In an instant, everything here fell deathly silent.
As Chen Yu slashed his sword down, a terrifying surge of Sword Qi sprang forth, as though it would charge straight through the nine heavens, slay gods and demons, and cut down every living creature in the world.
Terrifying power spilled outward, and even the ground beneath their feet seemed to totter on the verge of collapse, as though it might shatter beyond control.
Opposite him, Crocodile Ancestor frowned. The situation before him had somewhat exceeded his expectations, and he did not know why.
Just a moment ago, his opponent had clearly been nothing more than an ant in the Bitter Sea Realm. How had he become like this in the blink of an eye?
Looking at him now, how was he some Bitter Sea Realm ant? He was clearly a terrifying Saint King cultivator.
A second-generation emperor's son at the Saint King level-an existence like that demanded even a Great Saint's attention. They would not dare disregard him lightly.
Although he was still inferior to Crocodile Ancestor, he was enough to make him take him seriously.
But at this point, saying anything else was already useless.
Crocodile Ancestor did not hesitate. He stepped straight forward and clashed with him.
Divine power surged, and matchless divine might spread, sweeping through the void. Vaguely, numerous chains of laws intertwined before shattering one after another.
Crocodile Ancestor stood in place, divine light blazing from his eyes. His fighting spirit shot straight into the clouds as he prepared to close in and fight Chen Yu.
But at that moment, Chen Yu did not continue the engagement.
He merely struck once with all his strength, briefly forcing Crocodile Ancestor back, then immediately made his move.
Without the slightest hesitation, he swept up Ye Fan and the others beside him and turned into a streak of light, rushing into the ancient bronze coffin.
Bang!
A crisp sound rang out. Through his efforts, the ancient bronze coffin began to shift, and the corner that the earlier tremors had lifted began to close. Then the gathered divine power drove the Five-Colored Altar below, activating it once again.
In the original course of events, activating this Five-Colored Altar would have required the Divine Crocodiles' flesh and blood to provide divine power, but now there was no need for such trouble.
Chen Yu gathered divine power directly and reinforced it with his magical power, activating the Five-Colored Altar in an instant.
Had he still been that Bitter Sea Realm cultivator from before, he naturally would not have had this ability. But with the power of a Saint King upon him, even if only for a brief time, the divine power he could gather was incomparable to before.
The Five-Colored Altar activated in an instant, and the entire Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin configuration came alive and began to move.
Nine divine dragons soared into the air, pulling the mysterious ancient coffin forward, charging into the depths of the boundless starry sky.
Roar!
A low roar came from below, like the growl of a god or demon, boundlessly terrifying. Everyone who heard that sound was filled with horror.
Crocodile Ancestor charged into the air.
He tried to stop the mysterious Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, but he could not do so at all.
A divine dragon swung its tail and slammed heavily into his body, actually sending him flying and nearly cracking his body apart.
As expected, Crocodile Ancestor has only just broken free of his seal and is still in an extremely weakened state.
Inside the ancient bronze coffin, Chen Yu watched the scene before him and could not help feeling fortunate.
Crocodile Ancestor was a mighty Great Saint, stronger than a Saint King. Had he been in his prime, even the power of a Saint King would have been useless to Chen Yu. He would still have been blasted to death.
Fortunately, his opponent had been suppressed beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple for many years and was likewise extremely weak now. Only because of that had he failed to subdue Chen Yu instantly, allowing him to find an opportunity to escape.
But after Chen Yu entered the ancient bronze coffin, no matter how unwilling his opponent was, there was ultimately nothing he could do to him.
After all, the intrinsic nature of this Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin was far too lofty. Never mind a mere Great Saint-even a true Quasi-Emperor could do nothing to it.
But for now, there are still a few lingering threats to deal with.
Chen Yu raised his head to look ahead, then pointed a finger straight out.
The next moment, amid the startled cries of Zhou Yi and the others, several sounds of bursting rang out.
Those were the Divine Crocodiles that had slipped in earlier. Under Chen Yu's pointing finger, they shattered outright, dying before they could do anything.
Before a Saint King, these creatures had nowhere to hide.
However, these were all he could deal with.
As for things hidden deeper, such as Crocodile Ancestor's divine embryo that might exist, or the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's Divine Obsession that might already have slipped inside, he no longer had the ability to search for them.
For one thing, his Saint King cultivation was somewhat insufficient; for another, he was already running out of time.
The Saint King cultivation he had obtained was only a trial card, and it was now nearly at its limit.
What a pity. I wasted a life-saving trump card just like that...
Standing there, a thought stirred in Chen Yu's mind. But perhaps I could do this?
Taking advantage of the last moments before the trial card expired, he took out several ancient artifacts stored in his Bitter Sea.
These were several ancient artifacts he had pocketed earlier in the Great Thunderclap Temple. Because they had been well preserved, they looked quite intact, without any damage.
The materials of these objects were all fairly good. At least for Chen Yu, they were the best things he could produce at the moment.
The next moment, Chen Yu began refining them on the spot.
He poured his divine power into these ancient artifacts, refining them into several single-use Forbidden Artifacts.
The process went fairly smoothly.
During his time on Earth, Chen Yu had checked in at various places. Although he had not obtained anything particularly good, he had acquired quite a few miscellaneous inheritances, including ones related to pill refining and artifact refining. They were just right for use now.
After all, he was not refining any proper weapons, only making single-use Forbidden Artifacts.
With suitable materials, making them was relatively easy.
A short while later, the divine light faded.
Chen Yu's Saint King trial card expired completely.
He once again became an ordinary Bitter Sea Realm cultivator. His entire person returned to normal, without the matchless divine might from before.
But as he sensed his Bitter Sea now, he was quite satisfied.
The various ancient artifacts he had pocketed from the Great Thunderclap Temple had now all been turned into single-use Forbidden Artifacts.
Among them were three King-level Forbidden Artifacts and only one Saint-level Forbidden Artifact.
As for Saint King-level ones, Chen Yu could not refine them at all.
For one thing, the time had been brief, leaving him little opportunity. For another, the materials of these ancient artifacts were only so good.
Among the ancient artifacts he had collected, the one with the best materials was that ancient bronze lamp, which he had barely managed to refine into a single-use Saint-level Forbidden Artifact.
One Saint King-level trial card, split into several lower-level Forbidden Artifacts. That counts as recovering some of the loss, I suppose.
Chen Yu thought to himself, Fortunately, I've made it through this hurdle.
Next comes Big Dipper.
He gazed outside as all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind.
Inside the ancient bronze coffin, Ye Fan and the others were still somewhat shaken.
For mortals like them, the earlier scenes had been a little too horrifying.
But as they looked at Chen Yu standing calmly before them, their uneasy hearts gradually settled.