Shi Jun staggered backward, his face filled with horror as he stared at Ye Chen before him, seemingly unable to believe what had just happened.
All the cultivators within Shi City felt the same. Shi Jun, a lofty Ancient Monarch who looked down upon the myriad heavens, had actually had his palm blasted apart by Ye Chen. The terrifying aura Ye Chen had displayed in that instant had made every single one of them tremble, as if they were facing another Ancient Monarch.
Shi Jun's palm was rapidly repairing itself. At this moment, he dared not hold back any longer. His powerful aura surged upward in successive waves as he stared at Ye Chen, his heart trembling violently as he thought of a terrifying possibility: "You are not Ye Chen. You are Di Yongheng."
Di Yongheng, the number one figure on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking, a suspected Eternal Quasi-Monarch, possessed the ability to instantly kill Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs and the fearsome combat power to duel Ancient Monarchs.
On the Origin Ancient Path, only he could accomplish such a feat.
Ye Chen grinned, revealing his teeth. "That's right, I am Di Yongheng!"
He was quite happy to let someone else take the blame for him.
As for Di Yongheng coming to find him?
He was also looking forward to it, to see if Di Yongheng truly was an Eternal Quasi-Monarch.
Boom—
Ye Chen's chaos energy surged mightily. He showed no fear in revealing his strongest form. Because on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking, everything about Di Yongheng was unknown, including his cultivation techniques. It was better to display his Chaos Dao techniques, which could also make people believe Di Yongheng cultivated the Chaos Dao.
A peerless combat power fully comparable to three thousand Monarch Rules erupted. Ye Chen executed the Kun Peng Great Universe Technique. This number one movement technique of the Chaos Sea, when wielded in his hands now, was countless times more formidable than before.
In almost the blink of an eye, he arrived before Shi Jun.
"Forbidden Divine Ability of the Futu Imperial Clan—Thousand-Armed Buddha!"
With a thunderous roar, a massive golden Buddha with a thousand arms materialized behind Ye Chen, as if the Tathagata Buddha himself had descended. The thousand arms represented a thousand palm techniques, carrying the might of ten thousand Daos, and they fiercely blasted toward Shi Jun.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Instantly, the Thousand-Armed Buddha unleashed a thousand palm imprints, each containing the power of various great Daos. When executed by his hands, it was terrifying beyond belief.
Shi Jun, having just repaired his shattered palm, now faced Ye Chen's frenzied and terrifying assault.
He wanted to block, but he was caught off guard. Endless thousands of palm imprints wantonly bombarded his body.
Boom—
Shi Jun's figure was sent flying backward, almost blasted apart, his entire body covered in blood.
It was unimaginable. Shi Jun, a generation's universe-overlord-level Ancient Monarch who had looked down upon eternity, now faced such a miserable fate, being beaten nearly to the point of being smashed to pieces.
The entire Shi City was on the verge of being destroyed. Just the terrifying aura Ye Chen displayed was almost enough to suppress and cause every living being within the entire Monarch Ancient City to explode.
However, Shi Jun was, after all, an Ancient Monarch of a generation. He quickly regained his composure and let out a great roar. The heavenly majesty of a Monarch bloomed, sweeping in all directions.
He was a First Heaven Ancient Monarch. Enraged, he struck out. A full two thousand Monarch Rules manifested, combined with the absolutely powerful force of his Origin World, also displaying the terrifying combat power of three thousand Monarch Rules.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Ye Chen battled Shi Jun, truly facing an existence at the Ancient Monarch level. Without using his Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, he wanted to see if he could actually defeat an Ancient Monarch, even if only a First Heaven Monarch.
The two collided, clashing countless thousands of times in an instant. Each collision was like stars crashing together, terrifying beyond belief. They fought their way into the boundless desolate territory to avoid blowing up Shi City.
The boundless earth was torn apart, with areas spanning tens of millions of li appearing with terrifyingly deep chasms crisscrossing the land.
Boom—
In the sky, a streak of fire descended like a giant meteor, smashing a crater a million li in diameter into the earth, shaking a vast area of hundreds of millions of li.
"Cough—"
The one blasted down from the sky was none other than Ye Chen. Blood continuously trickled from the corner of his mouth. He had ultimately underestimated the strength of an Ancient Monarch.
A First Heaven Monarch indeed possessed roughly three thousand Monarch Rules when combined with Origin World power.
But one point he had somewhat overlooked was the Ancient Monarch's equally fearsome physical and spiritual form, far surpassing that of a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch, fully comparable to about five hundred Monarch Rules.
Moreover, Shi Jun was no ordinary Ancient Monarch; he was on the verge of advancing to the Second Heaven. The Monarch Rules he controlled were around two thousand five hundred. Combined, they could rival four thousand, making him a notch stronger than Ye Chen.
Naturally, Ye Chen did not retreat. He grinned, revealing his teeth. "Want to kill me? Not that easy!"
Boom—
He did not hesitate to mobilize more of his universe's origin power. The World Tree Burial Coffin swayed and shone, fully maintaining the stability of his Origin Universe. His strength increased by roughly a thousand Monarch Rules.
"Kill!"
Ye Chen let out a great roar that shattered the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Like a Chaos War God, he charged forward and clashed head-on with Shi Jun, causing upheaval across hundreds of millions of li.
With a wave of his hand, the Chaos Great Cauldron appeared. This cauldron, having undergone transformation, immediately pressed down upon the heavens upon its appearance, summoning thousands of stars that transformed into an endless meteor shower descending from the sky, blanketing the heavens and earth, launching a full-scale bombardment against Shi Jun.
The Chaos Great Cauldron itself instantly ignited, transforming into a blazing Chaos Sun carrying unparalleled, majestic divine might as it struck horizontally toward Shi Jun.
Boom—
Shi Jun, caught off guard by Ye Chen's attack, was sent flying back tens of millions of li. His chest caved in, and he vomited mouthfuls of blood—each mouthful precious Monarch Dao Blood, far superior to other types of Dao Blood.
"Exhilarating!"
Ye Chen laughed heartily. Battling an Ancient Monarch was indeed countless times more exhilarating than fighting Quasi-Monarchs. Even a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch couldn't provide this kind of thrill.
"You're seeking death!"
Shi Jun roared, repairing his injured body, and also summoned his own Monarch Immortal Weapon, descending from the starry sky.
It was actually a Star Dao Pagoda, carrying the radiance of billions of stars. It usually grew by absorbing the light of billions of stars in the cosmos, and now it was summoned forth.
Faintly, one could sense an extremely terrifying sealing power contained within that Star Dao Pagoda. This sealing power was enough to suppress and grind even a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch into oblivion within the mortal world.
Of course, it wasn't that Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs weren't strong enough, but once suppressed, they would inevitably be worn down to dust over the long ages.
Ye Chen snorted coldly. Almost instantaneously, he formed hand seals to create the Suppress Heaven Seal, transforming it into a thirty-three-story Human Emperor Pagoda that directly struck the Star Dao Pagoda.
Boom—
The Star Dao Pagoda, before it could truly descend before Shi Jun, was blasted away, crashing back into the starry river and shattering who knew how many stars.
Ye Chen descended like an Emperor overlooking the mortal world, disdainfully eyeing Shi Jun. "Today, I won't even let you use your Dao Weapon. Go to your next life!"
PS: Still five chapters today!