Quiet. Utterly silent.
Apart from the cultivators reduced to dust, many corpses lay everywhere, not yet caught in the devastation and pulverized.
The survivors could barely save themselves. Retreat, retreat, retreat!
They did not even have time to look up at Chen Fan.
"What happened?" Every face was deathly pale. It had been too sudden. Dust filled their vision, obscuring everything.
Chen Luoyu and the others watched solemnly. The opponent was also a Great Emperor; they could not possibly avoid worrying about their ancestor.
Only Bai Fengyao was ecstatic. Surely this proved that every word she had said earlier was true?
She stared intently. According to the books, this probably rivaled a nuclear explosion, right?
Chen Fan looked down from above. Since these people had dared to come, they should have come prepared to die.
Naturally, none of these ants would escape, either.
"Great Emperor Taihuang, why did you attack my Chen Lineage?"
His cold demand rang out, his voice reverberating into the distance.
A Great Emperor would not die so easily.
Besides, in White Emperor Province, an Emperor Realm expert with such moves could only be that man from the Great Desolation Holy Land. There was no one else.
Dust billowed before a beam of power parted it.
Great Emperor Taihuang hovered in the air, looking bedraggled.
"A Supreme Bone... just who are you?!" Disbelief filled his murky eyes.
But he had already been gravely wounded. His opponent's move had been astonishing beyond belief.
He admitted he was inferior.
But a dignified Great Emperor had actually ambushed him from behind! He was so furious he wanted to curse.
Only then did everyone clearly see that the young man overhead had actually ambushed an Emperor Realm expert!
Hiss-
"What? You came to my Chen Lineage without even finding out that this was my territory?" Chen Fan countered.
"Chen Fan! You're Chen Fan!" Great Emperor Taihuang's heart sank.
How was this possible? He really was an Emperor Realm expert!
That girl from the Ancient Phoenix Clan had not been lying!
And Chen Fan even possessed a Supreme Bone! An innate supreme physique!
"Correct." A cold gleam flashed through Chen Fan's eyes. "Since you're here, stay."
Great Emperor Taihuang's cultivation was at the Emperor Realm Second Layer, while he was at the Emperor Realm First Layer. There was a gap.
But in terms of the quality of cultivation arts and divine abilities, his opponent could not catch him even on a galloping horse. Not to mention that, with his Supreme Bone and Chaos Dao Body, his flesh was an inexhaustible treasure trove.
That was enough to bridge the gap.
With that, Chen Fan struck with another palm, even more powerful this time.
Great Emperor Taihuang immediately thought of retreating. What he had witnessed with his own eyes could not be false. However hard it was to believe, it was fact!
An Emperor Realm powerhouse barely into his twenties-was Heaven playing a joke?
"My Great Desolation Holy Land will remember this..."
His voice gradually grew ethereal as Great Emperor Taihuang chose to flee outright. He had been gravely wounded, ambushed!
Fighting Chen Fan might bring unforeseen complications.
They were both Great Emperors. If he wanted to leave, could Chen Fan possibly stop him?
Daoist Jiyuan and Sage Wuhui had only just escaped the reach of the clash between immortals when those words gave them a terrible fright.
This Chen Fan of the Chen Lineage really was a Great Emperor!
He even possessed a Supreme Bone! Great Emperor Taihuang had chosen to leave rather than face him head-on!
Run!
They, too, could only flee. What a joke-how could they possibly be his match? They turned and left.
Meanwhile, towering waves surged through Fang Yuehua's and the Lord of Illusory Sound's hearts! Just moments ago, Chen Fan had been beside them, chatting.
Yet the next moment... this had happened!
An Emperor Realm expert... that thought left them unable to calm down for a long time, their expressions extremely grave. It was awkward. They, too, had come to...
Should they flee or not?
Immediately afterward, they heard-
"Trying to leave?" Chen Fan vanished into the void. "Order Heavenly Dao Art!"
With a casual wave, the divine art rippled outward.
A Great Emperor could seal space at will.
Briefly halting time was the power of the Heavenly Dao.
And now, under the Order Heavenly Dao Art, everything had to follow his rules!
At this distance, it was already too late to leave!
Not to mention that, beneath his Double Pupils, Great Emperor Taihuang had nowhere to hide even if he tried to escape through the void.
Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound immediately froze in place, unable to move an inch. They could not flee even if they wanted to, utterly at another's mercy.
Watching the young man step into the void to pursue Great Emperor Taihuang, their minds went blank. He was too powerful...
Sensing the power of rules descend around him, Great Emperor Taihuang was even more alarmed.
"What kind of divine art is this?!"
It was as though he had sunk into a mire. The power rippled visibly, every strand seemingly obeying Chen Fan's command, weaving restraints.
That was the power of order.
"This is bad." Sensing an icy killing intent, the dignified Emperor Realm expert felt fear for the first time.
"Taihuang Emperor Art!" He activated his cultivation art at the same time.
Daoist Jiyuan and Sage Wuhui were caught in it as well, unable to escape at all!
He clearly had the strength to fight head-on, so why had a dignified Great Emperor resorted to an ambush? It all began with Great Emperor Taihuang being ambushed by Chen Fan. Otherwise, how could they have been forced into such a passive position?
And now, even Great Emperor Taihuang seemed entangled. They were utterly terrified.
They immediately howled toward Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound, "Attack together!"
Even if Chen Fan was an immensely powerful Emperor Realm expert, with Great Emperor Taihuang here and the four of them at the Saint Realm, they might yet break free.
But the moment those words fell, an icy killing intent descended.
A bone-piercing chill surged through Daoist Jiyuan's heart. Thoroughly terrified, he did not want to die here over this. "Great Emperor, quell your anger! I am from the Heaven Subduing Sect..."
"So what? Die!" Chen Fan brought down a palm in a basic attack.
Daoist Jiyuan's voice stopped abruptly. Then he was pulverized completely, without the slightest power to resist, at another's mercy.
Just earlier, he had been using Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound as cover while secretly observing.
Not one person who deserved death could escape his Double Pupils!
Sage Wuhui felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar. Even Daoist Jiyuan was dead, so he himself...
Soon, he had the illusion of being watched by tigers and wolves, his entire body freezing.
"Spare me! I can be your slave..." He regretted it. That little girl had actually been right.
"Die!" Chen Fan casually erased him. Those few were the strongest here; to avoid unforeseen complications, he would eliminate them early.
Sage Wuhui vanished like smoke in an instant.
Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound watched helplessly as Chen Fan slew two Sages as though no one stood in his way!
They had never intended to join forces with those two Sages.
Please don't notice us. Please don't notice us, they prayed inwardly.
When immortals fought, the fish in the moat suffered. They could not possibly intervene in a battle between Great Emperors.
Yun Lan had been wise to leave.
"Taihuang Bell!" came a thunderous shout.
Great Emperor Taihuang immediately activated his spiritual artifact, a massive treasure bell of heaven and earth.
Clang, clang.
Buzz-
The sound stretched on without end.
It rapidly swelled, shrouding heaven and earth.
Its mere humming seemed capable of annihilating body and soul.
"Go!"
"You let your guard down, daring to divide your attention while fighting me." Great Emperor Taihuang seized the opportunity and counterattacked.
He had a temper, too.
Even gravely wounded, with an emperor-grade spiritual artifact unleashed, Chen Fan might not be able to do anything to him!
The sound alone nearly made Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound pass out.
"Is that so?" Chen Fan sneered and met it with a palm strike.
Boom.
The terrifying shock waves of the collision made space twist and warp.
With his Supreme Bone, he clashed head-on with an emperor artifact!
The golden light of his Supreme Bone emerged, and his supreme blood surged.
"How could this..." Great Emperor Taihuang's face instantly turned deathly pale.
There was something strange about Chen Fan's cultivation art!
Though he appeared to have the advantage of an emperor artifact, he had actually already fallen into Chen Fan's trap.
He could not unleash its proper might at all.
Fear. Trembling.
"Die!" Chen Fan uttered a single word.
Leaving him alive would only invite disaster.
"No-"
Great Emperor Taihuang was thoroughly terrified, his cry drawn out.
He had never imagined he would fall here on this journey. It all began with being ambushed by Chen Fan!
He could not accept it. How could he possibly accept it?!
Chen Fan showed no mercy whatsoever, blasting the Primordial Divine Emperor Palm straight at him.
Great Emperor Taihuang simply dodged.
Then the impact annihilated his body and soul, killing him completely.
After slaying Great Emperor Taihuang, Chen Fan had expended most of his strength as well. He put away the Taihuang Bell. Not bad. A fine treasure.
A Great Emperor of his generation had fallen, just like that.
Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound had watched the entire time, witnessing a Great Emperor hunted to his death, unable even to escape.
What were they supposed to do now?
Bai Fengyao was almost crying with longing. "Is this the might of the Order Heavenly Dao Art...? So powerful!"
A cultivation art invincible among equals, capable of utterly crushing them.
"Master!" Then she flew toward him.
Chen Luoyu and the others also sighed in relief. Their ancestor was mighty!
With a casual wave, Chen Fan summoned three thousand Tribulation Transcendence Realm puppets.
Countless experts appeared overhead at once. The sheer visual pressure made eyelids twitch wildly as they surrounded Chen Fan, giving everyone another fright.
So many, all at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm?
Chen Fan said, "Clean up..."
Saint Realm experts were rare to begin with, and none remained. He could leave the rest to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm puppets to sweep away.
"Yes, Master." At once, the three thousand puppets looked down upon the survivors below, icy gleams shining in their eyes.
Utterly disregarding martial honor, they chose to overwhelm the few with the many, forging a hell of death.
Wherever they went, they reaped life.
Since they had come, they could forget about leaving. Even the spectators had to leave their dog heads behind!
Then Chen Fan looked toward Fang Yuehua and the Lord of Illusory Sound off to one side.