Chapter 372: The Ambushed Celestial Sword Master

When Ye Feng was the only one left in the auction hall, a voice reached his ears—it was the old appraiser from before. “Blade, the transaction is complete. After deducting a 5% fee, you can collect 6.175 million high-quality magic crystals. Would you like to collect them now or in a few days?”
“In a few days,” Ye Feng replied. He stood up and headed toward the exit of the auction hall. “Although most people have gone after those in the Immortal Realm, there are still some who are watching me. The sooner they don’t find out about the origin of those divine crystals, the better.”
“Very well. Now that this matter is settled, the owner of our auction house would like to invite you for a meeting. When might be convenient for you?” The old man’s words made Ye Feng, who had already reached the door, stop in his tracks.
At that moment, the old appraiser also came out from behind the scenes.
“Your boss… isn’t from this realm, is he?” Ye Feng asked after hesitating for a moment.
“You’ll find out once you go…” The old man winked at Ye Feng.
“Alright. Once I’ve dealt with matters related to the Purple Extreme Master, I’ll let you know right away.” With that, Ye Feng stepped outside.
By then, the Purple Extreme Master and the others had long disappeared. Several peak demi-gods did not chase after them but instead surrounded Ye Feng.
“Blade, hand over that woman named Scorpio!” one of them shouted at him from afar.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know who you’re talking about,” Ye Feng replied, continuing to walk as if nothing had happened, completely ignoring the nearly ten people around him.
“It’s the woman who came to the Demon Realm with the Purple Extreme Master. Do you think we don’t know? You’ve hidden her,” the man insisted.
“If you want to cause trouble for the Purple Extreme Master, go ahead. I, Blade, won’t interfere,” Ye Feng said, a killing intent flashing in his eyes. “But anyone who tries to trouble Pearl is my enemy!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Feng vanished. The others saw blood gush from the throat of one of the peak demi-gods, followed by a stream of black energy crawling out of the wound. In just a few breaths, that warrior disappeared. A figure that made everyone back down slowly appeared where he had stood, taking all the loot for itself.

Ye Feng’s move intimidated everyone else; they couldn’t see how he had made his move, nor even knew how he had disappeared or where he had landed, as there was no spatial disturbance at all.
“Is there anyone else who wants to know where I hid the pearl?” Ye Feng’s smiling face seemed somewhat eerie to the others.
After some hesitation, when no one responded, Ye Feng looked in the direction in which Zi Ji Zunzhe and the others had left. From their interactions over these days, he had become very familiar with Zi Ji Zunzhe’s aura. Moreover, he sensed that Zi Ji Zunzhe was already in a fierce battle.
“Everyone, attack him! Even if we can’t get the top-grade divine crystal, there must be many treasures on Blade’s person!” At the moment Ye Feng was distracted, someone shouted loudly.
Encouraged by this, those who had been hesitant immediately made up their minds, for the person was right—there were definitely many treasures on Blade’s person. Even if they couldn’t obtain the top-grade divine crystal, getting those treasures would make their trip to the Demon Realm worthwhile.
Just as the crowd took action, the world suddenly was covered in a layer of gold.
“Damn it, it’s his domain!” someone cried out in alarm.
“It’s too late,” Ye Feng’s voice came from all directions, reaching the ears of the remaining eight people.
“Let’s work together to break through his domain,” another voice said. He turned to look at the others but was shocked to see seven Blade followers staring at him intently.
Of course, he wasn’t the only one who saw this scene.
In just a few minutes, the golden sphere in the sky slowly dissipated, leaving only one person standing proudly in mid-air, with a slight smile on his lips.
This scene made many people remember this man named Blade forever.
“A bunch of fools,” Ye Feng said softly with a smile, though the rest of his words were muttered to himself, “Chaos battles—my favorite!”
“Nine peak demi-gods killed within three minutes… not a single one escaped…” A true god who witnessed this scene also felt a chill run down his spine.
Not long after Ye Feng chased in the direction of Zi Ji Zunzhe and the others, he noticed that about twenty people were surrounding one person not far away.
“Is it Tian Jian Zunzhe?” Ye Feng raised his eyebrows slightly. “It’s worth taking a look!”
The people surrounding Tian Jian Zunzhe also sensed Blade’s approaching aura. They frowned deeply, as they certainly didn’t want Blade to interfere at this moment.

Ye Feng approached, but to everyone’s surprise, he stood in mid-air with his arms crossed, showing no intention of joining the battle.
“Blade Edge, what do you mean?” shouted one of the True God-level warriors at the forefront.
“Nothing much. I just came to watch the fight,” Ye Feng replied with a relaxed shrug.
“If you’re trying to reap benefits without effort, don’t blame us for being ruthless,” said the True God-level warrior, clearly wary of Ye Feng. News of Ye Feng’s recent battle had already reached him through his companions.
“Go on with your fight. I just want to see the sword techniques of the Supreme Sword Master,” Ye Feng said, his strange smile sending chills through the hearts of those surrounding the Supreme Sword Master.
Though they didn’t believe Ye Feng, they had no time to worry further. The strength of the Supreme Sword Master alone was already immense. If Blade Edge joined the battle as well, capturing him would become an impossible task.
“One True God, one God-level warrior, twenty semi-god level warriors, including twelve at the peak of semi-godhood… Quite a formidable force…” Ye Feng shook his head in sigh.
As the second-strongest figure in the Immortal Realm, the Supreme Sword Master was very likely to possess the divine crystal acquired through the auction. However, since he appeared closest to the auction site, he should be the first to stay and draw enemy forces. Thus, the likelihood of the divine crystal being on him was low. Under normal circumstances, the people of the Immortal Realm would want to return the divine crystal to their realm as soon as possible. If it were left with the Supreme Sword Master at the first line of defense and he were killed, the entire Immortal Realm would suffer a great loss.
Yet Ye Feng also knew that precisely because everyone thought this way, few warriors stayed with the Supreme Sword Master. But there was another possibility: the Immortal Realm might have planned it in advance, leaving few people to ambush at the first line of defense, deliberately placing the divine crystal on him so that he could be at that position. Once all those sent to assassinate him were killed, the Supreme Sword Master could secretly return to the Immortal Realm.
It was because some people thought this way that those two beings with divine natures set their sights on the Supreme Sword Master.
At this moment, Ye Feng wasn’t thinking about anything else. He knew the cultivation manual practiced by the Supreme Sword Master was of extremely high quality, which was why he stayed to observe his sword techniques, hoping they might inspire him.
In mid-air, nine medium-grade divine swords of various shapes floated in front of the Supreme Sword Master. His mastery of sword control had reached an extremely high level.

The skills demonstrated in both offense and defense left Ye Feng in awe. Though those nine long swords had distinct shapes, in the hands of the Celestial Sword Master, they functioned as one unified entity. Whether for attacking, defending, dissipating force, or combining attacks and defenses, every ounce of mental energy was used with extreme precision—completely different from Ye Feng’s crude approach.

After a cup of tea, the Celestial Sword Master still maintained an impenetrable defense, while the twenty semi-godly warriors had already lost six of them. Ye Feng patiently watched from the side; this period of time had truly benefited him greatly, broadening his thinking significantly. “His sword control technique can indeed be applied to those nine leaves,” Ye Feng thought, scheming in his mind on how to learn from the Celestial Sword Master. If he mastered this, the power of his own use of those nine leaves would increase several times over.

Another cup of tea passed, and eight more of the remaining fourteen semi-godly warriors fell. Now only eight people were left attacking the Celestial Sword Master, yet his situation hadn’t improved much. As Ye Feng had predicted, controlling nine mid-tier divine artifacts required a tremendous amount of mental energy. After two cups of tea, the Celestial Sword Master had already lost most of his mental energy. If this continued, he would be exhausted to death by those attackers.

Sure enough, with only eight people left, the Celestial Sword Master took one of the long swords into his hands, controlling eight instead, but he wasn’t idle either. This reduced the rate of mental energy depletion slightly. While controlling the eight swords for attack and defense, the sword in his hands was also building up power. Ye Feng could clearly sense a strange yet powerful force emanating from it.

“Falling Star!” The Celestial Sword Master gripped his sword tightly, and a razor-sharp golden light suddenly shot out in the direction of the god-tier warrior. Before the warrior could react, he was struck and vanished. Two others affected by the golden light had half of their bodies instantly consumed, with their remaining bodies falling from the sky—clearly dead.

Ye Feng faintly saw a thumb-sized white square stone fall from the air after the god-tier warrior disappeared. “Is that the divine essence?”
“That move was truly domineering just now…” Ye Feng subtly created a clone to catch the divine essence as it neared the ground, then instantly returned to his original body.

The battle was now extremely intense, and no one noticed Ye Feng’s small action.

The true god-level warrior in mid-air still had a terrified expression on his face. He knew full well that that move alone had been enough to cause him severe damage. Now, on his side, there were only him and four semi-gods left. Fortunately, it seemed that the enemy was also at the end of their strength.
“You four, what are you staring at? He’s already at the end of his strength!” the true god-level warrior shouted at the other four.
Meanwhile, the Celestial Sword Sage retracted the other three swords, holding one in each hand, while using his mental power to control the five long swords—one in each hand—before slowly closing his eyes.