Chapter 168: Xue Teng's Killing Move

The battle of a Quasi-Emperor was terrifying beyond measure; through their battle, Ye Chen's own Dao was rapidly perfecting itself.

"If I could observe the Dao of a Great Emperor, or even an Immortal, or better yet an Immortal King-level expert, perhaps I could go even further."

Ye Chen spoke, unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.

His own Dao would be written by himself.

Chunhua, sensing Ye Chen's emotions from the side, did not understand what he was so excited about.

"What are you getting so worked up about?"

Donkey Chunhua asked Ye Chen in puzzlement.

"Mind your own business."

Hunyan, seeing this, did not say much more, because he knew what Ye Chen was excited about. That Ye Chen could tread out his own Dao was naturally a joy to him; until now, their lives were bound together as one.

If Ye Chen's strength rose quickly, he too could recover his own strength faster, and moreover, might go even further than before.

"Xue Teng, though you were born within Chaos, your understanding of Chaos seems insufficient."

Shangguan Yuntian suddenly spoke up in mockery.

"Oh? Is that so? Then let me teach you what the power of Chaos truly is!"

As Xue Teng's words fell, his aura abruptly became incomparably terrifying. Almost in an instant, the other four Quasi-Emperors were overturned by his aura. Though Shangguan Yuntian was unaffected, his expression turned extremely solemn.

Ye Chen and the others were far away and thus largely unaffected, but at this moment Ye Chen's expression was not much better either.

"Is the Chaos Whale clan truly this terrifying? This kind of Chaos power—even I feel my heart palpitate!"

Ye Chen said. However, palpitations aside, if it came to actual combat, he naturally would not feel the slightest fear.

The reason he felt palpitations was simply because this was his first time encountering such power.

"It is actually fine. The bloodline of the Chaos Whales has long been inferior to that of their ancestors. If their ancestors were still around, the Chaos power they wielded would give even me pause."

Hunyan said this with calm indifference. After Hunyan finished speaking, Chunhua stared at him, blinking.

"What on earth? Ancestors? Chaos Whales? What are you talking about, you guy?"

Chunhua felt his brain go a bit hazy at this moment.

There was too much information in Hunyan's words; it could not process it all at once.

"It just means the current Chaos Whales aren't much to speak of."

Hunyan said concisely.

After Hunyan finished speaking, Donkey Chunhua felt his brain buzzing. The current Chaos Whale clan wasn't much to speak of—just how fat could one be to say such a thing?

Donkey Chunhua was baffled. Of course, Hunyan would not explain that much; after all, it was not Ye Chen.

"But weren't you also born from Chaos? Would you have to weigh things up too?"

Ye Chen asked. From the moment Hunyan uttered his first sentence, he had harbored this doubt, but Donkey Chunhua had cut in before him, so he had not been able to voice it.

"That is not the same. They are Void Chaos, whereas I am Innate Chaos, having appeared since the birth of the universe. They naturally are not my equal. However, all things maintain balance. The ancient Chaos Whale clan possessed powerful innate gifts and could annihilate the void, yet they themselves could not die—this is what made them terrifying."

"Void annihilation—even a Great Emperor, or an Immortal, might not necessarily survive in such a place, yet Chaos Whales would be completely fine. This is where their strength lay."

Hunyan explained, and with his explanation, Ye Chen grew ever more confused.

"Such a powerful creature, and they didn't even leave behind intact descendants?"

"Correct."

As Hunyan's words fell, Ye Chen instantly felt a wave of terror. "It seems that battle was far more devastating than I imagined."

Ye Chen murmured to himself. But the conversation between him and Hunyan left Donkey Chunhua thoroughly bewildered. "Hold on, what exactly are you two talking about? Can you explain it more clearly? You're leaving me completely in the clouds here."

"Knowing too much isn't good for you. When it's time for you to know, we'll naturally tell you."

Ye Chen, learning from Hunyan, started playing the riddler. He had to admit, playing the riddler was quite satisfying. Watching Donkey Chunhua desperate to know yet being told nothing—its anxious appearance was highly amusing.

Of course, it was not that Ye Chen was unwilling to say; it was simply that these matters were too vast and too complex, and for a moment he did not know where to begin, so he simply played the riddler instead.

However, as long as Donkey Chunhua stayed with them, it would know all of this one day—it was merely a matter of time.

Seeing that neither Hunyan nor Ye Chen was willing to talk, Donkey Chunhua turned its head away, folded its hooves over its chest, and said, "Hmph, I couldn't care less about whatever you're talking about, and I disdain knowing."

But at this moment, neither Ye Chen nor Hunyan was paying it any attention. They were both watching Xue Teng with full concentration, for Xue Teng's aura had now reached an incomparably terrifying peak.

Seeing Xue Teng like this, the four Quasi-Emperors no longer had any intention of continuing to fight for the deathless medicine. The prerequisite for contesting the deathless medicine was being able to stay alive. Judging from Xue Teng's current aura, he intended to drag them all into the void.

The void Xue Teng was pulling them into was different from the void they ordinarily entered—it was a place of truly slim odds of survival. They had no desire to stay there, and so they fled in all directions.

Seeing this, Ye Chen hastily said to Hunyan and Donkey Chunhua, "Each of you block one; I'll block two. Finish them off for me—I want to absorb their cultivation!"

After Ye Chen spoke, he moved with the flow of energy. Donkey Chunhua was clearly a bit dazed; even after Ye Chen's figure disappeared, it stood blankly in place.

But soon, it reacted as well. Though it could not slay a Quasi-Emperor, it was more than capable of holding one back.

In an instant, its figure vanished. Hunyan's figure had already flown toward one of the Quasi-Emperors before it disappeared.

Donkey Chunhua could not quite understand Hunyan. Hunyan was clearly so powerful, yet why did he willingly serve Ye Chen? By all reason, Hunyan could easily go solo.

It was precisely because Hunyan willingly followed Ye Chen that it too wanted to stay by Ye Chen's side, to see what was so special about this person that he could make a Quasi-Emperor-level expert follow him.

Even though it had genuinely wanted to kill Ye Chen at first.

As the figures of Ye Chen and the others disappeared, Shangguan Yuntian and Xue Teng's figures entered the void.

Shangguan Yuntian could have fled and prevented Xue Teng from pulling him into the void, but in the end he did not choose to do so, because he was confident enough—confident that he could slay Xue Teng.

The battle within the void was something Ye Chen and the others could not perceive, and the deathless medicine had also entered the void along with them.

Of course, Ye Chen did not care right now about who would ultimately claim it. He only wanted to absorb the cultivation of those four Quasi-Emperors.

"After sacrificing all of their cultivation, I will definitely reach Grand Completion peak. Breaking through to Quasi-Emperor in one go isn't impossible either."

Ye Chen said, his tone unable to conceal his excitement.