Chapter 676 – Bring It On! (1/2)

Yang Ye sheathed his intent sword and said, “It doesn’t matter who you are. You’re blocking my path right now.”

“You really intend to destroy the Exalted Han Empire?” The grey robed middle aged man spoke in a deep voice.

“Do you think that I’m joking?” Yang Ye held the ancient sheath as he walked slowly towards the entrance.

The grey robed man said, “The Exalted Han Empire really is weak now, but it has a history of over 10,000 years. Do you really think it doesn’t have any trump cards?”

“So, what you mean is that I should bury the hatchet with the Exalted Han Empire?” Yang Ye didn’t stop moving, and he continued forward towards them.

The grey robed man replied, “The Exalted Han Empire has lost numerous experts and cities throughout the southern territory’s advance, but so has the southern territory. I can tell you with certainty that if you insist on eliminating the Exalted Han Empire, then your southern territory might lose even more experts even if you succeed. Moreover, if the Exalted Han Empire’s royal family really stops at nothing to take you down with it, then your southern territory might not lose just a few of its experts!”

Yang Ye stopped moving and said, “I know that it’s very likely for what you said to be true, but the losses my southern territory suffers in the future might be even more terrifying if I don’t annihilate them now. Not pulling weeds out by the root is a recipe for endless trouble in the future!” Yang Ye started advancing again once he finished speaking.

“Are you willing to spare them if the royal family surrenders?” said the grey robed man in a deep voice.

“No!” Yang Ye replied decisively, “I intend to wipe out all of my enemies from the face of this world when I can so that they have no chance of becoming an enemy of mine again.”

The grey robed man suddenly said, “What if my northern territory were to join forces with the Exalted Han Empire?”

Yang Ye replied, “Then I’ll just crush all of you!”

“You would be dead now if it wasn’t for the Undertaker!” The grey robed man said, “But he won’t be able to protect you forever!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “I understand your northern territory’s stand now. We’ll meet on the battlefield. Now, are you going to move aside, or should I make you? Based on what you just said, I presume you dare not attack me. Since it’s like that, then move aside?”

“Yang Ye!” Meanwhile, Yin Xuan’er spoke abruptly, “I know that you want to destroy the Exalted Han Empire, but you have to think it through. The Hallowed Grounds and the defiant profounders are our true enemies. Regardless of whether it’s the defiant profounders or the Hallowed Grounds, they aren’t existences that just the southern territory and demon territory can resist. We’ll only be able to resist them if the entire continent joins forces.”

Yang Ye said, “But you seem to have forgotten that the Exalted Han Empire has been constantly a.s.sisting the Hallowed Grounds.”

“So long as you’re willing to bury the hatchet, then they’ll stand on your side from today onward!” said the grey robed man.

Yang Ye stopped moving, and then he smiled, “So that they can stab me in the back and return to the arms of the Hallowed Grounds when its experts arrive and weaken my southern territory?”

When he spoke up to this point, Yang Ye glanced at them and said, “Actually, I’m quite confused. You were mortal enemies with the Exalted Han Empire just a while ago. Yet now, you’re helping them. Why?”

“The Exalted Han Empire was our enemy as well while they stood on the Hallowed Grounds’ side. But they can become our ally once they aren’t.” The grey robed man continued, “Yang Ye, you are irreconcilable enemies with the Hallowed Grounds and friends with us. We shouldn’t be fighting and killing each other.”

“Why didn’t you tell that to the Exalted Han Empire when my southern territory was weaker?” Yang Ye started advancing again and said, “Don’t you think that it’s too late now? I’ll say it one last time out of consideration for our relations.h.i.+p in the past. Miss Yin, move aside!”

Yin Xuan’er gazed at the grey robed man, and he waved his right hand. 2 soldiers in golden armor appeared before Yang Ye. Yin Xuan’er sighed softly when she saw this, “The Exalted Han Empire can’t be allowed to be destroyed, and my northern territory can’t become a va.s.sal of another. Young Master Yang, we’ll have no choice but to fight if you refuse to make a compromise!”

Yang Ye stopped and frowned. He felt that there was something quite off about all of this. Logically speaking, he had 2 Half-Saints on his side, so it was impossible for the northern territory to make an enemy of him for the sake of the Exalted Han Empire. However, the northern territory just happened to have acted in that way. So, it made him feel that it was quite unusual….

But he was like a knocked arrow on a fully drawn bowstring, and it had to be released….

Yang Ye drew his intent sword swiftly, and a beam of sword energy flashed forward and instantly struck against the 2 Gold Guards which stood over 30m away.

Bang!

Both of them took over a dozen steps back!

Yang Ye’s expression changed slightly because his sword energy had merely left 2 faint marks on their golden armor…. After all, he’d executed Heavenrend that was enhanced by the 1st stage of the Critical Strike Technique just now!

“These Gold Guards aren’t the same 12 that Yin Xuan’er had in the past!” Yang Ye noticed this when he sized them up carefully. Meanwhile, the Gold Guards suddenly advanced swiftly. Yang Ye felt like 2 rays of golden light had flashed in front of his eyes before they appeared in front of him. At the same time, 2 golden swords were stabbing towards his throat and stomach!

Bang!

An ear piercing sound of metal colliding resounded. Yang Ye was pushed back by the enormous force that those 2 swords carried. Meanwhile, the swords didn’t move away from his throat and stomach, and they were following him closely, causing him to retreat incessantly.