Chapter 967: Flying Thunder God Technique

Chapter 967: Fei Lei Shen Jue

Ye Chen's expression was stern, and he suddenly dodged to the side.

A bolt of pitch-black lightning appeared out of nowhere, flashing past him—it was Shen Chao Sheng Zi.

Thud!

Golden blood splattered as Ye Chen's arm was severed on the spot.

Fei Lei Shen Jue!

Witnessing the heaven-defying divine ability displayed by Shen Chao Sheng Zi, the descendants of the emperors wore grave expressions.

The successive generations of kings, however, felt a chill run down their spines. Which one among them hadn't suffered a heavy loss under this heaven-defying divine ability? It was a shadow etched into their souls—a single moment of carelessness could lead to instant defeat.

Da Chu Huang Yan murmured,"Father Emperor, is this the great enemy you faced in the past? Shen Wang's ninety percent strength is already so terrifying, and there's also that Fei Lei Shen Jue."

Qian Shang Yue murmured as well, her expression complex."Fei Lei Shen Jue." She gazed intently, remembering how the Yue Emperor had nearly been slain by this heaven-defying divine ability years ago.

The descendants of the emperors fell silent. Only now did they realize how difficult the battles were that their predecessors fought before becoming emperors—Da Chu's Ninth Emperor's most dreaded opponent was merely a Dao body, yet it was this heaven-defying.

Thud!

In the vast sky above, golden blood splattered again, strikingly vivid. Ye Chen's other arm was also severed. Had he not been constantly using the Tai Xu Shifting Secret Art, it would have been his head that fell.

Fei Lei Shen Jue was indeed overwhelmingly dominant!

Ye Chen activated the Tai Xu Shifting Secret Art with all his might, evading vital points as his figure moved like a ghost, darting through the heavens and earth.

Ye Chen finally understood the words of Tai Xu Gu Long from that day. With such a divine ability, without absolute suppression in combat strength, one could be slain at any moment. This heaven-defying power had transcended human comprehension.

In those brief instants, he clearly sensed fluctuations identical to Tian Zhao—a forbidden force interwoven from the powers of time and space, existing between full space and half-space.

Zing! Zing!

The resonant hum of swords echoed endlessly as Shen Chao Sheng Zi shadowed him like a ghost, appearing instantly wherever he fled, impossible to guard against.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Each time Shen Chao Sheng Zi appeared, he left a bloody gash on Ye Chen's sacred body. Several times, even his head was nearly severed. The mighty Lord of the Heavenly Court was actually forced to flee desperately through the skies.

"This speed... it's way too fast!" The spectators all around were utterly stunned.

With their cultivation levels and realms, they couldn't even track Shen Chao Sheng Zi's figure. All they saw were bolts of lightning flashing beside Ye Chen, and each flash left another wound on his body.

Little did they know, those bolts of lightning were Shen Chao Sheng Zi himself, his true form obscured by the misalignment of space and half-space, making him hard to discern.

"This world actually has such a profound spatial secret art," an elder cultivator exclaimed in shock.

"Spatial secret art?" Tai Xu Gu Long in the crowd sneered coldly to himself. So many were ignorant—it was far beyond a mere spatial secret art. Fei Lei Shen Jue was a forbidden divine ability, on par with imperial techniques.

"Ye Chen, are you in despair?" Amid everyone's shock, Shen Chao Sheng Zi's eerie voice echoed limitlessly through the heavens and earth.

His voice shifted unpredictably from east to west, north to south, with no fixed source. Yet, no matter where it came from, in those fleeting moments, he could instantly appear before Ye Chen, completely without warning.

Ye Chen ignored Shen Chao Sheng Zi's words entirely.

His Liu Dao Xian Lun Yan scanned the surrounding vast sky, clearly capturing Shen Chao Sheng Zi's traces. Each time Shen Chao Sheng Zi appeared, he left a mark imprinted in the heavens and earth.

That mark contained a seal akin to space and time, serving as nodes through which Shen Chao Sheng Zi traversed, allowing him to teleport with a mere thought.

"Space-time marks," Ye Chen murmured to himself.

"Is this the secret of Fei Lei Shen?" He quietly examined his chest, where a faint space-time mark lingered. This was why Shen Chao Sheng Zi could always appear beside him without warning.

He didn't even know when Shen Chao Sheng Zi had imprinted that mark on his chest.

One thing was certain: with that space-time mark on his chest, within three hundred zhang, Shen Chao Sheng Zi could strike him at any time.

"No wonder even a Da Cheng Sheng Ti could be slain. This heaven-defying divine ability is like a forbidden existence," Ye Chen said, activating his Liu Dao Xian Lun Yan to erase the space-time mark on his chest.

Zing!

The killing sword hummed as Shen Chao Sheng Zi struck like a bolt of lightning.

Outer Path Dharma Image, activate!

With a light shout from Ye Chen, he suddenly summoned the Wai Dao Fa Xiang of the Hun Dun World.

Boom!

The vast sky within a thousand zhang radius collapsed with a thunderous roar due to the appearance of the Hun Dun World. All the space-time marks imprinted in the heavens and earth were crushed to dust.

As the space-time marks were destroyed, Shen Chao Sheng Zi, who had been darting through them, was forced out.

Shen Chao Sheng Zi halted his movement and retreated a thousand zhang away. The reason was that Ye Chen's Wai Dao Fa Xiang was too powerful, enveloping a thousand zhang radius and greatly suppressing anyone within it.

More importantly, Ye Chen had wiped out all the space-time marks he had left in this vast sky. Without those marks, he couldn't traverse freely—more bluntly, without them, he couldn't use Fei Lei Shen Jue at will.

Shen Chao Sheng Zi frowned. He knew well the flaws of Fei Lei Shen. Distance was one issue.

The other critical weakness was the space-time marks—if they were seen through or erased, Fei Lei Shen Jue couldn't be performed.

Moreover, imprinting those space-time marks wasn't easy; it consumed his cultivation power. And using Fei Lei Shen Jue wasn't casual either—each traversal through space and half-space tore at his body, with a tremendous cost.

In comparison, Ye Chen also understood the drawbacks of Tian Zhao. Besides the distance limitation, it was the speed.

Although Tian Zhao was dominant, it couldn't match the speed of Fei Lei Shen.

Like Fei Lei Shen, this powerful Tian Zhao wasn't something he could use lightly; it consumed his lifespan, and each use was more severe than the last.

From the first time he used Tian Zhao until now, he had employed it multiple times. As the uses increased, the lifespan drain grew more ferocious. It was a trump card he wouldn't resort to unless absolutely necessary.

In truth, whether Fei Lei Shen Jue or Xian Lun Tian Zhao, both were extremely dominant divine abilities. Dominant abilities naturally came with severe backlash, a fact Ye Chen and Shen Chao Sheng Zi both understood.

Precisely because of this understanding, what they needed was a kill in one strike, as neither could afford the consumption of these divine abilities.

However, Ye Chen was clever. By summoning the Wai Dao Fa Xiang, he enveloped a thousand zhang of heaven and earth.

For Shen Chao Sheng Zi to use Fei Lei Shen to kill him, two major conditions had to be met: within three hundred zhang and the presence of space-time marks.

Now, with the Wai Dao Fa Xiang summoned and covering a thousand zhang, Shen Chao Sheng Zi would be suppressed if he tried to enter within three hundred zhang. As for imprinting new space-time marks under the Wai Dao Fa Xiang's coverage, that was impossible.

"You're not the only one with a Wai Dao Fa Xiang." Shen Chao Sheng Zi snorted coldly, summoning a massive illusory divine palace around himself. Though ethereal, it was cold and majestic, causing the vast sky to rumble continuously.

"You're just his Dao body—far from it." Ye Chen replied indifferently, then stepped forward, shrinking the ground to an inch in an instant, charging straight into the vast sky where Shen Chao Sheng Zi stood.