Chapter 2271: Kana

Chapter 2271: Kana Lei

In the starry sky where Youming Dalu was located, the vast space was profound and filled with lingering smoke. Due to the lightning of the heavenly tribulation, chunks of space had been shattered and were slowly mending themselves.

The starlit void was no longer as bustling as before; it had become quite serene. There were no more wild, unrestrained laughs from the Honghuang forces, no desperate roars from the Zhutian realms, and no thunderous rumbles shaking the heavens and earth. It was a deathly silence.

Both the Honghuang people and the Zhutian people tilted their heads back, staring blankly into the void.

It wasn't surprising they reacted this way, for in the void, half of a body was visible, with the legs still flailing about.

The scene was like someone stuck in place—unable to enter or exit. This bizarre sight was something no one had ever witnessed before.

Because of this novelty, the great battle had paused for a mid-fight break.

"I say, that's Lu Tian's half-body, right?" Tian Lao stroked his beard.

"After a quick calculation, that rascal Ye Chen has succeeded."

"One half in the black hole, the other in the outside world. How on earth did that boy pull it off?"

"I reckon it'd be incredibly satisfying to kick Lu Tian right in the crotch."

"Old Sun here is tempted to rush up and jab him with an iron rod."

The Zhutian quasi-emperors chimed in one after another, chatting with great enthusiasm. Their faces bore strange expressions, and many stroked their chins with a look of profound seriousness.

No wonder he was the top-ranked emperor's son from Honghuang—his divine abilities were truly vast.

Such miraculous maneuvers were beyond their capabilities.

Glancing at the Honghuang army, their faces were equally odd. Mouths half-open, they hadn't closed for a long time. The looks in their eyes conveyed many unspoken words: Was the emperor's son Lu Tian stuck? Was he trying to go in or come out? What was the meaning of exposing half his body?

Thus, what should have been a life-or-death struggle had turned strangely atmospheric because of that half-body.

The Honghuang people's curiosity was strong. They were in the midst of battle, yet their hearts weren't in it. It seemed they were more interested in Lu Tian's exposed half-body than in Youming Dalu.

The Zhutian people, however, were full of initiative. With this rare chance to catch their breath, they hurried to repair the barriers. While doing so, they occasionally glanced at the void—the scene was quite entertaining.

"Come in here!" Soon, the serenity of the starry sky was shattered by a furious shout.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lu Tian's half-body vanished.

More precisely, it was dragged into the black hole by a certain young master.

Even after that half-body disappeared, the Honghuang people remained stunned for a long time, unsure of what had happened. They only knew that besides Lu Tian, there was another person in the black hole, and the voice sounded quite familiar.

They were clueless, but the Zhutian quasi-emperors understood perfectly. Their eyes gleamed with admiration—Da Chu's tenth emperor was truly a miracle-worker, resolving this crisis just like that.

One could imagine how lively the spatial black hole must be at that moment.

And indeed, it was not just lively—it was extremely chaotic.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amid billions of heavenly tribulation lightning bolts, Young Master Ye was displaying his full might. He wielded an iron rod, relentlessly smashing Lu Tian and forcing him to keep his head down. Each strike was fiercer than the last, drawing blood with every hit.

Lu Tian was in a pitiful state. After suffering the backlash from his blood wheel eye, he had been dragged into the black hole by Ye Chen and was now being battered nonstop. It was a complete surprise, leaving him utterly off-guard.

"Again!"

Accompanied by a wolf-like howl, Ye Chen charged forward. With a swing of his rod, he knocked Lu Tian flat.

"Ah!"

Lu Tian roared in agony, skidding to a stop a thousand zhang away.

But before he could catch his breath, a ghostly figure flashed before him—Ye Chen was there again. This time, he didn't swing the rod; instead, he formed his fingers into hooks and thrust them toward Lu Tian's forehead.

Clearly, he intended to gouge out Lu Tian's six paths blood wheel eye.

He had to take it, and without delay.

After all, Lu Tian was still in the midst of his heavenly tribulation, which could break the blood wheel eye's seal. Ye Chen knew this better than anyone—back in the day, he had used the power of heavenly tribulation more than once to break the seal on his immortal wheel eye. He couldn't let Lu Tian's blood wheel eye unseal itself.

Ye Chen's goal was obvious, and Lu Tian understood it well. He wouldn't just stand there and let it happen, so he immediately retreated. Ye Chen was a young emperor-level fighter, and so was he—an indestructible immortal body. As long as his blood wheel eye remained, he had confidence in turning the tables.

Heavenly tribulation could break the blood wheel eye's seal, and Ye Chen knew that—he did too.

Unfortunately, Lu Tian fell for it. Because he glanced into Ye Chen's eyes for a moment too long, he unwittingly fell into Ye Chen's Great Wheel Reincarnation Illusion.

Though it only lasted an instant, it gave Ye Chen enough time to act.

Thud!

Golden blood sprayed out as Ye Chen instantly plucked out the blood wheel eye from Lu Tian's third eye.

On top of that, Young Master Ye delivered a solid blow with his rod, sending him flying thousands of zhang away.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The wretched Lu Tian, while hurtling backward, was repeatedly struck by heavenly tribulation lightning. His radiant golden body was torn apart, blood and bones scattering everywhere. And Ye Chen's rod packed a tremendous punch, nearly dismantling him completely.

Ye Chen didn't press the attack further; instead, he sealed the blood wheel eye.

Only then did he let out a deep sigh of relief. With Lu Tian's blood wheel eye taken, he had won nine-tenths of the battle, and the crisis on Youming Dalu was temporarily resolved.

Bang!

A few thousand zhang away, Lu Tian steadied himself. Perhaps his immortal body was too heavy, as his landing caused the sea of thunder to collapse. His form was utterly miserable, bathed in fresh blood with multiple exposed bones and muscles. The most gruesome sight was the bloody hole in his forehead, still gushing blood, now empty of the blood wheel eye.

His expression was fiercely distorted, like a demonic ghost, as he stared deathly at Ye Chen. His once brilliant golden eyes were now streaked with blood vessels, dyed a deep crimson, as if about to burst.

A grave miscalculation.

Who would have thought Ye Chen would charge into the black hole and silently land a blow, catching him completely off guard? And with his own nine wheel eyes, Ye Chen had sealed the blood wheel eye before he could react, then stolen it away.

This wasn't mere chance—it was a meticulously planned scheme.

Unfortunately, he realized it too late. His arrogance and obsession with Youming Dalu had given Ye Chen the opening. The turn of events was too sudden.

"Don't look at me like that—I'm a coward at heart." Ye Chen chuckled as he advanced, iron rod in hand.

"I truly underestimated you."

Lu Tian's eyes were blood-red, his teeth grinding audibly. His wounds across his body healed rapidly—the regenerative power of his indestructible immortal body surpassed even that of the ancient sacred body.

"When have you ever thought highly of me?" Ye Chen's smile faded with each step, his face and eyes turning icy cold.

As he walked, his aura reached its peak. He activated numerous forbidden techniques to boost his combat power, then layered on the Great Wheel Reincarnation Heavenly Burial for a tenfold enhancement. His bloodline and origin intertwined, his Dao principles and divine repositories trembling in unison. He expanded a vast chaotic realm, fully evolving the chaotic Dao within. Every mountain, river, plant, and tree inside was inscribed with Dao essence. Standing there, he resembled an invincible war god, commanding the four seas and eight wastelands.

At the sight, Lu Tian's brows furrowed deeply, and he involuntarily stepped back.

The top-ranked emperor's son from Honghuang wasn't a fool. Without his blood wheel eye, he couldn't activate the blood wheel heavenly burial or gain that tenfold boost. Meanwhile, Ye Chen was at the absolute peak of his power.

This shift in balance meant he was no match for Ye Chen—fighting head-on would mean death.

With that thought, he turned and fled, leaving behind a parting remark: "One day, I will kill you."

"You've said that, so how could I let you go?" Ye Chen snorted coldly, using a great shift to catch up in an instant. Without another word, he swung his rod.

Boom!

The fleeing Lu Tian took another solid hit, stumbling forward.

"Emperor Dao Fuxi!"

Ye Chen roared, summoning eighty-one arrays with a wave of his hand, all converging on Lu Tian and linking together.

"Break!"

Lu Tian spun around, his quasi-emperor-level indestructible immortal sword in hand, slashing out an immortal river that shattered the Emperor Dao Fuxi.

Buzz!

Ye Chen's rod came crashing down. Even as Lu Tian blocked it, he was forced to his knees, vomiting blood.

Indeed, without the six paths blood wheel eye, he was no match for Ye Chen. His combat power was utterly suppressed—the tenfold enhancement was overwhelmingly dominant.

Boom! Bang!

In that moment, a black and a white lightning bolt struck. Both Lu Tian and Ye Chen were hit full force. Ye Chen's back was blown open, and Lu Tian fared no better—his entire arm was shattered, bones and blood flying.

These weren't ordinary lightning bolts. Even Ye Chen was shocked—the heavenly tribulation of an indestructible immortal body was truly bizarre. His own ancient sacred body couldn't withstand it.

The two bolts separated them.

Lu Tian didn't dare fight any longer. Bathed in thunder, he fled desperately. Unlike Ye Chen, this was his tribulation. Once he passed it, he'd become a quasi-emperor, and even with Ye Chen's tenfold enhancement, he wouldn't stand a chance against a single palm strike.

So, he needed time—to survive the tribulation, not to brawl with Ye Chen.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Ye Chen snorted coldly, manifesting his sacred war Dharma body. At the same time, he vanished in a flash.

He reappeared ahead of Lu Tian's escape path, precisely because a wheel reincarnation mark was there. Ye Chen had placed it earlier when he entered the black hole, and Lu Tian had unwittingly run straight toward it. No need for more words—the speed of the Flying Thunder God technique was impressive.

"Get lost!"

Lu Tian howled, slashing a sword that could cleave heaven and earth.

Ye Chen didn't bother dodging; he met it head-on with his chaotic realm, then swung his rod, sending Lu Tian flying again and shattering his immortal body.

"My turn!"

The sacred war Dharma body charged from behind, wielding something incredibly imposing—a bed, or more accurately, a dragon throne made of white jade.

No wonder it was Ye Chen's Dharma body; anything in the world could be a weapon. Whether it was a white jade dragon throne or even a mountain, it could be used to smash enemies.

Bang!

The white jade dragon throne's power was formidable. The incoming Lu Tian was sent flying once more, his immortal body, which had just healed, cracking open again as brilliant golden blood sprayed from the gaps.

What followed was quite absurd.

Ye Chen on one side, iron rod in hand; his Dharma body on the other, white jade dragon throne at the ready. The original body and the Dharma body worked in perfect sync—Ye Chen would knock Lu Tian over, and the Dharma body would smash him back.

It was as if the top-ranked emperor's son from Honghuang had become a mere ball, batted back and forth by these two.

This spectacle left even outsiders sighing. Did they know he was still undergoing his tribulation? Being knocked around like this was embarrassing, wasn't it?

"Ah!"

Lu Tian was beyond embarrassed—he had gone mad, roaring hysterically. Who was he? The indestructible immortal body, the top-ranked emperor's son from Honghuang. When had he ever been so humiliated, getting beaten senseless in his own tribulation by these two beasts?

He wanted to escape, but he lacked the strength despite his will. Ye Chen's wheel reincarnation marks were placed all around the black hole, blocking him no matter which way he fled.

And that iron rod and dragon throne—where the hell did they come from? Both were brutally powerful. His indestructible body couldn't endure them—a single rod could crack his form, and the throne was even more devastating.

On top of that, there was the heavenly tribulation, with the occasional terrifying bolt striking him mercilessly. In this chaos, he couldn't even tell directions anymore.

The black hole was lively, and so was the outside world.

The rumbling of the heavenly tribulation could sometimes be heard from outside, but its source was nowhere to be found.

"From what I can tell, Lu Tian is getting thoroughly thrashed." Sheng Zun looked up, stroking his chin.

"Since he hasn't come out yet, Ye Chen has probably taken his six paths blood wheel eye."

"Without the blood wheel eye, he's no match for Ye Chen."

"Who knows? Your tenth emperor from Da Chu might even drag Lu Tian out for a stroll."

At these words, the Zhutian people's eyes lit up brightly.

The phrase "stroll" inevitably reminded them of one person: Han Jiang.

Back in the day, during Han Jiang's tribulation, Ye Chen had been extraordinarily active under the tribulation clouds, wielding an iron rod and sending Han Jiang flying everywhere. He'd hit him wherever the Honghuang forces were densest, turning what was meant to trap the Zhutian realms into a ploy that pitted Honghuang against itself instead.

That battle had electrocuted countless Honghuang people to death.

Now, with Lu Tian undergoing his tribulation, the situation was eerily similar.

"Who knows? History might repeat itself." Bai Hu Huang laughed.

"It absolutely will." Among the quasi-emperors, those from Da Chu looked the most solemn. They knew exactly what kind of person Da Chu's tenth emperor was—he never missed a chance to scheme. In a setup like this, if he didn't swindle the Honghuang forces once, he wouldn't be Ye Chen.

In that instant, everyone's eyes from the Zhutian realms turned toward the Honghuang army, their gazes saying it all: Don't move. Stay put and wait to get struck by lightning.

While the Zhutian people watched the Honghuang forces, the Honghuang army stared at the void. Each of them furrowed their brows deeply. They could hear the rumbling of the tribulation but not see Lu Tian emerge—the black hole must have undergone some change.

"Ye Chen must be in there." Qiong Qi Clan's emperor said with a ferocious expression, grinding his teeth.

No one responded or refuted him. Did he need to say that? Ye Chen was obviously inside.

Mentioning Ye Chen made the Honghuang forces itch with hatred.

How many years had it been? Whenever Ye Chen was involved, even the best situations turned into utter chaos. Not only did they fail to gain any advantage, but they suffered heavy losses every time.

Just like now, what had been a promising scenario was thrown into disarray by Ye Chen's appearance. Lu Tian still hadn't left the black hole, proving everything.

For some reason, the various clan emperors and every Honghuang person suddenly felt an ominous premonition. And with the faint rumbles, that feeling grew stronger.

Sure enough, their premonition came true.

Still under everyone's gaze, Lu Tian emerged, a bloodied mess—miserable didn't begin to describe it.

He wasn't alone—his tribulation followed.

But that wasn't the point. The key was that his blood-soaked body was hurtling toward the Honghuang army, bringing his terrifying tribulation along with it.