Of course, Ye Chen had been somewhat unlucky as well. If Duo Long the Emperor had possessed not a low-grade Emperor-level armor but a low-grade Emperor-level weapon, Ye Chen might have been able to kill him. After all, most Two-Star Generals had only killed one One-Star General and could only purchase one low-grade Emperor-level Artifact. Whether they chose a defensive artifact or an offensive artifact depended entirely on personal preference.
Why were Three-Star Generals and Four-Star Generals so formidable? Because to become a Three-Star General, one had surely killed a One-Star General and a Two-Star General, allowing one to choose one low-grade Emperor-level Artifact and one mid-grade Emperor-level Artifact. Four-Star Generals were even more formidable, able to choose one low-grade Emperor-level Artifact, one mid-grade Emperor-level Artifact, and one high-grade Emperor-level Artifact, fully capable of balancing offense and defense.
If Ye Chen wanted to obtain an Emperor-level sword as soon as possible, he could only set his sights on One-Star Generals or Honorary Commanders.
"First, I'll recover my True Essence."
Compared to his Soul Force, Ye Chen's True Essence had been severely depleted, with only twenty to thirty percent remaining. His battle with Duo Long the Emperor and the Demon Spear Emperor had not consumed much True Essence. Most of it had been used to defend against the tens of thousands of Yaksha Clan soldiers. A quantitative change produced a qualitative change—this held true at all times. Although Ye Chen possessed the Fleeting Sword Domain, which had reached the middle stage of the fifth level, and wore a Mid-Tier Heavenly King Set with astonishing defensive power, there had been tens of thousands of Life and Death Realm Kings. Every wave contained over a thousand attacks, and the True Essence expenditure had been unimaginable.
When facing tens of thousands of Life and