Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Tempers Are Flaring!

Direct suppression!

Xin Gongzi, kneeling on the ground, had an extremely ugly expression on his face. He had thought about resisting, but faced with Ye Tianming’s sword intent, he couldn’t resist at all.

At that moment, Ye Tianming suddenly spoke again: “Pass the order!”

His voice rang out like thunder.

Everyone in the entire Real World heard Ye Tianming’s voice. People looked up one after another toward the direction of Guanxuan Academy, and heard Ye Tianming slowly say: “All members of Guanxuan Academy and Xianbao Pavilion are to fulfill their duties and help maintain order in the Real World. Those who take advantage of the chaos to do evil shall be killed on the spot. If any member of our Academy or Xianbao Pavilion commits wrongdoing, they will be executed without exception afterward!”

Ye Tianming’s voice spread like thunder across the entire Real World, then quickly reached every corner.

When the Divine Realm used the various worlds to attack the Real World, the entire Real World fell into chaos.

And once chaos set in, some people would start acting recklessly. In troubled times, the dark side of human nature becomes infinitely amplified, and some beasts are capable of doing anything.

Ye Tianming understood this clearly. Therefore, he had to use swift and decisive measures to first deal with the internal rebellion, stabilize internal order, and then deal with the Divine Realm.

Ye Tianming’s words clearly had an effect. After receiving his orders, the Real World, which had been in complete disarray, began to see members of Xianbao Pavilion and the Academy step forward to maintain order.

In truth, it was mainly out of fear!

Because everyone in the entire Real World knew that this young lord had previously slaughtered every member of the cabinet, as well as those aristocratic clans and powerful families.

Everyone knew that this young lord was absolutely not joking.

No one dared to harbor any illusions.

This was the authority of the “young lord” at this moment…and more often than not, authority is earned through killing.

At Guanxuan Academy, Ye Tianming turned to look at An Yan and the others, “Go maintain order.”

“Understood!”

An Yan and the others responded immediately.

With that, he led a group of people and withdrew at once.

With Xianbao Pavilion and Guanxuan Academy maintaining order, the situation across the entire Real World gradually stabilized.

At Guanxuan Academy, Ye Tianming slowly raised his head to look at Si Ling in the sky, “Alright, we can begin.”

The internal problem was resolved, so it was time to deal with the external one.

Si Ling was also reassessing Ye Tianming at this moment. She suddenly realized that this young lord was different from the information she had obtained. In her intelligence reports, this young lord was extraordinarily talented, but that was all.

Yet now, after witnessing Ye Tianming’s various actions, she suddenly realized the intelligence was wrong. This young lord before her was not only exceptionally gifted, but also decisive and ruthless in his actions.

This also made her wonder involuntarily — such a genius, though inferior to the young lord, was still a rare existence in the entire universe. How could someone like that have lost to the one called Ye Tianming!

Pulling her thoughts back, Si Ling smiled, “Worthy of being the Yang family’s young lord. Interesting.”

With that, she wasted no more words. She turned to look at the various worlds and laughed loudly, “Brothers, let the Yang family witness the might of our Divine Realm’s ‘Divine Forbidden Guard’, haha!”

Boom!

As Si Ling’s voice fell, on the blood-red great path stretching across the various worlds, wave after wave of terrifying great path might suddenly surged forward like a tide. Then, under everyone’s gaze, a group of black-clad figures charged out together.

There weren’t many of them — only 120 in total. Each wore a black robe with a blood-red cape draped over their shoulders, and held a blood-red scythe in hand. The scythes were forged from condensed blood, vivid red and eerily unsettling.

Every single one of them was at the peak of the Dao-Establishing realm!

When they appeared, the entire assembly of the various worlds and the Real World was instantly stunned.

120 people, all of them at the Dao-Establishing realm. Not only that, but the aura of each of these individuals was several times stronger than that of an ordinary Dao-Establishing cultivator. Clearly, they were no ordinary Dao-Establishing cultivators. Furthermore, the weapons in their hands were obviously no ordinary divine artifacts.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear — every single one was a Zhizhen Ancestral Artifact!

One Zhizhen Ancestral Artifact per person!

When the Boundless Lord, who had remained calm all along, saw this lineup, even his expression turned grave.

The Divine Forbidden Guard!

This was undeniably overpowered beyond measure. He realized that all these years of washing his feet in seclusion had led him to underestimate the outside forces.

Zhai Dian’s brow also furrowed when he saw this lineup. Clearly, the strength of the Divine Realm had exceeded his expectations.

Of course, he felt no fear whatsoever.

After the Divine Forbidden Guard appeared, in the next moment they all turned their gaze toward the Real World. The lead commander of the Divine Forbidden Guard suddenly stepped forward — just one step — and he was already within the space-time region where the Boundless Lord resided.

He lightly drew his scythe across the air.

Shhk!

The entire special space-time region immediately began to shatter. At the same time, a terrifying blood-red force spread outward from the center like a spider’s web.

The Boundless Lord narrowed his eyes slightly. He took a fierce swig of his wine, then waved one hand, “Converge.”

Boom!

As that word “converge” fell, the already shattered space-time actually began to reconsolidate.

The Divine Forbidden Guard commander slowly raised his head to look at the Boundless Lord. Suddenly, he vanished from his spot like a phantom, and almost simultaneously, above the Boundless Lord, a blood-red scythe tens of thousands of zhang long came crashing down with the force of Mount Tai.

Bang!

The entire special space-time boiled at that moment, then began to erode bit by bit.

It was direct erasure!

Witnessing this, Ye Tianming’s expression also grew somewhat grave. He turned to look at Miss Ding beside him, “Miss Ding, is he drawing circles?”

Miss Ding shook her head, “No.”

No!

Ye Tianming said softly, “But his strength is clearly beyond what the Ancestor-Calling realm can compare to.”

Miss Ding smiled, “Every realm, every person, is different.”

Ye Tianming understood.

Even within the same realm, the differences can sometimes be enormous — just like people. Some have frighteningly high intelligence, while others are as foolish as pigs.

Miss Ding continued, “You’re still not very familiar with these few realms right now, including Dao-Establishing. Your great path foundation is unstable. Against a powerhouse of this level, without the All-Beings Law, you would have no chance of winning.”

Ye Tianming nodded. The moment the Divine Forbidden Guard commander made his move, he had already felt the gap between himself and his opponent.

As Miss Ding said, without the All-Beings Law and the Sword Ancestor, he would absolutely be no match for someone like this.

Seeing the gap only made him more fired up.

He actually liked this feeling, because only by directly confronting his own shortcomings could he feel a greater drive to fight and strive.

In that boundless void, facing the terrifying strike of the Divine Forbidden Guard commander, the Boundless Lord showed not the slightest fear. He let out a loud laugh, raised his right hand forcefully, “Rise, great path!”

Boom!

Countless forces of the great path suddenly surged up and crashed head-on into that terrifying strike.

The collision was like two planets smashing into each other. In an instant, a blinding shockwave erupted outward, but it vanished in a flash — because the great path forces of both individuals were too terrifying, and the shockwaves from the residual might were reduced to ash in an instant.

Only the great path concepts of the two remained!

Above the Boundless Lord, the Divine Forbidden Guard commander’s first strike having failed, he suddenly gripped his scythe with both hands and slashed downward again with full force.

Shhk!

This pitch-dark expanse of space-time was shattered outright.

A blood-red scythe blade tens of thousands of zhang long swept down, about to bury the Boundless Lord completely.

The Boundless Lord let out a loud laugh, “Well timed!”

With that, he suddenly clenched his right hand. Within his palm, countless great path forces converged in an instant, and at the same time, endless great path forces from heaven and earth came swarming toward the region where he stood.

The Boundless Lord laughed again, “Explode for me!”

With that, he threw a fierce punch.

Boom!

Thousands upon thousands of great path forces exploded at that moment.

And at this moment, all those watching from outside saw nothing but a flash of white light followed by absolute darkness — a dead, silent black.

Everything had been annihilated!

Witnessing this, even the gathered powerhouses of the Divine Realm were stunned beyond belief.

None of them had expected that there would be such a terrifyingly powerful individual here.

Ye Tianming stared at that boundless dark space-time, his expression grave, “Senior Boundless…is incredibly strong.”

Miss Ding smiled faintly, “Considerably stronger than before.”

Ye Tianming turned to glance at Miss Ding.

Miss Ding seemed to know what he was thinking and smiled, “I do know him, of course. But he has no connection to us whatsoever. What I mean is, regarding this bet — he is a free-spirited person. His helping you is entirely due to his own nature and has nothing to do with us.”

Ye Tianming nodded, “I know that.”

From the moment he saw the Boundless Lord, he had a good impression of the man. This was not someone who put on false pretenses.

Ye Tianming seemed to think of something and asked again, “Miss Ding, can you tell me more about this Divine Realm?”

Miss Ding shook her head, “You’d better get to know it gradually on your own in the future.”

Ye Tianming was about to speak when Miss Ding added, “However, there is one person on their side who will be a great enemy of yours in the future.”

Ye Tianming looked at her, “Do I even have a future?”

Miss Ding smiled, “That depends on yourself.”

Ye Tianming fell silent. After a moment, he turned to look at the Divine Forbidden Guard. He knew that the cards played openly would never be the trump cards — the real trump cards were always kept hidden. In other words, the powerhouses before him were certainly not the Divine Realm’s true trump cards.

Ye Tianming suddenly smiled. Why should he overthink it?

Meet soldiers with soldiers, meet water with earth.

If all else fails, fill the gap with your life.

As a person, never worry too much about what the future holds. Just go for it.

“Haha!”

Just then, a burst of laughter from the Boundless Lord suddenly rang out from within that annihilated space-time.

Everyone looked over. From within that pitch-black space-time, the Boundless Lord slowly walked out. After emerging, he pulled out a bottle of wine and took a fierce swig, then produced a cigar and placed it between his lips. He snapped his thumb and forefinger together, a divine flame appearing at his fingertips. He lit his cigar, took a long deep drag, and then said, “Satisfying!”

Then he grinned, “The only unsatisfying part is that I’m running a bit hot right now, heheh…”