As Ye Hei released his aura without holding anything back, everyone present instantly changed color.
Even the mighty figures, including the Ji Clan Holy Lord, wore looks of utter disbelief, as if they had seen a ghost.
"Second Heaven of Immortal Platform?"
"This... This is impossible!"
Wang Chengkun's eyes bulged, and his mouth gaped wide enough to fit a whole goose egg. His face was full of disbelief.
After all, not long ago, Ye Hei had displayed only the strength of the Four Extremes Realm at Qinling Immortal Pond.
In just half a month, he had risen to the Second Heaven of Immortal Platform. It was simply unbelievable.
"What's impossible about it?"
"The world is vast, and all kinds of wonders exist. There are plenty of things you, a frog at the bottom of a well, have never seen."
Pang Bo said scornfully.
Wang Teng's expression changed dramatically when he sensed Ye Hei's aura, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Hmph, so what if you're at the Second Heaven of Immortal Platform?"
"I am the future Great Emperor. I will sweep aside every enemy in my path."
"And you're nothing but a stepping stone on my road."
Wang Teng spoke with great confidence, but Big Black Dog didn't take him seriously at all.
"See? Showing off again..."
Big Black Dog had once accompanied Great Emperor Wushi, who had swept all before him. It had absolute confidence in Ye Hei's strength, for he possessed the same Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
In its view, even an immortal at the Same Realm would become nothing but a pile of bones on the Emperor's Path against the Ye Hei of today.
Ye Hei had no intention of trading barbs with Wang Teng.
After all, even before his transformation, he had already been invincible among those at the Same Realm. After becoming an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, he was far stronger than before.
Forget a mere Wang Teng, who was known as the Northern Emperor. Even if Central Emperor, Southern Demon, Western Buddha, and the rest joined forces, Ye Hei was confident he could suppress them all by himself.
"Enough. Words are pointless. Let's finish this and get it over with."
Ye Hei spoke calmly, as if defeating Wang Teng were nothing of any importance.
Wang Teng sensed the contempt in his words, and fury immediately blazed in his heart.
"Fine! Today, I'll personally crush you and end the myth of the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo!"
The battle erupted in an instant, and it entered its fiercest stage right from the start.
Standing atop the Golden Ancient Chariot, Wang Teng wielded a Golden Great Sword and launched a fierce assault on Ye Fan. Each sword qi seemed capable of cleaving open the heavens, its power terrifying beyond measure.
But Ye Hei was in harmony with the entire world. The power of heaven and earth continually weakened every one of Wang Teng's attacks.
By the time they reached Ye Hei, less than a tenth of their power remained, and his formidable body simply shrugged them off.
Moreover, by fighting Ye Hei, Wang Teng had set himself against the entire world and could no longer absorb Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth to replenish himself.
That meant that if his divine power ran out before he could defeat Ye Hei, he would lose.
Sensing Wang Teng's predicament, the onlookers couldn't help but marvel once more.
The Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo truly was the legendary constitution said to be the only one comparable to the Chaos Body. It was terrifying indeed.
Realizing that ordinary methods couldn't harm Ye Hei at all, Wang Teng immediately activated Nine Secrets: Qian, one of the Nine Secrets.
Nine Secrets: Qian could foresee an opponent's next move. It could also unleash a Sea of Consciousness field, launching an invisible, traceless attack on the Nascent Soul.
After using Nine Secrets: Qian, Wang Teng did gain the upper hand for a short while.
But when Ye Hei activated the Fighting Saint Method, manifesting the Vast Universe Divine Furnace with his left hand and the Great Emperor Sword with his right, his attacks erupted with earth-shaking force. The situation was instantly reversed.
Even when Wang Teng activated the Chaotic Ancient Secret Technique and manifested "Traces of Dao," attempting to trap Ye Hei in a cage, Ye Hei shattered it with a single slash of the "Great Emperor Sword."
"How can this be!"
"I am the future Great Emperor! I absolutely will not lose to anyone!"
Faced with Ye Hei's fierce, overwhelming attacks, which came in an unrelenting torrent, Wang Teng completely panicked.
When he was born, heavenly omens had appeared. As a child, he had even received the legacy of the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor. From then on, he had swept aside all his peers, with no one able to stand against him.
Now he had brought all his methods to bear, yet not only had he failed to gain the upper hand, Ye Hei had completely suppressed him and wounded him in several places.
Unlike Wang Teng, whose confidence dwindled with every exchange, Ye Hei grew more and more excited, feeling as if his blood were about to catch fire.
Ever since he had refined the Immortal Leaf and transformed into an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, hardly anyone of his generation had been able to make him fight at full strength. Wang Teng was the first.
"Ye Hei, I will never lose to you!"
"I am the future Great Emperor! No one can defeat me!"
Wang Teng roared madly, but nothing could change the situation. The "Great Emperor Sword" severed his head with a single slash.
Just as everyone held their breath, thinking Wang Teng had fallen for good, the "Chaotic Ancient Emperor Talisman" hidden in his Sea of Consciousness shone with divine light and "reattached" his head.
Seeing this, Ye Hei was not surprised. He was delighted.
"I thought I'd only get to kill you once. I never expected to kill you twice. This is great!"
With the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron above his head, the "Hengyu Furnace" in his left hand, and the "Great Emperor Sword" in his right, Ye Hei launched another fierce assault on Wang Teng.
Watching Ye Hei, who looked like a madman, Wang Teng was completely terrified. He began driving the Golden Ancient Chariot away, trying to flee the battlefield.
But how could Ye Hei let him get his way?
Empowered by the "Secret of Xing," Ye Hei moved faster than seemed possible. No matter how Wang Teng urged the Golden Ancient Chariot onward, he still couldn't escape Ye Hei's attacks.
Before long, Ye Hei killed Wang Teng twice more, but both times Wang Teng was revived by the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Talisman.
However, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Talisman wasn't invincible. Each time it took effect, some of the Dao Patterns on it were worn away.
When Ye Hei killed Wang Teng for the fourth time, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Talisman revived him, but then crumbled completely into dust.
"Wang Teng, prepare to die!"
Ye Hei stood high in the air, his black hair whipping wildly as his boundless aura surged like the abyss and the sea.
At that moment, empowered by the "Secret of Jie," all his attributes surged tenfold, and his strength reached an unprecedented peak.
The Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron above Ye Hei's head swelled to a hundred zhang, looming like a mountain of Mysterious Yellow as it crashed down on Wang Teng.
"No!"
Wang Teng struggled desperately, raising his Golden Ancient Sword with all his might to strike the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron overhead. But it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree; he couldn't move it at all.
At last, under Wang Teng's despairing gaze, his body fractured inch by inch and exploded into a rain of blood.
"My son!"
When Wang Teng fell, the Wang Family Members, who had been prepared to witness him step over the bones of the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo and set foot on the path to invincibility, were ashen-faced and utterly heartbroken.
Wang Chengkun let out a wail. His blood and qi roiled, and he nearly fainted.
The onlookers clicked their tongues in amazement, their hearts surging like storm-tossed seas.
Even as a Sacred Body, Ye Hei had already displayed strength that made him invincible among those at the Same Realm. Now that he had transformed into an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, he was utterly unstoppable. Hardly anyone among the younger generation could stand against him.
Even Wang Teng, known as the Northern Emperor, had been unable to put up much of a fight against Ye Hei.
"Pang Bo, Black Emperor, catch!"
Ye Hei swept out a hand, and the Golden Ancient Chariot and Golden Sacred Sword, the two Sacred Artifacts that had belonged to Wang Teng, turned into streaks of light and flew toward Pang Bo and Big Black Dog.
"Heh heh."
Pang Bo accepted them without hesitation and put them away, while Big Black Dog grinned so broadly that its mouth nearly reached its ears.
"Ye Hei, give me back my son's life!"
Wang Chengkun glared at Ye Hei with bloodshot eyes, his gaze venomous.
With a wave of his hand, a Purple Lightning Hammer appeared in his grasp. Wrapped in purple lightning and engraved with Sacred Patterns, it radiated an astonishing sacred might.
This was a weapon forged by a Great Sage of the Wang Family. Its power far surpassed that of ordinary Sacred Artifacts, and it was the Wang Family's treasured clan weapon.
Seeing his son, who had been destined to become an emperor, utterly crushed by Ye Hei, Wang Chengkun was consumed with rage. He immediately brought out the Great Saint Artifact, intending to make Ye Hei join Wang Teng in death.
Facing this terrifying, overwhelming sacred might, Ye Hei's expression remained remarkably calm, without the slightest trace of nervousness.
Now that Wang Teng was dead, Ye Hei was an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo destined to attain the Dao in the future, and he was also on good terms with Ji Ziyue and Ji Haoyue.
The Ji Clan should know which side they ought to take.
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