That was no ordinary Great Power, but an Imperial Son. Killing such an existence was truly too difficult.
Yet the Battle Saint King had done it more than once. Today's Imperial Son was already the third to be suppressed and slain.
He hadn't even asked for a name before directly obliterating him.
Brutal! Direct!
Dominant!
Not to mention the other ten super-powerful beings, even the Corpse-Devouring Insect Emperor and the Mountain Chicken widened their eyes, their mouths agape enough to swallow a fist.
Truly worthy of being someone who could defeat a half-step Divine King-level Imperial Son. Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Descendants of the same level were far from being his match.
Immediately, Ye Chen's icy gaze fell upon the others, and he spoke indifferently, "He has made his own choice. What about you?"
A threat!
An open and aboveboard threat!
The others could only smile bitterly in helplessness. What else could they do?
Would they truly rather die than submit?
Saying it was easy, but doing it was not so simple.
After all, they were all peerless talents, Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Descendants with limitless bright futures, and the others were also Divine King figures. Which one of them wasn't a supreme figure capable of commanding wind and rain across the universe? Who would be willing to die so easily?
However, having them all submit was also as uncomfortable as swallowing a dead mouse.
For a moment, their expressions were filled with hesitation.
"Battle Saint King, is there really no other choice?" The Immortal Dao Descendant who mastered the Dao of Thunderbolts spoke hesitantly, hoping for a third option beyond death and submission. This was also what the others hoped to see.
Having them submit, inheriting the proud bones of ancient Great Emperors and Supreme Immortals, was simply impossible. It was a disgrace.
Yet they also didn't want to die just like that.
They also wished they could control their Emperor Treasures, directly envelop their Divine Soul Little Persons, and fear no threat from the Battle Saint King. Then they could just have the Ancient Monarchs from their clans come to demand their release.
But the key point was that Emperor Treasures only ever provided passive protection, completely beyond their control. This was because their respective fathers hoped they would experience more hardships to grow stronger.
Ye Chen's gaze was profound, staring at them for a long time as if able to penetrate their very beings.
Truly unwilling to submit?
He didn't want that either. If he could subjugate these Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Descendants, he could indirectly control the Emperor Clans and Immortal Clans behind them. What a wonderful thing that would be.
Whoosh—
Ye Chen directly grabbed an Immortal Dao Descendant—precisely the one who mastered the Dao of Thunderbolts. Before he could react, he was swiftly drawn into Ye Chen's body, his five senses and six perceptions sealed, unable to see or hear anything.
Within his body, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body's eyes snapped open with a whoosh, releasing a peerless pressure that made the Immortal Dao Descendant feel a deathly crisis, his heart trembling. The Battle Saint King's body concealed a terrifying power unknown to others, far surpassing his main body by who knew how much.
He couldn't see or hear, only sense.
Boom—
Without a word, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body threw a punch at the Immortal Dao Descendant. His supremely powerful fleshly body instantly turned to dust, so utterly fragile.
The Divine Soul Little Person fell, Emperor Treasure light shining, about to envelop it.
However, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was faster, grabbing the Divine Soul Little Person in one hand. Emperor Dao origin released wisps of Supreme Emperor Might, making the Immortal Dao Descendant's Divine Soul Little Person tremble violently, feeling immense terror before being crushed outright.
"Submit to me!"
At the very moment the Immortal Dao Descendant's Divine Soul Little Person reformed, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body's hand still gripped it tightly. Using a Divine Soul enslavement divine ability, a Dao voice fell upon his Divine Soul, attempting enslavement.
The Immortal Dao Descendant's Divine Soul Little Person was in a weakened state, difficult to resist. Originating from the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, strands of Divine Soul power transformed into threads of light, silently following the many soul fragments, gradually invading the other's Divine Soul Little Person, beginning to condense a seed.
That was the Soul Seed. Once completely planted, it would represent truly successful enslavement of the Immortal Dao Descendant.
Threads of Divine Soul power gradually condensed the seed. Just as this Soul Seed was about to fully form, an ancient character suddenly appeared within the Immortal Dao Descendant's body, mysterious and profound, erupting with an unprecedented radiance—this radiance was Immortal Light.
The Immortal Light contained supreme, unparalleled majesty.
In a daze, this ancient character transformed into a supreme, peerless Supreme Immortal, overlooking the long river of time throughout the ages, lofty and inviolable.
The Supreme Immortal opened its eyes, coldly sweeping a glance at the condensing Soul Seed.
Pfft—
Like melting snow and ice, the Soul Seed Ye Chen was about to fully plant rapidly dissolved, turning into nothingness.
The Great Emperor Reincarnation Body grunted. The dissolution of the Soul Seed also caused the Chaos Saint Soul Little Person to suffer some backlash.
Simultaneously, the ancient character gradually faded, eventually disappearing completely.
His expression turned somewhat gloomy as he stared at this ancient character—an Immortal character. It was a measure left by the Supreme Immortal to prevent anyone from performing Divine Soul enslavement on his descendant.
With a hum, the Immortal Dao Descendant came to his senses. Upon understanding everything that had just happened, a chill ran down his spine, piercing straight to his Divine Soul Little Person.
If not for the contingency left by his father, the Supreme Immortal, he truly would have been successfully enslaved.
"What a pity!"
The Great Emperor Reincarnation Body sighed inwardly, flicking a finger lightly. The Immortal Dao Descendant's Divine Soul Little Person and fully reformed body were both ejected from Ye Chen's body, returning to the outside world, his face pale with shock.
He looked at Ye Chen, secretly alarmed that the Battle Saint King's methods were far more terrifying than they appeared on the surface.
Even he had nearly fallen victim due to carelessness.
Ye Chen then looked at the other Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Descendants, frowning slightly.
Without needing to think much, the others were likely the same. Their fathers probably also had contingencies to prevent others from enslaving their Divine Souls.
Had the submission plan failed?
Ye Chen was truly unwilling. He grabbed the other four one by one, testing them inside his body. All failed, instead causing Ye Chen's Divine Soul to suffer considerable backlash.
Fortunately, he was a Pill Refining Grandmaster-level existence with plenty of pills, including those for restoring the Divine Soul. Thus, he recovered before long.
However, the five Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Descendants all looked horrified, staring at Ye Chen as if he were a monster. Although they couldn't see or hear inside his body, they could fully sense that immense power.
The more they thought about it, the more a sense of awe grew within them for the Battle Saint King before them.
The other five Divine Kings witnessed all this. Although unclear about what exactly happened when the five Emperor Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Descendants were captured inside, seeing their expressions tinged with shock, they knew they had likely experienced something terrifying.
Immediately, Ye Chen looked at the five Divine Kings.
Since he couldn't enslave the five Emperor Sons and Daughters, what about the five Divine Kings?
They weren't Supreme Descendants. Although their cultivation was powerful, they couldn't possibly have Emperor or Immortal characters left by ancient Great Emperors or Supreme Immortals protecting their Divine Souls from enslavement.
Suddenly, a surge of fervor rose in Ye Chen's heart, his gaze becoming blazingly hot, as if looking at five peerless treasures.