tuyuan from above.

The next were several Blazing Fire Talismans and Thunder-Shock Talismans, mixed with several Gravity Talismans and Illusion Talismans…

In short, the variety was dazzling, and not a single one was the same.

"Shameless! The arena rules clearly prohibited external objects just now!"

Second Elder Gui Tuyuan was greatly shocked and shouted angrily, his palm's purple lightning patterns spreading out completely, and a thick barrier of true energy blocked his front.

Ye Chen smiled disdainfully, "That was then, what does that have to do with now?"

As soon as his words fell.

The Talismans covered the sky and earth as they flew forward.

And because there were so many, just as one layer of the light net was torn apart, the next thunderbolt exploded on the surface of the barrier, shaking Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's arm until it went numb.

Immediately after.

Gravity Talismans landed, and the weight of the entire area increased several times over; Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's legs sank, his movements instantly slowed by half a beat, and Blazing Fire Talismans exploded at his side, scorching his robes with hot waves of fire.

The mist from the Illusion Talismans scattered and drilled into his nostrils, causing Second Elder Gui Tuyuan's brain to feel dizzy; he barely steadied his mind, and just as he raised his hand to disperse the incoming Ice Talismans, several more Explosive Talismans flew straight at him.

At this moment.

He couldn't hold it together anymore!

He had never imagined that someone would just keep throwing Talismans at him like they were free, and then—damn it—actually detonate them!

He didn't expect that Ye Chen would have so many Talismans!

How was he supposed to fight this?

To the point where.

At this moment, he wished he had eight arms and three heads, so he could at least catch…

But fantasies are beautiful, and reality is cruel.

From all directions, there was nothing but the light of Talismans!

Thunder!

Ice!

Fire!

Gravity, accompanied by the power of binding, came in layer after layer.