Afterward, the enormous hand formed by the waters of the endless Azure Blue Lake, grasping the golden Demon Carp, flew backward towards Ye Chen.
No matter how much the golden Demon Carp struggled, it couldn't break free from the powerful grasp of the enormous hand!
This caused the golden Demon Carp to completely change its expression!
It also completely terrified the nearby Tomb Explorers!
A Demon King at the Rotating Pill level was actually caught by a mere youth in the early stages of Spirit Sea realm with a single Sky-Lifting Hand, and this Demon King couldn't resist at all. This scene was utterly shocking.
All the Tomb Explorers, even Fairy Nishang, a powerful Half-Step Rotating Pill with extensive knowledge, had never witnessed such a scene.
In an instant, the enormous hand grasping the golden Demon Carp flew back to the front of Ye Chen.
Even after flying back, the enormous hand didn't release the golden Demon Carp but instead firmly bound it in front of Ye Chen.
"You tyke, what exactly are you trying to do!"
"I was ordered by the ancient tomb master to guard this Azure Blue Lake. If you deal with me, do you still want the Legacy Treasure from the ancient tomb master?"
Atop the enormous hand, the frantically struggling golden Demon Carp shouted at Ye Chen.
At this moment, while the golden Demon Carp was bellowing, the other Tomb Explorers also turned their gaze towards Ye Chen.
They didn't understand why Ye Chen would act against the golden Demon Carp so decisively when simply repelling it to retrieve the Azure Blue Mansion would have sufficed. Ye Chen shouldn't have been so discourteous to this great demon who was a subordinate of the ancient tomb master.
Hearing the roar of the golden Demon Carp, Ye Chen's expression darkened, and he directly looked at the golden Demon Carp, demanding, "You were ordered to guard the Azure Blue Lake by the ancient tomb master?"
"Good, I've been wanting to ask you, who exactly is the ancient tomb master that you serve!"
"Don't you dare lie to us again saying that this tomb belongs to Heavenly Saint Linghua!"
Whir!
Ye Chen's words instantly changed the expressions of the other Tomb Explorers dramatically.
Aside from the concealed Demon Sect disciple Xue Yue, whose eyes glinted sharply, many people's faces turned ashen in an instant.
Clearly, Ye Chen meant that he already knew that this ancient tomb didn't belong to Heavenly Saint Linghua!
Although many Tomb Explorers had already guessed from various signs that this was not Heavenly Saint Linghua's tomb, hearing this news directly still shocked many of them deeply.
It wasn't Heavenly Saint Linghua's tomb; yet, the White Jade Spirit Tablet of Heavenly Saint Linghua had been circulated. Someone impersonated Heavenly Saint Linghua to deceive them into the tomb. What exactly did the tomb master want?
And, who on earth was the tomb master?!
The Tomb Explorers all had a bad feeling, and upon being interrogated by Ye Chen, even the golden Demon Carp's expression went through several changes.
In the end, it looked at Ye Chen and coldly sneered, "Who the tomb master is, you'd better not think about getting it out of me!"
Watching the Demon Carp still stubborn, Ye Chen's brow furrowed, and the giant hand gripping the golden Demon Carp suddenly tightened, causing the over two hundred meters long golden Demon Carp to burst open with numerous bloodstains all over its body.
Looking at this, if Ye Chen put in a bit more strength, he could completely crush the golden Demon Carp!
"Speak quickly!"
"Who exactly is the tomb master?!"
This time, without Ye Chen needing to ask again, many of the Tomb Explorers directly flew to the golden Demon Carp's front, shouting angrily at it.
With the true identity of the ancient tomb master in question, the other Tomb Explorers couldn't remain calm either.
"Defying Demon Sect!"
"The one controlling the beasts to lead us into the tomb island, commanding demon creatures to ravage the place, I should have guessed that the owner of the tomb was from the Defying Demon Sect!"
"And that Tiger Demon Teng is said to be one of the Eight Great Totems of the Defying Demon Sect!"
Fairy Nishang's expression fluctuated. Truly knowing the identity of the tomb owner, she became even more worried.
After all, this was the tomb of a Demon Sect Heavenly Saint, and even with the truth revealed, it was likely they would still be unable to cope!
"The other Demon Sect Heavenly Saint whom Heavenly Saint Linghua battled against was Heavenly Saint Moya."
"It's them who together split open the Demon Burial Abyss."
"Unexpectedly, the tomb hidden deep within the Demon Burial Abyss isn't Heavenly Saint Linghua's, but Heavenly Saint Moya's!"
Liu Yan from the Flame Sect, Yun Luo from the Cloud Sky Sect, and others also had faces like iron.
As everyone's expression swiftly turned and their hearts sank, Ye Chen walked step by step towards the golden Demon Carp.
He stared at the golden Demon Carp and demanded in a deep voice, "Speak, what schemes and conspiracies does Heavenly Saint Moya have after luring us in?"
"Also, our other companions, the ones on the peripheral ten large islands, the ones on the giant lotus leaves, have you laid your hands on them?"
Since knowing the identity of Heavenly Saint Moya, Ye Chen had had an ominous feeling about the lives and deaths of the other eliminated Tomb Explorers.
When he left Azure Blue Mansion and heard the golden Demon Carp speak of not enough people being dead, this bad feeling intensified.
Obviously, considering the golden Demon Carp seemed to want more people dead, it must have already killed many.
Very likely, the others had already died within the ancient tomb.
Those other people who were eliminated in the previous challenges were cultivators from the Southern Kingdom, with many from the same sects as those who were still alive. When they heard Ye Chen's words, everyone's eyes locked onto the golden Demon Carp, and their hearts were lifted with anxiety.
Seeing the expressions of the people, the golden Demon Carp laughed heartily, "The others? The others are long dead!"
"Hmmph, now that you know of Heavenly Saint Moya's identity, there's no need to hide it from you anymore. Heavenly Saint Moya said when he left the tomb, all of you must die, you all must be sacrificed for him!"
"Those people, the moment they were eliminated, they stepped ahead of you, and were killed to be sacrificed to the great one!"
"Don't worry, you won't be far from death either!"
Boom!
The words of the golden Demon Carp left everyone's minds blank.
All the others are dead?
They were all killed and sacrificed after being eliminated?
Ye Chen thought of those left on Fourth Sea Island, and of his sect member Jin Lieyang on the giant lotus leaves.
Fairy Nishang thought of the girls from Moon Concealing Sect, many of whom were still very young children!
Liu Yan, Yun Luo, and the independent cultivators also thought of their fellow sect members, their companions...
Unbelievable, everyone had actually died!
All had perished within the schemes of the tomb owner!
And listening to the golden Demon Carp, they would be killed next, continuing to die within the tomb!
This had completely stunned many of those present!