Upon seeing the figure, Ye Chen's blood surged, his eyes blazing with an overwhelming killing intent. He stared intently at the carriage, where beneath a canopy, a youth in brocade clothes was vaguely visible, carrying a slight air of a spoiled dandy, accompanied by cheerful laughter and the melodious giggles of women.

Pulling the carriage forward, besides Kaba, were several other individuals—all half-god or pseudo-god martial artists, their faces sallow and their expressions haggard!

Crack!

Ye Chen's fists clenched audibly. Even Xiao Hei and the others beside him could sense the terrifying rage building in his chest; they exchanged glances and remained silent.

Kaba kept his head down, his entire world reduced to the small patch of ground directly before his feet. He strained with every ounce of his strength, pulling frantically.

Suddenly, the sunlight before him dimmed, and a pair of exquisitely crafted shoes appeared in his vision. Following the line of the shoes upward, Kaba immediately saw a tall figure seemingly stepping out of the sunlight, standing before him—a figure with sword-like brows, star-like eyes, and features sharp as a blade. It was Ye Chen!

"You..." Kaba froze completely.

Ye Chen looked at the bloody wounds blooming all over Kaba's body, a surge of rage burning within him, shooting straight to his head, making his entire chest feel like it would explode. He clenched his fist and demanded, "Why are you here?" Kaba had never dreamed of encountering Ye Chen here. Delight surged in his heart. "That's wonderful! You're not dead! Haha, I knew you wouldn't die so easily! By the way, this isn't where you should be; leave quickly..."

Smack!

A whip cracked down, striking Kaba across the back. Although this body was a puppet, it was 100% simulated, identical to a real flesh and blood body.

"Insolent wretch, who told you to stop? That brat in front, get out of my way, how dare you block the path? Do you want to die?" A cold, detached voice drifted from inside the carriage.

Ye Chen's eyes turned icy. With a flip of his hand, the Slaughtering Battle Blade materialized from thin air and sliced horizontally toward the iron chains behind Kaba. Sparks flew as the blade struck, and with a sharp zheng, the chain snapped in two. Kaba cried out in alarm and hurriedly said, "Absolutely not! They are from the Lorr family; they are famous in Skyboat City; you cannot provoke them."

Ye Chen said nothing more. He moved in an instant, seizing Kaba's body, and then retreated several steps. Xiao Hei and the other six pseudo-god powerhouses surrounded them, encircling and protecting him.

"Over..." Kaba stared at the six figures who had suddenly appeared around him, figures whose strength seemed equal to his own, and his eyes widened in utter astonishment.

"Hm?" The rolling curtain of the carriage lifted automatically, revealing the scene within: a spacious sofa forged from glazed gold, upon which a youth in brocade clothes reclined diagonally, flanked by four stunningly beautiful women, each capable of overturning cities, enchantingly gorgeous.

"Kid, you have guts. Which family do you belong to? State your name!" The youth in brocade clothes tossed a Phoenix Grape into his mouth and asked languidly. This Phoenix Grape was a specialty of the Ancient Continent; a single grain could extend a mortal's life by a hundred years.

Ye Chen gave him a chilling look but offered no reply. He turned to Kaba and asked, "How did you end up here? Where are the people from the Spiritual Civilization?" Kaba understood Ye Chen's worry and quickly replied, "They are fine. Now is not the time to talk; we must run!" With that, he urgently grabbed Ye Chen's arm, attempting to turn and flee.

"You're not going anywhere!" the youth in the carriage stated casually.

Swish, swish, swish...

Six imposing figures emerged from the rear of the carriage, surrounding Ye Chen and his group. Each figure radiated a potent aura of pseudo-god energy. Xiao Hei gasped, "Not good! They are all peak pseudo-god experts!"

Ye Chen frowned slightly. He raised his hand and swiped, opening the Rune Space and retrieving the Rune Warship.

Whoosh!

The ancient, majestic warship burst forth from the Rune Space, floating above their heads, obscuring the sunlight and casting the ground into shadow. It emanated waves of vast divine power that pressed down upon everyone's hearts.

A passage suddenly opened at the bottom of the warship, casting down a beam of light that enveloped Ye Chen and the others. Like a craft from a mechanical civilization, it directly ushered them inside the vessel.

"This, this is..." Kaba was utterly dumbfounded. "What level of starship is this?"

Click!

The hatch closed. The old man with the green rune chuckled sinisterly. "Finally out. Boss, should we eliminate these brats?" "Yes!" Ye Chen nodded coldly. "Blast them directly!"

"Got it!" the old man with the green rune cheered, supplied by Da'ai Tingting from Baidu Dark Civilization Bar. He swung the warship around, aiming it at the youth in brocade clothes in the carriage below. After scanning the opponent's strength, he immediately swiveled the Level Two cannon barrels!

Capable of wounding an early-stage Divine Spirit expert! Imbued with the power of the Laws! It cost one million pseudo-god stones per shot!

"Target locked!" "Prepare..." The moment the Rune Warship appeared, the youth in brocade clothes' face changed drastically. He shoved the women beside him aside and glared intensely at the warship in the sky. "A Divine Spirit vessel?" He stood up, tilting his head back to look at the sky, and declared arrogantly, "I am a member of the Lorr family. If Your Excellency harms even a single hair on my head, my Lorr family will hunt you for eternity!"

"Fire or not?" the old man with the green rune turned to ask Ye Chen.

"No!" Kaba rushed to say, "This Lorr family is a major power in Sky-Pill City, with vast influence, numerous family members, pseudo-god experts as numerous as cow hair, and even many Divine Spirit experts! Do not offend them!"

Ye Chen nodded slightly. "Fire!" Kaba was instantly dumbstruck.

"Joyfully!" the old man with the green rune laughed and pressed the firing mechanism.

In the massive barrels of the cannon, energy slowly began to gather. It required only 0.1 seconds to charge before it roared outward!

Whoosh!

The brilliant light cannon, comparable to the speed of light, instantly enveloped the youth in brocade clothes, engulfing his body along with the entire carriage. The six peak pseudo-god experts surrounding them had their complexions shift dramatically, rushing in alarm, "Young Master!"

"Blast them all!" Ye Chen commanded deeply. Weeds must be eradicated by the root.

The old man with the green rune grinned wickedly, diverting the warship's Level Three cannons toward the six peak pseudo-god experts. With a whoosh, they fired.

Shuuuuu...

Six brilliant white beams tore through the sky, engulfing the six peak pseudo-god experts.

Boom!

The entire earth trembled violently with the resulting explosion, and billowing mushroom clouds surged upward.

"Done!" the old man with the green rune chuckled, manipulating the warship to extend two metallic arms. He fumbled briefly in the dense mist below and accurately seized the corpses of the six peak pseudo-god experts. At this moment, only four of the six peak pseudo-god experts retained intact bodies; the rest had been completely vaporized.

Even the four remaining corpses were fragmented—some only showing the upper torso, others only the lower half, or just a single arm.

"Yohehehe..." Xiao Hei's eyes lit up. He chirped, and four Black Mantis Worms crawled out of the Rune Warship, scurrying into the corpses. Soon, the wounds on the severed limbs began to writhe, flesh and blood rapidly regenerating, forming complete bodies.

"Boss!" The four burly men greeted Ye Chen with deep respect.

Ye Chen glanced at them and noticed that the auras of the four burly men had weakened considerably, only possessing the strength of high-level pseudo-gods. Most of their energy had clearly been used to repair their bodies, thus reducing their power.

"This, this..." Kaba's eyeballs nearly popped out.

Just then.

"Hm?" The face of the old man with the green rune suddenly changed slightly. "Still not dead?"

Bang!

A fierce wind erupted from the mist surrounding the carriage, blowing the dust cloud away to reveal the figure within. The youth in brocade clothes stood erect, his hand resting behind his back, glaring coldly at the Rune Warship, a sinister curve playing on his lips. "Not bad, you have courage!" "Knowing my identity and still daring to attack—you are the first!"

"I like it!"

Cruel light flared in his eyes. "If I make you pull the carriage next time, I wonder what kind of experience that would be!" He licked his lips, then suddenly snapped his fingers, pulling open a spatial black hole, from which he extracted a strikingly styled heavy machine gun, its entire body inscribed with numerous secret patterns, aimed directly at the Rune Warship.

"Explode for me!!" he roared, pulling the trigger.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

A sky full of bullets flew out, sweeping toward the Rune Warship in a torrential downpour.

"Not good!" the old man with the green rune shrieked. "That scoundrel is wielding a high-level Divine Spirit weapon!"

Ye Chen frowned. "Retreat first."

Before the old man with the green rune could react, he began maneuvering the warship, speeding wildly into the distance, instantly engaging the ship's short-range spatial jump mode. With a flash of light, it vanished.

Although they executed the spatial jump in time, the stern of the ship was struck by a barrage of bullets, riddling it with dense, finger-sized black holes. Each bullet possessed explosive power; if it had hit an ordinary pseudo-god level vessel, a single shot could destroy the entire ship.

Seeing the Rune Warship disappear, the youth in brocade clothes retracted the Star Extermination Spear in his hand, a look of amusement crossing his lips. "Run, run. I didn't expect to find such entertainment here at Sky Witch Mountain!" "Keep running!"

"It would be too dull if you were caught so quickly."

He reached out and retrieved a starship from his spatial folding bag—an ornate, European-style vessel covered in worm-like demonic patterns, produced in ancient Babylon.

Most importantly, the surface of this starship exuded a dense divine power fluctuation, perfectly matching that of the Rune Warship! It was also an early-stage Divine Spirit vessel!

Swish!

The youth in brocade clothes rushed inside the starship and instructed the intelligent system, "Notify the clan; send ten more peak pseudo-god guards. Also, send ten beautiful women from the Elf Civilization; only top-grade merchandise." "Yes!"

"Record the appearance of that person, Zhou Cai, and investigate to see which family he belongs to. He is only at the Half-God realm, yet he possesses a Divine Spirit vessel; he shouldn't be an unknown figure. Be sure to confirm his identity; we must avoid hitting bedrock!" he commanded coldly.

"Yes!" the intelligent system responded.

The youth in brocade clothes gazed at the sky outside, a curved smile playing on his lips. "No matter what family you belong to, within the boundaries of Skyboat City, there is no one my Luo Guo dares not provoke!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (similar to nBO*m) to cast recommendation votes and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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