The martial samurai assassins were stunned for a moment upon hearing Ye Ling's words, then burst into laughter.
The leading sixth-grade异士 (yishi) stared at Ye Ling and said, "Do you think you can just see the Master whenever you please? I advise you to leave Longshe Mountain immediately, lest you invite your own demise!"
Ye Ling, unfazed by the undisguised mockery in the eyes of the 异士, continued, "What if I said you couldn't stop me? Would you retreat?"
As Ye Ling spoke, the laughter of the surrounding martial samurai assassins grew more boisterous, their contempt for Ye Ling deepening.
"I never expected Longshe Mountain to have two fools visiting today!"
"If I told Ah Xiang about this, she'd surely consider it the funniest joke of the year!"
"I've never seen two clueless fools come up the mountain to seek death!"
The surrounding 异士 roared with laughter, their gaze towards Ye Ling and Wang Liren shifting from vigilance to outright pity.
Sakura Moon was their Master, a ninth-grade Red Dust Immortal. Even their坛主 (tánzhǔ) didn't have the privilege of meeting Sakura Moon on a regular basis. How could two unknown individuals possibly meet Sakura Moon?
After mocking them, the leading sixth-grade 异士 lost his patience and said to the assassins, "Enough, they're just two fools. Kill them and feed them to the dogs in the back mountain!"
"Yes!"
A group of assassins responded and leaped towards Ye Ling and Wang Liren, attempting to strike them down in a single blow.
Seeing the assassins pounce, Ye Ling smiled faintly and said, "This is the first time. Seeing as I came to you myself, I'll spare your lives."
Boom!
As Ye Ling's words fell, a powerful aura erupted from within him, sending all the surrounding assassins flying back, tumbling into the woods.
Ye Ling instantly appeared before the leading sixth-grade 异士 and lightly tapped him on the abdomen.
Boom!
The mountain path behind the sixth-grade 异士 completely shattered, and the vast Longshe Mountain split open with a massive ravine!
Dust billowed into the sky!
Silence fell instantly.
The sixth-grade 异士 stared at Ye Ling with a blank expression, trembling all over, his mind a complete blank.
What... what had just happened?
When the sixth-grade 异士 finally came to his senses, he found himself kneeling, his legs too weak to stand.
Ye Ling smiled at the sixth-grade 异士 and asked, "Now, can you go and inform them?"
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, the sixth-grade 异士's dazed expression was instantly replaced by boundless fear. He suddenly felt an immense surge of power within him, and with all his might, he stood up and fled into Longshe Mountain as if possessed.
He wanted to quickly deliver the news from the mountain gate to his comrades in the main altar.
They, the martial samurai, had encountered a monster!
Wang Liren walked forward, watching the retreating figure of the sixth-grade 异士, and asked Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, is it appropriate for us to cause such a huge commotion?"
Although the other members of the martial samurai were unaware of Ye Ling's strength, Sakura Moon had witnessed it.
If Ye Ling caused such a massive disturbance, Sakura Moon, who was in the mountain, would surely know. If Sakura Moon then fled, wouldn't their trip be in vain?
Ye Ling smiled, "It's fine. This is the martial samurai's main altar, Sakura Moon cannot escape... If this is the hidden top force of Yang Country, then my actions have saved a lot of trouble."
Not long after the sixth-grade 异士 fled back to the main altar, a large group of 异士 flew out from within Longshe Mountain, heading towards the mountain gate.
Ye Ling's previous display had nearly blown up the entire Longshe Mountain. It was impossible for the other 异士 in the martial samurai's main altar not to know.
In an instant, the martial samurai were mobilized.
Soon, Ye Ling and Wang Liren were surrounded by a new batch of martial samurai 异士.
However, the weakest of the 异士 who arrived this time were sixth-grade, and there were even two eighth-grade 异士!
With such a distribution of strength, the martial samurai were undoubtedly qualified to contend for the position of the world's strongest force!
"Are you the one who provoked us at the gate of the martial samurai mountain?" A burly man with his upper body bare emerged from the crowd, glaring at Ye Ling and questioning him.
This man was the坛主 of the martial samurai's main altar, the peak eighth-grade Dongtang Qihai.
Standing behind Dongtang Qihai, the petite and effeminate woman was one of the two vice-坛主 of the martial samurai's main altar, the early eighth-grade Mizuno Asaka.
As for the other vice-坛主, it was Jue, whom Ye Ling had eliminated.
Ye Ling glanced at Dongtang Qihai and also smiled, "It seems someone in charge has finally appeared. I'm looking for your Master, Sakura Moon. Have him come out."
Ye Ling's same words were met with the same mockery.
The martial samurai 异士 burst into laughter, mocking Ye Ling's overestimation of his own abilities.
Attacking the martial samurai's mountain gate to find Sakura Moon was no different from seeking death.
However, the sixth-grade 异士 who had first blocked Ye Ling, hiding at the back of the crowd, could no longer laugh. His eyes were filled with terror.
What had happened earlier was still vivid in his memory.
Although almost all the martial samurai experts had been mobilized, he still felt that Ye Ling didn't take them all seriously.
He wanted to remind his fellow martial samurai to be wary of Ye Ling, but his words carried little weight, and no one would listen. He could only tremble in fear.
Dongtang Qihai looked down at Ye Ling disdainfully and taunted, "You should know who Sakura Moon is, right?"
Ye Ling smiled, "I do. We met a few days ago."
Mizuno Asaka, standing beside him, sneered, "What a load of nonsense. Our Master has been in seclusion in the forbidden area and has never gone out. Where did you meet the Master?"
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, "So, none of you have met Sakura Moon?"
"Is it easy to meet the Master whenever one wishes?"
Dongtang Qihai grew impatient and sternly asked Ye Ling, "Speak! Who are you? What do you want at our martial samurai main altar?"
No one believed Ye Ling was there to see Sakura Moon; everyone leaned towards Ye Ling being there to challenge their mountain gate.
If Ye Ling hadn't almost collapsed Longshe Mountain with a single move just now, subtly displaying strength beyond eighth-grade, Dongtang Qihai wouldn't have bothered talking to Ye Ling and would have crushed him into a meat patty on the spot!
"Sigh... why can't you people understand plain language?"
Ye Ling sighed heavily, then looked towards Longshe Mountain behind everyone and declared loudly, "Sakura Moon, if you don't come out, I'll slaughter the martial samurai!"
Ye Ling's voice, enveloped in spiritual energy, echoed through the mountains, startling countless birds.
Dongtang Qihai's expression turned completely grim upon hearing Ye Ling's words, "Slaughter my martial samurai? What arrogance!"
No longer wanting to waste words with Ye Ling, Dongtang Qihai lunged at Ye Ling like a fierce tiger. His massive fist ignited with black flames, coalescing into a majestic lion.
"Watch me shatter your head with one punch!"
Dongtang Qihai roared and instantly closed the distance to Ye Ling!
The ground beneath Ye Ling's feet instantly shattered under Dongtang Qihai's explosive aura. Wang Liren, in particular, felt an unimaginable pressure emanating from Dongtang Qihai!
"What powerful pressure!"
Wang Liren subconsciously took a step back, gazing at Dongtang Qihai in shock, his soul trembling slightly.
If he were to receive such a punch from Dongtang Qihai, his soul would likely be smashed to pieces!
However, Ye Ling stood rooted to the spot, allowing Dongtang Qihai to attack.
"Arrogant fool! Since you seek death, don't blame me for my ruthlessness!"
Seeing Ye Ling make no move to dodge, Dongtang Qihai's eyes blazed with fury. He increased his power, attempting to smash Ye Ling to smithereens with a single blow!
Just as Dongtang Qihai was about to strike Ye Ling, a cold shout echoed from the depths of Longshe Mountain: "Dongtang, stop!"
Dongtang Qihai's attack halted abruptly!