Primordial Star Scripture

In the cold voice of Ye Chen, two figures flashed through the void, revealing themselves right at the entrance of the Treasure Cave space.

"Not bad, at such a young age, to endure an injury from a battle with a late-stage Heavenly Saint Puppet, and then to even dodge our killing move, truly a person who is rumored to be unafraid even of Ao Lei, the son of the leader of the Myriad Beasts Alliance!"

These two figures, speaking up, were one exceedingly plump, and the other remarkably thin: the same two late-stage Heavenly Saints who had tracked Ye Chen all the way here using the "Netherworld Mirror"!

"It's you two."

Ye Chen recognized them; he remembered that among the nine who had entered the Divine Heritage Cave at the Divine Transmission Hall, these two, the fat and thin saints, were present—due to their starkly contrasting physiques, Ye Chen had an extremely clear memory of them.

Ye Chen also hadn't expected that those who had shot the dark arrow to kill him would be these two!

"If I'm not mistaken, your name is Ye Chen." As Ye Chen was sizing up the two Heavenly Saints who had made attempts on his life, the plump Heavenly Saint turned his piercing gaze toward Ye Chen, and said, "Ye Chen, just hand over the 'Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng' that's ten thousand years old. Considering we have braved the Divine Heritage Cave together, we two will leave you a whole corpse."

At the mention of "Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng," Ye Chen was startled.

How did these two know he had obtained the Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng, and that it was ten thousand years old?

From the words of the plump Heavenly Saint, it was clear they had attempted a stealthy assassination precisely for that piece of Spirit Ginseng.

And clearly, by revealing themselves now, they intended to kill for treasure and snatch away the most precious ten-thousand-year-old Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng from his hands!

What surprised Ye Chen even more was that he could sense these two individuals were not even as powerful as Bing Shier; how could they have remained unnoticed by the nine guard protectors, let alone by the much stronger Bing Shiyi?!

"A ten-thousand-year-old Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng?" Although surprised, Ye Chen didn't see these two as a threat.

Even though it had been no easy feat to win the battle against the Heavenly Wood Puppet, that was just his own body's strength. When it came to a real life-and-death combat, Ye Chen had much more than that—he had the nine guard protectors and two True God Talismans!

With all his means at his disposal, back at the Second Mountain, Ye Chen had even managed a fight against the Three-Eyed Skeleton with the combat power of a Three Tribulations True God.

These two late-stage Heavenly Saints, Ye Chen had no reason to fear.

Ye Chen didn't deny having attained the Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng: "That's right, I do have the Spirit Ginseng on me, but do you really think, just the two of you can make me hand it over and kill me? Are you dreaming?"

"Haha!" Hearing Ye Chen's words, the plump Heavenly Saint burst into loud laughter, "We saw your fight with that Puppet just now, and indeed, at such a young age, being able to battle against a late-stage Heavenly Saint-level powerhouse is already commendable. But you must know, not all late-stage Heavenly Saints are created equal. You might have killed that Puppet, but surviving even two moves from us is impossible."

"One move, and we could kill you!"

The reason the plump Heavenly Saint and his gaunt counterpart had not acted earlier was to gauge Ye Chen's hidden strength.

Having seen Ye Chen's full outburst, although he managed to kill the Puppet, he was also seriously injured. They judged that Ye Chen's strength had barely reached the ordinary level of a late-stage Heavenly Saint, nowhere near the formidable combat power of that tier!

Such strength was no threat to them. Let alone having two of them, even if any one of them were to act alone, they could easily handle Ye Chen.

They had plenty of treasures, and even if this young man had one or two last-resort techniques he hadn't used yet, they were not afraid at all.

They revealed themselves because they had absolute confidence in overcoming Ye Chen!

Seeing the certainty with which the plump Heavenly Saint spoke, Ye Chen smiled lightly, "Not even two moves? Bing Shiyi, Bing Shier, what do you two seniors think? Are these guys dreaming?"

Amid Ye Chen's light laughter, two stunning figures flew out from the Ice Snow Jade Pendant on his body, instantly transforming into gigantic War Beast forms, standing in front of Ye Chen.

Both War Beasts spoke to Ye Chen: "Lord Ye Chen, indeed, they are dreaming!"

One was Bing Shiyi, a snow-white Roc with a thousand zhang body length, and the other was Bing Shier, a humanoid giant beast with a body length of over eight hundred zhang.

The appearance of the two War Beasts stunned the plump and the extremely thin Heavenly Saints, completely dumbfounded!

No matter what, the two Heavenly Saints had never expected Ye Chen to have such formidable War Beasts with him, and that these beasts exuded a stronger aura than their own!

When they had first heard the rumors about Ye Chen, they only knew that he had two rather powerful late-stage Heavenly Saint seniors by his side, but according to those rumors, the combat power of those two seniors was nowhere near theirs!

How had it suddenly changed to two even more formidable late-stage Heavenly Saint War Beasts now?

Just how many late-stage Heavenly Saint seniors did Ye Chen have with him?

Furthermore, late-stage Heavenly Saints, whether humans or War Beasts, couldn't bring anything into the Divine Heritage Cave without the Treasure Cave Key. How did Ye Chen manage to bring these War Beasts here?!

The corpulent Heavenly Saint and the exceptionally skinny Heavenly Saint were filled with utter astonishment.

The two of them hadn't encountered Ye Chen at all in the first few mountains of the Five Elements Mountain, and even after entering the Treasure Cave in the Fourth Mountain, they were separated from Ye Chen during the teleportation. They had no idea about Ye Chen's true capabilities.

It was precisely because they thought Ye Chen couldn't have any helpers that they were confident they could deal with him. They couldn't possibly imagine that Ye Chen possessed an upper-tier divine artifact, the Ice Snow Jade Pendant, which allowed him to bring all nine of the ice-bound guardians into the Divine Heritage Cave!

Seeing the astonished looks of these two Heavenly Saints, Ye Chen didn't care about them.

In the Divine Heritage Cave, on the path of three life-and-death trials and three treasure zones, Ye Chen had learned from the Three-Eyed Skeleton upon entry that many Treasure Hunters would even kill others for treasures.

Unexpectedly, Ye Chen now found himself facing such individuals in the second treasure zone!

These two individuals had attempted to kill without any hesitation, which clearly showed their malicious intent. Now that Ye Chen had summoned his seniors Bing Shiyi and Bing Shier, of course, he wouldn't let these two off the hook.

As for how these two managed to evade the investigation of the nine ice-bound guardians and knew about his acquisition of the Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng,

Once they were killed, a Soul Search of their Divine Souls would reveal everything!

With that thought, Ye Chen directly addressed Bing Shiyi and Bing Shier, "Seniors, kill these two. After Soul Searching their Divine Souls, extinguish their souls as well!"

It was indeed true that these two Heavenly Saints were much more powerful than Ye Chen, so he wouldn't take them on himself as he had with the Heavenly Wood Puppet.

After all, these were individuals plotting against him, not mere Puppets guarding treasures.

Ye Chen certainly had no time to waste with such people!

Upon hearing Ye Chen's instruction to have the two War Beasts kill them, the corpulent and skinny Heavenly Saints looked shocked.

At that moment, Bing Shiyi and Bing Shier bowed to Ye Chen and responded, "Yes, Lord Ye Chen!"

Subsequently, Bing Shiyi and Bing Shier unleashed their formidable power and charged towards the corpulent and skinny Heavenly Saints.

Bing Shier's combat strength was already superior to that of the two men, and Bing Shiyi was even more fearsome than Bing Shier.

With both ice-bound guardians striking together, the corpulent and skinny Heavenly Saints couldn't withstand them at all.

When Ye Chen saw Bing Shier kill the corpulent Heavenly Saint with one move, before he had the chance to use his techniques and artifacts, Ye Chen also speculated that Bing Shiyi could kill the exceptionally skinny Heavenly Saint in one move.

What surprised Ye Chen, though, was that the exceptionally skinny Heavenly Saint instantly produced an ancient bronze mirror. The mirror's light rippled, momentarily halting the fabric of space, while the Heavenly Saint's eyes emitted two piercing grey beams of light, directly targeting Bing Shiyi.

The slightly hindered Bing Shiyi naturally wouldn't fall behind in the hands of such a Heavenly Saint and merely took an extra move to break through this late-stage Heavenly Saint's space halt technique. With another move, Bing Shiyi instantly killed the exceptionally skinny Heavenly Saint on the spot.

In the end, the two ice-bound guardians pinched their hands, capturing the divine souls of the corpulent and skinny Heavenly Saints, which were about to disperse and handed them to Ye Chen.

"That bronze mirror artifact just now?"

"And those peculiar eyes?"

"Were it these two moves that managed to momentarily halt even Senior Bing Shiyi? Could it be that these two items are related to their ability to discover I obtained the Nine Suns Spirit Ginseng and to conceal their tracks from us?"
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Ye Chen's gaze turned to the ancient bronze mirror that had fallen to the ground after Bing Shiyi had killed the exceptionally skinny Heavenly Saint. He also reconsidered the eye attack that the Heavenly Saint had used at the last moment, and his heart stirred.

He pinched the dissipating divine souls of the two slain Heavenly Saints in his hands and activated the Soul Searching Secret Skills, sweeping towards the two souls.

Moments later, as the two divine souls completely vanished, Ye Chen lifted his head once again.

Ye Chen's eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

Ye Chen murmured, "Destruction Eye Skills? Netherworld Mirror? These two Heavenly Saints actually possessed such peculiar items!"

As he muttered to himself, Ye Chen grasped the ancient bronze mirror that had fallen to the ground, and two storage rings flew towards him from the two slain Heavenly Saints.

Ye Chen caught the ancient bronze mirror with his left hand and reached into one of the storage rings with his right. An ancient manual inscribed with "Destruction Eye Skills" appeared in Ye Chen's right hand.