Chapter 946: Strength in Numbers

Northeast, then west again.

In the main hall of Heng Yue Sect, Hong Chen Xue continued to gaze at the Tai Gu Xing Tian, constantly guiding Ye Chen and the others on their path.

Looking up at the Tai Gu Xing Tian, the golden star representing the black-robed figure remained dazzlingly bright, while the stars representing Ye Chen and his group were also golden but slightly dimmer.

The black-robed person was extremely cunning, as if he had uncovered the secrets of Nan Chu. Knowing that someone was using a profound secret technique to spy on him, he kept darting east and west, exhausting Ye Chen and the various branches of the Heavenly Court in their pursuit.

Day turned to night, and night turned to day in an endless cycle.

This chase and escape went on for two full days, with neither side catching sight of the other.

As night fell, the black-robed person stopped on a stretch of vast, verdant mountain ranges.

He stood in the void, his black robe fluttering without wind, his body flickering in and out of visibility, surrounded by wisps of demonic aura. Like a sovereign, he overlooked the world, and within his chaotic eyes, visions of mountains of corpses and rivers of blood occasionally appeared.

"This senior doesn't seem to be from Nan Chu!"

A faint voice rang out as Ye Chen slowly emerged from the darkness.

"The Archaic Holy Body," the black-robed person glanced at Ye Chen and smiled faintly. "But only half of it."

"Someone who can run as fast as you, I've never seen before," another faint voice echoed as Tai Xu Gu Long stepped forward.

"The Tai Xu Ancient Dragon clan," the black-robed person smirked playfully. "It looks like today will be a bountiful harvest."

"That depends on whether you have the ability, senior," a domineering voice shook the entire sky as Dao Huang arrived, followed by Du Gu Ao.

Soon after, Tian Zong Lao Zu, Zhu Ge Lao Tou Er, and Zhong Jiang charged in, trailed by Fu Ling, Ji Ning Shuang, and Shang Guan Han Yue. Even Gu San Tong and Wu Ya Dao Ren arrived one after another.

But that wasn't all.

Figures continued to shoot through the void from all directions—the hall masters of the Heavenly Court's nine halls, the masters of the eighty-one gates, and the elders of various clans, all at the Quasi-Heavenly realm. Adding Ye Chen and his group, there were over a thousand in total.

With over a thousand Quasi-Heavenly experts, the formation was immense. They filled the void, sealing off the black-robed person's every escape route from all sides.

"The Xuan Ling Body and the Dao Ling Body," the black-robed person scanned the surroundings, his gaze lingering briefly on Ji Ning Shuang and Shang Guan Han Yue, his smile turning even more playful and mocking. "Who would have thought this small world hides so many special bloodlines? What a surprise."

"I've done a quick calculation, and I'd say your act is passable," Wu Ya Dao Ren fiddled with his fingers, adopting the air of a mystic.

"You might not know this, but the people of Nan Chu are known for their fierce spirit," Gu San Tong drew his iron sword, huffing on it and wiping it with his sleeve as he spoke.

"So, you'd better come quietly with us, or you'll end up dead on the spot."

"A bunch of ants, utterly clueless," the black-robed person's laughter echoed mockingly as he stepped forward.

Buzz!

With that step, the void trembled.

Everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and the black-robed person vanished.

In his place, a massive mountain appeared where he had stood, turning what was once an encirclement of him into an encirclement of the mountain.

"Shifting Heaven and Earth isn't something only you can do," Tai Xu Gu Long snorted coldly and stomped his foot on the void.

Buzz!

The void shook again, and the mountain vanished instantly. The black-robed person, who had disappeared, was suddenly back in his original spot.

Damn!

Seeing this, Gu San Tong and the others were stunned, marveling at the power of the black-robed person's and Tai Xu Gu Long's divine abilities.

Shifting Heaven and Earth, as the name suggested, involved swapping spaces—in other words, exchanging positions.

The black-robed person had used it to switch places with a mountain eight thousand zhang away, which was why he disappeared and the mountain took his spot.

But Tai Xu Gu Long reversed the technique, even more skillfully, restoring the swapped space to its original state. As a result, the black-robed person, who had just exchanged with the mountain, was pulled right back.

"Just a wisp of a remnant soul—I'm impressed," instead of getting angry at being pulled back, the black-robed person looked at Tai Xu Gu Long with interest.

"There are always higher mountains and stronger people; your vision is too narrow," Tai Xu Gu Long replied calmly. "Since you can tell I'm from the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon clan, don't try to show off spatial laws in front of me."

"In that case, I'd like to see how much of the supreme legacy you've inherited," the black-robed person smiled strangely and vanished in an instant.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than he reappeared like a ghost in front of Tai Xu Gu Long, thrusting a chilling finger that could pierce the void straight toward Tai Xu Gu Long's brow.

"Underestimating the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon will get you killed," Tai Xu Gu Long smiled faintly and dodged the finger even faster. He grabbed the black-robed person's collar firmly and yanked him down, driving his knee straight into the black-robed person's abdomen with a powerful strike.

Ugh!

The black-robed person grunted in pain, his abdomen hit so hard that his insides nearly spilled out.

Good one! So dominant!

In that exchange, Tai Xu Gu Long emerged victorious, drawing cheers from Zhu Ge Lao Tou Er and the others.

Bang!

As everyone marveled, the black-robed person was sent flying back.

Tai Xu Gu Long moved like lightning, closing in instantly and unleashing world-shaking divine abilities.

The black-robed person's face twisted slightly, looking extremely disheveled. His first attempt to show off had backfired, getting him pulled back, and his second had failed too, with over a dozen ribs broken.

As a Quasi-Emperor, he was being suppressed by the mysterious forces of Da Chu, restricting his power, speed, laws, and abilities to their limits. In the same realm, he was clearly no match for Tai Xu Gu Long.

Bang! Boom! Rumble!

The battle erupted in an instant, the two clashing with earth-shattering force. All sorts of supreme secret techniques flew—pinching stars to mend the moon, shifting heavens and earth—as yin and yang inverted, and qian and kun reversed, leaving the onlookers dazzled.

"This is my first time seeing the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon in action—absolutely incredible!" Gu San Tong exclaimed in admiration.

"Lord Dragon is mighty! Lord Dragon is dominant!" Zhu Ge Lao Tou Er and Wu Ya Dao Ren shouted at the top of their lungs, cheering for Tai Xu Gu Long.

"The Supreme Clan truly lives up to its name," Ye Chen murmured, his eyes full of awe. The black-robed person was clearly no ordinary Quasi-Heavenly expert and was extraordinarily powerful, yet he was still being suppressed by Tai Xu Gu Long. From this, it was clear that Tai Xu Gu Long's peak strength was approaching the Heavenly realm.

"Thinking of running?" As Ye Chen murmured, the black-robed person, after clashing with Tai Xu Gu Long, tried to escape but was struck back by Man Shan's axe.

Get lost!

The black-robed person raised his hand, unleashing a sea of demonic aura carrying nine massive black dragons that roared forward.

Seeing this, Dao Huang was the first to act, swinging his blade with a world-shaking slash that dominated all, obliterating one dragon on the spot.

Zing!

Du Gu Ao struck next, his sword splitting the heavens, and under the supreme sword light, the second black dragon was cleaved in two.

Buzz!

Tian Zong Lao Zu raised his hand, summoning a sky-covering great seal that descended with spatial laws, crushing the third dragon to dust.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Roars followed as the remaining six dragons were blasted to pieces by Zhong Jiang and the others working together.

In less than three seconds, the nine dragons were destroyed, and everyone acted as if nothing had happened, turning their attention back to the black-robed person with odd expressions. You're not that impressive, are you?

This made the black-robed person's face darken.

His true cultivation was Quasi-Emperor, but due to the suppression by Da Chu's mysterious forces, it had been reduced to Quasi-Heavenly. He had thought he could sweep aside these Quasi-Heavenly experts with one strike.

But that was just his assumption.

Now at the same level as Ye Chen and the others, even if he wasn't an average Quasi-Heavenly expert, the people surrounding him were no pushovers.

It was awkward, truly awkward!

Just as Gu San Tong and the others had said, his act wasn't all that great.

Wind God Art!

In the black-robed person's moment of distraction, Ye Chen struck instantly, unleashing a powerful single-target attack with a sword that carried devastating piercing force.

The black-robed person snorted and extended his hand.

But before he could use his divine ability, over a thousand sealing techniques were layered onto him, and Tai Xu Gu Long and the others weren't idle either.

The black-robed person froze for a split second, his face changing dramatically.

In that brief moment, Ye Chen's sword reached him, piercing straight through his body cleanly.

Bastard!

The black-robed person roared, his body shuddering as he shook off the seals imposed on him, then raised his hand swiftly, firing a dark finger beam straight at Ye Chen's brow.

Tai Xu Cave!

Tai Xu Gu Long activated his secret technique, conjuring a Tai Xu vortex in front of Ye Chen that swallowed the dark finger beam into the spatial black hole.

"In my weakened state, I can't fight for long," the black-robed person's face turned ugly as he suddenly lifted his foot to teleport away.

Stay!

Shouts echoed from all sides as the Blood Spirit Divine Blade, Tian Zong's Hun Tian Pearl, and the Nine Profound Divine Iron Sword rose into the sky. These were three Heavenly realm artifacts, activated by the group, unleashing Heavenly might. The black-robed person hadn't even taken a step before he staggered under the pressure, nearly falling from the void.

Let's go!

Man Shan bellowed, swinging his massive axe down from the sky.

Get lost!

The black-robed person withstood the artifact's suppression and repelled Man Shan with a palm, but was then pierced through the body by Huang Dao Gong's finger beam from behind. Before he could react, Ji Ning Shuang and Shang Guan Han Yue attacked, both unleashing powerful divine abilities. The mysterious and formidable black-robed person nearly got split apart on the spot.

But it didn't end there.

Over a thousand Quasi-Heavenly experts swarmed in, unleashing divine abilities, spiritual tools, and formations that blanketed the area. The black-robed person's body shattered on the spot.

Ah!

He roared in fury, summoning a massive vision to hold them off.

It was a barren black wasteland, devoid of life, piled with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, like a nine Nether hell. Most terrifying were the imprinted laws, so cold they made one shudder.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

As soon as the vision appeared, all the attacks from the surroundings were devoured.

Do you think we don't have any?

Zhong Jiang snorted coldly and was the first to summon his outer path dharma. Everyone else followed, calling forth their own outer path dharmas—massive mountains, oceans, divine seas, blazing suns and dark moons, vast cosmic skies.

The most terrifying was Ye Chen's, a chaotic world that was evolving the birth of heaven and earth on its own.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The over a thousand Quasi-Heavenly experts drove their outer path dharmas toward the black-robed person's black wasteland vision.

The wasteland cracked apart instantly, and the black-robed person suffered a horrific backlash, spitting out blood continuously.

Ah!

His roar shook the heavens as a beam of black light shot from his brow, transforming into a dark tower surrounded by black lightning, exuding immense pressure. It had barely appeared before collapsing half the void.

More?

Everyone summoned their life-bound artifacts, each glowing radiantly like stars.

Most notably, among them were three Heavenly realm spiritual tools that erupted with a pressure that made the heavens tremble.

Crack! Crack!

The black tower didn't last even three seconds before exploding violently. The black-robed person suffered another backlash, vomiting blood wildly. No matter how strong the tower was, it couldn't withstand the onslaught from so many artifacts.

Strike while he's down!

The group closed in from all sides, each with weapons in hand.

What followed was a gruesome scene. The black-robed person couldn't even steady himself as wave after wave of attacks sent him scrambling chaotically through the air.

"Oh my goodness!" In the main hall of Tian Xuan Gate, watching through the Huan Tian water curtain, Fu Ya covered his forehead with his hand, trembling with laughter.

"Is it that funny?" Dong Huang Tai Xin glanced at Fu Ya.

"A dignified Quasi-Emperor getting beaten black and blue by a bunch of Quasi-Heavenly experts—not laughing would be an insult to heaven and earth!"

"That's true," Dong Huang Tai Xin casually flipped through an ancient book.

"Facts prove that many hands do make light work," Fu Ya watched with shining eyes, laughing as he spoke, tears welling up in the corners from mirth. "Come to Da Chu, and even a Quasi-Emperor has to bow down."