Chapter 496: Final Battle, Arrangements!

"Bing Yi has become an Ancient Divine Beast!!!"

Lu Fukun's voice carried out just like that, transmitted first to the ears of Lu Jianxia and Ji Chuxi with the help of a communication array disk.

Immediately following, Ji Hai also cried out in alarm:

"Bing Yi... Bing Yi has become an Ancient Divine Beast!"

A series of messages continued to spread out like a bomb.

Lu Jianxia's pair of silver eyes widened instantly, her bright red lips parted, and for a moment, she was completely unable to speak.

Chen Qi furrowed his brows, various emotions churning in the depths of his heart.

The multicolored brilliance completely dissolved.

"How is it possible, how could he become an Ancient Divine Beast so quickly?" Chi Xun spoke in shock, filled with disbelief.

He felt as if his brain were about to explode.

The Xia clan's actions were strange, and now Chen Yan becoming an Ancient Divine Beast was even more fucking strange.

*Swish! *

A green dress billowed as Lu Jianxia descended directly, flying toward the inner city.

…………

*Rip! *

Chen Yan swept his long spear horizontally, directly piercing the two communication array disks manifesting on Lu Fukun's arms.

Terror still surged in Lu Fukun's eyes; his entire body was driven into the ground, his hands hidden underground, forming array disks.

*Hum! *

Chen Yan swung his spear, the tip resting against Lu Fukun's chin:

"Brother Fukun, don't be like this."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, Lu Fukun's mouth hung wide open, looking at Chen Yan as if he had seen a ghost.

An Ancient Divine Beast called him Brother Fukun!

Lu Fukun's throat choked up, keenly sensing an aura of death.

He stopped forming the array disk seals, and at the same time, centered on Lu Fukun, seven bright red, glowing nails firmly inserted into the ground within a thousand-meter radius slowly dimmed.

These seven nails formed a Big Dipper-shaped array circuit, already connected to the inner city's earth veins; once triggered, it would erupt with seven molten chains, and endless flames would explode within this array zone.

At the same time, Lu Fukun would have used a teleportation array disk to escape.

This was Lu Fukun's contingency plan, but it was clear that this neither-human-nor-ghost Bing Yi had long since discovered it.

"Sorry, Brother Fukun." Chen Yan flicked his spear tip, hoisting the stunned Lu Fukun up like a chick.

"What exactly are you..." Lu Fukun spoke with difficulty.

He looked at Chi Yuexi again, only to see that she also wore an awkward and shocked expression.

He was even more confused.

What kind of thing was Bing Yi now?

In this malicious world, everyone's combat power was suppressed by malice; only Ancient Divine Beasts would be in their element.

Therefore, it was logical for Bing Yi to become an Ancient Divine Beast and be this powerful.

No.

It fucking defied common sense.

Even if you become an Ancient Divine Beast, can you be this fucking strong?

His strength seemed to have increased by more than five times!

But Bing Yi still had the memories of being human, which was even more fucking absurd.

"I can't clearly explain my state either," Chen Yan smiled gently:

"However, I should still have a glimmer of hope for survival now."

Lu Fukun's lips moved constantly, not understanding what Bing Yi meant by this sentence.

"What do you want?" Lu Fukun asked vigilantly; he looked at Chi Yuexi, guessing that she was likely being threatened by Bing Yi.

"Brother Fukun, you are too cautious; you are my close friend," Chen Yan smiled:

"All this time, thanks to your help, I have been able to reach this step."

Lu Fukun spoke with a forced smile:

"Your strength doesn't have much to do with me; it's mainly because you are a monster yourself."

The next moment.

*Slap! *

A detonation array disk was stuck onto Lu Fukun's body; Lu Fukun's eyes turned sharp, and the next moment he growled:

"You!"

Anger surged in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it, revealing a very ugly smile:

"Bing Yi, what is this..."

Lu Fukun saw that the patterns on the detonation array disk were now engraved onto his body.

A dangerous aura approached; now, with just a single thought from Bing Yi, the detonation patterns on his body would explode in an instant.

Lu Fukun did not practice body-tempering; he would definitely be blown to death, or at least lose half his life if he didn't die.

"Brother Fukun, don't worry, I won't strike at a friend," Chen Yan said earnestly:

"But I still have a plan that requires your and Miss Chi's help; I won't use the detonation array disk."

Lu Fukun's gaze was calm, but he was growling internally.

Bing Yi deserves to die!

The other party has now turned into an Ancient Divine Beast, yet is surprisingly still able to retain the memories and personality of their past life.

What other secrets does the Yu Clan actually have?!

Furthermore, this person is wolf-hearted and ambitious, actually threatening him and Chi Yuexi directly; the crux is that even if the two of them don't submit, they have no other choice.

If they don't submit, Bing Yi might directly detonate the Explosive Array Disk.

Damn it!

"Brother Lu Fukun, Miss Chi, I understand that you two are dissatisfied in your hearts, but if I didn't do this, you would definitely kill me directly without caring whether I was still alive or not.

Am I right?" Chen Yan laughed:

"Even if I am alive, in the concepts of the Five Clans, I, Bing Yi, am already dead; even if you killed me, there would be no punishment.

At this time, the price to pay for killing me is too small; in your hearts, I, Bing Yi, am simply an insect or ant to be wiped out at will."

Lu Fukun's gaze narrowed slightly.

Chi Yuexi lowered her head, her heart screaming.

An insect or ant to be wiped out at will?

If my arm weren't still broken, I would have truly believed your words.

It is clearly you who kept plotting against us and severely wounding us, yet now you describe yourself as so pitiful.

Shameless!

Chi Yuexi gritted her teeth; last time she was almost killed by Bing Yi, and as a result, this bastard still wanted to challenge her to obtain the reward of the Calamity Remains Divine Lamp.

Beneath the mask, Chen Yan's gaze calmed down, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth:

"You two, I, Bing Yi, am not some bad person; if you help me, I also have rewards, perhaps I can help you two grasp the mysteries of the Immortal Body."

Chen Yan's words fell, and Chi Yuexi and Lu Fukun's gazes trembled.

"What did you say?!" Chi Yuexi almost screamed.

"Yes." Chen Yan opened his arms:

"I still need the two of you to help me; if I succeed, I will be able to enter the Immortal Body."

Chen Yan's tone was calm; he knew that simple threats could not make Chi Yuexi and Lu Fukun help him completely.

Chi Yuexi alone had actually been secretly on guard the whole time, even from the moment she met Lu Fukun.

She had used her gaze to signal Chen Yan's position to Lu Fukun.

What Chen Yan wanted was for these two to help him without playing any tricks.

Thus, under the shocked gazes of Chi Yuexi and Lu Fukun, Chen Yan extended a finger, and a wisp of red glow emerged from between his fingers.

An Immortal aura overflowed and dissipated.

His finger tapped on Chi Yuexi's already severed arm, and an inch of new flesh began to grow on Chi Yuexi's body.

"You!" Chi Yuexi was incomparably horrified.

"This is the reason why I am still alive, but I have not yet truly comprehended the Immortal Will.

If I succeed, I will definitely help you two enter the second realm of the Will path."

Chen Yan's voice fell, and Chi Yuexi and Lu Fukun looked at each other, both having indescribable shock in the depths of their eyes.

…………

"Lu Fukun, what exactly is going on?"

Chen Yunyou flew through the Malice World like a stream of light, his face full of shock.

"I saw it very clearly, it is Bing Yi!" Lu Fukun's tone still carried a trace of nervousness:

"It is definitely him; he is the one who keeps breaking into the buildings ahead of time to obtain the harvest first!"

Chen Yunyou narrowed his eyes:

"He has become an Ancient Divine Beast, why does he still need to snatch treasures like us?

And how could he be transformed into an Ancient Divine Beast so quickly?!"

Chen Yunyou's voice was ferocious; he didn't believe it at all, but Lu Fukun had no reason to lie.

Since Bing Yi has become an Ancient Divine Beast, why go to climb the tower?

Why snatch opportunities with them?

Immediately after, another communication array disk showed unusual activity, and Chen Yunyou answered.

"It is best not to kill him; bring him out and take him back to the clan for study; there might be secrets of the Yu Clan on his body."

This was the voice of Chen Qi.

"Understood." Chen Yunyou said coldly.

"Also, Lu Jianxia has come down as well," Chen Qi continued:

"Although she must lower her combat power, you have stayed in the Inner City for too long, so your strength must have been greatly affected."

Chen Yunyou smiled indifferently:

"No matter, as long as she lowers her own realm to the early stage of the Creation Realm, I will not fear her, and she won't have time."

Chen Qi nodded and said:

"Good, connect via video; I want to see what Bing Yi has turned into."

"Mm." Chen Yunyou nodded; his eyes changed, and a complex array pattern condensed on his pupils.

At the same time.

Inside the Inner City, hundreds of signal base stations previously planted by the Chen Clan's prodigies were activated, each one exposed within the malice.

Visual sharing is not the same as voice communication; the amount of information transmitted is very large, requiring higher-level signal base stations.

But in the Malice World, the corrosion and isolation of all things by malice are incomparably terrifying.

Originally in the outside world, perhaps one signal transmission base station would be needed every hundred miles.

In the inner city, one must be installed every few kilometers.

Moreover, they cannot be used frequently, lest the base station be exposed to malice.

Unless it is an important situation.

Like this time.

Very quickly, Chen Yunyou and Chen Qi began to share their vision.

Chi Xun, sitting beside Chen Qi, spoke up:

"Could you share it? Chi Yuexi of my clan has lost contact."

Chen Qi frowned, then nodded.

Above the steps of the Brocade Palace.

Ji Chuxi was still casting the Blood Qi Divine Chains; at this moment, the dense divine chains were hidden within the void in all directions.

As the divine chains continuously converged, the outline of a massive cage gradually appeared.

Every link of this cage radiated powerful restrictive force; this was the grand gift Ji Chuxi had prepared for Chen Yunyou and the others.

It was just that, now, an accident seemed to have occurred.

Ji Chuxi narrowed his eyes, not caring, as Chen Yunyou had gone to capture Bing Yi, who had turned into an Ancient Divine Beast.

When the time came, the other party would still bring all the treasures to the Brocade Palace.

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Ji Chuxi's mouth.

"The Brocade Palace, I also want to go in and take a look."

It was right at this moment.

Boom!

A red beam of light shot from within the inner city into the clouds.

Ji Chuxi squinted his eyes and smiled mockingly:

"Committing a crime again, and it's not far from the location that just appeared; Chen Yunyou must be about to meet Bing Yi."

Yet, also at this moment.

Boom boom boom boom!!!

A beam of light spanning several miles smashed through building after building of uneven height.

Wherever the beam of light reached, those cold and eerie buildings all crumbled and melted into powder in an instant.

An aura of extreme heat surged and permeated the area.

The surrounding air was rapidly pulled away under the ravages of the light beam, forming an eerie vacuum tunnel.

Chen Yunyou, in red robes, walked calmly through the vacuum tunnel; the buildings destroyed by his move were turned into magma by the high temperature, with tongues of fire flickering.

Chen Yunyou narrowed his eyes and looked toward the end of the tunnel, where Chen Yan, burning with malicious black flames, was standing quietly.

Chen Yunyou's expression tightened slightly, and then a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth.

At the same time.

Chen Qi and Chi Xun, sharing the vision, both saw this scene, their hearts unsettled.

"He really has become an Ancient Divine Beast!" Chi Xun said in astonishment; at this moment, the aura on Bing Yi was too obvious.

If he were not an Ancient Divine Beast, how could it be like this?

Chen Qi narrowed his eyes and sent a message to Chen Yunyou:

"Finish him."

Chen Qi fell silent; Bing Yi was a genius, a genius that even he had to marvel at.

It was just that, from the very beginning, the other party had stood on the opposite side of the Chen Clan.

The only emotion Chen Qi still held for Bing Yi now was curiosity.

Curiosity about how exactly the other party cultivated the Martial Dao.

If he could dissect his brain and physical body, perhaps he could let the Chen Clan obtain quite a few secrets.

Chen Yunyou walked quietly with his hands behind his back, a powerful sense of oppression constantly overflowing; walking within this magma tunnel he had punched out, he was like a demon king.

"I have long wanted to slaughter you with my own hands."

He looked at Chen Yan with pity in his eyes:

"Seeing you become like this, I feel like I am bullying you too much."

Chen Yunyou raised his head; Bing Yi's current state made him unable to even muster any fighting spirit.

A bit pathetic.

Over the past ten years, the Five Clans Ranking had often changed, but the first place had never changed.

This was the pride that belonged to Chen Yunyou.

The time Bing Yi truly entered his line of sight was when Bing Yi broke his limits.

But Bing Yi becoming an Ancient Divine Beast made him feel bored.

Immediately after, his eyes became incomparably indifferent, and he spoke to Bing Yi, who was confronting him at the end:

"Ten seconds, to destroy you!"

Boom!

A flash of intense light burst forth; Chen Yunyou's speed was fast to the extreme, his physical body shattering space, and the magma tunnel began to explode.

"Don't destroy the physical body!" Chen Qi hurriedly spoke; it would not be good if Chen Yunyou struck too hard.

Chi Xun's pupils constricted.

Almost in an instant.

Chen Yunyou's body had already arrived in front of Chen Yan, his large hand reaching out, dragon-like textures condensing on his palm, grabbing toward Chen Yan's head like a dark cloud.

Transcendent speed, an unimaginably vast force!

The moment the large hand reached out, the five fingers tore streaks into the void itself.

The next moment.

Hum, hum, hum!!!

Upon the earth, seven formation disks embedded in the ground erupted with red light, connecting to one another like the stars of the Big Dipper, and the next moment, seven pillars of magma fire exploded outward.

They transformed into chains of fire dragons, suppressing toward Chen Yunyou.

Chen Yunyou's pupils suddenly constricted:

"Lu Fukun, what are you doing?!"

High in the sky in the distance, Lu Fukun stood atop a tall building, hands forming seals:

"Seven-Star Fire Prison, suppress!"

In the blink of an eye.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

A series of firelight explosions erupted, magma boiled, and the void snapped.

With a roar!

A golden dharma body tore through the firelight, and Chen Yunyou, with a gloomy face, utilized the power of the dharma body to dodge these terrifying fire chains.

"Lu Fukun, damn you!"

There was still a small patch of scorched skin on Chen Yunyou's face, and his expression was ugly to the extreme at this moment.

Had Lu Fukun gone mad, daring to strike at him?

It was also at this moment.

"Ice-Fire Illusion Lotus Prison!"

A woman's low shout rang out; above Chen Yunyou's head, Chi Yuexi appeared, and a sword light slashed out in an instant.