In the mountain forest, Ye Chen stood in a tense confrontation with the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Checkpoint Masters. The atmosphere was charged, with surging divine power fluctuations causing the entire forest to tremble.
Ye Chen's attitude was clearly quite aggressive. If they wanted to fight, then fight! Who was afraid of whom?
In the distance, many trial-takers were both nervous and excited. This was a clash between a young generation prodigy and Martial Gods of the middle-aged generation, and moreover, a battle that challenged the authority of Tian Du Academy. It was highly anticipated.
Although many believed Ye Chen was bound to lose, and might even suffer punishment from Tian Du Academy, it was undeniable that Ye Chen had the courage to challenge Tian Du Academy. This was something anyone had to admire.
"Ye Chen, you are indeed a prodigy," the Tenth Checkpoint Master coldly snorted, stepping forward first. It was not that the three Checkpoint Masters would attack together. If all three attacked, it would truly disgrace Tian Du Academy, because using three Martial Gods to deal with a junior, even if they won, would be utterly shameful.
Moreover, they disdained doing so and did not believe Ye Chen possessed such strength.
A young Martial God?
At most, he had just stepped into the Martial God realm. What was there to fear? Each of them, the Checkpoint Masters, were super experts who had truly stepped into the Martial God realm for over ten years, far stronger than those who had just entered the Martial God domain.
The Tenth Checkpoint Master made his move. With a casual gesture, he summoned a patch of seven-colored Heaven and Earth power, about a zhang in size. The might contained within was terrifying, capable of blowing up a small hill. With a flip of his hand, he condensed this seven-colored Heaven and Earth power into a seven-colored divine light, its power sufficient to pierce through mountains.
He flicked his finger, and this seven-colored divine light shot toward Ye Chen.
Ye Chen's expression was indifferent. He also flicked his finger, and a golden light shot out, brilliant and dazzling. It easily shattered the seven-colored divine light and, its momentum undiminished, shot toward the Tenth Checkpoint Master.
The Tenth Checkpoint Master was slightly surprised. This little bastard was indeed unusual, actually able to block it.
However, he pointed out a finger, intending to shatter the golden light, but felt a powerful energy erupting, causing his finger to crack and blood to spurt. He was somewhat startled, his expression turning slightly more serious.
Whoosh—
Ye Chen suddenly attacked. He took a step forward, his body transforming into lightning, traversing the sky in an instant, arriving right before the Tenth Checkpoint Master. Without a word, he raised his hand and slapped forward. Between his fingers and palm flowed brilliant golden radiance, like a golden heavenly stele smashing over. The air was blasted apart, rumbling with continuous loud booms.
Crack—
It was too fast. The Tenth Checkpoint Master couldn't react in time, only managing to raise his hand to block the palm. But an even more terrifying and immense force surged over, directly sending the Tenth Checkpoint Master flying backward. He retreated over a dozen steps in the air before finally halting his momentum.
However, the right palm that had blocked the strike was cracked, blood flowing freely, flesh mangled—a shocking sight. It had actually been fractured.
The crowd was astonished. Ye Chen was no ordinary opponent. In just one exchange, not only had he not lost, but he had actually gained the upper hand, injuring the Tenth Checkpoint Master. Was this really just a youth who had just stepped into the Martial God realm?
But Ye Chen said nothing, using practical action to prove his point. He advanced again, attacking at close range.
Although he didn't use the Glazed Golden Body, his power was still astonishingly terrifying. He threw out ten consecutive punches, each one powerful enough to shake mountains, incomparably mighty.
The Tenth Checkpoint Master continuously retreated, unable to parry, and even more so, dared not take the blows head-on. Because the opponent's treasure body and physical form were too strong, his divine power unmatched. Even taking a single punch would tear his muscles and cause immense pain.
After just these ten punches, he was already suffering, coughing up blood repeatedly. He stared at the youth before him in horror—too terrifying.
The Ninth and Eleventh Checkpoint Masters wanted to step forward and intervene, but the Tenth Checkpoint Master stopped them, unwilling to stoop to the level of joining forces with others to deal with a single opponent.
He let out a light shout, directly summoning a patch of Heaven and Earth power to attack Ye Chen and protect himself, combining offense and defense.
But suddenly, from between Ye Chen's eyebrows, seven-colored light erupted. A vast Primordial Spirit might overflowed, causing the entire sky to rumble with thunder, making hearts pound. With a light shout: "Disperse!"
It was as if his words became law. The entire patch of Heaven and Earth power directly dispersed, astonishing everyone.
Only a sufficiently powerful Primordial Spirit could achieve this step, directly dispersing the Heaven and Earth power summoned by the opponent with a shout.
The crowd was shocked. Ye Chen not only had a powerful physical body, but his Primordial Spirit was also quite strong, even stronger than ordinary Martial God experts.
The Primordial Spirit could only be condensed by Martial God experts, but Ye Chen had condensed it while still in the Xiantian realm, enough to demonstrate his powerful, heaven-defying nature.
This was also one of the results of Ye Chen's five-month seclusion cultivation. Not only had he achieved the Human Yuan Golden Body, but his spiritual power had also completely transformed, condensing into a Primordial Spirit that sat cross-legged within the Mud Pill Palace between his eyebrows.
Usually, the Primordial Spirit remained hidden, but now it displayed astonishing might.
Ye Chen's expression was calm, but he attacked fiercely with his fists, not using any divine abilities or secret arts. Yet, with just such a punch, his flesh and blood took on a glazed golden color, with the force of billions of jun. It rumbled down as if a great mountain were crashing over. With a loud bang, the Tenth Checkpoint Master's body was smashed flying, a string of blood spurting out as he was knocked to the ground.
Looking down at the fallen Tenth Checkpoint Master, Ye Chen stood aloft in the air, coldly saying, "Tenth Checkpoint Master, even if you are a second-level expert of the Semi-Divine Dao Valley, I can still easily kill you now.
Arrogant! Domineering!
The crowd was shocked. Even though they felt Ye Chen's words were arrogant, it wasn't impossible. Because the Tenth Checkpoint Master was actually no match for Ye Chen, having been sent flying with blood spurting.
Was this really just an ordinary young Martial God? Clearly, he had the qualifications to claim kingship.
The Tenth Checkpoint Master's face alternated between green and white, looking extremely unpleasant. He never expected to fall at the opponent's hands. Moreover, this feeling of being looked down upon from above was truly terrible, making him feel deeply humiliated.
He immediately soared into the air again, standing aloft in the void, looking at Ye Chen.
"Kid, you forced me to do this. Now let me show you my true power."
The Tenth Checkpoint Master coldly shouted, his hands tracing a perfect circle, following extraordinary and profound trajectories. His arms suddenly erupted with divine radiance, and then a sun actually rose majestically, shining with ten thousand zhang of brilliant light, accompanied by endless waves of scorching high temperatures rolling forth.
Sun Seal!
Without a doubt, this was a powerful divine ability—tracing out a heavenly sun, blazing with Sun God flames, each strand blazing and intense. He pushed it toward Ye Chen.
This was a truly extraordinary divine ability, not an ordinary secret art.
The Tenth Checkpoint Master pushed the great sun forward. The entire sky seemed to tremble. Endless divine flames blotted out the sky and earth, submerging toward Ye Chen, intending to completely burn him to ashes.
"Sun Seal! Isn't that the peerless divine ability of the Tianqi Empire? So that's why this person is targeting Ye Chen."
Many trial-takers in the distance exclaimed in surprise. The Sun Seal was a peerless divine ability created by the supreme ancestor of the Tianqi Empire, its power astonishing. Legend said that when a Divine Spirit ancestor executed it, it was truly terrifying, capable of burning the heavens, incinerating the nine heavens. A single falling flame could turn a thousand li of mountains and rivers into scorched earth and desert.
At its highest realm, it could even directly replace the great sun in the sky.
Although the Tenth Checkpoint Master was far from being as endlessly terrifying as the legendary supreme Divine Spirit when executing it, one could still clearly feel the terror of this sun. Endless Dao Fire burned within, capable of incinerating dozens of li of vast mountains, burning down great peaks and massive ranges. It was a shocking divine combat technique.
It was clear that the Tenth Checkpoint Master came from the Tianqi Empire and knew that the death of the Eighth Checkpoint's Eighth Prince Yang Jun was because of Ye Chen. No wonder he had targeted Ye Chen earlier. So that was the reason.
This time, using the Sun Seal was deliberate, intending to kill Ye Chen.
The trial-takers couldn't help but worry for Ye Chen. Although he was strong, at most he had just stepped into the Martial God realm. He simply couldn't possibly withstand the Sun Seal.
"Sun Seal. It seems Elder Yang is also enraged. After all, an important prince of the imperial family was killed, and it was his nephew Yang Jun. Although Ye Chen is strong, he probably can't withstand the Sun Seal."
The Ninth and Eleventh Checkpoint Masters sneered coldly. Only the Twelfth Checkpoint Master furrowed her delicate brows. Although she also felt the terror of the Sun Seal, Ye Chen was too extraordinary. He might have a means of defense.
But Ye Chen sneered, "Sun Seal? Do you think only you know it?"
With a loud rumble, Ye Chen's hands also traced a perfect circle, brilliant and golden. A resplendent sun also appeared, spanning the sky, shining with ten thousand zhang of radiant light, dyeing the heavens a brilliant gold.
The world was shocked.