Top Grade Immortal Emperor in the Flower City

Everyone was rendered speechless, overwhelmed by Ye Ling's show of force.

With a sneer, Ye Ling said, "If there are no objections, then I'll start refining it."

"Wait!" Just at that moment, the Pharaoh spoke up, his face expressing grave seriousness, and the several half-step Tribulation Transcending powerhouses also stood out, exuding a formidable aura.

Ye Ling was momentarily startled, then burst out laughing, "What's the matter? Planning to join forces? Come on then, I assure you I won't kill you all."

"Our friend from Huaxia, please don't misunderstand. We just want to confirm whether your word counts for anything. If you're going to snatch the next treasure in the same way, then we'll have to apologize and take action."

"Right, we can let you have this treasure, but you have to promise not to make another move, otherwise, we'd rather fight to the death!"

Their words carried significant meaning. If you just want one, we can accept it and turn a blind eye.

But if you get greedy with the next one, then sorry, we can't just follow behind you and be left with nothing.

We can't just back down every time you threaten us—what would be the point of us coming here, just to put on a show?

Therefore, led by the Pharaoh, a group of powerhouses including the Guardians and several enigmatic strong beings stood out to make their stance clear—they couldn't be bullied too much.

Ye Ling nodded, "You make a good point, so I've decided that from now on, I, Ye Ling, will no longer snatch any treasures. If I make a move again, let the Divine Spirits punish me!"

Ye Ling spoke in a soft voice. The others nodded in agreement; since Ye Ling had said as much, it wouldn't hurt to let him have this treasure, and they were curious to see if Ye Ling's terrifying strength could successfully make a breakthrough.

All eyes were eagerly fixed on Ye Ling, and he too nodded. He was also keen to see what this mysterious treasure, spoken of by Old Steward, was all about.

The energy of the Nine Nether enveloped the area as Ye Ling immediately deployed the Nine Nether Emperor Technique. He was cautious and on guard; the Nine Nether Emperor Technique could Devour everything, so even if this energy contained something else, he could completely ignore it.

The faint glimmer of the Golden Core contained a terrifying energy, pure and concentrated. As soon as Ye Ling absorbed a bit, he felt an incredible comfort, with energy spreading to his limbs and bones.

"This power! It's the absolute Origin Power!" Ye Ling's eyes shone brightly.

He finally understood; this was by no means just any energy capable of facilitating a breakthrough, but the Origin Power of a Transcendance Tribulation Stage powerhouse. As for why it could help someone break through, that was all too simple.

The Origin Power of a Transcendance Tribulation Stage powerhouse is incredibly formidable. Even a Golden Core Middle Stage powerhouse would easily make a breakthrough with the Origin Power of a Transcendance Tribulation Stage being.

More importantly, this powerhouse was definitely not at the Early Stage of Tribulation Transcending, but at the Middle Stage or even stronger.

"Tsk, tsk, every step is a trap. What a pity!" Ye Ling sneered, the one hidden behind the scenes had really played their cards well.

Origin Power, the Origin Power of a Transcendance Tribulation Stage powerhouse, was not something to be given away lightly. One should know that even for a fearsome powerhouse at the Tribulation Transcending Stage, the amount of Origin Power in their body would never surpass ten drops.

And Ye Ling could clearly sense that this strand of Origin Power had a faint consciousness attached, capable of controlling the Origin Power to disperse or leave at any moment.

The one who had absorbed the Origin Power and broken through might soon find themselves being Devoured by that very Origin Power.

However, this mysterious powerhouse was likely about to lose a drop of Origin Power for real!

Ye Ling sneered. His Nine Nether Emperor Technique was incomparably mighty, his Devouring power unparalleled in the world—any pathetic attempts at consciousness from the strong would be utterly Devoured by force.

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Hum, the power of Nine Nether was crazily devouring, the terrifying power quickly transformed and surged through Ye Ling's limbs and bones.

Boom!

A terrifying aura burst forth from Ye Ling's body, his ninth Golden Core actually began to take shape at that moment, but that was all for now.

The Origin Power of someone at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage was still not enough to allow him to break through to the terrifying realm of the ninth Golden Core.

Perhaps, devouring all of their Origin Power would completely bring Ye Ling's Golden Core to Major Accomplishment, with nine Golden Cores shining in the world, how terrifying would that be? Ye Ling was very much looking forward to it.

However, even so, the eyes of the powerhouses all lit up, they now confirmed that this artifact was definitely useful, even the fearsome Huaxia lad had made a breakthrough, ensuring its authenticity!

"Old Steward! How's that, I didn't let you down, did I?" Ye Ling chuckled lightly.

Standing not far from Ye Ling, Old Steward smiled, his smile was very bright: "Of course, how could I be disappointed, this is what you have won, I am delighted!"

Just then, suddenly, clusters of bright lights appeared around everyone, all of them taking a sharp breath as they suppressed the wild excitement in their hearts.

"A whole seven, seven more! One of these seven treasures is mine, who dares to fight, kill!"

Boom, a powerhouse charged forward crazily, all the others also moved, each unleashing terrifying attacks without holding back.

Waves of soaring Spiritual Power constantly bombarded the space, Pharaoh, Emperor Yasi, those few mysterious powerhouses, all made their move, their goal was to get a hold of a treasure.

Ye Ling, meanwhile, quietly withdrew, the battlefield was already a scene of death and injury, the initial outburst resulted in heavy casualties.

"Old Steward, tsk tsk, I really admire you, really." Ye Ling said softly with a smile as he walked up to Old Steward.

Old Steward shrugged: "Why say that? The man of my dear child."

"Stop! Don't say it like that, I am Ruth's man, but it has nothing to do with you. I really didn't expect it though, the mastermind behind all this was you, the infamous Old Steward."
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"I guess, the whole scheme was set up by you, right? Including that person who stole the Origin Power from your Sterr Family."

"And the rumors, able to resound throughout the entire Western Continent overnight, I think you put in some effort there too, didn't you?"

"All to draw in these fools, to let them obtain some shitty artifact, which is really just a trap you set."

Ye Ling said with a laugh, his eyes like knives, revealing their sharpness.

Old Steward, on the other hand, had an indifferent look on his face, the smile remaining: "I don't know what you are talking about, but you should know, being too clever is not always good."

"Intelligent people never live long, and you, perhaps you could become a part of the Sterr Family, after all, you are my child's man, and I could pass on the position of Clan Leader to you."

Old Steward turned and said with a smile, to which Ye Ling shrugged: "Sorry, but you know I won't stay."

"Oh, that's really too bad, and so the destiny of a person can sometimes be malleable, I think your Huaxia fortune-tellers also wouldn't definitively determine someone's destiny, right? Like you, Ye Ling."

"As powerful as you are, you wouldn't be invincible in the world, right?"

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