# Chapter 1601: Close Combat
"Boom!"
Reincarnation Lord struck a palm toward Ye Fan's head, colliding with the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's fist, emitting a blazing radiance as if the end of days had arrived, with countless stars simultaneously igniting and then exploding.
They existed together with the light, their speed reaching the extreme of this world. In their collisions, the river of time stagnated, even threatening to flow backward.
In soul combat, Ye Fan was far too lacking. He lacked the corresponding imperial laws; if he truly dared to do that, he would be instantly killed!
Now, he had opened a very good situation. Closing in to close range and engaging in physical combat was his greatest advantage, and he naturally would not abandon it, fighting desperately.
A residual afterimage remained as Ye Fan's leg swung in an arc, sweeping toward Reincarnation Lord like the Milky Way rolling in, the vibrating energy waves vast and boundless, causing the star domain ahead to collapse!
However, Reincarnation Lord vanished in an instant, and then Ye Fan felt a pain in his shoulder. Several bloody gashes appeared there, with strips of flesh directly torn away, blood dripping profusely.
Rumble!
Reincarnation Lord was too powerful. In the turn of a body, star domains split apart, affecting another sea of stars, with many great stars exploding.
As a Supreme Being possessing an imperial body, his combat talent was too formidable. Even though Ye Fan had taken over the shell of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body—one who dominated the universe in close combat—he still could not gain the upper hand.
"Pfft!"
Blood dripped from Ye Fan's chest bones, with several ribs nearly broken. Clearly, Reincarnation Lord had aimed for his heart.
"Kid, you actually managed to obtain such a body. But do you think this allows you to battle a Supreme Being? You're still far off!" Reincarnation Lord said coldly.
Ye Fan remained silent. This was a fact. What were emperors and sovereigns? In their youth, they were no weaker than him, and then they experienced endless blood battles, advancing triumphantly all the way to the Great Emperor level!
Ye Fan was very strong, and now he possessed a body that could contend with a Great Emperor, but overall, the gap was still enormous.
The fact that Reincarnation Lord had attained the Dao was enough to prove that he was a formidable figure in his youth. The blood battles he had experienced throughout his life far surpassed Ye Fan's, let alone his experiences at the Quasi-Emperor and Great Emperor levels.
Ye Fan, with his heaven-defying talent and unparalleled dominance, suffered greatly at this moment, his entire body drenched in blood. This was not the same-level humanoid lightning from the tribulation; this was a true imperial figure he had encountered after forcibly elevating himself.
However, amid the splattering sacred blood, Ye Fan quickly stabilized some of his disadvantages. Disregarding consequences, he sought mutual destruction, charging forward to kill.
"Pfft"
Ye Fan's palm struck out like a galaxy exploding, leaving his left ribs exposed to the opponent while directly attacking the opponent's Immortal Platform, paying any price to fight to the death!
Without any surprise, Ye Fan's abdomen—even as strong as a Saint Body—was cut open, bright red blood spurting out. But this strike of his nearly hit the opponent's Immortal Platform, grazing his face, sending flesh and blood flying.
Reincarnation Lord let out a cold snort, his cheekbone exposed, bloody and raw, making his expression somewhat ferocious (zhengning) and terrifying to behold.
"With one stomp, I could crush millions of insects like you. Just an ant, borrowing a shell and thinking you can defy heaven?" Reincarnation Lord said coldly, not taking Ye Fan seriously at all, not even caring.
"Beast, don't think too highly of yourself!" Ye Fan rarely cursed, but facing several ancient Supreme Beings, his chest felt like it was burning with fire.
Boom!
Ye Fan unleashed all his skills, throwing out the Heavenly Emperor Fist. This was his most powerful physical attack, shattering the universe, destroying one galaxy after another.
Even at the edge of the star domain, under this vast fist intent, the stars of the heavens seemed to break free from their original trajectories, trembling with his fluctuations.
"You have some skill. You're a special ant, but the geniuses I've killed outnumber the people you've seen! As long as one doesn't become an emperor, an ungrown prodigy is nothing. Throughout the ages, there have been too many monstrous talents, but ninety-nine percent of them died!"
Reincarnation Lord sneered cruelly, pressing forward, directly engaging in physical combat with Ye Fan. This was an attitude of transcendence above all living things, looking down upon the ancient universe.
"Boom!"
However, he underestimated Ye Fan's determination and combat power, as well as his indomitable, life-forgetting fighting spirit. Willing to bleed on the spot, he was determined to severely wound the opponent.
Preferring to be half-crippled, he would tear a piece of flesh from the opponent's body, not caring about his own life!
The Heavenly Emperor Fist erupted, appearing in succession, its trajectory mysterious and unfathomable. Using the might of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body to attack a Supreme Being, he pushed this forbidden fist technique to its extreme.
Divine might overshadowing the world!
The universe cracked, the sea of stars dimmed. Everything would be shattered; anything blocking the way would be destroyed, as if the true Heavenly Emperor had been resurrected!
"Pfft"
This time, the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's fist blasted into the palm of Reincarnation Lord, who had struck later but arrived first. The Supreme Being's combat awareness was too powerful, terrifying beyond measure.
However, Ye Fan was not competing in technique this time; he used brute force, his entire body's essence blood boiling, burning fiercely.
"Boom!"
His grasped fist, nearly crystalline, emitted flames that burned through the universe, collapsing star domains. Ye Fan's fist nearly exploded, but Reincarnation Lord's palm also shattered.
With a heaven-and-earth-shattering explosion, the two separated, both right hands destroyed.
"Pretending to be the Heavenly Emperor in front of me? You're not there yet, far from it!" Ye Fan mocked coldly.
Reincarnation Lord's expression darkened. Together with Ye Fan, they raised their hands, pointing at each other, and then blood energy steamed as they repaired their palms.
Ye Fan was happy to engage in physical combat. His initial goal had already been achieved. Even if he died now, he wouldn't feel wronged. He could injure an ancient Supreme Being, forcing him to pay with his most precious life blood energy.
Although Reincarnation Lord said nothing, to him, this was absolutely a great humiliation. Having his flesh palm destroyed by an ant in his eyes, and being mocked like this, was definitely an insult.
"Be careful, don't capsize in a ditch!" Light and Darkness Supreme Being warned.
"Crushing geniuses, covering the sky with one hand. Before me, there are no miracles!" Reincarnation Lord said, his face dark as he pressed forward.
He liked to confront head-on, also engaging in close combat. This was the pride of a Supreme Being, looking down upon all living things. And Ye Fan naturally was happy to oblige, hoping to use this body to fight a little longer, extracting more of the Supreme Being's life essence blood.
Of course, this was a matter of degree. If Ye Fan had an accident during this process, then the things left by Emperor Wu Shi would be difficult to use.
Blood splattered. At the beginning, Ye Fan could only hit the opponent once every dozens of strikes using desperate methods, while Reincarnation Lord made him bleed constantly.
But later, Ye Fan's results rapidly improved. Every dozen or so strikes, he could make the opponent spill a flower of blood!
Compared to Ye Fan's past results in battles against others, this was undoubtedly still very frustrating. But considering that the opponent was a Supreme Being who had once walked through this realm, with combat skills already at their peak, reaching perfection, achieving such results was already heaven-defying!
There was no other reason—only because the opponent was a Supreme Being, already having attained the Dao!
For an ordinary person, even if given ten imperial bodies and fused them against heaven, facing a true Supreme Being, they would still have to drink their hatred, only sending themselves to death.
One could only say that Ye Fan's combat awareness was heaven-defying. In this desperate situation, he improved rapidly. In the confrontation with the Supreme Being, he discovered another world.
This was no longer about secret techniques or combat skills, but about experience, life, will, courage, judgment, and many other aspects, elevating combat to its ultimate sublimation, surpassing art and Dao!
Without a doubt, on an ordinary day, this would be a sought-after, unprecedented heaven-defying opportunity in ten thousand ages. All cultivators in the world would go crazy, hoping for such a chance.
But in this present end-of-days blood calamity, Ye Fan could fall at any moment. There was nothing to rejoice about. He would rather never have experienced any of this, that the end of days had never come.
Fighting into madness, Ye Fan saw another world. His world suddenly expanded many times over. This was not same-level humanoid lightning, but a true imperial Supreme Being. His combat skills were rapidly improving, as if being sharpened like an immortal sword.
Ye Fan was covered in blood, but facing this unprecedented physical combat with such a vast realm disparity, the benefits he gained were enormous. He was nearly approaching divine enlightenment.
He felt that if he could survive, his path of close combat would slowly become unmatched under heaven!
Ye Fan's chest bones were broken, several ribs crushed by Reincarnation Lord, held in his hand as he crunched on them, bloody and terrifying.
And Ye Fan also tore off a piece of Reincarnation Lord's flesh, stomping it into bloody mud, spitting, his eyes flashing with cold lightning as he charged again.
This was a brutal blood battle. Ye Fan found his own combat domain and powerful innate awareness, becoming increasingly valiant.
"Boom!"
The two collided. With a soft "pfft," Ye Fan's heart was grabbed out by Reincarnation Lord, crushed in his hand—a gruesome sight!
Moreover, his spine was struck by a palm blade, nearly cutting him in half, his upper and lower bodies almost separated, blood splattering across the universe.
And Ye Fan, paying such a price, also gained another huge harvest. He willingly exchanged heavy losses for it, breaking off one of Reincarnation Lord's forearms.
Persistent, enduring all kinds of pain, he managed to snap off the opponent's left forearm, blood spurting out, splashing all over him, making him look blood-soaked.
Reincarnation Lord finally let out a great roar, bellowing in fury. This was truly not worth it, being so severely wounded by an ant. He felt this was an insult.
A great explosion occurred between them, both flying backward. Ye Fan used the Presence Secret to repair his injured body.
"Don't waste time with an insect." Stone Emperor reminded Reincarnation Lord, frowning, unable to bear watching any longer. Reincarnation Lord clearly had powerful strength but insisted on physical combat, making Stone Emperor very dissatisfied.
Hum!
Reincarnation Lord stepped forward, his forehead bone emitting light, and countless order divine chains flew from his entire body, like immortal gold chains, piercing in all directions, sweeping toward Ye Fan.
Especially the most powerful imperial laws, which attacked Ye Fan's Immortal Platform, aiming to kill his soul, erasing him from the source.
"Ant, just crush you with one stomp. No time to bother with you!" Reincarnation Lord said this and did exactly that. A great foot stomped down, bringing endless laws, stepping toward Ye Fan's body.
"Boom!"
At this moment, not only did the Green Copper Cauldron emit light, but within Ye Fan's Immortal Platform, the Golden Immortal Robe also shone brilliantly, vibrating with Great Emperor ripples, guarding his head, blocking the attack.
He knew that with two imperial artifacts, no matter what, they could not be breached in a short time.
At the same time, a precious vase appeared in his hand. The blood inside was dazzling. When the stopper was pulled out, it directly caused this universe to tremble violently, as if the eternal blue sky would be ground to dust.
Too terrifying. That blood contained endless Dao fragments, as if the world was ending, directly severing the ten thousand Daos of the starry sky, about to turn everything into powder.
However, Stone Emperor, Divine Ruins Lord, and Light and Darkness Supreme Being's divine light surged, without any worry. Instead, hope and blazing light appeared in their eyes as they all looked over.
"Blood containing imperial Dao laws. You want to use it against us? Hahaha..." Reincarnation Lord laughed, then abruptly stopped, saying grimly, "The blood flowing in our veins is exactly this kind. To us, it is merely 'sweet dew,' nourishing our life energy!"
But as his words fell, dozens of drops of this blood flew out automatically, falling onto the array platform beneath Ye Fan's feet, directly opening a void, and a portal appeared!
Stone Emperor shook, his great halberd swinging over, but it was useless. A supreme law had fixed this place. As Black Emperor had speculated, it could not be breached. As long as Ye Fan stood on this array platform, he could do it!
Brilliant light erupted, surging and billowing. The battle was about to become even more intense!