Chapter 572: The Third Fire Seed

The aura was terrifyingly immense, churning the clouds and shaking the heavens. The surrounding void trembled as if an unknowable terror had descended upon the world, causing everyone present to pale.

“What is going on?”

Yu Sanqiu was the first to cry out in alarm. He felt the situation was about to spiral out of his control!

“This aura is far too terrifying! What on earth did that kid do?”

Qiu Chenfeng knitted his brows, his cloudy eyes filled with deep shock and suspicion.

Before everyone’s eyes, Ye Chen, who sat cross-legged before the bronze pillar, suddenly opened his eyes and slowly rose to his feet.

He glanced with some surprise at the tribal totem before him.

At this moment, the once-dim patterns had ignited with a brilliant light, flowing with countless streams of divine radiance. It resembled a heaven-propping pillar sent down by a god, its aura solemn and immense.

‘I never expected I’d be able to absorb Divine Beast Fire Seeds so quickly now!’

Ye Chen let out a long breath, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

After absorbing the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger Fire Seeds, Ye Chen had already developed an intimate connection with the Divine Beast Fire Seed contained within the tribal totem.

The moment he sat down to try and sense it, a fluctuation rippled through his sea of consciousness—the Cyan Dragon Fire Seed had come to him on its own!

The fire seed, shaped like a Cyan Dragon, flickered erratically as it circled Ye Chen’s Divine Soul. It finally transformed into a tiny wisp of flame, taking its place alongside the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger Fire Seeds.

With this, Ye Chen had finally obtained three Divine Beast Fire Seeds!

The creative power contained within the fire seeds further healed Ye Chen’s injuries.

Ye Chen felt as if his entire body was soaking in a warm pool. Waves of pleasant warmth flowed through his limbs and bones, and the sensation was so comfortable he almost sighed aloud.

It took hardly any time at all for Ye Chen’s body to be cleansed by a wave of creative power.

And his combat power had successfully recovered from the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm to the Fifth Layer of the Divine Might Realm!!!

‘With these three Divine Beast Fire Seeds, it won’t be long before my physical injuries are completely healed!’

‘My Divine Soul can also recover further… At that point, even without any Spiritual Cultivation, just based on my combat power alone, any Cultivator below the Void Realm will have a hard time touching me.’

Ye Chen’s eyes flashed, his spirits soaring.

“Sir, you…”

The woman beside him looked thrilled. She glanced at the awakened tribal totem, then her beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Chen with fervent admiration.

“Whatever it is, we can talk about it later.”

“Right now, I have some business to attend to.”

Ye Chen said with a casual smile.

Hearing this, the woman seemed to understand his meaning. She nodded at once and said no more.

Without further delay, Ye Chen’s figure flickered, and he reappeared on the battlefield.

He looked no different than before, save for the fact that all his injuries had completely healed.

And yet, for some reason, Yu Sanqiu and the others felt an indescribable pressure radiating from him.

They couldn’t help but wonder: Was this even the same Ye Chen they had faced before?

Huo Wuji and his men were also stunned for a moment. They looked Ye Chen up and down with expressions of shock and uncertainty. They sensed that something about him had changed, but they couldn’t immediately tell what it was.

“This ends now.”

Ye Chen glanced at Yu Sanqiu and spoke indifferently.

“Hmph!”

“Putting on a show!”

Yu Sanqiu froze for a second. His eyes narrowed, and with a sudden wave of his hand, countless chains of lightning shot toward Ye Chen. The immense Power of the Forbidden Array instantly engulfed him.

He struck so quickly that the Huo family and the others had no time to react.

By the time they snapped out of it, they were all frantic with worry.

But in the next instant, the countless chains of lightning shattered into pieces, and the encroaching Power of the Forbidden Array was repelled by a brilliant purple light.

Ye Chen hovered in the void, his body awash in purple divine radiance. Phantasmal dragon scales covered his arms, and his deep eyes held the characteristic majesty and ruthlessness of the True Dragon race.

‘From my current perspective, this amount of power is simply too weak.’

He spoke calmly. With just a casual swat of his hand, the Forbidden Array shuddered as if from a heavy blow, threatening to shatter as it emitted a piercing roar.

The Yu family experts powering the Array, all linked by their energy, were affected instantly. They grunted, coughed up blood, and their faces filled with horror.

‘He shook the Forbidden Array that combined all of our strength—and injured all of us—with a single, casual blow?’

‘Just how powerful was this young man before them?’

“…”

Yu Sanqiu stared at the scene in disbelief, rendered momentarily speechless as a bottomless chill flooded his heart.

“This is bad! The kid must have had some kind of lucky encounter we don’t know about!”

“Even if his combat power isn’t at its Peak, it must be close!”

Qiu Chenfeng’s face twitched as he forced the words out.

“Realizing that now is a bit too late.”

Ye Chen smiled and struck out with his palm again. No matter how desperately Yu Sanqiu resisted, the Forbidden Array could no longer hold. It exploded with a deafening BOOM, disintegrating into countless motes of light.

As for the Yu family experts, they all turned pale as if dealt a heavy blow, their auras rapidly fading.

Though they were not yet dead, it was impossible for them to continue fighting.

Yu Sanqiu’s very soul trembled. He felt that at this moment, Ye Chen was like a world-shaking Demon God, completely invincible!

“We have to go! Now!”

The words had barely left his lips when Ye Chen appeared right in front of him.

BOOM!

As Yu Sanqiu watched in terror, Ye Chen, his expression impassive, threw a simple, unadorned punch.

Yet this single punch seemed to overwhelm the void and shatter the heavens, erupting with an unstoppable power!

“No, no, no—” he screamed. His Spiritual Power flared to life, but in the blink of an eye, his physical body disintegrated, revealing his Divine Soul.

Just as Yu Sanqiu tried to flee, a powerful suction force surged forth and devoured him completely!

It was the Soul-Catching Lamp!

Ye Chen dusted off his hands, his expression casual.

Everyone was dumbstruck.

‘To casually obliterate a Cultivator at the Peak of the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm?’

‘Was he even fucking human?!’

Little did they know, for Ye Chen, this result was far from satisfactory.

‘At my Peak, I could have suppressed every enemy here with a wave of my hand. It wouldn’t have taken any effort at all.’

“This kid is invincible!!! Run!”

With a great roar, Qiu Chenfeng had already conjured countless illusory figures that scattered and fled into the distance.

His heart was filled with regret. He never should have listened to Yu Sanqiu and gone after that puppet.

Ye Chen was full of too many secrets. They had let their guard down for a single moment, and the kid had become strong enough to crush them all.