46: Chapter 46 Abyss Melee

The terrifying roars of the Three-Headed Lava Flood Dragon were deafening, Black Wind Fiend's ghost head saber energy tore through the sky, and the powerful auras of the City Lord's Mansion and the Lin family experts intertwined.

The remnants of the Wang and Ye families were fleeing in panic alongside the Shadow Fiend assassins... The scene was chaotic to the extreme!

"Retreat! Retreat to the safe zone quickly!"

Scarface's face turned deathly pale as he shouted sternly, protecting Lin Dong, Liu Yiyi, and the others as they retreated rapidly, hiding behind a massive, relatively stable piece of red rock.

The pressure of the third-rank Yao Beast made it hard for them to breathe; being even slightly caught in its aftermath would mean being smashed to pieces.

Ye Chen, however, did not retreat immediately.

Enduring the palpitating pressure, his gaze sharp as a hawk, he scanned the entire field in a flash.

Black Wind Fiend was locked in a fierce battle with one of the heads of the Three-Headed Lava Flood Dragon, saber energy and magma fire pillars colliding wildly, sending shockwaves rolling.

The Elder from the City Lord's Mansion, at the Peak of the Wheel Sea Realm, did not intervene immediately, instead watching coldly with Zhao Feng and the others, clearly intending to reap the benefits.

Lin Qingxue, under the protection of Lin family experts, had also retreated to a distance, her cold eyes looking toward him with worry.

Meanwhile, Wang Mang and Grand Elder Ye Rushan were fleeing in a sorry state toward the direction of Ye Chen and his group with their remaining troops!

Several Shadow Fiend assassins were in hot pursuit behind them!

"A chance!"

A cold light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. Strike while the iron is hot!

The Wang and Ye families were locked in a life-or-death struggle with him; this was the perfect opportunity to cut off their wings!

Moreover, in the Chaos, he might be able to get close to the magma area and investigate the source of the jade booklet's resonance!

"Brother Scarface, you all stay here and wait! I'll be right back!"

Ye Chen let out a low shout. Without waiting for Scarface to respond, his figure flickered, turning into a pale blue shadow, darting like a ghost toward the direction where the Wang and Ye families were fleeing!

He pushed his Mist Transformation Steps to the limit, concealing his aura and blending into the chaotic airflow and distorted light.

"Brother Ye!" Lin Dong exclaimed, wanting to follow, but was held back firmly by Scarface.

"Don't go and cause trouble! Young Master Ye knows what he is doing!"

Liu Yiyi bit her lip tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with worry.

Ye Chen's speed was incredibly fast; within a few leaps, he had approached the fleeing group.

Wang Mang and Grand Elder Ye Rushan were clearly heavily injured, their auras weak, protected by a few trusted Elders in the center.

Tiger Wang had lost an arm, his face pale, being carried by two men as they ran.

The Ye family only had three or four exhausted Elders left.

"Stop him!"

A Wang family Elder, having sharp eyes, saw the approaching Ye Chen and shouted sternly, simultaneously striking out with his palm, a fiery red palm print whistling towards him!

"Get lost!"

Ye Chen's eyes were cold; he did not dodge, drawing his ice scar sword.

A condensed blue sword energy struck first, instantly shattering the palm print, and without losing momentum, pierced directly through that Elder's chest!

"Pfft!"

The Elder let out a miserable scream as a bowl-sized ice hole appeared in his chest, and he fell to the ground, dead.

"You little beast! How dare you!"

Wang Mang's eyes were about to split with rage. Ignoring his injuries, he struck back with a punch, the pressure of the Wheel Sea Realm crushing down like a mountain!

Ye Chen felt his breathing stifle, but he was well-prepared. The black tortoise armor flashed with yellow light, resisting part of the pressure.

At the same time, his footwork changed, barely dodging the punch wind, and the ice scar sword traced a strange arc, stabbing directly at the unguarded spot under Wang Mang's ribs!

"Courting death!"

Grand Elder Ye Rushan also stabbed over with a sword from the side, the tip of the blade flickering with green light, carrying deadly poison!

Facing the pincer attack of two experts, Ye Chen remained calm under pressure.

His thoughts raced. Instead of blocking the poisonous sword of Grand Elder Ye Rushan, he concentrated all his power on the ice scar sword, increasing his speed by another three points, the cold qi at the tip of the sword spitting out, targeting Wang Mang's old injury!

It was a desperate tactic of trading injury for a kill!

Wang Mang did not expect Ye Chen to be so fierce; it was too late to change his move!

"Shhh!" The ice scar sword stabbed into Wang Mang's ribs, and the extreme cold Sword Qi erupted!

Wang Mang groaned, his protective true essence vibrating violently, the wound instantly freezing, and his movements stalled.

At the same time, Grand Elder Ye Rushan's poisonous sword stabbed at Ye Chen's back!

It looked like it was about to pierce through him!

At the critical moment, Ye Chen twisted his body strangely, avoiding his heart, but his left shoulder was still grazed by the sword tip, and a cold, poisonous toxin instantly invaded!

"Hmph!"

Ye Chen groaned, his face turning pale, but the ruthlessness in his eyes grew stronger!

He used the momentum to lunge forward, twisting the ice scar sword to completely cripple Wang Mang, while his right foot whipped out, kicking fiercely at the face of Tiger Wang, who was pouncing over to take advantage!

"Dad! Save me!" Tiger Wang screamed in terror.

"Tiger!"

Wang Mang tried to force his true essence to save him, but the raging cold qi inside him aggravated his injuries, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Crack!"

Ye Chen's kick landed squarely on Tiger Wang's face, his nasal bone collapsed, teeth mixed with blood sprayed out, and his whole body flew backward like a broken sack, life or death unknown.

"Tiger!!!" Wang Mang let out a shrill scream, looking like a madman.

Ye Chen retreated immediately after succeeding, not lingering in the fight. A numbness spread from the wound on his left shoulder; Grand Elder Ye Rushan's poison was spreading.

He immediately circulated his Profound Ice True Essence to seal the wound, while swallowing an antidote pill given by Lin Qingxue.

The trace of Nirvana he had obtained from the Profound Ice Origin quietly circulated, actually beginning to slowly dissolve the sinister poison!

"You little mongrel! Give me your life!"

Seeing Ye Chen poisoned, Grand Elder Ye Rushan chased after him with a sinister smile.

Just then, a twist occurred!

Several Shadow Fiend assassins also chased to the vicinity. Seeing Ye Chen, their killing intent flared, and several poisoned hidden weapons shot toward Ye Chen's vital points like poisonous bees!

They had actually temporarily abandoned the Wang and Ye families, prioritizing killing Ye Chen!

With Grand Elder Ye Rushan in front and the Shadow Fiend assassins behind, Ye Chen was instantly trapped in a desperate situation!

In the distance, Lin Qingxue saw this scene, her face changing color, and she subconsciously took a step forward, but was pulled back by a Lin family Elder.

"Young Miss! You can't! It's too dangerous!"

Scarface, Lin Dong, and the others also had their hearts in their throats.

At this life-and-death juncture, a trace of madness flashed in Ye Chen's eyes.

Not only did he not dodge, he rushed toward Grand Elder Ye Rushan's blade.

At the same time, he forcibly compressed the pure fire Spiritual Qi from the Earth Fire Scorpion King's demon core that he had just suppressed, along with a portion of his Profound Ice True Essence.

He compressed them onto the tip of the ice scar sword in an extremely dangerous way!

Ice and fire, two completely opposite forces, clashed and annihilated each other at the sword tip, producing an extremely unstable, destructive energy!

The sword body emitted an unbearable hum!

"Let's die together!"

Ye Chen roared, slashing his sword at the chasing Grand Elder Ye Rushan and the hidden weapons coming from behind!

There was no flashy sword energy, only a twisted, grey, thread-like streak that seemed to swallow light, flashing and vanishing!

"Pfft, pfft, pfft..."

The incoming hidden weapons touched the grey line and instantly turned into powder!

The poisonous sword energy slashed out by Grand Elder Ye Rushan also silently annihilated! The grey line did not lose momentum, sweeping across Grand Elder Ye Rushan's body!

Grand Elder Ye Rushan's lunging figure froze suddenly, the sinister smile on his face frozen, his eyes filled with unbelievable terror.

He looked down, only to see an extremely thin line of blood appear on his chest, and then, the blood line expanded rapidly.

His entire upper body slid off silently, the cut smooth as a mirror, as if it had been sliced by the sharpest thing in the world!

He didn't even have time to scream before he died!

The pillar of the Ye family, Grand Elder Ye Rushan, was dead!

The remaining momentum of the grey line cut two Shadow Fiend assassins who couldn't dodge in time in half!

Quiet!

Dead, absolute silence!

Everyone was stunned by this strange and terrifying sword strike!

What kind of power was that?

It actually killed Grand Elder Ye Rushan of the Wheel Sea Realm in an instant?

"Pfft!"

Ye Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, his face pale as paper, his body tottering.

Forcibly fusing the power of ice and fire caused a huge backlash on him, and his Meridians felt as if they were being cut by knives.

But he forced himself not to fall, his cold gaze sweeping over the terrified remnants of the Wang family and the remaining Shadow Fiend assassins.

Those people looked as if they had seen a ghost, shouted, and abandoned the heavily injured Wang Mang and the unknown-fate Tiger Wang, fleeing for their lives.

Ye Chen did not chase; he was at the end of his strength.

He quickly searched the bodies of Wang Mang and Grand Elder Ye Rushan, found several Storage Pouches, and stuffed them into his bosom without even looking.

Then he staggered back toward the direction where Scarface and the others were hiding.

"Ye Chen! I'll kill you!"

Wang Mang struggled to crawl up, pouncing like a mad tiger, but his injuries were too severe, and he fell to the ground after only a few steps.

Ye Chen looked at him coldly and ignored him.

Killing Wang Mang was not urgent; the most important thing now was healing and recovery.

However, a greater crisis had already descended!

Ye Chen's sword strike containing the Nirvana concept, although powerful, had its abnormal energy fluctuations disturb the Three-Headed Lava Flood Dragon, which was fiercely fighting the Black Wind Fiend!

One of its heads turned sharply, its cold vertical pupils locking onto Ye Chen!

It felt a trace of a unique aura from Ye Chen that it both loathed and craved!

"Roar—!"

The Lava Flood Dragon abandoned the Black Wind Fiend, its massive body churning the magma, carrying an aura of destroying everything, and pounced toward Ye Chen!

Its bloody maw opened, and magma fire pillars capable of melting gold and iron erupted!

"Oh no!"

In the distance, Lin Qingxue's face turned pale; she could no longer care about anything, her figure turning into a white light, rushing over!

Scarface, Lin Dong, and the others also rushed out with exclamations.

The Black Wind Fiend and Zhao Qian from the City Lord's Mansion also showed shocked expressions, not expecting this ant-like boy to be able to draw the full-force strike of the Three-Headed Lava Flood Dragon!

Facing this terrifying attack that covered the sky, Ye Chen's pupils constricted, and the aura of death rushed towards his face!

He gritted his teeth, crazily injecting his remaining true essence into the black tortoise armor, holding the ice scar sword in front of him, preparing for a desperate fight!

Just at this critical moment—

The jade pendant on his chest suddenly became burning hot! The jade booklet in his Sea of Consciousness erupted with unprecedented, brilliant light!

The indigo-blue bond chain connecting him to Lin Qingxue instantly shone to the extreme!

A pure, vast, and resolute Profound Ice Origin cold qi crossed space and rushed into his nearly dried-up body!

At the same time, on the jade booklet, the nearly transparent grey light chain connecting to the ten thousand year profound ice also flickered slightly, and a trace of eternal Nirvana coldness was triggered!

"Qingxue..."

Ye Chen's heart shook violently, feeling that familiar yet strange power.

The next moment, with a flash of inspiration, he subconsciously raised his left hand, not to block, but to press towards the roaring Lava Flood Dragon.

At his fingertips, a point of extreme ghostly blue light lit up, and in the center of the light was a trace of imperceptible grey Chaos.

The Profound Ice Origin transferred by Lin Qingxue, his own Profound Ice True Essence, the Nirvana of the ten thousand year profound ice, and the remaining Earth Fire essence in his body, at this moment, were forcibly combined by the wondrous power of the bond, turning into an indescribable, terrifying cold tide that seemed to freeze Souls and end all things, spraying out from his fingertips!

There was no sound.

Only absolute cold.

Wherever the cold tide passed, the churning magma instantly solidified into black rock, the spewing flames were extinguished directly, and even the air seemed to be frozen.

That magma fire pillar capable of melting everything, the moment it touched the cold tide, was like encountering its nemesis, freezing and shattering inch by inch!

The cold tide did not lose momentum, crashing directly onto the massive head of the Lava Flood Dragon!

"Crack... Crack-crack."

A teeth-aching freezing sound rang out!

The Lava Flood Dragon's head was covered with a thick layer of ghostly blue ice at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Its violent vertical pupils were filled with terror and disbelief; its massive body struggled, but it could not stop the spread of the cold qi!

In less than a breath, the entire head had been completely frozen!