Chapter 164: Arrival of the Ancient Royals, the Arrogant Holy Prince

Following the giant's furious shout, the Primordial Royal lineage automatically parted to clear a pathway. A rather handsome young man stepped out from the middle.

Upon reaching the crowd, the young man stopped and said indifferently:

"This time, it is a negotiation between my Primordial race and the human race. Yet your human race is so discourteous—could it be that you have no desire to talk?" His voice carried a faint hint of threat.

The humans exchanged glances in uncertainty. At that very moment, a crisp voice rang out: "I have failed to welcome the arrival of the Primordial seniors from afar, please forgive my lack of courtesy!"

As the voice faded, a woman with skin as crystal-clear as jade and a peerless, celestial countenance walked out from Jade Lake. Beneath her long eyelashes, a pair of beautiful eyes possessed a poetic, spiritual charm.

This woman was none other than Yaoxi, the Saintess of the Jade Lake Holy Land.

Right at this moment, Duan De, standing beside Ye Fan, nudged his arm and said: "How about it, Ye Fan? This woman is quite something! Go for it if you have the chance!"

Ever since he laid eyes upon the Jade Lake Saintess, Ye Fan had indeed felt a slight stirring in his heart! Yet upon hearing Duan De's words, he instantly rolled his eyes and retorted irritably: "Aren't you a Taoist priest? How can you be so lewd?"

Come to think of it, Ye Fan's life was quite tragic. Before encountering Chen Xing, and without his knowledge, he had prematurely managed to lose his wife.

As a result, after meeting Chen Xing, this fellow tried to emulate the latter's low-profile demeanor, only to miss out entirely on several women who were destined to be entwined with his fate.

It was not until today, upon seeing Yaoxi, that Ye Fan experienced a feeling of heartfelt attraction for the very first time in this world. Precisely because of this, an unpredictable turn of events unfolded during this gathering of the myriad races!

Seeing that the Jade Lake Holy Land had merely sent out a saintess to greet them, a Primordial royal with a tiger's head and a human body stepped forward angrily and shouted:

"Could it be that your Jade Lake Holy Land looks down upon the living beings of the Primordial royal lineage, sending merely a little girl out to welcome the offspring of our race's deity, the Undead Emperor? Are you not afraid that we royal clans will wage war against your human race?"

"Just based on you, you think you can represent the royal lineage? What a joke!" Before the humans could react, a voice suddenly rang out.

Following the sound, the crowd looked over to see a golden figure striding toward them, holding a pitch-black staff, carrying an astonishing momentum!

"Monkey Brother! Over here!" Seeing the newcomer, Ye Fan shouted in great joy.

Hearing Ye Fan's call, the golden figure glanced over and walked toward Ye Fan's direction.

The newcomer was none other than the Holy Prince, whom Ye Fan had previously cut out from a source stone. By now, he had long since shed the disheveled appearance of his initial emergence, and his imposing aura was extraordinary.

Just as the Holy Prince was about to reach Ye Fan, a sinister voice rang out: "Holy Prince, as a member of the Primordial royal lineage, could it be that you wish to defect to the human race and betray the ancient clans?"

The speaker was none other than that young man—the offspring of the Undead Emperor, the Prince of Heaven!

"Are you talking to me?" The Holy Prince turned his head, looking at the Prince of Heaven with undisguised disdain.

A royal clansman with three heads and four arms beside the Prince of Heaven, seeing the Holy Prince's look of contempt, sank his face and shouted angrily:

"Audacious! The Prince of Heaven is the offspring of our race's deity; how can you allow yourself such desecration!"

Hearing this, the Holy Prince didn't say much. With a flash of his figure, he had already vanished from his spot.

The ancient clansman who had stepped forward let out a cruel laugh, raised the dragon-horn cudgel in his hand, and met the incoming attack.

"Boom!" With a deafening crash!

The crowd saw that the Holy Prince's figure had already appeared beside that person, and the staff in his hand landed squarely on the raised dragon-horn cudgel. The collision of the two weapons immediately produced a tremendous roar.

"Puff!" This four-armed royal instantly flew backward, vomiting a mouthful of blood.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Holy Prince stepped forward and swung his golden staff forward once more. With a "swish," the body of that ancient clansman was smashed into a mist of blood.

Giving his staff a disdainful flick, the Holy Prince didn't even bother to look at the Prince of Heaven and his group, walking in a carefree manner toward Ye Fan once again.

"Mighty, Monkey Brother!" Ye Fan was never one to fear trouble, and he cheerfully began to cheer for the Holy Prince.

"Monkey! Too handsome!" The Black Dog was not to be outdone and joined Ye Fan in shouting.

Seeing this, the Prince of Heaven grew furious and roared: "Holy Prince, you have brutally slaughtered a member of the Primordial royal lineage! What crime is this?"

"Pfft! Is he of the Fighting Holy Ape lineage? He is not my clansman!" The Holy Prince replied dismissively.

"What, unconvinced? Then come out and fight me." The Holy Prince turned around, locked his gaze onto the Prince of Heaven, and said with utter contempt.

Seeing that his subordinate—a powerful being at the second tier of the Sendai realm—hadn't even managed to survive two moves against the Holy Prince, the Prince of Heaven's expression turned terrifyingly gloomy.

"Have you beheaded the Dao?" The Prince of Heaven asked with a calm gaze.

The Holy Prince smiled proudly and retorted: "What? You don't believe it?"

"Even if you are now a king, you ought not to slaughter your own kind, for after all, we are of the same kin! Since my father was the deity worshipped by the myriad Primordial races, you should show me the minimum respect!" the Prince of Heaven said calmly.

"Hahahaha!" Hearing this, the Holy Prince burst into hearty laughter. Suddenly, his laughter ceased, and pointing his staff directly at the Prince of Heaven, he said proudly:

"A deity? When my father attained the Dao, he overturned your old man's Taoist temple and blasted him into渣 (dust/scraps) with a single Holy Emperor Fist, yet he never once showed any divine miracles! Those are merely myths fabricated by later generations. Do you really think you are some kind of divine son?"

"Exactly! Exactly! Back then, when this Prince of Heaven was cut out from a stone, if someone hadn't arrived in time, he would have been roasted as a little bird ages ago!"

A vulgar voice suddenly drifted over.

The crowd turned to look and saw a large black dog standing on its hind legs beside Ye Fan, its paws clasped behind its back, looking at the Prince of Heaven with a lewd canine expression.

"Ye Fan! I didn't expect you to be here as well? Very well, very well! Today, I will surely slay you!" Upon seeing Ye Fan, the Prince of Heaven was consumed by fury.

Back then, had it not been for powerful beings of the Primordial race intervening, he would have long since been skinned and bled by Ye Fan and his company to research how the offspring of a deity differed from ordinary mortals.

Ye Fan was speechless. When the Prince of Heaven first emerged into the world, he had merely suggested that the Jade Lake Holy Land should study how a deity's offspring differed from everyone else.

Little did he expect that this fellow would hold a grudge over it; this guy was truly petty.

"If you want to touch my brother, come and fight me first, and see if I can blast you to pieces!" The Holy Prince brandished his staff and spoke with wild arrogance, displaying the dominance of the Holy Ape lineage to the fullest.

Looking at the wildly arrogant Holy Prince before him, the Prince of Heaven felt utterly aggrieved! He had yet to behead the Dao himself, and he truly dared not fight this madman! How could the proud and haughty Prince of Heaven not be driven to rage?

"Holy Prince, you have gone too far! The Prince of Heaven is the son of a deity, and you ought to show him respect!"

At that moment, a voice suddenly echoed—a voice so intensely cold that it radiated bone-chilling killing intent.

The crowd felt a chill in their hearts. Amidst the trembling of the void, a squad of Primordial clansmen stepped out from the empty space.

When these individuals had stepped out of the void, the speaker walked up to the Prince of Heaven, bowed, and said:

"Yuantu of Primordial Lake pays respects to the Son of Deity!" The voice carried a tone of deep reverence.

Before the Prince of Heaven could speak, the Holy Prince roared angrily:

"Do you take my Fighting Holy Ape lineage to have no one left? A mere Primordial Lake dares to speak thus! Today, I shall not let you off lightly!"

The crowd was speechless. True, the Fighting Holy Ape lineage was sparse nowadays, but who was unaware of his real uncle on Mount Sumeru in the Western Desert?

That was the younger brother of the Fighting Holy Emperor himself, sealed away by the Holy Emperor personally so that he might attain the Dao in a later era.

Hearing this, Yuantu turned around and said expressionlessly:

"The Undead Emperor is worshipped by the myriad races and is a deity jointly revered by all! Your disrespect toward the Prince of Heaven cannot be tolerated, even if you are the offspring of a Holy Emperor!"

"Hahahaha!" The Holy Prince burst into wild laughter upon hearing this:

"How laughable! The greatest regret of my old man when he was still alive was not being born in the same era as the Undead Emperor; otherwise, he certainly would have beaten him to a pulp with a single punch! And now you expect me to respect him!"

As he spoke, the Holy Prince pointed his finger at the Prince of Heaven, his expression of utter contempt oozing forth.

The Prince of Heaven's face darkened as if water could drip from it. He said coldly:

"Holy Prince! Do you truly believe I dare not battle you?" With that, nine divine halos manifested behind him, emitting boundless and terrifying fluctuations!