In a true close-quarters battle, Ye Chen feared no one.
Primordial Battle Body struck out, and his other hand also swept forward, attacking with several major techniques from the Battle Saint Art.
Heaven-Shaking Hand, Severing Heaven Finger, Heaven-Suppressing Seal—though merely three techniques, each was the strongest offensive move pioneered by the Battle Saint Ancestor. Moreover, in the hands of Ye Chen's unparalleled Battle Sacred Body, they displayed world-shaking might.
The Battle Saint Art clashed head-on with the world-destroying heavenly spear several times, leaving his flesh undamaged. It even struck Shen Rong's body, blossoming with brilliant radiance that forced the other to cough up blood, cracks spreading across his black battle armor.
Clearly, even someone as powerful as an Imperial Son could not completely withstand Ye Chen's close-quarters assault.
The Battle Saint Art paired with the most invincible Battle Sacred Body was simply too heaven-defying when combined. Even an Imperial Son-level figure could not endure it; several ribs in his chest were even broken.
In contrast, after initially tearing a piece of flesh from Ye Chen, Shen Rong now found it difficult to harm him in close combat. The battle attire formed by law shackles blocked most of the force, and the remaining impact could hardly damage his Great Power-level physique.
This made Shen Rong frown. This Qian was even stronger than the Battle Saints of the Mythical Era, his physique terrifying beyond imagination. It seemed even his own Imperial Son-level physique was somewhat difficult to match.
Boom—
During this process, Shen Rong finally could not hold back, revealing the true means of an Imperial Son. In the collision, he blasted Ye Chen away, his aura skyrocketing. Ten Heavens manifested, but unlike Ye Chen's which condensed into one, these were undoubtedly ten separate heavens.
Indeed, Imperial Sons all had the backup plans of ancient Great Emperors and were basically born in the Mythical Era. How could they be lacking, merely at the ninth heaven?
The Ten Heavens on his body manifested, resonating with the ten suns in the sky, actually drawing in endless divine radiance to empower himself, granting him eternal, flawless divine power.
This was the absolute advantage of the Ten Heavens, and also the uniqueness of the Ancient Emperor Realm, created by ancient Great Emperors, able to continuously empower the possessor of the Ten Heavens.
"Ten Heavens! The ancient legends are indeed true!"
Once the Ten Heavens manifested, many people changed expressions, shocked.
The history recorded on the oldest stele in the Emperor Realm was indeed true. It was said that in the previous epoch, the ninth heaven was not the limit; above it existed a realm hailed as the myth—the Ten Heavens, representing perfection, the true great completion domain.
However, this epoch seemed to have all ten thousand Daos complete, but actually lacked a crucial opportunity, making it somewhat defective and unable to break through to the Mythical Ten Heavens.
Imperial Sons were different. They were all born in the Mythical Era and possessed the heaven-defying means of the Mythical Emperors, seizing it against the heavens to attain the Mythical Ten Heavens.
Now revealed, resonating with the ten suns, many people in this world felt the ninth heaven within their bodies resonating, yet with a sense of trembling, as if submitting, like ministers meeting an emperor.
The world could sense that after manifesting the Ten Heavens, Shen Rong's body surged with supreme aura, completely no weaker than a Heavenly King-level Divine Spirit.
Not stepping into the Heavenly King realm, but combat power equivalent to a Heavenly King, making all living beings look up, insurmountable.
Moreover, the rules of the Ancient Emperor Continent only targeted the Heavenly King realm, not those possessing such combat power, so they would not be forcibly sent to the Divine Realm.
"Qian, Battle Saint King, come and receive your death!"
Opposite, Shen Rong spoke coldly and eerily, his entire body clad in black battle armor shimmering with icy ghostly light, chilling to the bone.
Only those few words were uttered, yet they made people shudder intensely, as if the god of death was declaring Ye Chen's fate.
Ten Heavens! In the past, Ye Chen had exhausted immense effort and coincidental opportunities to reach this step, yet the other possessed such an advantage innately, making one sigh helplessly.
Moreover, he was now powerful, not inferior to a Heavenly King. How could one contend? No matter how strong Qian was, he couldn't possibly be Shen Rong's match.
Yet Ye Chen's expression showed little surprise, remaining calm and unperturbed. He smiled coldly: "What are you? Just an Imperial Son, not a true ancient Great Emperor. In my eyes, you're merely a human-shaped vessel storing Imperial bloodline, ready to provide Imperial bloodline for my research at any time.
He was composed and steady, seated atop the Purple Qilin, never afraid, even though Shen Rong was an Imperial Son Supreme of the Ten Heavens.
He had experienced countless great battles in his life, rising step by step from weakness, later sweeping through his generation unmatched, inheriting the invincible bearing of the Battle Saint lineage.
He had fought Heavenly Kings, fought ancient Great Sages, fought alien race monarchs, even felt the might of an alien race supreme existence on the river of time and not died.
He was a Battle Saint, peerless in battle, invincible in combat, a world-shaking talent. How could he ever be afraid?
He feared not even alien race Emperors, let alone just an Imperial Son, far from having that qualification.
These arrogant words made many people's hearts jump. Did Qian still have other means? Impossible. Shen Rong's strength, looking across past and present, aside from the nameless Imperial Son of their Emperor Realm, they couldn't think of anyone else who could compete with him in this domain.
Unmatched in the world, who could contend? That was the best interpretation.
"That was merely my ninth heaven means earlier. Now let me show you what Ten Heavens means."
Boom—
On Shen Rong's body, the Imperial bloodline boiled, and the Ten Heavens resonated with the ten suns. A terrifying, peerless aura erupted like a divine furnace exploding, a million volcanoes erupting, rolling and surging forth, causing other fearsome cracks to appear on the Ancient Continent.
"So strong!"
The five supreme powerers in the Seventy-Second Pass all changed expressions drastically; it could simply rival a Heavenly King, impossible to match.
"Are you bullying me because my cultivation is restrained?" Strands of golden blood energy released from Ye Chen's body, autonomously forming a golden light screen that withstood the other's supreme aura, standing firm and unmoving.
"Yes, so what if I bully you!"
Shen Rong laughed wildly, filled with arrogance, his black hair exploding. Holding the world-destroying heavenly spear and riding the divine tiger, he charged over instantly, the Ten Heavens empowering the heavenly spear as he slashed down.
This strike was like an Emperor of the Mythical Era attacking, raising a hand to suppress and slay all, invincible.
The dazzling radiance even drowned out the nine layers of the heavens, making the split Ancient Continent show signs of collapse again.
Yet at this moment, Ye Chen smiled, very coldly, very grimly: "I'm afraid you just don't have that qualification."
Boom—
A pillar of divine light shot forth from between Ye Chen's brows, splitting the sky, standing tall and supporting the heavens.
The Great Dao within his body actually began to awaken at this moment, with a deafening thunderous rumbling sensation.
Moreover, layer upon layer of divine halos manifested on his body, condensing into immortal immortal rings. Ten layers of divine halos empowered himself, surging with world-shaking immortal radiance that drowned his form.
Primordial Battle Body slashed upward, clashing head-on with the world-destroying heavenly spear. Ye Chen even executed the Great Dao Treasure Vessel Seal, floating above his head, its mouth aimed at Shen Rong, spewing forth world-destroying beams of light that instantly blasted his entire person away, blood flowing horizontally.
The situation was instantly reversed!