Pfft—
Seizing an opportunity, Ye Chen and the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor passed each other by. Eighty-eight Sovereign Rules instantly manifested between his fingers and palm, tearing through the Demon Emperor's demonic armor and severing one of his arms.
Similarly, that Peerless Demon Halberd pierced through Ye Chen's abdomen, running him through from front to back, leaving a severe wound.
In this battle, both sides could be said to have sustained injuries.
"Something's wrong. You're not a remnant soul. Otherwise, you couldn't possess such vigorous blood energy. This is a true flesh-and-blood body, and a powerful one at that, not inferior to the Imperial Son of the Gods." Ye Chen quickly noticed something amiss. If it were merely a remnant soul of a Great Emperor, no matter how powerful, it would have its limits. Yet the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor's power seemed endless, inexhaustible, vastly different from what he had imagined.
"Heh!"
The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor let out a cold laugh, regenerated his arm, and charged forward with the Peerless Demon Halberd in hand. Demonic light surged across three thousand realms, overwhelmingly powerful, suppressing Ye Chen for a brief moment.
Boom—
In their close-quarters combat, Ye Chen could clearly sense the powerful bloodline force within the other's body, roaring and howling as if countless ancient true dragons were slumbering within, containing boundless, terrifying power.
He had only ever felt such a thing on the Imperial Sons and Daughters of the various heavens, or the descendants of Immortals.
"Are you an Imperial Son?"
Ye Chen looked at the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor but soon shook his head. If he were an Imperial Son, he couldn't possibly possess such formidable combat awareness.
That powerful combat awareness even, to some extent, surpassed his own, a Chaos young Supreme who had experienced countless battles across past and present lives.
Yet for a mere remnant soul to possess such a powerful physical body was extremely rare.
Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him. He stared at the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor in shock, his expression immediately darkening. "You truly are ruthless and vicious."
The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor didn't hide it in the slightest, offering a cold smile. "The Heavenly Dao is heartless, treating all beings as straw dogs. We, the Supreme Ones, single-mindedly pursue the path to Eternity. What are offspring but mere bloodlines? There's no need to place too much importance on them."
"However, to possess the body of your own offspring just to be reborn... you are truly the most ruthless and vicious Supreme One I have ever seen." Ye Chen said coldly. This Primordial Prison Demon Emperor before him had actually possessed the body of his own biological child to resurrect himself.
Even Ye Chen had to admit this was excessively cruel and heartless.
The saying goes, 'Even a vicious tiger does not eat its cubs.' Yet the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor didn't even spare his own offspring, all for the sake of reincarnation and rebirth. One had to say it was truly too ruthless.
"On the path of cultivation, to chase the pinnacle of the Great Dao, one must sever all attachments. If you truly value these so-called blood ties and familial affections, you will never reach the true summit." The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor didn't feel the slightest bit ashamed; on the contrary, he found it perfectly normal. Then, looking at Ye Chen, his eyes burned with fervent light. "However, even if my son was an Imperial Son, a Supreme bloodline is still not enough. It's not as good as you. You have actually cultivated a pure Chaos Body, the legendary Eternal Physique, qualified to surpass all and become the supreme physique of Eternity. Truly remarkable!"
"Heh, you want to seize my Chaos Saint Body?"
Ye Chen sneered. At this moment, his figure suddenly accelerated to the extreme.
Swish—
His entire person vanished directly, transforming into an invisible streak of golden light.
Kunpeng Great Universe Technique — Realm of Extreme Light!
This speed could be called a peerless immortal velocity, so fast it reached a level where ordinary Quasi-Monarchs could hardly perceive it.
At the same time, Ye Chen wielded the Chaos Great Cauldron, which swallowed and spewed billions of layers of ancient Chaos Qi, as if all realms were contained within it, terrifying to the extreme, as he blasted it towards the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor.
Boom—
The Chaos Great Cauldron descended. This stretch of heaven and earth directly exploded. Millions of li of territory were obliterated. Numerous stars were affected, detonating in the outer void into brilliant fireworks.
"Where is he?"
After that devastating strike, Ye Chen could no longer sense the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor's aura.
Even though that attack was terrifying enough to kill an ordinary Quasi-Monarch, he didn't believe the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor would be so easily slain.
Suddenly, a sense of deadly crisis surfaced in his heart. Instinctively, his figure violently retreated.
Pfft—
Blood light splattered. Ye Chen clutched his right chest, where a massive wound had appeared, pierced through from front to back. Chaos Blood was spurting out.
The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor appeared at the spot where Ye Chen had just been. In his large hand was a large piece of crystalline flesh, shimmering with brilliant Chaos light. Chaos Blood dripped from it, flashing with the light of ten thousand Daos.
He savagely bit into this piece of flesh. There was no scent of blood, only the erupting Chaos Laws. To him, it was an absolute delicacy. The bloodthirsty light blazing from his eyes grew even more intense. "As expected of a Chaos cultivator. Even your flesh and blood are so delicious. It makes me all the more impatient to devour you, to refine you completely for my own use, to turn you into my cauldron."
Swish—
The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor flashed again, charging towards Ye Chen.
Ye Chen didn't hesitate, immediately dodging.
Pfft—
Blood light still splattered.
The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor's figure was nowhere to be seen. Only wisps of Time power flickered into existence. A voice emerged from the void, laughing coldly. "Kunpeng Great Universe Technique? Don't forget, this technique was left behind by This Emperor at the Ninth Pass. Do you think you, having cultivated it for merely half a day, can compare to This Emperor who has practiced it for countless years?"
Crisis surfaced once more.
Blood light continuously splattered!
Although Ye Chen desperately executed the Kunpeng Great Universe Technique, he still drew blood time and again.
Because the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor was too terrifying. His mastery of the Kunpeng Great Universe Technique far surpassed that of Ye Chen, who had only practiced it for half a day, by who knows how many times. He was familiar with it to the extreme.
Ye Chen wanted to use the Kunpeng Great Universe Technique to harm the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor, but the final result was like showing off one's meager skills in the presence of a master. Instead, he was the one being slaughtered.
"I miscalculated!"
After nearly having his neck severed by the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor's Peerless Demon Halberd once more, Ye Chen frowned deeply. He felt the fearsomeness of the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor. He already needed to go all out, and now the opponent displayed such heaven-defying speed, making it difficult for him to react, placing him in an absolute disadvantage.
Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft—
The Primordial Prison Demon Emperor's slaughter continued. If not for Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body being truly heaven-defying and his reaction speed extremely terrifying, anyone else would have long been killed by the Primordial Prison Demon Emperor.
Indeed, no Ancient Great Emperor could be underestimated. Even wielding only equivalent Quasi-Monarch level combat power, he had still plunged Ye Chen into a predicament.
Outside the Immortal Emperor Hall, the human geniuses all frowned.
Because too much time had passed—already a full day—and Ye Chen still hadn't broken through, which worried them somewhat.
Generally speaking, with Ye Chen's strength, even facing a Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch, he wouldn't fear them and could fully contend. Moreover, he had experience suppressing Great Perfection Quasi-Monarchs. He shouldn't have taken this long without appearing.
This point made them feel somewhat puzzled.