Chapter 913: Sudden Mutation

Inside the cabin.

Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes, and pitch-black malice emerged upon his physical body, roiling like a sea of ink.

Chen Yan exited the Nine Refinements of the Imperial Realm.

If he didn't exit now, the Ancient God aura within his body would truly become uncontrollable.

As for his results in the trial.

Second place.

Even though Chen Yan had created the status of the True Martial Path, he was still only ranked second.

On one hand, Chen Yan's current True Martial status was only initially forged.

On the other hand, Chen Yan currently had no way to unleash his strongest combat power.

The Elemental Path was completely unusable.

Within Chen Yan's body, there were no natural elements at all; they were all with Zhang Huizhi.

However, after creating the True Martial status.

Within the gray fog world created by 【Unity】.

Chen Yan was already sitting in the twenty-fourth seat.

The twenty-fourth most powerful human!

The True Martial status had manifested.

It directly allowed Chen Yan to reach such a level.

Chen Yan appeared to have just entered the eighth rank, but in reality, he was already on the path from the eighth rank to the ninth rank.

Clang.

The cabin door was pushed open, and Ruan Qingwu appeared, the hem of her skirt still rippling with a faint breeze.

However, just as she was about to enter, she was startled by Chen Yan's current appearance.

"Dad, what's wrong, Dad!"

The black dog arrived, its canine eyes flickering with a human-like look of worry.

Chen Yan's entire body was currently surging with terrifying malice, like a supreme Ancient God beast on the verge of erupting.

Beneath her mask, the formation condensed in Ruan Qingwu's eyes quietly dissipated.

Originally, her first reaction upon discovering that Chen Yan's strength had increased was that Chen Yan had not been controlled by her.

But seeing Chen Yan's current state, Ruan Qingwu became even more panicked, yet her wariness toward Chen Yan vanished.

Instead, she was even more worried that the Ancient God aura within Chen Yan's body would suddenly erupt.

"It is nothing."

Chen Yan spoke calmly:

"The Ancient God aura in my body just became a bit uncontrollable."

"Then you..." Ruan Qingwu stopped mid-sentence.

"I just utilized my status to forcibly suppress the Ancient God aura," Chen Yan replied.

Ruan Qingwu and Mu Yun Hai stiffened.

Status.

That was something only possessed by the ninth rank.

"Dad, are you at the ninth rank now?" Mu Yun Hai asked.

"No, my breakthrough was interrupted; I am not at the ninth rank, but I possess a primary form of the Martial Dao status," Chen Yan slowly shook his head.

He sat there like a great demon.

Chen Yan looked at Ruan Qingwu:

"I have Ancient God aura in my body, which is the thing Ancient God beasts desire most; are you not worried about Ancient God beasts coming?"

He had wanted to ask this for a long time.

"Rest assured," Ruan Qingwu said:

"I have already cast a formation, and this boat leaf is hidden to the extreme."

Chen Yan did not speak.

Ruan Qingwu's emotions were unstable; she certainly had her own secrets.

But if Chen Yan continued to ask, Ruan Qingwu would not answer anyway.

Yet, at this very moment.

Chen Yan looked at Mu Yun Hai.

Mu Yun Hai, who had turned into a dog, saw Chen Yan looking over and subconsciously took two steps back.

"Dad, why... why are you looking at me?" Mu Yun Hai said with some panic.

Chen Yan did not speak.

The next moment.

Hum.

Silence.

All sound suddenly vanished from between heaven and earth.

All colors disappeared, leaving only black, white, and gray.

Ruan Qingwu's body stiffened, her eyes widening.

Chen Yan looked out the window.

And saw.

Endless pitch-blackness poured down like an ancient cold abyss, descending from the Nine Heavens, suppressing the heavens and earth with heavy weight.

Like a malicious infection, even the wind was frozen, and all things held their breath in silence.

"Dad, save me!"

Mu Yun Hai suddenly shouted out loud:

"It's Mo!"

"Why would Mo be able to track my movements?" Mu Yanwan asked in a low voice, looking at Mu Yun Hai.

Terror emerged in Mu Yun Hai's dog eyes:

"How would I know? He cultivates the Law of Causality with me; perhaps he has already established a causal link with me, so he can sense me wherever I am."

Beneath Ruan Qingwu's mask, a pair of delicate brows furrowed:

"Is that so?"

Chen Yan's gaze was calm.

The Fourth Dao Child, Mo.

He had once heard that he cultivated the Law of Causality with Mu Yun Hai.

For Mu Yun Hai and Mo, each was the person the other most wanted to see dead.

Once the other died, the survivor's strength in the Law of Causality would increase significantly.

"You cannot make a move!" Ruan Qingwu suddenly spoke:

"With Brother Chen in this state, once he makes a move..."

Ruan Qingwu stopped mid-sentence; if Chen Yan were to make a move in his current state, he might directly erupt with the aura of an Ancient God.

"Then... what do I do?" Mu Yun Hai asked in a panic.

"I'll have to wrong Brother Mu for now."

Ruan Qingwu spoke indifferently, waving one hand, and a red flower appeared, drifting down onto Mu Yun Hai's dog body.

The next moment, Mu Yun Hai was pulled by the red flower and flew out beyond the boat leaf.

"Dad!"

Mu Yun Hai shouted out loud:

"Ruan Qingwu, once Mo catches me and perfects his Law of Causality, he will be someone you absolutely cannot deal with!"

The dog body drifted above the Sea of Malice, and a series of dog barks rang out.

Ruan Qingwu reached out with one hand.

The next moment, the red flower on the dog body erupted with red light, intending to tear Mu Yun Hai apart instantly.

At this moment.

Mu Yun Hai let out a series of screams.

His dog body was pulled by the blood-colored power and disintegrated into countless particles.

"Rest assured, I won't let you die," Ruan Qingwu said indifferently.

She intended to divide Mu Yun Hai into countless parts.

Then, she would scatter these Mu Yunhais throughout the entire Sea of Malice, making it impossible for anyone to find them.

And she had already integrated her own laws into Mu Yun Hai's body, mastering the location of every Mu Yun Hai.

Once she had dealt with all the other Dao Children, she would then kill all the Mu Yunhais.

In this way, she would control Mu Yun Hai on one hand, and on the other, she would prevent Mo from obtaining Mu Yun Hai's martial arts memories.

"Ahhhhh!"

Mu Yun Hai's physical body was torn apart, and he roared in rage:

"Viper!

You viper!"

Chen Yan watched this scene calmly.

In the struggle of the Dao Children, Chen Yan did not want to help anyone, but this scene appearing before his eyes was quite interesting.

The next moment.

The pitch-blackness spreading down from the sky struck.

Above the firmament, pure dark patterns like chains bound the heavens and earth, finally covering where Mu Yun Hai was.

Beneath the mask, Ruan Qingwu's expression changed.

Mo had seized Mu Yun Hai.

"Ruan Qingwu, thank you for handing Mu Yun Hai over to me."

Above the firmament, ink-colored light flowed out, turning into ink-colored robes that hung down like a flowing spring of dark night.

A young man appeared, wearing ink-colored robes, with pitch-black long hair and eyes as cold as deep, dark pools.

The Fourth Dao Child, Mo!

Mo stood on the firmament and reached out a hand.

Mu Yun Hai, who was about to be torn apart by Ruan Qingwu, appeared in his hand.

A cold smile appeared on the young man's lips, and his gaze finally locked onto Chen Yan.

"Ruan Qingwu, why not call that helper of yours out to test his skills against mine?"

Ruan Qingwu sneered:

"With your abilities, you are no match for Brother Chen at all."

"Whether I am or not, we must fight to determine who is superior," Mo said indifferently:

"A Ninth Rank who failed their ascension is still a Ninth Rank."

"I also want to kill a Ninth-Rank with my own hands!"

Chen Yan sat cross-legged calmly inside the cabin, his emotions showing no change whatsoever.

The emotional shifts of the few people present were all grasped by Chen Yan.

As for their own thoughts, Chen Yan had also guessed them seven or eight-tenths correctly.

Among these Dao Children, there were indeed too many sinister schemes.

The next moment.

In the dark, Chen Yan sensed a feeling of being stared at.

Roar!

A low, chaotic roar resounded from within the Sea of Malice.

Something extremely massive and evil was about to arrive.

"Mo!"

Ruan Qingwu spoke coldly:

"You have been tracking us for a long time!"

The next moment.

Boom!

Boom!

The entire Sea of Malice exploded like a giant drum!

The pitch-black seawater collapsed into a vortex tens of thousands of miles in diameter, and at the center of the vortex, a gargantuan abyss-like maw erupted from the seabed!

Roar!

A violent roar resounded endlessly.

The entire leaf-boat was enveloped by the vortex, about to be swallowed by it.

Whoosh!

Ruan Qingwu soared into the air instantly, her body enveloped by billions of red flowers.

Chen Yan stepped out, the space froze, the leaf-boat shattered, and he flew toward the high sky.

Escaping the leaf-boat at the same time as Chen Yan and Ruan Qingwu was a man wearing purple robes and a white jade mask.

This purple-robed man had not appeared until now, clearly having been hiding in the other cabins of the leaf-boat all along.

"Lord of the Broken Sin Penal Law!" Mo's lips curled into a cold smile:

"Ruan Qingwu, you have quite a few backup plans."

Chen Yan flew into the high sky and looked down.

Roar!

A gargantuan abyss-like maw burst out from the Sea of Malice, and deep within its throat, countless tumors writhed, spewing out a scarlet blood mist.

Zhu Ming!

The supreme ancient divine beast Zhu Ming had arrived, clearly targeting Chen Yan.

After all, what the opponent wanted most was the aura of an ancient god.

And Chen Yan possessed two hundred strands within his body.

Yet Ruan Qingwu had repeatedly claimed that her leaf-boat possessed a powerful concealment method.

As it turned out, not only was it discovered by Mo, but even Zhu Ming had discovered it.

The giant maw appeared, instantly enveloping Chen Yan and the other two.

"Escape!" the Lord of the Broken Sin Penal Law said in a low voice, striking out with one hand, white light enveloping Ruan Qingwu.

The two instantly traversed tens of thousands of miles, escaping the range covered by Zhu Ming's giant maw.

"Brother Chen!"

Ruan Qingwu exclaimed.

Yet she saw that Chen Yan's speed was not slower than her own at all, as he escaped the area covered by Zhu Ming's giant maw a step ahead.

"The second greatest divine technique in the world, World Instant."

The Lord of the Broken Sin Penal Law, wearing the white jade mask, spoke in a low voice.

"Dad, I'm here!"

Mu Yun Hai, who was being held by the scruff of his neck in Mo's hand, shouted out.

The next moment.

Clatter!

Countless scarlet meat-intestines were spat out from Zhu Ming's mouth, wrapping around Chen Yan.

Chen Yan frowned slightly.

The next moment, countless meat-intestines tugged at Chen Yan's physical body, pulling him into Zhu Ming's throat.

Boom!

Zhu Ming's massive body plummeted into the Sea of Malice, kicking up waves ten thousand feet high.

Inside Zhu Ming's body.

Chen Yan was continuously pulled by the meat-intestines, falling deeper within.

Chen Yan's gaze was cold.

Zhu Ming.

It had come at just the right time.

After all, Chen Yan had always had ideas about the Emperor Fruit hanging from Zhu Ming's tail fin.

With the aura of an Ancient God upon him, he did not care at all about the immense malice contained within that Emperor Fruit.

However.

Chen Yan did not intend to make a move directly.

The arrival of Zhu Ming was clearly a part of the plans of the others.

The purpose was to make Chen Yan leave the battlefield.

This was a struggle belonging to the Dao Children, and it had nothing to do with Chen Yan.

Little did they know how many people's schemes were hidden behind this sudden ambush.

Chen Yan could not be bothered to scheme.

He still had many things to do.

Moreover, Chen Yan only knew one thing.

That was, the person who makes a move last will gain the most advantage.

At the same time.

Above the Sea of Malice.

It was as if nothing had happened at all.

Ruan Qingwu stood in the void, her expression beneath the mask flickering between light and shadow.

Chen Yan, who had just been obtained, was swallowed by the Supreme Ancient God Beast just like that?

"Mo, was it you who brought Zhu Ming here?"

Ruan Qingwu's voice was icy.

Mo held the black dog in his hand and chuckled:

"What, you don't like it?"

In his hand, Mu Yun Hai's pair of dog eyes truly displayed an expression as if his father had died.

"My father... my father... is gone."

Mu Yun Hai let out a sorrowful sound, his dog body trembling, yet gradually he began to laugh:

"Hahahaha!"

Mu Yun Hai shook continuously.