Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

The situation on the battlefield changed in an instant. While the crowd was still marveling at Ye Chen's strength, Xin Yuekong was the first to strike.

The fire of life blazed fiercely upon him. His aura soared to no end, almost matching that of Yu Qinghai at the Seventh Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm—or perhaps even surpassing it!

Yet even so, Xin Yuekong wore an expression of utmost caution. Behind him, countless phantoms of black tigers seemed to materialize. Each one carried an unparalleled might as they charged toward Ye Chen.

'Petty parlor tricks. Hardly worth a glance.'

Ye Chen's expression was impassive. With a casual wave of his hand, his Spiritual Power surged forth. A trace of the Qi of Chaos, brimming with the divine rhythm of the Great Dao, coiled within his Spiritual Power, massively amplifying its destructive force.

BOOM!

A violent roar echoed as the countless black tiger phantoms completely disintegrated.

Xin Yuekong's face went pale, but his assault only grew more ferocious.

He drew upon the power of the Black Tiger Tribe's totem, his entire being seemingly transforming into a fierce tiger, black as ink and radiating a vicious Evil Qi, as he lunged at Ye Chen!

"The Black Tiger Tribe's totem is actually an ancient fiend, the Evil Soul Yin Fiend Tiger!"

"This type of ferocious beast was only active in ancient times. Later, perhaps because it posed too great a threat to other living creatures, it was hunted to near extinction."

"And as it happens, the Black Tiger Tribe was founded on the power of the Evil Soul Yin Fiend Tiger, a foundation that has sustained them to this day!"

"In the Black Triangle Zone, the Black Tiger Tribe has endured for several thousand years. Legend has it that their founding ancestor inherited the power of the Evil Soul Yin Fiend Tiger, becoming unparalleled in strength with strange and unpredictable methods. He's considered one of the rarest top-tier Great Powers in the history of the Black Triangle Zone!"

Huo Qiguang watched the unfolding situation with a grave expression.

As the Patriarch of the Huo family, he was a supreme Great Power at the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!

Yet, even he felt a profound threat after Xin Yuekong unleashed the power of the Black Tiger Tribe's totem.

After all, that was the power of the ancient fiend, the Evil Soul Yin Fiend Tiger. It had an extremely corrosive effect on ordinary living creatures and could even affect one's Divine Soul!

Cultivators below the Divinity Transformation Realm would struggle to even remain conscious when facing the power of the Evil Soul Yin Fiend Tiger.

However, Ye Chen possessed the Soul-Catching Lamp. Even without the help of the realm spirit, he had no fear of attacks on his Divine Soul.

Facing Xin Yuekong's assault, Ye Chen's expression remained calm. A cyan light slowly enveloped his arm, and at the same time, streams of Sword Qi, sharp as razor blades, coiled around it.

He threw a straight punch, unleashing a power so immense that it seemed to shake the very heavens and earth!

The expressions of the onlookers changed drastically. 'Is this really power that someone in the Primordial Mansion Realm can unleash?'

A terrifying power poured out like a tidal wave, instantly engulfing Xin Yuekong's body.

The power of the Black Tiger totem disintegrated. The punch blasted Xin Yuekong's chest open, spraying a mist of blood into the air. His limbs shattered into countless pieces as his dying body plummeted to the ground.

"Elder!!!"

The experts from the Black Tiger Tribe stared, their eyes practically splitting from their sockets in fury and disbelief!

'Even after burning his life force, their Elder still couldn't withstand a single blow from Ye Chen?'

"Now!"

Xiao Qi seized the opportunity—the precise moment Ye Chen's previous attack had ended and before he could launch a new one—and immediately attacked.

The vast power of the array infused his entire body. His aura had already far surpassed that of a cultivator at the Seventh Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, and it was even on par with Huo Qiguang's!

Ye Chen turned to look, his expression utterly cold. A dark light pulsed in his hand, coalescing into a longsword.

The blade was long and slender, its light as dark as ink, and its surface was covered in countless intricate sigils!

Ye Chen raised the Cangming Sword and slowly brought it down in a slash aimed at Xiao Qi.

"Hm?"

Xiao Qi's expression shifted. He could feel a dangerous aura emanating from the longsword in Ye Chen's hand.

'But there's no room for retreat now,' he thought. 'Besides, Ye Chen had to use several different powers to kill Xin Yuekong with a single punch. How could he possibly stop me with just a simple, unadorned sword strike?'

However, now that Ye Chen's Sword Intent had reached the Great Success Realm, the power the Cangming Sword could unleash had become all the more astonishing.

At this moment, the Cangming Sword in Ye Chen's hand had become nothing less than a Top-grade Spiritual Soldier!

Just how terrifying would a Sword Skill be when unleashed by the Cangming Sword—a Top-grade Spiritual Soldier—and empowered by Sword Intent at the Great Success Realm?

At the very least, Xiao Qi could not block it.

SWOOSH!

The grand array was shattered by Ye Chen's single strike!

The assembled experts of the Xiao family, all connected to the array's qi, were caught in the backlash. They reeled back, coughing up blood with pale faces.

Xiao Qi, who bore the brunt of the attack, was inevitably and grievously wounded!

He felt as if all of his power had been utterly crushed by that single sword strike.

How terrifying was that strike? It was like an attack that could sunder the heavens and cleave the earth. As he watched the vast and peerless Sword Skill, an inexplicable urge to prostrate himself in worship rose in his heart.

'Why... why is he so young, yet he has cultivated his Sword Intent to such a level...'

The thought flashed uncontrollably through Xiao Qi's mind.

In the next moment, his body was abruptly severed in two, sliced clean in half by Ye Chen's simple, unadorned strike.

"No!"

"Impossible!!!"

Yu Qinghai stared blankly at the scene, an endless wave of regret suddenly surging through him.

He never should have made an enemy of this terrifying, Demon God-like young man!

The truth was, even though Xin Yuekong and Xiao Qi had both given their all, he had held back.

This was, of course, due to his own selfish motives.

After all, if the power Xin Yuekong unleashed after burning away his life force had been enough to grievously injure Ye Chen, then he would have had no need to resort to such measures himself.

Once a cultivator burned their life force or Dao foundation, it would leave irreparable side effects, causing their cultivation to regress or their life to wither. He was naturally unwilling to suffer such a fate.

However, a Great Power like Xin Yuekong, a cultivator at the Sixth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, couldn't even withstand a single punch from Ye Chen, despite staking his very life on it.

This scene made Yu Qinghai completely abandon any thought of resistance.

He knew that no matter what, they stood no chance against this young man today.

'Good thing I didn't burn my life force,' he thought. 'Now I just need to use all my strength to escape!'

Just as this thought crossed Yu Qinghai's mind, Ye Chen had already used the Soul-Catching Lamp to absorb the Divine Souls of Xin Yuekong and Xiao Qi. Then, his indifferent gaze turned in his direction.

Yu Qinghai's expression changed. "Brat, if I want to leave, you can't stop me!"

With that, he transformed into a streak of light and fled into the distance.

"Is that so?"

Seeing this, a playful smirk flickered across Ye Chen's face.

"After devouring so many Divine Souls, it's about time you did something useful, don't you think?"

As his words fell, an invisible beam of light shot out from the Soul-Catching Lamp, hurtling toward the distant Yu Qinghai.