Hearing the old man's words, Long Chen couldn't help but laugh: "Your lifespans are running out. To put it bluntly, half your foot is already in the coffin. How can you fight to the bitter end?"
However, after Long Chen smiled, he suddenly sensed something was off. He noticed that among the three Divine Emperor-level elders, a faint black aura appeared between their foreheads.
Black energy, also known as death energy, when it appears, it signals that the person's life is near.
In the mortal realm, those skilled in physiognomy can tell by reading aura that someone is about to die.
Although Long Chen didn't understand physiognomy, he could still sense something was wrong. Although the lifespans of these three Divine Emperors were nearing exhaustion, when a powerhouse of this level died, they would undergo the Dao-Transforming Technique.
They would choose to perform Dao transformation in the ancestral land, so that although their bodies died, their souls would not perish, allowing them to protect the ancestral land and bless their fortune.
At this moment, black energy spread across their brows, as if they could die at any moment. This immediately alerted Long Chen.
"Hahaha..."
The old man laughed loudly toward the sky. At the same time, the other two Divine Emperors also laughed arrogantly, their faces twisted with ferocity as they laughed.
"If that's the case, then destroy the dragon vein of your Wind God Sea Pavilion, preventing you from entering the Heavenly Vein Profound Realm."
The three of them shouted at the same time, forming hand seals. Immediately, black energy spread across their foreheads, and the aura of death surged.
"Cursed magic?"
Long Chen was startled. What was going on? All three were close to death. Even if they used curses, how much cursed power could they possibly have?
But before Long Chen could react, the black mist on the brows of the three rapidly spread, followed by a deafening scream. The powerful warriors standing with them were instantly engulfed by the black mist. Their bodies began to rot, even their primordial spirits were burned, suffering unbearably.
Long Chen and the others were stunned. What was going on? The curse power had gone out of control—why was it starting to curse their own people?
"Bastard!"
Ye Lingkong suddenly thought of something, his face changing dramatically, and he quickly formed hand seals.
"It's useless, it's already too late. We've long been prepared, using everyone's lives to form the power of curse and pollute your dragon vein.
From now on, for the next hundred years, the dragon vein of your Wind God Sea Pavilion will be unusable, and your disciples will be plagued by misfortune and accompanied by killing stars. Unless you stay hidden in the Wind God Sea Pavilion, the moment you step outside, you will die a violent death in a foreign land. Hahaha..." The Divine Emperor expert of the beast clan laughed heartily. At this moment, his face was already rotten, his appearance ferocious and terrifying.
"Besides bearing the curse, you will also bear the sin of slaying billions of powerful figures from the eighty-seven great powers of various races. From now on, those who demand lives from your Wind God Sea Pavilion will be countless, hahaha..." The Divine Emperor expert from Brahma Pill Valley also laughed heartily, looking quite pleased.
At this moment, Tang Wan'er and the others finally understood why the other side had sent three elders with almost no combat power. It wasn't to scare anyone, but to use their remaining life force as a catalyst to unleash this fortune curse.
Except for the three Divine Emperor-level elders, the others seemed completely unaware of this. They wailed in pain, trying to run out, but unfortunately, they quickly turned into endless black smoke.
"Damn it!"
Tang Wan'er and the others gritted their teeth. The life force of billions of powerful beings gathered into cursed energy, and the instinct of life made them involuntarily retreat.
They never expected the other side to be so ruthless, even scheming against themselves, and wanting Fengshen Sea Pavilion to take the fall.
Seeing such terrifying curse power, Long Chen was both shocked and furious, but he didn't dare touch such terrifying curse energy.
When everyone's bodies transformed into black mist and began to burrow into the earth, Long Chen gritted his teeth and decided to use Lei Ling'er's power to see if he could use the power of thunder to dispel the curse.
However, Long Chen had no confidence at all. This kind of curse was triggered by divine power, and it was all orchestrated by the Brahma Pill Valley behind the scenes. If things went wrong, Lei Ling'er might be affected too. Still, Long Chen had no choice but to give it a try.
"Buzz."
However, just as Long Chen was about to summon Lei Ling'er, the mysterious ancient vine in the chaotic space trembled slightly.
Immediately after, Long Chen felt a strong summoning force. His mind tightened, his palm trembled slightly, and a black pattern appeared in his palm.
The pattern was the shape of a mysterious ancient vine. As soon as it appeared, a small vortex appeared in Long Chen's palm.
The vortex was small, but its suction was terrifying. The endless black mist before him was instantly sucked clean, and the world tainted by the black mist became clear, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, even Long Chen was stunned—the terrifying power of the curse had actually been absorbed by it.
After absorbing the black energy, the ancient vine pattern in Long Chen's palm instantly vanished. He immediately sank his mind into the chaotic space, where the three-foot-tall vine absorbed the cursed energy and instead became even more spirited.
The tender leaves were like jade, their radiance restrained, and the black lightning enveloping them grew denser, the pressure growing ever more terrifying.
What shocked Long Chen the most was that after absorbing the power of the curse, its body visibly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, growing over a foot tall in just a few breaths.
When Long Chen's divine sense approached, it began to slowly sprout tenderly, as if confiding something to him. Unfortunately, Long Chen couldn't read its emotions.
"Such terrifying curse power is actually a great tonic for you. Goodness, what exactly is your background?" Long Chen looked at the mysterious ancient vine and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
Currently, Long Chen knew nothing about this mysterious ancient vine, but his intuition told him that its origin might be terrifying.
At this moment, black energy swirled around it, likely still absorbing the power of the curse. Long Chen watched for a while and saw that its absorption had no effect on the nearby Heavenly Dao Tree and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tree, so he felt at ease and withdrew.
The cursed power was absorbed by the mysterious ancient vine. The once endless powerhouses vanished, and the world returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened, and yet as if people had just had a nightmare.
After finishing all this, they walked over together with Yue Zifeng and first introduced Ye Lingkong to him.
Ye Lingkong looked at Yue Zifeng and couldn't help but sigh, "Such a terrifying sword cultivator is rare in my life."
Even with Ye Lingkong's experience, he had never seen such a powerful sword cultivator, and everyone in the Wind God Sea Pavilion revered Yue Zifeng as a celestial being.
Long Chen looked at Tang Wan'er, who was very tactful and directly introduced Yue Zifeng to the Hidden Dragon warriors.
When they learned that Yue Zifeng was the commander of the Fourth Legion of the Dragonblood Legion, the group of female warriors all gasped in shock.
"Let's go. Elder Xinyue is already waiting for you." Ye Lingkong said.
Without time to speak to Tang Wan'er, everyone followed Ye Lingkong toward the Wind God Sea Pavilion.