Chapter 657: The Opponent's Killing Intent, the Big Boss Acts

A simple "Eh?" made the entire space tremble.

The sound drowned out the thunder, shaking the Human Professionals outside the Ancient City into muffled hums.

Almost everyone was injured; the stronger one's soul, the lighter the wound.

Terrifying!

Too terrifying!

Just a sound caused thousands of Elite Professionals to be wounded.

How powerful must such a being be?

Feng Yiming also took a minor injury; he thought to himself, "Is it the Demon Emperor or Long Huang?"

Aside from those two, he couldn't think of anyone else capable of such power.

Jiang Chen also heard the sound inside the Ancient Thunder Tower.

But he was unharmed; the Ancient City's protective shield kept all attacks at bay.

Now his soul power is great, and the Ancient City's protective shield has become extremely strong.

He has already severed the chain forged from Electric Element, rendering the opponent's previous efforts useless.

Divine Dragon Ancient City rooted itself in the earth again, and all the earlier Electric Element was absorbed by the Ancient Thunder Core, converting into Divine Dragon Ancient City's energy.

This round of maneuver, Divine Dragon Ancient City can consider it a profit.

But evidently the opponent hasn't given up, still striving to break the shield.

Jiang Chen, via the Ancient Thunder Tower, locked onto the giant hand that tore open space.

"Divine Execution Thunder!"

A bolt of Lightning shot out from the Ancient Divine Tower, clearly different from the Electric Element in the sky.

The Lightning instantly crossed tens of thousands of meters of sky and fell onto the giant hand.

The giant hand exploded violently, and the torn space seemed to shrink a bit.

"Effective!"

Jiang Chen used Divine Execution Thunder again.

Now the Divine Execution Thunder he unleashed is far more powerful than before.

It even faintly contains the breath of law.

The giant hand tears open space but always keeps a certain distance from the Electric Element; evidently it would be injured by the Electric Element as well.

Jiang Chen timed his attack precisely on that point.

As long as the giant hand disappears, everything can be declared over.

Divine Execution Thunder continuously struck the giant hand, causing it to shrink rapidly.

"You've gone too far!"

A voice suddenly rang in Jiang Chen's mind; it was the soul voice.

Then Lightning fell from the sky as well, the Lightning bearing purple light and immense power; the Ancient City's shield was pierced like tofu, leaving a hole.

The purple Lightning struck the Ancient Thunder Tower, reaching straight to its core.

Jiang Chen only felt a numbness; the Lightning had already pierced his body and appeared in the soul realm.

"Soul Attack!"

The soul kept sending warnings; Jiang Chen realized the opponent intended to kill him!

Because he had ruined the opponent's plan, the opponent wants to kill him!

Killer intent rose in Jiang Chen's eyes; trying to kill him won't be that easy.

The Nine‑Color Dragon Soul Crystal emitted a dragon's Roar, first spewing dragon breath to armor the soul, then crashing straight into the purple Lightning.

The soul experienced a massive shock, and Jiang Chen's whole body trembled continuously.

The soul suffered some vibration but was unharmed.

The Nine‑Color Dragon Soul Crystal was remarkably powerful.

Jiang Chen continued to control the Ancient Thunder Tower, repeatedly using Divine Execution Thunder to attack the giant hands.

But the opponent clearly prepared; the giant hands glittered, forming a defense layer.

Divine Execution Thunder could not break the defense layer.

Jiang Chen was more than fifty thousand meters away from them; the distance was too great.

Currently, aside from Divine Thunder God, all other attack methods have failed.

Jiang Chen couldn't leave the Ancient Thunder Tower to go door‑to‑door; that would be no different from courting death.

Jiang Chen's mind was as clear as a bright mirror; he knew the opponent could tear open space, but didn't know how many levels stronger than him it was.

At that moment, Jiang Chen didn't hesitate to pull out Antares's Dragon Scale, shouting, "Antares, someone wants to kill me!"

Jiang Chen's voice was urgent, calling out several times.

A Roar came from the Dragon Scale, "Who wants to kill you!"

Antares was truly angry; daring to kill his own friend was indeed courting death.

Jiang Chen said, "I'm in the Divine Dragon Ancient Layer, above my head there's a guy tearing open space."

Antares's gaze pierced the void and saw it instantly.

"Hehe, not a small amount of guts!"

Antares's claw, hidden in the mist, twitched lightly.

Jiang Chen saw, at fifty thousand meters altitude, in the densest part of the Thunder Sea, a dragon claw suddenly appear.

The dragon claw sped through the Thunder Sea at astonishing speed, causing the Thunder Sea to collapse on the spot.

Then the dragon claw directly cracked, grabbing the tower‑shaped object outside the fissure.

Jiang Chen heard a startled cry, the voice tinged with fear.

"Get out!"

"If you dare come again, I'll slaughter you!"

Antares let out a roar, seized the tower‑shaped object and pulled it back, then lightly tapped it twice on the giant hand.

The giant hand collapsed on the spot, like a thunder sea.

Space recovered swiftly, and in the blink of an eye everything returned to calm.

Jiang Chen sincerely said to the Dragon Scale, "Thank you!"

"No, I can't take it!" Antares snapped irritably.

Jiang Chen was unfazed, "Whether I can take it or not, I still have to thank you."

Antares hummed, "Come back quickly, there's something good."

After speaking, Antares cut off contact.

Jiang Chen felt a slight heat inside; anything Antares called "something good" could not be ordinary.

It must be that tower‑shaped object; he had seen Antares grab it with his own eyes.

The lightning vanished, and Jiang Chen lowered his shield, leaving the Ancient Thunder Tower.

The Ancient Thunder Tower slowly sank back underground, and the Divine Dragon Ancient City returned to normal.

Everything in the ancient city was as before, as if what just happened never occurred.

Feng Yiming was the first to return, "Divine General Jiang, how is it?"

Jiang Chen gave him a glance, "It's fine."

Feng Yiming exhaled, "Divine General Jiang, what exactly happened just now?"

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, "Your level is still low; even if I explained, you wouldn't understand."

Feng Yiming showed a bitter expression; this wasn't the first time he'd heard such words.

Jiang Chen now understood why Antares and the Great Kunlun Deity hadn't told him about those past events.

Back then he had blamed them for covering things up, and now he seemed to have become the same.

Indeed, even if he told Feng Yiming, Feng probably wouldn't comprehend.

Even if he understood, what would that achieve?

It's better not to know.

Jiang Chen said softly, "If you want to know more, improve yourself quickly."

Feng Yiming naturally grasped the point, "Thank you, Divine General Jiang, for stepping in to help."

"It's my duty, I'm leaving!" Jiang Chen finished, activated the Dragon Scale, and vanished without a trace.

Feng Yiming let out a long sigh, declaring that everything was back to normal.

The Divine Dragon Ancient City once again returned to its former appearance.

For ordinary practitioners, this incident had no impact; it was merely a rare grand spectacle.

For Jiang Chen, it was indeed a worthwhile experience.

It was his first true face‑to‑face encounter with a powerhouse beyond his world.

Though he didn't know the opponent's true level, Jiang Chen realized again that he wasn't strong enough and needed to strive, to keep getting stronger.

Antares looked at the Jiang Chen appearing before him and teased, "Ah, as soon as you hear there's something good, you come running fast!"

"You've learned badly!" Jiang Chen shook his head with a sigh.

Antares replied bluntly, "Those who stay near cinnabar turn red, those near ink turn black."

Jiang Chen retorted, "Then why haven't I seen you take me there?"

"Take? Take you to sleep? With your lifespan, one nap would be a whole lifetime." Antares scoffed.

Jiang Chen didn't want to deal with the guy; his strength and level were high, and being of the Dragon Race, his natural lifespan was long.

It is said that even the weakest elemental giant dragons live for tens of thousands of years.

Anyway, in that regard, he couldn't compare.

Jiang Chen quickly changed the subject, "What is this 'good thing' you mentioned?"

"Hmph, asking knowingly."

A small tower appeared before Jiang Chen.

It was the same tower‑shaped object he had seen through the Ancient Thunder Tower before.

At the time it scattered endless lightning, obscuring vision, and Jiang Chen could only glimpse its shape.

Now it truly looked like a small tower.

Jiang Chen cupped the small tower; it slowly rotated in his palm, with faint sparks at its tip.

Jiang Chen looked increasingly familiar, "Isn't this the Ancient Thunder Tower?"

The small tower's shape was identical to the Ancient Thunder Tower in the Divine Dragon Ancient City, about ninety‑nine percent similar.

Antares chuckled, "Your eyes aren't blind yet; you managed to spot that."

Jiang Chen ignored Antares, "Tell me, what's good about this thing?"

Antares narrowed his eyes, feigned profundity, pondered for a while, then said two words: "Your guess!"

Jiang Chen slammed the small tower onto Antares, "Stop guessing, just tell me!"

Antares chuckled, "You've been inside the Ancient Thunder Tower of the Divine Dragon Ancient City before; how does it feel to control it?"

Jiang Chen recalled his two experiences manipulating the Ancient Thunder Tower, "The divine thunder's power is huge; my strength is insufficient to unleash its full force."

Antares hummed, "You're only a few levels, yet you want to wield the divine thunder's power; you're far off. Any other impressions?"

Jiang Chen continued, "Also, it's not agile enough, its attacks are too one‑dimensional, and its defense is lacking."