Chapter 782: Invincible Emperor Spirit

Ye Tianling held back his full battle power. The stronger he was, the stronger the Celestial Tribulation became.

Moreover, it was obvious that the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit was only casually unleashing its Killing Dao, not going all out.

From its ninety-nine strands of Essence Blood, each with ninety-nine layers of transformation, and combined with a technique that could seemingly stack nine layers of berserk power, Ye Tianling calculated that it could manifest the power of at least ten thousand Ancient Essence Bloods.

This was truly terrifying.

Ye Tianling considered the power of a single drop of Ancient Essence Blood to be nearly equivalent to an entire inheritance of the Huaxia Dragon Soul Divine Blood.

Ten Thousand Ancient Essence Bloods... If all that battle power was gathered together and unleashed in a single punch...

The result was beyond Ye Tianling’s imagination.

But he knew he would be unable to withstand it.

’This Celestial Tribulation manifested a physical form. How terrifying will future tribulations be? Did I... did I raise the difficulty of my Celestial Tribulations too much?’

Ye Tianling murmured to himself, but he quickly purged such distracting thoughts.

At this moment, any negative emotion would be disastrous.

"OMMM—"

In that instant, Ye Tianling steeled his Dao Heart and unleashed the Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao!

He did not summon the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword. Instead, he directly used his fist to manifest the Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao.

Here, the Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao manifested an Anomaly Totem. After combining it with the power derived from his Celestial Dao Rule Domain, Ye Tianling threw a punch. An unparalleled, blood-red phantom totem materialized, carrying the world-shattering power of Heaven and Earth Creation as it blasted directly toward the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit.

"WHOOSH—"

The moment Ye Tianling threw his punch, the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit punched back.

This punch was not the Azure Dragon Fist, but the Tiger Cannon Fist.

A giant tiger totem capable of tearing apart heaven and earth suddenly manifested. Amidst a roar, a blast of Void energy, resembling a soundwave, shot out.

Ye Tianling’s punch seemed to strike the Land of Nothingness, failing to create even the slightest ripple.

Terrifyingly, Ye Tianling’s Fist Intent was nullified, yet the Tiger Cannon Fist seemed to traverse heaven and earth, ruthlessly blasting its way right before him.

"VMMMM—"

Ye Tianling executed the Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique to dodge, but even then, he was nearly struck.

Ye Tianling manifested a totem, attempting to imitate the Emperor’s Qi Dragon Swallowing Heaven Divine Technique. He activated his Devouring Law, trying to swallow the Tiger Cannon Fist’s absolute killing blow in one go.

"VMMMM—"

The Devouring Law cracked in an instant, and the terrifying power shattered Ye Tianling’s Devouring Divine Technique.

Ye Tianling suffered a backlash. His body flickered with lightning as Thunderbolt energy surged within him, giving him the horrifying sensation of being about to be crushed to dust by the Hell Celestial Tribulation itself.

At that critical moment, Ye Tianling executed the Nirvana Nine Transformations, forcefully breaking free from that terrifying sense of crisis.

At the same time, Ye Tianling activated the Chaos Destiny Scripture to manifest Chaos, allowing his own state of shattering and Nirvana to give rise to the rules of Destruction and Creation.

Simultaneously, the Parasite ability Ye Tianling had mastered activated almost instantly. Using his own bloodline as the core, it initiated a process of mutual parasitism to further evolve his life force.

"BOOM—"

In this state of near-destruction, Ye Tianling finally endured the blow and escaped from that terrifying condition of annihilation.

Ye Tianling was utterly shocked. ’So this is a Young Emperor. This is a truly invincible expert of the same realm. So powerful!’

An opponent like this was beyond terrifying.

’If every opponent I’d faced before had been like this, it’s uncertain if I would have ever made it this far!’

’A Young Emperor! So this is a Young Emperor... frighteningly strong!’

The moment Ye Tianling recovered, the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit did not attack again. Instead, it seemed to merge back into a whole with the Hell Celestial Tribulation, standing silently in the distance like a dazed puppet.

Its figure manifested a bloody light, its blood-red hair danced wildly, and its blood-colored robes fluttered noisily. It looked extremely lonely and desolate.

Ye Tianling glanced over casually but was surprised to discover that while the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit’s eyes were cold and indifferent, they also flowed with a special, Spiritual radiance. It seemed to be waiting for him to recover.

’This... What’s going on? Could it be that the Celestial Tribulation actually has a will of its own? Or maybe...’

Ye Tianling’s heart grew cold, but he couldn’t afford to overthink it.

There wasn’t much time left for him to recover.

He used the Nirvana Rebirth Skill, and also drew out some of the Divine Origin Energy that had been converted from his stored Divine Thoughts to aid his recovery.

At this point, he was already at his limit. If he couldn’t recover quickly, if he couldn’t rapidly transform and grow to match the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit’s escalating attack power, then the subsequent slaughter would be unimaginable.

Ye Tianling had also considered manifesting the Power of Demon God from the Baiyu Demon God Radiant Bow or unleashing the Absolute Kill Power of the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword to go on a rampage, but that was clearly unrealistic.

Not only was the chance of success minuscule, but if he failed, there would be no way back.

Ye Tianling manifested his Devouring Law to absorb the Celestial Tribulation Origin Power between Heaven and Earth, further transforming his physical body.

Although each attack was powerful, once Ye Tianling withstood it, the energy from the previous attack would be completely converted into Celestial Tribulation Origin, which could be used to transform his body and Soul.

This was also the other glimmer of hope within the Hell Celestial Tribulation. If not for this, how could anyone possibly pass it?

However, this time, Ye Tianling had only just recovered—less than ten breaths in total—when the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit moved again.

"WHOOSH—"

The Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit took the initiative to attack. It extended a hand, and in the void, terrifying bolts of Thunder Tribulation transformed into murderous Resentful Spirits. The righteous energy of the Extreme Dao Thunderbolt twisted into sinister, evil yin energy, which then coalesced into a Taiyin Sword.

Emperor’s Qi Sword Body!

The ancient Emperor’s Qi Sword Body manifested. Ye Tianling’s entire body shuddered; he felt the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword between his brows spin out of control, nearly turning on him to strike him down!

Emperor’s Qi Sword Body, Ten Thousand Swords Submit!

In that moment, the Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit showed Ye Tianling the true, awe-inspiring might of the Emperor’s Qi Sword Body.

This majestic power made Ye Tianling’s entire body go cold, as if he had been plunged into a cavern of ice.

Too terrifying!

In the instant he couldn’t even muster the will to fight, the Taiyin Sword unleashed a killing intent infused with a Resentful Spirit.

"Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Dao!"

"WHOOSH—"

The Celestial Tribulation Emperor Spirit had unleashed an unprecedented Killing Dao.

The Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Dao.

It was somewhat similar to the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique, but even more terrifying!

And when this Sword Dao was unleashed, Wan Jimie, who was watching from afar, instantly dropped to his knees.

He knelt and kowtowed, having clearly recognized that the deeper level Attack and Kill Technique of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique was precisely this Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Dao.

It was just that the gap between the two was as vast as the heavens and the earth, utterly beyond comparison.

Yet, their shared foundation made Wan Jimie completely certain that the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique was derived from this Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Dao.

"CHH— CHH—"

The power of ten thousand ghosts gathered the endless Power of Taiyin, manifesting ten thousand layers of killing intent that enveloped Ye Tianling, attacking him from all directions.

Each strand of killing intent from the Power of Taiyin was not true killing intent, but the Thunder Power of the Hell Celestial Tribulation.