Boom! Boom! Boom!
Finally, the two truly collided, and from the very first exchange, they displayed an absolute combat prowess that shocked the world.
Before these two peerless geniuses, the stable void was as fragile as paper, utterly defenseless, continuously shattering apart, leaving everyone in awe.
Thick spatial cracks continuously opened and closed wantonly across the heavens and earth, like the ferocious maws of savage beasts, devouring everything.
Moreover, neither of them was ordinary. In the blink of an eye, their exchanges reached an extreme speed—dozens, even hundreds of collisions in an instant, a staggering number of clashes. None of the spectators could clearly see them, for it was too fast, beyond imagination.
Unless a Saint Lord descended, could one possibly see clearly.
And each collision was suffused with brilliant divine radiance, Dao marks and mana surging wildly to the extreme. How could this world bear it? The void of the myriad realms could hardly withstand it, and naturally, the void of the Emperor Realm could not either.
Fortunately, their clashes were over the lake, right at its center. Although intense, they merely stirred up thousand-fold terrifying waves on the lake. If placed on land, a region of ten thousand miles would likely be flattened.
Even so, the lake shores slightly closer could not bear it; mountains and rivers were already collapsing.
The spectators were all genuinely shocked. They naturally acknowledged Cang Jitian's strength, for he had just slain the quasi-Saint Lord, Prince Gu Feng. Across the entire Ancient Divine Continent, among his generation, perhaps only that handful of a dozen or so could be mentioned in the same breath.
In fact, they mostly believed that even if those Crown Princes of the imperial dynasties came forward to duel, they would likely lose more than win.
After all, they had not seen those Crown Princes slay a quasi-Saint Lord-level figure.
And because of Prince Gu Feng's death, they felt immense fear.
But who exactly was the other person dueling him, who could actually match this great demon Cang Jitian? It was beyond expectation.
Moreover, they had clearly heard Cang Jitian say earlier that this person might be one of the most powerful young geniuses of the Ancient Divine Continent. This made the blood in all their hearts surge, their gazes burning with fervor.
For nearly two years, these great demons had run rampant, yet the Ancient Divine Continent had been helpless. Although some great demons had been slain, it had come at an extremely heavy price.
And among the younger generation, none could rival them. Although the Crown Princes of the imperial dynasties were powerful, they had never truly engaged them in battle, leaving the people of the Ancient Divine Continent feeling deeply aggrieved. They hoped that Ye Chen, this person suspected to be one of the most powerful young geniuses of the Ancient Divine Continent, would avenge them.
Alas, they would never imagine that Ye Chen was also one of the great demons, and moreover, that legendary, most powerful Qian Yue.
In the midst of battle, Cang Jitian gave a light shout. The Azure-Gold Divine Staff appeared, and for the first time in the fight, he swung it, immediately sweeping out a vast expanse of azure light, but far more terrifying than before, carrying a boundless, majestic power.
Chaos Immortal Gold—each type of Immortal Gold possessed different characteristic mysteries. Azure Sky Gold was even associated with the Cang Tian, said to be the essence condensed by the heavens. Now unleashed, it shattered the heavens and threw the earth into chaos.
If struck, let alone ordinary Saints, even an Ancient Saint would be blasted into ashes.
Ye Chen did not take it lightly. He directly shifted sideways, and everything behind him became void, ceasing to exist.
This was the terror of the Azure-Gold Divine Staff.
Although Ye Chen feared not his opponent and could even clash bare-handed, doing so would only expose his identity. After all, in this world, aside from him with his Battle Sacred Body, there were truly few who could clash bare-handed against such a weapon.
With a movement of his hand, the Primordial Battle Body appeared. Naturally, under the effect of Stealing Heaven and Changing Earth, it transformed into a battle spear—a pitch-black battle spear, like a black dragon, directly causing that patch of void to collapse under its weight.
If Cang Jitian possessed a divine staff one-quarter made of Azure Sky Gold, then Ye Chen possessed the Primordial Battle Body, entirely forged from Nine Tribulations Gold.
Although, strictly speaking, it belonged to the second patriarch of the Battle Saint lineage, the disciple of the Saint Ancestor, simply put, it also belonged to him.
Although the Primordial Battle Body was not fully awakened, its weight was incredibly heavy. Its mere weight alone could unleash unimaginable power.
A simple downward slash.
Whoosh—
The void was directly severed, without any difficulty, slashing toward Cang Jitian.
Cang Jitian, holding the Azure-Gold Divine Staff, raised it to block, but suddenly felt as if a million great mountains were collapsing upon him. He was directly sent flying from the sky, plummeting deep into the lake.
This scene naturally left the powerhouses dumbfounded, yet it also made their blood boil even more. Many even hoped Ye Chen would directly kill Cang Jitian.
The lake exploded as Cang Jitian shot skyward once more. He circulated his profound art, evaporating the water vapor from his body, and looked somewhat warily at the battle spear transformed from Ye Chen's Primordial Battle Body. His intuition told him this spear was strange.
In an ordinary clash of Saint weapons, it would definitely not be a match for his Azure-Gold Divine Staff, given it contained one-quarter Azure Sky Gold. But this black battle spear was eerily impossible to withstand.
Subsequently, both sides suddenly, as if by mutual understanding, put away their respective weapons. They glanced at each other and nodded.
The two engaged in a peak bare-handed duel once more. Neither wished to use weapons, instead employing their divine abilities to attack. This made the powerhouses of the Ancient Divine Continent watching from afar secretly curse Ye Chen's foolishness, yet they dared not voice their reprimands.
For they could all see that this was not merely a duel, but a contest on a public stage.
Soon, over three hundred rounds had passed. Both had shed some blood. Ye Chen quickly stabilized himself and attacked with extreme speed; Cang Jitian did the same.
But Cang Jitian coughed up blood more severely, slightly at a disadvantage, though it was not a major issue.
Everyone watched, dazzled and shocked beyond measure, for those were manifestations of ultimate power in their respective domains, far surpassing every single person present, worthy of being called the strongest.
Rumble—
They pushed out beyond the lake, battling across eight thousand li, directly entering the inland. Under the terrifying combat, nearby mountain ranges were all flattened, shattered into powder filling the sky.
Not long after, the two battled their way into a prosperous kingdom, with clusters of towns and numerous beings of various races dwelling there. From afar, they sensed terrifying fluctuations, as if doomsday had descended. Countless people were in a state of panic, unable to live their days in peace.
The powerhouses watching from afar all changed expressions, wanting to rush forward and stop them, yet they also harbored apprehension, for they could hardly hinder them. A single stray ripple from these two peerless powerhouses might annihilate everything.