Chapter 757: Battle Against the Sovereign!

"Report, Malice Crystal Plates are fully equipped!"

"Report, Annihilation Array Discs are fully equipped by all!"

"Report, the Sun-Moon Eclipse Great Array is ready!"

Deep in the vast starry sky, a massive, pitch-black warship loomed like a floating mountain; its alloy hull shimmered with cold light, and its cannon muzzles pointed menacingly toward the distant earth below.

Five hundred thousand armored soldiers stood in formation on the bridge and deck, their black armor reflecting the starlight, their eyes burning with rage beneath their visors.

Surrounding the giant ship was a thin membrane shimmering with a soft glow; inside this membrane, the entire giant ship had an ample supply of oxygen.

At the very front of the deck, over a dozen generals clad in black armor stood silently, their faces cold.

This was the very flying warship that the Sovereign of Ji had been riding when Zhao Zhugui was captured by her.

The massive deck spanned over several hundred thousand square meters, and the magnificent giant ship resembled a mountain of steel.

The leader manifested a communication array disc in front of them and growled into it:

"The Divine Phoenix Army is ready, please give the order, General!"

From within the communication array disc came the strained voice of Ji Chuli:

"The Sovereign has not yet given the order; you are to hold your positions!"

As Ji Chuli's voice fell, the messenger general and even the hundreds of thousands of the Divine Phoenix Army had their expressions change, looking extremely grim.

The general roared:

"Chen Yan is about to attack the Sovereign!"

His voice fell like wildfire igniting a deep forest, and in an instant, it resounded across the entire deck.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!!!"

The roars bound together, grand and extreme, causing the entire giant ship to tremble.

Even Ji Chuli on the other side of the communication array disc felt their body tremble.

Ji Chuli did not even know what the Sovereign was still waiting for.

At this moment, Chen Yan was walking step by step toward the already heavily wounded Sovereign.

The current crisis was far greater than the moment Lu Xunyang had arrived back then.

The dozen or so vice-generals at the front of the deck spoke incessantly, their tone anxious.

"The Malice Crystal Plates can resist the power of the will radiated by Chen Yan; the five hundred thousand-strong army will not have their wills interfered with."

"The helmets of us fifteen vice-generals are all equipped with life-value detectors purchased from Yu Province."

"The database has analyzed Chen Yan's combat style in detail; the Divine Phoenix Army's win rate is over seventy-six percent!"

Their voices were heard by Ji Chuli.

From within the communication array disc came Ji Chuli's surprised voice:

"Only seventy-six percent?"

"Seventy-six percent is already enough..." A vice-general opened their mouth, then gritted their teeth and spoke.

Damn it, the 【Sun-Moon Eclipse】 Great Array formed by five hundred thousand troops had been simulated fighting Chen Yan by the database.

The result was only a seventy-six percent win rate, which was simply mind-boggling.

But now, the situation was extremely critical; what did seventy-six percent matter?

"This simulation data is from before; now that Chen He is dead, Chen Yan cannot use Chen He to unleash the Heavenly Bone!"

A vice-general spoke, their eyes flashing with a sharp glint: "The current win rate might be eighty percent, no, over ninety percent!"

On the other side of the communication array disc, Ji Chuli looked toward the sky above Ji Province; Chen Yan was like a streak of light, the distance between him and the Sovereign growing ever smaller.

He clenched his fists, his body trembling.

He naturally wanted to deploy the Divine Phoenix Army, but a soldier's duty was to obey orders.

"Database simulations aren't necessarily correct; Chen Yan might still have combat power he hasn't revealed yet," Ji Chuli said through gritted teeth.

"He was almost beaten to death by the Blood Demon earlier!"

A vice-general growled:

"At that time, the life detector measured that he only had three percent of his life value left; how could he not have revealed all his trump cards then?"

On the deck, murderous intent surfaced in the eyes of the dozen or so vice-generals.

A female general spoke:

"Sovereign Chen was careless earlier; when that move landed, Chen Yan's life value was actually infinitely close to zero, but it hadn't reached zero yet.

It was precisely that last remaining shred of immortal will that allowed Chen Yan to be reborn!"

The entire warship fell silent.

Everyone was incredibly disappointed.

As powerful as Sovereign Chen was, even he could be careless.

But this was just hindsight; even they hadn't expected Chen Yan's immortal will to be that strong at the time.

A one-eyed vice-general said in a low voice:

"To deal with Chen Yan, we must suppress him, not give him any chance to repair his physical body with his immortal will, and focus all our firepower on him.

As long as his life value isn't zero, keep firing, shatter his physical body, shatter all his blood, every single particle of his flesh!

Only then will Chen Yan undoubtedly die!"

An old man who looked extremely aged spoke:

"We fifteen vice-generals each carry an eighth-rank Malice Crystal; once Chen Yan's physical body is shattered,

the Divine Phoenix Army will seal the space where Chen Yan fell and release the fifteen eighth-rank Malice Crystals."

A light of extreme coldness emerged in the old man's eyes:

"Will is the natural enemy of malice, but malice can likewise devour and extinguish malice.

With vast malice suppressing from above, his power of will cannot recover at all!

In this battle, the Divine Phoenix Army will destroy Chen Yan with human force and completely annihilate all his vitality with malice!"

Ji Chuli's expression shifted.

This was the strength belonging to the Divine Phoenix Army; all war resources and combat reserves were of the highest tier.

For a single campaign, the Divine Phoenix Army had long since made combat preparations to deal with Chen Yan.

Such a formation would likely be the same even if they were dealing with the lord of a province.

"Please, General, give the order!"

More than a dozen deputy generals bowed in unison at this moment, their voices resounding.

"Please, General, give the order!"

"Please, General, give the order!"

"Please, General, give the order!"

Above the massive warship, a grand voice rang out, and the enormous warship shimmered with glorious light in the depths of the vast universe.

At the same time.

The clouds were pushed away by the golden-red radiance of will, and a golden-red path of light, void of paper, spread out beneath Chen Yan's feet.

The black armor shattered, and blood soaked through the armor, congealing into a dark red.

The Empress stood still, her aura as weak as a candle flickering in the wind, only her eyes were icy and bone-chilling, as if tempered with frost and snow that had not melted for ten thousand years, staring fixedly at Chen Yan.

The next moment, her gaze turned once again toward where Zhao Zhugui was located.

Yet she saw that Zhao Zhugui's body seemed to have become ethereal at this moment, and the structure of his physical body was about to vanish.

The Sovereign Ji's red lips parted, watching this scene in disbelief.

Zhao Zhugui cannot die.

Once Zhao Zhugui dies, her last shred of vitality will also vanish.

Chen Yan, what exactly have you done?

The next instant.

Boom!

The broken pitch-black war armor hummed, and endless jade light erupted from Sovereign Ji's physical body, turning into a streak of light in an instant as she rushed toward Zhao Zhugui.

At this moment, the one who was stunned was Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's pupils constricted abruptly.

Zhao Zhugui was a newborn entity condensed from one-third of Chen Yan's will domain; he had not appeared for long before being seized by Sovereign Ji.

Chen Yan had thought that Zhao Zhugui's secret would not be cracked by Ji Province; after all, who in the world understood the power of will better than him?

But now...

Is Sovereign Ji intending to go and annihilate Zhao Zhugui?

To annihilate one-third of Chen Yan's will domain—once Zhao Zhugui dies, that one-third of Chen Yan's will domain will disappear.

This was the trump card Chen Yan valued most.

Otherwise, Chen Yan would not have come to launch a surprise attack on Ji Province because of Zhao Zhugui.

Now, Sovereign Ji had clearly discovered the issue with Zhao Zhugui.

Chen Yan stood above the void, and the streak of light transformed into by Sovereign Ji brushed past the void a hundred miles away from him; as the two passed each other, the peripheral vision of their eyes collided.

Both saw the killing intent in the depths of the other's eyes.

Chen Yan sighed inwardly.

If Heaven wants you to die, if you don't die, who will?

Boom!!!

Terrifying killing intent erupted from Chen Yan's body, and endless blood-colored light suffused the heavens.

In a split second.

Chen Yan charged straight down, a brilliant, stunning radiance tearing through the heavens.

Sovereign Ji's expression changed; she pressed down with one hand, and a jade-colored great cauldron flew out from her sleeve, falling to the ground and covering the place where Zhao Zhugui was located.

In an instant, the connection between Chen Yan and Zhao Zhugui was severed by the jade-colored great cauldron.

And Zhao Zhugui's body, which was originally about to dissipate, actually took shape again inside the cauldron, only his eyes were turbid and devoid of consciousness.

Seeing this scene, Sovereign Ji's expression was slightly joyful, but the next instant her eyes constricted sharply; a blood river surging with spear light was already rushing toward her.

Sovereign Ji coughed up blood, a long thorn appearing in her hand; as she unleashed the thorn, endless talisman light erupted from its tip, shattering the blood river.

Boom!

A long spear thrust out from the point where the talisman light and the blood river collided; Chen Yan thrust his spear straight forward, carrying the terrifying True Martial power!

Almost in an instant.

The tip of the thorn and the tip of the spear collided, exploding with ten thousand pitch-black thunderbolts above the void.

Sovereign Ji's expression turned cold; even though she was currently heavily injured, she still possessed the strength of an Eighth-Rank late stage.

Just from the moment of impact, she felt Chen Yan's combat power.

How on earth did he cultivate? Clearly, before the War of the Five Clans, Chen Yan was only Sixth-Rank.

The next instant, the terrifying True Martial power swept over, following Sovereign Ji's long thorn and suppressing into her body.

Puchi!

The blood that had originally stopped spurted out instantly, which made Sovereign Ji's face turn deathly pale.

The Ji Master bled from her seven orifices, the wounds on her body causing pain as if thunder had struck within, deep into her marrow.

The long thorn in her hand slashed continuously, colliding with the Ash-Evil Spear and sparking countless flames.

Chen Yan's eyes remained icy; in the battle between the two, thousands upon thousands of exchanges occurred in an instant.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

The long thorn and the long spear bombarded each other, and Chen Yan's body was torn apart by the radiance emitted by the sharp thorn.

Yet the speed of Chen Yan's hands did not slow down by even a fraction.

Swish!

The long thorn thrust forward; Chen Yan tilted his head, and a bloodstain was grazed across his temple.

The next instant.

The Ji Master raised her long leg, transforming it into a streak of black light that struck directly at Chen Yan's forehead.

Chen Yan raised his left arm, the back of his hand colliding with the Ji Master's lower leg, while his right leg beneath him launched a side-kick strike.

Bang!

A violent sound of impact rang out.

This kick caused the Ji Master's waist to cave in, exploding into rings of white air waves; the Ji Master's pupils suddenly constricted as her body was kicked flying.

Boom!!!

Like a falling star, she crashed into a deserted building in the Royal Court, the high-rise instantly shattering, the intense temperature melting the steel and iron bones.

The Ji Master's body struck the earth, causing the ground to erupt with a muffled thud.

Chen Yan's expression was cold; ignoring the Ji Master who had been blasted into the earth, he flew toward Zhao Zhugui.

He wanted Zhao Zhugui and Li Zhiyi to return to himself.

Only when the domains of will are completely unified is Chen Yan a complete entity.

But the moment Chen Yan flew off.

The earth suddenly cracked, and thousands of jade-colored streams of light gushed from the soil, instantly transforming into towering jade trees.

With Chen Yan at the center, the jade trees grew instantly, reaching from the earth to the heavens.

Yet before the greenery could unfurl, the leaves withered with a rustle; every falling piece of jade carried a biting murderous intent, shooting toward Chen Yan in an instant.

The Ji Master appeared, covered in blood, the long thorn in her hand pressed against her lips as she whispered:

"Myriad Jades!"

Clink!

Following a crisp ringing sound.

In an instant, the long thorn in the Ji Master's hand dissolved, turning into strands of silver thread that attacked Chen Yan.

"Myriad Jades!"

In the distance, a living being of Ji Province shouted: "This is the signature technique of our Ji Province Empress!"

With tear-filled eyes, they watched this move, as if seeing the peerless prodigy of heroic spirit from years past.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and waved one hand; the Ash-Evil Spear in his hand transformed instantly into ten thousand black scales, colliding with the jade leaves attacking him.

At the same time, the ink-colored shirt on Chen Yan's body changed, transforming into countless black chains that strangled the silver threads formed from the Ji Master's long thorn.

Both the Ash-Evil Spear and the Heavenly God Armor possessed the ability to change into thousands of forms.

In this instant, Chen Yan and the Ji Master stood in confrontation.