With just two arrows, the Yang Clan's Divine King was slain. The power of this mysterious being riding a rotten old horse was evident.
Especially that massive black octagonal bow, seemingly forged from the skull of some peerless existence, was pitch black as ink and contained an extremely terrifying Curse power. When added to the bone arrows, it instantly increased their might by a large margin. Moreover, their speed was swift as lightning, incredibly fast. A generation's Divine King was unable to block much before his divine soul infant was pierced.
Even more fearsome was that Curse power. Even a Divine King seemed hard-pressed to withstand it. The Yang Clan's Divine King did not hold out for long before his flesh rotted away and he perished.
That rate of decay even surpassed that of the Great Power-level Heaven's Pride from the Moro Imperial Clan.
Clearly, the Curse power carried by the bone arrows far exceeded that in the gaze of that Moro Great Power-level Heaven's Pride. Even Divine Kings could not withstand it.
Within the Life Oasis, all the powerful figures changed expressions, including the Divine Kings from other imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and empires. Not a single one dared to remain calm. The strength of this mysterious, thoroughly rotten being before them was somewhat terrifyingly powerful.
The mysterious being still wore a zombie-like face, pale and bloodless with bluish-purple lips, its eyes hollow and lifeless. Yet, it gazed darkly at the other imperial clan, Immortal Clan, and empire experts, causing even those Divine King figures to feel a heart-palpitating tremor.
The Yang Clan's Imperial Son and other Heaven's Pride talents were filled with anger but dared not speak, brimming with apprehension.
The fall of a Divine King instantly weakened the Yang Clan's overall strength compared to other imperial and Immortal Clans.
Although the Yang Clan's Divine King had fallen, it was clear no one was willing to easily give up everything within the Life Oasis.
Especially Ye Chen, who was absolutely determined to obtain the Life Essence that might exist deep within the earth. Upon arriving at this Life Oasis, he immediately sensed an intense life aura continuously surging from the depths of the earth.
He was almost one hundred percent certain that Life Essence was hidden deep within the earth.
On the other side, the Life Imperial Son's perception of Life Essence aura was arguably the most acute. His handsome face showed genuine delight, as did the Life Imperial Clan's Divine King beside him, sensing an unimaginable Life Essence contained deep beneath the Life Oasis.
Even though masked by the surface Life Oasis, that extremely intense life aura could not escape the perception of their Life Imperial Clan members.
"Young Ancestor!"
The Life Imperial Clan's Divine King looked at their clan's Imperial Son.
"Wait for an opportunity to act, but do not let others know Life Essence exists deep within the earth," the Life Imperial Son transmitted secretly. Even an Imperial Son like him held a fervent desire at this moment.
Once he obtained this Life Essence, born from the endless corpses of God Demons, there was a high probability it could directly elevate him to the Divine King realm.
Reaching that step, he would also stand out among the many Imperial Sons, Imperial Daughters, and Immortal scions, becoming a Divine King-level Imperial Son on par with Di Wentian, Mo Shitian, Yuan Yang Divine King, Yu Qing, and others. His hopes for competing for the "Supreme" immortal fate in the future would be greater.
Naturally, the Life Essence deep within the earth must not be revealed to outsiders under any circumstances. It was a priceless treasure surpassing the entire Life Oasis. Once known, everyone would abandon it and instead compete for the Life Essence.
However, before seizing the Life Essence, the Life Imperial Son naturally would not reveal his knowledge, pretending ignorance.
He simply did not realize that Ye Chen on the other side also knew of the Life Essence's existence deep within the earth, harboring his own designs.
"Attack, kill this person!"
The many imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings had already begun to act.
In an instant, almost all Divine Kings simultaneously attacked this mysterious being who had slain the Yang Clan's Divine King. But to avoid affecting the Life Oasis, beams of light shot through the sky, blasting towards it.
Facing these beams, the mysterious being riding the rotten old horse also seemed quite wary, dodging sideways.
Because those beams were not ordinary law attacks but the more terrifying Great Dao Origin attacks of Divine Kings, condensing their entire Divine King Great Dao Origin into beam form—more restrained, yet countless times more fearsome. Even other Divine Kings dared not easily face such sharp Great Dao Origin attacks head-on.
Where the Origin Great Dao passed through the void, everything silently turned to ash, ceasing to exist, the void utterly annihilated.
The neat rows of black void scars were heart-stopping, not daring to look directly at them.
The mysterious being riding the rotten old horse, its tattered armor clattering, pulled the black octagonal giant bow to a full moon. Bone arrows appeared in its hands one after another as it continuously drew and shot, each arrow a black bone arrow carrying eerie Curse power. Moreover, each shot was accompanied by the roars of God Demons, shaking heaven and earth, a shocking sight.
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
The imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings dared not collide head-on with those black bone arrows, having truly witnessed their terrifying power. Even Divine King Dao weapons could be shattered—what couldn't they do?
Clearly, the mysterious being's strength far surpassed ordinary Divine Kings.
On the side of the Bright Emperor Domain, the five Divine Kings only made perfunctory moves because the Tongtian Old Divine King secretly warned the others that this mysterious being's strength was transcendent, at least equivalent to a supreme Divine King who had undergone six Divine King Tribulations or more.
Do not engage it head-on lightly.
Taking advantage of the Divine Kings dealing with the mysterious being, Ye Chen, Yu Qing, and others acted, seizing the many rare treasures on the Life Oasis.
Secretly, Ye Chen's figure flickered slightly. Unnoticed, a faint, almost negligible glimmer of light appeared on him and then vanished into the depths of the earth.
That was Ye Chen's true body. What remained on the surface was merely his Chaos Supreme Body. His true body had penetrated deep into the earth.
But upon entering the earth, he immediately felt a terrifying force squeezing from all sides, as if to crush him into pulp. The sharp, piercing roars of countless God Demons also continuously resounded.
This was the God Demon burial ground. Every inch of soil beneath the Life Oasis was stained with the flesh and blood of these God Demons. It was not ordinary earth; penetrating deep was difficult.
Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body trembled, emitting blazing Chaos light.
Simultaneously, his brow blossomed with a terrifying martial will—an invincible will combining the Battle Saint lineage and the Chaos Great Dao, peerless and unmatched. Within him, a miniature Chaos universe flickered in and out, making him seem like an Epoch Lord. Several ancient Great Emperor scriptures resonated, threads of Emperor's might adding to his body. Immediately, the roars of the myriad God Demons weakened, even retreating with reverence.
These were the residual wills of the God Demons, not truly conscious living beings. They recognized Ye Chen's fearsomeness, understood reverence, almost as if wanting to submit.
In a flash, Ye Chen felt the pressure transmitted from the earth weaken many times over.
At the same time, within his divine sense, he could sense that a thousand zhang deep beneath the Life Oasis, within the dark earth of God Demon flesh and blood, there was a mass like a sun illuminating the infinite starry sky, constantly emitting an intense life aura.
It was about ten zhang in diameter, not particularly large, but that life aura was something Ye Chen had rarely encountered in his life, indescribably intense.
"Life Essence!"
Ye Chen murmured softly, his eyes shooting out extremely blazing gazes like heavenly swords.
The Great Emperor reincarnation body within his miniature Chaos universe also awakened, staring unblinkingly at this ten-zhang-diameter Life Essence. It could absolutely heal all injuries of the Great Emperor reincarnation body.
Swish—
He shot towards it like a streak of lightning, unimaginably fast, cutting through the air. The Chaos ancient qi on his body spontaneously ignited into Chaos Dao flames, burning away all tangible and intangible obstacles as he charged towards the Life Essence.
However, this seemingly less-than-a-thousand-zhang distance, even through earth formed from God Demon flesh and blood difficult to traverse like lightning, was merely a few breaths for Ye Chen. Yet, as if sensing his arrival, a terrifying fluctuation suddenly appeared at the location of the Life Essence.
Clang!—
At this moment, Ye Chen saw that around the Life Essence, there were also seven stone statues, arranged according to the eight trigrams positions. But one direction was missing a statue, leaving behind a pile of broken stone fragments.
Seeing this, Ye Chen's heart trembled slightly, as if understanding something.
But before he could truly verify it, the stone statue facing his direction awakened.
The stone statue cracked and crumbled, countless stone skin fragments falling like rain. Then, from within the statue, a figure emerged.
It was a being with the body of a divine ape, carrying a tortoise shell covered in ferocious barbs. However, like the mysterious being on the Life Oasis, it was tattered and somewhat rotten, its shell mostly cracked, the flesh above its mouth gone, leaving only a hollow skull.
Flickering, ghostly green flames glowed in its eye sockets.
The entire being appeared sinister and terrifying. Yet, the ghost ape carrying the broken tortoise shell looked sinisterly at Ye Chen. With two swishing sounds, two streaks of dark light shot towards Ye Chen.
Curse Gaze!
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly. Not long ago, a Great Power-level Heaven's Pride had fallen under such a Curse Gaze. Moreover, he clearly sensed that this tortoise-shell ghost ape before him was not necessarily weaker than the mysterious being riding the rotten old horse.
Swish—
Almost simultaneously, Ye Chen dodged sideways. But that gaze was too fast, still grazing the edge of his shoulder. Patches of Chaos Dao flames were corroded, nearly piercing his body, making his heart race.
Yet this was not truly over. At this moment, the ghost ape carrying the tattered tortoise shell stood up tall, about one zhang in height, appearing burly. It grabbed a broken half-stone staff in its hand and swung it fiercely.
Boom!—
In the blink of an eye, that half-stone staff transformed into thousands of sky-pillar-like giant columns, actually filling every inch of space deep within the earth, comprehensively pressing down on Ye Chen.
An intense sense of crisis surged in Ye Chen's heart. He felt that taking a hit from that staff would result in a fatal outcome even for an ordinary Divine King!