Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Rumbling explosions echoed through the world, nearly drowning out the peals of thunder outside.

"You're courting death!"

Seeing Ye Chen choose him as the first target, Jue Yun scoffed and met the charge head-on.

Of course, he had seen Ye Chen kill the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable with a single punch.

But that didn't make him particularly wary. At most, it just meant he wouldn't treat Ye Chen as an ordinary Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator.

After all, the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable had only recently broken through to the Divine Might Realm, and his foundation had yet to stabilize.

He, on the other hand, had been immersed in this realm for many years and had already reached the Third Layer of the Divine Might Realm. Compared to the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable, his strength was in a different league entirely.

Besides, with the Supreme Profound Daoist watching his back, he wasn't the least bit worried that anything could go wrong.

Layers of dark light suddenly erupted from Jue Yun's withered arms.

The dark light flowed like water, enveloping his arms. Waves of destructive power pulsed outward. Even from a distance, the surrounding Cultivators felt their chests tighten at the mere sight of it.

"Die!"

Jue Yun threw a punch, his expression ferocious. The violent, destructive power seemed capable of tearing the very world asunder.

BOOM!

Ye Chen's expression was calm as his fist, wreathed in cyan light, collided heavily with Jue Yun's.

But in the next moment, the unexpected happened.

"How could this be…"

With a cry of alarm, the dark light on Jue Yun's arm completely disintegrated. A tyrannical force rushed in and instantly blew his entire arm apart, turning it into a fine mist of blood!

As blood splattered, Jue Yun shrieked and retreated frantically, his murky old eyes filled with sheer terror.

However, Ye Chen clung to him like a festering sore, impossible to shake off!

Even using his full strength, Jue Yun couldn't put any distance between himself and Ye Chen.

"Damn it!"

The Baleful Evil Demon Venerable attacked without hesitation. A black vortex formed in his palm, and countless bolts of lightning from the storm clouds outside flew into it. The vortex coalesced into a terrifyingly powerful attack that shot toward Ye Chen's back.

Zhong Quanming and Murong Dai didn't remain idle either.

Zhong Quanming's eyes glinted as he summoned a spirit weapon. A flying dagger appeared in his grasp, its blade reflecting streaks of cold light!

With a casual wave of his hand, a torrent of blade energy shot forth. The sharp glints of light fell like raindrops, sealing off the space around Ye Chen.

No matter where Ye Chen tried to escape, he would inevitably be hit!

Murong Dai, for her part, summoned a long whip. As she cracked it, a boundless Flame formed a tornado that threatened to swallow Ye Chen. Her attack was just as terrifying.

Of course, Murong Dai's strength was a notch below the others, and her injuries were still severe. Even after taking a Healing Elixir, she was nowhere near her Peak condition, so her attack was considerably less powerful.

Even so, the combined assault of three Divine Might Realm experts was a terrifyingly powerful sight.

Under everyone's watchful gaze, Ye Chen didn't even spare the others a glance. His eyes seemed to see only Jue Yun, and he shadowed him relentlessly.

"You madman! Are you determined to come after me?!"

Jue Yun was both shocked and furious. His reflexes were incredibly fast; seeing the others attack Ye Chen, he stopped trying to flee. Instead, he launched a counterattack, planning to join forces with them to take Ye Chen down!

BOOM!

Jue Yun's attack was instantly dismantled. He had even summoned a spirit weapon, but it shattered like paper under Ye Chen's fist!

The sight struck terror into Jue Yun's heart. Forgetting the loss of his spirit weapon, he turned to flee once more.

But Ye Chen's fist was clearly faster. Pushing the True Dragon Jade Emperor Sutra to its limit, he threw a punch. A phantom of a True Dragon materialized from his fist, roaring as it lunged at Jue Yun.

"No—!" Jue Yun's face drained of color. An intense premonition of doom welled up inside him, and the lethal threat made his features twist in horror.

At the critical moment, the Supreme Profound Daoist snorted, suddenly appearing in front of Jue Yun to intercept the True Dragon phantom.

Meanwhile, the attacks from Zhong Quanming, Murong Dai, and the Baleful Evil Demon Venerable were all blocked by a giant cauldron wreathed in Chaotic Qi Flow.

The giant cauldron was unbelievably mystical. Shrouded in Chaotic Qi Flow, it looked ancient and majestic. The attacks of the three Divine Might Realm experts failed to move it even an inch, leaving all three of them visibly stunned and shaken to the core.

"You're no simple brat. Jue Yun almost perished at your hands…"

The Supreme Profound Daoist's brow was furrowed as he sized up Ye Chen, pondering how a mere Divinity Transformation Realm youth could unleash such formidable power.

Just then, his expression suddenly changed.

He whipped his head around to see Jue Yun's figure completely enveloped in a ball of blood-red Flame.

A piercing shriek cut through the air. Jue Yun struggled madly, but the blood-red Flame showed no sign of weakening, and it burned him alive until nothing but ashes remained.

His Divine Soul was then absorbed by the Soul-Catching Lamp.

The battlefield fell silent.

Everyone stared in shock.

'Jue Yun… dead? Just like that?'

Only Ye Chen seemed displeased, frowning slightly.

He glanced at his fist and sighed internally. 'It seems my physical strength alone isn't enough to handle a Divine Might Realm expert.'

His Cyan Dragon Scales had reached a superior level of cultivation.

He was just one step away from breaking through to Purple Dragon Scales.

Suppressing a Divine Might Realm expert with physical strength alone was still proving to be quite difficult.

That was why, during the earlier exchange, he had used a trace of the Red Lotus Karma Fire's power. After shattering Jue Yun's defense, he had successfully planted a wisp of the Red Lotus Karma Fire on his body.

With but a thought, that wisp of Flame could erupt into a raging inferno and consume Jue Yun completely.

"This is… Red Lotus Karma Fire?!"

"How can you possess such a worldly divine Flame!!!"

The Supreme Profound Daoist felt no grief over Jue Yun's death.

Instead, his eyes widened as he stared intently at Ye Chen.

"Red Lotus Karma Fire?"

Everyone was stunned to hear this.

Those who didn't recognize the name were merely puzzled, but those who did were shocked nearly speechless.

'How could such a worldly divine Flame belong to a mere youth?'

After all, a divine Flame of this level had practically developed its own sentience. Even if a Cultivator found it, they could never hope to refine it without its approval!