CHAPTER 409: CHAPTER 409: WORLD-ENDING DRAGON BREATH—THE WORLD TURNS TO NOTHINGNESS!

Chapter 409: World-Ending Dragon Breath—The World Turns to Nothingness!

As one of the Five Creation Gods—

Galactus, of course, would not die so easily.

He had several avatars throughout the universe.

The one Adam had just slain was merely one of them.

As for where Galactus’s true body resided, no one could say.

Even so, it was already terrifying.

Because Galactus had very few avatars, and each one was no weaker than a Celestial God of the Celestial God Group.

It could be said that Adam’s strike had instantly killed a Celestial God!

A Celestial God was no pseudo-deity like the Asgardians; in the Marvel Universe, Celestial Gods were true deities—nearly omnipotent.

Such an existence—each death marked a major event in the Marvel Universe.

Thus, after Galactus’s avatar was killed, countless unknown beings across the universe were immediately alarmed.

Their gazes pierced through layers of space, turning toward Asgard—as if trying to determine who had slain Galactus.

At that moment—

Chen Ye suddenly felt as if countless powerful eyes had locked onto him.

Yet he showed no signs of panic or fear.

His current strength gave him more than enough confidence.

At this moment, Chen Ye’s attention remained fixed on Adam.

Even Lingzhe and Han Li had stopped fighting to watch from the sidelines.

Everyone understood—no other battle mattered. The outcome between Chen Ye and Adam would determine everything!

After the clash with Adam just now—

Chen Ye confirmed his suspicions.

Adam in his Super Two form was slightly stronger than him in terms of raw power—but only slightly.

However, in terms of speed, Adam was clearly inferior to him now.

As for defense and stamina, it was hard to judge for the moment, as the battle had not lasted long.

At this point—

Adam suddenly spoke.

"No wonder the Lord God placed a bounty on you. Your strength is remarkable! Judging by your state... could it be you carry Saitama’s bloodline?"

To be fair, this guy’s intuition was pretty sharp—he’d nearly guessed it.

But in truth, what Chen Ye possessed was not Saitama’s bloodline, but his talent!

There was a fundamental difference between the two.

Inheriting someone else’s bloodline meant abandoning your own. In other words, aside from the mind, even your physical body and blood would no longer be yours. Even your future offspring would be someone else’s children.

But to possess the same talent—was something else entirely.

Everything about Chen Ye remained his own.

"Do you always talk this much crap?" Chen Ye said flatly. "Trying to cram in a few more words before you die?"

Adam smiled.

"Fighting you is quite entertaining. Your strength pleases me... but I really don’t like your mouth. So I no longer intend to play with you."

As soon as he finished—

Adam pulled out a syringe and jabbed it into his own neck.

Then, he injected the red liquid inside into his body.

Seeing this, Chen Ye froze slightly and immediately raised his guard.

Even a fool could tell—Adam wasn’t trying to commit suicide.

Which meant the syringe contained something that would enhance his power.

Chen Ye glanced toward Han Li, intending to ask if he recognized the method. To his surprise, Han Li looked even more shocked—it was clearly his first time seeing Adam pull out such a trick.

Soon—

The red liquid inside the syringe had all been injected into Adam’s body.

Then—

Adam tossed the empty syringe aside and looked at Chen Ye. His eyes grew twisted.

"Boy, the me you’re about to face—even I can’t control. So if you don’t want to die in agony, you’d best kill yourself now!"

Just then—

A tail burst through Adam’s pants and shot out.

Chen Ye was stunned.

No wonder he’d felt something off about Adam’s back earlier—like it was bulging. So he’d been hiding a tail all along?

Looks like obtaining the Super Saiyan bloodline had transformed Adam’s entire body into that of a Saiyan.

Next, Adam’s eyes turned completely red, his mouth extended outward, and his body rapidly expanded!

Within a few breaths—

Adam transformed from a normal human into a colossal great ape!

This was an ape like no other.

Its height exceeded thirty meters. Its frame was massively built, its entire body cloaked in golden fur...

It looked especially like the Golden Giant Ape from the "Dragon Ball GT" version of Vegeta, after being possessed by Baby!

When the golden giant ape locked eyes on Chen Ye, an unimaginable aura of terror erupted from its body.

Chen Ye froze.

He had thought Adam’s injection was to trigger a berserker state, unleashing potential to boost his strength—but he hadn’t expected him to transform into a great ape.

Of course, Chen Ye recognized the Saiyan great ape form—he had seen it with his own eyes (in the National Secret Realm, from a young Vegeta).

But others required the moon’s reflected light to transform.

Yet Adam had achieved transformation with a simple injection...

One had to admit—this method was far more convenient.

"Chen Ye, be careful!"

Han Li called out, stunned. "I had no idea this guy could also transform into a giant ape form!"

Chen Ye remained calm.

"Old Han, no need to worry. In fact... I’ve got a move like this too!"

As soon as he said it—

The sky filled with dark clouds.

The clouds blotted out the sun, shrouding all of Asgard. Countless lightning bolts flickered within, their color a deep crimson—strangely eerie.

Even Adam, who had just completed his transformation, couldn’t help but be drawn in, raising his head to look.

The next moment—

Chen Ye leapt high and plunged into the cloud layer.

Then, Han Li and the others saw a massive form looming within the clouds—faintly discernible.

Even a single scale was many times larger than a human!

When Chen Ye emerged from the clouds, everyone on the scene was startled out of their wits.

It was a massive azure dragon!

A colossal azure dragon!

Its body alone was over a hundred meters wide—several times wider than a commercial passenger jet including its wings!

As for its length... it stretched beyond sight!

Chen Ye’s physique stats had long since exceeded 100,000.

According to the Azure Dragon Fruit’s transformation effect: Base body length = 100 meters + (Physique / 20)!

That meant Chen Ye’s body length now exceeded 5,000 meters!

Over 5 kilometers...

What did that even mean?

It would take an ordinary human more than half an hour just to run from his head to his tail—and that’s assuming they were quite fit!

When Han Li and the others saw Chen Ye’s dragon form, an ancient legend involuntarily surfaced in their minds.

In Norse mythology, there was said to be a colossal sea serpent that encircled the human world, known as "Jörmungandr"!

Its immensity—endless and boundless.

At this moment, Chen Ye’s azure dragon form was beginning to resemble that legend.

In front of Chen Ye, the newly transformed Adam was like a cockroach. As for Han Li and the others, they were little more than ants...

To stand before such a towering behemoth—its oppressive aura was beyond imagination!

Even someone as powerful as S-Class Han Li was finding it difficult to breathe.

And needless to say, Han Li wasn’t the only one shaken.

Even those divine beings deep in the cosmos were startled when they saw Chen Ye’s transformed form.

Originally, after Adam killed Galactus, some belligerent entities had become restless, seemingly intent on coming over to hunt. But upon witnessing Chen Ye’s transformation, they immediately abandoned the thought.

Even a fool could tell—this azure dragon was not to be provoked.

Absolutely not to be provoked.

Better to watch and wait for now...

...

Since arriving on Earth, for the past three years, Chen Ye had never transformed in order to conceal his identity as an "extraterrestrial demon."

This was his first transformation in three years!

Feeling the immense power coursing through his body, Chen Ye experienced an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

At this moment, he even felt that he didn’t need to use Dragon Breath—just a single move, "Divine Dragon’s Tail Sweep," could easily shatter a planet like Earth...

Like a bullet shattering a massive sheet of glass.

With his strength multiplied fivefold, he was now simply too powerful.

"Roar!"

Just then—

The golden giant ape on the ground let out a furious roar toward Chen Ye in the sky.

Clearly—

Even though Chen Ye had become so overwhelmingly imposing, Adam in his great ape form was still unwilling to submit.

The next instant—

The ground split apart.

It was the golden giant ape leaping up, lunging straight at Chen Ye.

From afar, it looked like a foolish cockroach launching a fearless attack on a human!

Very brave.

But utterly useless.

After transforming into the golden giant ape, Adam’s power had only increased by a factor of two over his Super Two state.

That boost was far from enough to bridge the gap with Chen Ye.

Facing the incoming Adam, Chen Ye merely swiped with his dragon claw—

Smack!

Adam was sent flying backward in an instant.

Boom!

The land within a thousand-meter radius was shattered into rubble by Adam’s massive body.

He was even blasted clean through Asgard, smashing out the other side.

That was how terrifying Chen Ye’s power in his azure dragon form had become.

That single swipe was more devastating than the "Buddha’s Palm" unleashed by the Tathagata in Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.

If Sun Wukong from that film had faced the current Chen Ye, one slap would’ve sent him straight to the heavens.

Suddenly—

Chen Ye seemed to sense something.

He shifted his massive body, and a fierce gale swept across Asgard.

Han Li and Hu Zhong were instantly lifted into the air by the wind.

The two looked alarmed, but did not panic.

Because they knew—Chen Ye wouldn’t attack them.

After so many interactions, they already understood each other’s goals. Right now, their interests aligned.

Sure enough—

Almost as soon as they were airborne, a terrifying beam of light shot up from beneath the Bifröst, blasting toward Chen Ye in the sky.

Under the destructive force of that beam, all of Asgard began to collapse and break apart.

Han Li’s vision was extraordinary, and having mastered the "Eye of Dharma," he could clearly "see" that behind Asgard, the golden giant ape—Adam—had opened its gaping maw and unleashed an unprecedented energy cannon!

That terrifying beam was Adam’s energy cannon. It had pierced straight through Asgard, fired from the direction of the Bifröst, heading for Chen Ye.

Though his body had grown massive and powerful after transforming into an azure dragon—

That same enormous size also made him a massive target.

Thus, unless something unexpected occurred, Adam’s strike would hit Chen Ye squarely.

Of course—

Chen Ye could dodge it if he wanted to.

However, he didn’t dodge.

Instead, he opened his massive dragon maw and unleashed his own Dragon Breath straight back.

This wasn’t a matter of pride.

Chen Ye simply believed—this was the perfect opportunity to kill Adam.

Whoosh!

The Dragon Breath tore through the sky and collided with the incoming energy cannon.

That energy cannon, powerful enough to destroy a star, was instantly scattered like a dud upon contact with the Dragon Breath.

The Dragon Breath only paused momentarily, then continued forward, piercing straight through Asgard and slamming into the golden giant ape on the other side.

And then—

A world-ending explosion erupted.

The energy released by the blast was like a new star being born in place, instantly engulfing all of Asgard.

The world turned to nothingness.

The entire star system lit up...

...

"Who are they? What race are they?"

"They look like humans..."

"Impossible. The most powerful humans are less than one-billionth as strong as them."

"Such beings shouldn’t exist in this universe. Could they be from another?"

"That seems likely."

"Shall we drive them away?"

"That would require the ones from the Living Tribunal."

"Forget it. Let them be..."

From the depths of the universe—

Several voices could be heard conversing.

These voices were majestic and mysterious, like divine chants.

But they only lingered for a moment before vanishing completely.

Then—

Chen Ye suddenly felt that all the eyes secretly watching him had disappeared.

By now, Chen Ye had returned to human form.

The mysterious metal had reshaped itself into casual clothing, draped over his body.

He looked ahead.

There had once been a secluded paradise there, a near-mythical realm known as Asgard. Now, it had become pure nothingness.

Erased entirely by the explosion of his Dragon Breath.

Chen Ye’s gaze was now searching for Adam’s whereabouts.

Yes—

Adam was still alive!

If Adam had died, Chen Ye would’ve received a prompt from the secret realm.

"Brother Chen, you’re saying Adam’s still alive? Seriously?" Hu Zhong exclaimed. "That explosion just now—forget ordinary folks, even the immortals from Han Li’s world wouldn’t survive that!"

Han Li nodded without speaking, only reflecting silently.

After witnessing Chen Ye’s Dragon Breath, he realized—he still had a long road ahead.

The three of them floated in space.

Hu Zhong was able to speak thanks to Han Li, who had formed a magical barrier around them.

The barrier was filled with spiritual energy, allowing them to talk, breathe, recover stamina, and restore their minds.

"When you kill an extraterrestrial demon, there should be a confirmation prompt, right? We get them too," Chen Ye said. "I haven’t received one yet—so Adam must still be alive."

Hu Zhong was stunned. "He survived that? That’s insane..."

Chen Ye asked, "Old Hu, I remember you have some life-preserving tricks. Would you have survived that blast just now?"

"No way!" Hu Zhong shook his head firmly. "That explosion’s energy lasted so long. Any number of life-saving methods would’ve been useless in there. Unless it was some resurrection technique that revives you elsewhere after death... But I’ve never heard of such a thing."

(End of Chapter)