Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Amidst the thunderclouds, countless lightning bolts streaked back and forth, and Ye Chen's figure drifted among them.

He had left the Cloud Mist Tower Ship, of course, to prevent the cannon blast from harming any innocents.

In Ye Chen's judgment, if that blast were to detonate on the deck of the Cloud Mist Tower Ship, even if he managed to block it, the resulting shockwave would still obliterate Mo Tianyun and the others.

'How ruthless. He's willing to harm innocents just to eliminate an enemy?'

Ye Chen gave a faint smile, but his eyes grew considerably colder.

He was no saint and didn't necessarily care about the lives of strangers, but his companions were on that ship.

Xiao Jing's actions had, without a doubt, thoroughly enraged Ye Chen.

He watched as the distant cannon barrel began to glow. A terrifying, destructive aura surged, and the light deep within the barrel grew ever more brilliant.

From a distance, it looked like a great sun hanging in the sky, illuminating the void in every direction and dispelling all the darkness within the thunderstorm.

'This Meteor Cannon is certainly terrifying, but it's not as if I have no way to deal with it!'

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. With a flash of light, a large, red lantern flickering with an eerie glow appeared in his hand.

"You've already absorbed so many Divine Souls. Divinity Transformation Level, Divine Power Level—they've all become your fuel!"

"You can't just keep eating. Isn't it time you did something?"

Ye Chen grumbled at the large, red lantern in his hand.

The Soul-Catching Lamp seemed to understand him. It swayed gently, and a vast, terrifying aura began to rise from within it.

Ye Chen's eyes instantly lit up.

The Soul-Catching Lamp could absorb Divine Souls as fuel and possessed three different modes of attack.

The first was the World-Destroying Demon Light.

The World-Destroying Demon Light possessed an incredibly powerful destructive force. Once unleashed, it could cause both a person's physical body and their cultivation to disintegrate into nothing.

The second was the Spirit-Annihilating Death Light.

This attack specifically targeted the Divine Soul. Ordinary Cultivators found it difficult to detect, making it nearly impossible to defend against.

Beyond these two attacks, there was a third and most devastating option.

Combining the two.

This would unleash an even more terrifying attack!

Ye Chen had never attempted this before. To unleash its third mode of attack, the Soul-Catching Lamp first required a massive amount of Divine Souls as fuel.

In other words, it needed to be charged.

Using the third mode would consume most of the Soul-Catching Lamp's power. It was anyone's guess how long it would take to recharge for a second use.

Consequently, Ye Chen had never used this third attack. The Soul-Catching Lamp had absorbed a significant number of Divine Souls over time, so it was already fully charged and ready to be unleashed at a moment's notice.

Now, facing the threat of the Meteor Cannon, was clearly the perfect moment to use this devastating power.

"It's all up to you!"

"I've been feeding you for so long. You'd better not disappoint me!"

Ye Chen raised the Soul-Catching Lamp. A tidal wave of power converged upon it, and all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a thousand-meter radius seemed to be drawn in at that very moment.

For a moment, Ye Chen became the center of a vortex, continuously gathering a terrifying amount of power.

"Hm?"

On the distant warship, Xiao Jing and the other powerhouses from the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce also sensed that something was amiss.

They looked toward Ye Chen and felt the very fabric of space there begin to tremble.

It felt as though a terrifying power was spreading, one that the void itself could barely contain.

"What's going on?"

"Even an expert at the Divine Might Realm shouldn't be able to generate an aura fluctuation like this, right?"

Xiao Jing was filled with suspicion. He frowned. Although he found the young man before him to be rather strange, he remained fully confident in the power of the Meteor Cannon.

"No matter what tricks you have up your sleeve, you'll be nothing but ash before the Meteor Cannon!"

Xiao Jing snorted coldly and bellowed, "Fire!"

BOOM!

The power within the cannon barrel had finally reached its apex. At Xiao Jing's command, it erupted like a volcano, a terrifying destructive force forming a massive torrent that swept across the void!

The destructive aura was so terrifying that every Cultivator on the Cloud Mist Tower Ship trembled before its monstrous power!

"This... Even a Ninth Layer Divine Might Realm Cultivator probably couldn't withstand a direct hit from that, could they?"

"Young Ye Chen... Even with all his trump cards, can he truly emerge from this unscathed?"

Mo Tianyun swallowed hard, his eyes filled with utter shock.

He had never witnessed such terrifying power.

At this moment, it was as if he were witnessing a Void Realm Great Power descending upon the mortal world. Its majesty was like the heavens itself—lofty and supreme. A single, casual wisp of its aura was enough to make one tremble and feel an overwhelming urge to bow in worship.

"Master!"

Chi Ming was the first to rush onto the ship's deck, his face etched with worry as he looked toward Ye Chen.

Behind him, Hongyu Pill Venerable and Jie Ling arrived as well.

Everyone was fraught with worry for Ye Chen's safety.

"The Meteor Cannon is unstoppable! This time, Ye Chen will die for sure!" Murong Dai's eyes burned with fury, her face contorted with malice. She wished she could watch Ye Chen be vaporized into ash right then and there.

But at that very moment, a jet-black beam of light suddenly shot out from the Soul-Catching Lamp in Ye Chen's hand.

The entire world seemed to lose its color.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a thousand-meter radius also seemed to have been completely scoured away.

What kind of light was that?

No one could describe it. They only knew that a single distant glance made their skin crawl and even their Divine Souls waver.

Before anyone could even begin to comprehend how Ye Chen had unleashed that terrifying Calamity Light, the black beam had already slammed into the Meteor Cannon's blast.

There was no violent explosion as they had imagined, nor were there the expected endless shockwaves and aftershocks.

To everyone's utter disbelief, the power of the Meteor Cannon was simply... devoured.

Without a moment's pause, the black Calamity Light swept straight toward the warship where Xiao Jing stood.

"How is this possible?!"

Xiao Jing never in his wildest dreams expected to see such a sight. He let out a hoarse shriek, unable to even begin to react.

WHOOSH!

The entire warship, along with all the powerhouses from the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce aboard it, was swallowed by the black Calamity Light and vanished completely.

Of course, the Divine Souls of Xiao Jing and the other powerhouses were absorbed by the Soul-Catching Lamp, becoming its new fuel.

The Calamity Light devoured the warship, streaked across the sky, and tore a long, clear channel through the thunderclouds before slowly fading away.