Chapter 886: Questioning Life

The Ming Yan Ni was dragged into the black sphere of malice!

At this moment, countless gazes from the human world turned toward it, filled with shock.

"He is actually still alive, and he has actually entangled the Ming Yan Ni!"

"Heavens, that is a supreme ancient divine beast, one of the strongest in the human world!"

"His rise to fame has been so short, why is his progress so rapid?"

Experts from all sides seemed unable to see clearly.

All the people of the world raised their heads in unison at this moment, but they could not see.

Yet they felt an endless terror that had been suppressing everyone's heart vanish.

Someone had suppressed the terror.

Inside the black sphere of malice.

The Ming Yan Ni was seized by both of Li Zhiyi's hands, unable to move.

Her gaze was indifferent as she turned around to look directly at Li Zhiyi.

Carrying an innate contempt.

The next moment.

Boom!

Terrifying malice poured into Li Zhiyi's body, and the Ming Yan Ni slightly parted her red lips.

With her lips parted, a series of insidious, twisted sounds were injected into Li Zhiyi's ears.

At this moment.

Li Zhiyi narrowed his eyes, a familiar feeling washing over him.

The Rule of Malice!

"Did you think this General would fear this so-called Rule of Malice?!"

Li Zhiyi spoke coldly, the golden light of his will surging within his body as fifty-two strands of Destruction Will transformed into blood blades, piercing into the Ming Yan Ni's body.

Screech!

A shrill scream resounded from the Ming Yan Ni's mouth.

In an instant.

Tens of thousands of miles of territory shook violently, space compressed in layers, emitting a groan of unbearable burden.

Crack, crack, crack.

Countless fissures tore through the void, and black patterns spread endlessly amidst the tremors.

At this moment, whether it was the Malice-Extermination Army or the ancient divine beasts, all were struck by this terrifying pressure and collapsed to the ground.

"Damn it... so terrifying!"

Chen Min knelt on the ground, the endless pressure forcing his head to hang low; he gritted his teeth, but he simply could not lift his head.

Screech!

Within Qi Province.

Countless ancient divine beasts knelt on the ground, unable to move.

Terrifying!

The endless pressure spread outward.

High mountains were crushed until they collapsed, and clusters of buildings shattered with a roar!

Even the Firmament was falling rapidly.

The distance between heaven and earth was constantly closing, as if it were about to completely flatten all things in the world.

Even Eighth-Rankers like the Longevity King and the Grand Minister were affected.

"This Ming Yan Ni..."

The Blood Sword Saint's aura was unstable, and he gritted his teeth: "How did she cultivate!"

At the same time.

The Evil Realm.

Within Chen Yan's world of consciousness.

That blurred figure was silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed.

"Chen Yan, so your entire starting point was just for your own peace of mind?"

Chen Yan said indifferently:

"Having these is enough."

When he was young, he did not see much, only wanting to protect his own small plot of land.

At that time, the safety of his family was the peace of mind he pursued.

He joined the Martial Suppression Class and saw the opposition between the humble and the gentry.

At that time, rising to prominence became the peace of mind he pursued.

He joined the New Dragon Guard and saw too many tragedies, saw Zhou Lu die, and saw those corpses that died in the mouths of ancient divine beasts.

At that time, eliminating the ancient divine beasts was the peace of mind he wanted.

Has Chen Yan changed?

He has changed, and yet he has not.

The blurred figure laughed, then suddenly the laughter vanished, and she spoke calmly:

"If you die, what will you do?"

She walked beside Chen Yan and said softly:

"Since you only wish for your heart to be free of worry, you could simply choose not to look at those things that cause you sorrow.

What the Five Clans wish to castrate is merely the common folk of the world, and what the Ancient God Beasts wish to ravage is also merely the common folk of the world.

If you do not look, and you take your friends and family away to live a happy life, would that not be good?"

Chen Yan frowned: "But I have already seen it."

"Hahaha!" the blurred figure laughed:

"Think about it, what will happen if you die?

The probability of your death is very high!

Without Luo Puxin, you would have long since died in the Chu family's ravages; what would your father and younger sister have done then?

During the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm, you also died once, yet you came back to life because of some kind of power.

At that time, if you had truly died, San Jin, Jiang Yuan, and all the other examinees would have died at the hands of Yu Changsheng.

Furthermore, take the strife of the Five Clans for example; you have been on the verge of death many times. If you were to truly die, those who pursue you would all die."

Chen Yan was silent.

The blurred figure, however, pointed a finger at Chen Yan's chest:

"Think about it, if you were to die, what would happen to this Great Xia, and what would happen to those comrades of yours?

If you continue on, the number of people who die because of you will only grow larger and larger."

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, just about to speak.

"Think carefully before you answer!"

The blurred figure grabbed Chen Yan's arms with both hands, its voice suddenly turning violent:

"Do you truly not care about your own life and death, or is it that you also do not care about the life and death of others?

What exactly is life in your eyes!?"

Outside.

Following the shrill scream of the Underworld Nightmare Beast.

Countless streams of pitch-black light erupted from its mouth.

This terrifying black light could not affect Li Zhiyi, but it surged into the human world through the black-clothed black sphere.

The terrifying pressure of the Ancient God Beast descended upon the human world, transforming into layers of pressure that pressed down incessantly.

With Qi Province as the center, it spread and spread.

Distortion, fear, and bewilderment gradually swept across the entire Great Xia!

The entire Great Xia.

The streets and alleys were filled with the sound of crying mixed with exclamations, and the common people fled in a panic.

Children were frightened into wailing, and the elderly looked up at the sky, their weathered faces trembling.

Even the poultry flapped their wings, filled with panic and unease.

Within Qi Province.

Xia Hanzhou was surrounded by ten Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beasts, his eyes erupting with fury:

"It intends to suppress the entire Great Xia with the Rule of Malice!!!"

Xia Hanzhou became panicked.

The Underworld Nightmare Beast could not suppress Li Zhiyi, so at this moment, it was going to suppress the entire Great Xia!

This is the supreme Ancient God Beast!

Endless angry light erupted in Xia Hanzhou's eyes; suddenly, a Spear Soul burst forth from behind him, and the aura of Life and Death enveloped the Spear Soul, continuously spreading outward.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The Longevity King, Shen Keqing, the Blood Sword Saint, and other Eighth-Ranks simultaneously erupted with the aura of Life and Death.

Using their own rules to spread across Great Xia.

But the next instant.

Xia Hanzhou's expression changed drastically.

Rumble!

A roar like the heavens collapsing and the earth overturning!

A massive tremor spread from the earth's core, and tens of thousands of miles of the surface cracked open.

Everyone looked as far as they could see.

A massive, almost boundless gray-black skeleton emerged from the fissure!

Every inch the gray-black skeleton rose, it caused the earth to sink into deep, spiderweb-like cracks.

Boom, boom, boom!

Yin winds whistled out from the bone fissures, carrying sand, dust, and rubble, sweeping crazily.

Xia Hanzhou's eyes were about to split with rage:

"Ancient God Forbidden Land!"

At this moment, countless powerhouses between heaven and earth were shocked, terrified, and unable to believe it!

What had appeared from Qi Province was clearly a part of the Ancient God Forbidden Land.

It looked as though it intended to cover the entire Great Xia.

Even the Eighth-Ranks of Great Xia felt their minds tremble and their hearts shatter.

If the Ancient God Forbidden Land were to descend completely, where would the hundreds of millions of Great Xia's people go?

"Underworld Nightmare Beast!!!"

Xia Hanzhou roared out, having long since lost his usual composure, bellowing like a madman.

All the Eighth-Rank experts of Great Xia watched with difficulty; this was the method the Underworld Nightmare Beast had prepared.

To let the Land of Ancient Gods cover Great Xia, cutting off the path of survival for hundreds of millions of living souls.

This was absolutely not a method the Underworld Nightmare Beast could possess.

Even if the Underworld Nightmare Beast were a supreme Eighth-Rank, it would not have the ability to make the Forbidden Land of Ancient Gods descend.

Shen Keqing's face turned deathly pale as she looked toward the earth, at those countless Ancient God Beasts:

"This is the power of all the Ancient God Beasts in the world being bestowed upon the Underworld Nightmare Beast!"

The Longevity King clenched his fists:

"The Underworld Nightmare Beast is the main body; if it does not die..."

If the Underworld Nightmare Beast does not die, the crisis of Great Xia has arrived!

At this moment, a desperate situation had arrived!

No one had expected that things would develop like this!

At this moment.

Even the various powerhouses of the Five Clans had not expected such a turn of events.

Now, there were actually very few people showing a smile.

The Underworld Nightmare Beast's methods had already shocked them.

"This... what should we do? Do we need to intervene?!"

"Intervene in what? Great Xia is the enemy of our Five Clans!"

"But, if Great Xia is invaded like this, the future of our Five Clans..."

At this moment.

Chen Youqing and Chen Qi both furrowed their brows.

"Is this also a part of Chen Liu's plan?" Chen Youqing asked.

Chen Qi narrowed his eyes, silent for a moment.

"Great Elder, we are now..." Chen Youqing hesitated.

This action by the Ancient God Beasts had already touched the foundation of the human race.

Chen Qi looked at Chen Youqing:

"Everything shall be led by the Chen Master!"

At this time.

The Chen Master stood amidst the sea of clouds, his eyes watching the scene occurring in Qi Province, a look of surprise appearing in them.

"The Underworld Nightmare Beast was actually unable to execute Li Zhiyi, and instead struck out against Great Xia."

The Pool Master's voice came.

"Lu Xunyang... Lu Xunyang should make his move!" the Lu Master's voice was low.

A streak of golden light surged out from Lu Province, rushing toward Great Xia at high speed.

Inside the Ice-Fire World.

The Pool Master's brows knit together:

"The heart of the Ancient God Beasts is clearly revealed; will you make a move?

Even if we don't stop it, adding some methods now will make it easier to control in the future."

The Chen Master's eyes were calm, his green robes fluttering:

"If it is to be stopped, it should not be us who stop it; Lu Xunyang is quite composed."

Gold Province.

Lu Xunyang watched this scene happening in Qi Province, cold light exploding in his eyes.

But beyond this, the shock in his eyes was even greater.

Because he felt an improvement in his realm of the Will Path within his body.

"It is not my own doing, but rather a new change has appeared in the realm of the Will Path."

Lu Xunyang murmured aloud.

He was one of the two people with the strongest will in the human world.

Therefore, his realm of the Will Path had always been not far from the brand-new realm created by Chen Yan.

When Chen Yan first created the Breaking Realm, he was in the Breaking Realm.

When Li Zhiyi created the Perfect Breaking Realm, he also quickly reached the Perfect Breaking Realm.

And at this moment.

Lu Xunyang stretched out his hand, and two strands of Destruction Will flowed between his fingers.

Soon, the number of Destruction Will strands reached the third.

The number of Destruction Will strands represented the level of the Breaking Realm Lu Xunyang was at.

But this second and third strand of Destruction Will were not cultivated by Lu Xunyang himself.

That could only mean...

"Chen Yan is creating an even more powerful realm of the Will Path!" Lu Xunyang whispered in his heart, golden light erupting from his eyes.

He smiled.

He did not leave Gold Province.

He knew that if he went, he might actually ruin things.

At this moment, boundless malice erupted from the Forbidden Land of Ancient Gods, spreading toward the four corners of the universe like a flood.

"Defend!"

Chen Min roared aloud.

"Defend!"

"Defend!"

"Defend!"

The one hundred thousand Evil-Subjugating Army shouted in unison, their power of will erupting at this moment.

Streaks of the power of will condensed into a golden light barrier, extending continuously, intending to envelop the entire Qi Province.

At the same time.

Inside Chen Yan's world of consciousness.

"What, in the end, is life?"

Chen Yan murmured, looking toward that blurred figure.

"In my youth, I experienced a car accident, and only later did I learn that it was a 'Trapped Dragon' maneuver by the Luo Chen."

A look of reminiscence appeared in Chen Yan's eyes, his voice flat:

"If I had died then, I would have been Chen Yu's brother and Chen Yuhu's son.

The world would not know me, and Green Mountain Town would also gradually forget me."

Chen Yan stood with his hands behind his back, his lips pressed into a shallow arc, his brows slightly furrowed, his breathing even becoming a bit lighter.

"When I was rising, the Chu family targeted me, and Chu Feiyuan harmed me many times.

If I had died then, I would have been a fallen genius from a humble background."

Chen Yan shook his head slightly:

"During the college entrance examination secret realm, I traveled a long road, experienced death, and regained my life.

As you said, if I had not survived, all the examinees would have died in Yu Changsheng's Blood-Drawing Array.

And I would have just been a more eye-catching one on that list of the dead."

The blurred figure cast a gazing look.

Chen Yan continued:

"And if I had launched a surprise attack on Ji Province and truly died before the world, hundreds of millions of living beings would have grieved.

The one who died would have been the Great Xia's Heavenly God General!"

Chen Yan's gaze pierced through the world of consciousness, and through Li Zhiyi's eyes, he noticed everything happening in the outside world.

"Malice fills the sky; if I, Chen Yan, fail.

The one who dies will be the Lord of Will who could have turned the tide!"

The blurred figure patted Chen Yan on the shoulder:

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Chen Yan looked at the other party:

"You asked me what life is in my heart.

And I have told you what I would be like if I died at different periods."

Chen Yan revealed a smile:

"Chen Yuhu's son, Chen Yu's brother, the Xia clan's Mountain-Soothing General Star, the Great Xia's Heavenly God General, the human race's Lord of Will.

These are all me, all me, Chen Yan!"

Chen Yan took a deep breath:

"My life is the process of me gradually becoming myself.

Whenever I die, that is who I am at that time, that is Chen Yan!

Life is full of sorrow and bitterness; I only look to today, I only look to this moment."