Chapter 179

Upon entering the Desolate Heaven, the wild and fierce aura that assailed them had not yet been fully acclimated to, and the cruel law of survival was already laid bare before Ye Wuque and the War Prince.

They left that ancient teleportation array platform, choosing not to fly but to walk on foot across this blood‑tinged and dusky‑yellow vast land, intending to more directly feel the rhythm and law of this heaven and earth.

However, after walking less than a million li, passing through a hilly region of jagged strange rocks where countless ferocious bone‑spur plants grew,

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three figures, wrapped in a bloody wind and killing intent, shot out like ghosts from three different tricky angles!

Their speed was so great that only a blurred afterimage remained!

These were three beings of strange appearance.

All were tall and muscular, with knotted muscles and skin of a dark red hue.

Their most striking feature was a pair of curved, ferocious black horns growing on their heads.

Their eyes flashed with a blood‑thirsty, mad, and greedy light.

They locked their gaze firmly onto Ye Wuque and the War Prince, as if sizing up two tasty morsels of blood.

"Sure enough, there are fat sheep!"

"Hehe, two tender‑skinned outsiders! Your qi and blood are vigorous—just right for us old timers to sink our teeth into!"

The leading horned demon let out a hoarse, unpleasant laugh, its claws flashing with cold light as it thrust straight for Ye Wuque's heart.

The other two respectively attacked the War Prince's throat and dantian, cooperating tacitly with vicious strikes—clearly seasoned in this kind of murder and plunder.

There was no need for Ye Wuque to lift a finger.

"Hmph, ignorant ants."

The War Prince gave a cold snort.

Without even turning, he merely shuddered his aura slightly, and an invisible yet mountain‑like overwhelming pressure burst outward from him like a tide.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three explosive sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

The three horned demons that had lunged forward saw their ferocious smiles freeze instantly, replaced in their eyes by boundless terror and disbelief.

It was as if they had slammed into an invisible, unshakable divine mountain.

Their charging bodies flew back at even greater speed; still in midair, their tendons and bones shattered, their five viscera turned to mush, unable to utter a single scream before they crashed like torn sacks onto the distant rock pile, lifeless.

The War Prince didn't even spare a glance at the three corpses, as if he had merely brushed away a few noisy flies.

"My lord, this place is chaotic, survival of the fittest; it seems we need to pick up the pace."

Ye Wuque's expression remained calm as he gave a slight nod.

The environment of the Desolate Heaven was even more direct and brutal than he had anticipated.

The two continued onward, but the road ahead confirmed the War Prince's judgment.

They seemed to have become bright lamps in the darkness, continually drawing out lurkers hidden in the shadows.

Sometimes they were bands of three to five ruthless outlaws wielding various strange weapons, shouting as they charged out from thickets or mountain gullies.

Sometimes they were native ferocious beasts drawn by the strong qi and blood, some resembling giant lizards that spewed poisonous flames.

Some resembled demonic spiders, spewing silk as tough as divine metal.

Moreover, there were flying ferocious birds whose wings blotted out the sky, with talons capable of rending stars……

These attackers varied in strength, but without exception, they were all no match for Ye Wuque and the War Prince.

Ye Wuque most of the time simply stood with his hands behind his back, leaving the War Prince to deal with them.

The War Prince would strike with fist or palm, or invoke the War God's blood qi, and often a single blow would shatter the incoming foe or beast, staining the sky with blood.

He was like a loyal and mighty guardian deity, crushing all who dared to offend.

After casually wiping out seven or eight waves of reckless attackers—including even a deeply hidden beast adept at soul attacks that Ye Wuque's glare shattered its soul—their passage finally grew much quieter.

Those greedy eyes lurking in the dark, which had originally been eager to act, upon witnessing the pair's unfathomable strength and ruthless decisiveness, all shrank back in fear, daring not to show themselves again.

An invisible aura of intimidation quietly spread outward from them.

By making use of the occasional rudimentary settlements they encountered in strategic locations along the way, and gathering information from local beings, Ye Wuque and the War Prince also gained a preliminary understanding of the region they were in.

Here, it is a part of the boundless heavenly domains of the Desolate Heaven, named the Primordial Ancient Heavenly Domain.

In the vast, boundless expanse of the Desolate Heaven, such heavenly domains are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges; they belong to the most ordinary, lowest tier, with relatively scarce resources and chaotic laws, serving as gathering places for countless weak tribes, wandering bandits, and low‑rank ferocious beasts.

But their target is the Supreme Heavenly Domain located at the very peak and core of the Desolate Heaven!

There lies the true essence of the Desolate Heaven, where the laws are perfected, resources abound, and the spiritual qi of heaven and earth is so thick it cannot be dispersed.

All the ancient clans that shake the Zhutian and the peak powers that dominate a region basically have their ancestral lands or sect gates situated within the Supreme Heavenly Domain.

The Dragon Clan's Ancestral Land, and the Golden Emperor Dragon Clan that occupies it, naturally also reside within the Supreme Heavenly Domain.

Having clarified their direction, Ye Wuque and the War Prince delayed no longer; according to the intelligence and map they had obtained, combined with Ye Wuque's subtle sense of the Great Dragon Halberd, they adjusted their route, sped up, and rushed toward the Supreme Heavenly Domain.

That day, they shuttled through a silent yet vast starry expanse.

This place seemed to be the transformed battlefield of an ancient star domain, drifting with countless stellar fragments and huge skeletons, living beings rarely seen, only eternal cold and silence remained.

However, this silence was suddenly broken.

In the distance, starlight twisted, space trembled, and a chaotic, violent aura surged rapidly from afar toward them!