Primordial Star Scripture

In the void.

Ye Chen, who had been flying along the undulating slopes of the First Mountain, suddenly came to a halt.

"Bing Shiyi, senior, are you saying that Ao Lei is nearby? And he's getting closer to me?"

Just now, as Ye Chen was flying, the voice of Bing Shiyi suddenly reached his ears through telepathy, telling him that they had discovered Ao Lei and his group.

At this moment, the distance between Ye Chen and Ao Lei was still over two hundred miles.

With Ye Chen's current strength, his divine consciousness could not probe such a vast distance.

However, Bing Shiyi, with his cultivation at the pinnacle of the late Heavenly Saint stage and the strongest among the nine Ice Guardians, naturally had a much wider range of divine consciousness than Ye Chen.

Ao Lei and the four late-stage Heavenly Saints had just entered his range of divine consciousness and were immediately detected by him.

"Lord Ye Chen, it is indeed that Ao Lei, and he is followed by four other late-stage Heavenly Saints," Bing Shiyi relayed from within the Ice Snow Jade Pendant, sensing the situation on Ao Lei's side and speaking to Ye Chen. "Those four late-stage Heavenly Saints are the ones we saw with Ao Lei at the gathering place before setting out to explore the Five Elements Mountain."

Ye Chen nodded.

At the gathering site, Ye Chen had already seen Ao Lei accompanied by four late-stage Heavenly Saints. Two of them were Ao Quan and Ao Hu, who had clashed with Bing Shiba and Bing Shijiu. The other two, as the Ice Guardians had mentioned to Ye Chen before, were a bit stronger than Ao Quan and Ao Hu, with strength nearly on par with that of Bing Shiwu's combat level.

"Who would have thought, in a place as vast as this, the first adventurers I would encounter in the Five Elements Mountain would be Ao Lei and his followers?" Ye Chen smiled.

Contained within that faint smile, Ye Chen continued to fly forward.

Even after discovering Ao Lei, Ye Chen did not think of turning around to avoid him.

Was he afraid of Ao Lei?

If Ao Lei dared provoke him, let him try!

After Ye Chen continued to fly, the distance between him and Ao Lei grew even shorter. When the two were around two hundred miles apart, Ao Xuan, who was beside Ao Lei, suddenly lit up with excitement.

"Young Master, guess what I've discovered?" Ao Xuan, excited and with a strange expression, called out to Ao Lei.

"What have you found?" Ao Lei asked, puzzled.

"Ye Chen!" Ao Xuan laughed, "Young Master, I sensed that Ye Chen is in a place about two hundred miles away from us! Who would have thought we'd encounter him here?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"And he's there alone, without Huo Mei'er by his side!"

Upon hearing the name "Ye Chen," Ao Lei's expression changed dramatically, "Haha, Ye Chen? What a coincidence! To think I'd run into him so soon after arriving in the Five Elements Mountain?"

"He's finally on his own!"

"I thought we'd bump into him later! It seems fate has decreed that he will die by our hands!"

"Xuan, Ming, Quan, Hu, let's hurry and intercept Ye Chen; we can't let him get away!"

"By killing him, we can also seize back the Void Heaven Sword Embryo he auctioned off. Once we leave the Five Elements Mountain, we can bring the Void Heaven Sword Embryo back to our father!"

Ao Lei was bursting with excitement, and the other four Heavenly Saints also showed eager expressions.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The five of them instantly increased their speed and flew even faster toward Ye Chen.

"That Ye Chen is still flying towards us."

"He doesn't know that he's about to meet his end without a grave."

While flying, Ao Xuan sneered and spoke.

Ao Lei and the other Heavenly Saints laughed heartily.

"Lord Ye Chen, Ao Lei and his group must have sensed you; they're quickening their pace and flying towards you," Bing Shiyi, Bing Shier, and Bing Shisan all voiced out to Ye Chen at this time.

"They've discovered me? And they're deliberately speeding up to come my way?" Ye Chen thought with a cold smile, "It seems they're quite convinced they can take me down."

"Since that's the case, let's meet them!"

Hearing Ye Chen's words, the nine Ice Guardians inside the Ice Snow Jade Pendant chuckled, and they began discussing among themselves, "Which one of us should make a move this time?"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Characters at the late-stage of Heavenly Saint level could fly at an astonishing speed, and neither Ye Chen nor Ao Lei were slow in their flight.

The two parties, each with their own thoughts, instantly closed the distance between them.

When they were about a hundred miles away, Ye Chen deliberately sped up and veered off in a different direction. As expected, Ao Lei and the four Heavenly Saints immediately changed course and continued to pursue him.

Ao Ming, one of the four major Heavenly Saints alongside Ao Lei, said, "It seems Ye Chen has noticed us. Does he think he can escape? Let's quickly catch up to him!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ao Lei and the four others ignited their true qi and chased after Ye Chen at high speed.

A hundred miles!

Fifty miles!

Thirty miles!

In Ye Chen's deliberate acceleration and subtle slowing down, in the high-speed chase by Ao Lei and his group, the distance between the two parties grew ever closer.

At last, when they arrived at a vast plain between the mountains, the four major Heavenly Saints from Ao Lei's group directly formed an encirclement, trapping Ye Chen in the void.

By then, Ye Chen had already stopped in the void, his eyes fixed on the four major Heavenly Saints forming the encirclement.

He sensed that the four major Heavenly Saints were setting up a Heavenly Saint Barrier, clearly intending to shield all interference, and deal with him within this barrier directly.

"Setting up a Heavenly Saint Barrier to prevent others from knowing I've been attacked by you?"

"That's perfect. I also don't want others to know that it was I who had a conflict with you in the Five Elements Mountain."

Ye Chen had already anticipated what was about to happen.

He directly transmitted a message to Bing Shiyi, "Senior Bing Shiyi, make a move and shield this space, do not let others notice this place."

"Yes, Lord Ye Chen!"

After Ye Chen spoke, Bing Shiyi immediately acted, shielding the vast expanse of the void within tens of thousands of feet.

Bing Shiyi was immensely powerful, and Ao Lei's group didn't sense his action at all.

Ao Lei, standing beside Ao Xuan, heard Ao Xuan transmit to him that they had set up the barrier, and with a cold smile, looked toward Ye Chen, tauntingly saying, "Ye Chen, you think you can escape after encountering us?"

"How is it that Huo Mei'er isn't by your side this time?"

"Let me tell you, last time outside the Sand Sea Palace, I intended to deal with you. It was Huo Mei'er who meddled and saved your life. Now, just obediently give up your life!"

"Rest assured, this whole area has been covered with a Heavenly Saint Barrier now. Not to mention that it's very unlikely to encounter other explorers here, even if they did, they wouldn't find you, they wouldn't be able to save you!"

Listening to Ao Lei's words, Ye Chen smiled lightly and shook his head, "Escape? I've never thought to escape."

"I was merely leading you to a more spacious area."

"You said that last time you wanted to take action, but only because of Huo Mei'er I managed to survive by chance? Actually, Huo Mei'er saved your lives, otherwise, when you made a move against me last time, you would have been dead already..."

"As for the Heavenly Saint Barrier... not letting others see, all the better."

Seeing Ye Chen's calm smile, Ao Xuan and Ao Ming were shocked.

They had a vague feeling that Ye Chen must have some kind of ace up his sleeve to be so calm. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so jovial and unconcerned now while being surrounded by four late-stage Heavenly Saints.

Ao Xuan and Ao Ming became secretly wary in their hearts.

Meanwhile, Ao Lei who was watching Ye Chen's smile, was infuriated.

Every time he met Ye Chen, he felt ignored in various ways by him.

Even now, with the full force of the four late-stage Heavenly Saints as guards, Ye Chen was still disregarding him.

This feeling had already made Ao Lei quite upset!

"Ye Chen, don't think I don't know what ace you have up your sleeve. Isn't it just those two giant beast Heavenly Saints? Do you think they, who could previously barely deal with Quan and Hu, can now stop Xuan and Ming?"

"Bring them out and die together with you!"

With that, Ao Lei turned to the four Heavenly Saints Ao Xuan, Ao Ming, Ao Quan, and Ao Hu and said, "Four uncles, make your move, help my father seize back the Void Heaven Sword Embryo!"

"Kill this Ye Chen, kill him!"