"The one who will kill you!"
A cold voice came from afar.
On the horizon, a tall and straight figure could be seen treading through the air. He seemed to be walking slowly, but each step covered a vast distance, appearing slow yet actually fast. In just a few breaths, he rapidly approached and arrived at this chaotic battlefield.
"It's you!"
Scarlet Scale King immediately narrowed his eyes, a chilling killing intent appearing without concealment. The entire world seemed to grow much colder, causing people to tremble.
During this period, they had been relentlessly hunted and besieged by countless bandits from the Black Sky Plains, with no respite. The person before them was the mastermind who had framed them, plunging them into this predicament.
He never expected him to show up on his own initiative.
"It is me." Ye Chen's black hair was thick, his eyebrows like heavenly swords, his starry eyes bright and elegant, his expression cold and stern. He strode forward, an invisible, terrifying aura slowly radiating from his body, making countless people present feel a suffocating pressure, as if a mountain was pressing on their hearts, making it hard to breathe.
He reached out and made a grasping motion in the air. The Heavenly God Spear that had impaled a Scarlet God Valley expert returned, drawn into his hand. Having drunk the blood of that Divine Transformation Realm expert, it seemed even more profound.
"I was originally looking for you. I never expected you would dare to show yourself and seek death on your own. Truly unexpected. But it saves me the trouble of finding you."
Scarlet Scale King's expression was icy. The other Scarlet God Valley experts beside him glared at Ye Chen with fury. If not for this brat, how could they have fallen into the predicament of being besieged by numerous bandits?
Moreover, the Seventeenth Elder was under attack by the Demonic God Cavalry under the Fifth Great Bandit. If not for holding a replica of their clan's ancient divine weapon, the Scarlet God Furnace, which could unleash supreme Saint might to resist, he would likely be in grave danger by now.
The Demonic God Cavalry was truly terrifying, as evidenced by the Seventeenth Elder being suppressed and unable to offer aid. Now, just fighting the Demonic God Cavalry made it difficult for him to disengage. The battle had already moved a hundred li away to avoid affecting them.
"Because I want to kill you. I need your blood." Ye Chen said indifferently, as if stating a mundane fact.
Hearing this, Scarlet Scale King was enraged. Was he being treated as prey?
*Whoosh—*
Suddenly, a bandit appeared behind Scarlet Scale King. He was a Divine Transformation Realm expert, definitely a leader-level figure among the bandit forces. At this moment, his sharp blade slashed out a brilliant arc of light, chopping down from above towards Scarlet Scale King's head, aiming to split him in two.
"Hmph! A petty sneak like you dares to ambush this king? Seeking death!"
Scarlet Scale King snorted coldly, striking out without even turning his head. His long spear swept backward. With a metallic clang, the blade light shattered, and the great blade itself cracked and exploded. The bandit leader paled in horror, retreating rapidly.
But a blood spear was faster than him, flashing like lightning. In an instant, it pierced through his brow, penetrating his entire skull. Even in death, he couldn't understand how a young junior like Scarlet Scale King, not even at the Divine Transformation Realm, could be so powerful.
"Too weak. Daring to call yourself Divine Transformation? Utterly weak, not worth a single blow."
Scarlet Scale King said disdainfully. Surging divine power rippled from his entire body, waves of energy scattering outwards, preventing numerous bandits from approaching. Then he looked at Ye Chen and gave a cold smile. "Want to kill me? Who gave you the guts? Do you really think you are the reincarnation of the Yuan Yao Divine King? Don't think that just because you have nine divine rings you are the Yuan Yao Divine King. Killing you is a trivial matter for this king."
"Young Master, allow us to act and slay this little beast." The other Scarlet God Valley experts stepped forward one after another, requesting permission.
They were all elite experts of Scarlet God Valley with powerful cultivation, naturally unafraid. Moreover, they merely believed Ye Chen had succeeded in killing one of their members through a surprise attack and wasn't as powerful as imagined.
"No need. I will personally kill this man. No one else is to intervene."
*Boom—*
Scarlet Scale King attacked. At this moment, he erupted with kingly divine might. Surging, bright blood-red fire waves burst forth, instantly incinerating over a dozen bandits trying to approach into ashes, leaving nothing behind.
He took a step forward, his entire body charging towards Ye Chen like a humanoid Qilin emerging into the world. The sky trembled as his blood spear swept horizontally, stirring up endless scarlet clouds and columns of light.
Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged. Gripping the Heavenly God Spear, he met the attack.
*Boom—*
The two kings collided. The void immediately exploded with layers of energy ripples. Numerous nearby bandits were sent flying, coughing blood, including leaders at the Divine Transformation Realm. Scarlet God Valley experts were also among them, but all were blasted away. They looked at the two in shock. Just the collision's shockwaves had injured them. How terrifying must their actual exchange be?
Was this the true combat power of so-called Young Kings?
"You are strong, but with just this, you are far from capable of killing me." Scarlet Scale King said coldly, brandishing his blood spear. Beneath him, a blood dragon took form. His entire being transformed into a dragon knight launching an assault, charging at Ye Chen. The blood spear swelled with the wind, reaching a thousand zhang in height, like a pillar holding up the heavens sweeping horizontally.
Ye Chen remained as calm and composed as ever. At this moment, he didn't even use the Heavenly God Spear, instead swinging his peerless divine fists to meet the collision. Those fists shone with crimson-gold divine radiance. Standing firm in the void, he continuously clashed head-on with the blood spear, emitting deafening metallic clangs and sparks.
This made people change color. Ye Chen's fists were simply too astonishing, actually able to clash directly with Scarlet Scale King's blood spear. One must know that was a divine spear capable of slaying Divine Transformation Realm experts, extremely extraordinary.
He punched out blow after blow. The void seemed about to be blasted apart. The blood spear sparked, leaving behind one clear fist imprint after another, dented and cracked.
This shocked Scarlet Scale King. This was his kingly battle weapon, cultivated with his life and spirit. Although currently still a Demigod Dao weapon, it was forged from precious divine materials with great potential for growth, meant to accompany him in the future. He never expected it to be cracked. What astonishing fists!
Scarlet Scale King's heart ached for his blood spear. His crimson hair danced wildly like roaring crimson dragons. He retrieved the blood spear, formed hand seals, and unleashed a terrifying divine technique. With a raise of his hand, a sinister blood seal appeared, like a real Sinister Hall manifesting, covering the sky and pressing down on Ye Chen.
Ye Chen advanced instead of retreating. He also formed hand seals and performed a technique. A divine seal appeared in his hand, upon which coiled a majestic heavenly dragon with fierce scales, baring its claws, emanating oppressive heavenly might as it suppressed downwards.
Heavenly Dragon Seal!
That's right. This was the peerless divine technique of the Donghua Clan that Donghua Haoyi had used when they fought in the Void Heaven Domain. It was a powerful divine art that had always swept through and suppressed all enemies, extremely fearsome.
Naturally, Ye Chen had never cultivated it. But he had defeated Donghua Haoyi and absorbed his essence, energy, and spirit, also indirectly comprehending part of the Heavenly Dragon Seal's mysteries. Now, as he executed it, it was no less powerful.
The heavenly dragon on the divine seal awakened. Its thousand-zhang dragon body flew out in an instant, coiling around the Sinister Hall in the sky and shattering it. But the Sinister Divine Seal also shone with sinister blood light, dissolving the heavenly dragon.
The two Young Kings continuously clashed. Waves of surging divine energy fluctuations spread outwards. The other Scarlet God Valley experts and bandits couldn't get close. This area of heaven and earth became their battlefield.
In the blink of an eye, they had exchanged over three hundred moves.
Generally, such exchanges consumed divine power greatly. But the two Young Kings fought more fiercely the longer they battled, unleashing majestic kingly might. Each person's aura climbed steadily, overshadowing heaven and earth. Their essence, energy, and spirit condensed and soared skyward, shocking everyone.
As powerful as Scarlet Scale King was—the Young King of Scarlet God Valley in this generation, the number one among the younger generation across several great regions, a kingly figure on the path of the Human Sovereign—even though he didn't want to admit it, at this moment he had to acknowledge Ye Chen's strength. It was unexpectedly powerful and terrifying, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
"You are indeed somewhat decent. But if you think this makes you invincible under heaven, you are wrong."
At this moment, Scarlet Scale King appeared very majestic, his aura growing significantly stronger, causing the many experts to pale.
Behind him appeared a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The blood sea churned turbulently, with numerous corpses floating and sinking within—some human, some demonic beasts, and even several skeletons as huge as mountains, emitting terrifying auras.
This was like a world of blood, formed from every strong expert Scarlet Scale King had slain since his debut—peers, older generation experts, powerful demonic beasts—all who had fallen beneath him. Their departed essence, energy, and spirit were condensed and merged, forming this scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, one of his killing moves.
It directly enveloped the past and attacked Ye Chen.
The blood sea manifested realistically, pouring down and flooding the sky. Moreover, corpse after corpse stood up from within, actively attacking Ye Chen, their terror overwhelming the heavens.
Thousands upon thousands of corpses transformed into an army of ten thousand, becoming an irresistible torrent that surged towards Ye Chen, assaulting him.
In the sky, streaks of blood lightning flashed.
Visibly, even someone as strong as Ye Chen seemed desperate. He didn't even launch a counterattack. In the blink of an eye, he was submerged by the torrent, as if suppressed and slain.
"Suppressed so easily?" Even Scarlet Scale King couldn't believe it. He knew Ye Chen's strength. Even after unleashing this scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, it shouldn't have been this easy.
*Boom—*
Suddenly, the scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood trembled. Layer upon layer of the blood sea exploded, and countless corpses shattered. Within, the most terrifying blood energy erupted, surging and exploding like a volcanic eruption or the Nine Heavens divine furnace of the heavenly realm overturning. The terrifying blood energy shook all directions, flooding heaven and earth, startling everyone. Some even trembled and submitted.
Within the endless blood energy, a tall, straight figure stood firm. Black hair danced wildly. Above his crown point, the most dazzling and conspicuous pillar of blood energy shot into the sky, like a great dragon.
Ye Chen, unkillable!