"Hold on."

The black-robed man was about to release Ye Qiu when suddenly the powerhouse from the Donghua Sect called for a stop.

The black-robed man looked over, only to hear the Donghua Sect powerhouse say, "If you let him go, what if he disappears from our sight?"

"Even though the two of us are here, there’s no guarantee that this kid won’t actually get away. If he really escapes, finding him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack."

The black-robed man agreed with the Donghua Sect powerhouse’s reasoning and did not release Ye Qiu. He said to Ye Qiu, "Kid, you better just speak straight. It’s impossible for me to let you go."

Dammit!

Ye Qiu couldn’t help but curse inwardly, especially at the Donghua Sect powerhouse. If the black-robed man had released him just now, he could have taken the chance to slip inside the Taihuang Bell. But as it stood, with the black-robed man not letting him go, he couldn’t move at all and was entirely at their mercy.

As a celestial-class powerhouse, did he really need to be this cautious and meticulous against a martial artist of the Void Returning Realm?

Ye Qiu was extremely frustrated.

Even though he cursed the Donghua Sect powerhouse countless times in his heart, he could only vent his anger internally. If he didn’t satisfy these two, he might just die immediately.

To ask Ye Qiu to produce a method to evade celestial-class powerhouses, he truly couldn’t provide one. But if he spoke up, he would obviously be asking for trouble. If the opponents got angered, they might soul search him, and all his secrets would immediately be exposed.

Should Ye Qiu improvise something on the spot?

Could a Void Returning Realm martial artist’s fabricated technique fool celestial-class powerhouses? Even Ye Qiu didn’t believe it.

He couldn’t escape, nor could he provide a technique. Next, he might really be subject to a soul search by the two.

Ye Qiu was anxious. Before him stood two celestial-class powerhouses, who could easily crush him with a flick of a finger. How could he escape from them?

Despair, powerlessness, helplessness, and other such emotions filled Ye Qiu’s heart. Now, he was truly in the most difficult situation and couldn’t think of any solutions.

"Don’t want to talk?"

The Donghua Sect powerhouse’s tone lifted slightly, and the black-robed man also frowned.

"If you don’t want to talk, then we’ll just soul search you."

The Donghua Sect powerhouse and the black-robed man seemed to have already reached an agreement to split the techniques on Ye Qiu in half.

In an instant, Ye Qiu felt his soul being frozen, then two powerful soul forces tried to enter his mind, and he couldn’t resist at all.

Faced with celestial-class, a Void Returning Realm was utterly powerless to resist.

Even if Ye Qiu was a divine-grade alchemist with a considerably strong soul, it wasn’t enough to contend against a celestial-class.

The hidden identity in the ancestral land really was about to be exposed, and he, Ye Qiu, was about to be wiped out by the opponent.

Did Ye Qiu not want to resist?

Sadly, he couldn’t resist at all, not even able to use the Six Paths Gate. The massive disparity in realms left him unable to make any waves.

Desperation!

An utterly inescapable predicament.

Ye Qiu felt some regret; he ultimately failed to kill the Supreme Saint and hadn’t retrieved Shen Mengchen, Fang Sijie, Jin Shanshun, Qin Feng, and the others entirely.

"I’m sorry for letting you down..."

Ye Qiu muttered to himself, recalling many people for a moment. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do in the face of two top-notch powerhouses.

Just when the two celestial-class powerhouses were probing Ye Qiu’s mind with their souls.

Inside Ye Qiu’s dantian, an eye that hadn’t moved for a long time suddenly opened.

Huh?

The soul power of both the black-robed man and the Donghua Sect powerhouse recoiled as if electrocuted, swiftly retreating into their own minds.

At the same time, their hearts kept throbbing as if enormous danger was about to descend.

"What just happened?"

The two realized something strange had occurred; a terrifying gaze had suddenly appeared in their minds for an instant and penetrated straight to their cores.

It was precisely the appearance of that gaze that stopped all their actions, even halting the soul search on Ye Qiu because at that very moment, an extreme sense of danger that would make one’s skin crawl emerged in the hearts of the two celestial-class powerhouses.

Was it him?

The two set their eyes on Ye Qiu, but this time, they didn’t approach him. Even the giant hand that had restrained Ye Qiu before had vanished at this moment.

By instinct, the shadowy powerhouse had subconsciously retracted all his power.

At this time, Ye Qiu had his eyes closed, seemingly asleep, in a special state.

This made the two powerhouses puzzled, unable to comprehend the current situation. How could a Void Returning Realm martial artist suddenly make them feel fear? Even if this matter were told to others, probably no one would believe it.

But the two could confirm that the surroundings were empty; that terrifying gaze earlier was definitely related to Ye Qiu.

"No matter, I, as a celestial-class powerhouse, why should I fear a Void Returning Realm kid?" The Donghua Sect powerhouse acted first, abandoning the pursuit of the techniques on Ye Qiu and opting to destroy Ye Qiu with one blow.

The reason he did so was due to a lingering apprehension, somewhat wary of Ye Qiu, hence wanting to obliterate Ye Qiu swiftly.

The terrifying magnitude of a celestial-class powerhouse’s strike would certainly astonish a conscious Ye Qiu.

Because the attack from such a powerhouse defied his imagination, it didn’t involve flipping the hand to create clouds and overturning the hand to create rain; it was merely a gentle tap.

The void shattered in succession, continuously extending towards Ye Qiu.

Without a doubt, Ye Qiu’s body couldn’t withstand such a level of attack, and one strike would entirely obliterate Ye Qiu.

Swoosh.

A white hand suddenly intercepted, leisurely blocking the Donghua Sect powerhouse’s attack.

This abruptly appearing hand came from the void without revealing any form, instantly causing the Donghua Sect powerhouse’s face to change color.

The owner of the hand gradually emerged from the void, revealing a complete figure.

Immediately, the two celestial-class powerhouses were stunned.

This person was slender but had very white skin, like that of a baby’s, even causing women to feel envious.

His face was exceptionally young, bearing an exceedingly beautiful visage, making it difficult to determine whether he was male or female.

A demonic aura exuded from him entirely.

Why was he appearing here? Why would he intervene in this matter?

The Donghua Sect and shadowy powerhouse couldn’t fathom, but the appearance of this person inevitably heightened their vigilance, for this person’s aura was terribly unsettling, matching theirs wordlessly.

This eerily beautiful man glanced at Ye Qiu, and with a flick of his hand, Ye Qiu’s figure was flicked into the void and disappeared.

Having done all of this, the man’s gaze fell upon the two powerhouses.

Then, made a highly provocative gesture, beckoning them with his fingers!

That gesture seemed to indicate they could attack him together; he intended to fight two celestial-class powerhouses alone!

Although this sounded inconceivable, it was indeed the reality.

Immediately, an astonishing battle erupted within the void!