That was Ye Chen launching a fierce counterattack. Although suppressed in the early stages, by this point, he had gradually adapted and was displaying the invincible divine might befitting a Battle Saint.
He let out a long roar, continuously executing the Four Extremities Connecting to Sage Style. Furthermore, he used the Chaos Dao to communicate, wielding the Four Extremities and the cosmos. The four holy spirits—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—transformed into four-colored divine radiance that accompanied him, constantly striking out and colliding with the Five Elements.
This was a collision of Daos. It was evident that Cang Jitian's Five Elements Dao was far more complete than Ye Chen's Chaos Dao.
However, Chaos was the origin of all things, the strongest Dao, a path even the Mythical Great Saint Sovereign had not succeeded in. Even though Ye Chen had only pioneered a small part of it, it was extraordinary enough. It gave rise to earth, water, fire, and wind, combining with the Four Extremities Connecting to Sage Style to also display world-shaking divine might.
In the end, he shattered the cage of the Five Elements Great World, soaring into the sky and carving out a clear expanse.
Moreover, the Saint Body Regeneration Art was continuously operating, healing all his wounds as his blood energy boiled and surged skyward.
Subsequently, the two engaged in close-quarters combat once more. To counter the Five Elements Dao, Ye Chen transformed one hand into Supreme Yin and the other into Supreme Yang. Yin and Yang complemented and countered each other, circulating the two energies of Yin and Yang as he launched his attack.
Innate transformation into Yin and Yang represented the positive and negative poles of all things, possessing unfathomable power. Furthermore, it was derived by Ye Chen from Chaos and was intimately related to it. Now, as he charged forward, it was naturally terrifying beyond measure.
He even used his body as a dragon-shaped curve to separate Yin and Yang, with the ten divine nature halos forming a circle, manifesting the ultimate Yin-Yang Taiji diagram that instantly sliced through the sky.
The Five Elements shattered. Ye Chen nearly bisected Cang Jitian, leaving only a layer of skin connecting him.
However, as Ye Chen passed through him, Cang Jitian also violently swept out with Five Elements light, piercing through Ye Chen's chest. Golden blood splattered, a shocking and horrifying sight.
Boom—
The two passed by each other, both coughing blood, severely wounded, yet both rapidly healing.
Undoubtedly, both sides were far too powerful, leading to a battle that had lasted an excessively long time without conclusion.
Both Cang Jitian and Ye Chen simultaneously ceased fighting, for they understood each other's invincible strength. Continuing such a battle for several more days and nights might still not determine a victor.
Cang Jitian spoke in a deep voice, "I have no desire to continue this meaningless fight. Battle Saint King, let us each use our strongest move in the next exchange to decide the true victor."
"Agreed!"
Not only Cang Jitian, but Ye Chen also decided to do the same.
"Battle Saint King, to show my respect for you, this move is one I have never revealed before. Although not yet fully perfected, I originally intended to save it for the final contention on the path of the Human Sovereign. Today, to defeat you, I have no choice but to use it prematurely." Cang Jitian stated solemnly.
Boom—
The Five Elements Dao within his body merged, mutually generating and transforming, actually giving rise to wisps of primordial Chaos Qi. In an instant, its power surged to a whole new level.
Moreover, faintly, within the five great cocoons of light birthed from his five internal organs, five identical human figures seemed to open their eyes, unleashing the most terrifying fluctuations.
At this moment, from within the five cocoons of light, the five figures contained within seemed about to break free and slay the Battle Saint King.
"With this final move, let us decide the victor!"
Cang Jitian shouted.
"Agreed!"
Ye Chen assented, and he swung out his strongest punch—
Heaven and Earth Creation!
From the five cocoons of light, five illusory human figures actually flew out. Each one looked exactly like Cang Jitian. At this moment, they all flew forth, each clad in divine armor of different colors corresponding to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
Simultaneously, their hands each formed profound and unfathomable divine seals, also corresponding to the Five Elements. Five Elements, five seals, fused together, with Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth encircling them. In that instant, they unleashed the most astonishing strike.
How could Ye Chen dare be careless? A long roar erupted from him. His black hair danced wildly, his entire body overflowing with golden radiance, resembling an invincible God of War launching an attack. He swung out the forbidden divine ability, the Heaven and Earth Creation punch. Within it were contained terrifying scenes of the birth of all things, the opening of heaven and earth, the first appearance of Chaos. It all converged within this punch as he smashed forward.
Five Elements Divine Seals versus the Heaven and Earth Creation Fist!
The ultimate collision, unprecedented!
In that instant, centered on the two combatants, a destructive divine energy fluctuation erupted that could shake heaven and earth and make ghosts and gods weep. It instantly swept across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, submerging the entire world.
Boundless divine radiance erupted in that moment, a thousand times brighter than the sun in the sky, instantly blinding everyone. The very world seemed to fall utterly silent in that instant!
The moment of infinite light was accompanied by infinite darkness, for the void in that region shattered layer by layer. Everything was unavoidable, unable to withstand it.
Contradictory, yet so perfectly so.
The entire world fell into a soundless, silent stillness. Only the combat zone continuously resounded with tremendous, booming roars that instantly shocked the outside world, scattering layers of clouds and shaking space-time.
The commotion could be clearly heard for a hundred thousand miles around, shaking the mortal world.
Even until the end, a destructive, infinite divine radiance erupted. Surging divine energy shot into the sky, rushing towards all directions.
Everyone's faces changed color. If affected by this destructive divine energy, even overlord-level powerhouses would be severely wounded, perhaps even perish.
Just how powerful a force had these two peerless powerhouses employed? The might of this strike likely surpassed even Saint Lord-level power.
Even the super-powerful observers far on the horizon had drastic changes in expression. Such an intense battle situation truly exceeded imagination. Who could have imagined that the collision of two young geniuses would create such terrifying combat fluctuations?
But eerily, the most terrifying fluctuations only spread to a radius of about a hundred miles before ceasing to expand. Instead, within, infinite divine radiance continuously bloomed, the void within constantly annihilating with rumbling roars. No one could clearly see any of the battle situation inside.
That region had completely turned into a vacuum; nothing existed anymore.
Yet, wave after wave of air currents continuously spread outwards, exploding in the sky. Mountain ranges spanning thousands of miles in all directions were utterly obliterated, reduced to barren land.
The observers flew as far away as possible, not daring to get too close to avoid being affected by the residual waves.
At the same time, figures like Saint Lords and the various True Kings all had flashes in their eyes, for they saw the very center.
Although they could not see the two venerable figures, they saw surging primordial Chaos Qi spilling out, continuously exploding, concealing everything within.
Impossible to see clearly, impossible to penetrate.