Boom! Boom! Boom!
Ye Chen faced off against Gong Shenxue.
One was the newly risen Chaos young Supreme One, the Battle Saint King. The other was a long-established Minor Overlord of the Ancient Path. Both were outstanding figures on the Ultimate Ancient Path, possessing unparalleled potential to become true Overlords. Their clash naturally drew immense attention as to who was stronger.
Soon, the two had exchanged dozens, even hundreds, of moves. Each strike was immensely powerful, containing destructive force sufficient to severely injure an ordinary Great Power, yet neither could gain the upper hand.
Ye Chen, in particular, wore a grave expression. Gong Shenxue's displayed strength was far greater than he had imagined, filling him with surprise and doubt.
Although Ye Chen was invincible in close combat, his opponent clearly knew this and deliberately maintained distance, maximizing the weakening of Ye Chen's close-quarters techniques and preventing him from gaining the previous advantage.
Moreover, while Ye Chen's Chaos dao techniques were the source of all paths, theoretically capable of destroying all other techniques and unifying all methods...
Gong Shenxue was truly no simple foe. He wielded profound immortal divine abilities, and that immortal light possessed characteristics similar to Chaos, capable of dissolving various attacks and making them difficult to completely eradicate. His minor cultivation realm was also no lower, if not higher, than Ye Chen's, making him hard to wear down. Even with his Chaos secret arts, Ye Chen could not gain much advantage.
"Very strong!"
Ye Chen looked gravely at Gong Shenxue. Setting aside the Nine Great Minor Overlords, this could be said to be the first time on the Ultimate Ancient Path he had encountered such a powerful opponent.
However, Ye Chen naturally felt no fear. On the contrary, his battle blood surged and boiled with fervor.
Boom!
In that instant, he commanded the Chaos Great Cauldron to descend, accompanied by boundless primordial Chaos Qi, smashing directly toward Gong Shenxue with immeasurable weight, as if it could crush the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
Yet, Gong Shenxue's fingers and palms shone brilliantly, strands of immortal light power flying out. A resplendent Great Dao Treasure Vessel soared into the sky, its entire body flowing with dazzling immortal light, colliding with the Chaos Great Cauldron.
Boom!
The cauldron and the treasure vessel collided, erupting in vast destructive light that nearly pierced through space-time, disturbing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Ye Chen's cauldron was undamaged, but so was his opponent's, which filled him with astonishment.
His Chaos Great Cauldron had always absorbed the imprints of numerous supreme Great Daos and the essence of peerless weapons, making it invincible among peers. He never expected to encounter such a formidable rival now. Clearly, his opponent's Great Dao artifact was extraordinary, its material surpassing the ordinary.
What puzzled many, however, was why the Battle Saint King did not unleash his forbidden divine ability, the World Creation Universe.
After all, everyone had witnessed the power of the World Creation Universe—it had shattered the Eighteen Stars Grand Formation. Its terror was unimaginable.
If that move were unleashed, even a top Minor Overlord like Gong Shenxue would likely be left crippled if not dead.
But they did not understand. Although Ye Chen had elevated his World Creation Fist into the World Creation Universe, unleashing it was not so easy. It was not yet truly perfected; it required a certain opportunity to be executed and placed an immense strain on the human body.
This was the flaw of the World Creation Universe—immensely powerful, yet potentially accompanied by severe aftereffects. He dared not use it lightly, reserving it only for true, desperate situations.
"Big Brother, we'll help you!"
At this moment, Gong Xuan and Gong Nanshan rushed over.
"Don't come!" Gong Shenxue, however, spoke gravely, ordering them to stay away.
"Too late!"
But Ye Chen's figure flickered. A stream of light shot out, identical to him—it was none other than his Chaos Supreme Body, finally making an appearance. It charged toward Gong Xuan and Gong Nanshan.
Gong Shenxue intended to stop it, but Ye Chen's Original Body was here, appearing even more domineering. Standing imposingly in the air, he threw punch after punch at Gong Shenxue, each fist immeasurably heavy, as if capable of annihilating the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, raining down incessantly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Punch after punch, each terrifyingly heavy, accompanied by potent primordial Chaos Qi and the birth of great world realms, smashed directly toward Gong Shenxue.
Gong Shenxue's expression changed slightly. He could fully sense the terrifying level of combat power emanating from Ye Chen. Even someone as powerful as him dared not underestimate it lightly.
Yet he was no ordinary individual either. Pushing his palms forward, he executed a supreme divine ability from the Primordial Immortal World. Immortal radiance accompanied him, holy light surged, possessing the momentum to be impervious to all methods and even destroy all paths. It was truly terrifying as he fought with Ye Chen.
"So strong!"
Everyone marveled. Both the Battle Saint King and Gong Shenxue were undoubtedly among the most outstanding prodigies and talents on the Ultimate Ancient Path, even surpassing many young Supreme Ones in strength—powerful to an excessive degree. In the blink of an eye, they had exchanged countless blows, yet with each strike, various divine lights and lightning flickered and vanished, shattering all space.
If an ordinary Great Power approached, even a top-tier Great Power of the fifth or sixth heaven would be no match.
For the combat power displayed by both had reached the level of super Great Powers of the seventh heaven.
Yet, no matter how powerful Gong Shenxue was, he could not stop Ye Chen's Chaos Supreme Body. It had now appeared, accompanied by potent primordial Chaos Qi, the worlds of the All Heavens manifesting, wrapped in the illusory Myriad Heavens and Worlds, charging toward Gong Xuan and Gong Nanshan.
Even Gong Shenxue could not stop it, for he was intercepted by Ye Chen's Original Body. How could he leave?
"This is bad!"
The two Minor Overlords' expressions changed drastically. They knew deeply the fearsomeness of the Battle Saint King. The two of them were likely no match. They hurriedly turned to flee.
"Want to escape? Too late!"
Accompanied by a cold voice, Ye Chen's Chaos Supreme Body took a single step, instantly traversing the vast sky as if piercing through the barriers of space-time, surpassing normalcy and reason. In the blink of an eye, it caught up, descending before the path of the fleeing duo. Boundless golden light surged and exploded, transforming into a heavenly pass that cut off their escape route.
This scene naturally caused both their expressions to change drastically. But at this point, aside from battle, there was no other path, for they simply could not match the other's speed.
"Don't worry too much. Although the Battle Saint King is powerful, this is just a Supreme Dao body. No matter how strong, it won't be that formidable." Gong Nanshan spoke up. After all, they were both Minor Overlords of the Ancient Path. Even facing a terrifyingly powerful opponent, he could steady himself.
"Second Brother is right. I refuse to believe the Battle Saint King's Dao body can be as monstrous as his Original Body!"
Gong Xuan also calmed down. A mere Dao body wanted to hunt down two Minor Overlords of the Ancient Path? Wishful thinking!