Ahead lay the Central Imperial Court, majestic as an abyss and towering as a mountain range, even more grand and imposing than the peaks themselves. Visions of true dragons soaring through the skies and phoenixes spreading their wings manifested here.
More importantly, this place stored the vast, boundless Faith Power accumulated over endless ages by the entire Xialuo Empire, located within an inner world inside the Central Imperial Court.
Occasionally, when it boiled over, it would produce terrifying scenes of heaven collapsing and earth splitting, scattering the clouds and shaking the heavens. One could imagine it was not inferior to true divine power.
Here, numerous Divine Kings from imperial clans and Immortal Clans stood guard, precisely to prevent the Xialuo Monarch from reclaiming this infinite Faith Power.
It was precisely for this reason that Ye Chen's method of escape was this Central Imperial Court.
Behind them, sixteen alien race Divine Kings descended, followed by numerous Emperor Sons and Daughters, looking coldly at Ye Chen and the others who had stopped moving. "Why have you stopped running? Weren't you running very fast just now?"
Ye Chen turned around, looking indifferently at them all, then pointed toward the Central Imperial Court. He gazed coldly at the alien race Divine Kings. "You must retreat immediately and not approach. Otherwise, don't blame me for taking action and destroying these layered seals, allowing the Faith Power to break free and be grasped by the Xialuo Monarch in the imperial capital. I believe this is not a scene you wish to see."
However, the alien race showed no fear at all, continuing to press forward. They even sneered, "Battle Saint King, although you are strong, comparable to a Divine King, do you really think you can break the seals left by the joint efforts of many Divine Kings? That's just wishful thinking. One shouldn't be too arrogant."
"Is that so?"
Ye Chen, however, sneered and threw a punch toward the Central Imperial Court. Within his fist was contained an extremely pure Cosmic Power.
This scene was watched with leisure by both the alien race and the other imperial clan and Immortal Clan experts. They did not believe that a mere Battle Saint King, who wasn't even a Divine King, could destroy it. Even a super Divine King as profound as the Heaven-Penetrating Divine King could not break the seals jointly left by many Divine Kings.
Even the alien race Divine Kings and Emperor Sons and Daughters watched with a trace of mocking sneer, waiting to see how this self-righteous Battle Saint King would make a fool of himself.
However, when they saw the similarly mocking smile on Ye Chen's lips, for some reason, their hearts suddenly skipped a beat, always harboring a not-so-good premonition.
Boom—
When Ye Chen's fist landed, the entire Central Imperial Court immediately trembled violently. The great seal jointly cast by a full forty-nine Divine Kings actually shook intensely at once, startling everyone present.
This was a Divine King seal, jointly sealed by numerous Divine Kings, considered unbreakable. Yet now, it had been shaken by someone with at most the combat power of a One Tribulation God King. It was simply unbelievable.
Ye Chen sneered. Cosmic Power was the most powerful force, even surpassing the fundamental might of the Emperor Realm. It could break through everything. Although he did not possess much Cosmic Power, concentrating it at a single point could still unleash sufficiently astonishing power.
Moreover, his fist was wrapped in chaos dao techniques. Chaos could dissolve everything. No matter how stable the Divine King seal was, it would still be partially dissolved by the chaos dao techniques. Then, attacking with Cosmic Power naturally achieved twice the result with half the effort.
"Impossible!"
Many people refused to believe this, especially the Divine King figures. The Battle Saint King had actually shaken the great seal of the Divine Kings. It was simply somewhat inconceivable.
Yet the facts were before their eyes.
Ye Chen's fist struck again, and the Divine King great seal trembled violently once more. Even at the point of impact, a fist imprint appeared. It wasn't very deep, but cracks spread around the imprint.
This scene was truly shocking.
The Battle Saint King really might be able to blast open the Divine King great seal!
"Right now, I've only used thirty percent of my strength. If I used one hundred percent, do you think I could break the seal?" Ye Chen sneered repeatedly as he looked at the numerous alien race Divine Kings and Emperor Sons and Daughters.
Gulp—
Many couldn't help but swallow hard. With just thirty percent strength, he had reached this point. With one hundred percent strength, he really might completely blast open the Divine King great seal.
Although many felt the Battle Saint King might just be exaggerating, it was better to be safe than sorry. If he really blasted open the Divine King great seal, the Xialuo Monarch, possessing the vast Faith Power, would wield supreme power not inferior to that of an Ancient Monarch. For anyone, this was an undesirable scene.
Ye Chen sneered as he looked at the numerous alien race Divine Kings and Emperor Sons and Daughters, with a mocking sneer. "So now, do you still want to attack me?"
"Hmph, Battle Saint King, you're just exaggerating. You can't possibly blast open the Divine King great seal. Attack and kill this brat, solve all the trouble."
The alien race Divine Kings naturally refused to believe it and were about to step forward. However, the other imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings stepped forward to stop them.
Better safe than sorry!
"You—"
The expressions of the alien race Divine Kings all turned gloomy.
"Fellow Daoists, please calm down. The seal must not be broken," the numerous imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings spoke up to persuade them. Among them, someone said, "We ask the alien race Fellow Daoists to consider the bigger picture. If the Divine King great seal is broken, this Faith Power will be like a dragon entering the sea. The consequences are unimaginable."
The alien race's Moluo Imperial Clan Divine King snorted coldly. "But the Battle Saint King cannot be let off either. He killed Dark Dragon."
"Divine King Dark Dragon was killed?"
"The Battle Saint King killed another alien race Divine King?"
Hearing this, the numerous Divine Kings and talented prodigies from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans were greatly shocked. They hadn't expected this Battle Saint King to be so bold, actually slaying another alien race Divine King at this critical moment.
Ye Chen sneered. "You alien race ambushed me. Am I not allowed to fight back? If you want to blame someone, you can only blame your so-called alien race Divine Kings for being too weak. For Divine Kings, they're really pathetic."
"Hmph, slandering our realm's universe's imperial clan Divine Kings for ambushing you is truly nonsense. In a real battle, how could you be a match for our realm's universe's imperial clan Divine Kings? Even a One Tribulation God King could crush you a thousand times over," other alien race Divine Kings also spoke stubbornly.
"Very well. Since you say so, then send out a One Tribulation God King. I will fight him, determining victory or defeat with life on the line," Ye Chen stated bluntly.
The alien race Divine Kings, however, all turned gloomy. In their hearts, they were only slandering Ye Chen, but they knew very well what kind of combat power the other party truly possessed. How dare they send someone to fight?
Ye Chen sneered incessantly. "You shout about me ambushing you, but now I openly challenge you, and you don't dare. I must say, you alien race are really asking for it. I'll give you one word—scram!"
The alien race wanted to retort, but at that moment, with a deafening boom, heaven fiercely collapsed and earth split, and an extremely vast pressure erupted.
The barrier far in the distance trembled incessantly, faintly revealing the projections of three Sovereigns as tall as the heavens.
The other nine great empires had finally discovered the anomaly in the Xialuo Empire!