Chapter 651: Following the Words of the Divine General

As Yu Cheng and the others drew closer, the electronic warning sounds in their ears grew increasingly noisy and piercing.

Scarlet "WARNING" pop-up windows nearly occupied their entire field of vision.

The expressions of all the Yu Clan Creation Realm experts grew increasingly unsightly, and the terror in their hearts deepened continuously at this moment.

They stared fixedly; Chen Yan stood there the entire time, if one did not consider the bloodstains constantly appearing and disappearing on Chen Yan's body at this moment.

That young man was clearly a gentle and elegant gentleman.

But the warning sounds in the ears of all the Yu Clan Creation Realm experts were reminding them.

That was an extremely terrifying Great Xia Demon King; once they got close, the other party could end their lives in an instant with a single thought.

Moreover, Chen Yan truly possessed that strength and capability.

Because every contract the Yu Clan had signed was signed with Ke Qingxuan.

Chen Yan had not appeared from beginning to end and was not bound by the contracts.

Click-click-click-click!!!

Suddenly.

The arm of a Yu Clan Creation Realm expert's battle armor shifted, and jet-black cannon muzzles appeared, aiming directly at Chen Yan.

Boom!

Yin Qingshuang and the others instantly erupted with Qi and blood, looking coldly at that person.

"What are you doing?" Yu Cheng growled at that person.

"So... sorry!"

That Yu Clan Creation Realm expert spoke sheepishly:

"I forgot to turn off the self-defense mechanism."

This Yu Clan Creation Realm expert felt a chill in their heart.

Merely by approaching Chen Yan, their battle armor had already made the most intense reaction.

Meeting Chen Yan was no different from meeting an Eighth-Order expert.

Terrifying.

Was he Eighth-Order?

How could he possibly be Eighth-Order?

If he were not Eighth-Order, that was also unlikely.

Yu Cheng furrowed their brows:

"Everyone, turn off your detection systems and self-defense systems."

Immediately, Yu Cheng looked at Chen Yan and said:

"It is all a misunderstanding."

"No matter," Chen Yan smiled:

"Your technology amazes me. After witnessing the Yu Clan's technology with my own eyes, I deeply feel that the path the Yu Clan has taken is the most correct one.

At the very least, Great Xia and the other four continents have not cast their gaze toward the universe, but Yu Continent has achieved it."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, the Yu Clan members were all astonished.

They had not expected Chen Yan to actually agree with the philosophy of their Yu Continent.

Many Yu Clan members felt much more comfortable in their hearts.

The Yu Clan was arrogant.

Because the history of the Yu Clan was a massive wave driven by one technological revolution after another.

This allowed the Yu Clan to stand at the very forefront of humanity in terms of cognition.

Yu Qing, however, had a darkened expression.

She was a one-in-a-billion technological genius of Yu Continent, but she had seen Chen Yan's powerful aptitude in the way of technology.

That day, Chen Yan had nearly destroyed all of Yu Qing's pride with just a few words.

But the very next moment.

Chen Yan's voice came again.

"If not for the way of Will, technology would be humanity's only way out.

But unfortunately, the birth of the way of Will has caused technology to lose the luster it should have originally possessed."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, the Yu Clan group fell silent once more.

Chen Yan waved one hand, and a wisp of golden-red radiance of Will emerged, enveloping Yu Ming.

Yu Ming's physical body began to recover.

The next instant.

Sss...

Bloodstains instantly appeared and spread across Chen Yan's body, and a terrifyingly destructive aura leaked out in an instant.

"Chen Yan!"

Yin Qingshuang cried out in alarm.

"No matter."

Chen Yan waved his hand, and new Immortal Will was born within his body once again, beginning to contend with this destructive aura.

"Chen Yan, you..." Yu Ming opened his mouth wide, looking at this scene in utter astonishment.

"It's fine," Chen Yan said with a faint smile:

"My current condition requires the use of Immortal Will to maintain; if I am off by even a step, I will explode.

However, parting with a sliver of Immortal Will is nothing."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, the members of the Yu Clan fell silent.

Even Yu Cheng's gaze toward Chen Yan was completely different now.

Chen Yan was indeed on the verge of exploding.

Yet even so, he had still completely crushed Ji Yanbing in battle.

Even so, he had still risked himself to share a sliver of Immortal Will with Yu Ming.

Everyone was no fool.

Chen Yan's first step was to demonstrate his combat power to everyone.

The second step was to settle the minds of his subordinates.

The third step was to make them, the Yu Clan members, feel his sincerity.

Step by step, it actually felt like a calculated routine.

Yet there was also another kind of different sincerity.

It was hard to imagine that Chen Yan was only eighteen years old.

Little did they know, due to the nature of his martial path, although Chen Yan was eighteen, he had observed the myriad states of the human world, and the memories he possessed were perhaps the most among everyone present.

When Chen Yan was alone, he naturally had no need for such routines of giving a slap and then a sweet date.

But now, Chen Yan had over a dozen Great Xia Creation Realm experts under his command.

Chen Yan himself was also tied to the future trajectory of Great Xia.

Chen Yan knew that his own power was power, but the power he could utilize was even more so.

If not for the battle armor created by Yu Qing, many more people would have died in the Level 2 Domain War that Chen Yan had participated in.

Chen Yan needed the intervention of Yu Clan technology.

Not after Chen Yan had crossed the Withered Dream Maze City, but right now.

Inside a room within the Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison.

The Creation Realm experts from Great Xia and the Yu Clan sat behind a round table.

"Chen Yan, what we most want to ask now is about your current situation." Yu Cheng spoke, blunt and straightforward.

As her voice fell, the Great Xia Creation Realm experts and others also looked at Chen Yan.

They were also curious as to why Chen Yan had become the way he was now.

Chen Yan's expression was calm; he pointed a finger, and a pitch-black ray of light emerged at his fingertip.

In an instant, everyone's pupils constricted.

"Is this the power of the Eighth Order?" Yu Cheng asked in astonishment.

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded:

"I received a lecture from the Master of Hardened Refining and, based on his judgment, modified my Hardened Refining martial path, so I destroyed my own first-layer universe while in the Creation Realm.

I obtained this sliver of Eighth Order power."

Chen Yan was unsure if saying the words "Life-Death Aura" out loud would have any impact on the people present.

After all, it was difficult for those in the Creation Realm to know the names of the Eighth Order realms.

Life-Death Aura was also a characteristic of the Eighth Order, protected by the rules.

The entire room fell into silence.

The Master of Hardened Refining!

A distant name.

Chen Yan had inadvertently revealed a heaven-shattering secret.

The Master of Hardened Refining had once lectured for Chen Yan?

The Master of Hardened Refining was still alive?

No, even if he were still alive.

How could the Master of Hardened Refining possibly lecture for someone?

History had records.

That person was the most noble existence under heaven; no one could be worthy of his lecture.

Thump, thump...

Some Yu Clan Creation Realm experts felt their hearts beating violently, and cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.

What level had Chen Yan actually reached to be able to receive a lecture from the Master of Hardened Refining?

A long while later.

"Is this what you used as a foundation to defeat the Dark-Devouring Mother Tree?" Yu Cheng asked.

"Yes." Chen Yan replied.

"Then is your current appearance because you obtained the Eighth Order power prematurely?" Chi Yuexi spoke, looking at Chen Yan with uncertainty.

Everyone fell silent.

What Chi Yuexi said was similar to what they had guessed.

After all, being powerful required sacrifices in other aspects.

But Chen Yan's next sentence shocked everyone.

"No."

Chen Yan spoke, and another pitch-black ray of light emerged at his fingertip.

Within this sliver of black matter, there was powerful energy, as if it would explode at any moment; it was extremely dangerous.

"What is this?" Yu Cheng's eyes widened:

"This is the anomalous data we detected."

She gazed at Chen Yan, her eyes full of questions.

"This is the Power of True Martial," Chen Yan said.

"Power of True Martial?" Yu Ming exclaimed in astonishment:

"I have never heard of this thing."

"It is natural that you have not heard of it, because this is an energy I created."

Chen Yan said indifferently, and this wisp of Power of True Martial returned to Chen Yan's body.

His expression was calm, as if he were unperturbed by everything.

But the information he revealed caused everyone in the entire room to fall into astonishment.

"How..." Yu Cheng stared at Chen Yan, her gaze now grave as never before:

"How can one obtain this power?"

Swish, swish, swish.

The entire room fell silent, and everyone was waiting for Chen Yan to answer.

"It is very simple," Chen Yan said calmly:

"Merge the internal universe of the Blood Qi path and the internal universe of the Hard Tempering path; as long as you do not die, you can obtain it."

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.

A sense of horror!

At this moment.

The look in the eyes of everyone in the room as they looked at Chen Yan changed completely.

Even if they were just listening quietly.

Everyone could feel that power within Chen Yan's words.

As heavy as the vast ocean.

Yu Cheng looked at Chen Yan even more deeply.

Merge Blood Qi and Hard Tempering?

No.

It is not like that.

Some things are not things you can do just because you say you can.

How can you be so reckless?

Yet, the young man only said calmly:

"Nowadays, my body experiences tens of thousands of destructions and remodelings every second.

I am constantly experiencing death and rebirth; the matter of merging martial paths is still too difficult, you all should not imitate me."

After Chen Yan's voice fell, the room fell into a long silence.

Silence swept over the hearts of countless people once again.

Who would imitate you.

Chen Yan is simply a miracle.

It seems that Chen Yan is a Seeker of the Dao.

On an unknown path, he has already explored for a very, very long time.

And only until this very moment did everyone know what he was seeking.

"Heavens!"

"Is... is this possible, this..."

"Merging Blood Qi and Hard Tempering; Blood Qi and Hard Tempering are martial paths that are naturally contradictory."

"This is no different... no different from constantly blowing oneself up..."

Sounds of shock rang out one after another, and the entire room was about to explode.

Until a certain moment.

"Does it hurt?" Ke Qingxuan suddenly spoke.

"Severe pain is natural," Chen Yan smiled:

"But if it is something that can be solved by severe pain, then it is not a big deal."

Ke Qingxuan did not speak again; she gazed at Chen Yan, as if she had said a lot in that brief moment.

The expressions of the crowd kept changing.

At this moment, there was no battle.

But the hearts of everyone were constantly surging.

"This..." Yu Cheng looked at Chen Yan, her eyes flickering:

"You made this decision after the Level 2 Domain Battle, right? Right? At that time, you already possessed the ability to kill an Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast.

Why... why do you still have to take such risks?"

Yu Cheng could not sit still.

She had seen Chen Yan's strength with her own eyes, but she was screaming in her heart.

What is Chen Yan doing?

He is courting death, courting death.

He is already strong enough, why must he still take such risks?

"Everyone," Chen Yan said calmly.

The room fell silent.

"Do you all know that when I was appointed General, and when I became a Heavenly God General, I said the same thing both times?"

The crowd looked at Chen Yan, only to see the young man speak calmly:

"I will not be a general of the Great Xia, but a God General for all eternity."

His eyes grew sharp:

"The late State Ruler Xia Qi once said, the Xia may perish, but the human race must not."

The struggle between the five races and the Great Xia has always been nothing more than petty squabbling.

The greatest obstacle to the human race remains the ancient gods who are about to awaken."

Chen Yan stood up:

"Horizontal refinement cannot defeat the ancient gods, and neither can blood energy.

I do not cultivate the Martial Dao to exterminate the five races; I condense the True Martial for the future.

Heaven gave birth to me, Chen Yan, not for the mere sake of pacifying the five races or slaughtering the human race.

But to open a new heaven for the human race.

I hope you can truly realize who the enemy is, and what the duty is that the human world has given birth to us and bestowed upon us?"

Chen Yan looked at Yu Cheng, Yin Qingshuang, Zhang Chao, and the others, who were completely stunned, and bowed:

"Please, everyone, assist me."

Ke Qingxuan also stood up, gazing at Chen Yan as she bowed:

"I shall strictly follow the God General's words."

Yin Qingshuang stood up and bowed deeply to Chen Yan:

"I shall strictly follow the God General's words."

Yu Cheng looked at Chen Yan, a myriad of words in his heart, and bowed:

"I shall strictly follow the God General's words."

Voice after voice rang out in the room.

Deafening.