Chapter 687: Lightly Slaying the God King

After Pu Zhijian realized Ding Huan was the "Huan Ye" spoken of by the gods, he was not disappointed—he was even more delighted.

What level is Ding Huan even at? He's already killed a mid-stage God King—once he advances to God King, even a Combined Spirit might fall easily.

Besides, he has no connection with that Combined Spirit Ancestor.

But now he knows Ding Huan.

Only a fool would pin his hopes on the elusive Combined Spirit Ancestor and abandon forging ties with Ding Huan, whose future holds limitless potential.

In just moments, Pu Zhijian made his decision: he must cultivate goodwill with Ding Huan and Mo Changcan.

Both of these men are geniuses.

To net several God Kings at once, Ding Huan set up not only a Level-7 Binding-Killing God Array but also a God-kin Killing Array.

Within the array, Ding Huan, Mo Changcan, and Pu Zhijian each occupied one corner.

If three people arrived, each of them would take one.

If more than three came, they'd all strike whoever Ding Huan targeted—kill one first, then deal with the rest.

It could only be said that Ding Huan's Cosmic Pot was too fast—the binding array was set, and after waiting a full eight days, three figures finally rushed toward them.

Of the three rushing figures, Ding Huan recognized only one: Wu Danzi.

The other two Pu Zhijian knew: one was Qianye God King, a Level-6 God Array Master of the God Clan, and the other was an old acquaintance, Kaiyi God King.

Pu Zhijian immediately relayed the identities of all three to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan had planned to lock them the moment they entered the binding array, but he hadn't expected them to stop just outside it.

"Wu Danzi, are you lying to us?" said Kaiyi God King.

Wu Danzi snorted: "When I served the God Clan, you Kaiyi didn't even exist—why would I lie to you?"

That was true.

Had the Tree Ancestor not appeared, Wu Danzi wouldn't have deigned to notice these God Clan God Kings at all.

He was a God Clan God King, yes, but he didn't believe in sacrificing everything for the God Clan.

In his eyes, only the Tree Ancestor deserved his respect and service.

"If we can get the Tree Ancestor to leave here, Wu Danzi, your contribution will be the greatest," said Qianye God King, defusing the tension.

Kaiyi God King laughed heartily: "Even if the Tree Ancestor can't leave for now, if we can help him recover some strength, this mission is already a success."

Wu Danzi, however, glanced around—he felt something strange.

He expected Ding Huan to ambush them here, yet he saw no sign of Ding Huan.

Had he been wrong all along?

"Let's go—first, we'll meet the Tree Ancestor…"

Wu Danzi finally stepped into Ding Huan's Binding-Killing God Array, followed by Kaiyi God King and Qianye God King—all entering Ding Huan's Binding-Killing God Array.

"Something's wrong…"

Qianye God King was the first to sense it.

He was a Level-6 God Array Master, and though Ding Huan's Level-7 Binding-Killing God Array was concealed by a Level-7 Concealment Array Pattern,

he sensed it the moment he stepped inside.

Qianye God King immediately tried to retreat—but the instant he moved, a long halberd whipped toward him.

The array snapped shut, sealing them in, and wave after wave of killing array patterns surged toward the three God Clan God Kings.

Qianye God King was Mo Changcan's target.

As Mo Changcan struck, Ding Huan and Pu Zhijian moved too.

Ding Huan tossed out several array flags while slashing his long blade toward Wu Danzi.

Pu Zhijian lunged at Kaiyi God King.

Wu Danzi's heart sank—he'd been ambushed.

The worst part wasn't the ambush—it was that he hadn't sensed he'd entered the Binding-Killing God Array until it was too late.

By the time he realized it, he was already locked inside.

If it had been an ordinary Binding-Killing God Array, that might've been bearable—but this was a Level-7 Binding-Killing God Array.

Wu Danzi was only panicked because he was trapped—he still had a chance to escape, and if he escaped the array, he might still flee.

But Kaiyi God King and Qianye God King's hearts plunged into utter despair.

They felt the gene-killing laws specifically targeting God Clan cultivators.

Worse still, they were certain this gene-killing law here was stronger than the one in the Great Star Wastelands.

In the Great Star Wastelands, that gene-killing law could affect God Kings but couldn't lock them down.

They'd approached it before and could break free from its grip.

Here, however, they clearly felt the gene-killing law had completely sealed off their life force.

Even if their enemies did nothing, they were in dire straits—now, with the killing law aiding them, their enemies were launching lethal attacks.

Whether they could survive, even they themselves had no idea.

Worse still, this was a Level-7 Binding-Killing God Array.

Clearly, this array had been set by the Human Clan's Ancestor, Huan Ye.

Huan Ye was a Human Clan Combined Spirit Ancestor—even without this array, killing them would be effortless, let alone with such an array?

"Huan Ye, our God Clan and Human Clan have already made peace—you cannot attack us," Kaiyi God King begged, the first to plead for mercy.

Qianye God King was filled with despair—he was a Level-6 God Array Master, yes, but he'd seen Huan Ye's arrays before.

Now trapped in Huan Ye's array, unless Huan Ye stopped, they were certain to die.

"Ding Huan, I only came here with the God Clan God Kings—you can't attack me…"

Wu Danzi felt the killing aura of Ding Huan's blade sweeping toward him—and his heart trembled.

In his mind, the scene of Ding Huan suppressing Feng Chuanxing unconsciously surfaced.

Even though he clearly knew Ding Huan was only a World God, he couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart. A massive cauldron was sacrificed out by him; he only hoped he could escape this Killing God Array.

Boom!

The long blade slammed into the cauldron, and the Dao rhymes between heaven and earth exploded.

Wu Danzi clearly felt his divine essence becoming sluggish, his divine sense growing slow.

If this went on, he was doomed.

Wu Danzi knew this great battle absolutely could not drag on too long; he had to escape at the first moment.

A stream of essence blood spurted out, and the cauldron atop Wu Danzi's head transformed into billions of cauldron shadows.

These cauldron shadows gathered together, and in the blink of an eye condensed into a ten-thousand-zhang giant cauldron. The giant cauldron smashed down from the air, nearly tearing this entire space apart.

Ding Huan paid no attention at all to the ten-thousand-zhang giant cauldron crashing down on his head; the long blade in his hand unhurriedly slashed out another blade curtain.

He would not give Wu Danzi any chance.

The blade curtain hung down from the void, transforming into a suspended river.

As the suspended river fell, it was filled with a kind of deathly stillness and the Dao rhyme of reincarnation.

In one look

Death locked onto Wu Danzi, and in Wu Danzi's eyes there was growing terror.

Because his massive cauldron was now growing smaller and smaller, his divine essence growing more and more sluggish.

It wasn't that he couldn't beat Ding Huan; it was that this was Ding Huan's territory.

Ding Huan's fight was completely unsportsmanlike—not only did he lay down slaughter laws targeting divine-race cultivators, he also used the strangulation space to bind his methods.

"Boom!"

The blade curtain hanging from the void, like a suspended river, slammed into Wu Danzi's cauldron, and the cauldron was directly blasted away.

Wu Danzi's domain was likewise torn open by Ding Huan's domain at this very moment, and Wu Danzi sprayed a blood arrow as he was sent flying backward.

Wave after wave of void strangulation blade edges tore open blood mist after blood mist on Wu Danzi's body.

Wu Danzi stared in terror at the suspended river before him. After that suspended river blasted his cauldron away, it did not weaken; instead, it grew clearer and clearer.

In that blade curtain, he saw the Yellow Springs path of return.

That Yellow Springs path of return kept extending, binding him completely within it, yet he could not struggle.

His vitality was continuously stripped away by the slaughter laws; he couldn't even muster his divine essence.

"Ding Huan, stop! If you make a move against me, it only benefits the divine race…"

Wu Danzi screamed madly.

He didn't want to die. No matter how much he worshipped the Tree Ancestor, he was unwilling to die for the Tree Ancestor.

The Yellow Springs blade curtain fell completely, bringing out a spray of blood mist, tearing Wu Danzi in two.

Ding Huan sighed. This Wu Danzi was too weak.

His Yellow Springs Blade Seal hadn't even been fully deployed—at the very least, the Yellow Springs Blade Gorge hadn't erupted at all—yet he had already slain Wu Danzi.

The Dao rhyme of Dahan Yi Dao hadn't even been fully triggered yet.

It seemed that under the Level Seven Killing God Array and the slaughter laws targeting divine-race genes, a God King like Wu Danzi was utterly insignificant.

Fortunately he hadn't laid down poison laws; otherwise, he wouldn't even have needed to make a move.

Wave after wave of laws were flung out by Ding Huan. The spatial Dao rhymes where Wu Danzi was kept fluctuating, as if something was about to be torn open.

After a dozen or so breaths, a space abruptly appeared before Ding Huan.

Wu Danzi's overflowing Primordial Spirit stared in terror at this space.

This was clearly his world space, yet he himself had no ability whatsoever to control it.

"Dao Friend Ding, show mercy. I am willing to hand over my soul contract imprint."

Wu Danzi's Primordial Spirit screamed frantically.

He was a pill Dao expert; as long as his world still existed, he had a chance to recover.

Even at worst, he still had a chance to reincarnate with his memories.

Now that Ding Huan had opened his world, he was completely done for.

Unfortunately, with a sweep of Ding Huan's hand, everything in his world was swept away by Ding Huan.

A flame landed on his Primordial Spirit.

Wu Danzi let out one despairing wail, then vanished without a trace.

After killing Wu Danzi and opening Wu Danzi's world, he then saw that Pu Zhijian had also blasted the Kaiyi God King to death.

Pu Zhijian's strength originally wouldn't be weaker than the Kaiyi God King's.

Added to that, this was a Level Seven Killing God Array, and there were slaughter genes targeting divine-race cultivators.

If Pu Zhijian hadn't been too wary of the Kaiyi God King, he would have killed the Kaiyi God King long ago.

"I'll help you open the world."

Ding Huan saw that although Mo Changcan had suppressed the Qianye God King, he hadn't killed him yet, and knew that relying on Mo Changcan to help Pu Zhijian open the Kaiyi God King's world was somewhat unrealistic.

He simply took the initiative, scattering out wave after wave of spatial laws.

Pu Zhijian stared at Ding Huan's actions in shock.

Wasn't it said that only Mo Changcan could open a God King's world?

How come Ding Huan's movements looked even more practiced?

This time it was even shorter—just a few breaths—and Ding Huan had already torn open the Kaiyi God King's world.

Pu Zhijian hurriedly swept his hand, sweeping away everything in the Kaiyi God King's ring.

Just at this moment, Mo Changcan also pierced through the Qianye God King's brow with a single halberd.

Having learned from one failure, Mo Changcan was even more cautious this time.

After roughly several dozen breaths, Mo Changcan tore with his hand, and a spatial rift appeared before him.

"Haha, the Divine King World—Lord Mo has finally opened it too…"

Pu Zhijian finally understood: so Ding Huan was the one carrying the load when it came to opening the Divine King World.

(End of chapter)