Chapter 66

The starry sky is vast, with flowing light fleeting.

Ye Wuque and Duan Xiu Luo walked side by side, rushing toward the direction of the Asura Heavenly Domain.

After experiencing the heart-pounding ordeal of the Myriad Ancient God Tomb and the tremendous upheaval of Shenzun's manifestation in the world, the starry voyage now appears especially tranquil, only studded with stars, profound and boundless.

Duan Xiu Luo still could not conceal his excitement, occasionally exchanging words with Ye Wuque, marveling at Shenzun's supreme great power and Ye Wuque's astonishing fortuity.

Ye Wuque, meanwhile, remained relatively calm; while rushing forward, he silently contemplated the gains from his journey through the god tomb. Although he failed to break through the hundredth divine spring of the Human King Realm, the successive battles and his clashes with numerous Heavenly Pride and even immortal wills have further enhanced his mastery over his own power and his understanding of Tiandao.

However, this tranquility did not last long.

As the two passed through an abnormally Dead Silence, barren star domain where even stellar fragments were exceedingly sparse, Ye Wuque's perception, far beyond that of ordinary people, suddenly sounded a warning!

Ice-cold!

Bone-piercing!

With undisguised pure killing intent!

"Be careful!"

Almost at the same moment Ye Wuque spoke his warning, the Void ahead was silently torn like a curtain, and two eerie figures wrapped in large cloaks lunged out!

Their speed reached the extreme, their bodies entwined with a twisted, dark aura utterly alien to this star domain, and their strikes were mercilessly fierce—two jets of black light shot straight for Ye Wuque's vital points, completely ignoring Duan Xiu Luo beside him!

Their target was unequivocal—solely to slay Ye Wuque absolutely!

"People of the Boundless Heaven Domain?!"

Duan Xiu Luo instantly recognized the distinctive cloak attire—they were the two mysterious companions of Xu Bukun from the Boundless Heaven Domain in the Myriad Ancient God Tomb!

He felt shock and anger mixed; he never imagined that, after Shenzun had just displayed an invincible posture, toppling the Fate Divine Mountain to establish prestige, someone would dare to come so madly to assassinate Ye Wuque!

Are these two people crazy?!

Don't they fear Shenzun's thunderous wrath?

Ye Wuque's gaze instantly turned ice-cold like ten-thousand-year-old cold ice.

Faced with this sudden assassination, his reaction was even faster; even before the two black lights reached his body, his fists had already struck first, entwined with brilliant golden blood qi and chaotic mist, and he unleashed them fiercely!

Boom! Bang!

Two violent booms exploded across the starry sky!

The two incoming jets of black light, like eggs striking the Ancient Divine Mountain, instantly shattered and disintegrated inch by inch!

And those two cloaked individuals, as if struck heavily, had their protective body light shatter, their cloaks burst open, revealing two pale, numb faces, from their mouths spurting blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, their bodies flying backward like severed kites!

"Not able to withstand a single blow. Compared to Xu Bukun, they are far inferior!"

Ye Wuque's tone was indifferent, his Dark Shadow approached like a ghost, giving the opponent no chance to catch breath; he clenched his fists again and unleashed a simple, direct blast!

Crack! Pfft!

One of the cloaked individuals couldn't even utter a scream before his head and half his body were blasted into blood mist by the overwhelmingly fierce fist force!

The other cloaked individual finally flashed a look of extreme terror in his eyes, attempting to burn his primordial essence to flee, but a hand seemingly forged of gold had already covered his vision, and with a light grasp—

Pfft!

Another burst of blood mist exploded, filling the air with a foul stench.

In the blink of an eye, the two cloaked individuals, whose strength was not insignificant—at least comparable to the heirs of the Vast Heaven Supreme Star Domain—were utterly crushed by Ye Wuque's overwhelming force, blown apart cleanly, their bodies and spirits annihilated!

From the start of the assault to its end, it took only a mere two or three breaths.

Duan Xiu Luo hadn't even had time to fully react before the battle was over.

He watched the blood mist drifting in the starry sky, then glanced at Ye Wuque's calm expression—as if he had merely swatted two flies—and involuntarily swallowed, his understanding of Ye Wuque's power deepening.

Yet, after easily disposing of the enemies, Ye Wuque's brow furrowed slightly; he felt no relief at all, instead a hint of doubt and gravity flickered in his eyes.

Something's off.

Very off!

These two cloaked individuals had personally witnessed in the god tomb how he had crushed Xu Bukun with overwhelming force.

They should have been well aware that, given their strength, attacking him was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—pure suicide.

Such behavior is meaningless, purely a death wish.

If no one was pulling the strings behind them, they could never have done something so foolish.

But if someone was directing them, sending these obvious cannon fodder, what could the purpose be?

Merely to disgust him?

Or...

Just as Ye Wuque's thoughts raced—

Clap! Clap! Clap! …

A clear burst of applause, tinged with some teasing and playful meaning, suddenly echoed from the depths of this Dead Silence star domain, breaking the silence.

"Heh, indeed, Ye Wuque, who could roam the Myriad Ancient God Tomb in all directions and sweep away all foes! Your strength is indeed terrifyingly formidable—decisive in slaughter, living up to your name!"

With that light laughter, a tall Dark Shadow slowly stepped out of the void.

He wore an extravagant blood-red robe, his face looked quite young, even handsome, but his eyes flickered with a cold, vicious gleam like a venomous snake; the smile curling his lips bore an aloof indifference and cruelty, his gaze toward Ye Wuque as if admiring a toy about to be dismantled, or like looking at a turtle in a jar.

"What a pity, what a pity—possessing brute strength but lacking a sharp mind."

The blood-robed man shook his head with a light chuckle, his tone tinged with mockery: "These two wastes may be useless, but their blood and bones can serve as activation material for my 'Blood Moon Slay Heaven Formation'; they died fittingly."

His tone suddenly turned icy, killing intent palpable!

"Their mission is already accomplished!"

The instant his words fell!

An abrupt change occurred!

The flesh fragments and scarlet blood that had originally drifted in the starry sky, belonging to the two cloaked individuals, seemed to suddenly be granted some evil vitality, flaring up with an intensely blinding blood-red light!

Countless twisted, eerie blood-red symbols surged frenziedly from that flesh and blood, intertwining and coiling, and in barely a ten-thousandth of an instant they traced out a colossal, terrifying blood-red formation covering a star domain of tens of thousands of zhang in radius!

Buzz——!!!

An extremely evil, icy aura that seemed able to devour all life and slaughter myriad spirits erupted with a boom, completely enveloping the entire Star Domain!

The formation's light curtain shot up into the sky, turning into a huge blood-colored cage that directly trapped Ye Wuque at its center!

Outside the formation, Duan Xiu Luo's face drastically changed; he only felt an irresistible terrifying force violently shoving him away, making it impossible for him to approach that blood-colored formation even a bit!

"Ye Brother! Be careful! This is the Blood Moon Slay Heaven Formation! Its might is terrifying! He must be a member of the Blood Moon Holy Clan, one of the Four Great Hidden Holy Clans!"

He shouted anxiously, trying to attack the formation, but his power fell upon that blood-colored light curtain, unable to stir even the slightest ripple!

Inside the formation, Ye Wuque instantly felt the space around him become extremely viscous, as if he had fallen into an endless blood sea mire; waves of icy, bone-piercing killing intent, like billions of steel needles, frenziedly struck his soul, and furthermore a terrifying suppressive force descended, seeking to completely crush his mighty power!

This formation's power is astonishingly great, far beyond the strength of the two cloaked figures before; the one who set up the formation clearly has profound attainment in formation arts, and his methods are strange and vicious, using the flesh and blood of living beings as a guide, extremely vicious!

"Looks like with this damn formation, you're quite confident you can deal with me?"