At the same time, the Ancient Monarch who resembled a savage landed before Ye Chen with a whoosh. His eyes suddenly sharpened like blades as he stared at Ye Chen's Great Emperor Reincarnation Body before him, and he suddenly said, "Hmm? I sense a familiar aura on you."
Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. However, as he looked at the Ancient Monarch before him, he also felt a sense of déjà vu. Yet, he was certain this was their first meeting. So where did this faint sense of familiarity come from?
"Hahaha, though I don't know where this familiarity comes from, let's first see what you're made of."
The Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch let out a hearty laugh, his wild, disheveled hair spreading out and dancing wildly. He didn't swing his spiked club but instead threw a punch with his other fist directly at Ye Chen's Great Emperor Reincarnation Body. Without another word, he attacked.
Boom—
This punch seemed ordinary and unremarkable, devoid of any Sovereign-level Great Dao laws. Yet, the moment it was thrown, this stretch of heaven and earth immediately boiled and trembled as if unable to bear it, directly shattering.
Strong! Very strong! Incredibly strong!
Let alone facing it head-on, even being grazed by it would absolutely annihilate a Divine King-level existence.
This was the Supreme-level physical power of a Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch. Even with just physical strength, it was enough to contend with an Ancient Monarch.
Simultaneously, a vast, imposing force assailed their faces, locking onto the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, making it impossible to evade.
Momentum! An invincible momentum!
Ye Chen's expression shifted slightly, growing more solemn, yet he showed little fear. On the contrary, he swung his small fist to meet the attack, also carrying an invincible momentum.
Boom—
In an instant, the heavens collapsed and the earth shattered; everything descended into ruin.
Vast chasms appeared across the great plain, all due to the clash between the two, a testament to its ferocity.
"Gulp—"
On the Immortal Heavenly Pass, many people swallowed hard, watching the scene beyond the pass with some disbelief.
They were shocked by the Ancient Ancestor's power. With just physical strength, he possessed boundless might. A single punch could shake the All Heavens; they could see with their own eyes stars in the sky being shaken loose and falling, many even exploding, igniting the heavens and earth.
They had long heard of the Ancient Ancestor's prowess, recorded in ancient texts—the famous Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch who had shaken the world in the Primordial Times. Seeing him now, it was indeed true.
The ten Divine Kings on the city wall firmly believed that even if they joined forces and attacked with all their might, they probably wouldn't last more than two or three rounds.
If the Ancient Ancestor truly intended to kill them, he likely needed only one round.
Sovereign and Divine King—a difference of one character, yet worlds apart!
At the same time, they were also astonished by Ye Chen's fearsomeness, that he could actually fight the Ancient Ancestor to a standstill.
However, this was merely the beginning.
Ye Chen revealed a trace of surprise. He hadn't expected this Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch to be so powerful, actually able to withstand a punch from his Great Emperor Reincarnation Body.
The Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch shuddered all over, countless muscles across his body writhing as if True Dragons were awakening and moving. He was actually circulating the power through his limbs and bones to dissipate the force of the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body's punch. The void behind him directly vanished into nothingness, collapsing who knew how many tens of thousands of li of domain—truly terrifying.
He looked at Ye Chen with some shock, seemingly finding it hard to believe that the battle body he had painstakingly cultivated was actually slightly inferior to his opponent's. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to dissipate the force of the other's punch like this.
The tiger's mouth of his left fist that had thrown the punch was numb and even somewhat stinging.
He was, after all, a Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch, even daring to clash bare-handed with Sovereign Immortal Weapons. Yet now he was slightly inferior, at a disadvantage. It was truly somewhat unbelievable.
"Hahahahaha, worthy of a Body Refinement Path Ancient Monarch. Indeed impressive."
Ye Chen laughed heartily. Being able to fight an evenly matched opponent was also immensely satisfying. With a great laugh that echoed through the All Heavens, he took the initiative to attack, forming a fist seal. Like a seven-year-old boy, he actively pressed forward. The majestic Sovereign, standing one zhang and five tall, didn't dare be the least bit careless, focusing intently, yet also letting out a long laugh: "Good, come on!"
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
The two invincible powerhouses clashed. Even though it was just a contest of pure physical strength, it was still peerlessly terrifying. With every move, heaven and earth shook; in the blink of an eye, mountains and rivers were shattered by the thousands. The vast, desolate plain, already barren, now fell into absolute, great annihilation.
Countless enormous spatial rifts continuously spread out. The magnificent, boundless earth was covered with chasms, each easily stretching hundreds of thousands of li long.
If this weren't a desolate land, and if not for the Immortal Heavenly Pass standing on the other side, billions of living beings would have been slaughtered long ago.
Such an intense battle would make even Divine King-level figures tremble with fear from afar, their hearts quaking.
Ye Chen manipulated the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body to attack. Every move, every gesture, unleashed physical power capable of annihilating the heavens.
This was the Supreme-level, majestic physical power. Even if it was only one-seventh of the original, it could absolutely crush ordinary Ancient Monarchs. Even though the Ancient Monarch before him, who looked like a savage, was a Body Refinement Path Sovereign, he was no exception. In the duel, he actually found himself at a disadvantage. The void behind him, wherever he passed, fell into absolute annihilation, enveloping both sides in profound darkness.
The experts on the Immortal Heavenly Pass watched with hearts pounding, for they clearly understood just how powerful this Sovereign Ancient Ancestor's physical body was—if not peerless in the world, then nearly so.
Yet it was precisely such a Sovereign Ancient Ancestor who was being suppressed in his most proficient area. If this news spread, it would shake the entire Heavenly Pass Ancient Clan.
In fact, the Ancient Monarch's inner shock was even greater than theirs. He was astonished that his most proficient battle body was completely at a disadvantage. If that were all, it might be one thing, but in close-quarters combat, he also mastered numerous combat techniques that often achieved unexpectedly extraordinary effects—something a significant portion of cultivation experts found difficult to block. Yet, this little boy before him seemed to foresee everything, also extremely proficient in close-quarters combat, not inferior to him in the slightest.
Often, the moment he made a move, the other party already knew how to block it.
Body Refinement Path!
Without a doubt, the other party was also a peerless expert of the Body Refinement Path. His attainment in the Body Refinement Path was likely not inferior to his own, perhaps even surpassing it, because this little boy's physical body was superior to his.
However, what struck him as somewhat strange was that the other's physical power was extremely powerful, yet his divine soul showed a great, incongruous disparity, relatively very weak, at most comparable to a First Tribulation Divine King standard.
Such a powerful physical saint body, yet such a weak divine soul—it was very incongruous.