Chapter 543: Slay the Traitor!

Chen He and the others had expressions that shifted uncertainly.

The Rank 8 powerhouses stared fixedly at the Soul of the Fate Chapter circulating in Chen Yan's palm, as if pulled by a magnet.

The Soul of the Fate Chapter could allow a Rank 8 to enter Rank 9, becoming a supreme powerhouse capable of changing the great world with their own strength.

Even as Rank 8 powerhouses, they all harbored the dream of ascending to Rank 9.

Rank 9.

That was a titan of the world, that was the true supreme.

Even Chen He and the other Rank 8s did not know the name of the Rank 9 realm to this day.

At this moment, each Rank 8 had their mouth half-open, their bodies leaning forward, their expressions all in constant flux.

The next moment, the Soul of the Fate Chapter was put away by Chen Yan.

Only then did Chen He look at Chen Yan as if he felt he had just passed through a dream.

"Chen Yan, you..."

Chen He's Adam's apple bobbed, his dry voice sounding like sandpaper rubbing against bluestone.

He was frightened.

The Soul of the Fate Chapter.

To think the Great Xia dared to entrust such a precious treasure to Chen Yan.

Were they not afraid of losing it?

Each Rank 8, who had previously been mocking Chen Yan's ignorance and confidence, found that in just an instant, the joke had become themselves.

The look in their eyes as they gazed at Chen Yan changed completely; they could no longer look down on this eighteen-year-old Divine General.

At this moment, even the Lords of the Five Clans were watching Chen Yan from afar; they were staring, pondering, and shocked.

The next moment.

Chen Yan turned his back.

"You..." Chen He spoke:

"Where are you going?"

Chen Yan's body paused:

"I await your news, Elder Chen He." A trace of a smile appeared on the corner of Chen Yan's mouth, and he then left directly.

The Soul of the Fate Chapter had already been brought out.

This was the attitude of the Great Xia.

At this moment, the entire Five Clans had to know.

What they were facing was not a giant dragon about to head toward desolation.

But a heaven-propping monster, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, ready to devour people.

"Madness!"

The Ji Lord whispered, her pitch-black armor scraping against the armrest of the throne with a clanging sound.

She gazed into the distance, her vision piercing through layers of mist, looking toward that vast, unreachable continent.

At this moment, she seemed to feel an inexplicable pressure surging over, like a monstrous wave, across the vast and boundless sea.

It came from that land called Jin Province.

This was the Great Xia.

"I did underestimate you, Xia Qi!"

The Chen Lord set down the jade cup in his hand, the amber tea dripping down between his fingers.

As the Great Xia, which everyone saw as a building destined to collapse, it chose to occupy Ji Province first, chose to declare war first.

It chose to drag the entire world into this earth-shattering gamble first.

Madness!

Absolute madness!

It was hard to imagine what kind of audacity it took to bring out a treasure like the Soul of the Fate Chapter to negotiate with the Five Clans.

Even Shen Yiwei, Zhang Ting, and the others had not expected the Great Xia to bring out the Soul of the Fate Chapter to negotiate with the Five Clans at this time.

"Hahaha!"

Someone laughed, his expression wild; Liu Xuan, dressed in purple robes, stared at Chen Yan, his eyes shrinking violently as if he had seen some earth-shattering joke.

Even tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

His emotions had hit rock bottom due to Chen Yan's appearance, and he found it utterly ridiculous because of the Great Xia's choice at this moment.

This damn...

"Hahaha...!"

He could not help it.

No one present could understand this emotion of his.

He was a traitor to the Great Xia, a submitter to the Five Clans.

He felt the Great Xia was utterly ridiculous and destined to perish; now that the Great Xia had brought out the Soul of the Fate Chapter, wasn't it just foolish?

He wanted to cover his mouth, but the laughter in his eyes could no longer be suppressed.

Until he met the gaze of a pair of eyes overflowing with golden light.

Above the clouds, a black-haired youth in red robes stepped through the void, walking toward Liu Xuan step by step.

Liu Xuan's frenzied laughter stopped abruptly.

In those molten-gold pupils, it seemed as if a vortex of will capable of piercing through the three souls and seven spirits was circulating.

Liu Xuan's expression trembled; he hurriedly looked around, and upon confirming there was no one else beside him, his heart pounded violently.

For some reason, that irrepressible sense of fear was almost about to swallow everything he had.

He puffed out his chest; he was at the mid-stage of the Creation Realm, a descendant of the Azure Jade Divine General, what was he afraid of?

Moreover, he had joined Ji Province, and he was currently within the borders of Ji Province, what was he afraid of?

But as wave after wave of willpower pressure descended.

Liu Xuan only felt his mental resilience being constantly eroded, his own self-awareness constantly blurring.

He stared blankly at the youth walking toward him, and once again noticed the million-strong army behind him.

Liu Xuan's pupils contracted sharply in an instant, his entire being as if he had fallen into an endless ice cellar, a chill shooting straight from the soles of his feet to his crown.

"Chen Yan... Divine General."

Liu Xuan pursed his lips and spoke.

The moment he said it, he regretted it.

Why did he call Chen Yan a Divine General?

"Liu Xuan."

The youth approaching him smiled harmoniously, instantly causing Liu Xuan's mental pressure to diminish significantly.

Chen Yan said gently:

"You are a descendant of the Azure Jade Divine General, do you really intend to join Ji Province?"

"I..." Liu Xuan was speechless for a moment; gazed upon by the million-strong army, he found it difficult to speak.

"Come back, Liu Xuan, be my deputy general," Chen Yan said again.

Liu Xuan frowned; he subconsciously wanted to flee, but...

Immediately following.

With a *slap*.

A hand patted his shoulder.

Chen Yan secretly employed the power of his will, threads of will having already quietly bound Liu Xuan's own will.

"I..." Liu Xuan spoke with difficulty:

"Good... good."

The next instant.

"Wake up!!!"

A low roar like a heavy hammer struck, slamming into the depths of Liu Xuan's mind.

Ji Province's eighth-rank powerhouse Ji Chuli bellowed aloud.

The sound reverberated, instantly jolting Liu Xuan awake.

Liu Xuan's expression changed instantly; he looked at Chen Yan in horror:

"You used willpower pressure to influence my will, you...!"

Liu Xuan roared, instantly flying into a rage.

Just a moment ago, his will had been suppressed by Chen Yan, to the point where he couldn't even control his own self-will.

Is this the terrifying aspect of the Path of Will?!

At this moment, not only Liu Xuan, but those eighth-ranks also wore expressions of shock and trembling.

What the hell is this?

Liu Xuan, an early-stage Creation Realm, was influenced without even realizing it.

Terrifying!

No wonder Ji Chuxi was defeated, no wonder when Ji Chuxi fought Chen Yan, his fighting spirit became increasingly sluggish.

Each of the eighth-ranks felt a sour, stinging sensation in their hearts.

It's Chen Yan again, it's the Soul of the Fate Chapter again, it's the Path of Will again.

How are they, these eighth-ranks, like bumpkins, constantly having their perceptions refreshed.

Liu Xuan was even more furious:

"Chen Yan, you influenced me; this is Ji Province, not Great Xia, what are you trying to do?

I, Liu Xuan, have joined Ji Province, and I will not return to Great Xia, don't you dream of it!"

He spat out foul language, his mouthful of rotten teeth exposed without reservation, jagged and stained yellow and black.

Chen Yan had almost killed him just now.

Having just joined Ji Province, how could he show that he still had good feelings for Great Xia?

He puffed out his chest, glared fiercely at Chen Yan, and sneered in his heart.

Chen Yan using such methods to dig him back to Great Xia made a strange sense of satisfaction rise in his heart, and he was even more arrogant now.

I thought you were so damn noble.

Turns out, you're just another idiot hoping for my return to Great Xia.

How could I possibly return?

Just how stupid are you to think that I, Liu Xuan, would return?

"Don't dream, Chen Yan, Ji Province will surely win!"

He clenched his fists and looked at the living beings of Ji Province on the earth.

At this moment, those Ji Province citizens who had been suppressed by Chen Yan for so long looked at Liu Xuan with worship.

"Ji Province will surely win!"

Someone shouted.

"Ji Province will surely win!"

"Ji Prefecture must..."

Boom.

Chen Yan's gaze was sharp, the radiance of 【Void-Breaking - Saint-Condensing】 scattering into the void.

Liu Xuan's head had already exploded, turning into a blood mist that drifted in the void, and the headless corpse appeared just like that within everyone's line of sight.

Between heaven and earth, there was nothing but stupefaction; the shouts that had just erupted were like waves crashing against a towering wall, suddenly cut short.

In the sky, the Eighth-Rank experts were terrifyingly quiet, staring fixedly at Chen Yan.

The commoners of Chuli Pass, covering the ground, stared blankly, unable to believe it.

Chen Yan had killed someone.

He had openly broken the ceasefire agreement, directly killing Liu Xuan, killing a Creation Realm Initial-Stage who had defected to Ji Prefecture!

This scene seemed like a steel needle piercing into the depths of people's hearts.

No one had expected this to happen.

Experts from various races had come, including the Great Xia, and even during the previous Battle of Heaven's Pride, no lives had been lost.

Everyone had been following the ceasefire agreement.

But this Chen Yan did not care at all.

Chen Yan shook the blood off his hands, a look of disgust appearing in his eyes:

"You dirtied my hands."

"You!!!"

"Chen Yan, you are lawless, you... you deserve to die!!!"

The Ji Prefecture Eighth-Rank expert Ji Haiyi and the others roared in fury, their voices tearing through space, as if the earth's veins were suddenly rumbling because of their anger.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!

Beams of radiance rose from the firmament, condensing and coiling, and the entire firmament of Chuli Pass became incomparably gloomy and terrifying.

Hum!

A sword shadow spanning the sun and moon stood in the firmament, the vast and mighty sword shadow suppressing downward, interweaving between heaven and earth.

It appeared behind Chen Yan.

Xia Hanzhou's robes billowed, standing with his hands behind his back, perched upon the hilt of the massive sword shadow.

"The Heaven's Pride Battle platform has ended, so what if the ceasefire agreement is torn up?"

"Fight!"

The million-strong army roared in unison, and the entire firmament seemed ready to collapse completely under such momentum.

Ji Haiyi's pupils contracted violently.

The ceasefire agreement was void; the Great Xia was going to continue its offensive against Ji Prefecture.

Then what about the Soul of the Fate Chapter?

What about the struggle of the five races?

What kind of nonsense is this?!

What exactly is wrong with the Great Xia, why are they so crazy?

"Xia Hanzhou."

A cold voice rang out, and a tall, pitch-black figure crossed over from the infinitely distant horizon.

She was breathtakingly beautiful and supremely noble, causing heaven and earth to lose their color and shifting the center of the world to herself.

The Empress of Ji Prefecture.

The Empress of Ji Prefecture's expression was not very good either:

"What exactly is your Xia clan trying to do? Do you intend to participate in the struggle of the five races or not?"

"Naturally," Xia Hanzhou said indifferently.

"Then why did he kill Liu Xuan?" The Empress of Ji Prefecture looked coldly at Chen Yan.

"Liu Xuan was a person of my Great Xia. When killing a person of my Great Xia, why would your Ji Prefecture need to be involved?" Xia Hanzhou said indifferently:

"He had just agreed to Chen Yan that he would return to the Great Xia."

The Empress of Ji Prefecture narrowed her eyes.

She really could not be bothered to bicker with Xia Hanzhou, especially in front of the living beings of Ji Prefecture.

Wouldn't that be beneath her dignity?

It had been many years, and Xia Hanzhou was still this shameless.

The Empress of Ji Prefecture looked at Chen Yan:

"You killed my Ji Prefecture's subjects; one week from now, then we shall go to war!"

Her gaze was cold as she swept it over Chen Yan, then she departed.

If they wanted to go to war, then they would go to war.

But for now, she still needed to discuss the matter of the Soul of the Fate Chapter with the rulers of the other prefectures.

This matter was of great importance.

The commoners of Chuli Pass also needed to be relocated.

The Empress of Ji Prefecture left, and the Eighth-Rank experts of the various prefectures took one deep look at Chen Yan before dispersing.

Only the Ji Prefecture subjects on the ground looked at Chen Yan with either fear or anger.

This person was the executioner who had reignited the Great Xia-Ji War.

Chen Yan's expression was calm; he looked at his younger sister not far away, whose face had turned pale, and smiled slightly.

Chen Yu's eyes had been filled with tension just a moment ago.

She was overflowing with talent and possessed a strong will, yet she was also just an ordinary younger sister.

Very few people could face everything with such an unchanging expression as Chen Yan.

Why kill Liu Xuan?

Although the opponent was at the early stage of the Creation Realm, in Chen Yan's eyes, they had become an insignificant figure.

But Liu Xuan betrayed Great Xia and betrayed the living beings of Great Xia, so he deserved to die.

In the eyes of more Great Xia Military Guards.

At this moment, Chen Yan was incomparably powerful.

Executing a traitor with one's own hands is exactly what a divine general should do.

Chen Yan came to Chen Yu's side, then took the young girl and walked toward the direction of Moshan Pass.

A million-strong army stood quietly, forming a vast, magnificent, and surging curtain.

Watching him stride over, and then watching him walk further and further away.

Chen Yan saw many acquaintances.

Shen Yiwei, Zhang Ting, Jidao Wu.

He saw Luo Puxin, who had a smile on his face.

"Deputy Chief Shen, Brother Luo, Brother Wu..." Chen Yan smiled and greeted his acquaintances one by one.

Luo Puxin laughed heartily; he had wanted to say something, but knowing that Chen Yan was now a big shot, he decided not to delay his time.

Chen Yan walked to Luo Puxin's side and placed one hand on Luo Puxin's severed arm.

Under Luo Puxin's astonished gaze.

With the infusion of Immortal Will, Luo Puxin's severed arm was regenerating.

Until a completely intact arm appeared.

Luo Puxin was left completely stunned.

"Chen Yan, this..." Luo Puxin spoke in astonishment; it was his first time seeing that Immortal Will could actually be applied to external objects.

To the side, Shen Yiwei was also smiling, and he exchanged a glance with Chen Yan.

Everything was understood without words.