Yan Chi, Bing Jie, and Jing Yuwan’s faces darkened, their eyes chilling profoundly, clearly enraged by Shi Yan's arrogance.

A Martial Artist at the third level of the Void God Realm, daring to be so presumptuous in the face of powerful giants and great demons? Who gave him the confidence?

Many wore peculiar expressions.

Even Fu Wei, Feng Han, and Lin Xin, who knew Shi Yan inside and out, showed shock, left speechless internally.

Feng Han and Lin Xin had already learned from Feng Yan, Tuo Bo, and others just how terrifying Shi Yan was, knowing the crucial role he played during the first invasion by the Divine Race.

But... he was still only in the Void God Realm?

Most of those floating in the void were powerful experts at the Origin God Realm, and here was Yan Chi, an expert at the third level of the Origin God Realm; for Shi Yan to speak like that, wasn't it a joke?

The leaders of the minor factions, after a brief start, couldn't help but wear strange expressions, suppressing the urge to laugh, watching the main group with strained effort.

Many began to look upon Shi Yan with undisguised disdain.

Lianna’s so-called Master... is this guy? Is his brain not quite right? So arrogant he doesn't know who he is!

"The Blood Demon’s breakthrough to the third level of the Origin God Realm is the most perilous juncture; it must not be disturbed in the slightest!" Shi Yan stepped back from the Blood Pool and commanded in a deep voice.

Gute and Bass reacted instantly, nodding repeatedly, then their expressions grew grim, demonic energy surging around them, the fierce pressure unique to supreme experts immediately spreading forth.

"Those who cross the bloodline... shall be slain!"

Gute and Bass roared in unison, their voices like thunderous dragons, vibrating so fiercely that people's eardrums felt numb.

The crowd finally reacted with astonishment.

The leaders of the minor factions, along with Yan Chi, Bing Jie, and the others, immediately re-examined Shi Yan’s power, their expressions turning grave.

Shi Yan could actually influence Gute and Bass of the Demon Race!

Many found it utterly unbelievable, and even those minor faction leaders who had prepared to watch a joke grew solemn.

"The Medicine and Artifact Pavilion will shield the Blood Demon’s breakthrough! The blood-colored circle is the line; those who cross it will become mortal enemies of the Medicine and Artifact Pavilion!"

Just then, Fu Wei suddenly cried out, her beautiful face filled with chilling fury, her sharp gaze sweeping over Bing Jie and her group unceremoniously.

"The War Alliance will guard the Blood Demon’s cultivation! I, Feng Han, state here that any who dare cross the line will be an enemy of the War Alliance!"

"I speak on behalf of the Divine Light: any individual who dares cross the bloodline shall be an enemy of the Divine Light!"

Feng Han and Lin Xin stood solemnly, voicing their support right after Fu Wei, their voices shaking the firmament.

The entire venue erupted in an uproar!

The declarations from the Medicine and Artifact Pavilion, the War Alliance, and the Divine Light meant that half the forces on the Blood Demon Star had instantly aligned with Shi Yan. His arrogant words were now instantly backed by genuine confidence and solid strength!

No one dared to underestimate him anymore!

This young man, having returned to the Blood Demon Star for barely half an hour, brought about staggering waves the moment he appeared, causing the Demon Race, the Medicine and Artifact Pavilion, the War Alliance, and the Divine Light to respond in kind, his presence utterly dazzling.

No one knew he possessed such influence, nor why the Demon Race, the Medicine and Artifact Pavilion, the War Alliance, and the Divine Light would support him and lend him such formidable backing, but everyone now knew that the one daring enough to draw the bloodline boundary, supported by so much power, feared no one on the Blood Demon Star; he was virtually a king!

Beside the Blood Pool, Shi Yan sat calmly and indifferently, unmoving, his aura hidden.

Yan Chi looked at him with surprise, staring for a long time, then suddenly whispered softly, "A formidable fellow."

His words were very light, heard only by Bing Jie and Jing Yuwan. Jing Yuwan clearly paused, whispering softly, "That youth is very powerful? But he's only in the Void God Realm?"

"He's just being deceptive. Killing him would be as easy as turning my hand, a Void God Realm expert is still just a Void God Realm expert; can he really turn the heavens?" Bing Jie snorted coldly, speaking acidly, "He's just someone who rises by relying on women. I suspect Fu Wei definitely has some illicit affair with him. I hear that Xia Xinyan from the Purple Radiance War Alliance of the Divine Light is also his woman. No wonder the Medicine and Artifact Pavilion, the War Alliance, and the Divine Light support him—it’s just that he has better luck with women; what kind of figure is he?"

Bing Jie spoke these words very softly, almost as if she were muttering to herself, yet somehow... many people could hear them.

It seemed Bing Jie was unaware that those present were all top figures from the Maya Starfield. She appeared imprudent, but those who knew Bing Jie's temperament realized she was doing it deliberately; they knew this was just how sharp-tongued Bing Jie was!

Fu Wei’s pretty face instantly turned ashen, glaring murderously at Bing Jie.

Feng Han and Lin Xin also had chilling eyes, frowning deeply, teetering on the edge of an explosion.

The leaders of the scattered factions fell into an uneasy silence, knowing Bing Jie’s words might spark new complications. Some looked toward Shi Yan with schadenfreude, eager to see how he would retort to the mockery.

When they followed their gaze toward the Blood Pool to look at Shi Yan, they instantly found their answer...

A streak of scarlet bloody light, ten thousand meters long, seemingly spanning the distance of space, instantly cleaved toward Bing Jie’s position!

The scarlet bloodlight was imbued with endless tyrannical, vicious killing intent, marked by the profound essence of death and annihilation, capable of extinguishing life, giving off a terrifying sense of impending world-ending purification of species.

The bloodlight originated from a sword—a blood-red sword covered in bizarre, eerie eyeballs!

The ten-thousand-meter bloodlight shot forth, arriving before Bing Jie in a blink. A world drenched in blood suddenly unfurled within the light!

Inside, an immense ocean of blood stretched out, dotted with many bone-white islands, piled up from corpses. Desolation, bleakness, ferocity, and resentment—all negative emotions surged like a flood, directly invading Bing Jie’s Sea of Consciousness, sinking into her Soul Altar!

Bing Jie, at the second level of the Origin God Realm, suddenly had her eyes turn red, blood leaking from her seven orifices.

Her consciousness was seized!

Crack!

A crimson flame stone suddenly materialized, blocking the ten-thousand-meter bloodlight like a mountain in front of Bing Jie.

Kacha!

The flame stone released by Yan Chi shattered, the bloodlight piercing through like a rainbow, continuing its assault on the stunned and bewildered Bing Jie!

Pfft!

The bloodlight flashed across the ice armor that materialized on Bing Jie, and the ice armor suddenly exploded. A bloody line appeared across Bing Jie’s chest, and blood could not help but overflow!

Bing Jie, her consciousness seized, finally snapped awake with a frantic shriek.

Around the Blood Pool, only Bing Jie's piercing screams remained, her curses directed at the heavens.

Everyone else was silent.

The leaders of the minor factions looked at Shi Yan with looks as if they had seen a ghost, chills running down their spines, filled with deep terror...

Gute, Bass, Fu Wei, Feng Han, and Lin Xin stood dumbfounded, as if paralyzed, looking sluggishly at Shi Yan without uttering a word.

Yan Chi of the Yan Clan and Jing Yuwan of the Jing Clan were aghast, their expressions becoming extremely grave.

"Th-this isn't real, this can't be real, can it?" Jing Yuwan muttered softly, appearing deeply shaken.

Yan Chi’s expression was heavy. After a long silence, he spoke one sentence: "He has the capital for his arrogance."

Then he suddenly looked at Bing Jie and snapped sternly, "Silence!"

Bing Jie trembled and snapped out of her frantic cursing. She looked at Yan Chi and sputtered, "He, he actually dared to strike lethally at me, he dared to take me by surprise..."

"If I hadn't blocked that for you, you would be dead," Yan Chi cut her off directly. "If you are dissatisfied, go fight him yourself; I absolutely will not stop you!"

Bing Jie suddenly fell silent, followed by a deep chill rising from her core. The look she cast at Shi Yan was filled with venom, but she truly dared not step forward to challenge him.

Shi Yan remained motionless the entire time, sitting where he was under everyone's gaze. Only a blood sword floated at the nape of his neck, the sword monstrous and terrifying, emitting world-shattering fluctuations, appearing ready to destroy the world.

"How in the hell did you cultivate?"

"You are a monster!"

Bass and Gute were the first to cry out in disbelief, their eyes wide with incomprehension. Shi Yan's fierce strike had genuinely terrified the two old dragons.

Not just them, almost everyone was stunned. The leaders of the minor factions, Fu Wei, Feng Han, Lin Xin, and even Yan Chi, Jing Yuwan, and Bing Jie—at this moment, numerous powerful figures seemed suddenly overshadowed.

Shi Yan, at the third level of the Void God Realm, almost struck down Bing Jie, who was at the second level of the Origin God Realm, with a single sword attack.

—If Yan Chi hadn't intervened, that is.

This utterly subverted their conventional understanding of realm power!

Feng Han looked at Feng Yan and Qi Ze beside him and suddenly asked, "Did you two... deliberately conceal something in your assessment of that kid?"

Lin Xin also frowned, looking at Tuo Bo, "What you told me... wasn't like this."

Qi Ze gave a wry smile, and Tuo Bo smiled even more bitterly, his expression growing very strange.

When they returned to their respective factions previously, they had made a bold upward revision of Shi Yan's true strength, but Feng Han and Lin Xin had merely smiled and dismissed it, thinking they were overestimating Shi Yan's power, saying they thought too highly of him.

But now, Feng Han and Lin Xin were saying their assessment was too low. How were Qi Ze and Tuo Bo supposed to react? The two were so depressed they felt like spitting blood, thinking, You are the bosses, whatever you say goes.

"Heavens! He, he almost killed Bing Jie!"

"Is that real? Oh my god! I thought I was seeing things, thought the recent pressure was causing hallucinations? Damn it, it’s real!"

"A Void God Realm expert almost killed an Origin God Realm expert at the second level with one strike—is the world... about to change?"

"I finally understand why the Demon Race, the Medicine and Artifact Pavilion, the Divine Light, and the War Alliance all immediately agreed with him when he spoke; it’s because of this, I get it now."

"I get it too."

The leaders of the numerous minor factions finally began to buzz loudly only at this moment, their expressions utterly dramatic.

"We came with no ill intentions. Since you are concerned... we shall depart now. Brother Bass, Brother Gute, please offer my congratulations to Brother Blood Demon when he awakens." At this moment, Yan Chi roared deeply, glanced intently at Shi Yan, then turned and flew back the way they came.

"Wishing Brother Blood Demon further advancement," Jing Yuwan bowed slightly and smiled as she departed.

Bing Jie bit her lower lip, saying nothing, and slunk away dejectedly.

Shi Yan remained indifferent, sitting motionless by the Blood Pool, completely ignoring the clamor around him.

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