Ye Chen was injured, struck down by a Heaven's Avatar that had suddenly arrived and launched a direct, heavy blow.
It was the First Heaven's Avatar, a youth wreathed in five-colored divine light. He traversed the sky in an instant, and even with Ye Chen's possession of the Boundary-Treading Secret Art—an extreme speed movement technique—he was quickly overtaken.
It was precisely because of this that Ye Chen was wounded.
The onlookers were awestruck. Each of these Heaven's Avatars was a true Heavenly Venerable, comparable to the Emperors and Sovereigns of the Mythical Era in their youth. Even though this was merely a Divine Transformation tribulation, it could adjust itself according to the tribulation-taker's own realm, reaching the same level.
Otherwise, with Ye Chen's strength as a young generation's supreme at the half-Saint level, even if the ten Heaven's Avatars at the initial Divine Transformation stage were immensely powerful, they would still be suppressed.
"Saint Body Regeneration Art!"
Ye Chen roared. This was the supreme healing secret art recorded within the Battle Saint Art, even more formidable than the Divine King Rebirth Art, for it was specifically tailored for the Battle Saint Body lineage.
Moreover, at this stage, the Saint Body was so powerful that even the Divine King Rebirth Art would require excessive consumption of divine power to repair it. Faced with such a predicament, no healing secret art was better than the Saint Body Regeneration Art.
Boom—
Golden runes appeared, brilliant Dao principles surged forth, intertwining with each other. The wound on his chest was completely healed in the blink of an eye.
And at this moment, Ye Chen executed the Human King Seal. A phantom image appeared, identical to him in size. Moreover, a dazzling golden blood qi erupted from the crown of Ye Chen's head, merging into the Human King phantom, transforming it into a Supreme Dao Body.
As long as the distance wasn't too great, this Human King Body could possess combat power on par with his own as a peerless young generation's supreme.
Ye Chen attacked, raising his fist and slashing forward without hesitation. The blow shook the entire heaven and earth with a deafening roar, tearing through everything as he charged toward the First Heaven's Avatar.
And at this moment, he unleashed a peerless divine ability, originating from his past life.
During his seclusion, his two Saint Bodies merged, and the shackles on his true spirit completely shattered. Everything flooded into his mind, and he also mastered a forbidden divine technique no weaker than the Battle Saint Art, integrating it seamlessly.
As the hand seal descended, suddenly, the Battle Saint King's entire body radiated an astonishing and terrifying aura. A mysterious mist veiled his form, releasing a powerful will capable of annihilating gods and slaying immortals, as if another person's primordial spirit had possessed him, granting him immense offensive power.
Within the Heavenly Gate, the well-informed elders, sect masters, and overlords all paled in shock. "Such a terrifying killing intent! Could it be that legendary ancient divine technique!?"
The Slaying Immortal Seal!
The Slaying Immortal Seal was a forbidden divine technique that originated from the even more ancient and untraceable Mythical Era.
This divine technique once shone brilliantly during the Mythical Era, mastered by an invincible figure.
How powerful that invincible figure of yore was! He could be described as slaying gods who blocked his path and slaughtering Buddhas who stood in his way. With his own strength, he slaughtered all enemies in the world, standing at the very pinnacle of the Mythical Era. He was hailed as the Slaying Immortal Supreme, a mythic Emperor and Sovereign.
However, after the Mythical Era, the Slaying Immortal Seal was also lost to the world, with only ancient records mentioning it.
Even if someone mastered it, it was incomplete, for legend had it that anyone who mastered the complete Slaying Immortal Seal of the Slaying Immortal Supreme would inherit the Supreme legacy he left behind.
Whether this was true or false remained unknown; it was merely a rumor, not highly credible, yet it didn't stop some from believing it.
Legends in the world spoke of immortals, terrifying existences standing above deities, supreme and peerless, born from ancient chaos, a type of supreme being that could stand shoulder to shoulder with Divine Spirit Supremes.
And the Slaying Immortal Supreme wished to slay immortals. Based on this, he exhausted a lifetime's effort to create a technique totaling eight forms. The Slaying Immortal Seal was also known as the Eight Slaying Immortal Forms.
Ancient legends said that when the Slaying Immortal Supreme created the Slaying Immortal Seal, it was so shocking and heaven-defying that even from above the Nine Heavens descended a terrifying, boundless Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Divine Punishment, destroying vast lands. Even great world realms suffered from the tribulation punishment, collapsing and crumbling—a truly fearsome and immeasurable event.
Yet no one could have imagined that the Battle Saint King had actually mastered such a supreme divine technique as the Slaying Immortal Seal. One must know that this was a supreme forbidden divine technique created by a figure suspected to be a Divine Spirit Supreme over an entire lifetime.
Naturally, Ye Chen couldn't have obtained the complete Eight Slaying Immortal Forms. He only possessed one of its forms, called the Immortal-Slaying Form, which he had acquired by chance.
Executing the Immortal-Slaying Form, Ye Chen transformed into an invincible War Immortal descending upon the mortal realm, intent on slaying gods and destroying immortals. He clashed head-on with the First Heaven's Avatar, blasting apart vast swathes of tribulation light and thunder seas.
The First Heaven's Avatar had a section of its arm shattered, splattering with drops of blood, each gleaming with flawless treasure radiance, appearing incredibly real.
Faced with Ye Chen's sudden use of the Immortal-Slaying Form, even a Heaven's Avatar suffered a severe setback.
On another front, the Human King Body attacked. As a transformation from Ye Chen's own body, at this distance, it possessed absolute young generation's supreme combat power. It even wielded the Four Extremities Connecting to Saints Form, summoning the four world-creating beings—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—with four-colored divine light swirling around it. It engaged in a series of fierce collisions with the peerless heavenly maiden that was the Fifth Heaven's Avatar.
The Seventh Heaven's Avatar also joined the fray. Three Heaven's Avatars combined their forces to attack Ye Chen.
And Ye Chen went completely berserk, unleashing one peerless, supreme divine ability after another. All the divine abilities from his past and present lives exploded forth completely.
Severing Heaven Finger!
Heaven-Shaking Palm!
Heaven-Suppressing Seal!
A colossal finger spanned the sky, a giant hand blotted out the heavens, and the third forbidden method of the Battle Saint Art, the Heaven-Suppressing Seal, appeared.
The Heaven-Shaking Palm, Severing Heaven Finger, and Heaven-Suppressing Seal were all related to "Heaven," embodying the lofty determination of the Saint Ancestor of the ancient Battle Saint lineage. Every move and every form sought to surpass "Heaven" itself.
A divine seal wreathed in golden light flew from Ye Chen's hand, expanding to the size of a mountain. It was inscribed with traces of the supreme and mighty Great Dao, forming patterns that covered every inch of the divine seal. Moreover, it radiated an invincible pressure that seemed intent on suppressing the Nine Heavens, causing onlookers to change color.
Boom—
The Heaven-Suppressing Seal descended, trailing thousands upon thousands of divine Great Dao traces, all gleaming with dazzling golden light, terrifying and immeasurable.
The battle reached a white-hot stage. Fortunately, among the ten Heaven's Avatars, only three had taken action. Otherwise, if they all attacked together, no matter how powerful Ye Chen was, he would face certain annihilation, with no hope of survival.
Yet even so, with Ye Chen employing all his divine abilities, he found himself in an inextricably difficult predicament.
The three Heaven's Avatars were too powerful. Each was comparable to a young generation's supreme like him who had reached the Tenth Heaven. With the three attacking together, even the celestial dome would be blasted apart. Who in this world could possibly withstand them?
Before long, drops of Saint Blood splattered from Ye Chen's body, each gleaming with brilliant golden light. He suffered terrible heavy injuries, struck down by the combined attacks of the three Heaven's Avatars, his blood continuously spilling.
Boom—
Suddenly, all ten Heaven's Avatars attacked together, unleashing their most terrifying strike, blasting apart the celestial dome.
Ye Chen... his entire body exploded!