A supreme and peerless True King appeared, standing on the distant horizon. Dao marks cascaded down like waterfalls, completely obscuring his entire figure.
He was immensely powerful and terrifying, as if an invincible true god had descended to the mortal world. A vast and dreadful pressure radiated from him, sweeping across the heavens and earth, causing the very sky to seem on the verge of shattering.
He gazed towards Ye Chen atop Wind Heaven City, his eyes shining with a brilliant, piercing light. They solidified into substance, instantly transforming into two Great Dao heavenly swords that shot forth through the sky towards Ye Chen.
A gaze that transformed into heavenly swords!
This was a peerlessly sharp technique, and these were no ordinary gaze-swords. They were further empowered by terrifying Dao mark divine principles. The void itself froze and was torn open by two long, dark spatial rifts.
Everyone on the city walls, including the three Young Kings, changed color. Even a young King encountering such a method would suffer severe injury.
Ye Chen stepped forward. His slender palm instantly turned into a translucent golden color, and with a single motion, he clamped the two gaze-swords between his fingers, rendering them immobile. The laws crumbled and annihilated, fully displaying Ye Chen's peerless cultivation.
"My turn."
Ye Chen spoke and stepped forward directly, forming the Great Dao Treasure Vessel Seal. A crystalline and exquisitely beautiful Great Dao Treasure Vase materialized above his head, bobbing up and down. Its mouth was pitch-black and infinitely deep, like a boundless abyss. The most dazzling and terrifying beam of light erupted from it, shooting towards the location of the peerless True King. Heaven and earth trembled, and the void disintegrated.
However, what caused everyone's pupils to contract was that the mysterious peerless True King neither dodged nor evaded. He stood there as the destructive beam capable of slaying a Saint shot across the sky and struck him directly. Yet, it passed right through his body, and the mysterious True King remained completely unharmed.
"An illusion?"
Everyone was stunned. But the gaze-swords Ye Chen had just annihilated in his hand were clearly real manifestations. How could an illusion produce them?
"The real becomes illusory, the illusory becomes real. I understand," the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor murmured to itself, its expression unusually grave.
Ye Chen's expression also turned serious. He spoke softly, "Void Divine King."
Those three simple words revealed the other's identity.
The real becomes illusory, the illusory becomes real. To master the transformation between reality and illusion so flawlessly—who else could it be but that most mysterious Void Divine King?
This was a peerless True King not inferior to the Sun God, Yuan Yao Divine King, or the Primordial Demon God. The eerie and profound nature of his Reality-Illusion Law made him appear even more mysteriously extraordinary.
No one knew the true origins of this Void Divine King. He was like an enigma, but his peerless might was undeniable.
"As expected of the Battle Saint King. Truly powerful."
After saying this, the mysterious Void Divine King turned and left. His figure abruptly vanished from this stretch of heaven and earth, his whereabouts unknown.
Ye Chen stared for a moment longer before turning and leaving the city wall.
The news that a mysterious young figure in Wind Heaven City had captured three Young Kings and over a hundred young geniuses quickly spread throughout the entire Plunder Heaven Plains, causing an uproar and drawing the attention and gaze of countless people.
Because some had personally witnessed Ye Chen's actions—three Young Kings along with numerous prodigy geniuses were seized in a single grasp. For beings as powerful as them to be defeated so ignominiously inevitably led to speculation about the identity of the mysterious young man in Wind Heaven City.
But there was no need for excessive thought. This was undoubtedly a figure at the level of a peerless True King. Otherwise, who else could possess such world-shaking methods?
And soon, the geniuses across the Plunder Heaven Plains received their answer—
Battle Saint King!
It was the Battle Saint King who had taken action, displaying his profound and extraordinary methods. He had personally intervened to capture the three Young Kings and over a hundred young geniuses.
Everyone was shocked. After being humiliated and forced to retreat by the Dragon Phoenix Academy's Commander, the Battle Saint King had actually entered the Plunder Heaven Plains and, single-handedly, conquered the entire Wind Heaven City. It was truly astonishing.
Many couldn't help but sigh. Truly worthy of being the legendary Battle Saint King, he was ferocious to an extreme degree.
After learning his identity had been exposed, Ye Chen had originally wanted to conceal it a bit longer, but he was ultimately recognized. He felt somewhat helpless but didn't harbor much resentment. He let things take their natural course.
However, his appearance in Wind Heaven City naturally drew the focused attention of various powerhouses, precisely because he was the Battle Saint King.
But precisely because of this, other young geniuses dared not rashly attack Wind Heaven City, fearing suppression by the Battle Saint King.
And the other peerless True Kings all tacitly left the vicinity of Wind Heaven City, not actively approaching it.
During this period, aside from the joint attacks on cities by the Myriad Domains geniuses, those peerless True Kings had also begun to move, and they were ferocious to an extreme degree.
Just as Junwei Young Master had surmised, each peerless True King was a formidable character. They directly challenged and attacked the ancient cities alone, displaying supreme divine might that shook the mortal world, boundless and far-reaching. Their sieges were terrifyingly powerful; with their own strength alone, they truly seemed capable of conquering entire ancient cities and establishing themselves within.
The great bandits within the various ancient cities naturally would not let them have their way. Although not overlord-level figures, they were at least Ancient Saints. Moreover, they activated the protective city barriers, forcefully holding them off.
But which of these peerless True Kings was not a rare, dazzling genius across the ages? Each was terrifyingly powerful. Although they were still only Demi-Saints, when they unleashed their various methods, they nearly caused the protective city barriers to crumble. The ancient cities teetered on the brink, in great danger.
Some had even succeeded in conquering cities and establishing themselves within, suppressing a generation of great bandits, just like Ye Chen.
This caused countless people to be moved, forced to acknowledge the fearsome nature of these peerless True Kings. Each was completely extraordinary, veritable monsters.
Naturally, the other great bandits deep within the Plunder Heaven Plains grew enraged, clearly due to the brazen city attacks by these Dragon Phoenix Academy geniuses in recent days.
One fearsome great bandit after another personally took action, leading bands of bandit armies to appear. They launched forceful, domineering assaults, beginning to hunt down the Dragon Phoenix Academy geniuses across the entire Plunder Heaven Plains, sparking fierce battles.
Among them, several of the top thirteen overlord-level great bandits emerged, even more terrifyingly astonishing. Wielding dreadful divine weapons, they swept across the inner regions of the Plunder Heaven Plains like a storm, igniting one fearsome battle after another, resulting in many casualties.
In truth, only a very small minority of young geniuses actually managed to seize an ancient city and successfully establish themselves within. Aside from the peerless True Kings, other young geniuses naturally joined forces and targeted ancient cities with lower rankings or those not garrisoned by great bandits.
And the majority of young geniuses actually stationed themselves in the smaller towns outside the thirty-six ancient cities or roamed the inner regions of the Plunder Heaven Plains, not leaving.
The Dark Night Siege Battle had not yet officially begun, but both sides had already engaged in a fearsome contest of fierce battles, with significant repercussions.