Chapter 439: The God General Emerges from Seclusion

So, the God of Slaughter he saw was Chen Yan, the invincible prodigy of his Chen Clan!

If only he had been a little bolder, just a little bolder...

"Publish the data and warn the other clans!" Chen Qi commanded.

"Yes!"

A researcher was about to work when they suddenly trembled:

"Great Elder, the probability that Chen Yan is Bing Yi has suddenly dropped to forty-seven percent!"

Their voice rang out, causing even Chen Qi to freeze, then abruptly turn around.

Everyone in the laboratory stood up, filled with disbelief.

The probability had nearly halved in an instant; this was a low-probability event.

"Bing Yi has appeared!"

The researcher spoke:

"Just now, overseas, he killed Chi Xinyuan of the Chi Clan.

He has claimed the Sub-Lamp and is now ranked fifteenth in the third tier of the Five Clans Ranking!"

Chen Qi was stunned; Bing Yi had actually appeared.

Immediately after, a video recording was transmitted over.

Sea and sky were one color.

Bing Yi, dressed in black and wearing a mask, held a long spear that surged with pitch-black wild thunder and rolling cold energy; with a single thrust, ten thousand spear shadows erupted, instantly killing a man whose entire body was bursting with ice-fire blood energy.

Chen Qi frowned; it really was a black thunder spear, it really was Bing Yi!

Bing Yi had actually appeared directly!

At the same time, Chen Qi tapped the void, and lines of blue light text and images appeared on his retina.

Finally, a ranking list appeared before his eyes.

【Five Clans Third Tier Ranking

Fifteenth place: Yu Yi!】

"The Yu Clan!"

Chen Qi opened his mouth; only members of the Five Clans could enter the Five Clans Ranking.

That Bing Yi was Yu Yi, a member of the Yu Clan.

So, that was how it was...

"Go contact that Yu Yi and invite him to join our Chen Clan!" Chen Qi ordered.

"Yes!"

…………

Lu Province.

Above the clouds, a massive cloud-stone disc was enveloped by layers of clouds.

On the cloud platform stood dozens of figures.

"It is almost certain that Chen Yan is Bing Yi," Lu Jianxia said in a low voice:

"Both came from Qin Province, both have a grudge against the Gong family and the Aristocratic Family Alliance, and both appeared in Xiaoyang one after the other. Chen Yan just killed Lu Xuanzhi, and within Bing Yi's thunderous blood energy, there is the scent of Kun Secret Flowing Thunder."

As her voice fell, the surroundings shook.

"What astonishing talent!"

"I never expected him to hide such a hand; it is fortunate that my Lu Clan noticed it first."

"He has to leave the Thunder-Strike Treasure Land and become a God General in at least thirty years; what is there to fear, what is there to worry about?"

"Thirty years? Chen Yan has only been on the path of the Dao for a few months; even counting the time seeds in the college entrance exam secret realm, it has only been a little over a year."

"On the path of martial arts, the further one goes, the harder it gets; thirty years to become a God General is already overestimating him."

Sounds of discussion rang out.

Lu Jianxia's expression grew increasingly ugly; she was discussing the terrifying nature of Chen Yan, yet these people were constantly belittling him to seek self-comfort.

"Chen Yan will definitely walk out of the Thunder-Strike Treasure Land in under twenty years!"

Lu Jianxia spoke, and no one said a word.

Some did not believe it, some thought it was an exaggeration, and some were lost in thought.

"Chen Yan is Bing Yi, he is Bing Yi; he cultivates both Qi and blood, and his blood energy is also very strong, everyone!"

Lu Jianxia shouted in a low voice:

"What on earth are you all talking about?!"

The surroundings went quiet.

Suddenly, someone spoke:

"Chen Yan cannot be Bing Yi; Bing Yi has already appeared!"

"What did you say?" Lu Jianxia was startled.

"He appeared and killed a genius of the Chi Clan; he is on the ranking list now!"

The person continued, then waved a hand, and an image appeared.

It was indeed the scene of Bing Yi in black killing Chi Xinyuan of the Chi Clan.

Lu Jianxia's expression trembled:

"He walked out of the Thunder-Strike Treasure Land?!"

"Impossible!" the person who spoke continued:

"The Five Clans Ranking shows that Bing Yi is a member of the Yu Clan, named Yu Yi!"

The crowd checked the rankings one after another, and their expressions all changed.

"At this juncture, we should invite Bing Yi to enter the Lu Clan to see if that person is truly Chen Yan!" that person continued to speak.

Lu Jianxia's expression shifted; her hypothesis seemed to have been overturned.

She pondered continuously, could she have really guessed wrong?

It was also at this moment.

Someone let out a low roar:

"Your Highness, the Five Clans Ranking has changed again!

Chen Yan is on the list!"

Everyone's expression changed instantly, and they all took out their rankings to check.

The next moment, their bodies stiffened.

【Five Clans Second Tier Ranking

Third Place: Chen Yan!】

Silence!

On the entire Cloud Platform, no one spoke anymore.

Lu Jianxia's expression changed again and again:

"He acknowledged the Child Lamp as his master and entered the ranking because he killed Lu Fusang and Lu Menghan, who were on the list.

The ranking determined that he has the qualifications for the third place of the second tier."

It was as if an invisible chill was overflowing.

The Five Clans Ranking concerns the Five Clans Struggle.

And the Five Clans Struggle is a truly major event for the Five Clans, concerning Divine Artifacts and Divine Seeds.

After the Five Clans Struggle, that is when the full-scale war begins.

And the spots on the Five Clans Ranking are actually a selection of the aptitude of the Five Clans people.

This is the assessment of the world's third-ranked Divine Artifact, the Calamity Bone Divine Lamp; as long as you are a person of the Five Clans, as long as you are on the ranking.

You can obtain resources matching your ranking.

Massive resources!

They can give birth to true powerhouses.

But what if the person on this ranking is an enemy of the Five Clans?

That would be a major issue.

The Calamity Bone Divine Lamp does not distinguish whether you are an enemy.

No matter how powerful a Divine Artifact is, it can only judge your bloodline, not your heart.

As long as you are a person of the Five Clans, you will have resources.

Chen Yan's potential has been recognized even by the Calamity Bone Divine Lamp.

Lu Fusang was originally only in the fifteenth place of the second tier; Chen Yan killing Lu Fusang is actually about this same ranking.

But Chen Yan has come directly to the third place.

It is unimaginable what level Chen Yan would reach if he achieved more battle records?

Would he enter the first tier directly?

"Fortunately, Chen Yan cannot come out; if he were allowed to enter the Five Clans Struggle, it would be difficult to handle."

Lu Jianxia sighed with emotion.

"Indeed, Chen Yan cannot come out."

"Once he comes out, who knows what the world will look like."

"Hahaha, we are all powerhouses, why fear him?"

One voice after another rang out.

Lu Jianxia's expression was ugly, but at this moment, even she could only let out a soft sigh.

Chen Yan cannot come out.

…………

Inside the Lightning Tribulation World.

Chen Yan acknowledged this Child Lamp as his master, and a strange feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart.

But it was only a slight feeling.

However, through the conversation of Jiang Yuan at the end of the pulse, he learned what had happened in the outside world.

He had actually entered a ranking.

The Five Clans Ranking.

A ranking that only people of the Five Clans can enter.

One can obtain benefits, but one must go out to do so.

Unfortunately, Chen Yan truly cannot go out.

Chen Yan glanced at the Guardian General; the gap in strength between the two was simply too great.

Chen Yan stood up and turned into a streak of light, flying high above the Lightning Tribulation World.

What met his eyes were mountains and rivers, a vast and desolate expanse.

Chen Yan flew continuously toward the extreme north, where glaciers and icy lands appeared.

Chen Yan felt impatient in his heart.

The path he wants to walk is the human path, not the hermit's path.

He needs to perceive the rules of heaven and earth, in order to pursue the limits of himself, and to pursue the limits of heaven and earth.

How can he be confined to one place?

Chen Yan kept heading north; the ocean froze, and the river water turned to ice.

A stretch of icy cold.

Chen Yan's expression sank; he looked behind him, but that guardian general had been following him all along.

"In that case, I might as well cultivate with peace of mind," Chen Yan murmured.

He is not a person who, upon encountering a predicament, would succumb to internal friction and irritability.

Since he knows he cannot get out, he cannot waste time either.

He looked at the Martial Dao veins; Shen Yiwu had gone to Ji Province, gathered with the great army, and revealed the bearing of a God of Slaughter.

He saw Jiang Yuan enter the Ji Clan and engage in power struggles with the people of the Ji Clan, yet he was faring better and better.

He saw his younger sister, Chen Yu, who had actually gone to Ji Province as well.

The young girl wants to help her older brother and is seeking the capital to become stronger.

Moreover, walking step by step, it seems as if everything is in preparation for entering the Five Clans Conflict.

This is related to Ji Yannan, her teacher.

It seems that within the Five Clans Conflict, there is something that can allow Ji Yannan to regain her strength.

Chen Yan pondered; he was still worried about his younger sister.

Even if it seemed there were experts from the Xia Clan protecting her in the shadows.

Chen Yan glanced at the guardian general, his expression calm.

He began to introspect.

His strength had indeed skyrocketed quickly, but his combat power was not solid, and he had very little time to adapt to his own combat power.

Now, he could settle his heart to cultivate and stabilize himself.

Chen Yan's expression was indifferent.

Does he want to get out?

Naturally, he does.

But now, it seems there is no way.

Time passed slowly.

One month.

Two months.

Three months.

Three and a half months.

The outside world.

Yunmeng City.

On the streets, the pure white snow spread out softly, as if draping the earth in a clean, white velvet blanket.

Everywhere, there were decorations and celebrations, with bright red lanterns hung high.

Inside a villa.

Chen Yuhu listened to the sound of firecrackers outside and looked at the exquisite dishes on the table in silence.

"Mother of my children, what kind of children have you given birth to for me?"

He was filled with emotion, yet he could not eat.

Experts from Jin Province invited him to go to Jin Province, but he refused.

He won't go; it's meaningless.

Life was bitter before, but at least there was joy.

But now...

Chen Yuhu stared blankly at the empty room.

"Expert outside, come down and have a meal," Chen Yuhu said with a smile.

"No need, Master Chen, I no longer need to eat," a voice came, carrying a smile.

That was the expert protecting Chen Yuhu.

Chen Yuhu felt helpless.

Knock, knock, knock...

The sound of knocking on the door rang out, and Chen Yuhu went to open it.

"Old Wang!"

Wang Yang had arrived, carrying wine:

"I came to see you, to spend the New Year together."

"Good," Chen Yuhu smiled.

"Uncle Chen." Behind Wang Yang, his daughter, Wang Xinjian, also followed.

However, Wang Xinjian was very reserved.

Chen Yuhu smiled and pulled Wang Yang and Wang Xinjian into the house.

High above in the distance.

Chen Yu stood in the void, dressed in black.

"Are you going in to see your dad?" the woman in the red dress asked in the world of consciousness.

"Hmm, I'll wait a little longer," Chen Yu nodded, suddenly looking into the distance.

Her lips moved, but she could not speak.

Her brother was too tired.

Originally, her brother only wanted peace for the family.

Now, he had become a Divine General of Great Xia.

It seemed there were endless things, endless things to do.

He was tired to the extreme.

"Teacher, I want to go to the Lightning Strike Treasure Land first," Chen Yu whispered.

"I want to tell my brother that I am already strong enough."

"Very well."

The woman in the red dress spoke.

Subsequently, Chen Yu transformed into a streak of light and flew toward Xiaoyang.

…………

Inside the Lightning Tribulation World.

Chen Yan stood up, pitch-black thunder blooming all over his body, with terrifying air waves surging with every breath he took.

Then, his blood-energy and physical force converged.

A glimmer of gold flashed in Chen Yan's eyes.

More than three months of cultivation.

【Saint-Breaking Tree (Level 8): 176/200】

The Saint-Breaking Tree was almost ready to advance.

Chen Yan's strength had increased greatly.

In the path of blood-energy, he was at the Fourth-Order Origin Realm.

Only one leg remained to be forged in his blood-energy body, with everything else already forged!

In three months, he had forged an entire torso and one leg.

The progress in the path of hard-body tempering was even more rapid; Chen Yan had condensed another True Dragon Dharma Form, doubling his base combat power.

His protective patterns had advanced to the peak of Morning Star-level Grade A.

In the path of True Intent, his progress was rapid.

Chen Yan's Fist Realm was already at the fifth level, and that had not changed.

But his Spear Intent had advanced to the Spear Realm, the third level of the Spear Realm.

This was because Chen Yan had consumed that 【Break】 Saint-Breaking Fruit.

In the path of elements:

Yin-Zhe Blood-Energy, under the compression of the 【Illusionary Ripple Abyss Domain】, had been elevated to Morning Star-level Grade A!

Xun-Thunder was even more exaggerated.

After continuously extracting and absorbing the Ten Thousand Prisons Nether Thunder.

Chen Yan's thunder element level had reached Bright Moon-level Grade D!

Bright Moon-level!

Moreover, the Ten Thousand Prisons Nether Thunder was still there, and he could continue to grow stronger through slaughter.

It was simply a blood bag that could be continuously drained.

Of course, this was not Chen Yan's main improvement.

Chen Yan's improvement came from his mastery of techniques.

After all, only by mastering techniques could one maximize the speed of one's own improvement.

Bright Moon-level Grade A Hard-Body Tempering Breathing Method 【Forging Extension of the Firmament】, reached the level of Subtlety!

Bright Moon-level Grade A Blood-Energy Cultivation Method 【Illusionary Ripple Abyss Domain】, reached the level of Subtlety!

Sun-level Grade C Hard-Body External Martial Art 【Illusionary Slaughter Dragon-Culling Style】.

First Style 【Condensing Radiance Style】: reached the level of Wonder.

Second Style 【Heaven-Splitting Style】: reached the level of Wonder!

As for the divine technique learned from the Zizhan, Chen Yan could only condense it slightly for now and was not yet proficient.

This was a series of improvements.

Based on Chen Yan's combat power, he could now fight even against a peak Sixth-Order.

Chen Yan took a deep breath.

It was time to go out.

He had cultivated for a long time and discovered a truth.

It was only natural for a martial artist to need precious medicines.

Without precious medicines, relying solely on blood-energy cultivation methods and hard-body breathing methods, the speed was too slow.

Therefore, during this period, Chen Yan had spent most of his time refining his skills, which could be considered not wasting time.

It also allowed Chen Yan to truly become a well-rounded warrior.

But he could not go on like this.

He had seen that Jiang Yuan was doing very well in the Ji Clan, having already obtained a Sun-level precious medicine.

That was a Sun-level precious medicine.

Even his own sister had obtained many Bright Moon-level precious medicines overseas.

That Ji Yannan had prepared many treasure lands overseas for his sister to cultivate in.

The most unexpected one was Shen Yiwei.

Now that the reputation of the Great Xia God of Slaughter is at its peak, the military has provided quite a lot of resources.

Chen Yan glanced at the garrison general, ignored them, and then looked toward the Far North.

The next moment, he flew straight out.

"Xue Qi, thank you; laying a solid foundation is indeed important, which is also the reason why I stayed for so long—my foundation is indeed lacking by quite a lot."

Chen Yan spoke; behind him, the garrison general remained expressionless, though a glimmer of light flashed in the depths of their eyes.

Chen Yan kept flying north, flying continuously.

The Far North was cold to the extreme.

An icy river appeared at the edge of his vision.

"The gloomy slash slaughters without measure,

Tears splash in the dead of night, the heart grieves for itself.

Longing to tread upon the icy river in the distance,

With my body, I break the stone and shatter the sinking dream."

Chen Yan murmured, stepped onto the icy river, and kept walking along it.

Piercing, cold, his physical body was about to freeze stiff, his flesh and blood were trembling, and even his will was withering away.

But he continued to walk.

Walking continuously, when at the very edge of the icy river, a stone wall appeared.

"Goodbye, fellow traveler."

A trace of a smile appeared on the corner of Chen Yan's mouth; he admired Xue Qi, sympathized with Xue Qi, and was even more grateful to Xue Qi.

The other party was his comrade-in-arms, and also his friend.

He raised his fist.

Boom!

Shattering the stone with his body.

The Divine General emerges from seclusion!