Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Standing to the side, the Buddha's Son was stunned as he listened to the conversation between Ye Chen and the burly man.

'Ye Chen personally killed an Elder from the Song family?'

'What a joke!'

'To be an Elder in a major clan like the Song family, you'd have to be at the Peak of the Divinity Transformation Realm at the very least, right?'

'And there are surely more than a few Great Powers among them at the Divine Might Realm.'

'How could Ye Chen possibly kill a Song family Elder all by himself? Does he have help?'

But before the Buddha's Son could make sense of it, the burly man had already swung his large blade, slashing furiously at Ye Chen.

SWOOSH!

A dazzling arc of blade energy carved a brilliant trail across the sky!

The terrifying power seemed enough to make heaven and earth collapse. Just watching from a distance, the Buddha's Son felt his blood run cold, and a stinging sensation prickled his skin!

'The power in that slash is probably enough to cleave a Divine Might Realm Cultivator in two!'

'Does this burly man from the Song family really need to be so cautious? He's only dealing with a reckless youth, yet he used his full power right from the start?'

But what shocked the Buddha's Son even more was that Ye Chen, facing the burly man's ferocious slash, didn't dodge or evade. He just stood his ground!

'Is he scared stiff?'

"A fine strike!"

Ye Chen smiled faintly and gave a casual wave of his sleeve.

A brilliant purple light erupted, and what sounded like an ancient dragon's roar echoed through the world. The terrifying arc of blade energy simply shattered into countless motes of light in midair, fading into nothing.

"What?"

The sight stunned the Buddha's Son and made the burly man's expression turn grave.

'He blocked the burly man's assault with just a casual blow?'

'The burly man wasn't hiding his aura; he's clearly a Cultivator at the Fifth Layer of the Divine Might Realm!'

Behind the burly man, a stir went through the assembled Song family experts. Their gazes, now fixed on Ye Chen, were filled with shock and disbelief.

They clearly hadn't expected a boy so young to possess such terrifying strength.

"Just as I suspected! I knew you'd be trouble."

The burly man snorted, looking as if he had anticipated this.

'The one who made Elder Song Xuanxing and his men send out a distress signal, only to be killed in the end...'

'I knew this kid would be terrifying!'

"Form the Array!"

"Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array, activate!!!"

Without a moment's hesitation, the burly man retreated into the crowd and bellowed the command.

The Song family experts had coordinated with the burly man countless times before and immediately moved in an orderly fashion.

Each took up a position in the void, their auras linking together as they sketched trails of light across the sky.

The faint outline of a great Array emerged, emitting terrifying, tide-like waves of power.

'The Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array?!'

'That's the Song family's ultimate killing Array, one that can even slay experts of the Divine Might Realm!'

'Using it against Ye Chen... is all this really necessary?!'

The Buddha's Son was dumbfounded. He had never imagined that a casual stroll would lead him to witness such a spectacular confrontation.

The experts of the Song family were arrayed for battle, all to deal with a young man not yet twenty years old.

'If word of this got out, no one would ever believe it!'

"The Song family's killing Array, is it?"

Ye Chen glanced casually at the Array taking shape in the sky and couldn't help but shake his head. "This is a little too crude. I'm afraid it won't be enough to deal with me."

"Not enough?"

"Don't get too cocky, kid! At least ten experts of the Divine Might Realm have died in this great Array! You'll regret underestimating the power of my Song family!"

One of the experts, a man at the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, stood in the void and gazed indifferently at Ye Chen as he spoke with sarcasm.

"Is that so?"

"Then why don't you try and make me regret it?"

Ye Chen looked at the Song family expert and pressed down with his bare hand.

In an instant, the void around the expert roiled as if a primordial Divine Mountain was crashing down. The terrifying pressure instantly crushed the man's shoulders, and he coughed up blood as he was forced to his knees in midair!

"What?"

The others were both shocked and enraged, their gazes toward Ye Chen now tinged with a chilling killing intent.

"Look me in the eye. Do you dare to say that again?" Ye Chen asked indifferently, his gaze fixed on the expert kneeling in the void.

"Why wouldn't I dare!" the Song family expert roared, his eyes nearly splitting from rage as he looked ready to die rather than submit. "Even if I die, I will never yield to a punk like you!"

"Then go die." A golden light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. His Divine Soul power surged forth, crossing the distance to envelop the expert.

BOOM!

The expert's body instantly exploded into countless pieces, and his Divine Soul was siphoned away by the Soul-Catching Lamp.

"Zhang Ting!"

The Song family experts cried out in alarm. They had watched, powerless, as their companion was slain by Ye Chen from afar, and the fury in their hearts nearly boiled over.

'No way...' The Buddha's Son gasped, feeling as if the air had been knocked out of him.

'He killed a Cultivator at the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm with a single glance?'

'Is this the same damn Ye Chen? How did he become this terrifying?!'

'But no matter how powerful Ye Chen is, he should still be helpless against the Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array laid by the Song family experts... right?'

The Buddha's Son thought to himself.

"Activate the Array! Obliterate this brat!"

While Ye Chen was striking the fatal blow, the Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array was completed.

The burly man roared. As the master of the great Array, he immediately channeled the power of the Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array to bear down on Ye Chen.

Eight brilliant pillars of light, each a different color, shot toward the heavens, like eight colossal pillars holding up the sky.

Carved upon the pillars were countless totems of flowers, insects, birds, and beasts. The images seemed to come alive, channeling a monstrous power as they bore down on Ye Chen.

Ye Chen casually scanned his surroundings, then looked away.

'This killing Array certainly is impressive. The eight pillars of light lock down the surrounding space. Even an expert of the Divine Might Realm would be trapped in this quagmire, unable to escape, and eventually be ground down to nothing.'

Unfortunately for them, to Ye Chen, this killing Array was far from enough.

ROAR—

Purple light erupted like a volcano, dyeing the entire sky into a vast, violet ocean.

The majestic, soul-stirring dragon's roar sent out terrifying shockwaves of sound, blocking the assault of the Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array.

Then, bathed in brilliant purple light, Ye Chen seemed to transform into a Flood Dragon emerging from the sea. In a flash, he shot toward the very core of the Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array.

At its core, naturally, was the burly man's position.

As an expert at the Fifth Layer of the Divine Might Realm, his cultivation further enhanced by the power of the Eight Extremes Heaven-Locking Array, he still couldn't help but feel a sliver of indescribable terror when faced with Ye Chen's building momentum.

"Die!!!" The burly man fought back with all his might, slashing out with his large blade.