Chapter 727: The Disheartened Chen He

Xia Long and the others were completely dazed; the golden-red radiance overflowed from Shen Yiwei's Will Divine Body as he stroked his forehead with one hand.

A headache.

Before this, it was as if Chen Yan had forcibly instilled new perceptions into him; while in the mountain cave, he had truly believed that he was Chen Yan.

And then, he had been killed once more, leaving behind only a Will Divine Body.

Lu Jianxia looked ahead with shock and bewilderment.

There, Chen He was covered in blood, with blood-red meridians piercing into his body, forcibly draining away all the vitality and power within Chen He, making him look extremely wretched.

And Lu Zhiwei's mouth was wide open at this moment, having long since lost her former arrogance and noble air, played in the palm of Chen Yan's hand.

Everyone felt as if countless thunderclaps were roaring within their minds.

What on earth had happened to the world?

"Chen He." The young man on the throne smiled faintly:

"Do you still like this kind of hospitality?"

Chen Yan flicked his hand, and a cube constructed of golden array patterns was tossed out by him, landing in the hands of the Master of True Intent, who was dressed in green.

The Master of True Intent pursed his lips and tucked this cube into his robes.

Even now, he did not quite understand what Chen Yan was trying to do.

"Chen Yan!!!"

Chen He's roar resounded:

"Do you think you can really kill me?!"

His expression was cold to the extreme.

In just a fleeting moment, he felt as if the whole world was targeting him.

What exactly had he, Chen He, done wrong?

Yet, on the throne, the young man's eyes swirled with crimson mist as he laughed:

"Do you still not understand?"

Chen He gritted his teeth:

"Understand what?!"

Chen Yan lifted his chin slightly, wearing a look of disdain:

"Regarding that matter, Lord Chen is very dissatisfied, but it would be bad to kill you in front of everyone in the world, so he summoned you here to die."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, Chen He froze.

Not only Chen He, but Xia Long, Shen Yiwei, and the others were all stiff, utterly confused.

Chen He opened his mouth; his worldview was shattered at this moment.

Chen Yan and Lord Chen are in cahoots?

Not only Chen Yan, but even Lu Xunyang, the Shi Meng Mo, and Lord Chen are all in cahoots?

This...?

What crime had he committed to be plotted against by Lord Chen in such a way?

He was stunned.

To kill him, Chen He, was such a grand display necessary?

What virtue or ability did he, Chen He, possess?

"Lord Chen!!!"

Chen He bellowed, his narrow, long eyes scanning the heavens and earth:

"I, Chen He, have rendered meritorious service and worked hard; why must you treat me like this?!"

His teeth ground together with a 'clack-clack' sound, his face, full of fox-like charm, flushed red to the extreme, and he roared:

"So it was that matter, that matter...

She seduced me!"

Silence.

Quiet.

Not only Chen He, but everyone felt a terrifying storm erupting in their minds.

What was all this?

Was Chen Yan truly in cahoots with Lord Chen?

"So, you slept with Lord Chen's wife." Xia Long spoke in surprise.

"It was his daughter!" Chen He roared:

"It was his daughter!!!

Do you think I, Chen He, am someone who sleeps with his sister-in-law?

How shameless do you think I am?!

That kind of person is the truly..."

He trembled all over, using all his strength to growl:

"Filthy!"

He felt humiliated to the extreme, countless thoughts erupting in his heart, but as he was now, he couldn't see clearly at all.

If it were truly Lord Chen who wanted to kill him, what use would it be to resist?

Blood-red meridians sucked at the vitality and power within Chen He, making him unable to help but groan in pain; he was wretched to the extreme, his gaze shifting from the high sky to the young man on the throne:

"Lord Chen has so many daughters, I only slept with one, how did I end up in such a state, you..."

He stared fixedly, only to see the young man on the throne revealing a playful glint in his eyes.

Boom!!!

Layers of black light erupted from within Chen He's body, shattering the blood-red meridians that had pierced into him.

Blood seeped from Chen He's eyes as his own power connected with heaven and earth, manifesting an endless night for a hundred miles around him, and he roared in fury at Chen Yan:

"You deceived me!!!"

How could he not understand that he had been played by Chen Yan.

Boom!!!

In the distant earth, mountain ranges surged up, connecting with endless malice to transform into a giant mountain spike a hundred miles long that came crashing toward Chen He.

Chen He raised one hand and pressed down with the momentum.

Rumble!!!

A gravity field with a diameter of a hundred miles descended from the vault of heaven, instantly shattering the giant mountain spike.

In an instant, gravel splashed across the sky, and the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

Chen He was already in a frenzy, endless pressure erupting from his body as he stared fixedly at Chen Yan:

"Speak, how exactly do you want to die?!!!"

He spat out every word, and if gazes could suppress living beings, Chen Yan would have already been tortured by him a thousand times over.

Shame and rage surged within him simultaneously.

He clenched his fists tight, as if squeezing the weight of the entire world into his palms; when he raised his hands, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

Above the throne, Chen Yan raised his head, his eyes shining like the great sun illuminating the nine heavens, and he shouted in a low voice:

"Audacious Chen He!!!"

Chen Yan's voice vibrated, transforming into layers of sonic impact that swept across Chen He's body.

"Since I cannot discipline you, then the Master of Chen shall come to discipline you personally!"

His voice, like the Azure Underworld God-Slaying Axe, struck at Chen He's heart with every word.

Boundless majesty, indescribably overbearing!

Chen He's expression trembled; even though he was filled with pent-up rage, he began to feel uncertain.

The Master of Chen had come?

He strained his eyes to look, wanting to find the figure of the Master of Chen.

Yet it was also at this moment.

Rumble!

A heaven-shaking roar resounded from the clouds and sky in the distance.

Layers of heavy clouds were suddenly pushed and surged to both sides, as if sliced through by a sword.

The sky light was shattered, and the red clouds were ground away.

Screech!!!

A high-pitched bird cry resounded across the sky.

A white egret, its entire body overflowing with jade light and blotting out the sun and sky, flew in from the distance.

A middle-aged man wearing white robes, standing with his hands behind his back and his long hair fluttering, stood atop the head of the white egret, his eyes—which looked down upon the world—glancing sideways at Chen He.

Chen He's expression trembled, his body shaking at this moment:

"Master of Chen...!"

The Master of Chen had come.

The Master of Chen had truly come, come to punish him, Chen He, for his crimes.

Was it really necessary?

Chen He opened his mouth wide, but strange thoughts emerged in his heart.

"It was she who seduced me, it was her!!!

I only committed... a mistake that any man would commit!"

He roared, but the Master of Chen on the head of the white egret merely pressed down with one palm, and in an instant, endless pressure descended.

Chen He found it hard to breathe.

"Damn it!" Chen He roared in a low voice:

"Kill me, come and kill me!!!"

He had rebelled!

Yet at this moment, the white egret dissipated, the figure of the Master of Chen vanished, and everything seemed as if it had never appeared at all.

Chen He's scalp went numb, and a sense of crisis surged from the bottom of his heart.

Boom boom boom boom boom!!!

At the same time.

Beams of laser light shooting into the sky, emitting scorching radiance, had already arrived and struck Chen He's body.

In the distant heaven and earth, Chen Yu's eyes were full of cunning; in her heart, she actually felt the thrill of having deceived the teacher, even though she hadn't finished her homework.

The laser beams pierced through Chen He's chest.

Chen He spat blood, his flesh bleeding profusely, but at this moment, a trace of relief appeared on his face.

So, that was still fake.

It was an illusion cast by Chen Yan.

It was not an illusion technique.

It should be a type of rule-based martial art that can alter others' cognition.

According to the strength of him, Chen He, he should not have fallen for the trick at all.

But just now, his emotions fluctuated too wildly, and he hadn't realized he'd been hit at the first moment.

This move...

Sinister!

Just how sinister must a person be to design such a rule-based martial art?

How terrifying.

Too sinister!!!

But fortunately...

Lord Chen didn't come at all, nor did he intend to punish him.

Chen He felt as though he had just experienced a life-and-death crisis; although he was injured now, he suddenly felt enlightened.

Comfortable.

As for this feeling of comfort...

Comfortable!

"Hehehe..."

He laughed strangely, having used up all the panic he would have gathered in a lifetime just now.

"Chen Yan..."

He grinned hideously, covering his face with one hand, lifting his head, and through the gaps in his fingers, revealing a gaze evil to the extreme:

"You little rascal!!!

Who taught you to fight like this?!"

He grinned hideously, the sinister glint in his eyes growing more intense.

And it was at this moment.

"Inverse Nine, slash!"

Shen Yiwei had already slashed down with a sword, and a brilliant sword light struck instantly.

Chen He waved his large hand, and ten thousand layers of gravity inverted from bottom to top, shattering the sword light.

"Get lost!!!"

He roared in a low voice.

"Kun Secret - All Heavens Palace!"

A crisp female voice rang out; above the clouds, an immortal palace suddenly appeared, dragging cloud light, its vermilion gates opening.

"Slash, slash, slash!"

A word from an immortal, annihilating heaven and earth.

"Get lost!"

Chen He roared in extreme rage, and endless gravity instantly shattered the immortal palace.

Lu Jianxia spat out blood and retreated violently in an instant.

"A bunch of..." Chen He stared fixedly at Chen Yan:

"Bugs!!!"

He raised one hand and slapped toward the left, where Xia Long appeared, throwing a punch, a golden dragon circling the horizon.

Chen He didn't even look, just waved his hand, and could destroy it directly.

Yet at this very moment.

Boom!

To his right, a mountain range suddenly struck, the firmament darkened, and the wind swept away the clouds.

As Chen He looked over, a withered tree on the mountain range had already collided with his body, shattering instantly.

Then...

His body collided with the rock wall.

Rumble!!!

Chen He was smashed by an entire mountain range.

At the same time.

The earth surged, and giant spikes, each dozens of miles high, erupted, piercing into the center of the flying mountain range.

In a moment.

Mountains and rivers changed shape, ten thousand stones splashed, black lightning flashed wildly, and blood energy surged like the sea!!!

Explosion, destruction, destruction, explosion!

"Die for me!"

Xia Long looked toward the center of the explosion, his arm stretched long, his spine extending like a dragon, and he pressed down with a punch.

Roar!!!

A golden true dragon phantom struck instantly, transforming into ten thousand true dragons, as if a world of true dragons was suppressing everything in an instant.

Shen Yiwei slashed with his sword, and a blood-colored sword phantom spanning heaven and earth suddenly appeared behind him; heaven and earth suddenly rained blood, one blood sword for every drop of rain.

The sky full of blood swords suddenly pierced down.

"Secret Technique - Azure Profound!"

"Golden Willow!"

"Heavenly Fire Illumination!"

Dozens of Creation Realm experts appeared together, each with an excited, angry expression, erupting with all their combat power at this moment.

Ten thousand visions, magnificent as the sea, suppressing everything together!

Boom!!!

The entire world began to boil, all attacks exploding at the very center.

Dust filling the sky blocked the sunlight, everything being shattered and destroyed.

Yu Ming looked toward the distant horizon, where Chen Yu was operating all the laser turrets; clearly, after Chen He left, Chen Yu arrived and had also transported these laser turrets they had designed.

Everything had been designed by Chen Yan.

Yu Cheng and Yu Ming exchanged glances, their eyes filled with terror.

Yes.

Terror.

Such battles had not happened just once or twice.

Chen Yan would always make the most detailed plans.

Chen Yan had absolutely no combat experience, yet could always achieve the best results.

It was too terrifying.

The Third Elder of Chen Prefecture, the youngest elder, had actually been played like a grandson by Chen Yan.

And what exactly was that God-level Great Array?

Chen Yan was actually a God Venerable of Formations.

Chen Yan had never displayed such methods before.

What other methods did Chen Yan have that they did not know about?

Only former enemies could understand the terrifying nature of Chen Yan.

"Um, Princess Chen Yu..." Yu Ming spoke toward Chen Yu in the distant land, transmitting his voice while trembling:

"There is an Ultimate Mode button, that black and white button!"

In the distance, Chen Yu's eyes flashed:

"Found it!"

She pressed the button.

Click!

A low sound of clashing metal rang out from within each laser turret.

The next instant.

Boom!

Thick purple beams of light instantly sprayed out from the barrels, the world suddenly brightened, and the intense light pierced into the center of the explosion in an instant.

The scorching high temperature even caused the thick, long barrels of the laser turrets to begin turning red and melting.

It was hard to imagine such terrifying lethality.

Endless attacks overlapped, all the light rays becoming distorted; it was extremely terrifying.

Chen Yan sat calmly on a throne condensed from thunder, watching everything happening before him, the incoming heat wave blowing back his ink-black hair.

Beside him, the Lord of True Intent watched in amazement.

"Is this your other method? You reached an agreement with the Shi Meng Mo?"

How could the Lord of True Intent not see that Chen He being suppressed like this was entirely because the Shi Meng Mo had taken action.

"It is not an agreement," Chen Yan said with a light laugh.

"Not an agreement?" The Lord of True Intent was stunned, and then his expression changed wildly.

"A contract?"

"Yes," Chen Yan nodded:

"Gather all the strength that can be gathered, weaken all the strength that can be weakened; this is what I thought."

But the expression of the Lord of True Intent turned ugly:

"Chen Yan, you are too young; no matter what, you cannot reach an agreement with an Ancient God Beast.

Compromising with an Ancient God Beast is a mistake that must absolutely not be made."

He spoke earnestly, sighing at length.

But there was no other way.

After all, Chen Yan had already been forced into a dead end.

"You should have discussed it with the others," the Lord of True Intent remarked.

But then he shook his head.

He just found it hard to accept that Chen Yan would actually enter into a contract with an Ancient God Beast.

"Chen Yan, you must know that regardless of how the human race fights internally, do not cooperate with Ancient God Beasts; this is a principle," the Lord of True Intent said.

"But my enemy has already reached an agreement with an Ancient God," Chen Yan laughed.

"This... this..." The Lord of True Intent was speechless:

"What is that formation cube you gave me?" He asked with some doubt.

"When the Senior should know, you will naturally know," Chen Yan said.

The Lord of True Intent was stunned, looking around at the world.

The only reason Chen Yan would not say was likely to keep it from the Shi Meng Mo.

Inside the Ancient War Palace.

The woman in the immortal dress watched in amazement:

"A fine move of drawing the firewood from under the cauldron, playing them at their own game."

She clicked her tongue; if only there were melon seeds here.

Inside the dim room.

The white-haired old man watched coldly:

"Those who believe in the abyss will surely be devoured by the abyss."

"Then why do you not act?" the woman in the fairy dress spoke up:

"Since you already know that Chen Yan is seeking skin from a tiger, if you do not act now, are you going to sit by and watch Chen Yan be devoured?"

A trace of disappointment appeared in the white-haired old man's eyes.

He had learned through ten thousand years of lessons that one must never make deals with Ancient Gods or even Ancient Divine Beasts.

Even if there is a contract, so what?

Ancient Gods are the most sinister, most hideous, and most twisted of things.

Chen Yan actually expected that a single contract could bind the Shi Meng Mo.

Little did he know what the Shi Meng Mo truly desired most.

What is it?

Naturally, it is the aura of an Ancient God.