CHAPTER 987: CHAPTER 899: THE GREAT ESCAPE

Ancient Emperor Continent, the boundless and edge-less Primordial Territory, devoid of human presence, is home only to terrifying primordial ancient beasts, demon beasts, and fierce beasts, reigning over this vast land.

Some fearsome ancient beasts even cultivate by devouring the divine radiance of stars and moons at night, with star rivers connecting the heavens and earth, drawing much attention.

In ordinary times, the Primordial Territory is usually very quiet at night, but now it has alarmed the Six Harmonies and Eight Desolates.

In the pitch-black night sky, a golden light is speeding across the sky like lightning, covering a distance of tens of thousands of miles within a few breaths, continually accelerating, making it impossible for even the holy-grade beast kings to grasp its trajectory.

However, behind this silhouette, a massive ancient ship is surprisingly in hot pursuit, its speed not the slightest bit slower, even a bit faster.

The nocturnally cultivating beast kings are all roaring in anger, wondering what divine entity dares to intrude upon their territory. Yet, when they sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the golden light and the ancient ship pursuing it, all the ancient beast kings immediately concealed their presence in fear, not daring to touch it in the slightest.

They could sense just how terrifyingly powerful the silhouettes atop the ancient ship were, with more than a dozen auras extending through the sky, any one of which could plunge all holy-grade beast kings into despair, unattainable.

The escapee is none other than Ye Chen!

The pursuers are naturally the Heavenly Kings of the Ancient Divine Palace aboard the Great Power Level Ancient Ship.

Along the way, Ye Chen has pushed the movement technique of the Traversing Secret Technique to the extreme, with countless illusions of Great Worlds appearing before him, as if traversing among the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms, thundering forward, the golden light illuminating the entire land, in an instant spanning ten thousand miles.

Mountains and rivers reverse, the starry sky is also in retrograde, even the Heavenly Kings can only gaze in awe.

However, the ancient ship of the Great Power Level behind him is even faster, clearly augmented by the Great Power Level Array Patterns, reaching an extreme speed, surpassing Ye Chen, closing the distance more and more.

One can clearly see, even from afar, the Four Great Heavenly Kings and the Nine Heavenly Kings of the Emperor Dynasty standing on the prow, each as terrifying as gods or demons.

Several times on the way, Ye Chen had a sullen face, tempted to throw out a protective secret treasure bestowed by Heavenly Feather Venerable or another ancient Great Power, summoning a virtual image of a great power to intimidate and attack the Heavenly Kings.

But he ultimately did not throw them, as these are the most precious life-saving treasures, each use lessens them, and cannot be used unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, there’s no telling if the Ancient Divine Palace has similar means.

The chase and escape span across a whopping distance of five hundred thousand miles, always traversing the endless Primordial Territory, causing such a massive uproar that the powerful beings of the Six Harmonies and Eight Desolates are all immobilized with fear, lest they invite disaster upon themselves.

Ye Chen’s expression turned increasingly grim as his Chaos Secret Skill was about to end, placing him not only back into his original cultivation but also suffering severe backlash, even worse than the Fighting God Seal, making him significantly weaker for a longer duration.

Yet he couldn’t shake off the Great Power Level Ancient Ship behind him, not because he didn’t want to use the Void Divine Platform, but because his qi mechanism was completely locked, making its use difficult, any slack might lead to being pursued, making its use impossible.

Boom——

The Great Power Level Ancient Ship behind him closed further, with the First Heavenly King Elder chanting, his voice transmitting tens of thousands of miles: "Combat Saint King, stop running, you can’t escape, hand over the Mythical Crown, and we will grant you an honorable death."

Ye Chen did not respond, as it was utterly pointless.

Finally, after fleeing another two hundred thousand miles, Ye Chen’s entire body trembled, and the Chaos Ancient Energy surrounding him abruptly dissipated completely, an overwhelming sense of weakness suddenly enveloped him, Ye Chen’s aura plummeted, falling short even before a Saint would.

Ye Chen struggled against the sense of weakness, using all the recovery pills he’d prepared in advance, his concocted Divine Pills of naturally high grade, having refined part of a Divine Spiritual Origin, instantly granting him a substantial boost of strength, lessening the weakness significantly, yet still unable to restore him to a reincarnation-level combat strength.

The Heavenly Kings aboard the Great Power Level Ancient Ship noticed, with the Nine Heavenly Kings sighing at the Combat Saint King’s misfortune, but the Four Great Heavenly Kings burst into jubilant laughter: "Hahaha, Combat Saint King, you’ve finally reached your limit and fell in rank. Now let’s see how you plan to flee."

Tianmei Elder strode forward, delivering a slap that shattered the heavens with divine light.

Ye Chen leveraged his rapid movement technique to dodge sideways, but was still a hair too slow, affected by the strike, his blood and qi rolling, coughing up a bright golden mouthful of blood.

This scene delighted the Four Great Heavenly Kings, proving the Combat Saint King was much diminished.

No need for the Nine Heavenly Kings to act, the Four Great Heavenly Kings Elder directly attacked, rushing forth with unparalleled speed. Ye Chen, after falling in rank, being in a period of weakness, was swift but evidently unable to escape the Four Great Heavenly Kings.

The First Heavenly King Elder descended in front of him, unleashing a divine light.

Clang——

In a crucial moment, Ye Chen activated the Human Emperor Tower, with Chaos Ancient Energy descending, parrying the Heavenly King’s assault, but a formidable force still pierced through the Chaos Ancient Energy, shocking his entire body.

"Sure enough, this kid has weakened significantly after his secret technique. Good, now let’s see how you’ll escape from our grasp."

The First Heavenly King Elder coldly remarked, continuing his attacks, all with the Heavenly King Level Dao Divine Power, even with the Human Emperor Tower on Ye Chen’s side, in its unawakened state, offering only passive defense, significantly weaker in defense.

Even though each strike was diminished by the Chaos Ancient Energy, the terrifying force was still overwhelmingly potent, repeatedly striking Ye Chen, making even the Combat Saint Body’s blood and qi churn.

Gradually, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, the golden blood shining brightly, drawing attention.

Now, Ye Chen was forced into a passive defense like a turtle in its shell, unable to use the Void Divine Platform to traverse the void and leave, as his qi mechanism was locked, tearing through the void would certainly be followed, the moment of Chaos Ancient Energy’s retraction necessary for departure would be when he’d be caught, posing greater danger.

Rumble——

Within him, the Holy Body Regeneration Technique instinctively activated, blood and qi roaring, effortlessly healing all injuries.

He sat cross-legged in the void, with the Human Emperor Tower suspended overhead, remaining still, Chaos Ancient Energy cascading down, protecting himself, as if in meditation, eyes shut tight, repairing and waiting for the weakness period to pass.

"We cannot let him recover, everyone attack, breach the Chaos Ancient Energy defense!"

The First Heavenly King Elder’s complexion changed slightly, perceiving Ye Chen’s intent, shouting to rally the other three Heavenly King Elders to attack Ye Chen together.