Chapter 940: MISUNDERSTANDING ONE

Wen Yi clearly had little patience; the spaceship halted in the void less than half a day after departing.

"Will you kill yourselves, or shall I do it for you?" Wen Yi turned to Ding Huan and the others, his tone laced with disdain.

Just arrived here and already wanting to go to the Divine Realm? Hmph—he himself longed to reach the Divine Realm.

If Ding Huan knew his true intent and had come out begging for mercy, he'd see how many Dao veins existed in Ding Huan's world.

Though the Dao veins brought by these outsider cultivators were inferior to those of the Divine Realm, they were still Dao veins.

If there were more than three Dao veins, he'd allow Ding Huan to reincarnate.

In his mind, Ding Huan following him had only two possible reasons.

First, Ding Huan knew his words were a lie—he could never take Ding Huan and the others to the Divine Realm.

But Ding Huan had no choice but to follow him, because even if Wen Yi's power couldn't crush Ding Huan, Ding Huan had no way to escape death within the Divine Commerce Tower.

Second, Ding Huan had just arrived at Wangshen City and didn't realize his words were false, believing he could truly take them to the Divine Realm.

But in Wen Yi's estimation, Ding Huan was far more likely to hold the first belief.

Anyone with half a brain wouldn't believe he could take them into the Divine Realm.

If it was the first scenario, Ding Huan probably planned to leave Wangshen City and then produce something to beg for his life.

If Ding Huan's items held sufficient value and he was clever enough, sparing his life was acceptable.

Otherwise, he'd rather kill Ding Huan and the others than take their belongings.

Ding Huan ignored Wen Yi and turned to Guan Huan and the others: "You

all go ahead. The rest is my concern."

Wen Yi didn't move a muscle.

He merely stared coldly at Ding Huan—on his spaceship, without offering anything to beg for mercy or negotiate, you still want to leave?

Even if his spaceship had no forbidden seals or confinement arrays, with his domain restraining them, Ding Huan and the others could never escape.

Yet the next instant, he felt his domain violently tremble—and he watched in shock as Ding Huan's companions surged straight out of his spaceship.

His spaceship's seals might as well have been fake, offering not the slightest resistance.

Only then did Ding Huan speak: "No wonder you're still just a lowly Commerce Tower enforcer. With your patience, you'll spend your whole life as an enforcer in Wangshen City."

I thought you'd fly at least another day before stopping—really overestimated you. Do you think I'm supposed to pull out something and beg for my life now?"

This time, Ding Huan's domain revealed itself fully, surging outward without restraint.

Wen Yi felt cracks forming across his own domain.

He couldn't believe it—his domain couldn't withstand Ding Huan's?

The attendant Zhi Yuan, caught between them, now wore a face filled with utter despair.

Had he known Ding Huan was such a terrifying powerhouse, he'd never have taken this thankless job.

Now he had no chance even to beg for mercy.

"Boom!" The attendant was crushed into fragments by their domains, turning to blood mist.

Wen Yi's expression changed.

His domain truly couldn't match Ding Huan's.

No matter how he extended his domain, it was like waves crashing against a seawall—the wall remained utterly unmoved, even tearing apart his domain.

"You… what realm are you?" Wen Yi's face darkened.

If his domain couldn't block Ding Huan's, he himself was no match—no battle needed to confirm it.

Ding Huan still ignored Wen Yi, raising his hand—Po Jie Dao appeared in his grip, and a furious blade aura sealed off every avenue of escape.

Only now did Ding Huan feel his true advancement.

Though still a Sage of Utterance, his power had risen a full tier since confronting Lan Xihé.

As the killing intent of Ding Huan's blade grew fiercer, Wen Yi felt increasingly suffocated within the blade's domain.

Wen Yi drew his Dunlei Sword, unleashing a wild torrent of blade light to form a sword domain.

He found that no matter how he stacked his sword domain, he could not break through Ding Huan's blade-killing aura.

Ding Huan's blade aura continued to dominate the space around him.

His only path to survival was crushed beneath Ding Huan's blade.

"You… planned this all along…" Wen Yi's lips trembled.

He thought Ding Huan's apparent eagerness to follow him out of the Divine Commerce Tower meant everything was under his control.

But he never imagined Ding Huan's power was this terrifying.

Ding Huan wasn't either of the two scenarios he'd predicted.

He'd come solely to crush him.

He suspected Ding Huan wasn't even on the Seventh or Eighth Step of the Dao—he was a true Sage of Utterance.

If Ding Huan were merely Seventh Step like himself, he might still have had a chance to flee.

But if Ding Huan was a true Sage of Utterance, he was a truly terrifying presence.

If Ding Huan were truly a Saint of Establishing Words, he would be the truly terrifying existence.

Wen Yi's domain shattered—he was forced to summon his Dunlei Sword.

A sky-spanning curtain of blades slashed toward Ding Huan, while Wen Yi himself turned and fled.

The domain clash had shown him—he was no match for Ding Huan.

This very scene had been foreseen by Ding Huan.

If he didn't run now, he'd never get another chance.

Po Jie Dao slashed simultaneously.

The Calamity-Breaking Blade cleaved out at the same instant.

Boom!

Wen Zhifa, already at a disadvantage, had just summoned Dunlei Sword and tried to escape behind its blade curtain.

The artifact's aura collapsed almost the instant he turned.

Ding Huan's Pojie Dao never even needed its follow-up strikes—just a single blade curtain tore through Dunlei Sword's light completely.

Puff!

A streak of blood sprayed from behind Wen Zhifa's back, his spine ripped open by Pojie Dao's blade curtain.

Wen Yi, as if unaware, kept charging toward the outside of the ship.

At this moment, his terror was unmatched, for he had just activated his ship's trapping and killing array, intending to delay Ding Huan—only to find it utterly useless.

Ding Huan had entered his ship, and he didn't even know when his trapping and killing array had been dismantled.

What's the point of fighting anymore?

Ding Huan did not pursue Wen Yi.

He looked at the Pojie Dao in his hand.

His heart was filled with deep emotion.

Although he had been constantly traveling, after decomposing two artifacts, his understanding of the Dao had risen another level.

At this moment, his strength could handle Qu Qu Beige without needing the Gene Annihilation Law.

And this Wen Yi wasn't even as good as Lan Xihé—he was lucky to survive even one of Ding Huan's cuts.

This guy choosing to flee was correct.

Too bad he couldn't escape.

Bang!

Wen Yi slammed into Ding Huan's barrier and fell to the ground.

His gaze back at Ding Huan was pure terror.

He couldn't set up barriers, but that didn't mean he lacked experience or insight.

This was a barrier—constructed from layers of Void Laws.

Ding Huan could even set up barriers; if he were truly a Sacred Word-Bearer, he could enter the Divine World directly, needing no introductions from anyone.

"Brother Ding, this whole matter is a misunderstanding—I never intended to kill you," Wen Yi said, voice trembling.

It was precisely people like him, who bullied lower-level cultivators the moment they gained a little status, who feared death most when facing true annihilation.

Ding Huan was speechless.

This guy had completely lost his fighting spirit after being suppressed by Ding Huan's domain and blocked by his barrier.

Otherwise, he might have at least held out against one or two of Ding Huan's cuts.

His strength had undergone a qualitative leap after comprehending the Laws of the Chaotic Treasures, but since he had never faced real combat, he had never truly known his own power.

Thus, when he followed Wen Yi and Zhang Ru out of the Divine Merchants Tower,

he had still been devising various countermeasures.

Now Ding Huan finally understood his true strength—he had no real reason to fear an ordinary Seventh Step of the Dao.

Clearly, if he could truly enter the Fifth Step, he would have a place even in the Divine World.

"Brother Ding, I'm willing to open my world—please show mercy."

Seeing Ding Huan ignore him, Wen Yi grew even more terrified.

He had originally intended to invade Ding Huan's world—someone had whispered to him that Ding Huan's world contained a Dao vein.

Now, he was the one voluntarily offering to open his own world.

Ding Huan's domain pressed down again, and Pojie Dao slashed once more.

Wen Yi felt Ding Huan's killing intent.

He no longer cared about begging—he burned his Dao-essence blood and launched a punch.

Crack!

The blade light shattered his arm, then cleaved through his skull without resistance.

Immediately, Wen Yi felt the spatial laws connected to his Dao being stripped away.

Despair surged in Wen Yi's heart—he couldn't even let his Primordial Spirit escape.

This was tearing open his world.

Since he had begun his path, he had never seen anyone casually peel open the world of a Seventh Step of the Dao.

Even in the Divine World, few could manage it.

In just a dozen breaths, Ding Huan tore open Wen Yi's world.

He swept his hand, gathering everything within Wen Yi's world, then looked down at the fallen Wen Yi and said:

"If you still have value, I might let you reincarnate. Otherwise, you won't need reincarnation."

"I do! I have value!"

Wen Yi's Primordial Spirit finally escaped, thanks to Ding Huan's restraint: "I know how to find Divine Islands beyond the Divine World.

Beyond the Divine World, many Divine Islands remain undiscovered.

With Brother Ding's strength, once you find a Divine Island, you can surely hold it and secure even a breath of space outside the Divine World..."

"Speak." Ding Huan knew that after killing Wen Yi, he must find a place to hide.

Even if Wen Yi was less than a dog in the Divine Merchants Tower, once killed, the Divine Merchants Tower would unquestionably come for him immediately.

With his current strength, entering the Divine World would be like delivering meat to the slaughter.

Although there are many Divine Islands beyond the Divine World,

most are probably like Wangshen Island—seeking refuge there would be meaningless.

"Yes, to find the Gods' Island, one must sense the Void Barrier. To sense the Void Barrier, one must have an understanding of barrier formations and the laws of the void.

Even in the Gods' World, there aren't many who can lay down barrier formations. The few who can are all in high positions, so naturally they have no interest in seeking out the Gods' Island.

Daoist Ding can lay down a Void Barrier, so he must be able to sense the existence of one." Wen Yi finished almost in one breath.

Ding Huan hadn't yet looked through those jade slips, but he still felt Wen Yi's information was very valuable—perhaps not even recorded in those jade slips.

"Very well, I'll send you off to reincarnate."

Ding Huan raised his hand and struck down, cleanly and decisively reducing Wen Yi's physical body and Primordial Spirit to碎渣.