Chapter 1197: Forced to Desperation

Chapter 1197: Forced into a Corner

Boom! Bang! Boom!

In the vast and boundless starry sky, thunderous roars echoed like world-shaking thunder, shattering the usual tranquility.

Four Sheng Ren were locked in a massive battle, their every move creating scenes of world-ending destruction.

Dongyang and Qingyue were unleashing their peak powers, yet they still struggled to break through the blockade set by Zibao Sheng Ren and Heipao Sheng Ren.

The two of them looked extremely grim, never expecting such a sudden turn of events. This stretch of starry sky was already far from Shen Chao and Lingxiao Gong, making any call for aid impossible. Zibao Sheng Ren and his allies had chosen this location precisely because of that, sparing themselves a lot of trouble.

Damn it!

Dongyang Zhen Ren was furious, activating a forbidden technique. His aged form transformed into that of a youth, his vital energy surging like a vast sea. Behind him, the Xian Yu Xing Tian phenomenon appeared, instantly elevating his combat strength to a new level.

Get out of my way!

With one finger strike from Dongyang, the attack was devastating enough to pierce through Zibao Sheng Ren's body.

Zibao Sheng Ren spat blood and retreated, a divine pattern emerging on his forehead—it was a domineering forbidden technique.

Is it you?

Upon seeing that divine pattern, Dongyang seemed to recognize Zibao Sheng Ren's origins, his eyes flashing with even colder killing intent.

However, despite his overwhelming murderous aura, Dongyang had no intention of engaging in a full battle. His real concern was for Ye Chen. How could a Zhun Huang like Ye Chen stand against a Sheng Ren? If he didn't rescue him, Ye Chen was surely doomed.

Where do you think you're going!

Zibao Sheng Ren let out a sinister laugh and shifted in a single step, blocking Dongyang's path once more.

Bastard!

Dongyang roared in anger, his vital energy surging to the heavens as he unleashed world-shaking divine abilities one after another. Brilliant Xian light covered the entire star domain, each strand as heavy as a mountain and carrying the power of annihilation.

The battle escalated, overturning this entire section of starry sky.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

While Dongyang and his allies fought fiercely, another part of the starry sky was equally chaotic.

Ye Chen was still fleeing, his entire body engulfed in flames as he desperately used the Suo Di Cheng Cun technique.

Behind him, Yinpao Sheng Ren followed at a leisurely pace, as if strolling through a garden, seemingly relishing the torment of slowly extinguishing his prey's hope.

Damn it!

Ye Chen's eyes blazed with cold fury, his steps growing unsteady.

He had anticipated that Guihuang Zong wouldn't let things go, but he never imagined they would mobilize three Sheng Ren at once. Such a force was enough to make even Lingxiao Gong and Shen Chao tread carefully, let alone someone like him.

Helplessly, as a Zhun Huang, he could only flee in embarrassment—a Sheng Ren was no match for a Zhun Sheng.

Can you escape?

Yinpao Sheng Ren bared his white teeth in a terrifying grin and unleashed another burst of Xian light.

Ye Chen spun around abruptly, deploying the Tai Xu Dong secret technique.

Tragically, although the Tai Xu Dong method was profound, it couldn't withstand the Xian light for more than a moment before shattering. The light pierced his Sheng body, sending him flying once again.

Yinpao Sheng Ren chuckled eerily and advanced through the starry sky at an unhurried pace.

Ye Chen staggered to his feet, fixing a deadly stare on Yinpao Sheng Ren.

Do you know who I am?

It doesn't matter who you are.

Does it matter that I'm Jian Shen's disciple?

Jian Shen?

Yinpao Sheng Ren furrowed his brow and paused instinctively. Who in the Zhu Tian Wan Yu didn't know of the Zhu Tian divine myth? With just a strand of sword intent, he had established Da Luo Jian Zong, a figure only a step away from becoming a great emperor. Even without seeing him in person, just hearing his name was enough to feel suppressed.

Will you be Jian Shen's disciple? What a joke.

In that brief moment of distraction, Yinpao Sheng Ren looked up again, only to find that Ye Chen had vanished from the starry sky.

Realizing he'd been tricked, Yinpao Sheng Ren's face twisted in rage as he charged in one direction, his speed exploding like a streak of Xian light across the void. The overwhelming pressure of a Sheng Ren made the starry sky tremble.

Suo Di Cheng Cun!

Suo Di Cheng Cun!

Suo Di Cheng Cun!

Ahead, Ye Chen was pushing the technique to its limits, escaping this star domain and entering a new one. According to the star charts, this was the Zhu Tian Wan Yu's Xuan Tian Star Domain.

Yinpao Sheng Ren caught up in an instant, saying nothing as he fired another icy burst of Xian light.

Without hesitation, Ye Chen summoned the Hun Dun Shen Ding.

Clang!

The Xian light grazed the Hun Dun Shen Ding, sparking flames and causing it to hum and tremble from the impact. As its master, Ye Chen felt a buzzing in his divine sea and was sent flying alongside the ding, his Sheng body cracking open with blood spraying out, each drop strikingly vivid.

Yinpao Sheng Ren stepped forward and extended his palm, intent on capturing Ye Chen quickly to avoid any complications.

Thud!

Ye Chen had just risen when the descending palm forced him to his knees.

You're forcing me!

Ye Chen's face was wild with madness as he unlocked a seal hidden in the void.

Immediately, the ethereal starry sky rumbled, dark clouds gathering thick and heavy, filled with raging thunderbolts that formed a sea of lightning, carrying a pressure that made the heavens tremble.

Shen Fa?

Yinpao Sheng Ren's expression changed drastically. He retracted his palm and retreated thousands of zhang in an instant.

As a Sheng Ren transcending the mortal world, he still feared heavenly tribulations and Shen Fa. Once entangled in karma with the heavens, it would become a major obstacle, potentially turning into an ineradicable karmic hindrance on his path of cultivation.

I underestimated you!

Glancing at the rampaging sea of lightning above, Yinpao Sheng Ren snorted coldly but dared not approach, waiting at a distance of ten thousand zhang.

Ye Chen struggled to his feet, his body drenched in blood.

This was indeed his own Tian Jie Shen Fa. When he had broken through to Zhun Huang earlier, he had suppressed the tribulation for future use in desperate situations. He never thought it would come so soon, provoked by a Sheng Ren.

Desperate, he had been backed into a corner. He could escape from a Zhun Sheng, but not from a Sheng Ren.

Of course, unleashing the Tian Jie seal wasn't to fight the Sheng Ren directly, but to undergo rebirth in the tribulation, breaking the seal on his Xian Lun Eye. Once the Xian Eye was unlocked, he could save his life.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning struck from above, carrying destructive force aimed at obliterating Ye Chen in his tribulation.

Ye Chen snorted coldly, just as he had when sealed as an emperor in Da Chu, defying the heavens as he ascended. He punched through the lightning and charged upward, extinguishing each bolt that descended.

Boom! Boom!

His defiance seemed to anger the heavens, turning the lightning from individual strikes into a vast sea, with power to devour the sky and earth, and the sea spreading in all directions.

Yinpao Sheng Ren's face paled again as he retreated further, fearing being drawn into the tribulation.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen had transformed into a dragon, thrashing through the sea of lightning, using it to temper his Sheng body and break the seal on his Xian Eye.

What a domineering Shen Fa!

From another direction came voices of astonishment from two Zibao elders, with a disheveled youth at their side.

The youth's clothes were in tatters, his appearance wretched, his mouth covered in stubble, and his messy black hair obscuring half his face. He seemed to have committed some heinous crime, with shackles binding his hands and feet, his cultivation sealed, as if he were being led to an execution ground for public beheading.

It must be some kind of heaven-defying bloodline!

The two Zibao elders murmured, seemingly recognizing the extraordinary nature of Ye Chen's bloodline.

Like them, the shackled youth lifted his face slightly, his eyes dim and lifeless, peering through the gaps in his hair at the sea of lightning. Perhaps because his cultivation was sealed, he couldn't see the one undergoing the tribulation clearly.

Get lost!

Yinpao Sheng Ren snorted coldly, startling the two Zibao elders and making their souls tremble. The pressure of a Sheng Ren was immense; a mere rebuke shook their divine seas, and the shackled youth fainted on the spot.

Go, go quickly!

The two Zibao elders turned pale and fled desperately without daring to linger.

A reincarnated soul!

In the midst of his tribulation, Ye Chen suddenly turned his head, looking toward the direction where the two Zibao elders had been driven away by Yinpao Sheng Ren. His sharp gaze finally locked onto the shackled youth.