Chapter 972: Killing Yanluo

Chapter 972: Jue Sha Yan Luo

Heavenly Court army!

The onlookers trembled in fear and hastily retreated to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

Demon King Kui Yu Jiang did the same, shifting in a single step to escape thousands of zhang away.

Kill!

Shouts of battle mixed with thunderous power shook the heavens and earth as the Heavenly Court army charged in, instantly turning the tide.

The battlefield expanded more than twofold in an instant, stretching across several thousand li.

Some estimated that the number of cultivators involved, including those from Nan Chu Heavenly Court, the descendants of past kings and emperors, Bei Chu's Shi Xue Hall, and various major forces, totaled around ninety million. This lineup surpassed the grand era when an emperor once unified Da Chu.

Pfft!

At the heart of the battlefield, Ye Chen struck down another major Xue Clan general.

Kill!

The remaining five major generals roared in fury, unleashing a world-shaking divine technique—a vast blood beam encircled by dark seal scripts, overwhelmingly dominant.

Ye Chen ignored it completely, charging straight through with his body, forcefully reaching the second major general and striking him with a palm that left him covered in blood and shattered bones. The second major general staggered back, but Ye Chen pursued like a primordial beast, twisting off his head.

Die!

The Xue Clan's first major general snarled viciously, slashing out a shocking sword strike that nearly split Ye Chen in half from behind.

Get lost!

Ye Chen whirled around, blasting him away with a palm. The fourth major general lunged in, wielding a blood-red bronze mirror that swept out a world-shaking blood light, slicing open Ye Chen's sacred body and severing his chest bones.

Shen Shang!

Ye Chen uttered a light shout, unleashing a powerful soul-targeting divine technique. A golden divine beam wreathed in thunder shot from his brow.

Pfft!

The fourth major general's brow was pierced on the spot, his divine sea severely damaged, and he plummeted from the void.

Buzz!

Ye Chen hurled a black war spear. Before the general could fall to the ground, he was impaled in the void.

Thus, of the Xue Clan's nine major generals under the Xue Wang, five had been slain. The remaining four dared not advance, gazing at Ye Chen in terror. They had once followed the Xue Wang to conquer the world, yet now they feared this junior.

Fight!

Ye Chen's roar echoed through the heavens as he took a step that shrank the ground to inches, reaching the eighth major general in an instant. His Chi Xiao Sword rang out, swiftly decapitating the eighth major general.

Ah!

The Xue Clan's first major general, seventh major general, and fifth major general went berserk, burning their lifespan to gain power rivaling the Xue Wang's, determined to fight Ye Chen to the death.

Divine knife, come!

Ye Chen waved his hand to summon the Xue Ling Divine Knife, executing the Ling Tian Nine Dao Ba Huang Slash. The seventh major general, who had just charged, was split in two on the spot. The fifth major general struck with a palm like a blade, severing one of Ye Chen's arms.

Extermination!

Ye Chen spun around, sweeping his knife horizontally and cutting the fifth major general in half at the waist. His body turned to ash as it fell.

Witnessing this, the Xue Clan's first major general instinctively halted and staggered back.

Ye Chen advanced step by step, gripping the Xue Ling Divine Knife, his severed arm regenerating under the Xian Lun Tian's power.

Where can you escape to?

Ye Chen crossed the void in a single step and delivered a heavenly strike, forcing the first major general to his knees.

Ah!

The first major general roared, straining to hold up the Xue Ling Divine Knife, but it was too late. Ye Chen's palm descended, pulverizing the Xue Clan's first major general into a mass of flesh and blood.

With that, all nine of the Xue Clan's major generals were wiped out, swept away single-handedly by Ye Chen despite their combined efforts.

Huff!

After slaying the first major general, Ye Chen paused to catch his breath and glanced toward the battle between Ji Ning Shuang and Huo Zun.

The two fought fiercely in the void, Ji Ning Shuang radiant like a peerless queen with her Xuan Ling secret arts reaching the heavens, while Huo Zun exuded an aura that swallowed the skies like a divine king, his Tai Yin secret techniques profound. Their clash shattered the heavens and cracked the earth.

Ye Chen did not intervene, knowing Ji Ning Shuang's strength better than anyone.

Among Da Chu's younger generation of the Qing Zi rank, he dared claim first place, and Ji Ning Shuang was undoubtedly second. Huo Zun was strong, and his bloodline even surpassed hers, but in terms of combat power, he still fell short.

Turning his gaze from the void, Ye Chen looked at the other battle circles.

Descendants like Xiao Chen and Long Teng, who were heirs of emperors, faced the major generals under past kings and ancestors from various forces, holding a clear advantage.

As for the past kings' side, the most ferocious was Tai Xu Gu Long, driving the You Ming Yan Luo Wang back repeatedly. Next was Dao Huang, utterly dominant; though not at his peak, he gave the Xue Wang a hard time.

As for Da Chu Huang Xuan, Mo Yuan, Ouyang Wang, and Tian Zong's old ancestor, they did not hold as firm an upper hand as Tai Xu Gu Long but managed to block the other kings in their respective sections of the void.

Overall, across the vast battlefield, they maintained the advantage thanks to the Heavenly Court army's arrival.

Kill, bombard them for me!

As Ye Chen watched, a vicious roar drew his attention.

Far in the void stood a massive Feng Jiang Tai, inscribed with ancient runes—an ancient array platform.

On the Feng Jiang Tai, Shi Xue Yan Luo gripped a killing sword, pointing it at various directions. With his commands, hundreds of Xu Tian Jue Sha Arrays unleashed waves of divine light, turning groups of emperor descendants and Heavenly Court soldiers into blood mist.

Shi Xue Yan Luo!

Ye Chen grasped the Xue Ling Divine Knife and shot through the blood-soaked battlefield like a golden divine beam, heading straight for that spot.

In wars among cultivators, the greatest threat came from Xu Tian Jue Sha Arrays, their power so immense that even Ye Chen dared not face them head-on. He always evaded with his profound footwork, but not everyone could do the same.

Hmm?

Sensing someone targeting him, Shi Xue Yan Luo instinctively turned his head.

Seeing Ye Chen charging like a golden meteor, his body shuddered, and a deep-seated dread welled up from his soul.

Target Ye Chen, bombard him for me!

He roared madly, pointing his blood-red killing sword at Ye Chen. He knew all too well about Ye Chen's combat prowess—if he got close, no one could stop him. Back in the days with millions of troops, Ye Chen had slain a Xue Zun; today would be no different.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Hundreds of Xu Tian Jue Sha Arrays swiveled, sweeping out devastating divine light.

Ye Chen sneered, stepping to shrink the ground to inches and dodging the arrays' fatal strikes. In a few steps, he vanished completely.

As Ye Chen disappeared, Shi Xue Yan Luo's legs trembled uncontrollably. He was now the target, yet Ye Chen was nowhere in sight, filling him with unknown terror.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen was advancing through a spatial black hole.

Pinpointing his position and calculating the distance, he burst out and split a cultivator controlling the arrays in half with a single strike.

Kill, kill for me!

Spotting Ye Chen's reappearance, Shi Xue Yan Luo frantically raised his killing sword to point at him.

Any who block me die!

Ye Chen wielded the Xue Ling Divine Knife, treading on a sea of demonic blood and with a vast starry sky hovering above his head, carving a path toward the Feng Jiang Tai.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

With each swing of the Xue Ling Divine Knife, swaths of figures turned to blood mist. The towering Feng Jiang Tai, nearly a thousand zhang high, became a staircase of slaughter as Ye Chen climbed step by step, leaving corpses and blood in his wake, staining the massive platform red.

Heavenly Court Holy Lord, his might unstoppable, fought his way onto the Feng Jiang Tai.

Ah!

Shi Xue Yan Luo shrieked in terror and retreated, eventually leaping off the Feng Jiang Tai in panic. The lord of Shi Xue Hall, actually fleeing.

Where are you going?

Ye Chen stepped to shrink the ground to inches, reaching Shi Xue Yan Luo from behind and slashing down with his knife.

Pfft!

A deep blood gash opened across Shi Xue Yan Luo's back, sending him flying over a hundred zhang and collapsing a section of the void.

Save me, save me!

Scrambling to his feet, he shouted desperately, stumbling away with none of the dignity befitting Shi Xue Hall's lord.

Hearing his cries, Shi Xue Hall's experts rushed from all directions.

However, the emperor descendants and Heavenly Court experts, aware of Ye Chen's intent, blocked them before they could reach him.

Ten Thousand Swords Unite!

Ye Chen unleashed a secret technique, piercing straight through Shi Xue Yan Luo's chest and back, sending him plummeting from the void.

Shi Xue Yan Luo, the true lord of Shi Xue Hall and a genuine quasi-heavenly realm peak cultivator, fled without a fight, leaving onlookers sighing in disbelief. He was truly terrified of Ye Chen, not even daring to battle.

Where can you escape to?

Seeing Shi Xue Yan Luo fleeing through the skies, Ye Chen did not pursue on foot. Instead, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at him.

This time, the divine arrow was formed from Wu Huang's war spear, the divine bow from his bloodline power, wreathed in dao principles and thunder, encircled by his sacred body essence. He loosed the arrow toward the void.

Feeling a chill on his back, Shi Xue Yan Luo trembled all over and spun around, only to see the divine arrow hurtling toward him, growing larger in his eyes and making his eyeballs bulge and pupils contract.

No... no!

Shi Xue Yan Luo staggered back in full panic, his entire body feeling as if it had been dragged into Jiu You Hell, even before being struck.

Pfft!

Blood sprayed spectacularly as Shi Xue Yan Luo, the lord of Shi Xue Hall, was shot through the head by Ye Chen. His divine sea shattered, his soul extinguished—a single arrow sealing his fate, not even allowing a final scream.

Watching the bloodied corpse fall from the void, the onlookers gaped, speechless for a long time.

That was the lord of Shi Xue Hall, the most powerful figure in Bei Chu for centuries, controlling the lives of millions. Now slain, it felt utterly surreal.

Glancing at the Shi Xue Hall army, they all stared blankly at that section of the void in that moment.

Their lord had been killed with a single arrow—their commander was dead, leaving them with a sense of utter uncertainty.

By then, Ye Chen had already stepped forward, claiming Shi Xue Yan Luo's storage bag and retrieving the other half of the Jiu Zhou Shen Tu from within.

Instantly, the two halves of the Jiu Zhou Shen Tu merged in the void, like a galaxy cascading from the nine heavens, grand and majestic. The mountains, rivers, and landscapes etched upon it appeared vivid, as if it were a real world.

The people of the three sects were overcome with emotion and tears. That was the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu, a divine diagram personally refined by their founding ancestor, Xuan Chen.

In the past, during the three sects' great war, Da Chu Xuan Zong fell apart, and Shi Xue Hall rose powerfully, seizing half of the Jiu Zhou Shen Tu—that was the greatest shame in their history, a hatred that endured.

Now, after thousands of years, the Jiu Zhou Shen Tu was whole again. This sight stirred them so deeply they wanted to weep.