Ye Chen made his move, ending everything in a flash.
In the time it took for a single glance, he had directly and forcefully stomped down Hei Ya, who was powerful enough to fight six Giant Divine Soldiers alone. A terrifying giant crater appeared on the earth, dust surged into the sky, and the ground cracked.
The whole world was shocked!
Although everyone knew that Ye Chen must be very powerful after surviving the tenth Divine King Tribulation—something evident from his easy defeat of the withered old man's puppet body—they never expected him to be this strong. Even Hei Ya's true body puppet at the Late Stage Quasi-Monarch level was so utterly powerless, stomped down with brute force.
Within the Ancient Desolate Fortress, the people revered him as a deity.
However, the Quasi-Monarchs from the various heavens who had pursued him here, while their expressions were grave, showed little fear and even harbored a hint of disdain.
Because the Battle Saint King's attack had merely caught Hei Ya off guard; his true strength was far from being as formidable as it appeared to the world.
No matter how strong he was, he couldn't easily defeat a Late Stage Quasi-Monarch like Hei Ya unless he was close to or had reached the Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch level, which would allow such ease.
Boom—
Sure enough, Hei Ya's true body soon soared into the sky.
A burly figure three zhang tall stood imposingly in the air, overwhelming corpse-aura surging forth, carrying an endless aura of death, like a god of death. He held a war spear in hand, his dark eyes coldly fixed on Ye Chen as he roared, "Battle Saint King, you actually dared to ambush me!"
Boom—
The war spear suddenly enlarged, instantly becoming like a pillar holding up the heavens, stretching hundreds of thousands of miles long. It could topple the heavens and overturn the earth, deathly aura surging as it blasted toward Ye Chen.
Countless chains of order intertwined between heaven and earth.
On that war spear, twenty-two Monarch Rules flickered, extremely terrifying.
The full-force strike of a Late Stage Quasi-Monarch!
The Great Destruction Spear!
Facing this supreme spear strike capable of severely wounding a Late Stage Quasi-Monarch, Ye Chen stood firm and majestic like a Heavenly Emperor, his wild hair dancing in the wind. Infinite phenomena manifested around him, along with a mysterious ten-layered divine halo, setting him off as supremely peerless.
He raised a single hand toward the sky, actually meeting this spear strike bare-handed.
"Seeking death!"
Hei Ya snorted coldly, as did the other Quasi-Monarchs. Without exception, they all thought Ye Chen was being arrogant; this was suicidal behavior.
This was a fearsome spear strike imbued with Monarch Rules, a world-destroying strike from a Late Stage Quasi-Monarch. Even other Late Stage Quasi-Monarchs would absolutely not dare to meet it head-on, as they would inevitably suffer severe wounds.
Only Chi Xue Emperor Lord, Sun Monarch, the mysterious old man, Haotian War God, and Blood Empress remained calm, watching all this because they knew Ye Chen would certainly not be so foolish as to risk severe injury by meeting it head-on.
He appeared arrogant, but he had always been meticulous in thought, never making flashy but impractical moves.
"Forty-nine!"
Ye Chen uttered the words, and the right hand raised toward the sky suddenly bloomed with the radiance of forty-nine Great Daos.
Each one shone with dazzling light, even presenting a semi-rule-like form, their power peerless.
His right hand flowed with the radiance of forty-nine Great Daos, resembling the sky-propping hand of an ancient Great Emperor, reaching out to meet the Great Destruction Spear that was like a pillar holding up the heavens.
Boom—
The moment he caught the spear, the Monarch Rules and semi-rule-like Divine King Spirits of both sides collided, unleashing world-destroying divine might that wantonly rippled, incomparably terrifying.
It was enough to easily annihilate Divine Kings.
But the Great Destruction Spear was caught bare-handed by Ye Chen.
"Impossible!"
Hei Ya stared in shock at this scene; his Great Destruction Spear had actually been caught.
The other Quasi-Monarchs all revealed looks of astonishment.
"I said I'd deal with you immediately!"
Ye Chen spoke, his Chaos blood energy boundless, his body like a divine furnace.
On his body, forty-nine Divine King Spirits directly manifested, all presenting a semi-rule-like form, encircling him as if they were the forty-nine Great Daos, and he was the transcendent "One."
Holding the Chaos Great Cauldron aloft, he descended from the sky with world-suppressing might, blasting down.
Boom—
The great collision of Late Stage Quasi-Monarchs exploded.
Boundless destructive power rippled.
The terrifying Quasi-Monarch battle affected an unknown vast area, but it was all confined to a certain region by the Sun Monarch's intervention.
Within this thousand-mile region of heaven and earth, endless cycles of annihilation occurred without pause; even the void could not endure for long.
Here, Ye Chen's divine might was like a prison, unbelievably powerful, directly overpowering Hei Ya, the Quasi-Monarch of the Corpse Immortal Clan.
Hei Ya's figure continuously retreated, his expression filled with horror.
As a Late Stage Quasi-Monarch, he was actually at a disadvantage. His sturdy burly puppet body was torn open with wounds, metallic-like blood continuously flowing out, carrying a strong corrosive aura that could severely wound or even annihilate Divine Kings.
"It's just a puppet body refined with external force. How can it match me?"
Ye Chen said coldly, appearing like a peerless War God. Behind him, a ten-layered divine halo manifested, along with immeasurable tribulation light, carrying an aura of utmost Yang, tearing through the clouds as he struck out like a human-shaped true dragon.
During the collisions, clanging sounds rang out incessantly, sparks flying, but each spark was enough to annihilate a star.
The two were engaged in close-quarters combat.
"Ah—impossible! My physical body was smelted from countless peerless divine materials and nourished by the wood origin of the Nine Corpse Heavenly Yin Wood, allowing the puppet body to continuously repair itself. No other Quasi-Monarch could possibly surpass my physical body. How can yours be stronger than mine?"
Hei Ya roared, blood vessels clearly visible in his pitch-black eyes.
His face was filled with disbelief.
"Because I am the Chaos Saint Body!"
Ye Chen soared through the sky, tearing through the clouds, breaking through defenses, executing peerless Battle Saint Techniques, as if the Battle Saint Ancestor in his youth had descended, unleashing infinite great power.
Hei Ya was heavily blasted down, his overwhelming corpse-aura annihilated and diluted to an unknown extent.
The twenty-two Monarch Rules were forcefully beaten back into Hei Ya's true body.
"Tenfold Divine King Tribulation, Seal Heaven and Lock Earth, Suppress True Body!"
Ye Chen shouted.
Behind him, the ten-layered divine halo shot out ten dragon-like lights, each carrying blazing tribulation light, like ten tribulation light azure dragons descending from the sky. They bit into Hei Ya, transforming into dragon-shaped chains of tribulation light that continuously wrapped around him, rendering him immobile.
Moreover, the tribulation light, being of utmost Yang, greatly suppressed Hei Ya. His puppet body sizzled and crackled, suffering immense damage.
Vast amounts of corpse-aura were incinerated and annihilated by the tribulation light thunder dragon chains, and Hei Ya's aura continuously declined.
"Battle Saint King, don't think you'll succeed."
Although Hei Ya's main puppet body was suppressed by the tenfold tribulation thunder dragons, the powerful Quasi-Monarch Soul within his glabella manifested.
Cultivated to the Quasi-Monarch level, how powerful was a Quasi-Monarch Soul? Especially for an unparalleled immortal clan like the Corpse Immortal Clan, which practiced the puppet path and needed to control other puppet bodies, they placed even greater emphasis on soul cultivation. Their Soul Power surpassed that of cultivators of the same rank.
Now, the divine soul rushed out, terrifying Soul Power like a sea of stars soaring into the sky, supremely powerful. It charged toward the space between Ye Chen's eyebrows at close range like lightning, seeking to seize control of his Chaos Saint Body.
"Since you want to kill me, I'll refine you into a puppet too!" Hei Ya roared.
"Comparing Soul Power with me?"
Ye Chen revealed a cold smile. With a whoosh, the other Chaos Saint Soul Little Person from the Great Emperor's reincarnation body entered the Mud Ball Palace. The two Chaos Saint Soul Little Persons merged into one.
Hum—
The space between his eyebrows suddenly bloomed with immeasurable light, Soul Power as deep as an abyss and vast as the sea wildly surged forth.
The Chaos Saint Soul appeared, revealing its fearsome Soul Power for the first time.
A giant phantom of the Chaos Saint Soul manifested, like a giant of heaven and earth, carrying a special pressure and a faint Monarch Heavenly Might.
The Chaos Saint Soul Giant looked down from above at Hei Ya's onrushing divine soul. Powerful Soul Power violently surged out, transforming into ten azure dragons that fiercely crashed over, scattering much of Hei Ya's Soul Power and sending it flying back.
"Maha Magic Cube, Imprison Divine Soul!"
The Chaos Saint Soul Little Person lightly shouted. Soul Power blotted out the sky and covered the earth, using Soul Power to manifest the Emperor Technique Divine Ability, Maha Magic Cube. It carried special Chaos patterns, dense and interwoven, as if truly existing, imprisoning Hei Ya's Soul Power within.
"Let me out!"
Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul continuously and violently impacted, shaking the Soul Power-constructed Maha Magic Cube until it trembled on the verge of collapse.
Even the Maha Magic Cube could not completely imprison a Quasi-Monarch Soul of Hei Ya's Late Stage level.
However, the Chaos Saint Soul Giant phantom looked down coldly at the Maha Magic Cube from above and opened its mouth to utter: "Hum!"
The fearsome Dao shout carried a powerful Soul Power shockwave that bypassed the Maha Magic Cube, continuously blasting onto Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul.
That terrifying Chaos Saint Soul Power, of utmost Yang, carried the Chaos characteristic of smelting everything, causing Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul to suffer a massive impact, its soul light instantly dimming significantly.
The Maha Magic Cube dissolved, and Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul rushed back into his main body.
With both form and soul severely wounded, Hei Ya screamed in agony.
Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Soul Heaven-Earth Giant phantom shrank, and then the Saint Soul Little Person emerged. Its entire body was crystal-clear like crystal, carrying a faint Monarch Heavenly Might. Holding the Chaos Great Cauldron, it whooshed out and entered the Mud Ball Palace between Hei Ya's eyebrows.
Seeing Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul Little Person, severely weakened from its wounds, the Chaos Saint Soul Little Person manifested the Chaos Supreme Body and Chaos Divine King Spirit, the three united as one, launching a joint, forceful assault.
Here, although Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul put up fierce resistance and combat, the outcome was clearly not going to change.
Pfft—
Finally, Hei Ya's Quasi-Monarch Soul was forcefully shattered, gradually turning to ash.
"I never thought that I, Hei Ya, a dignified Quasi-Monarch of my generation, would fall at the hands of a junior Divine King like you. Is this fate?"
As his divine soul was annihilated, Hei Ya sighed helplessly, taking a deep look at the six Giant Divine Soldiers before perishing...
Whoosh—
The Chaos Saint Soul Little Person dissolved the Chaos Supreme Body and Chaos Divine King Spirit, and holding the Chaos Great Cauldron, returned to the main body.
Below, only Hei Ya's soulless main body remained—a powerful Late Stage Quasi-Monarch puppet body.
Ye Chen stood imposingly before the fallen Hei Ya, his might peerless, watched by all under heaven!