Those pair of purple eyes were so enormous, as if they were two gigantic purple stars, demonically eerie and terrifying, containing a dreadful radiance. They gazed down at Ye Chen from a commanding height, looking at him as if he were an ant, filled with indifference.
In that instant, Ye Chen felt his entire body turn cold, a chill emerging from the depths of his heart. He sensed that this very space had spontaneously solidified; he could not move.
All of this was because the mysterious existence was too powerful. Under its intangible pressure, this heaven and earth were about to freeze, this world was restrained, unbreakable.
"Break for me!"
Ye Chen roared, his body erupting with divine radiance. He directly unleashed three types of power, using absolute force to violently shatter the spatial freeze, and immediately attempted to charge into the distance.
He knew this mysterious existence was invincible; resistance was a foolish choice.
But the next moment, he found the world suddenly plunged into pitch-black darkness. From the deepest depths of the world, an unimaginably huge claw reached out. He couldn't even clearly see the claw's true form—it truly blotted out the sky with a single hand. In an instant, it encompassed the void where Ye Chen was fleeing and pressed down.
How could Ye Chen dare be careless? With a loud shout, all the power existing within his body ignited at this moment. His willpower also burned, releasing a special aura accompanied by a wisp of imperial majesty, attacking the sky-blotting giant claw.
This was a result of Ye Chen's years of research into willpower; it could temporarily connect to the Ancient Emperor Realm's origin, borrowing a special kind of might.
One must know that the Ancient Emperor Realm was a vast ancient world created by Tai Sheng Huang, naturally containing a portion of Emperor origin and accompanied by imperial might.
"Hmm? To have researched willpower to this extent is beyond my expectations. You could be considered a slightly remarkable little ant."
The most terrifying existence spoke, shaking this dark world. Those eyes, larger than stars, revealed a trace of surprise.
But that was all. The mysterious existence spoke again the next moment: "This is still far from enough. Unless you research willpower to the Emperor level."
Boom—
Space sank into ruin. All attacks failed to blast open the sky-blotting giant claw. The imperial might released by the willpower was scattered. The claw pressed down directly. Ye Chen's powerful Supreme Dao Body crumbled inch by inch before this sky-blotting giant claw, nearly irreversibly.
Even during this time, Ye Chen executed the Realm-Treading Secret Technique, traversing at extreme speed, and projected a world illusion to block it. Even the Ten Heavens divine nature halo appeared. Various peerless divine abilities manifested one after another, absolutely capable of annihilating a stretch of starry sky and resisting any attack.
But none of this worked. The existence in the deepest part of the world was too terrifying, truly unstoppable, capable of destroying everything.
All divine abilities and laws paled before this giant claw, losing any effect.
This was the first time Ye Chen felt so powerless.
Of course, this was also due to it being a Dao body. If his true self had come, he would have had other means to resist.
At the moment of impending annihilation, Ye Chen suddenly became ruthless. He unleashed the Chaos Law, materializing a Human Sovereign Pagoda, which also carried a few wisps of the true Human Sovereign Pagoda's divine might, and blasted it forward.
Upon seeing this, the terrifying existence bound by shackles was slightly stunned, and even the sky-blotting giant claw paused.
"Human Sovereign Pagoda! How do you possess it? Could you be that person? I will kill you!"
After a brief silence, the most furious roar and howl followed, shaking the entire dark world, collapsing endless void. The thick, massive shackles rattled loudly as if about to break at any moment.
Clearly, the enraged fearsome existence held an irreconcilable grudge against the Primordial Times Human Sovereign, and it didn't even recognize the pagoda as a fake.
Ye Chen also didn't expect that using the Human Sovereign Pagoda would further provoke this existence's ferocity, leaving him somewhat dumbfounded.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Human Sovereign Pagoda directly exploded. Vast swathes of primordial Chaos Qi spread out, capable of submerging everything, slightly delaying that terrifying existence for a moment.
But it was enough. It provided Ye Chen with precious time. He abruptly shot skyward, charging into the sea eye channel, wanting to leave this mysterious and terrifying world.
"Thinking of leaving? Not so easy."
The terrifying existence in the deepest part of the dark world snorted coldly, releasing an ultimate aura that instantly flooded the entire world. Countless corpses exploded one after another.
The ocean surged with towering waves. That sky-blotting giant claw continuously extended, even attempting to completely seize Ye Chen.
One could feel that this broken dark world had become completely heavy and still. Ye Chen was fast, but the sky-blotting giant claw was faster. Along the way, it covered the sea eye channel, forcibly intercepting Ye Chen's Supreme incarnation within the dark world.
"Junior, regardless of who you are, you must have a connection with the person of the Human Sovereign Pagoda. You are doomed to die."
After emitting a murderous low roar, the terrifying existence in the deepest part of the world suddenly pressed its giant claw down.
Boom—
That area of void spanning ten thousand li was completely blasted apart. Everything sank into ruin, ceasing to exist.
Ye Chen's Supreme Dao Body was annihilated along with it, utterly unstoppable.
At this moment, the terrifying existence in the deepest part of the world was slightly stunned, conveying a trace of surprise: "What a junior. To think it was only a Dao body, yet its aura was so powerful that even this venerable one was deceived. This is the price of being submerged here for countless years. However, the Human Sovereign, and Primordial, all deserve to die. Roar—"
The terrifying howl sounded again, shaking the entire dark world. Countless corpses shattered; everything was annihilated.
Ye Chen's true self by the sea eye suddenly opened his eyes. At this moment, a strand of golden blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't wipe it away. Instead, he immediately shot into the sky, not daring to linger any longer.
Because his true self was too close to the dark world; he feared the terrifying existence in its deepest part might strike.
However, his worry did not become reality. The terrifying existence trapped in the deepest part of the dark world did not appear. Clearly, it was because those shackles bound it, preventing it from completely leaving the dark world. This somewhat relieved Ye Chen.
Otherwise, if such a terrifying existence truly emerged, it would be absolutely devastating. With the Ancient Emperor Realm having lost its three Sovereigns, who could possibly withstand it?
But who exactly was the terrifying existence in the deepest part of the dark world? Why was it bound there? And it seemed to hold great grudges against both the Human Sovereign and Primordial Sovereign, which puzzled him greatly.
Finally, Ye Chen left. With the powerhouses on the Great Power-level ancient ship, he spent another day successfully traversing the Chaotic Sea, appearing in a peaceful sea region.
In the distance, a vast ancient continent came into view—the Ancient Divine Continent!