A few dozen meters away from Ye Chen and Jiang Yao.
Shi Tianhe, Shi Tianjiang, and Shi Tianhai, the three brothers of the Shi Family, felt quite displeased as they looked at the dozen or so disciples from the Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness before them.
Their trip to the Central Region this time was to complete a mission assigned by their sect, which took them more than ten days. They had smoothly accomplished the task, which made the three brothers quite pleasantly surprised.
With some spare time, the brothers traveled around the Central Region. Not long into their journey, they heard an earth-shattering piece of news: the most powerful second-tier sect in the entire Central Region, Heavenly Sacred Palace, would take part in the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Convention at Immeasurable Mountain and set up rewards for the event.
Moreover, aside from the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Convention, Heavenly Sacred Palace would also specifically host a "Hidden Dragon List Competition" at Immeasurable Mountain!
The reputation of Heavenly Sacred Palace was something the Shi Family brothers had heard of several times when coming to the Central Region. As Sword Cultivators themselves, they had long cherished the idea of going to Immeasurable Mountain to witness the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Convention.
Now that Heavenly Sacred Palace was joining the convention, they did not hesitate at all and set out straight away, hurrying towards Immeasurable Mountain.
This trip to the Central Region had been exceedingly smooth for the three brothers. When they arrived at the square and saw the "Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking," they were quite shocked to find.
There, among the top six picks expected to win the championship, they spotted the name "Ye Chen."
The Shi Family brothers remembered that on their way to the Central Region, at the Boundary River which separated the Southern Territory from the Central Region, they had by chance met a youth named Ye Chen.
At that time, the three brothers traveled with Ye Chen, who said that he was heading to the Tai'a Sword Sect.
Now, seeing the name "Ye Chen" on the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking and hearing from those around them that "Ye Chen" had been noticed by Heavenly Sacred Palace within the Tai'a Sword Sect and selected to enter the first sanctuary of Heavenly Sacred Palace!
Coming from the Southern Territory, named Ye Chen, and noticed by Heavenly Sacred Palace within the Tai'a Sword Sect, these pieces of news coming together greatly shocked the Shi Family brothers.
In their hearts, they suddenly realized that the youth Ye Chen who had traveled with them to the Central Region might very well be the "Ye Chen" on the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking!
The brothers were surprised and delighted; after all, Ye Chen was listed as one of the top six favorites to win the championship, not falling behind any of the talented disciples from the major sects of the Central Region and even ranking as the highest among all Sword Cultivators in the Southern Territory, which naturally made the brothers from the Southern Territory extremely proud!
While the Shi Family brothers were brimming with pride, a mocking voice came from beside them.
When they looked towards the source of the mockery, they saw that those who spoke were disciples from one of the ten great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness.
While watching the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking, these Demon Sect disciples ridiculed and belittled the Sword Cultivators of the Southern Territory, claiming it was a disgrace that among the many competitors from the Southern Territory, only three were selected for the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking.
These Demon Sect disciples were even more insolent, saying their Western Wilderness swordsmanship was several times stronger than that of the Southern Territory. They bragged that in this Sword Fighting Convention, they would thoroughly humiliate the Sword Cultivators of the Southern Territory!
Hearing these words made the Shi Family brothers quite uncomfortable, so they immediately mentioned Ye Chen, one of the top six candidates from the Southern Territory, in response to these Demon Sect disciples.
However, their retort only provoked a torrent of curses from the Demon Sect disciples, who insisted that they had never seen Ye Chen make a move and did not believe in his strength, while also provoking the Shi Family brothers with their words.
Among the dozen or so disciples from the ten Demon Sects who stood together, seven or eight were in the later stages of the Spirit Sea Realm, and another five or six were in the Rotating Pill Realm, including even two at the mid-stage of Rotating Pill Realm.
In comparison, the three Shi Family brothers were merely at the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm, far inferior to the opposition in terms of strength.
Nonetheless, the Shi Family brothers were incredibly staunch and fearless of these Demon Sect disciples, engaging in a fierce argument and exchange of insults with them.
The disciples of the ten great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness were jeering, and the disciples from the Southern Territory couldn't bear it, "If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get!"
"You think just because you have more people, we of the Southern Territory are afraid of you?"
Although they responded, the disciples of the Southern Territory were indeed feeling nervous.
After all, the strongest among them in the plaza were merely at the mid-phase of the Rotating Pill Realm, whereas there were several late-phase Rotating Pill Realm powerhouses among the ten great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness.
This caused the disciples of the Southern Territory to retort to their opponents while also signaling to other strong fighters who hadn't arrived at the plaza yet.
Seeing the movements of the Southern Territory disciples, the Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness mocked them even more. One of the young men clad in a blood robe and shrouded in black aura stepped forward with a sneer, "Crying for help?"
"It's too late. By the time your reinforcements arrive, we'll see how you beg for mercy!"
"And remember, the one who defeated you is me, 'Yin Jiuning'!"
This blood-robed youth, Yin Jiuning, was of late-phase Rotating Pill Realm cultivation. From his tone, he made it clear he intended to defeat all the Southern Territory fighters by himself!
Boom!
In an instant, billowing black qi burst forth from Yin Jiuning, shooting into the sky and sweeping up hundreds of meters high.
Seeing Yin Jiuning taking action, everyone from the Western Wilderness Demon Sects sneered continuously, folding their arms to watch the good show.
On the Southern Territory side, seeing a late-phase Rotating Pill Realm powerhouse take the field, their faces also changed. The three mid-phase Rotating Pill Realm martial artists exchanged glances and simultaneously stimulated their surging true qi.
Even the three brothers of the Shi Family were now standing beside the three fighters, with their aura pulsating forth.
However, none of these people had the ability to fight across higher realms, and the opponent was a late-phase Rotating Pill Realm powerhouse. It was indeed possible that he could sweep them away!
Just when everyone from the Southern Territory had grim expressions, ready to go all out, and as Yin Jiuning sneered viciously, about to make a brutal move and disable a few from the Southern Territory first, while other martial artists from neither the Southern Territory nor the Western Wilderness were watching the fun from the sidelines, not wanting to intervene in the feud between the two blood-sworn forces,
A faint voice suddenly sounded in the arena, "We of the Southern Territory have never been afraid of the Western Wilderness."
"An ordinary late-phase Rotating Pill Realm fighter wants to make disciples of the Southern Territory kneel and beg for mercy, what utter nonsense!"
Boom!
Amidst the faint voice, a young man, leading a strikingly beautiful young woman, stepped through the void and walked into the Southern Territory's side, positioning himself in front of the people from the Southern Territory.
When they saw the mid-phase Spirit Sea Realm aura the young man possessed and heard his faint words, everyone from the ten great Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness was completely stunned.
A mid-phase Spirit Sea Realm youth daring to scorn the late-phase Rotating Pill Realm Yin Jiuning?
Had this young man lost his mind?!
On the Southern Territory's side, when the three Shi brothers saw the figure of the young man, they were shocked and cried out, "Brother Ye Chen, is that you?!"