Chapter 706: The Dominant Powerhouses

Those three elders with white hair and beards were precisely the high-level experts at the small universe level who, according to what Ye Feng had heard from others, were in charge of the Shangguan family.
“Hmph! Three mere True Realm cultivators dare to act recklessly in the Shangguan family?” The lead elder glared angrily, but Ye Feng found it strange that their anger seemed fake.
In fact, these three were not from the Shangguan family. They were simply three people chosen by the family’s ancient ancestor from the Supreme Realm—those who had no hope of reaching the small universe realm and whose lifespans were nearing their end. The ancestor forcibly elevated them to the small universe realm and sent them to this higher main plane to guard the Shangguan family.
Originally, the three were quite grateful to the ancient ancestor for helping them improve their cultivation. After reaching the small universe realm, their lifespans also increased by a hundred times. But since they weren’t part of the Shangguan family, they were oppressed by Shangguan Ming as soon as they arrived here. Shangguan Ming acted as if they were his servants, ordering them around at will and often scolding them in front of other Shangguan family members. Aside from Shangguan Ming, the others dared not treat them rudely out of fear of their cultivation strength. But after seeing Shangguan Ming scold them frequently, the other legitimate descendants of the Shangguan family gradually stopped respecting them and even insulted them sometimes. Yet due to the ancient ancestor’s influence, they dared neither speak out in anger nor leave.
When Ye Feng and his group arrived today, the three initially had an amused expression, waiting to see if anyone would get hurt among more than twenty people against just three of them. They thought Shangguan Ming, with his twenty-plus followers, could easily deal with them. Unexpectedly, in just a few breaths, the peak warriors of the Shangguan family were all killed, leaving only Shangguan Ming alive. Caught off guard, the three felt satisfied—after all, none of those twenty-plus people had respected them at all, so it was only fitting they died. What was even more unexpected was that Shangguan Ming, who was on the verge of reaching the small universe realm, was captured without any resistance. They began to consider whether to intervene.
Just as they hesitated, Ye Feng and his group started massacring the other two members of the Shangguan family. At that point, they had no choice but to act.

“You three, why did you only act now? What were you doing just now?” At that moment, a young man who looked about 50% similar to Shangguan Ming shouted at the three of them, “Our Shangguan family spends so much money feeding you three every day, yet when it counts, we can’t find you anywhere. Now that our elite forces have been wiped out, you three are definitely involved in this. Once this is over, I’ll make my father report your laziness to the ancestors…”
Ye Feng raised his eyebrows slightly. Seeing the three elders scolded by a guy whose cultivation wasn’t even at the Xianzhen Realm, he roughly guessed why they had only decided to act now. “These three must have been scolded by these arrogant guys all day long, filled with resentment, which is why they delayed acting.”
“Young Master Shangguan, how can we be blamed for this?” The lead elder, despite being scolded, surprisingly wasn’t angry. Instead, he explained, “The three of us originally thought the opponents were just three guys at the Pozhen Realm. With the clan head leading over twenty people, it should be easy to deal with them. So we didn’t pay attention to the fight and continued with our own tasks. It wasn’t until we heard screams and cries outside that we realized what was happening.”
Another elder, however, wasn’t so polite. “Young Master Shangguan, the task given to us by your ancestor, Lord Shangguan, was to act only when the Shangguan family was at stake—this was to temper the descendants of the Shangguan family. If we act too early, it means it’s not yet a life-or-death situation.”
Seeing this conversation, Ye Feng became even more certain of his thoughts. According to the rules of this main realm, the one with the bigger fists is stronger. But clearly, it was the three elders who had bigger fists, yet after hearing the insults, they didn’t even kill them directly or scold them. They didn’t even dare to speak too harshly in defense. Clearly, these three had no status in the Shangguan family; they were probably just servants randomly chosen by those from the higher realms.
“Are you the young master Shangguan?” A sudden voice appeared behind Shangguan Ling. He immediately turned around to check, only to see a finger pressed against his forehead. “Don’t move. I’ve already implanted a water-type Great Freezing Technique in your body. If you move even slightly, your soul will freeze and you’ll die. A frozen soul means losing even the chance for reincarnation…”
Ye Feng paused, then looked up at the three elders. “You three, don’t move either…”
He turned back again. “Now, I’ll ask, and you’ll answer.”

“Are you Shangguan Ming’s son?” Ye Feng asked.
“Yes…” Shangguan Ling didn’t dare move a muscle.
“Is Shangguan Junyi your son?” Ye Feng pressed further.
“Yes!” Shangguan Ling still didn’t dare stir.
“Then…” A cruel smile appeared on Ye Feng’s lips. “You may die now!”
Before Ye Feng’s words faded, Shangguan Ling was completely frozen from the inside out.
The three elders finally moved as well.
Luo Yan and Jin Wen also acted simultaneously, blocking one person each.
The leading elder paused for a moment before sending a message to the other two, “End this fight quickly. Don’t hold back.”
Only then did he appear not far in front of Ye Feng.
“One-on-one—fair!” Ye Feng said with a smile.
“Your two subordinates are strong, but they’re still far behind those at the small universe level,” the elder said with a laugh. “Though they’re only first-star strong, their strength is already hundreds of times that of a True Breakthrough realm expert.”
“What they just showed is just the tip of the iceberg. Their true strength will scare you.” Ye Feng didn’t take his eyes off the elder. Standing in front of him, he could deeply sense the elder’s power. “You say they’re first-star strong. What about you? Second-star?”
“Hehe, I’m not very talented. I was indeed second-star many years ago. But through a chance encounter, I accidentally reached third-star, and my cultivation has remained stagnant ever since.”
Hearing this, Ye Feng frowned slightly. He naturally understood what a third-star expert meant. If the cultivation of a small universe was divided into early, middle, and late stages, then a third-star expert was in the late stage of a small universe. To make further progress would mean reaching the medium universe level. The strength of a first-star expert was already a hundred times that of a True Breakthrough realm peak, while a third-star expert’s strength was another hundred times that of a first-star expert. Even Ye Feng, at this moment, would likely have no chance of winning in a direct confrontation.
However, Ye Feng suddenly remembered he still had a trump card…