Black Abyss City Lord had grand plans, but reality did not unfold as he had envisioned.
Just as he finished speaking, before they could even exit, a world-shattering roar echoed from outside the warehouse.
The ground trembled violently, causing the entire warehouse to shake slightly.
"What is this..."
Black Abyss City Lord's expression changed, and he abruptly looked in the direction of the noise.
At that very moment, the warehouse door was blasted open with a bang.
"It seems I didn't come to the wrong place. The person is here."
A cheerful young man walked in from outside with a smile.
His slender figure formed a stark contrast with the terrifying power he displayed.
Upon seeing this young man, Black Abyss City Lord's face darkened. It wasn't that he recognized the other's identity.
Instead, he was shocked to find that he couldn't perceive the other person's cultivation strength at all.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass on my Black Abyss City territory!"
Black Abyss City Lord stared intently at the young man, his face filled with apprehension.
"You are the City Lord of Black Abyss City, Heize, aren't you?"
The latter calmly replied, unhurriedly.
"What, weren't you just trying to seize my flying ship? Have you forgotten so quickly?"
Without a doubt, the one who had barged into Black Abyss City at this moment could only be Ye Yun.
Not long ago, he had piloted the Shenhe flying ship to the vicinity of Black Abyss City, intending to eliminate this menace.
Upon entering, he had overheard their discussion about him.
Hearing this, Black Abyss City Lord and the elders around him were stunned, but they quickly regained their composure and said coldly.
"So it was you. Did you kill the three elders of our Black Abyss City two years ago?"
Black Abyss City Lord asked sternly, and Ye Yun answered frankly.
"You mean those three who tried to rob me? Yes, they all met their end by my hand."
At that time, in the space where the Heart of Heavenly Principles was located, three people from Black Abyss City had indeed attacked him, but they were ultimately killed by him.
He had been puzzled then, wondering why they would attack him when he had no enmity with Black Abyss City.
Now he finally understood. It turned out they were coveting the Shenhe flying ship he brought.
After confirming his identity, Black Abyss City Lord's initial tension eased considerably.
He had initially thought some formidable figure he couldn't afford to offend had arrived. It turned out to be that fellow from Chaofeng Mountain back then.
Now, two years had passed. Although he couldn't see through the other's cultivation, it was highly probable that he was using some special treasure or technique to conceal his Xuan Qi fluctuations. Such situations were not uncommon.
After all, he couldn't believe that anyone could reach a level comparable to his Emperor-tier strength within two years.
Clearly, due to the information separation between the Virtual Abyss and the Heavenly Domain, no one in the Virtual Abyss had yet realized the immense changes that had occurred in the Heavenly Domain!
Black Abyss City Lord's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he sneered.
"I don't care what your connection is to Chaofeng Mountain. Those who dare to kill my Black Abyss City elders must die!"
As his voice fell, torrents of black malevolent energy surged around him, transforming into almost tangible sword edges.
With a slight flick of Black Abyss City Lord's finger, they descended towards Ye Yun with a destructive force.
The immense power caused space to tremble violently, as if on the verge of collapse.
The Black Abyss City elders around were witnessing their City Lord's attack for the first time after his promotion to Emperor-tier, and they were truly awestruck by the terrifying aura.
"As expected of an Emperor-tier expert, truly terrifying!"
The two exclaimed in admiration, while Black Abyss City Lord wore a cold smile.
He gazed at Ye Yun, his lips curling upwards.
"You will be the first person I kill after my ascension!"
As his words ended, the violent black sword edges before him reached Ye Yun, threatening to turn him into ashes in the next instant.
In response, Ye Yun remained calm, or rather, he didn't seem to take it seriously at all.
In a flash, he extended his hand and caught the descending sword edge barehanded. The surging Xuan Qi seemed to vanish like a stone sinking into the sea, absorbed by his palm.
"What?!"
Black Abyss City Lord's expression was aghast. He had seen people catch blades barehanded before.
But the problem was, this sword edge, and the attack formed by his malevolent energy as an Emperor-tier expert, had been caught barehanded?!
What made it even harder for him to believe was yet to come. Ye Yun tilted his head to look at him and said with a faint smile.
"I thought you were something amazing. Is this superficial Emperor-tier cultivation the basis for your ambition to rule the Virtual Abyss?"
Long before he arrived, he had sensed Xuan Qi fluctuations from the other party that surpassed the True Immortal realm.
However, he could also feel that his Xuan Qi was not stable, suggesting he had only recently broken through and was considered at the lower end among Emperor-tier cultivators.
Frankly speaking, even Fang Wanqiu, who was not skilled in combat, could probably suppress him.
As he spoke, a scorching flame erupted from Ye Yun's hand holding the sword edge, and with a flick of his finger, the massive sword illusion shattered with a roar!
Black Abyss City Lord was even forced back several steps by the powerful aftershock.
"How is this possible?!"
Black Abyss City Lord's eyes widened, staring at him as if he had seen a ghost.
"You… you were clearly a quasi-True Immortal before, how can you be..."
Ye Yun chuckled and raised an eyebrow, saying.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you the saying, 'Even three days apart, one should be looked at with new eyes'? And this is two years!"
On his hands, the scorching flames grew more intense, the searing heat seemingly capable of burning through space.
At the same time, a pressure that made Black Abyss City Lord's heart tremble descended, causing his Emperor-tier soul to vibrate intensely.
"You… what is your cultivation level?!"
This time, Black Abyss City Lord was truly starting to fear.
Setting aside everything else, just this aura alone was leagues beyond his own.
And the thorough Xuan Qi pressure also unequivocally told him that the other party's cultivation was absolutely of an extremely terrifying level.
Ye Yun smiled, not bothering to waste further words with him.
"As for that, you'll know when you try!"
The moment his voice fell, his body moved abruptly!
It was as if flames tore through the sky, and the entire warehouse was shattered by this terrifying power.
Black Abyss City Lord's full-powered defense was like paper against this strike, instantly disintegrating.
Following this, Ye Yun's fist, entwined with the True Flame of Heavenly Principle, directly slammed into Black Abyss City Lord's body, driving him from the ground to a thousand meters away.
The ground in his wake was left with a long scorched trail.
In the original location of the warehouse, the few Black Abyss City elders turned their heads in stunned silence towards the City Lord, who had smashed through a mountain in the distance.
"City Lord… he actually lost?!"
This sudden development caught them completely off guard.
They had assumed that even against an Emperor-tier expert ranked among the top in the Heavenly Domain, their City Lord could hold his own for a while.
But now, some unknown fellow had arrived and incapacitated their City Lord with a single punch?!