Chapter 1259: Three Sovereigns Assist in Battle

"Yes," Yan Laodao answered with certainty.

"With your advancement to Quasi-Saint, I hope you can summon a great deity," Ye Chen said, releasing Wu Sanpao, Taiyi Zhenren, and Niu Shisan from the Hun Dun Shen Ding. "Quickly, lend your powers."

As he spoke, Ye Chen waved his hand, sending Yan Laodao and the others back more than a thousand zhang.

The black shadow person smirked mockingly and vanished like a ghost, instantly appearing in front of Ye Chen. A divine light from his finger shot toward Ye Chen's brow.

Ye Chen sneered and dodged to the side, evading the dark glow. The Hun Dun Shen Ding transformed into a killing sword, flipping to slash out a river of stars, but it was instantly crushed by a palm strike from the black shadow person.

"It's you!"

The black shadow person recognized Ye Chen, mainly by his aura.

Immediately, his face twisted into a ferocious expression, his killing intent soaring to the heavens. He had been searching for Ye Chen for many days, and now that they had met, he would not let him escape again.

"Senluo Jie!"

The black shadow person raised one hand to the sky, summoning a powerful barrier that enveloped both him and Ye Chen inside.

"Let's see where you can run now!"

Trapped within, the black shadow person bared his white teeth and stepped across the void. A dark light flickered at his brow, shooting out thunderbolts directly at Ye Chen's primordial spirit, aiming to destroy his true form in one strike.

Ye Chen was no ordinary foe. He used Shen Shang to crush the divine light, transforming his killing sword into a divine blade. He struck from the heavens, merging the Nine Paths Eight Directions Slash into one, infused with Hun Dun Dao principles.

"Break!"

The black shadow person was overwhelmingly powerful, extending his hand to shatter the Eight Directions Slash blade light.

"Again!"

Ye Chen roared, charging forward with his blade, his momentum swallowing the sky.

The black shadow person was equally filled with killing intent, ascending to the heavens.

Bang! Boom!

The battle erupted instantly, the scene extraordinarily grand. This stretch of heaven and earth was left in utter ruins.

It was clear that Ye Chen was completely on the defensive. In a one-on-one fight, he was no match for a Saint Ninth Heaven expert. His powerful Saint body was shattered several times, only to be forcibly reassembled each time.

In comparison, the black shadow person's form was somewhat disheveled but showed no injuries.

While the battle raged on that side, Yan Laodao had already begun the borrowing ritual on the other.

Wu Sanpao, Niu Shisan, and Taiyi Zhenren sat in a neat row, their bodies covered in talismans. As they watched Yan Laodao muttering incantations, their expressions showed bewilderment.

"Heaven and earth are boundless, borrow the powers of Qian Kun, as the command decrees!"

Yan Chixia suddenly shouted sharply, his voice like a divine bell, as he pointed his sword to the sky.

In an instant, the nine heavens trembled.

Then, three divine rainbows descended from the sky, one after another, straight into the bodies of the three.

The bodies of Taiyi Zhenren and the others trembled, and their forms changed. A flame divine mark appeared on Wu Sanpao's brow, a water drop divine mark on Niu Shisan's brow, and a star divine mark on Taiyi Zhenren's brow. All three exuded an aura not of this world.

"You old Daoist, you're like a persistent ghost!" Taiyi Zhenren was the first to stand up, his face dark as he glared at Yan Laodao. "I just advanced my rank not long ago, and now you've dragged me down here."

"You're borrowing powers for three people at once—are you trying to get yourself killed?" Wu Sanpao also stood up, his tone deep.

"To borrow for three at the same time is quite a feat of merit." Niu Shisan smiled slightly.

"Si Ming Xing Jun, Shui De Xing Jun, Huo De Xing Jun—the situation is urgent, and I had no choice." Yan Laodao's face was pale as paper, with fresh blood overflowing from his mouth. "I need your help in battle."

"A Saint Dao Eighth Heaven expert, and a tough one at that." Si Ming Xing Jun glanced at the black shadow person fighting Ye Chen inside the Senluo Jie.

"Hmm?" When he looked at Ye Chen, Si Ming Xing Jun exclaimed in surprise, "It's that kid Ye Chen. It's only been a few days, and he already has the power to rival a Saint Dao Eighth Heaven."

"He's Ye Chen?" Yan Laodao was stunned.

"You didn't know?" Si Ming Xing Jun raised an eyebrow, looking at Yan Laodao in astonishment.

"Now I do." Yan Laodao took a deep breath, his old eyes full of amazement. He had some guesses before but didn't dare confirm them. Now, with Si Ming Xing Jun's words, it was verified, as few people knew he could perform such borrowing.

"So, he's the kid who picked up Tai Gong's God-Striking Whip?" Shui De Xing Jun glanced at Si Ming Xing Jun.

"It's undoubtedly him."

"He's truly favored by the heavens."

"That black shadow person has committed many evils, so this is just eliminating demons and upholding justice." Si Ming Xing Jun pulled out an ancient register and found the black shadow person's name on it. "I'll help you with this."

"What's with all the chit-chat? Let's fight!" Huo De Xing Jun cursed, his temper as explosive as his title. He charged forward, gripping a divine flame blade.

"Still as hot-tempered as ever." Shui De Xing Jun smiled helplessly and followed, striding on a divine sea with a divine sword in hand, water marks swirling around it.

"I'm used to it." Si Ming Xing Jun put away the ancient register and stepped into the void, like a magnificent divine light, treading on a star river with a starry sky above his head, truly living up to the name Si Ming Xing Jun.

Bang!

Huo De Xing Jun, charging at the front, was fiercely powerful. He swung his divine flame blade, shattering the strong and solid Senluo Jie with one strike.

"Hmm?"

The black shadow person, in the midst of battling Ye Chen, suddenly turned his head.

"How is that possible!"

The black shadow person's brows furrowed. He had seen Wu Sanpao when Ye Chen released him earlier—clearly only at the Emperor realm, but now he exuded Saint aura with immense pressure.

"Something's wrong!"

As he looked closer, the black shadow person's eyes narrowed into slits, as if he had seen through the trick.

"What are you looking at!"

Huo De Xing Jun thundered, stepping instantly to his side. Without another word, he swung his blade.

The black shadow person, just regaining his senses, hastily defended himself but was forced to stagger back by Huo De Xing Jun's strike.

"Taiyi Divine Water, vast and boundless!"

Shui De Xing Jun arrived next, slashing out a divine river fused with supreme Dao laws. The black shadow person had barely stopped when he was nearly cleaved in two.

Si Ming Xing Jun joined in, skillfully borrowing Ye Chen's immortal fire and heavenly thunder to unleash the Heavenly Thunder Array and Flame Dragon Art.

Pfft! Pfft!

The black shadow person was wounded again, his newly healed body cracking open once more.

"They're really something!"

Ye Chen sighed in admiration. The borrowed powers this time were far stronger than when they defeated the Black Mountain Old Demon.

As he spoke, his divine blade had already turned into a killing sword, executing a domineering Wind God Art that pierced through the black shadow person's body.

The black shadow person roared in anger, suddenly striking to send Ye Chen flying, then glared at the three Xing Jun. "You three are meddling too much."

"The evils you've committed will bring their own karma." Si Ming Xing Jun replied calmly.

"In that case, let's fight!" The black shadow person snarled coldly, forming seals with one hand. A dark light shot from his Tian Ling Cap, piercing the heavens and opening a swirling black vortex. The vortex connected to another world, exuding an aura not of this realm.

"He's actually communicating with the Xiuluo Jie." Si Ming Xing Jun snorted coldly, stepping across the sky. He unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Array and Flame Dragon Art again, combining the two divine arts for even greater power, shattering the black shadow person's body.

Pfft!

The black shadow person spat blood on the spot. The borrowing was interrupted, and with Si Ming Xing Jun's powerful attack, he suffered heavy damage. The black vortex in the void dissipated immediately.

"Ah!"

The black shadow person howled in rage, his hair disheveled and face twisted like a demon. He blood-sacrificed his origin, and a black divine mark appeared on his brow, instantly elevating his combat power to a new level.

"Let's go!"

Ye Chen, Si Ming Xing Jun, Huo De Xing Jun, and Shui De Xing Jun attacked from all sides, each unleashing great divine arts.