"Battle Saint King, you forced me into this!"
Hao Gongtian roared, his entire aura erupting in full force. His physique seemed to contain rounds of immortal light suns, the power of his Immortal Dao bloodline boiling within him as if a peerless supreme immortal lay dormant in his body. Boundless aura violently bloomed.
His withered body seemed to be nourished by sweet spring water, quickly becoming ruddy and full of vitality.
Under the impact of this powerful aura, even the surging Chaos Dao flames within the Chaos Great Cauldron were momentarily forced to retreat slightly.
Beneath the immortal light, a brilliant halo of immortal light formed, actually causing even the wispy strands of Chaos Source Fire to retreat briefly.
This small space-time trembled violently as Hao Gongtian roared, on the verge of breaking free from the spatial-temporal constraints of the small space-time.
At the same time, behind Hao Gongtian, a vast world phantom appeared—his origin inner world—resembling a boundless immortal realm, radiating extremely vast world origin power.
Whoosh—
From the depths of the origin inner world, a streak of immortal light shot forth, landing on Hao Gongtian. It was a suit of resplendent battle armor.
Faintly visible were streams of platinum light, unmistakably a peerless battle armor forged with sacred platinum. Donned upon him, it clanged sonorously, its entire body radiating infinite immortal radiance, making his already handsome and extraordinary self appear like an Immortal King, inviolable.
Crack—
The battle armor fully awakened, radiating immortal radiance, and also unleashed a powerful Divine King pressure that startled everyone. It was clearly a Divine King-level battle armor, and under the empowerment of an Immortal Dao Descendant like Hao Gongtian, it had awakened most completely.
Powerful Immortal Race Divine King power also flowed from the Divine King Immortal Armor back into Hao Gongtian's body, causing his aura to rapidly climb to a much higher level, actually reaching the ninth heaven of the Great Power realm, surpassing Ye Chen's late-stage eighth heaven.
Boom—
Hao Gongtian's aura shook the world. At the ninth heaven, he was considerably stronger than at the eighth heaven. Vast immortal essence circulated as he descended like an Immortal King. All his injuries were completely healed. Simultaneously, he unleashed a peerless immortal technique divine ability, amplified by the Divine King battle armor, his combat power soaring to an unimaginable level. He forcefully blasted open the lid of the Chaos Great Cauldron and appeared in the sky.
In the distant sky, Ye Chen, who was confronting the five alien race Emperor Sons and Daughters, changed expression. He clashed with the five alien race Emperor Sons and Daughters in a flash before swiftly retreating, a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
He looked at the Immortal Dao Descendant Hao Gongtian standing proudly in the air, his expression turning grave.
He never expected not only to fail in refining Hao Gongtian but also for the other to break through, posing a significant threat to him now.
Hao Gongtian looked down at Ye Chen from above and said coldly, "Battle Saint King, I must thank you for allowing me to break free from my restraints and ascend to the ninth heaven. Even the Mie Ri Immortal Armor left by my father has awakened. To thank you, I will now kill you!"
Hao Gongtian in his ninth heaven state was far stronger than his eighth heaven self from not long ago, especially with the amplification of the Divine King Immortal Armor.
"The Mie Ri Immortal Armor—the legends are true. Before the Sun-Shooting Immortal Venerable achieved immortality, he forged a set of Mie Ri Immortal Armor that accompanied him to the Divine King realm. Later, he obtained stronger Chaos Immortal Gold and refined a new set of Sun-Shooting Immortal Armor, using the Mie Ri Immortal Armor as its predecessor for reference."
"Although the Mie Ri Immortal Armor is only equivalent to a Divine King-level armor, it ultimately followed the Sun-Shooting Immortal Venerable for many years. Even after attaining the Dao and achieving immortality, he never abandoned it, keeping it by his side for years. It possesses a wisp of Immortal Dao aura and Immortal Dao origin from the Sun-Shooting Immortal Race, making it an immortal armor of the Divine King realm. Who would have thought it had long been bestowed upon his son, Hao Gongtian."
Many people marveled, having long heard of the Mie Ri Immortal Armor. That was the battle armor that accompanied the Sun-Shooting Immortal Venerable for many years. Even without being reforged, it was extraordinary enough, containing Immortal Dao aura within. Now appearing on Hao Gongtian, it was as if the father passed it to the son, recreating scenes from the past.
Hao Gongtian, clad in the Mie Ri Immortal Armor, resembled an Immortal King, surrounded by immortal essence.
In his hand, the Sun-Shooting Immortal Bow appeared. Streams of essence, energy, and spirit containing immortal essence continuously gushed forth, transforming into arrows—immortal arrows—that were shot one after another toward Ye Chen.
In the blink of an eye, the advantage between the two sides had completely reversed.
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly. Dealing with five alien race Emperor Sons and Daughters simultaneously was already problematic; he couldn't handle them for long. To his surprise, even Hao Gongtian, whom he planned to refine, had escaped and even achieved a breakthrough, donning his father's Mie Ri Immortal Armor from back then. It was nearly like a turtle shell; even Ye Chen had no way to deal with it.
Behind him, the Thousand-Handed Tathagata still existed, as if eternal and indestructible. A thousand palm techniques were unleashed, enveloping the nine heavens and ten earths, also blocking Hao Gongtian's immortal arrows one by one.
However, these immortal arrows contained extremely terrifying offensive power. Shot one after another, countless palms of the thousand hands were shattered one after another, turning into powder scattering across the sky.
Clearly, even the Thousand-Handed Tathagata could not completely withstand Hao Gongtian's onslaught.
Indeed, after Hao Gongtian advanced to the ninth heaven, he had become comprehensively stronger.
But this was not the limit. The Mie Ri Immortal Armor on his body radiated brilliant light, vast immortal majesty circulating.
Hao Gongtian lowered the Sun-Shooting Immortal Bow in his hand, then a war halberd appeared in his grasp, engraved with the sun, moon, and stars, depicting mountains and rivers for thousands of miles, and also inscribed with Immortal Dao runes. He strode forward like this, immortal essence hazy, as if transforming into a War God of the Immortal Realm. With a loud boom, this sky trembled violently.
Behind him, the five alien race Emperor Sons and Daughters followed, forming an extremely terrifying lineup. They charged toward Ye Chen like this, with Hao Gongtian at the lead. The six of them attacked, directly killing their way toward Ye Chen.
"Thousand-Handed Tathagata, Thousand-Handed Buddha, Thousand-Handed Pagoda!"
Ye Chen shouted loudly. Even facing such a dire situation, he remained fearless, pressing forward relentlessly. The Thousand-Handed Guanyin behind him now had fewer than three hundred palms left, but he unleashed all its terrifying palm imprints.
Space-Time Palm Imprint, Compassion Palm Imprint, Flower-Picking Palm Imprint, Pagoda Palm Imprint, Mountain-River Palm Imprint, Imperial Heaven Palm Imprint... and so on—all were fearsome palm imprints. Three hundred great hands, containing myriad profound changes, countless palm imprints blasted forth, colliding with the opponents in a series of booms.
Now, Ye Chen wanted to break this deadlock. He could not be killed by these people. He still chose to defy the heavens, not retreating but continuing to advance, to carve out an invincible reputation, to harvest a head among these few, to raise his prestige, to fight until these hostile Emperor Sons and Daughters and Immortal Dao Descendants changed expression!