Chapter 1478: The Saint's Tribulation

Chapter 1478: The Tribulation of the Holy Body

"Ye Chen, you have your day too." As Yuan Huang and the others fled, Kunpeng Taizi and Jinwu Taizi roared like madmen, gnashing their teeth and grinning ferociously.

"May I say a few last words?" Ye Chen glanced at Yuan Huang, who had already escaped far away, then turned with interest toward Jinwu and Kunpeng. "Consider it as showing some pity for me."

"Kneel down and beg me." Both Kunpeng and Jinwu sneered, baring their sharp white teeth.

"We originally had no grudge." Ye Chen scratched his ear. "So why keep targeting me?"

"No grudge?" Kunpeng and Jinwu gritted their teeth. "Our grudge is to the death."

"Huh?" Ye Chen hadn't finished speaking when he let out a soft exclamation. He looked up involuntarily at the hazy void, feigning surprise. "Why has the sky suddenly gone dark?"

Without him needing to point it out, everyone else looked up, because the sky had indeed darkened, turning dim and overcast.

In the hazy void, mist rose without wind, strands intertwining and weaving into thick, billowing clouds. Lightning tore through them, one bolt after another.

The heavens were shrouded in clouds, plunging the world into gloom. An ancient thunderclap echoed, as if from a distant era, crossing through endless ages with an irresistible authority that commanded all beings.

"Is that a Tian Jie?" A Jinwu clan Da Sheng roared in fury, his face twisting in extreme displeasure.

"Who's the idiot doing this?" Curses erupted everywhere, blending into waves like a roaring sea. "Do they not know where this is? There are so many people here, and they're crossing a tribulation?"

"It's him—it's the Shengti crossing the tribulation." An elder Sheng from the Ba Qi Da She clan shouted in shock. He had been watching Ye Chen closely, as if sensing something, and was certain it was Ye Chen's Tian Jie.

His words made everyone turn abruptly toward Ye Chen. That guy—where is he?

Ye Chen was gone. Or rather, while everyone was looking up at the sky, he had secretly used his Shift Heaven and Earth technique.

His earlier banter with Kunpeng and Jinwu was just to buy time—one, to let Yuan Huang and his group get farther away; two, to secretly lift the seal on his Tian Jie; three, to lower their guard.

As for the fourth reason, it was to confuse everyone about who was actually crossing the tribulation.

It had only taken a couple of seconds, and he had swapped positions with over a dozen people, slipping out of the encirclement. He had no intention of getting obliterated by all those Da Sheng-level experts before the Tian Jie even descended.

The Jinwu Da Sheng was furious, thrusting out his palm from afar to grab Ye Chen and crush him.

But before he could reach Ye Chen, a bolt of heavenly lightning obliterated his handprint.

The Tian Jie had arrived, pouring down like silver waterfalls, all targeted straight at one person. Everyone in this stretch of heaven and earth was within the Tian Jie's range, forced to endure it.

The heavenly lightning struck indiscriminately from above, hitting everyone present—whether Da Sheng-level or Zhun Sheng-level, male or female cultivators—all took the full brunt.

The scene was gruesome. Many with weak foundations were vaporized by a single lightning strike.

Even the Da Shengs weren't spared. The Tian Jie was impartial: Zhun Sheng-level strikes for those at Zhun Sheng level, Da Sheng-level strikes for those at Da Sheng level.

One notable case was Jinwu Taizi, still in his Yuan Shen state. He hadn't even reacted before a lightning bolt hit him head-on, nearly scattering his soul.

"Retreat!" The Jinwu Da Sheng bellowed, pulling Jinwu Taizi into a magical artifact and fleeing rapidly.

Without his reminder, people from all directions were already scrambling to escape. They didn't know why Ye Chen was crossing his Tian Jie, but they knew the Shengti's tribulation was ferocious—if they weren't careful, they'd be reduced to ashes.

Ye Chen moved too, fully embracing his shameless style by heading straight toward crowds.

The Tian Jie followed his every step, moving with him and striking relentlessly.

Screams echoed, piercing and harrowing, as groups of people were obliterated, body and soul.

Ye Chen paid special attention to the Jinwu clan and Kunpeng clan; they suffered the most. One after another, their Zhun Shengs were struck down, while their Da Shengs and Sheng Kings were sent flying chaotically.

"Damn you!" The Kunpeng Da Sheng raged, firing a divine beam from his finger to kill Ye Chen. If Ye Chen died, the Tian Jie would dissipate, and they could stop running.

But he underestimated Ye Chen. Before the finger beam could hit, Ye Chen used Shift Heaven and Earth again, swapping places with a Kunpeng clan Zhun Sheng and dodging the Da Sheng-level lightning kill.

That unfortunate Kunpeng clan Zhun Sheng, however, was pierced through the divine sea by the finger beam, his Yuan Shen extinguished in an instant. No scream escaped him.

Seeing this, the Kunpeng Da Sheng immediately activated a forbidden seal to lock the space and neutralize Shift Heaven and Earth.

But as soon as the space was sealed, the Kunpeng Da Sheng was struck and sent tumbling by lightning. His forbidden seal was shattered by the onslaught, freeing the space once more—Ye Chen could still use Shift Heaven and Earth.

With the lightning's power backing him, no one could lock down this heaven and earth. That meant Ye Chen could use his technique freely, as long as he could swap with his target.

His movements became even more erratic, zeroing in on the Kunpeng clan again, always heading toward the densest groups.

The Kunpeng clan took heavy casualties, with many Zhun Sheng Kings and Sheng Kings falling.

The Kunpeng Da Sheng tried to kill Ye Chen, but every attack was dodged with Shift Heaven and Earth, and Ye Chen even swapped in other Kunpeng clan members to take the hits.

The Kunpeng clan members were coughing up blood—from sheer frustration. They could easily crush Ye Chen with a hand, but with the Tian Jie's lightning aiding him and his Shift Heaven and Earth, they couldn't touch him.

Since they couldn't kill him, they decided to flee, getting as far away as possible. The entire Kunpeng clan did just that.

But they underestimated Ye Chen's persistence. He was like an unrelenting sticky plaster—they ran fast, but he chased even faster, not even needing to fight, just following along.

With the domineering Tian Jie lightning, the Kunpeng clan didn't dare turn back and fight; they just fled for their lives.

"Kill him!" Kunpeng Taizi howled like a mad dog. Only now did he realize he'd been played by Ye Chen. That so-called begging and last words were all a ruse to set up this whole spectacle.

He wanted to charge over and cut Ye Chen down, but the Kunpeng Da Sheng held him back. "Not now—don't stir things up. If you go, you won't come back."

Ye Chen knew how to play it smart. As soon as Kunpeng cursed at him, he stuck to the Kunpeng clan like glue.

The Kunpeng Da Sheng was so angry he clamped a hand over Kunpeng Taizi's mouth to stop him from provoking Ye Chen further. That guy was utterly shameless—if they kept it up, the consequences would be dire.

Ye Chen was single-minded, locking onto the Kunpeng clan and chasing them relentlessly, striking without mercy.

But he was fair about it. After dealing with the Kunpeng, he turned to the Jinwu clan, and then the Jiu Yi Shen Peng clan, Ba Qi Da She clan, and Tai Gu Feng Diao clan—all his special targets.

As a result, the scene in that part of the sky was utterly chaotic. Hundreds of thousands of cultivators were chased around in disarray by one man, including Da Shengs, Sheng Kings, and Zhun Sheng Kings.

Yuan Huang and Kui Niu Huang, watching from the outskirts, were left gaping in astonishment. After two thousand years of cultivation, they had never seen such a lawless sight or such a lawless person. The Shengti Tian Jie was indeed overbearing, and Shengti Ye Chen was indeed shameless.