Chapter 572: No Loss

Bang, bang, bang, bang!!!

The sound of fists slamming exploded once more, like the deafening tolling of bells and drums, as shockwaves blasted outward.

"Kill him, kill him!" the Fortress Master, whose face was completely ruined, shrieked at this moment: "He deceived me, he is the most hideous guest!"

The Ancient Divine Beasts throughout the entire fortress were all roaring.

They each wanted to devour Chen Yan right now, but as it happened, there were still a few final minutes before they could act.

The thing emanating from Chen Yan's body was something they, the Ancient Divine Beasts, had never seen before, but it was something they absolutely feared.

What was that?

How could such a thing appear in this world?

They, the Ancient Divine Beasts, were the very apex of the entire biological chain; nothing else could be higher than them.

The Fortress Master took out a watch:

"Four and a half minutes, my dear guest, please hold on for another four and a half minutes, and then I can make my move!"

He drooled, his posture grotesque, then bowed toward Yu Ren and Chen Yitong high above.

The corners of the Fortress Master's mouth split open, tearing all the way to his earlobes.

He not only wanted to eat Chen Yan, but he also wanted to eat these people.

Just at this moment, the Fortress Master suddenly erupted, his body swelling up and turning into a pitch-black mass as he grabbed the Garrison Captain on the ground.

"I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything!"

The Garrison Captain's mouth was stuffed full, chewing on something like a toad.

It was the severed head of Chi Xuanxun.

"You damn beast, you like to steal food!" the Fortress Master opened his mouth wide, and the next moment, he swallowed the Garrison Captain's head whole.

Inside his oral cavity, the Garrison Captain's shrieks rang out:

"My head, my head, I was wrong."

The Fortress Master spat, and a lump of pitch-black rotting flesh flew out, landing on the Garrison Captain's headless corpse.

"Next time... next time I won't dare."

The rotting flesh split open a seam, making sounds as if a mouth were opening and closing.

Nearby, all the Ancient Divine Beasts watched the Fortress Master enjoying the head, drooling pitch-black saliva.

"Tch!"

High above, Chen Yitong glanced at this scene, endless killing intent erupting in her eyes.

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault, Chen Yan!"

She shrieked with intense emotion:

"You are clearly of my Chen Clan, you are of the Five Clans, yet you choose to be a Divine General for a bunch of pigs and dogs!

Don't you feel it's beneath you?

Return to the Chen Clan, and we shall establish you as the Chen Lord!

The Great Xia, they are not worthy, they are not worthy!"

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Chen Yan was covered in blood, slamming his fists into Lu Cunyao, forcing him to retreat; where the two collided, patches of void collapse appeared.

"She is right!"

Lu Cunyao roared, though his expression was one of confusion worn down by the pressure of will:

"Why must you kill your own kind? You are of the Chen Clan; do you intend to exterminate the Five Clans?"

"Your ancestors, they would only regret having given birth to you; your ancestors, they were the most glorious bloodline of the Five Clans!"

"That person, the Xia Lord, acts so crazily; he not only exploits his own descendants.

He even wanted to impose life-locks on my Five Clans back then; if it weren't for our Five Clans' predecessors resisting together, my Five Clans would have been wiped out long ago!"

Boom!

Chen Yan threw a punch, Lu Cunyao's chest caved in, and he was sent flying backward instantly.

Lu Cunyao's body retreated explosively, yet he still roared:

"Why must you serve as a Divine General for a nation founded by such a cold-blooded person!"

Just as Chen Yan was about to pursue, Yu Ren attacked, wielding a broken blade to strike.

Chen Yitong also appeared on Chen Yan's other side, tens of thousands of blades appearing behind her, forming a strangulation formation toward Chen Yan.

Bang, bang, bang!

"Nineteen percent!" Yu Ren whispered, raising one arm, the cannon barrel blasting fire to force Chen Yan back.

With a boom.

Behind him, Lu Cunyao threw a punch, and a black light instantly engulfed Chen Yan.

"Fifteen percent!" Yu Ren roared.

"There's still fifteen percent?!" Lu Cunyao felt it was unbelievable.

The next moment, he rushed directly in front of Chen Yan, his bio-engineered arm smashing out.

Chen Yan turned his body sideways, dodging the strike, as a white jade light wheel shot out from his back, nearly slicing Yu Ren's head clean off.

Chen Yitong raised a leg, tens of thousands of ice blades diffusing around her slender thigh; as she smashed down with a kick, the countless ice blades rained down instantly.

Chen Yan leaned down, his protective patterns circulating, hiding behind Yu Ren.

"Don't!" Yu Ren screamed.

Chen Yitong reached out a hand, and the ice blades stopped in front of Yu Ren.

With a boom.

Chen Yan delivered a side kick, sending Yuren's body flying toward Lu Cunyang.

The next moment.

Chen Yan rushed into the first floor of that castle.

At the same time.

Waves of spatial fluctuations emerged on the bodies of Yuren and Chen Yitong.

A Teleportation Array Disk!

The next moment, their bodies appeared back where they had started.

Chen Yan charged all the way to the third floor of the castle, where the Heavenly God Armor stood silently, sealed by over a dozen Sun-level prohibition arrays.

Sensing Chen Yan's arrival, the Heavenly God Armor instantly began to vibrate with a clattering sound, and the Ten Thousand Prison Nether Thunder within it also became extremely excited.

As long as he smashed these prohibition array disks, with the Heavenly God Armor's blood-battle state, no one would be able to stop Chen Yan again.

It was also at this moment.

Chen Yan raised a fist, and rolling streams of light gathered at his palm.

Crack, crack, crack, crack!

The void shattered like jade.

Spatial fluctuations appeared, and Chen Yitong instantly materialized between Chen Yan and the Divine Armor.

The next moment, Chen Yan smashed his fist down.

With a boom!

Chen Yitong's arm was directly blown apart by Chen Yan's punch.

The next moment.

With a bang.

A sharp blade pierced through Chen Yan's chest from behind; Yuren's body was half-crouched, pressing hard against Chen Yan's back, the long blade in his hand instantly glowing.

Immediately following!

Hum!

A terrifying vibration erupted from within the long blade.

The blue screen in front of Yuren displayed Chen Yan's real-time life status, and at this moment, he roared out:

"Nine percent, eight, seven, do it!!!"

In an instant.

Lu Cunyang appeared simultaneously, joining Chen Yitong in a thunderous assault on Chen Yan.

Chen Yitong's face was filled with wild joy; a cold ice broken blade appeared in her hand, which she swung down toward Chen Yan's head.

And the biochemical arm behind Lu Cunyang also smashed out with a fierce punch.

It was in this very split second.

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yan's mouth.

His goal had never been the Divine Armor, but rather to create an opportunity for himself to instantly kill these few people.

When people see the moment of victory, they also let down all their guard.

This was the strongest enemy he had ever encountered.

They were all Creation Realm powerhouses ranked among the best in the entire world!

Just at this sudden moment.

Swish!

Two blood-shadows appeared before Chen Yan, one of them holding the Ember Memory Spear.

A momentary change occurred.

Chen Yitong and Lu Cunyang's pupils suddenly constricted, their faces revealing terror and disbelief.

"Ice Intent!!!"

Chen Yitong let out a shrill and desperate scream, and ice crystals began to condense on her body, attempting to protect her.

Yet at this very instant.

Dozens of blood-colored rivers manifested as the shadows swung their spears, and countless blood-colored othershore flowers bloomed within them.

The Tier 7 Spear Soul from the Ember Memory Spear erupted in an instant, and accompanied by the interweaving of ice and thunder, everything was submerged.

A Teleportation Array Disk appeared beneath Chen Yan's feet, and the next moment, Chen Yan was teleported away.

This was Lu Cunyang's advance preparation, intended to prevent Chen Yan from touching the Divine Armor.

But, it was already too late.

Rumble!

A violent explosion resounded throughout the entire fortress, and a sea of ice and thunder instantly erupted.

"Ahhhhh!" Chen Yitong's screams echoed out.

Yuren's body instantly disintegrated, turning into fine mechanical parts that scattered and splashed everywhere.

Chen Yan appeared outside the castle, covered in blood.

The light of an undying will rippled over his physical body, and his shattered flesh began to recover.

Although the recovery speed was not fast, it was no longer the life-or-death situation it had been just moments ago.

The shockwave of the explosion spread outward, instantly striking the entire perimeter of the castle.

Chen Yan looked at the ground; the door to a warehouse had been shattered open, and inside were stacks of Counter-Fire Crystals.

But Chen Yan could not worry about those now.

Clatter, clatter!

Covered in blood, Lu Cunyang flew out of the castle and just looked at Chen Yan like that.

One of his eyes had been blown away, yet at this moment, he revealed a smile.

On the ground, the Castle Master shouted toward Lu Cunyang:

"Respected guest, there is only one minute left!"

He looked at his watch:

"Fifty-nine seconds, please use your final strength to block that demon, and then leave everything to us!"

The Castle Master waved his arms, his saliva no longer able to be held back.

Lu Cunyang ignored the people below.

"I respect you, Ice Intent... Chen Yan, even though you are much younger than me."

The two biochemical arms behind him had both been blown away just now, but he spoke without the slightest concern:

"You are right; you might be able to bring the world a true future."

Chen Yan sensed the other's emotions; the other party was actually not lying.

"But, Chen Yan!" Lu Cunyang's voice shifted, and he took out a bottle of wine and drank it all:

"People need faith. If a person has accumulated nine hundred years of faith and it can be destroyed by a single word from you, then why should I have lived until now?"

He shed tears of blood:

"I, Lu Cunyang, am a remnant of the old era, a headsman destined to take a blade to the Great Xia; my heart is black."

Boom!

Rolling waves of Qi erupted from his body, and his expression turned cold:

"I must block you, for my family, for my superiors, for my faith, for my Luzhou!

This is my fate!

Come!"

He roared out:

"Kill me!!!"

"Kill me!!!"

With a boom!

Lu Cunyang erupted and charged at Chen Yan to kill him; Chen Yan grabbed with one hand, and the Ember Memory Spear appeared in his hand.

The long spear carried surging power, slashing down accompanied by the spear soul.

Boom, boom, boom!

Lu Cunyang's flesh surged, his knotted muscles swelling up as he threw punches at Chen Yan like a mad demon.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

"This is Biochemical Martial Dao, the Biochemical Martial Dao created by my master!" Lu Cunyang roared, directly hugging Chen Yan and beginning to slam his head into Chen Yan.

Below.

A group of Ancient God Beasts began to shriek.

"Thirty-five seconds!"

"Thirty-three seconds."

"Wrong, thirty-four seconds!"

"You idiot, it's already thirty-three seconds now!"

"You're talking nonsense, it's thirty-two seconds now!"

Each of the Ancient God Beasts was extremely excited, beginning to bare their fangs and brandish their claws.

Lu Cunyang held onto Chen Yan tightly, not letting Chen Yan get close to the location of the Divine Armor.

The next moment.

With a bang!

Chen Yan raised the long spear, and the butt of the spear slammed directly into Lu Cunyang's forehead.

Lu Cunyang hugged Chen Yan, spitting out blood.

"Hahaha!"

Below.

"Great!" The Castle Master drooled with excitement:

"Greatness needs no more words; you are the most magnificent guest I have ever seen!"

He wiped his tears, his face full of frantic laughter: "Ten, nine... hurry, time is almost up, eight!!!"

Above.

Bang, bang, bang!!!

Chen Yan struck repeatedly until he had smashed Lu Cunyang's forehead into a depression.

"Ah!" Lu Cunyang roared, yet he still let go of his hands!

With a boom.

Chen Yan flew toward the Divine Armor.

Lu Cunyang's body began to fall.

"In the end, in the end it is still..."

He revealed a smile:

"Were you fooled?"

One must ask, the Yu Clan's Yu Shi Huan had his body divided into tens of thousands of explosive formation disks before he died, yet just now, only a few thousand were used.

Where are the remaining few thousand?

Furthermore, Yu Ren is indeed dead, but is Chen Yitong dead?

Lu Cunyang has never placed his hopes on the Ancient Divine Beasts; if he were to trust that pack of animals, how would he be any different from an animal himself?

Chen Yan deliberately gave himself only ten minutes, just to make Lu Cunyang and the others lower their guard.

He turned the mission of killing Chen Yan into stalling Chen Yan for ten minutes, waiting for those Ancient Divine Beasts to make a move.

This was Chen Yan's scheme.

But Lu Cunyang had seen through it from the very beginning.

What Lu Cunyang had transmitted to Chen Yitong and the others from the start was: you must kill Chen Yan as quickly as possible.

And now, watching Chen Yan flying rapidly toward the Divine Armor, Lu Cunyang sighed in his heart.

Once Chen Yan rushes into the room, what awaits him is Chen Yitong, who has already finished charging her power, along with those thousands of explosive formation disks.

To feel despair at the very last moment, that would be how...

Despairing a thing.

It was also at this moment.

Lu Cunyang's expression instantly stiffened, because Chen Yan, who had flown through the window into the ancient castle room, suddenly paused his body, and then...

Flew backward.

And inside that room, the thousands of explosive formation disks hidden in the void had all appeared, but they had lost their lock on Chen Yan.

Chen Yitong, with only half a body left, appeared beside the Divine Armor, looking at the suddenly retreating Chen Yan with a bewildered expression.

At the same time.

Chen Yan, in the midst of flying backward, suddenly threw the long spear in his hand.

The Ember Memory Spear blasted into the room, but the target was not Chen Yitong.

It was...

The hand of a Blood-Qi Shadow that had instantly rushed into the room.

Why did Chen Yan only charge into the castle from the first floor at the beginning, and why had he only deployed two shadows just a moment ago?

It was for this very reason.

Then.

In Lu Cunyang's astonished gaze, the shadow blasted out with the spear.

The next moment.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

A terrifying explosion occurred instantly, and intense firelight spread out in an instant.

"Chen Yan!!!" Chen Yitong's roar resounded.

Lu Cunyang watched in shock, watching the oncoming firelight, and suddenly smiled:

"To die at your hands, it is no loss."