At this moment, Ye Chen's expression turned cold as he made his move.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
Across heaven and earth, as he pointed with his sword finger, countless sharp sword beams materialized out of thin air—from the sky, from the earth, from the mountains, from the forests, from the oceans, from the stones... Innumerable sword beams shot forth, each one terrifyingly powerful, infused with his Monarch Rule power, reaching everywhere without discrimination, attacking indiscriminately.
Those war fortresses, those ancient Monarch cities, those battle formations, those super-powerful experts... Under Ye Chen's single, intuitive sword finger, they were nothing special. They were all swept up and, under the horrified gazes of the myriad races of the Star Sky watching from outside, turned to dust and vanished, ceasing to exist.
In an instant, a terrifying foundation capable of threatening even Emperors was directly dismantled and annihilated.
The headquarters Great World was left empty and vast, with only Ye Chen standing alone at its center, ruling over all under heaven, his invincible might suppressing everything!
"So... so strong!"
"Even if the Battle Saint King is an Emperor, he shouldn't be this overwhelmingly powerful? And... where is the First Imperial Envoy?"
Within the headquarters Great World, the survivors of the Soul-Restraining Hall were all horrified. Facing such a terrifying opponent, they panicked. Probably only the most powerful Emperor, the First Imperial Envoy, could contend with him.
They just didn't know yet that the First Imperial Envoy had been flicked away by Ye Chen, his current fate unknown.
"Activate the Eighteen Layers of Hell! Release all the Forbidden Weapons from past and present! Bring out all our foundation! We must suppress and kill the Battle Saint King!"
A Star Sky Overlord existence of the Soul-Restraining Hall roared.
From the core of the headquarters Great World, a majestic, heaven-piercing ancient pagoda suddenly appeared. It had eighteen layers, rippling with powerful World Power and Imperial Dao power.
"An Emperor Pagoda!?"
Ye Chen looked at this eighteen-layered Emperor Pagoda in surprise. However, the pagoda shone, and the doors of the lower sixteen layers opened one after another.
Instantly, strands of supreme, terrifying auras were released. From each layer, a figure of great terror stepped out.
Especially the higher the layer, the more terrifying and peerless the emerging figures appeared!
These figures had dull, peak-level gazes, as if they had lost their original intellect. What remained was only instinct, yet it was extremely powerful.
"Forbidden Weapons!"
Behind Ye Chen, the Ice-Fire Monarch, the Star-devouring Beast Progenitor, and the other two Star Sky Overlords stepped forward, their expressions grave and ugly as they watched this scene.
Without a doubt, the Emperor Pagoda named the Eighteen Layers of Hell was actually a prison holding the most powerful type of Forbidden Weapons, similar to the Ice-Fire Monarch and the Star-devouring Beast Progenitor. This fact proved that the Soul-Restraining Hall's foundation was far more terrifying than imagined. The Eighteen Layers of Hell—each layer imprisoned a Star Sky Overlord-level Forbidden Weapon.
The Ice-Fire Monarch and the Star-devouring Beast Progenitor were merely Forbidden Weapons captured in this epoch. The Eighteen Layers of Hell contained Forbidden Weapons suppressed over several past epoch eras.
Even more astonishing was that the strength of each Forbidden Weapon figure was at least at the late-stage Eighth Heaven Sovereign level. Nine of them belonged to the Ninth Heaven, even the peak Tenth Heaven Sovereign level.
Over several epochs, the Forbidden Weapons worthy of being imprisoned within the Eighteen Layers of Hell Emperor Pagoda were the survivors of natural selection. Only the sufficiently powerful had the qualification to be imprisoned there—it was imprisonment, but also a form of preservation.
The Eighteen Layers of Hell Emperor Pagoda could, like a World Heart, freeze the spacetime within. The Forbidden Weapons would not lose their lifespan; otherwise, unless they were Supremes, they couldn't possibly live beyond the lifespan of a single epoch!
Similarly, each layer of the Eighteen Layers of Hell Emperor Pagoda could only seal one person, as they were all too powerful. Even the Emperor Pagoda couldn't preserve too many strong individuals at once.
As expected, the Star-devouring Beast Progenitor, formerly Weapon No. 2, would certainly have qualified for imprisonment here, while the Ice-Fire Monarch and the other three did not have this opportunity.
One Star Sky Overlord-level Forbidden Weapon after another appeared, controlled by the Soul-Restraining Hall's experts, charging towards Ye Chen with frenzied, bloodshot eyes.
The appearance of sixteen Forbidden Weapons, each at the Star Sky Overlord level, some even at the peak Sovereign level—even an Emperor wouldn't dare be careless facing them.
Only, this time they faced Ye Chen, the Invincible One!
"Battle Saint King, please awaken their intellects."
The Ice-Fire Monarch, the Star-devouring Beast Progenitor, and others who had been suppressed and turned into Forbidden Weapons in the past were all deeply affected. They didn't wish for anyone else to become Soul-Restraining Hall's Forbidden Weapons.
"Good!"
Ye Chen nodded, then displayed the invincible might of a peak Eternal Sovereign.
A boundless, nearly comparable to that of an ancient Emperor's majestic aura, shaking the past and illuminating the present, directly froze the spacetime of the entire headquarters Great World. The sixteen Forbidden Weapons from the layers of hell were forcibly sealed in the void, unable to break free.
A Supreme's method!
The Soul-Restraining Hall, the Ultimate Ancient Path, the myriad races of the Star Sky—all were shaken to their souls.
Hum—
At the same time, Ye Chen made a grasping motion with his large hand. The sixteen Soul-Restraining Hall Forbidden Weapon wielders were all shifted as if stars moved, completely suppressed within his internal Chaos Small Universe, unable to struggle.
He would awaken their intellects another day.
As calm as a breeze, as light as a cloud!
In the blink of an eye, the terrifying crisis was not only resolved, but on the contrary, it caused the Soul-Restraining Hall heavy losses.
The sixteen Forbidden Weapon wielders were among the Soul-Restraining Hall's ultimate foundation accumulated over several epoch eras, enough to sweep across the entire infinite Star Sky. At this moment, they were all suppressed.
Even an Emperor shouldn't be this strong?
The Soul-Restraining Hall headquarters panicked, even more unable to comprehend. What kind of method was this from the Battle Saint King? With a mere raise of his hand, sixteen Star Sky Overlord-level Forbidden Weapons vanished. It was unbelievable, even more shocking and terrifying.
"Immediately awaken Weapon No. 1 and Weapon Zero!"
A Heavenly Hall Master of high status roared, ordering the unlocking of the prison doors of the seventeenth and eighteenth layers of hell of the Emperor Pagoda.
The doors of the seventeenth and eighteenth layers of hell of the Emperor Pagoda were far beyond comparison with the previous sixteen layers. They had Emperor Arrays inscribed upon them for sealing.
Especially the eighteenth layer of hell—it had a complete Emperor Array. Upon it, ten drops of Imperial Dao essence blood outlined this complete Emperor Array, unprecedented.
First to be opened was the door of the seventeenth layer of hell. Instantly, a terrifying aura rippled out, shaking the entire headquarters Great World.
"An Emperor-level existence!"
Ye Chen looked at the figure that rushed out from the seventeenth layer of hell—Weapon No. 1, who surpassed the former Weapon No. 2, the Star-devouring Beast Progenitor, by who knows how much. It was actually an Emperor-level existence, but at this moment, its intellect was lost, in a frenzied state.
"The Soul-Restraining Hall is even more extraordinary than I imagined."
Ye Chen murmured to himself. Weapon No. 1, at the Emperor level, charged over, extremely fearsome. But for him, it obviously wasn't much of a problem.
He directly suppressed it. At the peak Eternal Sovereign realm, in the stage of ultimate sublimation, his strength far exceeded the world's imagination. According to Ye Chen's own judgment, it was no less than that of the Tai Chu Emperor.
Ordinary Emperors, let alone an Emperor with lost intellect—unless it was an Eternal Emperor—were no match for him.
Ye Chen took forceful action, displaying the peerless methods of the peak Eternal Sovereign realm.
Boom—
Upon first contact, the peak-level Weapon No. 1, fierce as a demonic beast, was directly sent flying, smashing through countless stars.
Ye Chen stepped into the Star Sky, tearing through the space of the cosmos, engaging Weapon No. 1 in battle.
The battle above the Star Sky of the headquarters Great World was intense, but similarly, it concluded quickly.
Within a few short moments, under the numb, shocked gazes of the myriad races of the Star Sky, the figure of the Battle Saint King reappeared. He held Weapon No. 1 by the neck, as if holding a chick, returning from the Star Sky.