Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Faced with the pressure from numerous powerhouses,

Jiang Chen remained perfectly calm. His words were frank and forthright, neither servile nor overbearing, truly embodying his own statement... ’With a clear conscience, what is there to fear?’

The moment he spoke,

the powerhouses erupted in fury!

Long Jingyun, Bing Long, and the others were all chosen sons of heaven, meticulously nurtured by their respective clans, Sects, and dynasties. Yet in Jiang Chen’s eyes, they were treacherous, corrupt villains who deserved to be killed, their deaths not enough to atone for their sins.

How could they not be enraged by this?

Bing Qianchi gritted his teeth. "I will kill you with my own two hands."

Beside him, Yuyang Liekong said, "This brat isn’t worthy of a Human Emperor’s strike!"

"That’s right. If we Human Emperors were to kill a junior from the Union Palace Realm, we would become a laughingstock!"

"Let a Human King handle it!"

"Don’t be in such a hurry to kill him. I have many methods to torture him. We’ll make him wish for death but be unable to find it, letting him perish in endless agony..."

"An excellent idea!"

"I agree!"

With just a few words, the Human Emperors had already sentenced Jiang Chen to death.

But it wouldn’t be a quick death. They planned to torture him endlessly, to make his life a living hell before finally killing him after he had suffered enough cruelty!

Yue Qianshan looked toward the Six Mountains Dynasty, at a Human King Realm Fourth Stage Expert, and said, "Yue Lingkong, you go and kill him!"

"As you command!"

Yue Lingkong nodded and took a step forward, treading upon the Celestial Vault. It was as if mountains weighing ten thousand tons were beneath his feet, causing the ground below to collapse with a thunderous BOOM.

His inverted-triangle eyes fixed on Jiang Chen as he licked his lips like a venomous snake, a savage and cold smile spreading across his face. "Tell me, should I start by severing your limbs? Or should I cripple your cultivation first?"

"I think you should skip the nonsense and just get to the killing," Jiang Chen said indifferently.

"Hm?"

Yue Lingkong was taken aback for a moment before bursting into laughter. "It seems you know your place after all, realizing that my move means certain death for you. So you choose a quick end? A pity. No one here wants you to die easily. You’d better choose another option!"

Yue Lingkong was a dignified expert at the Fourth Stage of the Human King Realm.

In the Six Mountains Dynasty, he was a fierce general who had fought in all directions and slaughtered countless enemies. He was a Killing God with heaven-defying combat power!

Even Long Jingyun at his peak would have been no match for him.

He was utterly confident in himself!

Jiang Chen made a small noise, then shook his head with a strange expression. "I think you’ve misunderstood. That choice wasn’t for me. I meant that I don’t want to waste words with you. It’s more straightforward to just kill you directly!"

"Kill... kill me?"

Yue Lingkong froze, his face flushing crimson.

A ferocious light surged in his eyes. True Essence roiled around him like thunder, billowing from within his sleeves as he sneered, "Brat, you are far too arrogant! When I was slaughtering my way across battlefields, you weren’t even conceived! You dare boast about killing me? You truly don’t know your own limits. Now, die!"

Before his voice had even faded, Yue Lingkong’s figure blurred into motion, lunging at Jiang Chen.

In an instant, he moved like surging lightning.

Blue light pulsed from his palm. The shadow of his fist was like a great river, its waves churning furiously, its colossal swells crashing down. He held back none of his power as a Fourth Stage Human King Realm expert!

Above in the Celestial Vault, wind and clouds swirled as wild thunder shook the heavens.

This was a killing blow!

Amidst the fierce gust of the punch, Jiang Chen’s robes whipped about violently, and his face seemed to distort in the gale. His sword-like brows twitched slightly. He let out a soft sigh and said slowly, "When you were out slaughtering people, I hadn’t even been conceived. How many years have passed since then? Yet this is all the strength you’ve managed to gain. And you still have the nerve to posture before me? Die!"

A sharp glint suddenly bloomed in his eyes.

Within his cyan-gold irises, Divine Thought Power coalesced into a cyan-gold vortex. From it, a wisp of a Divine Thought Blade formed and shot out.

"Slay!"

Jiang Chen uttered but a single word.

Divine Thought, like a blade, was formless and traceless.

By the time Yue Lingkong sensed the Divine Thought Blade and tried to dodge, it was already too late!

PFFT!

The Divine Thought Blade slammed into his body.

Yue Lingkong shuddered violently, his face instantly turning deathly pale. The overwhelming force of his punch disintegrated. He clutched his head with both hands and let out a pained roar, "AAGH... My head, my head..."

BOOM!

With a tremendous bang,

a cloud of blood mist sprayed across the Celestial Vault.

The head of Yue Lingkong, a dignified expert at the Fourth Stage of the Human King Realm, exploded like a watermelon struck by a sledgehammer.

He was reduced to a headless corpse.

Jiang Chen made a grabbing motion in the air, pulling Yue Lingkong’s body into his grasp. Blazing Fire erupted from his palm, engulfing the corpse. It appeared as if he were incinerating the body, but he was secretly activating the Heaven-Devouring Secret Technique to devour the Essence Blood and Martial Soul within, refining and breaking them down with the Profound Yellow Melting Furnace.

A moment later...

Yue Lingkong was reduced to a flurry of ash that scattered and drifted down.

HISS—

Outside the Profound Celestial Ancestor Realm, a collective gasp echoed through the air.

If, just a moment ago, there were still powerhouses who questioned whether Jiang Chen had the strength to kill Long Jingyun and the others, then at this moment, no one dared to doubt his power anymore!

Yue Qianshan’s expression changed drastically.

Bing Qianchi, Long Chan, and the others also frowned, their sword-like brows furrowing slightly.

Jiang Chen dusted off his hands, his indifferent gaze sweeping over the assembled powerhouses as he slowly asked, "Who’s next?"

"Brat, you’re too arrogant!"

"So vicious at such a young age, killing with every move! You’re a murderous Demon! Everyone has a duty to execute you!"

"I will see what you’re made of!"

In an instant,

five Human Kings stepped forward: three at the Fourth Stage of the Human King Realm, and two at the Fifth Stage of the Human King Realm.

The five great experts stood in the air, their surging True Essence rolling forward in a monstrous wave of energy that blew away all the wind and clouds within a hundred-mile radius.

Jiang Chen stood firm in the void. With a wave of his hand, the Spirit-Slaying Sword appeared, pulsing with a sharp, cold light. The blade trembled slightly, as if it could feel the surging killing intent in its master’s heart. It thirsted for blood.

Jiang Chen gently stroked the blade and said with a faint smile, "Don’t worry. Today, I’ll let you drink your fill of Human King blood!"

BUZZ!

The sword vibrated wildly.

"All Heaven Stars Sword Manual—Heaven Opening!"

"Heaven and Earth Split!"

The Spirit-Slaying Sword pulsed with black light. Its Sword Qi shot to the heavens, startling the Nine Skies.

This single strike drained the color from the heavens and the earth, eclipsing the sun and moon.

It was as if Qiankun itself had been inverted!

SWISH!

He slashed out with his sword.

"Arrogant!"

"Demon Hunting Mad Saber!"

"Heaven and Earth Shuttle..."

The five Human Kings, enraged, attacked. Their techniques were magnificent and powerful. An overwhelming chaos of saber shadows filled the sky, spear lights tore through the void, and an axe glint seemed powerful enough to split heaven and earth...

CLANG! CLANG! DING! DING!

Weapons clashed, True Essence exploded. It was like the end of the world!

The five Human King Realm Experts withstood the sword strike, then attacked simultaneously. Five beams of light shot to the sky, transforming into a celestial bolt of silk that sought to tear Jiang Chen to shreds.

"Thick Earth Sword Technique—Vast Land!"

Jiang Chen’s figure flashed. He activated the Golden-winged Roc Body Technique, and golden wings materialized behind him. This allowed him to move like a fish in water, weaving between the five Human King Powerhouses as if he were a fish himself. None of the five could get near him.

"Thunder Realm!"

Using his Divine Thought as a catalyst, he caused the heavens and earth to resonate. Lightning instantly formed, enveloping the five Human Kings.

Under the assault of the lightning, all five Human King Realm Powerhouses felt their bodies go numb, their movements becoming sluggish.

SWOOSH—

His golden wings became a streak of Flowing Light across the Celestial Vault. In a flash, he appeared before the five Human Kings. Jiang Chen’s gaze was ice-cold as he let out a sharp cry, "Slay!"

Star Luo Destruction!

The sword light transformed into a brilliant river of stars, vast and mighty, that swallowed the five Human Kings.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The five Human Kings all shuddered violently. Before the Spirit-Slaying Sword, their bodies were as fragile as tofu. Five heads flew high into the air, only to be struck by lightning and turned to ash. Jiang Chen’s figure flashed, placing himself within the boundless sea of lightning. He activated the Heaven-Devouring Secret Technique once more, devouring all the Essence Blood of the five Human Kings, turning them into withered husks that were then blasted to cinders within the sea of lightning.

Not a single one of the five Human Kings escaped. They all became souls claimed by his sword!

Killing Human Kings was like scything through weeds!

Gazing at the youth standing amidst the boundless sea of lightning, sword in hand, his dark-gold body pulsing with light like a Supreme War God, every single powerhouse was rendered speechless...