The humanoid ferocious living beings inhabiting the island did not cautiously avoid the ancient ship like the first humanoid ferocious being had. Instead, all the creatures on the entire island swarmed over in a massive assault, attacking the ancient ship.
One after another, their eyes radiated a bloodthirsty gleam, chilling to the bone.
Having adapted and evolved over long ages, they had long since reached a point of immunity to the various disasters of the Chaotic Sea, and now they charged forward like madmen.
The heroes aboard the Great Power-level ancient ship experienced a brief moment of initial surprise, then all smiled, showing not the slightest trace of panic.
For them, these humanoid ferocious beings were not particularly strong. Aside from a limited dozen or so powerful beings comparable to Saint Lords or overlords, the rest were far too weak.
Although they knew these beings were unlikely to breach the light barrier defense of the Great Power-level ancient ship, the heroes on board still took action—or rather, were provoked into action by these creatures.
In an instant, countless beams of Great Dao radiance blossomed, sweeping across the sky and dispersing the chaotic storms for hundreds of miles around, completely submerging these beings and forcefully sweeping them away.
Countless humanoid beings exploded before they could even get within ten miles of the ancient ship, turning into bloody mist and ash, leaving nothing behind.
The Saint Lord-level and overlord-level beings finally understood the fearsome power of the heroes on the ancient ship. They too were wounded, blood spraying as they shrieked, their piercing cries trembling the Primordial Spirit, calling for all members of their race to flee quickly.
Unfortunately, it was too late, for at this moment, Ye Chen also made his move.
Standing at the prow of the ancient ship, he simply extended a large hand. Supreme Great Dao laws circulated—this was Samsara-level power—directly obscuring a portion of the heavens and earth, seizing two of the powerful beings comparable to Saint Lords.
It was done with such ease, as if plucking chicks, allowing no resistance, and making others tremble at the Battle Saint King's peerless might.
*Puff puff—*
The two powerful Saint Lord-level humanoid beings were crushed in Ye Chen's hand before they could even truly resist. Flesh, blood, and bones were squeezed into a pulp, their Primordial Spirits exploding, leaving behind two dazzling divine crystals the size of human heads.
These were the essence of Saint Lord-level beings, containing immense power, envied by many present but not eyed with jealousy.
Almost simultaneously, the Sun God, Yuan Yao Divine King, Primordial Demon God, Feng Wu, and several other Immortal True Kings chose to act, either targeting Saint Lord-level or overlord-level beings.
Though their strength could not match Ye Chen's, they were still capable of killing them and obtaining divine crystals.
The various Heavenly Kings felt it inappropriate to compete with these Saint Realm experts and merely watched with interest.
In the end, everything was accomplished without any real danger or surprise.
The island beings that had made Ye Chen feel such intense caution two years ago were now almost completely annihilated, leaving only some weaker ones fleeing back to the island in terror.
The heroes no longer took action, nor did they deign to.
*Swish—*
Suddenly, under the gaze of everyone, Ye Chen was the first to leave the Great Power-level ancient ship, traversing the sky to land on the massive island inhabited by the humanoid beings.
Since this island could remain intact amidst the countless disasters of the Chaotic Sea and serve as a habitat for humanoid beings, it likely held something extraordinary.
Ye Chen had his suspicions. Looking around, the island surprisingly maintained a dense ancient forest. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth could be considered relatively rich and very calm, forming a stark contrast with the violent chaos outside the island.
But he found no spirit veins, only that it could be considered a relatively beautiful small island.
His appearance provoked attacks from the few dozen remaining humanoid beings with Dao injuries. Even knowing Ye Chen's power, they still charged at him madly, emitting piercing shrieks.
In response, Ye Chen merely flicked his sleeve. An invisible ripple of Great Dao instantly spread out, about to annihilate the other remaining humanoid beings.
But at this moment, the island suddenly erupted with vast celestial radiance. Rule patterns rapidly shimmered into existence in the void, blocking Ye Chen's Great Dao ripple and accompanied by terrifying killing intent. Beams of killing light directly condensed and slashed toward Ye Chen.
"These are Heavenly King-level rule patterns, interwoven with Dao mark laws to form killing light, but they're incomplete, partially worn away."
Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise, quickly discerning the truth. Facing the onslaught of killing light, he directly summoned the Human Sovereign Pagoda, which descended with swathes of primordial Chaos Qi to protect him.
The beams of killing light, radiating with seven-colored radiance, clanged against the primordial Chaos Qi, sparks flying.
If not for this, even a Saint Lord would be instantly annihilated, and Ye Chen would have had a headache dealing with it.
His Eyes of the Heavens scanned the island as he piloted the Human Sovereign Pagoda, forcefully advancing all the way to the very center of the island.
There stood a massive mountain, towering into the clouds, but covered in countless caves of various sizes. It had been turned into a honeycomb-like nest by these humanoid beings, looking utterly ferocious and terrifying.
Before this honeycomb-like mountain, all the killing light densely covering the island dissipated, as if this place were a forbidden zone not to be entered.
However, Ye Chen's gaze fell before the mountain nest. There lay a smooth jade Dao platform, upon which a human skeleton remained seated in meditation even in death. The bones flowed with a faint glow, and between them faintly circulated the weak Dao might of a Heavenly King, awe-inspiring to the soul. In life, this had clearly been a human Heavenly King.
But this human Heavenly King had not passed away naturally. It was visible to the naked eye that the bones of his right arm, right chest, right leg, and indeed the entire right half of his body were cracked and shattered, clearly having suffered terrible injuries in life.
Yet these injuries were not the lethal ones. The most lethal was the finger-sized hole in his forehead bone, piercing through from front to back.
Clearly, during his lifetime, this human Heavenly King had encountered the most perilous attack. Not only was half of his Heavenly King divine body shattered, but there was also the most sharp and terrifying strike, affecting the Primordial Spirit between his brows, which was the cause of his fall and passing.
The rule patterns spread across the island shared the same fluctuation as that shimmering from the Heavenly King's skeleton. Clearly, they were all laid down by this human Heavenly King during his lifetime, likely to block a great enemy. Unfortunately, they could not hold, and in the end, he was slain by the powerful foe's finger strike.
Ye Chen sighed softly, able to imagine the plight of this human Heavenly King in life.
At the same time, the other powerful beings also piloted the Great Power-level ancient ship over.
Under the light barrier, the killing light on the island could not harm them. They all landed before the mountain nest, exclaiming in surprise upon seeing the Heavenly King's remains.