Chapter 2070: Encountering an Ambush
The forbidden formation collapsed, releasing a devastating divine power so terrifying it seemed capable of destroying the entire Yin-Yang Sea.
Even a Great Saint-level powerhouse standing in front of it would likely be annihilated into ashes in an instant.
“Hiss.”
Thousands of miles away, many experts from the Four Ancient Civilizations and the Heavenly Dragon Realm couldn’t help but draw in a cold breath.
No one had expected that after the forbidden formation was breached, it would unleash such a fearsome attack. Even Ao Xukong and the Golden Sun Twin Kings couldn’t help but feel their hearts tremble.
“It’s fortunate that Brother Ao had the foresight; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”
A trace of lingering fear flashed in the Great Venerable’s eyes.
Although they had some trump cards, if they had been caught in such a terrifying impact at close range, there would inevitably have been massive casualties.
Retreating early had been an extremely wise decision.
A gleam of light flickered in the Blazing Sun Heavenly Son’s eyes as he said, “If this force can wipe out the entire Hell Realm army, then all the treasures in the Dragon God Temple will belong to us. The Hell Realm will have paid a heavy price only to serve us.”
Judging by the current situation, this possibility wasn’t out of the question. If it happened, even the gods of the Hell Realm would likely be furious enough to spit blood.
“Boom.”
Towering waves crashed in, causing the five massive warships to heave violently.
Even from such a distance, a terrifying shockwave struck, enough to kill a Saint King.
Fortunately, the five warships were extraordinary. Countless Great Saint inscriptions immediately emerged, covering the ships and blocking all the impact, resulting in no casualties.
In the hidden space where Zhang Ruochen and the others were located, they were closer to the True Dragon Island, only a few thousand miles away, so the impact they endured was undoubtedly more intense.
Fortunately, they were all top-tier experts with formidable strength, so they had no fear of this shockwave.
While resisting the impact, Zhang Ruochen and the others closely monitored the situation in the sea ahead. They also hoped that this destructive divine power would severely wound or even annihilate the Hell Realm army.
“Bang.”
After holding out for a while, the Dark Barrier finally shattered.
The nine dragon souls were instantly torn apart, and the nine pieces of Divine Dragon Bone within them rapidly cracked, eventually turning into dust that scattered in the wind.
As the Dark Barrier broke, numerous Dark Divine Patterns emerged on the seven Hell Realm warships, densely interwoven to form a powerful defensive net.
“Every warship has been inscribed with so many divine patterns. The Hell Realm truly planned everything out.” Ao Xinyan said solemnly.
Such an outcome was far from what she had hoped for.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Prepare yourselves. We need to get to the island as quickly as possible and not fall too far behind.”
Since they couldn’t stop the Hell Realm army from landing on True Dragon Island, they would have to fight them on the island.
Unlike before, this time they didn’t need to confront the Hell Realm army head-on. As long as they could protect the World Gate Key, they would succeed.
Of course, that was easier said than done. They faced not only the Hell Realm army but also the forces of the Four Ancient Civilizations and the Heavenly Dragon Realm.
With fewer than twenty people, the disparity in numbers was too great, placing immense pressure on all of them.
But at this point, they couldn’t back down. They had to give everything to fight for a future for the Kunlun Realm.
“Boom.”
Suddenly, another wave of destructive divine power erupted from within True Dragon Island.
With this, the forbidden formation protecting True Dragon Island completely collapsed and ceased to exist.
The impact of this divine power damaged the divine patterns on the seven Hell Realm warships, exposing parts of the hulls.
Although the warships were made of special materials, they couldn’t withstand this divine power. They shattered upon contact.
“Ah.”
Some Hell Realm experts reacted too slowly and were instantly engulfed by the destructive divine power, leaving only a desperate, mournful scream.
“Attack.”
The Dark Son shouted, first offering up a black bone mirror.
The bone mirror was smooth as jade. Driven by dark force, natural secret patterns emerged on its surface, radiating brilliant divine light that blocked the destructive divine power.
The Bone Clan’s Three Emperors and Twelve Venerables, the Nether Hall’s Seven Absolute Kill Gods, and other experts didn’t hesitate. They activated powerful war tools or secret treasures, unleashing their maximum power to withstand the remaining divine force.
After a long time, the destructive divine power dissipated, and the sea gradually calmed.
The seven Hell Realm warships still floated on the sea, not destroyed, but they were all damaged and incomplete, with one ship two-thirds ruined.
Despite the timely intervention of the Dark Son and the others, the Hell Realm army still suffered significant casualties. Many Saint King-level experts lost their lives, and many were injured.
Seeing such heavy losses, the Dark Son frowned slightly. This deviated from his expectations.
Then, his brow relaxed as he turned his gaze to the now-exposed True Dragon Island.
Regardless, they had successfully breached the forbidden formation. Half of their plan was realized, and the cost was worth it.
Many Hell Realm experts had fiery looks in their eyes, as if they could already see the countless treasures of the Dragon God Temple beckoning to them.
Of course, what they cared about most was the World Gate Key. If they could seize it, they would achieve an unparalleled feat and receive generous rewards from the gods upon returning to the Hell Realm.
“What a joke of a forbidden land. It couldn’t stop the Hell Realm army’s advance.” Deathless said disdainfully.
Blood Ripple sneered, “Soon, the Kunlun Realm will become history. The destruction of an Eternal Undying Great World should strike fear into the hearts of the Heavenly Court’s realms, don’t you think?”
For the Hell Realm, destroying one Eternal Undying Great World was far more valuable than destroying a hundred ordinary great worlds.
After all, how many such worlds existed in the entire universe?
“Land on the island.”
The Dark Son ordered calmly.
“Whoosh.”
The Hell Realm experts immediately moved, leaping out from the damaged warships like a flood of beasts, surging toward True Dragon Island.
With the forbidden formation gone, True Dragon Island could no longer stop the Hell Realm army.
In moments, the vast Hell Realm army had completely landed on True Dragon Island.
By then, the warships of the Four Ancient Civilizations and the Heavenly Dragon Realm had arrived quickly, appearing in the waters near the island’s edge.
The Hell Realm army noticed them but didn’t intercept them. They weren’t ready to start a full-scale battle with the Four Ancient Civilizations and the Heavenly Dragon Realm just yet.
“The Hell Realm is indeed capable. Even such a powerful forbidden formation could be breached. Warriors of the Blazing Sun Civilization, follow this Heavenly Son to the island and seize the treasures the Divine Dragon Clan has hoarded for eons.” The Blazing Sun Heavenly Son raised his arm, brimming with confidence.
From the start, the Blazing Sun Heavenly Son had been the most eager to seize the treasures of True Dragon Island, almost as much as the Hell Realm.
With the Golden Sun Twin Kings by his side, the Blazing Sun Heavenly Son had no qualms and flew toward the island first.
Behind him, many experts of the Blazing Sun Civilization followed.
Next came the experts of the Big Dipper Civilization and the Witch God Civilization. The Thousand Star Civilization and the Heavenly Dragon Realm were in no hurry, moving slowly.
“The Kunlun Realm is at a critical juncture of life and death. I wonder if it can survive this calamity.” Linglong Fairy sighed.
Ao Xukong pondered for a moment, then said, “Listen to fate, do your best. Everything hinges on the World Gate Key. Everything else is irrelevant.”
“Big Brother, with the Kunlun Realm in such chaos, why does Father God want our Heavenly Dragon Realm to get involved?” Linglong Fairy asked, puzzled.
Ao Xukong thought deeply before replying, “Since Father God has arranged it this way, there must be a deeper meaning. We just need to do our best.”
Hearing this, Linglong Fairy nodded slightly. Overthinking was useless at this point.
Seeing the Thousand Star Civilization’s experts also land on True Dragon Island, the Heavenly Dragon Realm’s experts wasted no time and quickly followed.
Inside the hidden spatial passage, Zhang Ruochen and the others watched the two factions’ armies land on True Dragon Island. Everyone fell silent, their hearts heavy.
Faced with this situation, they all felt unwilling and angry, but they were powerless. With so few people, they couldn’t stop these invaders.
Unfortunately, the destructive divine power from the forbidden formation had only wiped out a small part of the Hell Realm army, far from a heavy blow. The most top-tier experts remained unscathed, which was disappointing.
“Let’s begin.”
Ao Xinyan spoke, breaking the silence.
The Heavenly Mandate Corpse Emperor flipped his hand and produced the Heavenly Mandate Talisman, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, go ahead. This Emperor and the Dead Zen will do our best to help you conceal the heavenly secrets.”
As he spoke, the Heavenly Mandate Corpse Emperor activated the Heavenly Mandate Talisman, releasing an extremely strange fluctuation that seemed to align with the Kunlun Realm’s Heavenly Dao.
This talisman was forged by the Heavenly Mandate Corpse Emperor when he established the Central Empire, condensing the empire’s fortune and closely linked to the Kunlun Realm’s fate.
The Dead Zen Ancestor summoned the Divine War Corpse and drove it with Dead Zen Buddhist techniques, releasing eerie divine power fluctuations that also interfered with the heavenly secrets of this sea area.
After years of repeated refinement, the Divine War Corpse had become even more powerful, capable of unleashing super-strong combat strength.
Seeing the Divine War Corpse, the awakened ones all showed surprise.
Even if a god had fallen, it was not something to be trifled with lightly. Yet the Dead Zen Ancestor could drive a divine corpse—it was truly unbelievable.
At this moment, Ao Xinyan also acted. The Divine Dragon Silver Armor she wore radiated brilliant divine light. The natural energy and rules of the Yin-Yang Sea converged toward her. The black mist that had dissipated reappeared, becoming denser, masking all perception.
Seeing this, Zhang Ruochen said nothing. He flipped his hand and took out the Space-Time Secret Scripture, evolving a multi-dimensional space to absorb all the awakened ones.
Then, Zhang Ruochen formed strange hand seals at incredible speed, mobilizing time and space rules to release powerful time and space forces.
“Hum.”
Space trembled slightly. A miniature phantom of the River of Time appeared, circling the Space-Time Secret Scripture, making it seem as if it existed in another time and space.
With such means to conceal the awakened ones’ auras, combined with the help of Ao Xinyan, the Heavenly Mandate Corpse Emperor, and the Dead Zen Ancestor, even the gods of the Hell Realm, no matter how powerful, should not be able to detect the awakened ones.
In fact, Zhang Ruochen had considered putting the awakened ones into the Qiankun Realm, which would have been the safest option. The Hell Realm gods might only detect a world within him but wouldn’t know what was in it.
However, Ao Xinyan told him that True Dragon Island was strange. With his current strength, once inside, he might not be able to open the Qiankun Realm’s world gate again.
Helpless, he had to find another way.
With everything ready, Zhang Ruochen didn’t hesitate. He flashed out of the spatial passage and appeared on the misty sea surface.
In an instant, he sensed the presence of the Hell Realm gods’ divine thoughts, obscure and undetectable to ordinary people.
These divine thoughts formed a net covering a vast sea area. Any living being entering True Dragon Island couldn’t escape detection.
The Hell Realm gods seemed to be deliberately searching for something.
Zhang Ruochen became even more cautious. He pushed the Way of Time and the Way of Space to their limits while activating the Flame God Armor, releasing divine power to cover his entire body and block all detection.
After several flashes, Zhang Ruochen successfully appeared on True Dragon Island.
During this process, although divine thoughts swept over him, they didn’t linger, apparently detecting nothing.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen land safely, Ao Xinyan, Xiao Hei, the Heavenly Mandate Corpse Emperor, and the Dead Zen Ancestor didn’t delay and quickly followed.
“True Dragon Island is indeed special. It can completely block the divine thoughts of the Hell Realm gods.” Zhang Ruochen murmured.
As he spoke, he took out the Space-Time Secret Scripture and released all the awakened ones.
Inside the island, there was no longer any need to worry about exposure.
In the great battle 100,000 years ago, True Dragon Island had been fiercely attacked by the Hell Realm, suffering a catastrophic blow. Even the most sacred Dragon God Temple had been shattered.
Even now, True Dragon Island remained barren, with no grass growing. Dark aura permeated the air, never dissipating.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Hei couldn’t help but say angrily, “Damn Hell Realm! They turned the Divine Dragon Clan’s sacred land into this. Now they dare to covet the Dragon God Temple and the World Gate Key. This Emperor is furious! This time, I’ll kill a few top Hell Realm geniuses to vent my anger.”
Ao Xinyan’s expression shifted constantly—anger, sorrow, and a sense of powerlessness. The Divine Dragon Clan had once been so powerful, yet they couldn’t protect the Dragon God Temple. The enemies they faced were too terrifying, enough to make one despair.
But since the Kunlun Realm’s predecessors hadn’t given up and had fought to protect it, they couldn’t lose hope either. They couldn’t let the blood of their predecessors be shed in vain.
Quickly composing herself, Ao Xinyan said, “The Hell Realm army, the Four Ancient Civilizations, and the Heavenly Dragon Realm’s forces have all headed toward the Dragon God Temple. We need to hurry.”
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen took out the Space-Time Secret Scripture, ready to release all the awakened ones. Now that they were on True Dragon Island, there was no need to worry about exposure.
However, at that moment, Zhang Ruochen suddenly felt a warning. Every hair on his body stood on end.
Not just Zhang Ruochen, but Xiao Hei and the Dead Zen Ancestor also sensed the danger.
“Danger! Spread out!”
Zhang Ruochen transmitted a message with his spiritual power.
“Whoosh.”
The moment Zhang Ruochen transmitted the message, a spear carrying world-destroying power suddenly descended from the sky, like a falling star, unstoppable.
At the same time, a condensed three-colored Nether Thunder burst forth from the void, appearing instantly beside the Dead Zen Ancestor.
“Boom.”
The spear was unstoppable. Even though True Dragon Island was extremely solid, dozens of miles around were shattered into pieces.
The explosion of the three-colored Nether Thunder was equally terrifying, causing the soil and rocks within dozens of miles to disintegrate and vanish.
When the destructive force dissipated, a crater dozens of miles wide and hundreds of feet deep appeared.
Anyone within this area, even the most top-tier ten-thousand-pattern sacred artifact, would have been reduced to scrap metal.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen and the others stood a hundred miles from the crater, their expressions extremely grim. If they hadn’t reacted in time, they would have been severely injured or killed by the spear and the three-colored Nether Thunder.
Just then, seven figures appeared out of thin air, occupying different positions, surrounding Zhang Ruochen and the others.
At the center of the seven figures, a seven-petal Nether Lotus emerged, radiating extremely powerful energy fluctuations. As it slowly rotated, the surrounding natural energy converged wildly.
“Nether Hall’s Seven Absolute Kill Gods.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed.
The prestigious Nether Hall’s Seven Absolute Kill Gods had deliberately hidden in the shadows to ambush him. He hadn’t expected this.
“Zhang Ruochen, Dead Zen Ancestor, you two are indeed bold to set foot on True Dragon Island. Your alertness is good, but you still won’t escape death.”
Deathless’s eyes were cold, exuding a thick killing intent.
His gaze locked onto Zhang Ruochen and the Dead Zen Ancestor, completely ignoring Xiao Hei, Ao Xinyan, and the Heavenly Mandate Corpse Emperor.
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