Chapter 272: Advancing to the Second Stage!

The scene before them had completely exceeded their realm of comprehension, overturning all of their prior knowledge!

With just one person's power, and a single strand of casually emitted oppressive pressure, he instantly suppressed thousands of equally ranked Heavenly Pride?

And they were thousands of the astonishingly brilliant Saint King Heavenly Pride!

This is something even myths and legends wouldn't dare write!

At that moment, a trembling, uncertain voice faintly rang through the Dead Silence valley, seemingly coming from a Human Heavenly Pride in a Star Domain near the Wild Wilderness Heaven:

"He… he seems to be… is… a Human monster… Ye Wuque!!"

The three characters Ye Wuque seemed to possess a certain magic, instantly stirring a tempest in the hearts of those sentient beings still capable of thought!

"What?! Ye Wuque?! The one who casually exterminated the Southern Emperor Ye Xuanji's three War Generals in Boundless Heaven, and later forcefully suppressed the Golden-Winged Great Peng's Ancient Freak Huntian at the Wild Wilderness Heaven Grand Beast Assembly, stirring a massive upheaval… Ye Wuque?!"

"This… how could this be possible?! Such a terrifying being, how could he possibly… appear here? Appear in this Saint King trial?!"

"Shouldn't he be participating in the higher‑level 'Trial of the Gods', or even the 'Youth Supreme Trial'? Could the Great Thousand Divine Universe's will… have erred?!"

An indescribable sense of absurdity enveloped all the suppressed Heavenly Pride.

However, soon a relatively calm, seemingly analytical Heavenly Pride transmitted a trembling thought via divine consciousness, exposing that cruel truth:

"The Great Thousand Divine Universe's Supreme Will… could it ever err…?"

"Then, only one possibility remains…"

"That is… his actual cultivation realm… truly… still within the Saint King category!"

With those words, all hopes turned to ash… Heaven and Earth fell silent!

All the shock, horror, and disbelief ultimately turned into helpless bitter smiles and profound despair.

They witnessed a Miracle!

They witnessed a Miracle rare in ten thousand ages!

But at the same time, they also tasted what true… Heavenly Moat of disparity is!

It is a kind of absolute gap where one lacks even the right to compare, cannot even look up and see a silhouette… an absolute disparity!

Heart convinced, mouth…?

No, not even the thought of yielding arises; only the feeling of ants confronting the vast sky, small and powerless.

They could only lament their extremely unlucky fate, that in the First Stage they already met such a peerless powerhouse that should not exist at the Saint King level…!

This is a complete dimensional‑reduction strike!

Immediately, the Great Thousand Divine Universe's will seemed to deem that this battle zone no longer required continued chaotic fighting.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Except for Ye Wuque, all the suppressed Heavenly Pride in the valley simultaneously lit up with teleportation light.

Their forms began to rapidly become blurry and transparent.

In the moment before vanishing, a grant corresponding to their performance in this trial remained in their souls.

It might be a crystal of the Divine Universe, or a fragment of a divine technique, or a glimpse of Tiandao insight, or a strand of pure Primordial energy.

This is precisely the rule of the Great Thousand Divine Universe: lofty yet not heartless, always leaving a seed of future hope for the defeated.

In this trial, even when "killed", it is not true death; under the protection of the Supreme Will, a sliver of life remains, at worst a severe injury.

This is also why countless Heavenly Pride dare to fight here to the fullest.

These Heavenly Pride, clutching the so‑called "consolation prize", vanished completely with complex expressions.

Some were desolate, some still trembling, some carried the excitement and sentiment of witnessing a legend, and some gazed resolutely, turning this experience into future drive.

Nevertheless, the name Ye Wuque, together with that Black Robe Figure, had already become an indelible, unattainably terrifying myth, deeply etched into the souls of everyone!

The vast valley battle zone instantly became empty and hollow.

Only Ye Wuque stood alone within.

He glanced around, the helpless hue on his face deepening, and he gently shook his head, murmuring:

"Alas, it's been ages since I've played this kind of… low‑tier grind, and I didn't manage the force properly; a slip… eliminated all living beings outright…"

He truly felt a bit… helpless.

The earlier strand of oppressive pressure, he believed he had restrained repeatedly, fearing that a misstep would shatter the entire battle zone.

Who could have imagined the result would still be like this…

"It seems the upcoming stages will require even more caution; the force must be restrained ten‑thousand‑fold, even hundred‑million‑fold… lest a careless move shatters them all into Body and Spirit Annihilation… then this trial would be meaningless."

"This… originally there were a hundred promotion slots, and now, of all things, only I remain alone…"

He rubbed his nose, feeling both amused and exasperated by his own opening‑clearance act.

After a short while, the vast voice of the Great Thousand Divine Universe's will resonated again in the empty valley:

"Battle Zone #, First Stage 'Great Chaos Battle' concluded."

"Promoted: one."

"Congratulations to trial participant Ye Wuque, advancing to the Second Stage."

As the words faded, a brand‑new guiding beam descended, enveloping Ye Wuque.

The light flashed, and Ye Wuque's figure vanished from the empty valley, heading toward the unknown… Second Stage battle‑zone world.