"Divine King of Radiance, Zhao Chen, Human Emperor's Son, Yuan Yao Divine King, please leave immediately. Take the younger generation of the human race and depart. We can hold them off for a while, buying you some time."
Suddenly, a Divine King spoke. He was Di Lan, an imperial clan Divine King of the Tai Sheng Imperial Clan, immensely powerful, having reached the level of a Fifth Tribulation super Divine King. Among Divine Kings, he was a top-tier powerhouse.
He was an imposing figure, appearing as a stern middle-aged man, a Divine General, one of the commanders of the human army. He had fought in the Mythical Era but was sealed away, later emerging in this era alongside Di Wuming and Di Wushuang.
"Senior Di Lan!"
The four strongest young Supreme Ones were startled, all expressing unwillingness to leave, vowing to fight for the human race to the end. They were all members of the human race; how could they simply leave like this? It was unthinkable.
"Now is not the time for this. Although you are all powerful, at the very least comparable to an old fellow like me, I hope you understand that you are the group with the greatest potential among humanity, the ones with the hope of leading the human race to rise again. You cannot fall here." Di Lan said, his tone carrying a hint of pleading.
"In the future, if you truly rise, our human race will surely have a day of resurgence. So, I implore you not to act on impulse. Return to the Imperial Clan Ancient Realm immediately. There, ships for departure are prepared, with teleportation arrays leading beyond the Ancestral God Pass, to that mysterious Primordial Ancient Domain. Only there is the one place you can survive."
The four fell silent, clenching their fists. Even someone as mysteriously transcendent as Yuan Yao Divine King had nothing to say at this moment.
Because Di Lan was right. They were humanity's hope, possessing the greatest potential. If they were gone, it meant everything was lost.
"Agreed!"
The four responded. Although it was only a short distance, it was equally arduous, for this departure represented leaving with shame and witnessing the final destruction of the human race.
"Humans, come and die!"
At this moment, Qishi Shenwang was the first to arrive, soaring through the air. He was immensely powerful. Although he had cultivated for over a thousand years, he still appeared very young, like someone in his early twenties. His hair was jet-black and lustrous, his blood energy as vast as an ocean. He was a generation's Supreme Heavenly Pride, wielding a war spear and riding a fearsome Beast King as he charged across the firmament.
"I'll block him!"
Whoosh—
Di Lan shot into the sky, his divine might erupting. He too wielded a war spear, meeting Qishi Shenwang.
Both were Fifth Tribulation Divine Kings, elites among Divine Kings, and commanders of their respective armies!
"Scram!"
Qishi Shenwang's divine might was like a prison. Although he was at the same realm as Di Lan, he was a true Supreme Heavenly Pride. Even if he was a flawed Supreme Heavenly Pride—not having perfected every major realm—he was still terrifying, far surpassing Di Lan.
He rode the Beast King, trampling the firmament, shattering the void. In the collision, his war spear swept out fiercely.
Boom—
Di Lan's figure was sent flying, knocked back.
In a single exchange, Qishi Shenwang had blasted away Di Lan, a Fifth Tribulation Divine King, showcasing absolutely formidable Divine King combat power.
Especially since he was a Fifth Tribulation Divine King, a high-level young Supreme One who had reached the tenth heaven in the Divine Transformation Realm, making him even more powerful, nearly comparable to a super Divine King who had passed seven Divine King Tribulations. Although Di Lan was strong and at the same realm, in a real battle, he was far from Qishi Shenwang's match.
Pfft—
Di Lan spat blood, his entire body sent flying.
"Though we are both Fifth Tribulation Divine Kings, in my eyes, you are nothing but a clay chicken or a pottery dog, not worth a single blow!"
Qishi Shenwang looked down from above, riding the Beast King as he flashed past like lightning. Wielding his fearsome war spear, he pierced through Divine King Di Lan, lifting him up. The terrifying Divine King killing intent on the spear erupted fiercely.
Di Lan let out a scream. Even his Divine King Body, which had endured multiple Divine King Tribulations and was supposed to be indestructible, could not withstand it. Like porcelain, numerous cracks appeared, crisscrossing his Divine King Body.
Finally, after a moment, it could no longer hold. With a deafening boom, it shattered into pieces. A powerful blood radiance swept across the vast battlefield between the two armies.
This scene was shocking. Qishi Shenwang was too powerful, displaying combat strength far surpassing his peers. A Fifth Tribulation Divine King was actually so utterly weak, shattered into pieces after just a few exchanges, his body exploding.
Qishi Shenwang emerged bathed in Divine King blood, the armor on his body emitting a metallic golden light, making him appear like a golden war god, so arrogant and peerless as he stood in the starry void, looking down upon the human powerhouses on the Human Pass Fortress.
At the same time, everyone saw Di Lan's Divine King Body explode, but his divine soul did not. It was still pierced by Qishi Shenwang's Divine King spear, lifted high, unable to break free.
That fearsome war spear even emitted wisps of pitch-black demonic flames that slowly rose, enveloping Di Lan's divine soul, sizzling as they burned.
"Ah—"
Di Lan's divine soul let out a shrill scream. That kind of demonic flame burned the divine soul, causing unimaginably terrifying pain.
The various forces in the distant sky felt a chill in their hearts. This Qishi Shenwang was truly ruthless. He didn't kill Di Lan directly but tortured him like this.
"Senior Di Lan!"
On the Human Pass Fortress, the human powerhouses were furious. Even the most transcendent among the four strongest young Supreme Ones, Zhao Chen and Yuan Yao Divine King, rarely had killing intent blazing in their eyes.
Qishi Shenwang was too despicable. Not only had he shattered Di Lan's Divine King Body, but now he had also lifted his divine soul, burning it with Dao flames. This kind of pain was far more agonizing and evil than any attack. Ordinary people wouldn't dare do such a thing; it was a demonic method.
They desperately wanted to charge out to rescue Di Lan, but Di Lan, enduring the pain of his divine soul being burned, still shouted, "Don't come out! Don't forget what I told you!"
"Ah—"
Wei'er roared, his eyes seeming to crack. The other three were also filled with rage, unable to remain calm.
"Don't dare to come out and fight? Since that's the case, I can only let you die!"
Qishi Shenwang said coldly. With a shake of his war spear, the pitch-black divine flames on Di Lan's divine soul burned even more terrifyingly, instantly completely engulfing it. Di Lan was about to perish.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, a sound of something cutting through the air came, tearing across the firmament.
Immediately after, a chaotic light was seen descending from the sky, landing on Di Lan's divine soul.
Clearly visible, the boiling black flames, under the chaotic light, were rapidly annihilated at an astonishing speed. Moreover, they enveloped Di Lan's remnant divine soul, and with a whoosh, it disappeared.
"Who is it!?"
Qishi Shenwang was suddenly startled. Someone had actually broken his Soul-Burning Demonic Flames? Who could it be?
Then he snorted coldly, sneering at Di Lan's divine soul wrapped in chaotic light. "No matter who you are, no one can stop me from killing today!"
Boom—
He fiercely hurled the Divine King spear in his hand, imbued with terrifying demonic flame power. Wherever it passed, the void seemed as fragile as paper, split in two. With a tearing sound, a clearly visible spatial scar appeared as it shot like lightning toward Di Lan's divine soul.
This spear contained Qishi Shenwang's peerless power. Even a Sixth Tribulation Divine King here would be pierced and killed by this spear, unable to block it.
"You are not qualified to kill in front of me!"
A clear, cold voice suddenly resounded between heaven and earth.
The voice seemed to come from a very distant place, rolling in.
But at the same time, there was an extremely loud sonic boom. This sound, initially so faint, later grew at an astonishingly rapid pace.
In the end, it transformed into a terrifying roar that shook the nine heavens and ten earths, like the roar of heavenly punishment. The rumbling sound echoed throughout the entire world, and even the void seemed unable to withstand it, collapsing with a crash.
"Such a terrifying power of sound! Just the sound alone can produce such might. What kind of supreme being is coming?"
The forces of the various heavens in the distant sky were shocked.
But almost at the moment the sound transformed into a sky-filling roar, they all nearly saw a faint trace.
It was called faint only because this trace was too fast—so fast that even powerful forces like theirs, which often had Divine King ancestors presiding, couldn't see it clearly. Great powers couldn't see it at all; only Divine King ancestors could barely make out that faint trace, feeling some shock.
Even Divine Kings like them could hardly see it. What kind of speed could achieve this?
At the same time, Qishi Shenwang's war spear had already sliced through the air, arriving before Di Lan's divine soul, less than a zhang away. At such a distance, not even an instant was needed; it was a hair's breadth from piercing Di Lan's final divine soul.
The destructive power attached to the war spear was terrifying enough to easily completely annihilate Di Lan's last divine soul.
On the Human Pass Fortress, Wei'er and the others had their divine power boiling, ready to charge out of the fortress and take action. But at that moment, Yuan Yao Divine King suddenly said, "Wait! Someone is coming!"
"Who?"
"An acquaintance. A long-lost acquaintance!" For the first time, Yuan Yao Divine King revealed a faint smile, quite charming.
Whoosh—
At the critical moment, that faint trace had already arrived later but first before Di Lan's divine soul, finally transforming into a figure. However, his true appearance couldn't be seen clearly. Only endless layers of chaotic mist poured down, submerging his figure and concealing his true appearance, as if he were a deity born from the chaos of creation.
"Seeking death!"
Qishi Shenwang sneered. That was his ultimate strike; how could it be so simple? Even a Sixth Tribulation Divine King here would likely be killed by this spear. Even if the other party was fast, at such a distance, it was impossible to avoid; the only outcome was being pierced and killed.
At this moment, under the watchful eyes of all, the mysterious figure shrouded in chaotic mist slowly reached out a hand.
It seemed slow, but in reality, it was just an illusion.
Because that slender-looking hand had already appeared before the war spear. Under countless gazes, it gently grasped the Divine King war spear.
"I said, you are not qualified to kill in front of me!"
The faint voice suddenly exploded like heavenly thunder across the world!