Chapter 431: The Fall of Three Emperors

“D-dead… dead?”

After a brief silence over the field, everyone couldn’t help but erupt in cries of shock.

The scene that had just unfolded before their eyes was nothing short of utterly devastating.

A powerhouse of the Reincarnation Emperor Realm had been erased beneath the void just like that!

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, who would dare believe it was real?

Not to mention the current age—even if one looked back across those endless ancient years, any cultivator who had reached the Reincarnation Emperor Realm Level could almost be called an existence of undying longevity.

This was not merely because their lifespan was inexhaustible.

More importantly, after reaching this Level, there was practically nothing under heaven that could threaten their life and death.

Most crucial of all, even if their fleshly body was destroyed, a powerhouse of the Reincarnation Emperor Realm could still cling to the mortal world with a single wisp of Divine Soul. To truly grind them away in the long river of time was a difficulty akin to ascending the heavens.

But now, such a powerhouse of the Reincarnation Emperor Realm had undeniably died right before everyone’s eyes.

His body and even his Divine Soul had all been pierced through by Ji Chen’s Daoist Emperor Halberd. On the spot, body and soul were annihilated; not even a lingering strand of will was left behind.

This was without doubt far beyond everyone’s expectations.

Even the Purple Emperor and Emperor Qing both couldn’t help but have their expressions change at this moment.

They too had no idea what method Ji Chen had used to wipe out Emperor Yan so cleanly.

Yet in truth, all of this was entirely due to the Immortal Format!

“Kill!”

Faced with their doubts and confusion, Ji Chen had no intention of giving any answer.

A cold light flashed in his eyes as he moved again, striding toward the Purple Emperor in the void on the other side.

“Not good!”

The Purple Emperor’s face changed drastically. Feeling boundless killing intent surging toward him, he instinctively abandoned all thought of resistance, retreating at once, not daring to collide head-on with Ji Chen.

“Trying to run?”

Ji Chen let out a cold snort, stepping onto the void. His speed was terrifyingly fast, leaving others able to see only a streak of black shadow flashing past.

In merely a split second, he had already closed in on his opponent.

“Buzz!”

Black radiance flared once more, seemingly drowning out the entire universe. The Purple Ink Emperor Halberd was like the scythe of death, thrusting straight toward the Purple Emperor’s chest.

“Get lost!”

A furious roar rang out, reverberating between heaven and earth. Faced with the Daoist Emperor Halberd descending with crushing might, the Purple Emperor had nowhere to flee and could only passively defend.

He suddenly thrust out his great hand; within his palm coiled a terrifying Power of the Dao as he grabbed toward the halberd that was stabbing straight at him.

“Bang!”

Blood splashed, scattering through the sky. Everyone could see that the instant the two made contact, the Purple Emperor’s entire arm rapidly collapsed and finally exploded apart.

“Ah!”

He let out a miserable scream as his body was flung straight backward. His face turned deathly pale, and blood spurted from his mouth.

When his body steadied, the intense pain twisted the Purple Emperor’s features. His eyes were bloodshot.

He could feel that at the shattered stump of his arm, a searing, burning sensation was surging forth.

Looking down, he saw that the wound there was necrotizing at a speed visible to the naked eye, like an ancient tree of ten thousand years suddenly withering away.

And that withering spread along the severed arm, continuously extending toward the rest of his body.

“This is…”

The Purple Emperor’s expression changed abruptly. Only now did he seem to fully realize something, his gaze snapping toward Ji Chen. “Immortal Power! I understand now…”

“You actually have an Immortal Format in your body!”

No wonder Ji Chen, having only just stepped into the Emperor Realm, possessed such astonishing strength. The Purple Emperor completely understood: that power that could cause his imperial body to decay so swiftly was definitely the legendary Immortal Power!

“Oh?”

Ji Chen let out a cold laugh, looking at him. “So you’re not entirely brainless. Unfortunately, you realized too late.”

“Buzz!”

At the instant his words fell, a ferocious light flashed in Ji Chen’s eyes. As the black glow stirred, the Purple Ink Emperor Halberd in his hand thrust out without the slightest hesitation.

Under the gaze of all, the Purple Emperor’s chest was likewise pierced through by Ji Chen’s Emperor’s Halberd.

Within his Spiritual Sea, the Immortal Format trembled, and a terrifying power poured out, flowing along the Purple Ink Emperor Halberd to wipe the Purple Emperor’s body into flying ash right in midair!

Another Emperor Level figure had died, eradicated by Ji Chen with clean, decisive means—body and soul entirely annihilated.

Everyone’s hearts were shaken to the extreme.

On the Yu Realm’s side, countless cultivators furrowed their brows, or had expressions of utter despair appear on their faces.

By now, the turn of the battle had already made them sense disaster looming.

The Emperor Realm powerhouses they had once regarded as supremely invincible were being successively slain by Ji Chen, without even a shard of bone left behind.

Such an outcome was something they found hard to accept.

It meant that the final result of this great war would very likely bring unimaginable consequences and calamities upon the Yu Realm.

“Escape!”

Yet to their thoughts, somewhere in the void, the only one left—Emperor Qing—had no mind to pay any heed.

Almost at the very instant the Purple Emperor was killed, the first thought that surfaced in his heart was to flee this place.

“Swoosh!”

His figure retreated violently as he sped away. Emperor Qing knew very clearly that with Ji Chen possessing an Immortal Format, killing him would be effortless.

If he continued to remain here, without a doubt, he would end up just like the Purple Emperor and Emperor Yan, becoming yet another soul reaped beneath Ji Chen’s halberd!

“Think you can get away?”

Ji Chen snorted coldly, already prepared, knowing the other would inevitably harbor thoughts of escape.

Almost at the same instant Emperor Qing moved, Ji Chen swept out with the Emperor’s Halberd, launching his pursuit at once.

“Buzz!”

The space trembled violently as Emperor Qing fled at high speed. At the same time, he formed a certain Seal Technique, pointing toward the void ahead.

There, after an invisible surge of energy, a spatial transmission rift appeared. Emperor Qing flew toward the rift in haste, not willing to remain here for even a moment longer.

“Rumble!”

But his speed was still far inferior to Ji Chen’s.

In less than the span of two breaths, a shocking aura pressed close.

Black light hacked downward, directly shattering that newly formed transmission rift, smashing it to pieces on the spot.

“Ah!”

A scream followed, coming from Emperor Qing’s mouth.

After slicing apart the transmission rift, the black light’s power did not diminish in the slightest. It continued its downward sweep and ultimately descended upon Emperor Qing’s body.

In this strike, Ji Chen had drawn on the power of the Immortal Format, making its might extraordinarily terrifying. Right before all eyes, he wiped Emperor Qing into a rain of blood that scattered through the sky on the wind.