Chapter 326: Corpses Everywhere, Cangming’s Despair

The surrounding Disciples looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

"Is this the strength of the heaven severing emperor? Just his aura alone can suppress the First Layer of the Emperor Realm…"

"Lu Qingyun has no power to fight back in front of him."

"It seems the rumors are true; Zhou Chen's strength has likely surpassed the ordinary Third Layer of the Emperor Realm."

…

"I must rush over as quickly as possible."

Having just been delayed for a moment by Lu Qingyun, a sense of urgency rose in Zhou Chen's heart. He circulated his spiritual energy and activated the xuanhuang boundary breaking boat.

The boundary breaking boat instantly expanded, transforming into a thirty-meter-long flying boat.

The flying boat was entirely golden, its surface covered with dense runes, emitting terrifying spatial fluctuations.

Zhou Chen jumped onto the flying boat and activated a Teleportation Talisman.

Buzz—

A brilliant pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping Zhou Chen and the flying boat.

The next second, his figure vanished from the Jixia Academy.

Central Continent, the border region.

With a flash of light, Zhou Chen's figure appeared in a desolate mountain range.

This place was still thirty thousand miles away from the Taichu Holy Land.

"Fortunately, three hundred thousand miles… if I go at full speed, it will take about half a day."

Zhou Chen did not hesitate and immediately activated the xuanhuang boundary breaking boat.

Boom—

The flying boat let out a roar and instantly turned into a golden stream of light, disappearing into the horizon.

The speed of the xuanhuang boundary breaking boat was extremely fast, almost reaching the level of spatial jumping.

In just half an hour, Zhou Chen had flown over ten thousand miles.

But just then, an inexplicable aura suddenly appeared ahead.

Zhou Chen's expression changed, and he immediately stopped the flying boat.

The Void Realm ahead distorted, and an old man dressed in black robes slowly manifested.

The old man had a cold appearance, and his eyes held a thick killing intent.

He was precisely an Elder of the Black Abyss Holy Land.

[Name: Hei Jiu]

[Realm: Emperor Realm Tenth Layer]

[Recent Opportunity: None]

Zhou Chen frowned.

Emperor Realm Tenth Layer—though not as strong as him, he was still considered a veteran powerhouse in the Central Continent.

"Human Race brat, are you Zhou Chen?"

The Black Abyss Elder sneered, "The Jiang Family has put a bounty on your head, worth one million Top-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Today, your life ends here."

Zhou Chen said indifferently, "With just you?"

The Black Abyss Elder's face darkened.

"Arrogant!"

"Do you think that by breaking through to the Emperor Realm Tenth Layer, you can be invincible?"

"I have cultivated for thousands of years and seen countless geniuses."

"Arrogant ones like you always end up dying miserably. Jie jie jie, the feng shui here is quite good."

It seemed they didn't know the news of Zhou Chen's Breakthrough to the Emperor Realm yet. Zhou Chen didn't bother with nonsense and simply waved his hand.

"Great Void Eight Desolations Slash."

Eight terrifying streaks of Sword Qi slashed out simultaneously from eight directions, each containing the power of the Law of Severance.

The Black Abyss Elder's expression changed drastically. Damn it, after living for thousands of years, he hadn't expected to be deceived; the news given to him by the Jiang Family was actually fake!

He hurriedly circulated all his spiritual energy to resist.

"Black Abyss Demonic Technique—Ten Thousand Demons Devouring the Heavens!"

无数黑色的魔影从他体内飞出，张牙舞爪的扑向剑气.

However, these demonic shadows were as fragile as paper before the Sword Qi.

Puchi, puchi, puchi—

The Sword Qi pierced directly through the demonic shadows and slashed into the Black Abyss Elder's body.

Before the Black Abyss Elder could even scream, he was torn to shreds by the Sword Qi.

An Emperor Realm Tenth Layer powerhouse couldn't even withstand a single move before Zhou Chen.

As if he had crushed an insignificant ant, Zhou Chen continued to drive the flying boat forward.

But he knew this was just the beginning.

Since the Jiang Family dared to besiege the Taichu Holy Land, they must have set up numerous ambushes along the way.

The road ahead would likely not be so easy to travel.

Sure enough, after flying another few thousand miles, several auras appeared ahead once more.

This time it wasn't one, but three.

Three Emperor Realm Tenth Layer powerhouses appeared before Zhou Chen at the same time.

They came from the Heavenly Demon Holy Land, the Blood Fiend Holy Land, and the Netherworld Holy Land, respectively.

These three Demonic Path Holy Lands were all arch-enemies of the Taichu Holy Land.

"Zhou Chen, your road ends here."

The Elder of the Heavenly Demon Holy Land sneered, "The three of us joining forces can even withstand a First Layer of the Emperor Realm powerhouse."

"A junior like you who just broke through to the Emperor Realm Tenth Layer is doomed today."

Zhou Chen glanced at the three of them, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"Ants. If you want to kill me, you aren't qualified."

He raised his hand, and the phantom of the chaos bell appeared above his head.

"Space-Time Cage."

Terrifying space-time power erupted from the chaos bell, instantly enveloping the three of them.

The bodies of the three Elders were frozen, unable to move.

"What power is this?!"

The Heavenly Demon Holy Land Elder cried out in terror, "Space-Time Law? How could you possibly have mastered the Space-Time Law?!"

Zhou Chen did not answer but instead activated the Law of Severance.

"Green Lotus Burying Sky."

The terrifying power of the Law of Severance erupted within the chaos bell's Space-Time Cage, transforming into three pillars of destructive light that blasted toward the three individuals.

轰轰轰——

With three loud explosions, the three Emperor Realm Tenth Layer powerhouses were simultaneously killed.

Over the next part of his journey, he encountered several more waves of ambushes.

But the strongest of these ambushing powerhouses was only at the Emperor Realm Tenth Layer.

Before Zhou Chen, they weren't worth a glance; he simply used a Great Void Eight Desolations Slash to insta-kill them from a distance without even looking.

He pushed forward all the way, casually slaying over a dozen Emperor Realm Tenth Layer experts.

Finally, at sunset, Zhou Chen saw the mountain gate of the Taichu Holy Land.

But the scene before him made his heart sink.

Outside the Taichu Holy Land mountain gate, corpses were strewn everywhere.

Blood gathered into streams, winding down the mountain path and staining the white jade steps a piercing crimson.

The air was thick with the smell of blood and burning, traces left behind after self-detonations.

The Mountain Protection Array had completely shattered; the seven-colored light curtain that originally enveloped the entire Holy Land was now only scattered specks of light drifting in the air.

"The myriad heavens' Qi is vast, my Dao flourishes daily…"

Another tragic recitation rang out.

A white-haired Taichu Holy Land Elder, his Dao robes already tattered and his body covered in blood. His cultivation was only at the Emperor Realm Seventh Layer, and facing the siege of three Demonic Path Cultivators of the same level, he was already at the end of his strength.

"Old thing, surrender, and maybe we'll let you keep your dog's life," an Elder from the Heavenly Demon Holy Land said with a grin.

The white-haired Elder looked up, a look of resolve flashing in his cloudy eyes.

"My Taichu Holy Land would rather die than surrender."

As his voice fell, the Dao Foundation within his body began to vibrate violently.

"Not good, he's going to self-detonate!"

The three Demonic Path Cultivators' expressions changed drastically, and they wanted to retreat, but it was too late.

Boom—

Terrifying energy fluctuations exploded, turning everything within a hundred-meter radius into scorched earth.

That white-haired Elder, along with the three Demonic Path Cultivators, was annihilated in the explosion.

Such scenes were constantly playing out all over the Taichu Holy Land.

Countless Disciples and Elders chose to self-detonate in their desperation, taking their enemies down with them.

They knew that in today's battle, the Taichu Holy Land would likely be destroyed.

But even if they were to die, they would die with dignity and heroism.

On the square in front of the Holy Land's main hall, Chu Cangming knelt on one knee, blood constantly overflowing from the corners of his mouth.

He was once the First Sequence Saint of the Taichu Holy Land, exceptionally talented and held in high regard.

But at this moment, he only had the cultivation of the Emperor Realm Eighth Layer, appearing so insignificant in this catastrophe.