Chapter 855: Evolution into a God

At this moment, he frowned; the Black Wind Hall's Grand Chief, Yin Baiyi, was clearly an Eighth-Rank.

And although he was an Eighth-Rank, if Yin Baiyi joined forces with the other Creation Realm experts to strike at him, perhaps he would not be able to defeat them.

At this moment, Fang Rui hesitated in his heart, his attention shifting to the back of Chen Yan within the Image-Recording Array Disk.

According to Yin Baiyi's own words, Chen Yan was an Eighth-Rank.

If he joined forces with Chen Yan, perhaps there would be a chance.

A flash of anxiety surfaced in Fang Rui's heart; he had to join forces with Chen Yan.

But how could he do it without letting Yin Baiyi, who was also an Eighth-Rank, discover it?

Fang Rui's eyes widened, array patterns flickering within his pupils.

The next moment, within his consciousness, everything around him turned pitch black.

Points of light appeared within the pitch-black world of his intent.

These points of light each represented a living soul.

Soon, Fang Rui found the point of light belonging to Chen Yan and transmitted a thought over.

At this moment.

Inside the Divine Array Hall.

Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes, the True Martial Power within his body flowing copiously, vast as the sea, yet not a single shred of external force leaked out.

Deep within his mind, two status energies, one blue and one red, were constantly radiating Martial Dao truths.

Just a moment ago, the second level of the True Martial Path, the realization of reincarnation within his own universe, was achieved.

And Chen Yan's mastery of the 【Annihilation】 Grand Array had progressed further.

Now, Chen Yan could casually fabricate a Sun-Radiance Grade, Third-Class 【Annihilation】 Grand Array.

Originally, Chen Yan intended to continue cultivating.

Just a moment ago, some kind of evil gaze arrived, suddenly startling Chen Yan awake.

With his Will Path having ascended to the Breaking Realm, Chen Yan's perception of others' emotions had become increasingly proficient, and he had also gained a faint sense of the crises in the world.

Chen Yan could feel that he was slowly moving toward the direction of a God among mortals.

Within his body, he possessed something that transcended the Martial Dao and the human race.

This, perhaps, belonged only to the gods.

By then, he would no longer be a Master of the Martial Dao, but a true god standing across all things in the universe.

"Some existence has come because of me..." Chen Yan whispered in his heart:

"It... is coveting me, and it is also... fearing me."

He slowly stood up, malicious black flames burning slowly on his body.

"It... fears me just as a chicken waiting to be slaughtered fears the farm owner...

Truly pitiful."

Chen Yan slowly turned around, looking at Yin Baiyi and the others behind him, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He hadn't understood what was happening for a moment.

"The Realm Fruit I wanted, have you prepared it?"

As Chen Yan's voice fell, Yin Baiyi was stunned, asking in surprise:

"I've been talking here for so long, and this is all you have to say to me?"

Chen Yan looked at Mu Yanwan in the crowd, about to ask what exactly had happened.

At this moment, a strange voice entered his mind.

"Chen Yan, I am Fang Rui, the Prefecture Master of Zhiyang Prefecture. Now, wait for me to prepare an array; you and I shall join forces to kill Yin Baiyi."

Chen Yan was slightly startled, sensing toward the source of this voice, and soon discovered Fang Rui's presence.

"Chen Yan, Grand Chief Yin has already given you enough face," Xu Zhifan said in a low voice, his tone somewhat cold.

Reading the situation, he naturally understood that Yin Baiyi already had the intention to strike.

Even though Chen Yan was an Eighth-Rank, he dared to reprimand him at this moment.

"Brother Chen, this is the only chance," Wen Jianjian said, emboldening himself:

"If you join the Law Enforcers, Brother Chen will get everything he wants, and my daughter will also assist Brother Chen."

Wen Jianjian needed to demonstrate his value in front of Yin Baiyi.

"Chen Yan, agree to him for now," Fang Rui's voice transmission arrived.

At this moment, Fang Rui cast a concealment array while simultaneously forming seals to cast a Sun-Radiance Grade offensive array.

"Give me half an incense stick of time; this strike of mine will definitely severely injure Yin Baiyi, and then you launch a surprise attack!"

Fang Rui said while casting the array.

Beside him, Jiang Guanxin said hurriedly:

"The Prefecture Master intends to kill Chen Yan; a Sun-Radiance Grade array shouldn't be enough..."

Jiang Guanxin swallowed hard; he could not see what was happening on Chen Yan's side and currently only felt that Fang Rui was seeking his own death.

"Shut up!" Fang Rui hummed coldly.

How could this Jiang Guanxin be stupid to such a degree?

He had already said that Chen Yan was not an Ancient Divine Beast, so why did he still not believe it?

And at that very next moment, Fang Rui was stunned.

Because, where the Divine Array Hall was located.

"So, you didn't prepare the Realm Fruit for me?" Chen Yan's voice gradually turned cold.

He was currently pressed for time and cared most about the Realm Fruit.

Yin Baiyi was taken aback, then immediately laughed:

"Chen Yan, you, oh you..."

The smile on Yin Baiyi's face gradually turned cold.

Behind him, a long saber appeared in Xu Zhifan's hand, and Array Pivot Envoys like Wen Jianjian also began to deploy arrays.

"Chen Yan, you are truly courting death." Cold light appeared in Xu Zhifan's eyes, but his footsteps slowly retreated.

"Brother Chen, you really..." Wen Jianjian shook her head slightly; although she knew Chen Yan was being foolish, she felt a bit nervous inside—she did not want to get involved in a battle of the Eighth Realm.

The great battle was on the verge of breaking out.

At this moment, Fang Rui was startled and hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Chen Yan:

"Chen Yan, what are you doing?!"

He was shocked.

He did not understand what Chen Yan was doing at all; had he not received his message?

The smile on Yin Baiyi's face slowly faded, and the next moment, he raised one hand directly.

Wisps of life-and-death aura surged before him, wrapped in blood-Qi, and in an instant, a terrifying Eighth Realm pressure spread out.

Rumble!

Above the pitch-black firmament, lightning suddenly flashed; it was as if some ferocious existence was about to tear through the sky and descend into the human world.

The next moment.

"Hmm?" Yin Baiyi was stunned, and suddenly, a sharp pain struck his body.

Several strands of scarlet destruction will flashed across his body, and a great sense of crisis descended.

Yin Baiyi was about to retreat, but he suddenly discovered that all his life-and-death aura had been severed.

He was greatly alarmed in his heart, but the world before his eyes had suddenly changed its appearance.

The next moment.

Rumble!

Cold light split the pitch-black firmament, and profound iron chains as thick as giant pythons broke through the air, wrapped in the bloody scent of rust, tightly binding Yin Baiyi's limbs and neck; the chain links sparked with blue-purple electricity, hanging Yin Baiyi between heaven and earth.

"An illusion?!"

Yin Baiyi roared out, fear appearing in his eyes, and he began to struggle, but it was completely useless.

Immediately after.

Boom!

Thousands of silver-white thunderbolts crashed down like an inverted heavenly river, shaking the chains and shattering Yin Baiyi's physical body.

"Ahhhhh!"

A feeling worse than death struck; before being struck dead by the thunder, Yin Baiyi actually felt a sense of relief.

But the next moment, he discovered he was still bound by the chains of heaven and earth, while on the ground, a charred corpse had appeared.

Yin Baiyi's eyes widened, and he looked at the firmament in terror, where giant thunder was gathering again.

"Chen Yan!" Yin Baiyi screamed in horror:

"I was wrong..."

The next moment.

Rumble!

The sound of thunder was constant.

On the ground, Yin Baiyi's corpses grew more and more numerous—hundreds, tens of thousands—eventually piling up like a mountain.

This was an endless torment of reincarnation.

The next moment.

Thump!

In front of the Divine Array Hall, Yin Baiyi knelt on the ground, his state of mind completely collapsed.

The heads of the various great families of Luo Town, the Array Pivot Envoys, Xu Zhifan, Wen Jianjian, and others all fell like withered grass knocked over by a gale.

"I... was wrong..."

Xu Zhifan hesitated constantly, gradually opening his mouth wide, as if he had seen something of infinite terror.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Wen Jianjian gasped for breath; this time, she was the first to wake up, looking at Chen Yan in despair, and smiled bitterly:

"Kill... kill me..."

Yin Baiyi woke up, his eyes filled with unbelievable terror, and he was about to stand up.

Chen Yan raised his hand faintly.

Clatter...

The earth shattered, and metal was extracted by the True Martial Power, transforming into sharp blades that pierced into Yin Baiyi's body, suppressing him completely.

As for the other Creation Realm experts, some had already fainted, while others were trembling all over, their eyes full of terror and shock.

Mu Yanwan and the Mu family head stood there in a mix of terror and shock, surrounded by Creation Realm experts who were twitching incessantly.

"Exalted One!"

The two of them knelt directly: "Please punish us!"

They were covered in sweat and did not dare to breathe.

Chen Yan sensed their emotions and said faintly:

"It is fine, you two did nothing wrong."

Chen Yan turned around:

"Remember the Realm Fruit."

Mu Yanwan hurriedly acted as if granted a reprieve:

"Yes!"

Chen Yan entered the Divine Array Hall once more and sat down cross-legged:

"Also, do not disturb my cultivation."

Mu Yanwan lowered her head even further.

Yin Baiyi's face was deathly pale; the moment he looked at Chen Yan, his eyes were filled with a mountain-toppling, sea-churning terror and despair.

So, the gap between him and Chen Yan was this vast.

So, all Chen Yan had wanted from beginning to end was the Realm Fruit and to cultivate.

And he, who had prided himself on being fully prepared, was actually just a bug that had flown into a web on its own.

"Chen..."

A cry of alarm rang out.

The Prefect of Zhiyang Prefecture, Fang Rui, arrived with Jiang Guanxin.

At this moment, seeing the scene unfolding before him, his expression changed wildly, his eyes filled with mountain-toppling, sea-churning shock.

Seeing Fang Rui arrive, Xu Zhifan was now completely unable to speak.

Wen Jianjian and the others were in utter despair, though compared to Fang Rui, they felt as if they had already suffered ten thousand lifetimes of torture and had no hope left.

As for Jiang Guanxin, the moment he saw Chen Yan, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

Chen Yan looked toward Fang Rui, his footsteps pausing:

"The Prefect of Zhiyang Prefecture?"

Fang Rui was actually somewhat nervous and hurriedly said:

"Yes!"

Facing Chen Yan, Fang Rui felt like a raw recruit.

"Can you obtain more Realm Fruits?"

Fang Rui was stunned, then immediately said:

"I can, but Honored One..."

He was momentarily at a loss for words; what did Chen Yan want with Realm Fruits?

Now was the time to talk about Realm Fruits?

"Mm, you can contact Mu Yanwan; the price is negotiable," Chen Yan said calmly.

Fang Rui was completely dumbfounded.