Chapter 701: The Destroyer
With every step the young Old Madman took, the fluctuations from the purple bronze war vessel grew stronger by one degree, as if an ancient beast that could split the heavens and earth was awakening, about to shatter the world.
One thousand five hundred li away, the many onlookers were terrified. The Old Madman had already laid down a supreme divine formation, sealing off the aura within, yet it still possessed such might!
At this moment, their primordial spirits felt as if they were splitting, like knives scraping their bones, every inch of their flesh and blood seemed about to peel away. This was a pain that could destroy one's true body.
One could imagine what it would be like without that ancient divine formation to isolate it. It would probably destroy everything for who knew how many li around, and they would surely be reduced to ashes.
And all of this was merely a fluctuation, not even an exchange of blows between the two sides. Such were the ancient sages, supreme beings, like gods.
A dull, heavy sound rang out. The purple bronze war vessel, larger than a mountain range, shook off a layer of copper rust. The cabin doors opened wide, and a gale-force wind blew out.
Every gust of wind was black, splitting the void and scraping out chaos. At this moment, heaven and earth were filled with a killing intent!
It was as if a deity from the underworld had broken through its cage and come into this world to carry out an act of annihilation. Rolling killing intent filled the air like a hurricane.
It reached everywhere, the aura of death swirling around. Past and present, heaven and earth, all were stirred by this wind of death.
"Bang"
A foot stepped out, wrapped in a black iron battle suit that shimmered, surrounded by dark light, its divine energy even more terrifying.
"Thud"
The purple bronze war vessel trembled. This powerful existence finally emerged. He wore a suit of dark iron battle armor, shimmering with black light, his bearing majestic.
He truly was like a deity, his entire body wreathed in radiance. The black sacred armor was cold and sinister, covering him completely, making him look very divine and martial.
His face was pale white, as if he had not seen sunlight for tens of thousands of years. He was quite handsome, but fine wrinkles had appeared, leaving the marks of time.
His hair was also streaked with white, having lost some of its luster. Only his pitch-black eyes, like two black gems, were very spirited.
One could imagine how heroic this ancient ancestral king had been in his youth. Now, time had left indelible marks on him.
This was a king whose strength was so great it was impossible to fathom. In the past, he would have required the worship of all living beings. Now, he had truly appeared in reality!
"Human, you dare to come alone to kill dozens of us ancient kings. You have great courage, but you are seeking death!" this man said in a deep voice.
In response, the young Old Madman had only one action: he attacked. He struck out very decisively, using his actions to answer him.
"Roar..."
At this moment, the young Madman truly seemed to have fallen into a demonic state. The killing intent in his eyes was endless. His pitch-black hair stood on end like dragons, and his murderous aura boiled.
One thousand five hundred li away, the people were shocked. Faced with such an ancient king, the human race had, since ancient times, always retreated, even humbly kowtowing in fear. When had they ever dared to take the initiative to attack like this!
Although they were not facing him directly and had not made a move, they still felt their blood boil. A cultivator should be like this. Even when facing a legendary ancestral king, one must dare to kill.
"Clang"
The ancestral king, clad in a black divine gold battle suit, produced a spear forged from black crystal in his hand and thrust it forward. His movements were not very fast, but the sacred sound of the Great Dao emanated.
"This is... the resonance of the Great Dao, the harmonious sound of divine power penetrating the universe!"
Everyone's hair stood on end. This was the Dao principle of severing all living things, something only forbidden existences could display. It had only ever appeared in legends, and now they were truly seeing it.
The Great Dao resonated, cascading down in countless strands. Dragons soared, phoenixes danced. The divine sound was like a blade, about to sever all living beings!
However, all of this was merely a byproduct of the sacred sound of the Dao. The true killing move was still the black crystal divine spear. It pierced through the heavens in an instant, stabbing to a point right before the young Old Madman's brow in the blink of an eye.
Too terrifying!
This was the trembling thought in everyone's hearts. This spear was accompanied by countless black threads. Each thread was a law, and each strand was enough to sever a sect leader!
Countless strands, converging on the black spear tip, concentrated on the Old Madman's forehead. One could imagine how terrifying this attack was, unstoppable and indestructible.
"Clang!"
The young Old Madman's hand was like a piece of crystalline jade, radiant and glowing. His eyes were filled with endless coldness. He used two fingers to clamp down on the demonic spearhead!
This single blow was enough to destroy everyone in a great sect, sink the earth, and bring down falling stars. Yet now, it was caught between two fingers.
The world-shaking strike was blocked by the black crystal spear. This was shocking to the extreme. Everyone was petrified, their eyes filled with shock, unable to move.
This ancient ancestral king was also astonished. His full-force strike was neutralized by his opponent like this. Two fingers prevented his divine weapon from advancing even a hair's breadth!
It was only a finger's width away from the forehead. The Dao laws surged, countless threads entangled. If it had struck, no matter how great a hero you were, you would have been reduced to ashes.
However, all the power of the laws was suppressed, unable to advance an inch. Moreover, a flood of monstrous, beast-like aura rushed at him, making him feel suffocated!
The ancient king's black eyes flashed with killing intent that surged out like a dragon. He shook his spear violently, pulling it back and slashing downward like a blade.
"Dang"
The Old Madman blocked it with his hand, sending out a shower of sparks, shattering a large expanse of space, creating massive void rifts!
"Crack"
Then, he twisted with force. The spearhead forged from black divine crystal snapped, crushed into black fragments in his hand, glittering.
All of this happened in the span of a spark, far exceeding people's reaction speed. The ancient king's weapon was destroyed just like that!
The Old Madman was too fast, mastering the Stride Art. One step was a thousand zhang, moving like a flickering light. Although the ancient ancestral king was fast, moving like lightning, he could not dodge.
"Puff"
The Old Madman's hand sliced directly into the ancestral king's chest, cutting him open. Blood gushed out, and various internal organs spilled forth.
The ancient king roared loudly. All kinds of sacred Dao laws erupted simultaneously, but they could not stop the injury. The ancient blood still spurted, unable to be halted.
"Ah..."
He struggled violently, his divine power overwhelming, filled with the order of the ancient king, interweaving like chains of divine law. Yet, he could not injure his opponent.
At this moment, he decisively abandoned his physical body. Divine light shot up from his crown, and his primordial spirit tried to escape.
However, the young Old Madman was faster and more decisive. He seized the broken spear and, with a "Puff," stabbed it backward into the crown of the king's head, driving it straight through.
Such a scene was rarely seen in a thousand or a hundred generations. Who could kill an ancient king like this, so cleanly and fiercely!
Blood spurted, along with white brain matter. The spear forged from black divine crystal was thrust all the way to the bottom, shattering even his primordial spirit.
It was unknown how long passed before people snapped back to reality. This was all very bloody, extremely shocking. This was an ancient king, and he had been killed just like that.
The Old Madman held the broken spear, lifting the corpse that could shake the ages, then tossed it to the ground. He walked forward on foot.
No one spoke. How many years had it been since the human race had produced someone like this, who dared to kill an ancient king like this? How many examples were there in history?!
Was this someone who could attain the Dao? This was the thought in everyone's hearts. Thinking of this question, people couldn't help but tremble.
Ye Fan was naturally also very shaken. Was this the might of a sage? It could be so terrifying. The path he had to walk was still very long!
In the golden great desert, there was only a young man with black hair flying in the wind, his eyes filled with wild killing intent, his steps firm, walking step by step toward the purple bronze ancient ship.
This was a shocking scene. One person truly dared to face so many ancient kings alone. The young Old Madman had no hesitation, unwavering.
"It's them... It's actually them who have returned!" One thousand five hundred li away, the sect master of an immortal inheritance exclaimed, staring at the ancient ship as he finally remembered something.
"Could it be those destroyers from the endless ages past?" Another sect leader spoke, shocked and uncertain.
"That's right, it's them. Even eternal banishment could not destroy them. In the end, they have returned!" A living fossil said with a trembling voice.
Ye Fan was shocked. He listened carefully and learned a terrifying truth.
In the distant, barbaric ancient times, a group of extraterritorial sages drove an ancient ship here. The people of the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain sensed them in advance. Upon careful perception, they found it impossible to resist, because that group was too powerful.
Legend had it that these ancient beings were the supreme combat power formed by the kings of three ancient lands gathering together!
The Ziwei Ancient Star Domain was in an era when the Great Emperor had perished. In the end, the barbaric sages of that era exhausted their divine essence and joined forces to unleash a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering forbidden secret technique, banishing the extraterritorial purple bronze war vessel to an unknown ancient domain in the depths of the desolate universe.
"They drained the sages of the barbaric era to death, moving the ancient ship to an unknown time and space. After such a long, long time, they have actually returned!"
When the secrets of the past were revealed, everyone felt a chill from head to toe. How could they resist this? For the human race, this was a great calamity!
Everyone prayed, hoping that the young Old Madman, boiling with killing intent, would slay all the ancient kings. Otherwise, the land would surely flow with rivers of blood, and corpses would number in the hundreds of millions.
"Even an ancient sage with the hope of attaining the Dao cannot resist so many people alone!" People were extremely worried.
"The divine abilities of these ancient ancestral kings are beyond imagination. It would be difficult for a sage to fight one or two alone. Our race's sage faces a certain death situation."
"No one can fight so many ancient kings alone, unless an ancient Great Emperor were to be reborn."
When they understood everything, people's hearts were filled with pessimism. Even though the young Old Madman had slain two ancient kings, everyone still could not relax in the slightest.
Without a doubt, the two ancient kings just now were in an extremely weak state. If they had been at their peak, they would have been invincible under heaven!
Normally, it would be very powerful for an ancient sage to be able to fight several opponents of the same rank. To kill dozens alone would truly be heaven-defying!
"They have drained the essence of the land for hundreds of thousands of li around. All plants and living things have died. I'm afraid some ancestral kings have already fully recovered."
"They haven't come out all at once. They must be channeling their essence to a few of them, letting them emerge in their peak state. This... Even someone with the bearing to attain the Dao cannot be defeated!"
"Bang"
The young Old Madman was extremely domineering. He slapped out with his palm, causing the purple bronze war vessel, as large as a mountain range, to collapse in a large area, creating a huge hole.
His eyes were filled with mad killing intent, extremely cold. Faced with such a deadly situation, he was fearless.
"Boom"
Suddenly, a terrifying aura surged out, as if it could pierce through the past and future, surging through all the heavens and myriad realms. A supreme existence, fully prepared, finally emerged!
He was completely pitch-black. Every inch of his skin shimmered with dark light, as if forged from black crystal. He had over a thousand arms, like a thousand-armed Buddha!
This was a supreme being. He walked very slowly. With every step, it felt as if all the heavens and myriad realms pulsed with him. He was like a being forged from black divine gold, like an immortal god!
"Human, although you are very powerful, coming here is seeking your own death. There is not a shred of hope for life. I have even seen the methods of the Battle Saint Old Emperor." Within the purple bronze ancient war vessel, there were a total of three great sages. Now, the thousand-armed demon god had finally emerged! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at ***.***. Your support is my greatest motivation.)