Chapter 924: Hundredfold Emperor Fruit, Ultimate Evolution!

【Break: 157/100】

Chen Yan perceived the progress of the 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, blue light representing the power of faith surged continuously toward the Saint-Breaking Tree.

Upon those thick, gnarled branches, two azure fruits, one large and one small, radiated a shimmering glow.

After Li Zhiyi slew the Nether Nightmare Beast, the progress of the 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit had reached eighty-nine percent.

When Chen Yan ascended in the Evil Realm, the 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit had already matured.

And now, the other 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit had actually grown to the halfway point as well.

Especially today.

What Chen Yan had harvested was not only the faith of the human race, but unexpectedly, the faith of the Ancient Divine Beasts as well.

The number of Ancient Divine Beasts certainly could not compare to the human race.

But the Ancient Divine Beasts' faith in the Ancient Gods was devout to an unimaginable degree.

Now.

The second 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit was growing at an extremely rapid speed.

Chen Yan's intent flashed.

Within the outside world.

Zhang Huizhi and Li Zhiyi transformed into two new incarnations once more, separating from each other.

The three new incarnations each had their own respective missions.

On Li Zhiyi's side, he needed to scheme with the Xia Clan to hunt the Primordial Chaos and the Un-Omen Void Sacrifice.

Those two supreme Ancient Divine Beasts were a thorn in the side of the human race and had to be eradicated.

Lu Xunyang also needed to ascend to the Ninth Rank and become a true supreme being.

Once Lu Xunyang became a Ninth Rank, the extent of what he could achieve was absolutely unimaginable.

Chen Yan sat hunched over with a jagged spine upon a throne cast from crystallized malice.

A pair of pitch-black, chaotic eyes seemed to scan the entire world.

The surroundings were quiet.

The Ninth Rank Ancient Divine Beast Zhuohe Umeng also dared not make a single sound.

Chen Yan glanced at Zhuohe Umeng, and the other party even ceased breathing.

Although this person possessed human consciousness and was surprised that Chen Yan could maintain his own consciousness.

They were still someone Chen Yan could not trust.

Chen Zhu and Chen Yan were both enemies and friends, but in the end, they walked on two completely different paths.

As Chen Zhu's wife, Zhuohe Umeng naturally understood this point.

Submitting to Chen Yan was only because of the Ancient God's pressure.

Once the other party had a chance to escape, they would absolutely betray Chen Yan.

Chen Yan slowly stood up, like a decaying puppet hoisted by invisible threads, his spine emitting a groan like a cracking glacier.

Pitch-black malice like willow catkins drifted around his body, gnawing at the surrounding light and rules.

He stepped upon the void, and the moment his soles touched the void, spiderweb-like black cracks bloomed.

All things bowed low.

The Ancient Divine Beasts of the entire world, or even the Law Enforcers assembled by Mu Yun Hai, dared not even speculate on His thoughts.

They feared being captured by some unknown and terrifying evil within their own foolish thoughts.

Following that, Chen Yan's figure flashed and fell into the Sea of Malice.

He took a step, and countless specks of malicious dust exploded, condensed, and transformed into a royal court filled with strange aesthetics.

Chen Yan walked into the royal court and pinched with one hand.

The Emperor Fruit hanging on that Zhu Ming tail fin was grabbed into Chen Yan's hand.

Within this fruit, which had been gnawed by malice and had long since decayed, was contained energy that made even Chen Yan feel incomparably astonished.

Chen Yan's perception delved into the Emperor Fruit, probing every aspect inside this decaying fruit.

The corners of Chen Yan's mouth maintained a certain eerie calmness, yet a sense of regret emerged in his heart.

The energy within this Emperor Fruit had already leaked away by about ninety percent.

Even so.

This was still the most shocking opportunity Chen Yan had ever seen.

It contained not only abundant energy opportunities but also various profound Martial Dao mysteries.

"No wonder, no wonder."

Chen Yan murmured, viscous malicious black mist spitting from his mouth.

At this moment, Chen Yan completely understood why the Master of Arrays valued the Emperor Fruit so much.

A single Emperor Fruit could completely enable a mortal to grow into a supreme Eighth Rank.

And, the kind of Eighth Rank that was in the top ten of the human race.

Inside the great hall, it was as dim as solidified night, with only the walls constructed of malicious crystals emitting a deep, dark luster.

Chen Yan turned his head and saw Zhuohe Umeng standing with her head bowed outside the great hall, her black dress spreading like the night.

"Guard the Dao for me; do not disturb me."

As Chen Yan spoke, the entire great hall changed because of him, rippling with turbid waves.

"Yes."

Zhuohe Umeng hurriedly retreated.

And outside the great hall.

One by one, the ancient divine beasts and the executioners who had come from all directions dared not speak, remaining in a kneeling, prostrate posture.

They knew clearly that this existence was the source of all evil.

Chen Yan was about to begin his attempt.

For a long time, he had wanted to test a certain possibility.

That was, could the Emperor Fruit from the Evil Realm's Saint-Breaking Tree.

Be affected by Chen Yan's 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit?

Chen Yan's consciousness flickered, and his true self established a special connection with Zhang Huizhi.

The next moment.

Chen Yan sensed the Saint-Breaking Tree.

Within that hazy, indistinct place, the lush and verdant divine tree suddenly rustled and moved.

It sensed the return of its long-departed master, appearing to be excited.

"Long time no see."

Chen Yan revealed a smile, only this smile no longer held the clarity of the past.

The next moment.

Inside the Saint-Breaking Realm.

Chen Yan's gaunt, hunched figure appeared and walked toward the Saint-Breaking Tree.

His slender finger joints touched the fully matured 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit, and then he plucked it.

The next moment.

Inside the Malice Great Hall.

In Chen Yan's pupils, pitch-black vortexes swirled, and in his palm, that Emperor Fruit was actually trembling gently.

It works!

A vast divine light erupted suddenly.

The 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit vanished from within the Saint-Breaking Realm, transforming in the outside world into ten thousand streams of blue light that surged into the Emperor Fruit.

The next moment.

Inside the Malice Great Hall, a hundred streaks of starlight appeared, flickering with brilliance.

One hundred Emperor Fruits!

However, these one hundred Emperor Fruits were all overflowing with malice energy, and the energy within them was only about one-tenth of the original.

This was like a summons from the ancient past, a scene akin to a miracle occurring before Chen Yan.

Even though these one hundred Emperor Fruits were all corrupted by malice, losing the vast majority of their energy.

But one hundred of them added together were more than enough to make the Master of Arrays weep.

It was equivalent to ten normal Emperor Fruits.

Crack, crack, crack.

As if sensing the change in Chen Yan's mood.

The dome suddenly dropped ten thousand thorn-like pitch-black crystals, which trembled slightly like inverted sharp swords.

The figure leaning on the throne reached out a hand.

The one hundred Malice Emperor Fruits trembled crazily, emitting a faint buzzing sound in the silence.

The next moment.

Boom, boom, boom!

One by one, the Emperor Fruits exploded, surging into Chen Yan's body.

The next moment.

The energy and opportunity, filled to the extreme, exploded instantly, carrying with them the true essence of ancient martial arts as they rushed into Chen Yan's limbs and bones.

Boom!

Chen Yan's gray hair suddenly exploded outward, terrifying cracks appeared on his physical body, and pitch-black blood sprayed out.

Chen Yan's physical body was boiling, and Chen Yan's consciousness was boiling.

At this moment, the martial arts energy Chen Yan was receiving was far greater than all the opportunities Chen Yan had obtained previously combined.

Even...

More than ten times over!

Rumble!

The dome of the Malice Wang Ting began to distort.

Visible turbulent currents of rules fell like a waterfall, yet they automatically diverted when they touched three inches above Chen Yan's head.

Almost in an instant.

Chen Yan opened his eyes wide.

At this moment, he was unprecedentedly wise and unprecedentedly powerful.

His physical body continued to strengthen, and his thinking operated at a speed thousands of times faster.

All the confusion regarding martial arts vanished at this moment.

Chen Yan pointed a finger, and the pitch-black malice condensed into three divine arrays: 【Annihilation】, 【Force】, and 【Defense】.

Divine-level also has grades.

Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding.

The true supreme grade has always been the Divine Jia grade.

Yet these four minor realms were like a natural chasm, difficult to cross.

Chen Yan had only cultivated the three divine arrays to the Divine Grade D-tier.

But now, it was different.

The Dao essence belonging to the Emperor Fruit almost forcibly modified Chen Yan's thought patterns and strengthened Chen Yan's speed of thought.

The three divine arrays were changing before his eyes, becoming increasingly profound and increasingly powerful.

Earth-shattering changes appeared in this short time of cultivation.

Divine Grade C-tier!

Divine Grade B-tier!

Divine Grade A-tier!

Divine A-tier!

At the same time.

Streaks of pitch-black life-and-death Qi exploded within Chen Yan's body.

Chen Yan's own universe was expanding crazily, filled with crude energy and perfected by the true essence of the Martial Dao.

Twice as large, three times as large, four times as large!

His own universe continued to expand, and the life-and-death Qi of the True Martial Dao surged almost at the same time.

In almost an instant, it broke through the barrier of four thousand paths.

It was still surging toward the five-thousand-path barrier.

Again at the same time.

Chen Yan was already attempting to integrate the 【Annihilation】, 【Force】, and 【Defense】 divine arrays into his own protective patterns.

Chen Yan wanted his protective patterns to also evolve into the strongest Divine A-tier.

At this moment, his wisdom felt infinite, and his energy felt infinite.

Even in the next moment, Chen Yan's Horizontal Push Fist Soul promoted from the third rank to the fourth rank.

True intent, array formations, and True Martial—these three Martial Daos were promoted almost at the same time.

This was the true evolution belonging to Chen Yan.

This was the power unique to the Emperor Fruit!

It seemed to be the true gift sent to Chen Yan by Fanni and Bai E across ten thousand years.

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Yan laughed out loud.

For the first time, he felt that promotion was actually this easy.

Caw!

A screech from an Ancient God spread throughout the entire Evil Realm, unable to stop.

Within the Evil Realm, countless living beings were terrified.

Hearing that filthy roar, they seemed to see that source of filth, crazily screeching.

Or perhaps, it was a compassionate deity with lowered eyes, full of pity.

Mu Yun Hai had been kneeling inside Zhu Ming, not daring to move a single bit.

His head was buried very low.

There was only one sentence in his mind.

He hoped Chen Yan could just let him go like a fart.

But when he heard this sound, his last extravagant hope also dissipated and vanished.

At the same time.

Within the Central Divine Soil.

Chen Fazheng's expression was ugly to the extreme.

"What... is he going crazy about again?"

His gaze came to the gray fog world created by 【Unity】.

Finally, he saw the thing he did not even want to see.

That figure sitting in the eleventh seat actually began to flicker rapidly, flowing toward the tenth seat.

"So it was you, so it was you!"

Chen Fazheng murmured, unable to breathe.

At the same time.

Within the entire Evil Realm.

There were still countless Law Enforcers who had not been gathered by Mu Yun Hai.

They heard the low moan from the Ancient God and knelt down one after another.

"He... is hungry."

A Law Enforcer spoke tremblingly, the fear in their eyes incomparably thick.

"He has awakened; he has been hungry for tens of thousands of years."

"We are Law Enforcers, his most loyal believers."

"We cannot escape; we must forage for food for him."

"If we cannot capture food for him, we will... we will become the food."

"He heard our call; I felt his contempt and coldness."

Sheets of boat-leaves drifted out from the Law Enforcer settlements, floating toward the four directions of the Evil Realm.

They did not know what the roar of that Ancient God truly meant.

Their perceptions, their philosophies, and their very existence caused them to choose what they believed to be the correct course of action in their moment of greatest terror.

They thought they had received a calling.

No.

They were simply afraid of death.

Therefore.

Above the Divine Soil, upon one village-level Jing Tu and town-level Jing Tu after another, the Law Enforcers arrived.

When the Tainted-Blood Human Race saw the arrival of the Law Enforcers in despair, one by one.

Someone screamed:

"I want to join the Law Enforcers!"

Someone raised a butcher's knife, aiming it at their own neighbor, their own kin:

"Go, follow the Law Enforcers and leave, or I will kill you!"

Their eyes were bloodshot, and under the suppression of endless fear, they had long since lost their humanity.