However, Ye Chen had now experienced endless killing tribulations, step by step, emerging from numerous life-and-death battles as a supreme powerhouse.
Facing the Blood Empress's sword strike, he flicked a finger, and billions of layers of chaotic sword radiance instantly erupted, colliding with the crimson sword radiance.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
The collision between chaotic sword radiance and crimson sword radiance was like countless worlds and heavens collapsing, overflowing with unparalleled destructive power.
During this, the Blood Empress's enchanting, peerless figure walked step by step, calmly traversing the countless flickering and shattering sword radiances as if strolling through a garden. Even the densest areas of sword radiance could not harm her in the slightest.
It could be said her figure was extremely eerie.
Before long, she arrived not far in front of Ye Chen, smiling gracefully, her gaze radiant: "Battle Saint King, your combat power is far more formidable than I imagined. I truly wonder how you achieved it. Could it be that those who cultivate the Chaos Great Dao are truly so heaven-defying?"
As she spoke, she attacked again.
Her hair fluttered, transforming in the blink of an eye into a sea of blood that submerged the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Everywhere were endless corpses—mortals, half-gods, Divine Transformations, Saints, and even Heavenly Kings, Great Powers, and Divine Kings—densely packed, countless beyond count, floating and sinking within the blood sea.
More than thirty or forty Divine Kings alone were visible.
Clearly, these were all the powerful experts the Blood Empress had slain on her path to the Dao, accumulated into such mountains of corpses and seas of blood, equivalent to the Blood Empress's quasi-monarch domain.
Hum—
Suddenly, the endless corpses floating and sinking in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood all revived at this moment. Among them, those at the Divine King level numbered over a hundred, ranging from One Tribulation Divine Kings to Nine Tribulation Divine Kings. Some even surpassed Nine Tribulation Divine Kings, being complete Divine Kings who had perfected themselves, even more powerful.
These Divine King corpses, now possessing intelligence, all pounced to kill Ye Chen.
The Great Powers, Heavenly Kings, and others were even more numerous beyond count, frantically charging to kill.
"She actually slew over a hundred Divine Kings, comparable to nearly half the Divine Kings in the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain. Where did this Blood Empress kill so many Divine Kings?"
Ye Chen's expression turned somewhat grave. He sensed the Blood Empress was more extraordinary than imagined, evident from the number of Divine Kings she had slain—at the very least, even he had not killed so many Divine Kings.
But he was unafraid. Taking a step forward, a thunderous boom erupted as chaotic light exploded, surging in all directions, directly transforming into the phantom of a chaotic world that enveloped himself and forcefully blocked all the pouncing corpses outside.
Even the most powerful Divine King corpses were utterly incapable of entering.
"Blood Empress, you should also know my strength. If this is all you have, you should take it back. You cannot kill me," Ye Chen said coldly.
"Indeed, not bad."
A bone-melting voice entered his mind—it was the Blood Empress. Her figure moved like a fleeting swan, leaping to the front of the chaotic domain.
With a slash of her blood sword, she forcefully cleaved open the chaotic domain and walked in alone, startling Ye Chen.
This Blood Empress's strength was unexpectedly powerful.
However, he was unafraid, having long summoned back the Chaos Great Cauldron. Carrying terrifying primordial Chaos Qi, it pressed horizontally to meet the Blood Empress.
Moreover, a divine sword appeared in his hand, condensed from his own blood energy, blazing with brilliant chaotic radiance. He met the attack with the sword Dao Emperor technique divine ability of the Imperial Clan Ye Family.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Thus, the two engaged in battle within the blood sea domain, thousands of exchanges flickering in the blink of an eye.
During this, the Blood Empress's strength was astonishing. One slender, seemingly boneless jade hand alone propped up the Chaos Great Cauldron descending with overwhelming primordial Chaos Qi, preventing it from truly suppressing her.
Her other jade hand wielded the blood sword, continuously clashing with Ye Chen. Countless sword radiances wantonly erupted, capable of shattering everything in the world, a shocking sight.
Ye Chen sighed inwardly, not expecting the Blood Empress's combat power to be so formidable. Using just one hand, she could battle him like this, truly giving him a headache.
And what was more peculiar was that even now, he had not seen the Blood Empress employ sovereign rule power.
Could it be she had not yet cultivated it?
Ye Chen changed his hand seal, and a Heaven-Suppressing Seal appeared, shaped like a Human Emperor Pagoda with thirty-three layers, also possessing faint traces of supreme aura. Carrying chaotic light, it forcefully blasted out, killing toward the Blood Empress.
However, the Blood Empress's combat experience was immensely rich. The blade of her blood sword softened, actually bending, meeting the Heaven-Suppressing Seal from below and forcefully lifting it up.
But at this moment, Ye Chen had already closed in, several terrifying divine abilities instantly erupting with the most dreadful power.
"What a fine Battle Saint King. Although I repeatedly estimated you to be strong, I indeed still somewhat underestimated you."
The Blood Empress blinked her long, enchanting eyes, her gaze rippling like spring water slightly focusing, yet her expression unchanged. With a graceful, shallow smile carrying a charm that could make any man's bones go soft, her cherry lips parted slightly, and a strand of innate essence emerged.
Once this strand of innate essence appeared, it transformed into a crimson light screen. Numerous Great Dao runes manifested upon it. Though seemingly thin and illusory, it blocked all of Ye Chen's attacks.
"So strong!"
Even someone as powerful as Ye Chen had to admit that this Blood Empress's combat power was astonishing, surpassing the Heavenly Peng Demon Monarch and Ice Monarch, and even the Primordial Demon Blood Monarch and Hongwei Quasi-Monarch were somewhat inferior, suddenly giving him a sense of powerlessness.
But he was the one hailed as the Battle Saint King, of the Battle Saint lineage, undefeated in ten thousand battles—how could he easily give up?
"Chaos Yin Yang Kill!"
Ye Chen roared, his left hand evolving Taiyin, his right hand evolving Taiyang, transforming into a Yin Yang Taiji Diagram. The terrifying Yin and Yang forces rotated and reinforced each other, black and white light flowing, forcefully blasting onto the crimson light screen.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Under a series of extremely fearsome collisions, the crimson light screen finally could not withstand it and began to shatter, transforming into fragments of crimson light that scattered with the wind.
Simultaneously, Ye Chen had already closed in beside the Blood Empress, unleashing the most terrifying close-quarters combat of his Saint Body.
Boom—
At the critical moment, the Blood Empress's fair, mutton-fat jade palm collided with Ye Chen's. Quasi-monarch magical power erupted massively, tearing the heavens.
The Blood Empress suffered a heavy blow. Though not injured, her willow-like delicate figure was sent flying backward, unable to continue as before—propping up the Chaos Great Cauldron with one hand while dealing with Ye Chen with the other.
But Ye Chen was also shocked because the other party could engage him in close combat without bleeding. Even the previous Primordial Demon Blood Monarch and Hongwei Quasi-Monarch were utterly incapable of this.
All this proved the other party's physical body was extremely powerful, not to be underestimated.
Swish—
Ye Chen's figure moved, appearing atop the Chaos Great Cauldron.
With a stomp of his foot, the Chaos Great Cauldron instantly erupted with terrifying chaotic light.
Chaos laws manifested, emanating fluctuations of the Ten Thousand Daos, as if the Ten Thousand Daos were sinking, heavily pressing down on the Blood Empress below.
"Hmph—"
The Blood Empress grunted, her face paling. Her enchanting figure retreated, a trickle of blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth—she was finally beginning to be injured.