Chapter 451 Killing and Escaping!
Whoosh!
Ye Chen directly drew out the supreme treasure, the "Black Fire Sword".
This sword, ancient and hefty, was more suitable for slaying dragons than the "Crimson Fire" flying sword when True Qi and Divine Soul techniques were prohibited.
As he drew out the treasure sword, Ye Chen charged towards the forty or fifty Gray Winged Dragons that were pouncing on him from the hollow, his gaze sweeping even further to the additional hundreds, if not thousands, of other Winged Dragons closing in at great speed.
"Ten breaths."
"In at most ten breaths, that flock of Winged Dragons in the distance will be upon us."
"In these ten breaths, I want to see just how many True Dragons I can kill!"
As the thought flashed through his mind, the surging power of his Divine Body instantly poured into the Black Fire Sword in his hands.
In an instant, all eighty-one Prohibition Runes on the Black Fire Sword lit up, releasing such immense power that it even stirred beyond the runes. Around the blade of the Black Fire Sword surged strands of Divine Power light that tore through the void.
The next moment, Ye Chen's step shifted in the void, and he swung his sword to slay the three Gray Winged Dragons that were the first to lunge at him.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
In a single sword stroke, three massive heads of Winged Dragons flew into the air.
At the severed necks of the Winged Dragons, dragon blood spurted out like fountains, spraying all over Ye Chen.
At this time, Ye Chen no longer needed to collect dragon corpses and dragon blood like before, nor did he need to conceal his presence.
He did not care about the dragon blood staining his body, nor about the three dead Gray Winged Dragons that fell beside him. In an instant, Ye Chen faced even more Gray Winged Dragons!
Then, a dazzling array of sword lights burst forth.
These forty to fifty Gray Winged Dragons, even the strongest among them, had only mid-Tian Saint stage combat power and could not withstand the full force of Ye Chen's outburst.
Not even ten breaths were necessary.
The fully unleashed Ye Chen took only seven breaths to slay all forty-nine of the Gray Winged Dragons!
The ground was now littered with the massive carcasses and severed heads of the Gray Winged Dragons, and dragon blood splattered everywhere!
In the void, only Ye Chen stood proudly alone!
Ye Chen himself was shocked by the immense physical combat power he possessed.
Ye Chen had not expected that his unrestrained outburst would kill so many Gray Winged Dragons at once!
Looking at it, after cultivating two sets of Divine Body strength, his physical combat power had undoubtedly reached the late Heavenly Saint stage, and even within that level, it was not weak.
Additionally, Ye Chen's Divine Soul combat power had been restrained, as well as his even more formidable True Qi combat power.
Now, adding up all of Ye Chen's true combat capabilities, he was probably very close to the supremely powerful late Heavenly Saint stage!
One more breakthrough, and he might well be truly invincible under the True God Realm!
At this moment, after slaying forty-nine Gray Winged Dragons, Ye Chen was covered in dragon blood.
The dark red fresh blood splattered on him, making the battle fervor within Ye Chen surge even more.
Seeing the hundreds, if not thousands, more Gray Winged Dragons densely hurtling towards him, and even more Gray Winged Dragons in the far distance becoming fully alerted,
it seemed the next moment he would be completely engulfed by this legion of Winged Dragons engulfing the skies.
But Ye Chen's eyes held not a trace of fear, instead, his killing intent grew even stronger.
"Come on."
"This time, although I'm absolutely no match for so many Gray Winged Dragons, killing one more means earning one more."
"Let's see how many more it takes before they force me into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant."
Ye Chen stood in the void, wielding the Black Fire Sword, facing the multitudes of Gray Winged Dragons surging towards him from all sides.
The next moment, Ye Chen's small silhouette was engulfed by the sky-full of Gray Winged Dragons. Read exclusive adventures at empire
Ye Chen continuously dodged and weaved among the shadows of the overwhelming Gray Winged Dragons, avoiding those he did not have the confidence to completely eliminate with one slash – the late-Tian Saint stage powerful Gray Winged Dragons.
Meanwhile, he slashed directly at the weaker Gray Winged Dragons.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
With each flicker of sword light, another Gray Winged Dragon was slain, plummeting from the sky.
And the total number of True Dragons that Ye Chen had killed gradually increased from a hundred and sixty, to two hundred, to two hundred and twenty.
When Ye Chen killed his two hundred and twenty-fifth Gray Winged Dragon, the flock that sensed something amiss began to flee, with the weaker Gray Winged Dragons scattering outward.
And then, eight incredibly powerful Gray Winged Dragons of the late Heavenly Saint stage simultaneously launched an assault on Ye Chen from all directions!
Seeing these eight Gray Winged Dragons attacking together with flawless coordination, Ye Chen knew that his satisfying spree of slaughter was probably coming to an end.
If his True Qi techniques and Divine Soul abilities were still available, Ye Chen would dare to battle these eight mighty Gray Winged Dragons.
But now that he could only rely on his physical body's techniques, he was absolutely no match for the joint attack of these eight formidable late Heavenly Saint stage Gray Winged Dragons.
"Enough."
"Having killed two hundred and twenty-five of them has already far exceeded my expectations."
"Let today's carnage end here!"
Ye Chen burst into laughter and was just about to flee into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant when suddenly, a piercing screech rang out in the sky.
The next moment, Ye Chen saw all eight of the attacking Gray Winged Dragons halt their assault, as countless Gray Winged Dragons turned their gaze towards a certain area in the distance.
When Ye Chen looked towards the source of the screeching sound, he saw an enormous Winged Dragon, larger than all of the Gray Winged Dragons, flying toward him.
This colossal Winged Dragon's wings were no longer gray but were instead an incredibly strange blood-red color.
And its presence had reached a level that made even Ye Chen feel frightened—the realm of the ethereal True God!
This was a True God level Winged Dragon, and at least one that had survived Two Tribulations!
"Didn't the Spirit Light Child say that in this first 'Gray Winged Dragon' zone, the strongest were only supposed to be late Heavenly Saint stage?"
"Why is there a True God level Winged Dragon here?! And with such bizarre blood-red wings?!"
Ye Chen instantly thought of something the Spirit Light Child had said; the Spirit Light Child may rank second among all Spirit Light Children, but its memories were not fully unlocked, and there were many things it was not completely clear about.
Obviously, this hidden True God Winged Dragon was an anomaly unknown to the child.
Ye Chen had not anticipated that outside, there was such a True God level Winged Dragon lurking!
It must have been his slaughter that incited the unrest of countless Winged Dragons, leading to this dragon's emergence.
Seeing the True God level Winged Dragon coming towards him, Ye Chen, with a drastically changed expression, didn't hesitate at all before bursting into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant to escape.
His True Qi and Divine Soul techniques were prohibited; he could no longer summon the True God Talisman to fight. Otherwise, with the two True God Talismans left behind by the True Phoenix and Mu Lan True God, which still contained unused Divine Power, Ye Chen wouldn't fear this Winged Dragon that was likely a Two Tribulations True God.
But now, with only his physical body's combat strength to rely on, he was already having trouble with Winged Dragons of the late Heavenly Saint stage, let alone this True God level Winged Dragon—it was an impossible fight!
There was only one option left—run!
Whoosh.
Having entered the Ice Snow Jade Pendant, Ye Chen immediately transformed it into a gleaming point of light, ready to flee.
To his shock, however, Ye Chen discovered that the Winged Dragon's divine eyes were fixated on the point of light the Ice Snow Jade Pendant had become, and it continued to relentlessly pursue the glowing point.
The Ice Snow Jade Pendant, being a high-grade space artifact, certainly wasn't afraid of destruction by this dragon.
However, high-grade space artifacts possess little offensive power, so Ye Chen could not use the Ice Snow Jade Pendant against the dragon. Should the Winged Dragon capture the pendant—even if it couldn't destroy it—he would be trapped in the dragon's grasp.
In that case, he would likely have to stay trapped until the seven days of assessment were over, and he would be taken away by the teleportation force.
That would mean he would no longer have the chance to slay True Dragons.
Ye Chen had only been in the assessment for three days and had only slain a little over two hundred True Dragons; naturally, he didn't want to get trapped already.
Whoosh!
Seeing the True God Winged Dragon continuing to chase the gleaming point of light from the transformed Ice Snow Jade Pendant, Ye Chen shot towards the deeper depths of the canyon at high speed.
A bright point of light was flying ahead, with a gigantic and overwhelming Winged Dragon in pursuit behind.
The scene was bizarrely disproportionate.
Luckily, the flight speed of the Ice Snow Jade Pendant was extremely fast. Although the Winged Dragon was following far behind without losing track, it couldn't catch up.
In the midst of this chase, Ye Chen had already flown hundreds of miles, and he could faintly hear even more ferocious roars of True Dragons ahead.
Ye Chen instantly realized that ahead must be the second dragon gathering area—the Ironclad War Dragon zone.
If he continued flying forward, he would likely fall into a new group of dragons.
In that Ironclad War Dragon zone, the Spirit Light Child had confirmed the existence of a Three Tribulations True God level True Dragon, which might be even more terrifying than this colossal Winged Dragon!
If he were chased into the Ironclad War Dragon zone, it would definitely attract the attention of that Three Tribulations True God level True Dragon!