Boom—
Under the countless horrified and fearful gazes, the vast, ancient hand of the Great Emperor God-King was forcibly torn apart, transforming into a torrential rain of blood that scattered everywhere.
Then, that domineering hand continued onward, covering the entire Immortal Divine Hall, blotting out the sky and sun like the hand of a Nine Heavens monarch descending, grabbing towards the Immortal Divine Hall.
"Wretched beast, seeking death!"
A roar erupted from the Great Emperor God-King within the Immortal Divine Hall. This was simply an insult to him, a Great Emperor of the prestigious Aotian Divine Dynasty, utterly intolerable.
The Immortal Divine Hall suddenly erupted with boundless radiance, a Divine King pressure far surpassing the previous one by many times surged forth, and several terrifying Divine King spirits emerged, attacking the sky-blotting, domineering hand.
The entire Divine King origin inner world was in turmoil, and a power that could shake the World Heaven and Earth descended—the mighty force of the origin world.
"A mere Five Tribulation Divine King dares to arrogantly call himself a Great Emperor?"
Shen Rong sneered. His domineering hand shook, unleashing world-destroying light that obliterated all the Divine King spirits, heavily smashing against the Immortal Divine Hall. With absolute tyrannical force, he blasted open the Immortal Divine Hall, causing the collapse of numerous luxurious palace halls, displaying supreme, invincible power.
Amidst it all, a human-shaped divine light cluster tumbled out from the collapsing Immortal Divine Hall. The divine light stretched for billions of zhang, possessing supreme Divine King majesty, its aura identical to the attacking Great Emperor God-King. It was none other than the Great Emperor God-King of the Aotian Divine Dynasty, though at this moment he appeared somewhat disheveled.
"Who are you?"
The Great Emperor God-King of the Aotian Divine Dynasty could only feel shock.
He was a supreme Divine King of his generation, standing at the Fifth Tribulation realm, an absolute standout among Divine Kings. Yet, a single arrogant youth casually stepping out from this group of young people had so easily shattered his attack and blasted open the Immortal Divine Hall. Just who were these people?
However, the Great Emperor God-King's expression soon turned icy and grim. "No matter who you are today, you must stay. Anyone who offends This Emperor shall be punished!"
Boom—
Instantly, the imposing aura on the Great Emperor God-King surged, growing many times stronger, surpassing his previous state. Billions of strands of light burned, setting off his entire person as supremely majestic, like a peerless Great Emperor.
His ten-thousand-li colossal body stood up and was rapidly expanding at an astonishing speed, piercing through layers of clouds and entering the starry void beyond the domain.
It grew unimaginably huge, like the Pangu Giant God who separated heaven and earth, looking down from a high vantage at the ant-like Shen Rong below.
"Be careful. He has Faith Power enveloping him, gathered for at least over two hundred thousand years, and it's the faith of billions of All Living Beings. It's very powerful. Burning it like this has increased his strength by more than double. I seem to sense fluctuations akin to Emperor techniques and divine abilities left by a Supreme One," Divine Maiden Nanhuang furrowed her beautiful brows.
The other human Heaven's Prides all narrowed their eyes slightly. It was an ancient art related to a Supreme One.
Indeed, this Great Emperor God-King of the Aotian Divine Dynasty knew some information related to a Supreme One.
But Shen Rong laughed heartily, wildly arrogant. "So what if it's related to a Supreme One? My father is a Supreme One! I am an Imperial Son!"
Boom—
Shen Rong erupted with earth-shaking, heaven-overturning might, his pressure dominating this Divine King origin inner world, even suppressing the Great Emperor God-King's momentum.
Simultaneously, a Heaven and Earth Giant manifested behind him, boundless in size, its knees submerged in the clouds above, towering between heaven and earth as if it could prop up the entire great World Heaven and Earth. It possessed a supreme majesty that could make all heavens submit and tremble, surpassing even the Great Emperor God-King.
"You are a Great Emperor? Today, This Imperial Son will show you what a true Great Emperor is!"
Boom—
Shen Rong attacked. The Great Emperor divine statue behind him, as if slaying a supreme immortal, made its move, shaking the entire heaven and earth, collapsing who knows how many tens of thousands of li, seeking to tear apart this world with a thunderous strike.
"I am a Great Emperor!"
The Great Emperor God-King roared, his body erupting with billions of layers of radiance to collide with it.
Boom, rumble, rumble—
The entire great World Heaven and Earth shook violently, countless dark fissures appearing in the void.
In the terrifying collision, the Great Emperor God-King's dharma form ultimately dimmed, toppling down from the sky, its body covered in dense cracks, splattering with brilliant golden blood.
The Immortal Divine Hall below shook incessantly, beginning to truly crack.
Between heaven and earth, billions of All Living Beings trembled in fear.
The supreme, peerless Immortal Divine Hall was actually collapsing today.
That was the supreme divine imperial hall in the hearts of billions of All Living Beings, eternal and everlasting, the object of the world's faith. Yet, it too was being blasted apart before these unfamiliar young supreme experts.
Countless people turned pale, including the eighteen Great Power Venerable Ones, trembling with fear, muttering to themselves, still unable to believe it. "How is this possible—"
"A Great Emperor? Is this the so-called Great Emperor?"
High in the sky, Shen Rong looked down from his lofty position with a cold sneer and disdain.
The ten-thousand-li immortal divine body of the Great Emperor God-King collapsed, revealing his true form. Circles of brilliant light swirled around him, all Faith Power, but now, like flames meeting water, they rapidly dimmed.
He looked at Shen Rong, a rare flash of terror appearing in his eyes, as if he hadn't expected this young supreme Heaven's Pride to be powerful to this extent, that even using Faith Power was no match for him.
"Who are you?" the Great Emperor God-King asked, his expression ugly.
"This Imperial Son said, This Imperial Son is Shen Rong."
Shen Rong said coldly, suddenly erupting with a Divine King majesty that far surpassed that of the Aotian Divine Dynasty's Great Emperor God-King.
Before this Divine King majesty, the Great Emperor God-King of the Aotian Divine Dynasty was like a small boat in a stormy sea, in danger of capsizing at any moment.
It was as if the other was the true Great Emperor God-King, while he was merely a mere Great Power Venerable One, the difference between them as vast as clouds and mud.
"Imperial Son? Could it be that you all—"
The Great Emperor God-King of the Aotian Divine Dynasty recalled some ancient, distant legends and couldn't help but exclaim.
"You know of us?"
Seeing the shock on the Aotian Divine Dynasty Divine King's face, Ye Chen spoke, slightly frowning.
The Aotian Divine Dynasty Great Emperor God-King looked at Ye Chen. Although Ye Chen seemed to have no divine energy fluctuations on him, far inferior to Shen Rong and not nearly as supremely powerful, for some reason, he felt that this young man Ye Chen was far more formidable than Shen Rong, possessing a truly unfathomable depth.
Even as a Five Tribulation Divine King, the Ye Chen before him was like a sea of stars—boundless and immeasurable.
"Reporting to you young lords, this humble one knows. I ask you young lords to follow this humble one into the divine hall."
This sentence was transmitted via voice, inaudible to anyone below the Divine King rank. The Great Emperor God-King of the Aotian Divine Dynasty did this intentionally, unwilling for others to see him bowing and scraping before a group of young juniors.
Regarding this, Ye Chen and the others didn't mind. Confident in their skills and bold, they didn't believe the Aotian Divine Dynasty Divine King would dare set a trap for them to fall into—unless he was seeking death.