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Chapter 961: Chapter 961: It’s Actually a Crystal Soul

The ice flower finally collided with the boundless radiant starry sky.

Then, countless stars rapidly faded away.

Like a swiftly drying ocean.

Yun Suo, Feng Lin, Zuo Mo, Zhong Bei—these four Emperor Realm Ninth Layer attacked simultaneously, disintegrating with visible speed.

In an instant, the sky cleared, and the world fell silent!

The previous world-destroying attack seemed as though it had never existed.

Only that tiny ice flower continued to drift slowly forward.

This...

Brother Cheng’s eyes couldn’t help but widen.

What the heck is this method?

The attack from those four Emperor Realm Ninth Layers, if he was standing in front, would have instantly destroyed him.

After all, that Ice Power was too vast and immense.

Moreover, their Rule Comprehension Level was not inferior to the Eleventh-Layered Profound Pattern.

And now, such a terrifying attack was extinguished by just that little ice flower?

How on earth was this done?

"A trace of Ice Origin..."

"Enough to crush everything!"

The four Venerables did not lose their fighting strength.

In terms of rules, they were indeed crushed by that trace of Origin.

But the fight doesn’t only exist on the level of rules.

They could still continue to tangle in aspects like Divine Soul, Immortal Technique, Martial Techniques, and others.

However, at this moment, they all lowered their weapons in unison.

Because it was pointless.

Ming Jue Celestial Venerable alone could suppress all four of them.

There were also Venerable Ying Yan, Venerable Lei Yuan, Venerable Tianhong, and others; defeat was already sealed.

Ming Jue did not pursue, instead using a spell to retrieve that tiny ice flower.

"You must make your choice now."

"Yun Suo, Zuo Mo, Zhong Bei, Feng Lin..."

At this moment, he was more like a sentimental poet than a hero.

"I can still remember the scene when we were all recruited on the first day inside this valley billions of years ago."

"I also recall the several True Realm wars when we fought side by side."

"What nostalgic times!"

"I really don’t want to kill you guys..."

"Fighting alongside me once more, carving a path amidst chaos to lead the Ice Realm to its peak—wouldn’t that be great?"

"Ming Jue, you don’t need to waste your breath."

Venerable Zhong Bei sighed deeply: "Everyone has their own ambitions, why force?"

"Our minds are set, we will not waver."

"And you shouldn’t have killed the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable..."

Yun Suo and Feng Lin tightened their grip on their weapons once more, prepared for a desperate fight.

Meanwhile, Ming Jue Celestial Venerable couldn’t hide the disappointment in his eyes.

"Final quarter hour."

"After a quarter hour, if you still refuse to submit, it will be nothing less than life or death."

With that said, his gaze fell on Jiang Cheng.

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Faced with the Venerables, his stance was respectful and equal.

But when facing Brother Cheng, his glance carried a sense of elevated oversight.

"Either acknowledge me as master."

"Or die."

Upon saying this, Venerable Ying Yan and Venerable Lei Yuan frowned deeply.

Yun Suo and Feng Lin were understandable, as Emperor Realm Ninth Layer, they held significant value to recruit.

Jiang Cheng was merely comparable to an Emperor Realm Seventh Layer, yet only Sixth Layer.

Any Emperor Realm Eighth Layer present could easily obliterate him.

Moreover, he had killed your disciple Wei Shan—deep-seated enmity!

Yet you still offer him a way out? Planning to personally take him as a disciple?

In truth, Ming Jue Celestial Venerable didn’t know Brother Cheng too well.

But he at least knew that the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable, who never accepted disciples, had shown an affection for talent when faced with this lad.

He believed in the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable’s judgment.

Unfortunately, Brother Cheng didn’t see it that way.

"Sigh, what is wrong with your blind confidence?"

All of you want to be my master, taking advantage of me.

Can’t you tell that I’m actually stronger than you all?

"No one in this world can be my master—you all might as well wash up and sleep."

The military advisor behind him covered his face with his hands, collapsing once more.

Indeed, once again making self-destructive choices when better options are available.

If he became Ming Jue Celestial Venerable’s disciple, his future prospects would completely be radiant!

Why refuse?

Ming Jue Celestial Venerable hadn’t spoken yet, when Venerable Ying Yan and Venerable Tianhong burst with anger.

"Kid, what’s that supposed to mean?"

Brother Cheng said calmly: "It means I can kill you, and even if I wanted to acknowledge you as masters, you wouldn’t be able to handle it."

These words caused even Yun Suo and Feng Lin, whose expressions were previously solemn, to twitch at the corners of their eyes.

You really are boasting, aren’t you?

Before speaking, can’t you see clearly your own lowly realm?

"Truly ungrateful!"

Venerable Ying Yan drew Ice Sword, aiming at Brother Cheng.

"Celestial Venerable, this lad is too wild to be tamed; even if he submits, it’s surely false intent, best to eliminate him!"

"Indeed, kill him!"

"He dares to show such disrespect to you, letting him go would surely cause laughter for others!"

Ming Jue Celestial Venerable also lost his patience.

Jiang Cheng’s attitude left him a bit disappointed.

Was this truly the insolent fool that Ice Extreme valued?

Truly a waste of time.

Thinking this, he unleashed a blast of divine thought.

Intending to crush Brother Cheng outright.

Once his divine thought emerged, Yun Suo and others detected it.

"Ming Jue!"

"You actually strike against a youngster yourself!"

"Excessive!"

Ming Jue’s Divine Soul was a Crystal Soul, and this strike, not to mention Jiang Cheng, might severely harm even Emperor Realm Eighth Layer.

In a panic, they hurriedly send their Divine Souls to intercept.

However, there were Venerable Ying Yan, Venerable Tianhong, and others from the Ice Immortal Sect nearby.

They could only watch helplessly as Jiang Cheng was hit by that divine thought.

In everyone’s eyes, Brother Cheng’s end had already been predetermined.

Some even thought that dying at the hands of a Celestial Venerable was an honorable death—not a loss.

Yet after this wave of divine thought passed, the anticipated scene of Jiang Cheng’s dim eyes and obliterated Divine Soul, falling on the spot, did not occur.

Brother Cheng stood where he was intact.

He even retorted to Ming Jue Celestial Venerable.

"What are you trying to do?"

This baffled even the Emperor Realm Eighth and Ninth Layer experts present.

Could it be that Celestial Venerable Ming Jue actually didn’t act just now?

Had they all misperceived?

However, Ming Jue Celestial Venerable himself wouldn’t consider it thus.

He had just clashed with Jiang Cheng once.

On the Divine Soul dimension!

When his divine thought invaded Jiang Cheng’s Sea of Souls, not only had he failed to sweep through Jiang Cheng, but instead, Brother Cheng defending his territory countered with a blow, destroying that strand of detached divine thought.

Causing Ming Jue Celestial Venerable a minor injury.

"Your Divine Soul, is actually of Crystal Soul Level?"

His face was filled with disbelief!

And upon hearing this sentence, everyone else exploded.

"What?"

"This kid has reached Crystal Soul Level, only achievable by Emperor Realm Ninth Layer?"

"He’s only Emperor Realm Sixth Layer, this is irrational, isn’t it?"

"Now I finally comprehend how Wei Shan died last time!"

"This is too heaven-defying, isn’t it?"

"Could he be an Emperor Realm Ninth Layer expert too?"

"Impossible, his Immortal Power Realm is plain as day—just Emperor Realm Sixth Layer..."