Chapter 579: Chizhou

Boom, boom, boom!

The lightning shuttle made contact with the laser; in an instant of roaring, billions of lightning snakes hissed and shrieked, shattering the void to form a magnificent, indescribable apocalypse of burning flowers.

A scorching gale swept Chen Yan's long hair back from top to bottom, causing him to hang upside down, making Chen Yan appear even more overbearing at this moment.

Chen Yan's eyes were calm, yet his attention was focused on his surroundings.

The Magnetic Storm Lightning Prison's strategy was to resist the Backfire Soldier Husks under Chen Yan's command while simultaneously launching an attack on Chen Yan's true self.

Even the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul, this Divine Seed, understood clearly that only by killing Chen Yan would everything end.

Compared to Chen Yan, the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul had not even appeared; as long as it existed, the domain of the Magnetic Storm Lightning Prison had not been defeated.

Chen Yan had wanted to charge directly into that massive lightning sphere several times, but he had abandoned the idea each time. Once he charged inside, Chen Yan might face the greatest threat.

With a boom!

The giant transformed from the Fortress Master slapped down, crushing three spider-type machines; charred flesh and metal wreckage exploded together.

Five thousand meters away from Chen Yan, the energy charging of an electromagnetic cannon on a spider-type mechanical body had finished.

Roar!

The black wolf transformed from the Bing Wei Zhang roared at the sky, its fangs biting down on dozens of lightning sphere creatures as they self-destructed.

With a boom.

The lightning sphere creature self-destructed directly inside the Bing Wei Zhang's mouth; over a dozen blade-teeth on the giant wolf's maw were instantly shattered, and its tongue was blasted into flying bits of rotten flesh.

The middle-aged man had already joined the battle; the opponent was, after all, ranked over one hundred on the Creation Realm Board, and his strength was even greater than Ke Qingxuan's and the white-haired old man's. He formed seals with both hands, and one formation disk after another was unleashed by him.

Ke Qingxuan and the white-haired old man were still inside the giant lightning sphere, attacking continuously.

The first 【Imperial Decay - Sacred Condensation Primordial】 of the Ember Memory Spear had taken care of those few Five-Clan Creation Realm experts, and another shot had directly blown up the Magnetic Storm Lightning Prison's Soldier Breeding Chamber.

The Magnetic Storm Lightning Prison did have a Soldier Breeding Chamber; thousands of lightning sphere creatures and dozens of spider-type mechanical bodies were all cultivated by its master, the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul.

Once a war began, the Soldier Breeding Chamber would cultivate soldier types in large quantities.

The reason the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul hoped for Chen Yan to launch a domain war against it lay precisely in this.

These spider-type mechanical bodies and lightning sphere creatures were, in the final analysis, another life form transformed by lightning.

Even if destroyed, the energy would not disappear; it would still be reabsorbed by the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul.

The opponent was a Divine Seed, a Divine Seed ranked eleventh on the Spiritual Object Board; the Ten Thousand Prison Nether Thunder was only ranked seventeenth.

Fortunately, Chen Yan had met Ke Qingxuan and the others, who could act as inside agents; otherwise, Chen Yan would have needed more investment and to bear greater risks to break through the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul.

Chen Yan stood in the void, one hand gripping the air, and a rapidly rotating white jade light wheel condensed in his hand.

【Heaven-Splitting Style】!

The next instant, the white jade light wheel burst out rapidly, transforming into a stream of light that smashed into the bodies of the lightning sphere creatures, triggering a series of lightning-fire explosions in the void.

Crack!

A blue-purple lightning pillar roared over; Chen Yan slashed diagonally with one leg, his toe striking the end of the lightning pillar, instantly severing it and exploding a thousand-meter-wide ball of lightning fire.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

The army continued to close in; Chen Yan's side had lost thirty Backfire Soldier Husks, but they had also depleted about sixty percent of the Magnetic Storm Lightning Prison's lightning sphere creatures and spider-type mechanical bodies.

Ke Qingxuan blowing up the opponent's Soldier Breeding Chamber had clearly crippled more than half of the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul's means.

Ke Qingxuan's subsequent actions did not need to destroy anything else; she only needed to keep hindering the Soldier Breeding Chamber's regeneration.

As for if the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul dared to make a move against Ke Qingxuan, one 【Imperial Decay - Sacred Condensation Primordial】 and the seventh-grade spear soul within the Ember Memory Spear would deal the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul a heavy blow.

And this moment would also be the time for Chen Yan to launch a full-scale advance.

Chen Yan's greatest means had not yet been used: the Heavenly God Armor and the three Blood-Qi Shadows.

The reason he did not use them was not because Chen Yan was arrogant, wasting his own Backfire Soldier Husks for nothing.

It was because Chen Yan had always believed one thing: that Chi Xue was definitely not that simple.

On one hand, the opponent displayed powerful confidence and means, even directly sending Chi Yuexi, the least conspicuous Creation Realm expert, to the Dark-Devouring Mother Nest.

On the other hand, they only gave Chi Yuexi such a simple task, while another subordinate they sent, Chi Xian, had directly split away from Chi Yuexi and Ji Chuxi due to differences in philosophy.

Between these two things, Chen Yan felt an extremely strong sense of dissonance.

The opponent's first plan gave Chen Yan a feeling that they could not be underestimated. The second, however, was too conventional.

Could it be that the opponent thought that just by relying on Chi Yuexi, Ji Chuxi, and Chi Xian, they could stop him, Chen Yan?

The Purple Universe World-Fixing Mirror had already written it clearly: he, Chen Yan, had successfully launched a surprise attack under the encirclement of Lu Cunyang and the others, and not only that, he had slaughtered sixty Ancient God Beasts of the Backfire Fortress.

This was the reason Chen Yan had not dared to erupt directly until now.

Even when attacking the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul, Chen Yan had always been in the open, while the Lightning Domain Magnetic Soul was in the dark.

It seemed that Chen Yan was currently winning steadily, but the situation might not be so.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

The Backfire Soldier Husks continued to press forward; one spider-type mechanical body after another exploded, and one lightning sphere creature after another was devoured and shattered.

Wild lightning roared, and half the sky was dyed an enchanting purple-blue.

Severed limbs dripping with malice rained down like a meteor shower onto the scorched earth, each drop of blood corroding a boiling, deep pit into the ground.

Chen Yan stood behind the army and waved one hand.

"Kill!!!"

"For the Master!"

"For the Master!"

The Backfire Soldier Husks went completely mad, the distance between them and the giant lightning sphere growing shorter and shorter.

Ten kilometers!

Seven kilometers!

……

Six kilometers!

"Chen Yan, do you think you can kill me?!"

The furious, roaring voice of the Lei Yu Ci Hun resounded completely.

Ke Qingxuan and the white-haired old man were hunted by the hundreds of thunder-ball creatures within and fled outside the thunder balls.

One of Ke Qingxuan's arms was severed, and she was bathed in blood.

Ke Qingxuan swung her spear, and streaks of spear soul shot out, shattering the thunder-ball creatures that were pouncing on her one by one.

She could not control the Ember-Memory Spear; in reality, it was Chen Yan who had been controlling it with his intent all along.

Crack!

Dozens of thunder-ball creatures exploded near the white-haired old man, instantly blasting him into a bloody mess.

Ke Qingxuan swept her spear, but chains of electric light entangled the weapon; it was an offensive maneuver launched by the dozens of thunder-ball creatures nearby.

Clearly, these two had thoroughly enraged the Lei Yu Ci Hun.

But the Lei Yu Ci Hun had not truly flown into a rage yet; it only sent thunder-ball creatures to surround and kill the two, while it did not appear itself.

It was likely also wary of the 【Royal Decay - Saintly Condensation Origin】 within the Ember-Memory Spear.

Seeing this scene.

Chen Yan pointed a single finger, and a point of light condensed at his fingertip, shooting out instantly.

【Condensing Radiance Style】!

Boom!

The laser rubbed against the air, emitting streaks of scorching heat; wherever it passed, the space was burned into a distorted vacuum tunnel, instantly shattering the thunder-ball creatures that were still attacking the two.

Ke Qingxuan and the white-haired old man relaxed, glanced toward Chen Yan, and quickly rejoined the battle.

With the Ember-Memory Spear in hand, Ke Qingxuan's combat ability had increased by who knows how many times.

As for the white-haired old man, he began to join forces with the middle-aged man; although these two were rogue cultivators, they clearly did not lack combat experience.

Their way of fighting, with every breath, actually had a sense of composure.

They would not directly exhaust all their strength, but instead could continuously exert their own utility.

Of course, such methods were completely wasted when encountering Chen Yan.

Chen Yan had always been unwilling to engage in protracted battles with enemies, preferring to end a fight as quickly as possible, except when sparring with Wen Xin.

Because he could learn from the sparring, he would have different responses.

As things stood, no accidents had occurred.

Chen Yan frowned; was he overthinking it?

"Chen Yan, fight me, a final battle to decide the victor!"

The Lei Yu Ci Hun was thoroughly enraged, and that giant eye embedded on the massive thunder ball stared at Chen Yan.

"As a general, what is the point of hiding behind everyone else?!"

It was clear that the Lei Yu Ci Hun was losing its composure.

As long as there were no special circumstances, Chen Yan's side could gradually swallow and destroy the entire Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison.

Chen Yan stepped through the void, waved one hand, and threw out two more 【Sky-Splitting Styles】.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

The two rotating light wheels shattered the void, traced two graceful arcs across the battlefield, and destroyed everything they touched.

As the army pressed forward.

The last thunder-ball creature was swallowed into the mouth of the hole-ridden Fortress Master. The battle came to an abrupt halt.

"Damn, so satisfying!"

The middle-aged man lay on the ground, covered in blood.

The white-haired old man and Ke Qingxuan stood in the sky, looking toward Chen Yan.

The remaining thirty-five Counter-Fire Soldier Remains were all heavily injured; they stood in two rows, leaving a path for Chen Yan leading to the interior of the thunder ball.

"Chen Yan!!!"

The Lei Yu Ci Hun's roar resounded, but beyond the rage, there was a hint of sorrow.

Chen Yan's expression was calm as he slowly walked toward the giant thunder ball.

Just at this moment, on the ground beneath Chen Yan, plasma overflowed from the earth's fissures, bursting forth continuously as tens of thousands of diamond-shaped thunder shuttles shot out of the ground toward Chen Yan.

"Protect the Master!"

A Counter-Fire Soldier Remain roared, and a soldier guard quickly rushed beneath Chen Yan.

The next moment, it was shattered by the thunder shuttles, its severed limbs vaporizing in the plasma.

Click-click-click-click-click!

The green robes on Chen Yan's body changed rapidly, transforming into a suit of pitch-black battle armor that wrapped around his entire body.

Chen Yan lifted a foot high in the air, then stomped down fiercely.

Boom!

Rings of spatial waves surged downward, the tens of thousands of thunder shuttles paused instantly, and two light orbs condensed in Chen Yan's palms, colliding toward the thunder shuttles the next moment.

【Void-Breaking - Saintly Condensation】!

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

Each thunder shuttle collided with the ten thousand lasers erupting from the light orbs, exploding into a cloud of fire in the void.

The next instant, Chen Yan dived directly into the earth.

He descended thousands of meters before discovering another massive thunder ball.

However, this massive thunder sphere was merely a simple energy construct, possessing no sentience.

It was this energy construct that continuously erupted with thunder shuttles, launching an offensive against Chen Yan from bottom to top.

Crack!

The Myriad Prison Nether Thunder appeared, spitting out thunder snakes at this moment, appearing extremely excited.

"Go."

Chen Yan spoke indifferently, and the next instant, the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder dove directly into that massive thunder sphere, beginning to devour the thunder energy.

Chen Yan was just about to fly upward when his brows lifted slightly the next moment, having thought of something.

Glancing at that massive thunder sphere, Chen Yan's gaze flickered.

One minute later.

The man whose entire body was encased in battle armor appeared once again within everyone's line of sight.

At this moment, the battle had ended.

That massive thunder sphere was surrounded by Ke Qingxuan, the other two, and thirty-five Reverse Fire Soldier Husks.

It appeared that the Lei Yu Ci Hun no longer had any other means.

That massive thunder sphere instead looked like a dilapidated palace.

With a click, a giant gate opened from the middle.

"Heavenly... Chen Yan, let us go in and scout first."

Ke Qingxuan spoke.

"No need."

Chen Yan waved one hand, and the Ember Memory Spear appeared in his grasp.

Immediately, under everyone's attention, he entered the massive thunder sphere.

The youth whose entire body was encased in battle armor walked into a long corridor.

Tap, tap, tap.

Chen Yan walked slowly, suddenly pushed open a room door to enter, and after closing the door, there was no one inside.

Soon, Chen Yan walked out again and arrived before a room with the door half-ajar.

Chen Yan pushed the door and entered.

Inside the massive circular room, a youth dressed in white was standing quietly in the center.

Clap, clap, clap, clap!!!

The youth looked at Chen Yan and began to applaud, a gentle smile appearing on his face:

"Brilliant, truly brilliant. You finished off the Reverse Fire Castle on the first day, and on the second day, you conquered the Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison."

The youth hunched over, his eyes wide as he looked at Chen Yan:

"The Struggle of the Five Clans... so that is how it is played!"

"I am a Heavenly God General, so naturally, I must use the methods of a God General to break the Struggle of the Five Clans."

Chen Yan looked calmly at the man in white and said:

"Chi Xian, is that not so?"

"Chi Xian?"

The man in white raised his brows, then slowly shook his head the next moment:

"Chi Xian died long ago; he died when he was twenty-something. I killed him."

"As a result, his father knelt before my father, asking for me to be adopted into his family."

The man in white reached out a finger to smooth his hair, and then an orange appeared in his hand:

"Want to eat? Never mind, I won't give you any."

While peeling the orange skin, he threw it casually onto the ground:

"How could my dad possibly agree? I am a monster, a monster with more talent than Chi Mi; how could I possibly be someone else's son?"

"But Chi Xian's dad wouldn't give up, until later, when I tore my own flesh and blood apart, splitting it in half; that half became Chi Xian."

As he spoke, the man in white's expression turned solemn, and he suddenly bowed to Chen Yan:

"Chi Zhou's Chi Xue, pays respects to the Great Xia Heavenly God General!"

Afterward, he straightened his body, stuffed a slice of orange into his mouth, and stared at Chen Yan just like that:

"Do you not have anything you want to ask me?"

"Ask you what?" Chen Yan, his entire body encased in battle armor, lifted his head.

"Ask me why I appeared here!" Chi Xue spoke:

"Ask me why I would deceive Chi Yuexi!"

His voice grew colder and colder.

"Ask me why I guessed that you are Ice Intent!"

"Ask me why I could guess that you could..."

He lifted his head, tears streaming from his eyes, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, as if he had gone mad:

"Know any information about the Will Warriors like Chi Yuexi, Ji Chuxi, and all the others..."

Clap, clap, clap!!!

Chi Xue stomped on the floor repeatedly, tears splashing wildly from his eyes:

"You shouldn't have come. You coming here proves that all my guesses were correct."

"Why did you come? Why did you fall for my trap?"

Chen Yan frowned:

"I have come to this place; is it not as it should be?"

"It should not be!" Chi Xue growled:

"If Ji Chuxi is not a spy, then how did you know the movements of Chen Yitong and the others in advance?

If you cannot observe other Will martial artists through the Dao of Will.

How did you know that Chi Xian had left the team, and that Chi Yuexi and Ji Chuxi had gone to the Thousand-Face Corridor?

And that attacking the Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison in advance was your best choice!"