Seeing the Blood Empress finally bleeding, Ye Chen couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.
It truly wasn't easy. This Blood Empress was really too powerful. In a situation where no Ancient Sovereigns had appeared, she could absolutely be considered one of the top, most terrifying powerhouses among Quasi-Monarchs.
However, it was a pity that he, Ye Chen, was also far from ordinary. His figure flashed as he attacked once more, engaging the Blood Empress in close-quarters combat.
"Battle Saint King, you make this Empress feel more and more surprised. I really want to take you into my chambers and have you serve me properly," the Blood Empress said, her seductive pink tongue lightly licking her red lips as a bewitching smile appeared on her face, captivating enough to topple kingdoms and ruin cities. Even some Divine Kings who had come from afar to offer support felt their mouths go dry and their faces flush, finding it difficult to suppress the rising evil fire.
Yet Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine, a rare sensation he hadn't experienced in many years. It was as if the figure before him wasn't merely a Quasi-Monarch, but an Ancient Sovereign. The last time he had felt this way was with the Haotian War God.
But soon, he suppressed this strange feeling. His Dao techniques erupted, attacking the Blood Empress with Chaos Dao techniques.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Blood Empress brandished her blood sword, utterly fearless in close combat with Ye Chen. Occasionally, she even unleashed a series of tricky and cunning moves. If not for Ye Chen's equally astonishing combat experience, any other Quasi-Monarch facing the Blood Empress would most likely have been defeated.
Even Ye Chen was under immense pressure.
"This Blood Empress is truly powerful. Her combat experience is also extremely rich. Is she really just a Quasi-Monarch? Why do I feel her application of the Great Dao surpasses that of a Quasi-Monarch?" Ye Chen's expression was grave as he sensed the Blood Empress's fearsomeness, especially in her use of the Great Dao. The Dao power she invoked was even greater, operating more perfectly, and was no weaker—perhaps even stronger—than his own as a Chaos Young Supreme.
In a daze, it seemed she could wield Dao power beyond the Quasi-Monarch level. This was the scene that truly made his heart race with fear.
"Blood Realm Suppression!"
Suddenly, a vast crimson world merged with the sea of blood. Infinite power of heaven and earth descended from the sky, acting upon Ye Chen.
In that instant, Ye Chen's figure froze, finding it difficult to move.
Swish!
At this moment, the Blood Empress thrust her blood sword with lightning speed, once again aiming for the space between his eyebrows, his Mud Pill Palace.
At the critical moment, Ye Chen mobilized the power of his universe, instantly isolating the blockade of the heaven and earth power. But even so, he barely managed to dodge. A streak of blood light flashed, and a deep, bone-revealing gash appeared on his neck, from which Chaos blood sprayed.
The indestructibility of his Chaos Saint Body, which Ye Chen had always prided himself on, was actually so vulnerable before the Blood Empress's blood sword.
This was the first time Ye Chen had felt someone could so easily injure his Chaos Saint Body, making him increasingly aware of this Blood Empress's extraordinary nature.
"Oh? You seem to possess a rather extraordinary power within you," the Blood Empress revealed a hint of surprise and pressed her advantage.
Her figure was too fast. Even Ye Chen found it somewhat difficult to evade. Forced into close combat with the Blood Empress, he summoned the Chaos Great Cauldron back!
Splash!
Blood light splattered. A deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on Ye Chen's body. It was Chaos blood, spraying forth, within the blood light emerged numerous illusory manifestations.
But with a whoosh, the Blood Empress's blood sword devoured this Chaos Saint Blood.
The might of the blood sword subtly grew a bit stronger.
"I can't hold back anymore. I must fight with all my strength," Ye Chen sighed softly. Then, Chaos light erupted from his body, his power suddenly rising by a significant margin—a true reflection of his real strength, surpassing his previous level by more than a notch.
Previously, he had been suppressing himself, sealing away the increase in power from the expansion of his Chaos Small Universe. Now, knowing the Blood Empress's strength, he directly unsealed and elevated it.
Boom!
He fought the Blood Empress furiously. The Chaos Great Cauldron rotated beneath him, ten thousand layers of ancient Chaos Qi exploding, splitting heaven and earth.
Worlds and realms were continuously being created, autonomously deriving and evolving.
The Blood Empress's expression remained unchanged, the smile at the corner of her mouth growing even more intense and bewitching as she looked at Ye Chen with a light laugh. "Battle Saint King, you truly surprise me more and more. I really want to know how many more techniques you haven't yet displayed."
"Unfortunately, time does not permit."
As her words fell, she swung the crimson divine sword.
Splash!
The illusory images of the surrounding worlds and realms shattered violently. A crimson sword ray flashed like lightning into their midst, splashing a shower of Chaos Saint Blood.
Ye Chen's figure was sent flying backward, his expression for the first time carrying such shock and alarm.
All of this was simply too unbelievable. Was the Blood Empress actually this powerful?
Roar! Roar!
...
Three enormous figures emerged from the sea of blood. All were corpses, yet they possessed Quasi-Monarch might as they pounced towards Ye Chen.
"These are—Quasi-Monarch corpses!?" Ye Chen was shocked. Had the Blood Empress slain Quasi-Monarchs before? And three of them at that?
Just who was she?
For the first time, he felt he had miscalculated. The Blood Empress's strength seemed to far exceed his imagination.
It seemed he had severely underestimated the Blood Empress from the very beginning.
"Just who are you?" Ye Chen asked solemnly.
"The Blood Empress," the Blood Empress replied with a bewitching smile, her curvaceous figure so alluring. "Though some also rate me as a powerhouse on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking."
Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking?
Ye Chen was startled. There was such a ranking? Why had he never heard of it?
But none of that was important now, because the Blood Empress was already killing her way towards him. Ye Chen directly summoned six Giant Divine Soldiers, which transformed into six supremely powerful Quasi-Monarch figures, blocking the three Quasi-Monarch corpses in the sea of blood.
Among them, the Primordial Demon Giant Divine Soldier, the Dark Heaven Giant Divine Soldier, and the Six Paths Giant Divine Soldier all appeared by his side.
Seeing this, the Blood Empress showed a slight surprise, then understanding dawned. "Battle Saint King, you truly defy the heavens. You actually refined these six Quasi-Monarchs into puppets, and they seem to have reached first-class level. It must be the Corpse Immortal Clan's puppet technique, right?"
"Correct."
At this point, Ye Chen did not deny it. The Blood Empress before him was too powerful, worthy of him revealing this extremely important trump card early.
The Blood Empress's figure moved, taking the initiative to step forward.
Ye Chen focused his mind. The three Giant Divine Soldiers charged forward, tearing through layer upon layer of the sea of blood to engage the Blood Empress in close combat.
Especially the Primordial Demon Giant Divine Soldier, brandishing its heavy crimson sword, its Quasi-Monarch might erupting completely, almost matching its peak strength in life, extremely powerful.
The bodies of the three Giant Divine Soldiers had been refined with various metallic divine materials to a quite formidable degree, surpassing ordinary Quasi-Monarch physiques by a significant margin.
Swish!
But the Blood Empress swung that crimson divine sword. Sword light flashed, several metallic clanging sounds suddenly rang out, and a great amount of sparks flew, truly astonishing.
Quasi-Monarch power erupted. The Blood Empress's figure did not retreat. Of the three Giant Divine Soldiers, only the Primordial Demon Giant Divine Soldier was forced back a few steps. The other two were sent flying, massive wounds appearing on their bodies, yet not a single drop of blood flowed.
The battle armor on the Primordial Demon Giant Divine Soldier was almost sliced open.
Ye Chen was shocked.
The physical bodies of the Giant Divine Soldiers were far stronger than Quasi-Monarch physiques, having been continuously refined with countless metallic divine materials. Yet the Blood Empress's single sword stroke had nearly cut them open.
If it were Monarch Rule Power, that would be one thing, but this was just a simple attack.
The more this happened, the more Ye Chen's heart sank.
At the same time, Ye Chen also took the initiative to attack, commanding the Chaos Great Cauldron to strike. At this moment, he didn't dare be careless. He even manifested the Chaos Supreme Body that had slain one of the Quasi-Monarchs, Hong Wei and Huang Hua, attacking the Blood Empress from two fronts, coordinating with the three Giant Divine Soldiers.
"Battle Saint King, so you've killed six Quasi-Monarchs?" the Blood Empress suddenly parted her red lips and spoke these words.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Six more supremely powerful figures abruptly emerged from the sea of blood. Their Quasi-Monarch auras towered to the heavens as they stepped out from the deepest depths of the blood sea one by one, their boundless imposing might blasting apart layer upon layer of terrifying waves, extremely terrifying.
From the deepest part of the blood sea, six Quasi-Monarch corpses appeared. Added to the previous three, that made a total of nine Quasi-Monarch corpses. Moreover, bloody light flickered in their eyes, extremely bloodthirsty, their aura overwhelmingly terrifying.
For the first time, Ye Chen felt a chill of fear.
Nine Quasi-Monarchs. This Blood Empress had actually slain nine Quasi-Monarchs. Her power exceeded imagination.
Being able to slay one Quasi-Monarch already qualified one as a powerhouse among Quasi-Monarchs.
What did slaying nine signify?
At the very least, Ye Chen had not yet achieved that. Ninety-nine percent of Quasi-Monarchs could not possibly have such a glorious record.
Only some truly immensely terrifying Quasi-Monarchs could reach such a level.
"Go!"
The Blood Empress spoke. At her command, the nine Quasi-Monarch corpses charged towards Ye Chen, all carrying vast Quasi-Monarch might, tearing apart heaven and earth.
Ye Chen's expression changed. He immediately ordered the six Giant Divine Soldiers to block the nine Quasi-Monarch corpses, and this time, even the final Chaos Divine King Spirit appeared.
Together with him, a total of nine Quasi-Monarch-level combat powers were now present.
The powerhouses who had followed the Blood Empress here to pursue and kill were long since terrified. Could the Battle Saint King actually unleash nine Quasi-Monarch-level supreme combat powers?
But the Blood Empress stepped forward. Her speed was extremely fast. Crimson light threw heaven and earth into chaos, roaming across all heavens. In the blink of an eye, she arrived before Ye Chen, the crimson divine sword striking.
Blood light continuously splattered. Ye Chen encountered one of the most terrifying crises since becoming a Nine Tribulations Divine King.
It was the Blood Empress, a single person alone, who had brought Ye Chen to this state, subjecting him to such immense suppression.
That crimson divine sword was extremely sinister and strange, unavoidable. It sliced open his body time and again. Chaos Saint Blood sprayed forth, carrying sinister law power that made it difficult to heal.
Crimson power continuously seeped into his body, damaging his Chaos Saint Body.
Ye Chen very much wanted to stop it, but he couldn't, because the Blood Empress was already attacking, her sword striking.
Ye Chen also became ruthless. At the cost of having his shoulder pierced by the crimson divine sword, with a splash, he arrived before the Blood Empress. Without a word, he activated the power of the Chaos Small Universe within him—Chaos Fourth Style: Universe Style!
The Blood Empress's expression changed slightly, but she collided with it. Her delicate jade hands manifested the most terrifying crimson light, carrying endless crimson Great Dao runes that whirled as they blasted towards Ye Chen.
Boom!
The two passed each other. Both Ye Chen and the Blood Empress were sent flying backward.
But the Blood Empress quickly stabilized her body. With a twist of her delicate figure, she flashed before the Chaos Supreme Body and said with a cold sneer, "Battle Saint King, do you really think the strength I displayed while fighting you just now was my true power? Let me tell you, I had merely heard your physical body was very powerful and was testing it out. Did you notice me using even a trace of Monarch Rule Power?"
"What!?" Ye Chen's expression changed.
"Now, let me show you my true strength."
The Blood Empress let out a cold snort. From her peerlessly enchanting delicate figure, a towering imposing might suddenly erupted, far stronger than before by many times. The heavenly might of a Monarch appeared.
Even the late-stage Quasi-Monarch Gui Sha from back then was far inferior.
Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch!?
The blood sword swung! Splash!
Effortlessly, the Chaos Supreme Body was easily split in two by this sword. Monarch Rule Power flickered, preventing the Chaos Supreme Body from successfully healing and reassembling together.
Swish!
The next moment, the Blood Empress arrived before Ye Chen, the blood sword swinging once more.
"Chaos!"
Ye Chen employed a Chaos secret technique, elevating himself to the limit. His essence, energy, and spirit all grew significantly stronger. Moreover, he manifested the Chaos Divine King Spirit, around which surged forth a full forty-nine Divine King Spirits.
At this moment, they all radiated threads of the heavenly might of a Monarch. Because of the ultimate sublimation of the secret technique, they also showed signs of transforming into Monarch Rules.
The Chaos Divine King Spirit, leading the forty-nine Divine King Spirits, collided with the Blood Empress.
Boom!
The terrifying collision tore the Blood Realm apart.
The Chaos Divine King Spirit and the many other Divine King Spirits also showed a tendency to collapse, their figures blasted deep into the earth.
Swish!
Dragon Scale Battle Armor appeared on Ye Chen's body.
Although he had always prided himself on his Chaos Saint Body, at this point, facing such a terrifying Blood Empress, he had no choice but to employ the Dragon Scale Battle Armor.
Clang!
The blood sword heavily struck Ye Chen's body, producing only a clanging sound. The Dragon Scale Battle Armor remained undamaged.
However, the terrifying attack power still sent Ye Chen's entire person crashing deep into the earth, a hundred thousand miles down.
The Blood Empress frowned. "Indestructible battle armor refined from Ancient Sovereign-level dragon scales. Battle Saint King, you truly are laden with heavy treasures."
Ye Chen forcefully suppressed the sweet taste in his throat.
Even after employing the Chaos secret technique for ultimate sublimation and having the Dragon Scale Battle Armor block the attack, the Blood Empress was ultimately still too terrifying. Her physical body was nearly on par with his, and after utilizing Monarch Rule Power, it was almost one-sided.
He hurriedly drew the Chaos Divine King Spirit back into his body. However, the forty-nine Divine King Spirits also showed a tendency towards being half Divine King Spirit, half rule-ized, radiating threads of the heavenly might of a Monarch.
Swish!
He shot up into the sky. Facing the Blood Empress, a flash of gloomy intent also crossed his face, yet he was fearless. He let out a long roar, "Blood Empress, you are truly powerful. But I also want to see how you plan to deal with me today!"
Boom!
Ye Chen took the initiative to attack. After employing the Chaos secret technique, his form and spirit were elevated to another level, reaching the true Ten Tribulations Divine King level.
Moreover, considering all his aspects, he was fully comparable to a late-stage Quasi-Monarch. Now that he possessed semi-rule-ized Divine King Spirits, his confidence greatly increased.
"Is that so? Then let this Empress see what other means you have."
The Blood Empress also smiled slightly, licking her crimson lips. On her body, numerous Monarch Rule Powers quickly manifested, reaching a total of twenty-nine, which flowed into the soft sword in her hand.
However, it was clear this still wasn't the full manifestation of her true strength.
Ye Chen employed the Chaos Great Cauldron. The forty-nine semi-rule-ized Divine King Spirits merged into it, instantly boosting it to its utmost limit. It bloomed with unparalleled Chaos pressure, colliding with the blood sword.
Boom!
The collision between the two supreme powerhouses immediately caused heaven to collapse and earth to sink. This stretch of heaven and earth directly turned to dust.
The Blood Empress's delicate figure merely trembled slightly before dissipating the terrifying immense force, displaying peerless cultivation.
"Hahaha, Blood Empress, you are strong. Until we meet again!"
Ye Chen coughed up a mouthful of blood carrying ancient Chaos Qi, yet let out a hearty, carefree laugh.
The Chaos Great Cauldron quickly retrieved the six Giant Divine Soldiers. Then, relying on the immense force from the collision, with a light whoosh, he fled far into the horizon.