Chapter 849: Devouring, the Aura of the Ancient God!

Within the chaotic sea of malice, Chen Yan's entire body radiated golden-red light, traversing the pitch-black world like a small sun.

Inside his body, the Will of Destruction was constantly trembling, guiding Chen Yan to fly toward a certain direction.

To the Will of Destruction, both the aura of life and death and the aura of the Ancient God could be regarded as nourishment.

After Li Zhiyi pioneered the Realm-Breaking, Chen Yan and Li Zhiyi only possessed a single wisp of the Will of Destruction.

It had never changed.

But after Chen Yan slaughtered that Rank-8 Ancient God Beast, Chen Yan could feel a second wisp of the Will of Destruction about to be born.

The reason for this was that the Realm-Breaking was created by Li Zhiyi after swallowing the Blood Brand and mastering all its mysteries.

The Blood Brand constantly swallowed killing intent through slaughter, becoming strengthened.

Whereas the Will of Destruction required Chen Yan to constantly slay Rank-8s and swallow their aura of life and death to grow stronger.

That Rank-8 Ancient God Beast contained over a dozen wisps of the aura of life and death, and possessed the characteristic of malice, having long been swallowed by the Will of Destruction.

"The aura of life and death of an Ancient God Beast might be a low-level version of the Ancient God aura," Chen Yan murmured.

Suddenly, an intense sense of danger struck.

Chen Yan felt that something infinitely terrifying was hidden within the sea of malice.

This infinitely terrifying existence controlled the entire sea of malice, like the veins of an array, causing the sea of malice to produce heaven-shaking tides.

Chen Yan's eyes instantly bloomed with precious light like two great suns, his physical body entwined with the Power of True Martial and the Will of Immortality, and the hundred-mile radius around him turned into a magnetic field belonging solely to Chen Yan.

As Chen Yan executed 【World Instant】, he reached out with a palm, and the pitch-black sea of malice was torn apart.

The next moment, the ink-black sea surged, infinite chaos exploded, countless twisted gibberish resounded, and waves of chilling coldness struck.

Chen Yan felt he had been locked onto.

Chen Yan let out a cold snort and reached out again; the Will of Destruction darted out, instantly colliding and entangling with the thing hidden within the sea of malice.

Boom!

Within the depths of the sea of malice, ten-thousand-foot waves instantly exploded.

The Will of Destruction collided and killed against the thing, producing astonishing turbulence.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes; he had captured it.

It was indeed a wisp of Ancient God aura, but this wisp of Ancient God aura seemed to be a part of the sea of malice, unable to be extracted.

The entire sea area had a network of rules that could not be destroyed.

The next moment, Chen Yan formed seals with his hands, and a Sun-level Grade-D 【Annihilation】 Array flew out.

Boom!

Like a great sun exploding, within the pitch-black chaos, infinite intense light erupted, whipping up monstrous waves, and space itself began to twist.

Chen Yan directly blew the rules of this sea area into chaos.

The sea area's rules loosened slightly, and Chen Yan erupted with the Will of Destruction again, entangling it upon that wisp of Ancient God aura.

Hum hum hum!

Waves of consciousness collisions struck; Chen Yan threw his head back, feeling countless illusions rushing into the depths of his mind.

He seemed to have seen something.

Fragmented images reorganized in Chen Yan's mind.

Something wrapped in endless thick fog crawled out from the chaotic abyss, without a fixed outline, descending upon the human world once more.

A giant wall piled up from countless corpses; they had long since died, just piled together like that, frozen by ice.

He saw that behind the giant corpse wall, something was writhing and wailing.

It was composed of countless bizarre things, at times bulging with tumor-like limbs, at times splitting open a giant mouth full of barbs.

Listen.

It was wailing, pitying all living beings.

The roaring sound was mixed with countless tiny whispers, and even light would be twisted into eerie spirals by its body when approaching.

Until...

It stared toward Chen Yan.

A gaze without eyes, but that clear feeling of being stared at made one go mad and foolish.

Moo!

An eerie, grotesque, and insane roar exploded beside Chen Yan's ear.

In an instant, Chen Yan felt as if his entire will was about to dissipate, bloodstains cracked open across his physical body, his body began to fold involuntarily, and more and more malice poured into Chen Yan's body.

He had looked directly at what should not be looked at, and touched what should not be touched.

He was going to die.

Going to die.

Going to die.

Going to die!

Crack!

Crack crack!

Crack crack crack crack crack!

The sound of his body folding and twisting came; for the first time, Chen Yan felt the aura of death so bluntly.

Within his consciousness, only that wisp of the Will of Destruction remained.

Chen Yan reached out his hand with difficulty and slowly clenched it.

Hum!

Within the sea of malice, a wisp of aura was wrapped and strangled by the Will of Destruction.

This was a collision between the chaos from the ancient past and the new sun of the human race.

Chen Yan's consciousness gradually blurred.

He could clearly feel the ancient god aura transforming him toward some unknown and terrifying direction.

A crackling sound rang out from his body as his disordered nerves began to intertwine and combine.

And within that vast Sea of Malice.

Hum!

A brilliant, boundless blood-red light bloomed completely in the depths of the Sea of Malice.

In the end, it all entered Chen Yan's body.

Chen Yan's physical body gradually recovered, his immortal will bloomed once more, and a second wisp of Destruction Will appeared within his body.

"Hoo..."

Even Chen Yan gasped; he had truly almost died just now.

Fortunately, at the most critical moment, the Destruction Will devoured that wisp of ancient god aura.

"Still, one cannot underestimate the wisdom of the ancients."

Chen Yan murmured.

The Blood Brand was the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chen clan's ancestors, absorbing killing intent through slaughter.

It was just that the Chen clan of that time did not possess the power of will.

And Chen Yan, having mastered the secrets of the Blood Brand, created the even more extraordinary Destruction Aura.

In human history, there had appeared something capable of devouring the aura of ancient gods.

A feeling of power emerged within Chen Yan's body.

If his Will Domain were to return, relying on his current strength in the path of will, Chen Yan could stand among the very top tier of the human race.

"Li Zhiyi is going to Qi Province to attack the state within a state; now, increasing his strength in the path of will as quickly as possible will also reduce the possibility of his demise."

Chen Yan murmured.

Li Zhiyi and his own realm in the path of will were at the same level; two strands of Destruction Will had appeared here in Chen Yan, and two had also appeared in Li Zhiyi.

Moreover, Li Zhiyi's strength in the path of will was even stronger than Chen Yan's.

Because Chen Yan did not have a Will Domain, while Li Zhiyi himself was one-third of Chen Yan's Will Domain.

Of course, when Chen Yan and Li Zhiyi merged, the number of Destruction Wills would not double.

The number of Destruction Wills was a level of one's realm.

After resting for a while, Chen Yan began to search for ancient god auras again.

The influence the ancient god aura had on Chen Yan just now was still somewhat significant.

Meanwhile.

Throughout the entire Evil Realm.

Tide after tide, each higher than the last, swept across one Jing Tu after another.

Above every Jing Tu, the radiance of the 【Annihilation】 Array flickered.

Some Pure Lands rose and fell within the tides, while others, like grass in a fire, were quickly swallowed by the tides, accompanied by desperate screams.

This was a disaster belonging to the humans of the Evil Realm.

In one hundred days, they would encounter an even more terrifying Great Tide of the Sea of Malice.

This would continue until the small tide ended.

Chen Yan found four strands of ancient god aura, all of which were absorbed by his own Destruction Will.

From then on, Chen Yan possessed five wisps of Destruction Will.

His strength had increased by more than just a little.

"With the Will Bestowal on my body, relying on the power of will to stimulate physical combat strength, even if Li Zhiyi's physical body is ordinary, he can exert the physical power of the peak of the Tempering Creation Realm."

Chen Yan murmured:

"Plus the five wisps of Destruction Will and the self-created will martial art, Blood Intent.

Even if I encounter the five Great Ancient God Beasts, I can break the shackles and escape.

Moreover, there are the Ember Evil Spear and the Heavenly God Armor."

The Ember Evil Spear and the Heavenly God Armor had always been in the Xia Lord's Temple, nurtured by the Xia clan using extremely powerful methods.

To what extent they had developed now, Chen Yan himself did not know.

A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Yan's mouth.

There was no need to worry about Li Zhiyi's side anymore.

Executing 【Realm Instant】, Chen Yan had already appeared outside his own room in Qiming Village.

With a creak.

Chen Yan pushed open the door.

Yet he saw a large crowd of people outside kneeling, not daring to look up at Chen Yan at all.

Someone cried out, but only in a restrained, muffled way, not daring to make too much sound.

Mu Yanwan had a respectful expression; as she slowly raised her head to look at Chen Yan, she already looked like a believer.

It was her first time seeing someone who could slaughter an ancient god beast so casually.

At the same time, she could guess that the reason Chen Yan's malice had reached his bones was definitely because he had slaughtered too many ancient god beasts.

This was a god willing to establish a destiny for the living.

Chen Yan looked at the kneeling crowd and said calmly:

"I, Chen Yan, have never wished to see the living debase themselves, just as I do not wish to see the living believe they are inferior to the ancient god beasts."

His voice rang out, and within the entire Qiming Village, strange feelings emerged in the hearts of some.

"All stand up!"

The majestic words resounded, as if an endless power had surged forth.

Mu Yanwan's expression changed once more as she looked at Chen Yan, and she slowly stood up.

Tears flickered in Peng Linjun's eyes; this man, who dared to draw his sword even when facing an Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast, was actually trembling.

"Peng Linjun."

At this moment, Chen Yan suddenly spoke.

Peng Linjun's expression shuddered, and he hurriedly bowed.

Chen Yan looked at Peng Linjun, his consciousness sweeping across the other's body and brain, seeing through his aptitude for the most part.

"Are you willing to follow me?" Chen Yan replied.

Peng Linjun trembled, and many people looked at him with envy.

Peng Linjun hurriedly spoke: "Peng Linjun is willing to follow Your Excellency through life and death, sparing no effort!"

"Good." Chen Yan nodded slowly.

Peng Linjun paused slightly and then said:

"Your Excellency, the Array Master of White Town has treated me well; please allow Peng Linjun to return to White Town first to inform the Array Master."

"Very well." Chen Yan nodded:

"Then come to Luo Town to find me."

"Yes!" Peng Linjun replied.

Afterwards, Chen Yan looked at Bai Ling and Mu Yanwan.

Mu Yanwan hurriedly said:

"Your Excellency, the Boat Leaf is already prepared."

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded.

Time passed slowly.

Inside Luo Town.

The entire Luo Town was filled with sorrowful wailing everywhere.

Many buildings along the shore had been destroyed by the minor tide, and some people knelt on the streets, weeping inconsolably.

Disheveled Array Attendants and Array Apprentices were still participating in the rescue, their faces all flashing with lingering fear.

This minor tide.

Parts of Luo Town had not withstood the erosion of the minor tide, leading to some townspeople dying within the tide.

Even an Array Pivot Envoy had died in the tide, swallowed up completely the moment they touched the malicious seawater.

Array Master Hall.

"Report!"

"Array Pivot Envoy Chen has already..." An Array Attendant came to report, their voice filled with grief:

"The villagers of the four villages protected by Array Pivot Envoy Chen, including Liang Village, have all been harmed by the minor tide."

"Report!

Of the three thousand eight hundred and sixty-three villagers in the four villages including Long Village, only one thousand five hundred and thirty-five remain after the minor tide.

Array Pivot Envoy Yu was fearless in the face of death, casting an auxiliary array beneath the tide, and has fallen!"

The voices of the Array Attendants rang out incessantly.

On the main seat, Xu Zhifan's expression was grim, and he slowly shook his head.

He had long known this would be the result.

It was just that he had not expected that Luo Town, which he valued the most, would also suffer from the harm of the minor tide, leading to the deaths of over a thousand residents.