The absolute gap in strength

At this moment, Ye Chen finally felt the gap between himself and a powerhouse.

That sense of powerlessness deeply enveloped Ye Chen's heart.

Ice Soul walked toward Ye Chen step by step, releasing more and more of her pressure, which put increasing strain on Ye Chen.

Ice Soul wanted to crush Ye Chen with her Aura.

Yet Ye Chen did not retreat in the slightest, still standing there, motionless.

He didn't even make a move to step back.

Ice Soul's stunningly beautiful face gradually darkened, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"I order you to kneel!"

Ice Soul shouted sternly.

Ye Chen resisted the pressure exerted by Ice Soul, remaining completely still.

Although cold sweat had already soaked his back, Ye Chen remained motionless, his eyes locked onto Ice Soul.

"Do not look at me with those eyes! I told you to kneel!"

"Dream on!" Ye Chen spat out the words through gritted teeth.

Suddenly, Ye Chen actually took another step forward.

This action completely enraged Ice Soul.

Who dared to act like this in front of her, who dared to defy her!

Ice Soul's expression was incomparably gloomy.

Behind them, Ge Li wore a gloating smile.

"Hehehe, this kid actually dares to defy Lady Ice Soul in front of so many people. Isn't he just asking for death? Just wait and see how you die!"

Ge Li was extremely pleased with himself.

Xiang Yin and the others were dumbfounded.

"Ye Chen, why won't this Ye Chen kneel!"

"This is Ye Chen's backbone!"

"But, but he isn't following Ice Soul's wishes. Won't that make Ice Soul very angry? Tell me, what if Ice Soul vents her anger on us!"

"Exactly, this Ye Chen, why is he so oblivious!"

"What time is it now? If he wants to die, he shouldn't drag us down with him!"

The crowd whispered among themselves in the back.

"Shut up! What are you saying? What do you mean 'don't drag you down'? If it weren't for Ye Chen, we would have died long ago! This is the backbone of Your Excellency Ye Chen, the backbone of someone who would rather die standing than live on their knees!"

Xiang Yin looked at Ye Chen, his eyes filled with admiration.

Ice Soul suddenly stopped walking and stared coldly at Ye Chen.

Her presence gave people an extremely cold feeling.

"Good kid, you do have some backbone, but I've said it before, having backbone alone is not enough!"

With that, Ice Soul drew an Ice Soul Sword and pointed it at Ye Chen.

"Since Your Excellency Ice Soul is disregarding propriety, relying on your superior strength to bully the weak, and insisting on fighting, then come!"

Ye Chen also drew his Thunderclap Blade and said without fear.

At this moment, Ye Chen was ready to face death.

"Hmph! I am disregarding propriety! Kid, I know you are deliberately provoking me, but you are lucky. I admit, you succeeded. Tell me! How am I disregarding propriety or bullying the weak? If you cannot explain yourself clearly, I will definitely make you die in extreme pain!"

Ice Soul stuck the Ice Soul Sword into the ground and said coldly.

As expected, Ice Soul was someone who cared deeply about her reputation. At this moment, many monsters had already gathered outside, all watching.

The stronger one is, whether human or monster, the more one cares about reputation.

Perhaps this is their demeanor as experts, the baggage that comes with being strong.

Ye Chen said: "It was clearly your people who attacked first and tried to kill us. We only fought back in self-defense. If we hadn't fought back, we would be the ones dead. Even low-level monsters know to bite back when hit, are we humans any worse?"

"Bullshit!" Ge Li suddenly became agitated and said repeatedly: "Lady Ice Soul, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. These people trespassed into our Extremely Ice Snow Land, broke into my territory, and some of them appeared in my domain for no reason. Those people in the back even attacked one of my subordinates. Of course I had to fight back. Lady Ice Soul, they are the ones at fault!

Lady Ice Soul! You must seek justice for me and for our fallen clansmen!"

As he spoke, Ge Li actually shed tears.

Ice Soul glanced at Ge Li, then turned to look at Ye Chen: "Is that so?"

"Lady Ice Soul!" Xiang Yin called out and stepped forward.

Xiang Yin bowed respectfully and said: "Lady Ice Soul, I am the captain of this team, my name is Xiang Yin. The situation is this: we came here only for exploration and had no intention of fighting Ge Li and his group. We had just come out of the underground world and arrived in this mountain range when two of Ge Li's subordinates suddenly attacked our people and abducted one of our team members. We gave chase! Then we arrived in this cave. As soon as we arrived in this cave, we were attacked by Ge Li!"

Xiang Yin said respectfully, his gaze firm.

Ice Soul's ice-blue eyes rolled a few times, and she turned to look at Ge Li.

"Lady Ice Soul! This bastard is talking nonsense! It's not like that! They were the ones who attacked our people first! Lady Ice Soul! Don't listen to this bastard's nonsense!" Ge Li said repeatedly.

"Ge Li! Speak with a conscience! I, Xiang Yin, dare to swear here. If I have said even half a lie, I, Xiang Yin, am willing to be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!" Xiang Yin reached out his hand and made an oath.

Ge Li glared viciously at Xiang Yin, wishing he could eat Xiang Yin alive.

"So what! It remains that you trespassed into my territory first! As the master of this area, I naturally have the right to take action!"

Ye Chen suddenly sneered: "Hahaha! Ge Li, since you put it that way, then we have something to talk about. This world seems to be our world, and you are the outsiders, right? We are exploring our own world, so how can you call it your territory! This excuse of yours doesn't seem to hold water!"

Ge Li was stunned, looked at Ice Soul, and then at the many monsters outside the cave entrance.

Suddenly, Ge Li shouted loudly to the many monsters behind him: "Lady Ice Soul! I, Ge Li, am willing to trade my death for the death of that Ye Chen right here! Not for anything else! Only to avenge my brothers! My sixty-four subordinates, my sixty-four brothers! They all died at the hands of this Ye Chen! Lady Ice Soul! I am willing to die to prove my sincerity! I hope Lady Ice Soul will avenge me, my brothers, and our monster race!"

With that, the energy on Ge Li's body condensed rapidly, and with a bang! He actually self-destructed right in front of the many monsters and Ice Soul!

Ye Chen's heart sank, feeling that things were looking bad.

Now Ice Soul had sufficient reason to take action against them.

Sure enough, Ice Soul's expression was slightly angry as she turned to look at Ye Chen and the others.

"Good! Very good! My subordinate was willing to die to prove his sincerity! Tell me, should I believe my clansman, or should I believe you humans?"

Ice Soul's voice was incomparably cold, containing not a shred of emotion.

"Lady Ice Soul! Everything I said is the truth!" Xiang Yin said repeatedly.

"Shut up!" Ice Soul struck Xiang Yin with a blast of ice Qi, and Xiang Yin was instantly sent flying dozens of meters away.

Xiang Yin landed heavily on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The people behind were all frightened.

At the same time, the actions of Ye Chen and Xiang Yin also ignited their fighting spirit and set their blood ablaze.