The Heavenly Gate was forceful, directly engaging in battle.
From the thousand-zhang colossal divine ship, figures rushed forth—eight in total, each a true peak expert of the Saint Treasury Realm. They arrived by Ye Chen's side.
Moreover, the Martial God Hall Master stepped forward. The Heaven-Enlightening Saint, the Soaring Dragon Saint, the Tian Du Academy Head, the Xia Divine Saint, and the other five Saints of the Slaying the Heavens Alliance all emerged. They erupted with powerful Saint Treasury Realm auras, sweeping across the heavens, breaking the confinement imposed by the other Saints, and stood in confrontation.
At this moment, the number of Saints on both sides was nearly equal. The opposing side only had three more Saints than the Heavenly Gate—a mere minor difference for the numerous Saints present.
And at this moment, Ye Chen stepped forward, taking several strides in succession. With each step, the formidable aura on his body was gradually released, climbing steadily higher.
When his seventh step landed, the vast, imposing might within him was completely unleashed. It was like an ancient True Dragon slumbering since the Mythical Era had fully awakened from its deep sleep, sweeping across the firmament and shaking Tian Du City.
"How is this possible?!"
The entire city was shaken, for this aura was too overwhelmingly powerful, causing the whole city to tremble. Everyone was horrified; even the Saints paled.
Accompanying this, surging golden radiance exploded from Ye Chen's body, overwhelming the sky, completely flooding the heavens above Tian Du City. It was like a golden ocean pouring down, submerging the firmament and shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
The intensity of his blood energy was unprecedented, causing people to pale—it surpassed the Saint Treasury Realm.
"Such powerful blood energy! It could probably rival that of a Heavenly King-level existence! And it's golden blood energy... I know who it is—it's him, the Battle Saint King!"
Many in the city paled, for such potent golden blood energy was unique to the forbidden lineage of the Battle Sacred Body. Combined with his affiliation with the Heavenly Gate, his youth, and his domineering presence, who else could it be but the Battle Saint King who had emerged from seclusion a month ago?
The Battle Saint King had arrived!
This was the thought in everyone's mind throughout the city, causing the hostile major powers to pale one after another. Who in the world did not know of this great killing star, the Battle Saint King? He had slain over a dozen overlords in a single day, was domineering to the extreme, and even had several ancient Great Sages protecting him. He could practically roam the myriad realms unhindered.
At this moment, all the experts from the hostile forces looked as if they had swallowed a dead rat, their faces as ugly as could be.
"Kill!"
The Saints of the Heavenly Gate directly took action. One Saint after another struck first, utterly fearless, charging toward their opponents and initiating a Saint-level great battle.
A battle involving nearly thirty Saints was unprecedented. The scene was trulyastonishment. The heavens above Tian Du City had long since been shattered; the void collapsed, ceasing to exist.
This was why planar worlds and special realms imposed restrictions on experts above the Saint Treasury Realm. Unlike the myriad realms maintained by the Heavenly Dao's operational rules, they were not as solid.
Even Divine Transformation experts could shatter the void, let alone super-powerful beings like Saints—it was effortless for them.
If not for the fact that Tian Du City housed the forces of many powers, and even experts from supreme holy lands and Emperor and Imperial clans were present, indifferently releasing supreme might to protect the city, it would have been unable to withstand the impact and would have shattered immediately.
"Kill!"
Ye Chen let out a great shout that shook heaven and earth. His own body condensed into a stream of golden light so dazzling it reached the extreme, like a human-shaped True Dragon traversing the sky. The entire firmament trembled, deeply astonishing people with his power.
Whoosh—
Ye Chen appeared before a Saint with lightning speed. Without wasting words, his palm—white as jade, flawless like mutton fat—executed the Heaven-Shaking Palm in a downward sweep.
Sensing the supreme imposing might from Ye Chen, this Saint dared not be negligent in the slightest. He directly took out his life-bound supreme Saint weapon—a divine shield. Saintly might permeated the air, shimmering with supreme Saint Treasury Realm Dao marks that interwove across the firmament.
This Saint was not skilled in attack but excelled in defense.
Boom—
Centered on the collision between the Heaven-Shaking Palm and the divine shield, the void experienced a great collapse. The void of this continent's heaven and earth simply could not withstand such an impact.
Down in Tian Du City, there were true super-powerful experts—and not just one or two—releasing formidable might to protect the entire city from destruction.
Ye Chen's figure remained unmoved, towering like an unshakable mountain. The Saint possessing the divine shield, however, was sent flying several li away. A clear palm print appeared on the entire surface of the divine shield, along with numerous fine cracks spreading across its body.
This astounded the Saint. One must know that this divine shield had been continuously refined by him over time, reaching a level of hardness that ordinary Saints could not damage. Yet, it had been struck by Ye Chen's single palm, leaving both a handprint and cracks.
Yet Ye Chen frowned. The hardness of this shield was indeed extraordinary, able to withstand his Heaven-Shaking Palm without directly shattering—quite remarkable.
One must understand how powerful his physical battle body was. When the Heaven-Shaking Palm descended, even a Saint's physical body would be utterly shattered.
He looked at the Saint and nodded. "To withstand my Heaven-Shaking Palm without completely shattering, your divine shield is indeed extraordinary. You can take pride in that."
Facing Ye Chen's sincere praise, the Saint felt only bitterness. He had long known of the Battle Saint King's power, but only through direct confrontation did he truly comprehend the other's terror.
Even his most relied-upon divine shield seemed so fragile. What in this world could possibly withstand a single palm from him?
Ye Chen attacked again, using the Heaven-Shaking Palm once more, striking out three consecutive blows.
Boom—
The divine shield could no longer endure and completelycollapsedissolve, transforming into countless fragments that scattered through the air.
A warrior is invincible. The Battle Saint King inherited this invincible bearing, charging forward to engage in a life-and-death duel.
Naturally, the so-called life-and-death duel was only from the opponent's perspective. For Ye Chen, it was merely an ordinary slaughter.
Even possessing a Saint-tier divine shield was no match for Ye Chen, let alone after losing it.
Ye Chen did not even truly employ the Battle Saint Art. He used the most ordinary means for the confrontation, not displaying any Dao or techniques, merely to verify the indestructible nature of his invincible Saint Body golden form.
The Saint, in contrast, unleashed his full might, displaying all the strongest methods of his lifetime, various divine abilities erupting forth as he attacked.
The golden form was indestructible; the Saint Body was invincible. All Dao and techniques were fragile before the supreme Battle Sacred Body, unable to cause the slightest harm.
This left all observers utterly speechless, filled only with horror and bitterness.
Boom—
Finally, Ye Chen simply threw a single punch. Instantly, countless Dao and techniques were annihilated as it smashed onto the opponent's head, causing a thousand peach blossoms to explode.
A generation's Saint had thus fallen!