Chapter 2951: Lying in Wait

In the dim Tai Gu Lu, Ye Chen strode through the sky.

On this stretch of Tai Gu Lu, aside from the thunderous roars, there were no other sounds, no signs of life, and no human figures in sight.

As Ye Chen walked, he observed his surroundings and called out, hoping to draw in people from the various heavens, or perhaps even lure out Tian Mo.

This journey lasted three to five months.

It wasn't until the sixth month that he halted above a patch of scorched earth. On the soil lay a fragment of a broken artifact, stained with a drop of fresh blood from a special bloodline.

"Dao Ling Zhi Ti."

Ye Chen murmured softly, waving his hand to summon the small fragment, extracting the drop of blood on it. It was undoubtedly from a Dao Ling Zhi Ti, likely belonging to an ancient divine general who had tried to destroy the various heavens and seek reinforcements, only to be ambushed midway, leaving behind just this drop of blood.

Ye Chen retrieved a treasure box and sealed the blood inside. The person's essence had been extinguished, and the spirit in the blood had faded, but revival was still possible. It could be used for offerings, perhaps yielding a trace of spirit.

Hm?

As he examined it, Ye Chen glanced to one side.

There, surging demonic energy and ultimate Dao emperor aura were flowing, indicating that a supreme being from an outer domain was approaching. It was an emperor from the Tian Mo Yu. The exact level was unclear due to the distance, as divine sense was disrupted on the Tai Gu Lu.

Ye Chen let out a cold laugh and concealed himself in the void.

Before long, overwhelming demonic malice flooded the heavens and earth. The supreme beings from the Tian Mo Yu had arrived—two of them. One had red hair billowing, the other purple hair swaying, both with cloaks fluttering wildly.

"Disappeared."

The red-haired demon emperor narrowed his demon eyes, scanning the universe.

"It feels like it's a Huang Gu Sheng Ti."

The purple-haired demon emperor spoke indifferently, his emperor eyes flickering with demonic light.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than his head was severed by Ye Chen's Reincarnation Sword. The rolling head vaguely caught sight of Ye Chen's figure, radiant with golden light—it was indeed a Sheng Ti.

Thud!

Ye Chen gave him no time to be shocked, smashing his emperor body with a palm and obliterating his primordial spirit along with it. This was on the Tai Gu Lu; if it were in the various heavens, a single sword could have slain the Tian Mo emperor.

"Who? Come out!"

The red-haired demon emperor roared fiercely, though his escape was just as swift. The moment the purple-haired demon emperor was killed, he had already fled, his face deathly pale, his emperor Dao soul trembling. To kill an emperor with one sword and one palm—that attacker must be terrifyingly powerful. If he didn't run now, he never would.

"Can you escape?"

Ye Chen said calmly, vanishing in an instant and reappearing on the red-haired demon emperor's escape path, standing like a monumental stele.

"Sheng Ti?"

The red-haired demon emperor's heart shuddered, his emperor eyes bulging. A Sheng Ti wasn't frightening, but an emperor-level Sheng Ti was. How could a Sheng Ti achieve Dao? Yet he wasn't mistaken—it was indeed an emperor-level Sheng Ti, which explained how it could slay a great emperor.

Then came the question: where did this Sheng Ti come from? He had been hunting people from the various heavens on this stretch of Tai Gu Lu for thousands of years and had never seen a Huang Gu Sheng Ti. Where had this one suddenly emerged from?

As he was shocked, Ye Chen's palm descended from the heavens.

The red-haired demon emperor's eyes filled with madness as he invoked a forbidden technique, his emperor body instantly growing to ten thousand zhang tall, raising his hands to block the palm.

Crack! Thud! Bang!

These three sounds rang out in succession, quite melodiously. Ye Chen's palm crushed the demon emperor's arm bones, exploded his emperor body, and sent his illusory primordial spirit crashing to his knees with a bang.

"Join me on the road."

The red-haired demon emperor howled shrilly, even more frenzied, as his emperor Dao primordial spirit disintegrated inch by inch, weaving a destructive force.

Self-destruction—he intended to self-destruct.

Ye Chen's expression remained indifferent as he cast an immortal technique, reversing time in an instant and restoring the demon emperor's self-destructing primordial spirit to its original state. This heaven-defying divine ability was something even heavenly emperors might not comprehend.

Shocked, the red-haired demon emperor was utterly shocked. He had no idea Ye Chen's mastery of time laws was so profound, profound enough that even he, a Tian Mo great emperor, was denied the right to self-destruct.

Boom!

Ye Chen's golden hand fell, crushing the demon emperor's primordial spirit and imprinting five finger marks deep into the earth. Such was the might of the Sheng Ti—nothing below a heavenly emperor could withstand it.

After slaying two emperors, Ye Chen silently turned away.

It was fortunate he wasn't on the Tai Gu Lu where Di Huang was, or it would have been quite lively. Even hundreds of emperors wouldn't stop him from wiping them out.

Speaking of Di Huang and the others, their situation was utterly miserable.

A fully developed Huang Gu Sheng Ti was incomparable to one that had sealed the emperor path; an ordinary great emperor was incomparable to one who had achieved Dao as a Huang Gu Sheng Ti. Di Huang and Hong Yan were being relentlessly pursued, and even Shen Jiang Xing Tian fared no better. Wherever they went, they faced group beatings, having been tormented for who knows how many years.

So, the fact that the three of them had survived this long was a miracle. After all, they weren't like that beast Ye Chen—able to fight and endure. Even heavenly emperors would have to smile amiably upon seeing him.

In the dim heavens and earth, Ye Chen stopped again.

Not far away, a massive rift loomed, faintly visible and a thousand zhang wide, with lightning tearing through it, somewhat similar to the rift he had entered from. Without a doubt, it was another passage.

However, Ye Chen did not enter it.

It wasn't a rat hole leading to the various heavens; it likely connected to the E Mo Yu, or perhaps the Tian Mo Yu, or even the Sheng Mo Yu. Through the rift, he could detect the scent of demonic malice.

Such an aura wasn't easily detectable; even with his vision and abilities, he could only vaguely sense it.

"Not bad."

Ye Chen, the great emperor, smiled brightly, genuinely pleased. He sacrificed his emperor Dao origin, transforming it into a divine bow, and used the power of time and space to form a divine arrow. He drew the bow like a full moon, waiting for someone to emerge.

It wasn't long before the rift hummed and trembled, and a figure stepped out from within. One foot landed, shaking the heavens and earth, exuding an extraordinarily high presence. But his rank didn't match it—he was clearly at the initial level, yet he carried the momentum of a peak expert.

Zing!

Thud!

Ye Chen launched his attack, the arrow devastating the heavens and earth. The E Mo emperor who had just exited the rift was pierced straight through, his emperor body collapsing on the spot, and his emperor Dao primordial spirit disintegrating inch by inch into ash.

The E Mo emperor died in utter frustration, not even knowing what hit him as he headed to the Yellow Springs Road. Even in death, he wouldn't know who had fired that lethal arrow—aimed perfectly and overwhelmingly powerful.

Ye Chen nocked another arrow, for a second emperor had arrived.

Zing!

Thud!

The two sounds came almost simultaneously. This E Mo emperor died even more swiftly; he had barely stepped out of the rift and hadn't even caught his breath before Ye Chen's arrow sent him directly to the ghost gate.

Why else would they say an emperor-level Sheng Ti was impressive? For others, slaughtering a single emperor was incredibly difficult, but for him, it was as simple as shooting one with an arrow—clean, efficient, and treating the killing of supreme beings like child's play. He had truly become a professional emperor slayer.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a third E Mo emperor descended.

This one was of a higher rank—a peak emperor—his head larger than that of an initial-level emperor. His bloodshot eyes rolled with demonic menace and destruction.

Zing!

Ye Chen fired, the arrow's power wrecking everything in its path.

"Who?"

The peak E Mo emperor roared, his perception razor-sharp. He spun around instantly, manifesting a demonic sword in his hand and slashing Ye Chen's time-space divine arrow to pieces. Ye Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow—it turned out the E Mo Yu wasn't full of useless beings; there were exceptional ones, like this emperor, who innately possessed a god-level cheat.

That god-level cheat was a forbidden power, entwined with time laws, not acquired later but innate. Facing a time-space divine arrow with a time-space demonic sword, he cut it down just as cleanly.

Unfortunately, while he blocked the first arrow, he couldn't block the second. The second was a Reincarnation Arrow, piercing straight through his skull.

"Damn it."

The peak E Mo emperor howled in fury, shaking the universe and causing the rampant void lightning to wither instantly from the force.

His howl was loud but useless. He had taken Ye Chen's arrow head-on, his entire skull exploding as he staggered back two or three steps. Before he could steady himself, the third arrow had already arrived.

Thud!

The blood light of the emperor Dao was strikingly vivid. The headless peak emperor had his primordial spirit utterly destroyed by Ye Chen's arrow.

With that, the entire world fell silent.

Ye Chen crouched in the void, one hand gripping the bow and the other the arrow, waiting for the rift to tremble again. He had discovered the trick—the rift's hum always meant a supreme being was arriving. It was an absolute truth.

Half an hour later, another supreme being emerged from the rift—it was an E Mo emperor, a mid-level great emperor. Though his rank wasn't high, he harbored some divine power within, somewhat like that of the Sheng Mo.

Ye Chen drew his bow and loosed an arrow, taking him out neatly.

After that, every time an E Mo emperor emerged, except for the special peak emperors, they were basically slain with a single arrow. Each one died in confusion, caught completely off guard.

In just a few days, the number of E Mo great emperors felled by Ye Chen's arrows had reached several dozen, including more than a few peak emperors.

These emperors among emperors played the role of hunters perfectly, guarding the stump and waiting for the rabbits, picking them off one by one.

What could be said? Emperors as reckless as him were rare. It was a good thing he was only a great emperor; if he were a heavenly emperor level, he might charge into the rift and turn the E Mo Yu upside down.

"Boss, your presence is getting even more dazzling."

In the small world, the Hun Dun Ding buzzed incessantly, with the Hun Dun Fire and Hun Dun Thunder joining in the commotion. Every time their master slew an emperor, a certain halo above his head would radiate with glory.

That was presence—more than dazzling, it was heartfelt.

Ye Chen ignored it, still fixated on the rift. It was a special rift that had persisted for three to five days without fading.

The longer it lasted, the more he liked it. Having come to the Tai Gu Lu without finding Di Huang, Hong Yan, and Shen Jiang, he had to collect more heads. The mission of guarding the stump and waiting for the rabbits was a weighty one.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

Suddenly, the rift trembled violently, more intensely than any previous time. Before the figure appeared, rolling demonic malice surged forth, followed by desolate demonic sounds emanating from within.

Ye Chen had already drawn his bow and arrow, but judging by the situation, he wisely stowed his emperor Dao bow and Reincarnation Arrow, then stood up and cracked his neck, his emperor eyes gleaming radiantly.

What was coming next wasn't a great emperor. From the rift's violent shaking, it had to be a heavenly emperor—and not just any heavenly emperor. For Ye Chen had already detected the laws of time.

Against such an emperor, arrows wouldn't suffice; he'd have to use his fists. The Tai Gu Lu imposed no suppression, so it would be a complete heavenly emperor—a perfect sparring partner.

Boom!

From the rift, a foot stepped out, shaking the heavens and earth, revitalizing the withered lightning and letting it rampage once more.

The E Mo heavenly emperor had arrived, a humanoid monster whose imperial glory couldn't be concealed. His massive single eye showed no pupil, just a chaotic void. At first glance, it resembled a Hun Dun Eye, or perhaps it was one—a chaotic eye manifesting destruction, depicting scenes of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.