Chapter 1812: Establishing Dominance (2/2)

“The Jilin Clan is an imperial lineage, not a place for you to act presumptuously!” Ma Sheng said with a stern expression while being full of pride.

Despite being a disciple of a side branch, his talents were high enough. He was also a relative of an outer elder so it meant that he had some status even within the clan. It was normal for him to be a little conceited.

His peers were smirking in the back, clearly feeling schadenfreude. So it turned out that this group was egged on by several people from the two High G.o.ds camps. It made them stand on the side of Shrouding Sun and Southern Sun.

This shouldn’t be too surprising because as side branches’ disciples of the Jilin, they were originally from other great powers under Jilin anyway. More importantly, they considered other powers within Jilin as their own. That’s why when Li Qiye bullied Southern Sun and Shrouding Sun, it was the same as bullying the Jilin Clan, hence their antagonistic view of him.

Right now, they even had two High G.o.ds at their backing. Li Qiye couldn’t cause any trouble regardless of who he had behind him. Daring to oppose the clan at their home was the same as declaring war against two Immortal Monarchs, quite a suicidal endeavor.

Thus, this young group took advantage during the princess’ visit to the ancestors and stopped the messenger from informing the princess. They took the initiative of seeing Li Qiye in order to show him the deal.

Li Qiye stared at the proud Ma Sheng and said: “I don’t care if you are from an imperial lineage or not, they’re no different from little puppies in my eyes. Provoking me won’t end well regardless of your background.”

Not just Ma Sheng but the rest of the disciples were shocked. Even the guards felt the same way. The spectating cultivators from Jilin were glaring angrily at him too.

This comment was a straight slap at the clan so the Jilin disciples became angry, regardless of whether they were from the main or side branches. Even the experts from other great powers under Jilin became enraged. Insulting the clan was the same as insulting them.

“Li, such big tone. You want to fight one on one then?!” Ma Sheng loudly challenged.

“One on one? You?” Li Qiye smiled and gave him the side-eye.

This naturally made Ma Sheng furious. It was one thing to be looked down at by a genius but this was someone with virtually zero cultivation.

“Boom!” Chaos energy rose to the sky like a waterfall, eventually resulting in fiery wings forming behind Ma Sheng’s back. The laws of a monarch made him look formidable.

“So powerful.” The spectators were startled to see the powerful imperial laws.

One expert added: “That’s a side-branch senior disciple for you, he might just be as strong as the First Brother.” [1]

Despite being side-branch disciples, Ma Sheng and Zhang Yang were definitely more powerful than Li Tianhao. They were originally brilliant talents from their own great powers. After joining the Jilin, they gained access to imperial laws which propelled their abilities.

“Brat, come, I’ll let you know the consequence of insulting our clan!” A white aura illuminated the sky after Ma Sheng took out his sword.

“Is that so? Go for it, I’ll give you a chance.” Li Qiye said flatly.

“Very well!” The sword howled continuously before the slash. Its sharpness could pierce through the world while its momentum could flatten the earth!

“Boom!” Before people knew what was going on, Ma Sheng’s sword cracked and he was hanging in the air with something gripping his neck.

“A High G.o.d!” People instantly recalled the rumors of Li Qiye’s protector!

1. I know that side-branch might feel like an insult or a downgrade, but it isn’t in this case. The literal translation is “disciple with a different last name”, but I can’t come up with a shortened/better way for this outside of side-branch. It just means that they were accepted to the Jilin Clan despite being from outside families. That should be a positive indicator of their talents/worth