Chapter 485: No matter the reason, no matter who is backing you, today you must stay!

The secrets Ye Hanyou saw were actually all created by the Nightmare Force.

Many of his decisions were invisibly influenced by the Nightmare Force.

However, this process was extremely subtle and imperceptible, so Ye Hanyou himself did not notice it at all, believing he had learned a shocking secret and encountered a shocking Opportunity in that spatial crevice.

Not only was the Holy King Weapon, which even Saints and Holy Kings could not refine, beckoning to him, but the two Fairies, Luo Li and Wei Qingyan, would also fall into his control, and he could even control the Prodigy Su Xiaoyu along the way.

Ye Hanyou was fantasizing about the day he would refine the Holy King Weapon, surpass his father, control the Fairies, and shock the entire Ancient Spirit Continent.

Unfortunately, all of this was about to come to nothing; under Li Xuanfeng's violent Soul-searching, Ye Hanyou's Sea of Consciousness shook, and his Soul became covered in cracks.

The Nightmare Force, having received too much stimulation, also began to slowly dissipate on its own.

"Father!!!"

The desperate and resentful Ye Hanyou could no longer contain himself and screamed hysterically with all his might.

Hum!

Heaven and earth shook, space trembled, and a great power, having crossed who knows how many billions of miles, forcibly descended upon this place.

Vast and endless, the might of a Holy King was enough to shake the heavens and destroy the world. The Cultivators beneath the Battle Qi Tower were like ants encountering a god; under the terrifying pressure that caused panic and fear, they could not even find the source of this pressure.

A sense of suffocation permeated their entire bodies, and even their heartbeats and blood flow were beyond their control. It seemed as if the entire world had come to a complete standstill at this moment. With just a thought from the other party, everyone would explode into blood mist under this pressure, leaving no bones behind.

The Holy King had not yet made a move; merely a portion of his Aura was enough to cause all Cultivators below the Saint Realm to lose the ability to resist.

The feeling that one's life and death depended entirely on another's whim was very unpleasant. Fear spread in the hearts of the Cultivators. In front of Saints and Holy Kings, even fleeing was a luxury; even if you could escape to the end of the continent, a Holy King could lock onto you in an instant and then wipe you out with a flick of a finger.

Whether one could survive after encountering a Saint or a Holy King depended entirely on their mood.

"How terrifying!"

"This is a Holy King!"

"Rumors are just rumors after all; only by experiencing it personally can one understand this terror!"

"I cannot speak, only my consciousness can move!"

"I feel like this Aura alone could destroy the world!"

"The Saint forcibly Soul-searched Ye Hanyou, and in the end, he still summoned a Holy King!"

"Sigh~ I hope we won't be implicated by the Holy King's anger!"

"We didn't gain any benefits, yet we might die here in vain; life is truly unpredictable!"

The Cultivators, imprisoned in place by the Aura and unable to move, could only let their thoughts spin.

No one thought of escaping; running away in front of a Saint or Holy King was completely futile. If the other party was in a bad mood and found the act of running away unpleasant, they might die even faster!

Moreover, in the current situation, they couldn't even move, let alone escape.

Whoosh~

An invisible force spread out like a gentle breeze, causing the Aura that had terrified countless Cultivators to vanish instantly. The Holy King's Aura was easily swept away by Li Xuanfeng.

"A Saint?"

A deep voice rang out.

People could finally see a man standing high in the sky, his face somewhat similar to Ye Hanyou's, looking equally effeminate.

"The Hall Master of the Extreme Yin Hall!"

"Holy King Jiyin, Ye Hanyou's father, Ye Lingtian!"

"With such a vast Aura, this must be his true form!"

"I don't know if we will be implicated; we are likely doomed now, sigh~"

Few of the Cultivators present had seen the real Hall Master of the Extreme Yin Hall, but that did not prevent them from recognizing him.

Many legendary figures had statues or portraits circulating, and those with better access to information knew what those big shots looked like, even if they hadn't seen the real person.

Ye Lingtian stood in the air, looking down at the entire scene.

Looking at Ye Hanyou, whose eyes had become dull and lifeless in his palm-sized world, Ye Lingtian remained expressionless, without the anger that many Cultivators had imagined.

"Senior Sister, what should we do?"

Su Xiaoyu looked at Luo Li and Wei Qingyan with a worried face.

From the moment Li Xuanfeng appeared and shocked the audience with his talent exceeding the Nine Luminaries measured by the Battle Qi Tower, to displaying the power of a Saint to kill a Half-Saint, then to Soul-searching Ye Hanyou, and now to the arrival of the Extreme Yin Hall Master Ye Lingtian, less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea had passed.

Su Xiaoyu had not yet fully calmed down from the successive shocks, and a powerhouse at the Holy King level had already descended before her.

This was her first time seeing a Saint today, and she didn't expect to have the chance to see a Holy King on the same day.

If the Saint was on their side, then the Holy King was the enemy.

Li Xuanfeng had Soul-searched Ye Hanyou, causing irreparable damage to his Soul, which was no different from killing him; Ye Lingtian would certainly not let it go.

Although this was Su Xiaoyu's first time seeing a Saint and a Holy King, she had heard quite a few legends about these two Realms.

A Saint was definitely no match for a Holy King; there was absolutely no possibility of a counter-kill!

With the Holy King arriving in person, it was a desperate situation for them; escaping was impossible, and resisting was even more of a pipe dream.

"Do not panic!"

Luo Li said calmly.

"Senior Brother definitely has a trump card!"

Wei Qingyan was also very calm.

The power of a Holy King was beyond their imagination, but both of them were clear about Li Xuanfeng's style of doing things.

Although everyone used to think that Li Xuanfeng acted recklessly when they were in the Eastern Wasteland of the Tianluo Continent, he actually always knew what he was doing.

Killing a Half-Saint and Soul-searching Ye Hanyou—Li Xuanfeng must have known that it would attract the Hall Master of the Extreme Yin Hall, yet he still did it, which meant he had a way to deal with it.

It must be that Lian Yuezhou had left him enough trump cards, so Luo Li and Wei Qingyan were not panicked.

"You destroyed a Half-Saint of this Hall and Soul-searched my son. Give me an explanation!"

Ye Lingtian's voice remained deep, and he looked down at Li Xuanfeng indifferently.

Although the pressure was gone, the intangible superior Aura belonging to a Holy King remained, causing countless Cultivators to hold their breath, not daring to make a sound.

"You are not qualified to ask me for an explanation!"

Li Xuanfeng looked at him indifferently.

Not to mention that Ye Hanyou was eroded by the Nightmare Force and had become associated with an alien race, just the fact that he dared to covet Li Xuanfeng's women meant he was destined to be a dead man.

The crowd of Cultivators was shocked to hear Li Xuanfeng's reply.

Can a Saint be this brave when facing a Holy King?

What gave him such confidence?

"Heh!"

Ye Lingtian laughed in spite of himself.

"You seem very confident. Who is backing you?"

The Holy King's power rippled slightly, with the possibility of erupting at any moment.

However, Ye Lingtian did not make a move immediately. A Saint having such confidence to face him meant there must be at least a Holy King backing him.

He hadn't yet figured out Li Xuanfeng's background.

"Facing an Early Stage Holy King, I don't need anyone to back me!"

"Your son was eroded by an alien race; I am merely removing a hidden danger for the Canglan Realm."

Li Xuanfeng clenched his palm, and Ye Hanyou completely vanished into ashes. The invisible and colorless Nightmare Force circled a few times, and finding no next target to erode, it dissipated as well.

Watching this scene, the corner of Ye Lingtian's eye finally couldn't help but twitch.

"I don't care about the reason, and I don't care who is backing you; today you must stay!"

When a Holy King is enraged, heaven and earth are turned upside down.

A palm covering the sky descended from the firmament; it looked slow, but in reality, all directions in this space had been sealed off.

This was a power thousands of times more terrifying than the Aura; although the target was Li Xuanfeng, the other Cultivators still looked on in despair.