"All the myriad Daos, all the myriad things, all the myriad spirits that exist in this world—none cannot be deduced! The Eight Phases Deduction Art deduces all Heavenly Secrets under heaven!"
Heaven-Gazing Divine Master shouted, tossing the White Tortoise Shell into the air. He formed hand seals with both hands, sending out streams of mysterious light that continuously poured into the White Tortoise Shell tumbling in the void.
*Buzz—*
The spinning White Tortoise Shell resonated with the Fate Compass above his head. Streams of Heavenly Secrets were continuously discerned. Even though wisps of chaotic mist constantly appeared here, they still could not completely block it.
The projected light screen finally began to gradually clear up. The figure of the Battle Saint King became increasingly distinct, and the surroundings became visible.
Far away, countless tens of thousands of li away, Ye Chen felt the sensation of being monitored slowly recede somewhat, only to suddenly intensify many times over, as if a giant eye of the Heavenly Dao was directly above him, looking down from a commanding height.
"Such a powerful deduction technique. Even using the Chaos Dao Method to conceal myself cannot completely block the deduction. Who exactly is the other party? They're probably comparable to Heaven's Secrets Master."
Ye Chen's expression darkened slightly. He tried other methods to block the deduction of Heavenly Secrets, but still couldn't do it. The other party's attainment in the Dao of Deduction was extremely high, high to a degree somewhat beyond imagination.
Not long after, Ye Chen sensed the auras of the nine Quasi-Monarchs getting very close to him. No matter how he changed direction, they knew his exact location, steadily following him.
If not for his certain advantage in speed, mastering the Boundary-Traversing Secret Art, a peerless movement technique under heaven, he would definitely have been caught up with.
But soon, half a day later, three Quasi-Monarchs appeared ahead of him. They were three other Quasi-Monarchs, distinct from the nine pursuing ones, who had obtained useful information and intercepted him ahead.
"Damn it."
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly. He immediately changed direction, fleeing at extreme speed towards the west.
However, he still couldn't effectively shake off these pursuing Quasi-Monarchs; they remained steadily on his tail.
Two hours later, two more Quasi-Monarchs appeared, intercepting him several million li ahead.
A distance of several million li was not at all far for Quasi-Monarchs; it could be crossed without spending much time.
This time, Ye Chen did not change direction. Instead, he charged straight towards the two Quasi-Monarchs, because he knew that changing direction again would only lead to other Quasi-Monarchs intercepting him, and not just one.
Knowing that the Primordial Demon Blood Monarch had been slain by him, these Quasi-Monarchs were very cautious, aware of his approximate strength—comparable to a Mid Stage Quasi-Monarch and sufficiently monstrous.
Soon, in the process of both sides rapidly traversing the sky, they saw each other from afar in just a short moment, less than ten thousand li apart.
A battle at the Quasi-Monarch level erupted directly.
One Mid Stage Quasi-Monarch, one Peak Early Stage Quasi-Monarch—these were the two intercepting Quasi-Monarchs.
Cold lightning flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. Without a word, he split into two, directly manifesting the Chaos Divine King Spirit, fiercely battling the two Quasi-Monarchs. But his main purpose was more to break away from them.
The battle was intense, but also ended quickly.
Ye Chen did not seek to defeat them, only to escape. With his certain advantage in speed, faster than ordinary Quasi-Monarchs, after less than ten exchanges, he successfully broke away from the two Quasi-Monarchs and soared into the sky to leave.
The expressions of the two Quasi-Monarchs were ugly. This time, they didn't seek to completely defeat the Battle Saint King; their goal was simple—just to slightly delay him, waiting for the other Quasi-Monarchs to catch up. But the Battle Saint King was very cunning and not intent on fighting; he fled immediately after just engaging!
"He's cunning enough. Knowing he would be intercepted, he just ran away directly," one of them said with a gloomy expression.
"Battle Saint King, you flee as soon as you engage in battle. They say you are forceful and domineering, fearing nothing, but now you actually run away, damaging your invincible reputation!"
Behind him, the other Quasi-Monarch transmitted a mocking voice while in pursuit, using a provocation tactic, hoping to make Ye Chen turn back and fight, allowing them to successfully delay him.
"Idiots!"
While fleeing, Ye Chen raised a middle finger towards the two Quasi-Monarchs, deeply despising them.
Although he feared nothing and was even confident he could slay the two Quasi-Monarchs in a short time because he still had other trump cards, he was not yet willing to alert the enemy too early.
The expressions of the two Quasi-Monarchs were very ugly as they pursued at extreme speed, but the distance between them was still rapidly widening step by step.
Ye Chen's speed was truly heaven-defying. Even though the two Quasi-Monarchs were fast, far surpassing Divine Kings, they still felt it difficult to catch up to the Battle Saint King.
At the same time, the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain was in great upheaval.
The world learned the corresponding news: the Battle Saint King had finally kicked an iron plate. After barging into various Emperor Clans and Immortal Clans, Quasi-Monarchs from all heavens had emerged one after another, gathered together, and begun hunting the Battle Saint King across the world.
And the Battle Saint King had gone from his initial proud traversal of the world to the current situation of being a rat scurrying across the street, chased and beaten by everyone.
One Quasi-Monarch after another appeared, beginning to take on an encircling posture, gradually forcing Ye Chen inward from various directions, slowly shrinking the encirclement.
Ye Chen, in the midst of fleeing, had a somewhat gloomy, even somewhat ugly expression. Because despite using the Chaos Dao Method time and again to conceal his tracks, he was successfully tracked down each time.
By this point, he already knew who was so remarkable, able to deduce and find him time and again.
"Heaven-Gazing Divine Master. I never expected this legendary, most extraordinary Quasi-Monarch Divine Master of the Heaven Master lineage to be invited out. Those Emperor Clans and Immortal Clans have expended great means to hunt me down," Ye Chen also sighed. How could he not have heard of the name Heaven-Gazing Divine Master?
In fact, Heaven-Gazing Divine Master was famous and renowned, the ancestor of the most mysterious Heaven Master lineage.
This lineage was said to have an ancestor, a Heaven Master, who was a legendary Ancient Sovereign. Because he was extremely skilled in deduction, he exhausted his heart's blood to pacify the Dark Blood Era and eventually passed away sitting in meditation.
Although Heaven-Gazing Divine Master was not as formidable as that Ancient Sovereign ancestor from their lineage, having achieved Quasi-Monarch cultivation, he also possessed seventy to eighty percent of that Sovereign ancestor's abilities, capable of deducing everything under heaven, exceptionally formidable.
"No wonder I couldn't escape being monitored despite using the Chaos Dao Method several times to conceal Heavenly Secrets. So it's him," Ye Chen sighed. Faced with an old master Divine Master at the Quasi-Monarch level taking action, he also felt quite helpless. Unless he also reached the Quasi-Monarch realm, he couldn't completely escape this predicament of being deduced.
On this day, Ye Chen was found again. Three Quasi-Monarchs appeared—one Mid Stage, two Early Stage. The three Quasi-Monarchs forcefully attacked, surrounding and killing Ye Chen, erupting into a world-shaking great battle.
Among them, blood light soared to the heavens. Even someone as strong as Ye Chen was wounded. The opponents attacked very specifically and formed a fearsome battle formation, effectively trapping him within.
"Scram!"
Ye Chen roared, raising his essence, energy, and spirit to their utmost limits. The Chaos Great Cauldron also shot out, crashing into the formation together with him.
After expending great effort, he finally blasted open a corner of the formation trapping him alive, then soared into the sky, blood splattering across the heavens, successfully escaping.
This time, Ye Chen was seriously wounded for the first time, because he had desperately attacked violently even at the cost of severe personal injury, just to escape successfully. Otherwise, he sensed multiple supremely powerful Quasi-Monarch auras blooming from all directions, a situation quite unfavorable for him.
"The Battle Saint King is really strong. He still managed to escape successfully!"
The three Quasi-Monarchs frowned. The Battle Saint King's combat power was somewhat outrageously strong. If they continued to block him, they felt they might face a life crisis. The other party seemed to still be hiding many methods, not truly unleashing them, otherwise it would be terrifying.
This was the acute sense of Quasi-Monarchs.
At their level, their perception of danger was quite sharp and accurate.
In the distant sky, Ye Chen left one bloody footprint after another, his entire body covered in blood, soaring into the heavens.
His expression was not good. This time, he had paid a certain price, also the price of his arrogance.
Quasi-Monarchs from all heavens coming to encircle and suppress him—even someone as strong as him was not having an easy time. His current situation was truly somewhat unfavorable.
"If the Chaos Dao Method is still insufficient to block the deduction of a Quasi-Monarch Divine Master, then what about the Chaos Small Universe?" Ye Chen muttered to himself, having the Chaos Small Universe within his body project itself, submerging his own form.
In an instant, Ye Chen felt that sensation of being monitored abruptly disappear, completely blocked.
His heart felt a slight joy. Sure enough.
Although he mastered the Chaos Great Dao and could block all his own aura, he was ultimately only a Nine Tribulations Divine King. The other party was a Quasi-Monarch and could still use their higher realm to carry out deduction.
But the Chaos Small Universe was different. Belonging to the most powerful world of the Chaos Sea, even if only in its infancy, it was still on the same level as other Chaos Ancient Universes. A Quasi-Monarch could not possibly deduce it.
Ye Chen was a person of extremely high intelligence. After confirming that the projection of the Chaos Small Universe could prevent even Heaven-Gazing Divine Master from successfully deducing him, his mind turned, giving rise to thousands of thoughts. He immediately formulated a feasible countermeasure.
He raised his head to look into the distance, slowly revealing a cold smile. "Since you want to hunt me down, you must also pay the corresponding price. I, the Battle Saint King, am not someone easy to bully."
"This time, I'll turn their scheme against them!"
...
At the same time, far away countless tens of thousands of li away, Heaven-Gazing Divine Master suddenly let out a surprised sound. Because for a moment, he felt as if the Battle Saint King had disappeared, unable to be deduced, as if he had completely left this world.
But soon, he appeared again.
He felt something was unusual.
"Divine Master Heaven-Gazing, what is it?" the Quasi-Monarch beside him asked in confusion.
Heaven-Gazing Divine Master shook his head, casting aside the doubts in his mind, then said, "Right now, he is in the Desolate Heaven Ridge to the southeast. His movement speed is slightly slower than before, probably because he was intercepted by three Quasi-Monarchs not long ago, engaged in a great battle, and suffered injuries."
"Good! We'll head over immediately. This time, we'll thoroughly kill the Battle Saint King!"
The Quasi-Monarchs from all heavens pursuing Ye Chen received the news and immediately took corresponding action, rushing over at the first moment, killing towards the Desolate Heaven Ridge lands billions of li away.