Chapter 881: Blood-Soaked War God

Damn it!

Ye Chen cursed under his breath. He had been just a hair's breadth away from killing Huo Zun.

Now, with the bloodbath forces closing in and the Shi Xue army surrounding him from all sides, any attempt to forcibly execute Huo Zun was clearly impossible.

"I remember your aura. It was you who destroyed Yan Luo Shan." Xue Zun stepped forward, his body as immense as a mountain, heavy beyond measure. The void sky could not bear it, collapsing on one side, while the heavens and earth lost their color.

Ye Chen said nothing and had no time to respond. He turned and fled.

Stay!

Xue Zun snorted coldly, extending his hand to form a massive palm that blocked out the sky, as heavy as a great peak, crushing everything in its path.

Ye Chen staggered, summoning his Outer Dao Dharma to withstand the enormous hand, then shifted in a single step, escaping the palm's reach.

He wasn't incapable of fighting Xue Zun, but in the current situation, he faced not only Xue Zun but also the Shi Xue army closing in from every direction.

Can you escape?

A cold light flashed in Xue Zun's eyes. He formed a seal with one hand, his voice majestic and commanding.

Buzz!

The void sky trembled as a massive stone gate materialized, blocking Ye Chen's path. The gate was as thick as a mountain, inscribed with ancient runes, and blood energy flowed over it, each wisp carrying an aura of annihilation.

The gate opened, revealing utter darkness within, endless and bottomless, with wails echoing from inside, like a gaping maw ready to devour all living beings.

Tai Xu Long Jin!

Ye Chen activated the Tai Xu forbidden technique, enveloping the stone gate and sealing its terrifying devouring force.

Exterminate!

Xue Zun attacked from behind, spitting out a mouthful of blood energy that transformed into a sea of blood. Within it swirled eight blood-colored divine lamps, sealing off the eight directions of the heavens—a grand formation meant to trap Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's eyes burned with intensity. He flipped his hand to draw the Wu Huang Zhan Mao, the spear heavy with the divine might to pierce through a hundred thousand rivers and mountains.

Break!

With Ye Chen's light shout, the formation formed by the eight divine lamps was pierced through with a single thrust. He shot out like a soaring dragon.

I underestimated you!

Xue Zun crossed the distance in a step, forming his palm into a blade and slashing down from the heavens.

Ye Chen raised the spear to block, only to be struck to his knees in the void sky, his shoulder bone cracking open.

Open for me!

Ye Chen roared, his saint blood boiling and burning into surging vital energy. His golden body suddenly stood tall, shaking off Xue Zun.

Ten Thousand Swords as One!

Ye Chen swung his sword, pointing it at Xue Zun and unleashing ten thousand divine swords that merged into one, piercing through the void sky.

Xue Zun immediately waved his hand, shattering the sword light, then pursued in a step, thrusting a divine beam straight at the back of Ye Chen's head.

However, at that moment, Ye Chen, who had been fleeing, suddenly turned around. A golden glow flashed from his brow, shooting out a golden divine beam—it was the Shen Shang secret technique.

Xue Zun's body trembled, his expression changing drastically, not expecting Ye Chen to counterattack so suddenly.

In a flash of lightning, he abruptly withdrew, retreating rapidly, with a soul divine sword bursting from his own brow.

No time to play with you!

In that instant, Ye Chen had already crossed several hundred zhang in escape.

Where do you think you're going!

Xue Zun's face turned ferocious. As a senior elder of the Shi Xue Dian, he had unleashed divine abilities repeatedly, yet failed to capture a junior. If word got out, he would become a laughingstock in Da Chu.

Ahead, Ye Chen's vital energy burned like roaring flames, with the Immortal Wheel operating to heal his injuries.

Boom! Boom!

The Shi Xue Dian army charged in, spreading across the sky like a black ocean in turmoil, their killing intent piercing the heavens.

Stop him!

In the crowd, Xue Qiong stood on his war chariot like a king ruling the skies, swinging his sword to point at Ye Chen.

As his words fell, the Shi Xue Dian experts moved en masse, summoning killing weapons, unleashing sword beams, and blasting palm strikes. Their numbers filled the sky, carrying thunderous might as they bore down on Ye Chen.

Ye Chen remained silent, allowing the onslaught to approach, but made no extra moves. He merely glanced sideways at Xue Zun behind him, who was charging in over the sea of blood and delivering a world-shaking strike.

This scene made the onlookers, who had huddled together, turn pale, their hearts trembling. That was an assault from a cultivator army—if it were them, it would mean certain death.

Ye Chen is likely done for!

Someone muttered, their throat parched.

At that moment, the incoming attacks from ahead were only three to five zhang away, and Xue Zun's strike from behind was also just three to five zhang off. Ye Chen was caught in the middle, not yet hit, but the terrifying killing aura had already cracked his saint body.

Die!

Not only Xue Qiong, but even Xue Zun behind him had eyes full of savagery.

However, just as everyone thought Ye Chen would be blasted apart on the spot, he moved, stepping out in a sudden stride.

Whoosh!

He vanished, employing the Suo Di Cheng Cun secret technique.

Yet, the Shi Xue Dian army's attacks and Xue Zun's strike did not halt because of his disappearance.

Xue Zun froze for a moment, his face changing dramatically. With Ye Chen gone, he, who had just charged forward, collided head-on with the barrage of attacks. His mighty body was engulfed, shattering on the spot.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

He suffered the backlash, and so did the Shi Xue Dian army, as the world-shaking strike aimed at Ye Chen swept into their ranks.

The scene below was one of devastation, with swaths of Shi Xue Dian experts turning to ash under that single blow.

This... this...!

The onlookers stared wide-eyed, many still processing what had happened.

As for Ye Chen, he had used Suo Di Cheng Cun, not to break out of the encirclement, but to land right in the midst of the Shi Xue Dian army.

Suo Di Cheng Cun, a supreme spatial secret art, was something he had only grasped the basics of—not every attempt succeeded. His earlier ploy had been a gamble, and fortunately, he had won.

The Shi Xue Dian army was still in a daze when Ye Chen swung the Ba Long Dao.

Pfft!

In an instant, the area around him saw swaths of Shi Xue Dian experts cut down at the waist, clearing a vast space in the void sky.

Kill him!

Xue Qiong, standing on his war chariot, spotted Ye Chen from afar and suddenly swung his sword toward this side.

Buzz!

Ye Chen summoned the Hun Dun Shen Ding. The cauldron tilted, its mouth facing outward, pouring out rolling chaotic energy like a vast river, every wisp heavy beyond compare. It made the void sky quake violently, swallowing wave after wave of lives.

A divine light flickered at his brow, and the Jiu Zhou Shen Tu followed, stretching across the void sky like a Milky Way, sweeping out world-shaking divine beams. The Shi Xue Dian experts suffered again.

Behind that, over a thousand killing weapons flew out in succession, each gleaming with divine light like brilliant stars, combining their might in an explosion.

Ye Chen also expanded his vision, evolving a world of chaos where dao principles merged. Everywhere it passed, corpses piled into mountains and blood formed seas.

The Shi Xue Dian army suffered heavy losses, thrown into chaos by Ye Chen's successive attacks.

However, once they steadied their formation, the Shi Xue Dian's counterattack arrived.

The sea of chaos was split open, the Jiu Zhou Shen Tu was blocked by tens of thousands of killing weapons working together, and the over a thousand spiritual artifacts Ye Chen had summoned were shattered one after another. Even his chaos world vision was pierced by the Void Extermination Grand Array.

This was the power of a cultivator army—absolute numbers could compensate for any shortfall in individual strength.

Pfft!

Ye Chen spat blood, his recently healed saint body cracking open again, with fresh blood spurting out and turning into vital energy.

Kill!

The Shi Xue Dian army gave him no chance to breathe, surging in from all directions like a tide.

Block me and die!

Ye Chen's roar thundered like lightning, and those with weaker cultivation were shaken into blood mist on the spot.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Gripping the Ba Long Dao, he fought left and right, no one able to withstand a single strike from him. Wherever he went, Shi Xue Dian experts fell in droves.

The sky was dyed red with fresh blood, thick blood mist roiling.

The earth was stained red as well, covered in corpses, forming mountains of the dead and seas of blood, a shocking sight.

If viewed from above, in the black ocean, Ye Chen's golden figure stood out starkly.

He was like a war god bathed in blood, his aura swallowing mountains and rivers, his power overshadowing the eight directions. With one man's strength, he routed the Shi Xue Dian forces completely.

This...!

The onlookers, who had retreated, watched Ye Chen's unstoppable advance and were collectively stunned.

That was an entire army! Hundreds of thousands of cultivators, with the weakest at the Kong Ming Realm first level, yet one man had them in disarray. The Heavenly Court Saint Lord truly had the spirit to war against the eight directions.

Pfft!

Amid the exclamations, Ye Chen was wounded, struck by the Void Extermination Array. His powerful saint body was pierced and then cracked, golden blood spraying across the void sky, each drop painfully vivid.

Kill!

Ye Chen bellowed, his saint blood burning, the Immortal Wheel secret technique operating wildly. Every drop of saint blood and every piece of saint bone glowed with crystal light, absorbing saint body essence to repair his shattered form.

His madness made the Shi Xue Dian army's eyes fill with terror, as if they were not fighting a man, but a god of slaughter.