"An Ancient Monarch!"
"There actually exists an Ancient Monarch within this Mythical Ruins Land?"
The nine human imperial clans plus the Radiant Emperor Domain—the ten most powerful emperor clan-level forces—all changed color. Everyone aboard the ten imperial clan divine ships was thrown into panic.
The towering, heaven-supporting and earth-upholding phantom of the Ancient Monarch was difficult to truly see clearly, but its eyes seemed to contain the destruction and rebirth of entire great worlds, utterly terrifying. It looked down upon everything from on high, its boundless, infinite monarchial heavenly might wantonly blooming, causing this vast expanse of heaven and earth to instantly solidify.
Facing a genuine Ancient Monarch, even many human Divine Kings could not maintain their composure.
"Guxia, you shattered the token, summoning this Monarch so urgently. For what purpose?"
The appearing Ancient Monarch did not immediately attack the humans, but instead looked towards the old Divine King guarding the border pass.
Guxia was the old Divine King's name.
Old Divine King Guxia respectfully addressed the Ancient Monarch: "Reporting to Your Majesty, these beings all hail from the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain."
"Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain—"
Upon hearing this, the monarchial heavenly might within this stretch of heaven and earth instantly intensified countless times over. Rumble! This heaven and earth could no longer bear it, collapsing and shattering into nothingness.
"You've come again. You've come again! But this time, you will all die!"
The Ancient Monarch's eyes were filled with boundless hatred, a veritable torrent, causing the hearts and minds of all the human powerhouses to tremble violently. They did not understand why the other party harbored such intense hatred for them, these living beings from the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain.
But there was no time to ask. Because in the next moment, the Ancient Monarch made its move. With a deafening boom, the entire heaven and earth was directly blasted apart, shattered into nothingness. A vast, boundless destructive might swept across the sky and earth, crashing towards the ten human divine ships.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Aboard the ten human divine ships, the supremely powerful human Divine Kings naturally could not stand idly by and watch the Ancient Monarch attack wantonly. They all acted, erupting with numerous sky-piercing divine light pillars, accompanied by blazing Divine King laws, to resist it.
Boom!
Accompanied by a terrifying, earth-shattering roar, the ten human divine ships were all blasted away, flying at extreme speed towards the distant horizon.
"Go, quickly!"
The ten human divine ships tore through the void at breakneck speed, charging towards the utmost distance.
Facing an Ancient Monarch, even a dozen or so Divine King realm supreme powerhouses might not be enough. Just as facing a Divine King realm supreme powerhouse, a dozen or so Great Powers might not be enough either—it wasn't a matter of simple numbers to contend with.
"Trying to flee? Sinful beings of the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain, since you have all come, perish here."
The majestic monarch towering between heaven and earth roared, its voice shaking the heavens and earth. In its hand appeared a Great Destruction War Spear, ten thousand li long, wreathed in world-destroying, cataclysmic aura. With a cold snort, it aimed at the ten human divine ships and attacked simultaneously.
Although this Great Destruction War Spear was not a true Monarch Immortal Weapon, and even the arriving Ancient Monarch was not its Original Body but merely a projection, it still possessed unfathomable monarchial might. The Great Destruction War Spear also possessed destructive power absolutely superior to that of a Divine King.
Once it fell, even the human divine ships might not withstand it, being blasted apart alive.
"We will hold it off. You go!"
From each human divine ship, a Divine King stepped forth—ten Divine Kings in total. Together, they unleashed ten different Divine King secret arts, meeting the Great Destruction War Spear head-on and forcefully withstanding it.
This was also because the opponent was merely a projection. Otherwise, if the Monarch's Original Body personally appeared, everything would be a different story. A universe overlord was not so easily blocked.
It was just a pity that this time, entering the Mythical Ruins Land, none of them had brought a Monarch Immortal Weapon. They had all been left with their respective imperial clans for important uses, as a foundation to guard against the alien races secretly making a move.
They simply did not know that back in the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain, the alien races had long since launched a full-scale war against the human race, the flames of battle spreading, extremely brutal.
"You go first. We will hold the line here for now."
The ten human Divine Kings spoke. These were all the future hope of the human race; they absolutely could not come to harm no matter what. Moreover, they were Divine Kings. If they intended to leave, a mere Monarch projection could not truly keep them all.
Of this, they possessed absolute confidence.
"Very well. We must trouble the various Divine King seniors to hold it off for a moment."
Ye Chen and the others were naturally not stubborn fools. They immediately controlled the ten human divine ships to turn and leave, charging deep into the boundless forest lands in the opposite direction.
"Not a single one shall escape!"
The Ancient Monarch snorted coldly, once again brandishing the Great Destruction War Spear, pointing it from afar and blasting towards the rapidly retreating ten human divine ships.
Yet the ten human Divine Kings acted together. All manner of Divine King Dao laws erupted in full force, sweeping across the sky and earth, bombarding the Great Destruction War Spear and forcefully blocking it.
"We also need to leave quickly. Right now, it's only a Monarch Projection. Perhaps the Monarch's true body is rushing here at high speed. It is not wise to linger." The Ye Family's old Divine King was a wise individual, having lived for many tens of thousands of years, so his understanding was profound.
"Understood!"
The other human Divine Kings nodded.
In just a short moment, the ten human divine ships had traveled several million li, plunging into the extreme depths of the primeval forest. Not only had they returned to the area where they first descended, they had even gone beyond it, still rushing forward continuously.
Pursued by a Monarch, they needed to flee to a sufficiently distant place. Moreover, that Ancient Monarch seemed to harbor immense resentment towards them, these living beings who had descended from the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain, as if there were an irreconcilable blood feud, which left the entire group bewildered.
From the earlier conversation, living beings from the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain had descended before, triggering unimaginably great calamities.
It seemed all of this was because of that reason.
Boom!
A terrifying roar, even though separated by a full seven million li, could still be heard, originating from the border pass of the Mojie Empire they had left.
Not long after, ten Divine King figures streaked across the sky and appeared, descending upon the ten human divine ships. Each Divine King wore expressions tinged with a trace of exhaustion and pallor. Clearly, even though the opponent was only a Monarch Projection, it had still caused them to suffer considerable losses.
"Go!"
The human Divine Kings spoke. The ten human divine ships left without a moment's pause.
At the border pass of the Mojie Empire, Old Divine King Guxia watched the specks of starlight drifting in the heavens and earth, his expression extremely grim.
The Ancient Monarch's projection had been forcefully blasted apart, yet the ten Divine Kings had left safely.
Upon the border pass, the nine Great Powers also wore ugly expressions, though mixed with deep apprehension.
Boom!
Not long after, heavenly and earthly phenomena appeared. The true Ancient Monarch's Original Body descended. Its heavenly might far surpassed that of the projection by who knew how much. With the slightest movement, this heaven and earth seemed on the verge of complete collapse, ceasing to exist.
This supreme Ancient Monarch gazed coldly towards the depths of the primeval forest, speaking frigidly: "They do possess some skill, to actually shatter this Monarch's projection. But that's all. If facing this Monarch's true body now, all ten would have to stay."
Old Divine King Guxia's expression was somewhat unsightly. "Your Majesty, are we just letting them go like this?"
The Ancient Monarch shook its head, coldly stating: "It matters not. Once they enter that vast No-Man's Land, the outcome is already determined. Only ten deaths and no life remain."
The vast No-Man's Land was an absolute forbidden zone that even an Ancient Monarch feared immensely.
There, absolute evil resided. Who would dare enter?