The Great Ruler

Chapter 916 - Netherflame Oldman

After the confrontation between Mu Chen and Lin Ming, the Bones Mountain Range was already in a complete mess. As the huge confrontation took place in the mountain range, numerous mountains crumbled under the battle. All of that proved how intense the previous confrontation was.

But fortunately, the earth-shattering confrontation had finally come to an end.

But everyone knew that when the confrontation ended, only then would today's matter become intense due to the terrifying bet.

400,000 Fallen Origin Pellets!

Even a peak force could not bear that frightening amount so easily.

With the several months of hard work, that was the amount that the Great Havenlaw Domain managed to obtain in total. If they were to hand that over, then they would have to forget about opening the Earth Sovereign Realm Treasury and returning to their base would be a wiser choice.

Similar to them, as a peak force, the Netherworld Palace was the same.

Therefore, when the experts of the Netherworld Palace saw that Lin Ming was captured by Mu Chen and seeing all the forces that were staring at them, their faces had uncontrollably turned pale.

They initially intended to dig a trap for the Great Havenlaw Domain. But who could have known that at the end of the day, they themselves would fall into the trap; whereas the Great Havenlaw Domain had stepped on their heads and climbed out of the trap…

"It's all that brat's fault!" The experts of the Netherworld Palace gritted their teeth as they looked at Mu Chen. It was practically Mu Chen's fault for the situation to progress this way. If it wasn't for him, then the Great Havenlaw Domain would be the one in a difficult spot.

But regardless of how much hate they had for Mu Chen, the situation had already progressed this way and they had to fill up the hole.

"As a peak force, I believe that the Netherworld Palace will not commit something like going against your promise, right?" Just as the gaze of Heavenly Evil King was changing, Mu Chen lightly smiled as he said.

"Shut it!"

The Heavenly Evil King ruthlessly glared at Mu Chen as a rage built up in his heart. At this moment, how could he not know that Mu Chen was trying to praise them into a disadvantageous spot.

"Heavenly Evil King, you're also a famed expert in the Greatlaw Continent. Since you lost the bet, then show some bearing. But of course, if you guys want to go against your words, then my Great Havenlaw Domain can only accompany you till the end." The Asura King coldly said.

The Heavenly Evil King gritted his teeth as a struggle was revealed in his eyes. At his rear, the remaining experts of the Netherworld Palace did not dare to speak and, at this moment, every single force was looking in the direction of the Netherworld Palace. Naturally, they wanted to see how they would handle this mess.

The suffocating silence continued for a long while, before the Heavenly Evil King finally sighed. Seeing his expression, everyone in this region had their hearts jolted. Judging from the looks of it, the Netherworld Palace was going to hand over the Fallen Origin Pellets?

However, just when everyone had their gazes fixed over and the Heavenly Evil King was about to speak, an aged snort that sounded like rumbling thunder came from nowhere, resounding in this region.

Even the heavens and earth seemed to have trembled from that snort.

The faces of everyone drastically changed as they realised that there was a powerful oppression that enveloped this region through space.

As the everyone's faces drastically changed, the space above the Netherworld Palace suddenly distorted and an aged silhouette walked out of it.

It was a hunched back silhouette, an old man donned in black robes with ash-grey hair. His muddy-looking eyes flickered with a light that could pierce through space. He held onto a skull cane while standing in the sky with an oppression that made everyone have a drastic change in their expressions.

"Elder Nether?!" When the Heavenly Evil King and the experts of the Netherworld Palace saw that black-robed old man, joy immediately surfaced on their faces.

"It's actually one of the three Elders of the Netherworld Palace, the Netherflame Oldman!" The Asura King's face had turned ugly, since he never expected that the Netherflame Oldman would suddenly make his appearance here.

"Netherflame Oldman?" Mu Chen was stunned, before his brows tightly knitted together. The three Elders of the Netherworld Palace was equivalent to the three Emperors of their Great Havenlaw Domain. However, shouldn't these pinnacle experts be in the depths of the Fallen Battlefield? Why would one of them suddenly appear here?!

"Be careful, the Netherflame Oldman is an expert that's at the Eighth Grade Sovereign Realm, he's extremely powerful." The Asura King had his body tense up at this moment as he looked at the black-robed old man with caution. At the same time, he had taken a step forth, guarding Mu Chen behind him. He was cautious about the Netherflame Oldman suddenly making a move on Mu Chen.

"Eighth Grade Sovereign?" Mu Chen's heart was shocked. Such an expert was practically on the highest level amongst the Sovereign Realm. With his current strength, even if he included his power of Battle Will, it would still be impossible for him to confront such an expert.

Every single expert was looking at the Netherflame Oldman with astonishment in their eyes. Generally speaking, an expert of this level shouldn't appear here, but why did one from the Netherworld Palace appear here?

"We pay our respects to Elder Nether!"

The experts of the Netherworld Palace all bowed in salutation.

"Hmph. You bunch of fools, if you hand over the Fallen Origin Pellets, this old man will see how you all will answer to the Palace Master!" The Netherflame Oldman cast a cold glance at the Heavenly Evil King and the pressure in his eyes made them tremble.

"Elder Nether, this…" The Heavenly Evil King bitterly smiled. He initially had absolute confidence in Lin Ming, but who could have expected that someone as ferocious as Mu Chen would appear in the Great Havenlaw Domain and not consider Lin Ming as his opponent? Thus, causing a flip of the table from the expectedly confident confrontation.

"Leave this to this old man." The Netherflame Oldman coldly said. When the Heavenly Evil King heard his words, he inwardly felt relieved, since he did not have to deal with this mess anymore.

When the Netherflame Oldman finished his words, he coldly swept a glance at Mu Chen, the Asura King and the rest as he sneered, "Your Great Havenlaw Domain is truly a little courageous, to actually place your ideas on my Netherworld Palace."

The Asura King faintly answered, "Elder Nether, what are you talking about? This confrontation is witnessed by every single force here and the bet was also clearly stated. If you're not bothered about the reputation of your Netherworld Palace being ruined, then so be it."

"Tsk, tsk. Reputation ruined?" Netherflame Oldman coldly sneered, "This bet is caused by that fool, Lin Ming. How can a tiny Fourth Grade Sovereign represent our Netherworld Palace?"

"So, even if he had lost the battle, it's his own fault. If you want the Fallen Origin Pellets, then get him to hand it over."

The Netherflame Oldman spoke and the faces of the Kings of the Great Havenlaw Domain turned ugly. Was that old man going to shamelessly push the blame onto Lin Ming?

"Oh? If that's the case, then we can wake Lin Ming up and see if he had obtained the acknowledgement of the higher hierarchy of the Netherworld Palace?" Mu Chen smiled as he lifted Lin Ming, who had lost consciousness, in his hand.

"If you feel that Lin Ming is not qualified to represent the Netherworld Palace, then I believe that the other higher hierarchy of the Netherworld Palace are qualified, right?"

The faces of the Heavenly Evil King and the rest slightly changed.

The Netherflame Oldman coldly looked at Mu Chen. "How is a brat like you qualified to speak to this old man? You're truly impudent!"

When the Netherflame Oldman finished his words, his silhouette had mysteriously disappeared from the horizon.

The Asura King's face drastically changed, before he pushed a palm against Mu Chen's chest. As Spiritual Energy surged, it had sent Mu Chen flying back.

In that instant, when Mu Chen was blown away, the space that he was initially in had been crushed by a massive formless hand, causing the space to shatter.

In the direction of the shattered space, the Netherflame Oldman's silhouette appeared. Seeing that his attack had missed, the cold light in his eyes grew denser and two of his fingers stabbed forth, causing space to undulate with a black light streaking across.

In the appearance of the black light, Mu Chen's hair stood on the end and had pulled Lin Ming before him like a shield without any hesitation.

Boom!

As the black light streaked across the space, Lin Ming's brain had exploded with blood splattering in every direction.

Mu Chen waved his hand to get rid of the blood that flew in his direction and looked at the headless corpse with a somewhat ugly expression. At this moment, Lin Ming was thoroughly dead.

Whoosh!

At his rear, Nine Nether, the Mountain Splitting King and the rest flew over to protect Mu Chen while looking at the Netherflame Oldman with caution.

The sudden changes that happened in an instant startled the other forces. When they recovered from the shock, their eyelids ferociously twitched.

Anyone could tell that Mu Chen wasn't the one that the Netherflame Oldman wanted to kill, but Lin Ming, who was captured by Mu Chen.

"Elder Nether is truly ruthless." The Asura King looked at this scene as he spoke in a solemn voice. This way, the Netherflame Oldman could push all the blame onto Lin Ming.

The Netherflame Oldman cast an indifferent look at the headless corpse as he said, "He was just a fool that thought he could act willfully just because he had become a Battle Formation Master. This Hunting War concerns the future of my Netherworld Palace, so even if we lost a puny Ten Thousand Rune Battle Formation Master, so be it…"

Although the Battle Formation Master was greatly nurtured by their Netherworld Palace, his price wasn't worth the 400,000 Fallen Origin Pellets in the eyes of the Netherflame Oldman.

When everyone saw this scene, their hearts had turned cold from the Netherflame Oldman's ruthless method.

"This bet was started by Lin Ming, so if you want the Fallen Origin Pellets, then look for him."

The Netherflame Oldman briefly paused his steps and coldly looked at Mu Chen, the Asura King and the rest. "Now, this old man will calculate you guys causing the death of the Battle Formation Master of my Netherworld Palace!"

When he finished his words, he had suddenly raised his hand and his cold voice resounded, "Kill the Glacier King and bury him with Lin Ming first!"

When the Heavenly Evil King and the rest heard his orders, a killing intent surged in their eyes, before the former's silhouette had moved and appeared beside the Glacier King. He pressed his hand onto the latter's forehead and was about to crush it as Spiritual Energy surged.

When Mu Chen, the Asura King and the rest saw this scene, their faces had turned pale.

"Kill him!" Netherflame Oldman coldly said.

"Yes!" The Heavenly Evil King acknowledged before he slapped down with a vicious smile.

However, just when the Heavenly Evil King was about to slap against the Glacier King's forehead, his figure had suddenly turned stiff and an old laughter resounded.

"Netherflame, you, old geezer, are really shameless to come and bully the younger ones. But with me here, it won't be so easy for you guys to kill someone from my Great Havenlaw Domain."

When the aged voice resounded, everyone could see space slightly fluctuating behind the Heavenly Evil King and an elderly silhouette had appeared with a flash. As his hand grabbed onto the space, a terrifying Spiritual Energy oppression enveloped out from him, freezing the surrounding space, causing the Heavenly Evil King to be unable to move in the slightest. The palm that was about to descend stopped above the forehead of the Glacier King and could not land.

When Mu Chen, Nine Nether, the Asura King and the higher hierarchy saw the appearance of that elderly silhouette, joy immediately surfaced in their eyes. That's because it was one of the three Emperors of the Great Havenlaw Domain that had appeared here.

The Sky Vulture Emperor!