"Seeking death!"
The Imperial Maiden sneered. This was her Dao Weapon, a bone spike formed from the hardest Dao Bone within her body. It had been tempered over countless years, refined with the flesh and blood essences and Dao Bones of numerous powerhouses, truly indestructible. Even a Battle Saint Body would find it hard to block, let alone the mere Half-Step Divine King before her.
Although she didn't know how he had appeared, that was clearly no reason for him to be able to stop the bone spike.
*Clang!*
However, in the next moment, the Imperial Maiden was dumbfounded. The bone spike had been blocked, stopped right in that hand. The supposedly indestructible spike couldn't even pierce the skin of that palm, being isolated outside as if it had struck Chaos Immortal Gold.
This scene was startling. The Imperial Maiden stared in shock at Ye Chen, who had abruptly appeared.
The other members of the Bone Demon imperial clan were also wide-eyed, staring dumbly at this turn of events.
"Senior Brother!" Qin Wushuang looked at Ye Chen before him, lowering his head slightly with some shame. "I have failed the invincibility of the Battle Saint lineage."
If not for his senior brother's appearance, he would have been unable to dodge that bone spike.
Ye Chen placed a hand on his shoulder, using the Saint Body Regeneration Art to regulate his blood and qi, helping him recover. He smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. It's true that the Battle Saint lineage is invincible within the same realm, but you're facing an Imperial Maiden, who is no weaker than you and even a minor realm higher. It's normal for her to be stronger. Moreover, you haven't fully stabilized in the Divine King Realm yet. When you step into the Second Tribulation Divine King level in the future, you will be stronger than her."
"Really?" Qin Wushuang's hope was kindled.
"Yes," Ye Chen nodded, giving him that hope.
Behind them, the Imperial Maiden seized the opportunity to strike again. The bone spike thrust out once more. She believed the first time might have been due to some fluke; there wouldn't be any other mistakes this time.
But Ye Chen reacted, striking with a Saint Fist that collided with the bone spike. *Clang!* They separated.
The Imperial Maiden's expression truly changed. "Your fist is actually undamaged? How did you do that?"
Ye Chen said, "My fleshly body is indestructible, so naturally I can. However, a sneak attack like this coming from an Imperial Maiden is indeed disappointing."
The Imperial Maiden snorted coldly. "The victor is king, the loser a bandit. What disappointment is there? As long as you die, that's the righteous path."
With that, she attacked Ye Chen again.
Ye Chen also nodded. "You're right. The victor is king, the loser a bandit. Nothing is unacceptable. In that case, let's surround and kill her."
"Good!"
Behind them, the Myriad Bone Forest had long been breached. Numerous Emperor Sons and Daughters and Strongest Young Supremes from the human side had descended, arriving behind Ye Chen and Qin Wushuang. They all erupted with their most terrifying auras, causing the Imperial Maiden's expression to change, and the Bone Demon imperial clan members behind her even more so. This was an incredibly powerful force.
"So many Emperor Sons and Daughters!?" The Imperial Maiden's heart shook. The human side's lineup was absurdly strong. Just the number of Emperor-level figures exceeded ten.
"Do you really think our human race is weak? Hah!"
Ye Cangqiong held a Divine Sword in each hand. The one in his right hand was imprinted with the sun, moon, and stars; the one in his left was a vast azure sky. They were none other than the Cang Tian Imperial Son's Heaven's Sword, which Ye Chen had gifted to Ye Cangqiong after slaying the Cang Tian Imperial Son.
With two Imperial Son Divine Swords in hand, Ye Cangqiong's aura was astonishing as he pointed them from afar at the Imperial Maiden.
"Bone Demon imperial clan, what a detestable smell."
On another side, Shen Rong also spoke up. Behind him, a terrifying phenomenon appeared, resembling an ancient Great Emperor standing atop the myriad Daos, his blood staining the heavens, with fallen supreme immortals beneath him, their immortal blood dyeing his Emperor's armor—a shocking sight.
Di Wushuang, Di Wuming, the Corpse-Devouring Insect Emperor, and others, though they didn't speak, released their auras, saying everything. They all locked onto the Imperial Maiden.
No matter how she thought, the Imperial Maiden never expected the humans to be hiding so many terrifying figures, each no weaker than her, with some even stronger. This time, she had truly run into a hard stone.
"Retreat!"
The Imperial Maiden's face turned ugly as she called for the other Bone Demon imperial clan members to immediately flee towards the horizon, for they truly couldn't contend.
"Kill!"
Ye Chen paid no heed, calling for the human powerhouses to attack together, directly targeting the Imperial Maiden. Since she had attacked sneakily first and was also an offspring of a Chaos Burial Ground Ancient Sovereign, the human powerholds had no sympathy whatsoever, joining in the bombardment.
"You're despicable!"
The Imperial Maiden shouted, her face contorted. At this moment, she couldn't care about the majesty of being an Imperial Maiden, because the bone armor on her body was torn by a claw, revealing a snowy-white radiance, making a certain long worm cry out, "Wow, I didn't expect the Bone Demon imperial clan's Imperial Maiden to actually grow flesh and blood. I thought it was just a transformation. Tsk tsk, quite sizable. Eyeballing it, one dragon claw probably can't cover it all."
The mountain chicken also chuckled. "Old lecherous worm, be careful. She's a bone demon, don't get ensnared."
"Damn, so she's still a bone demon! If that guy Will were here, he'd definitely 'three strikes the bone demon'!"
The two had no dignity as Strongest Young Supremes, crying out loudly, shaming the Imperial Maiden. But she was helpless, because a storm of attacks fell upon her without the slightest bit of mercy.
The fleshly body she had painstakingly grown only after reaching the Divine King Realm was torn apart, blood essence scattering. Even her hardest bone body was cracked, its light dazzling, a pitiful sight.
The Imperial Maiden screamed, her flesh rapidly reforming as she erupted with full power, sparing no cost. Her entire body bloomed with boundless light, with various Divine King Dao origins and intents continuously blossoming.
Among them, some even autonomously fused to become Divine King Spirits, equivalent to another Divine King attacking, as if transforming into the most real living beings—extremely powerful, their law Daos capable of tearing apart ordinary Divine Kings.
She, a single Imperial Maiden, charged out, simultaneously facing all the human Emperor Sons and Daughters, Strongest Young Supremes, and others, enduring a predicament no other Emperor Son, Daughter, Immortal Dao offspring, or Strongest Young Supreme had ever faced. Even Ye Chen back in the day had never confronted so many supreme Heaven's Prides at once.
*Boom!*
The battle was fierce, but there was no surprise. The Bone Demon Imperial Maiden was strong, but she couldn't possibly deal with so many human supreme Heaven's Prides simultaneously. After all, not everyone was Ye Chen. Even Ye Chen wouldn't dare guarantee he could confront so many at the Divine King Realm at the same time.
*Crack!*
That was the sound of the Imperial Maiden's flesh being continuously ground to dust. Probably even she never imagined there would be a day when she would be surrounded and killed by human powerhouses.
"Have the guts to fight one-on-one! I fear none of you!" the Imperial Maiden shouted, frantic. The other side was too shameless, ganging up on her.
"Young Ancestor!"
The other Bone Demon imperial clan members naturally couldn't just watch their Young Ancestor Imperial Maiden be humiliated. They all wanted to charge forward, but from the human side, suddenly, one supremely powerful figure after another rushed over.
Divine King Qinghuang, Divine King Tianya, and many other human Divine Kings stood before them, wantonly releasing their vast auras, causing the myriad mountains and valleys to tremble. Many divine and demonic phantom shadows shattered, unable to withstand it.
The Bone Demon imperial clan powerhouses all paled greatly. They were all Divine Kings, and dozens had appeared. What a terrifying lineup this was. Even at the peak of the entire Bone Demon imperial clan's strength, they probably hadn't produced so many Divine King powerhouses.