Upon hearing the Nine-headed Sea Emperor’s words, Li Chen’s expression subtly froze for a moment.

The reason he had just employed such extreme, even somewhat excessive, measures was to force the Nine-headed Sea Emperor to reveal his true form through this aggressive method.

Never in a million years did he expect that the Sea Emperor would endure it, which truly surprised Li Chen a little.

However, he didn’t take it too much to heart.

Respond to every move with a counter-move!

Since the other party wants to play, he will accompany them to the end!

The Nine-headed Sea Emperor, suppressing his anger, made a gesture to Li Chen to proceed.

"Master Li, are you satisfied now? Please go ahead!"

This time, Li Chen didn’t refuse but swaggered toward the palace.

Watching Li Chen’s back, the eyes of the Nine-headed Sea Emperor, as gloomy as a vulture, flickered with a trace of cold killing intent.

Li Chen, let’s see how long your arrogance will last?

Reaching inside the palace, a variety of mountain and seafood delicacies, fine wines, and liquors were indeed prepared.

Li Chen was not polite and found a seat, sitting down openly.

As soon as he sat down, a maid approached and respectfully poured him a glass of wine.

The wine was fragrant and refreshing!

However, Li Chen did not immediately pick up the wine glass and drink it all.

Seeing Li Chen not drinking, the Nine-headed Sea Emperor frowned slightly and asked, "Master Li, is there something wrong with my wine?"

Li Chen shook his head and said, "That’s not it!"

The Nine-headed Sea Emperor asked, "Oh, then what is it?"

Li Chen smiled slightly at the Nine-headed Sea Emperor and said, "Sea Emperor, you should have two other guests, right? Why not let them come out as well?"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s sudden question, the Nine-headed Sea Emperor’s heart skipped a beat.

Looking at the harmless smile on Li Chen’s face, he already understood it in his heart.

The situation has been exposed!

Since it was exposed, there was no need to hide it anymore.

Just as Li Chen finished speaking, two figures appeared like ghosts.

It was the brothers Long Hai and Long Ao!

Upon seeing them, Li Chen’s expression slightly changed.

However, he quickly regained his composure, picked up his wine glass, and took a gentle sip.

"Truly a millennium-old vintage!"

Long Ao, with a fiery temperament, saw Li Chen still acting so arrogantly in the face of danger, and his heart burned with anger.

"Are you Li Chen, the one who killed my ninth brother?"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows and seriously asked, "Oh, and who might your ninth brother be?"

Long Ao raged, asking, "Li Chen, don’t play dumb here. Do you remember Long Ba?"

Li Chen nodded and replied, "I remember, I slaughtered him!"

After speaking, he raised his eyebrows again, looking at Long Ao and Long Hai, and asked leisurely, "So, do you want to avenge him?"

Long Ao roared, "That’s right, you killed my ninth brother, and this feud is irreconcilable. Today, my brother and I have come to kill you, to repay blood with blood!"

Seeing the enraged Long Ao, Li Chen nodded and said nothing more.

Then he turned his gaze to the Nine-headed Sea Emperor.

"Sea Emperor, do you also want to kill me?"

The Nine-headed Sea Emperor never imagined that Li Chen would suddenly ask him such a question. For a moment, he truly didn’t know how to respond.

Simply, he chose to remain silent, implicitly admitting what Li Chen said.

Seeing the attitude of these three, Li Chen’s lips curved into a serene smile.

"In that case, let’s get down to business!"

"Tell me, how do you plan to kill me? Do the three of you together, or one-on-one?"

Seeing the overly confident Li Chen, the fiery-tempered Long Ao suddenly stepped forward, shouting, "To kill you, I alone am enough!"

Li Chen sneered and said, "Haha, if you’re so confident that you can kill me single-handedly, why go to the trouble of setting up this ambush? Isn’t that redundant?"

After saying this, he picked up his wine glass again and drained the remaining half of it in one gulp.

Long Ao, feeling justified in his anger, flew into a rage.

"Damn it, I’ll kill you!"

Before his roar had died away, Long Ao suddenly raised a giant axe and, with a violent and earth-splitting gesture, slashed towards Li Chen.

Seeing this, Li Chen casually flicked his sleeve, sending the table in front of him flying.

"Crack!"

The table was split in half in mid-air, and the bowls and dishes on it clattered to the ground, shattering all over.

Long Ao’s giant axe, after breaking the table, continued to slash towards Li Chen.

However, it was blocked by Li Chen’s Protective Gang Qi.

No matter how much strength Long Ao exerted, the Protective Gang Qi remained unmoved.

Strike while the iron is hot, but after the second blow, it weakens.

When Long Ao’s momentum weakened, Li Chen decisively struck, launching a Thunderbolt Fist that sped through the air.

Seeing the attack, Long Ao was shocked and hurriedly raised his giant axe to block.

"Boom!"

A violent collision rang out in mid-air, and Long Ao felt a jolt rush through his body, sending him staggering backward involuntarily.

In contrast, Li Chen remained standing on the spot, unmoved, not even a hair out of place.

Though it was a brief exchange, the difference in strength was clearly evident.

Seeing this, Long Hai’s brows knitted slightly.

Even though he had tried to overestimate Li Chen, it seemed he still underestimated him.

It was then that he finally understood why the Nine-Headed Beast was so afraid of Li Chen.

Long Ao felt greatly humiliated by his significant loss and couldn’t bear to let it go.

Letting out a hysterical roar towards the sky, he picked up his giant axe once again, forming a violent gale aimed straight at Li Chen.

Li Chen didn’t hold back either, summoning the Seven-star Dragon Abyss, slashing a splendid flash of light straight toward Long Ao.

"Clang!"

"Crash!"

...

The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, the sparks bursting forth were dazzlingly bright.

This time, Long Ao endured for only two rounds before being pushed back by Li Chen once more, with a deep sword mark on his shoulder, bleeding profusely, in a truly sorry state.

Long Ao was beside himself with rage, wanting to charge at Li Chen again, but was stopped by Long Hai.

"Long Ao, you’re no match for him, step back!"

Although Long Ao was exceptionally furious, he reluctantly held back after hearing Long Hai’s words.

"Big brother!"

He shouted to Long Hai, his tone full of bitterness.

Long Hai gestured for him to calm down.

Then, he took a step forward.

"Li Chen, you surely live up to the name of a prodigy. Before, I couldn’t understand how Long Ba could fall to a mere Human Clan cultivator!"

Li Chen raised an eyebrow and asked, "So, have you figured it out now?"