Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 932: Chapter 931 [The Deity Within the Treasure]

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It could be said to be helpless, or it could be a desperate gamble. Ye Tianchen finally rushed into the mouth of the white skull within the Poison Saint Intense Flame Banner. After entering the mouth of the white skull, Ye Tianchen did not encounter a powerful attack, nor did he reach a dead end. Instead, it felt like he had entered a completely alternate dimension. In this space, there was nothing else, only a Divine Throne made of a skull high in the air. On this Divine Throne was a skeleton with gleaming white bones. This skeleton had been here an undetermined length of time, showing no signs of turning to dust, and its entire body was crystalline, which deeply shocked Ye Tianchen!

Ye Tianchen had always been focused on body refinement, emphasizing the forging of the physical body. He could say that he placed the forging of the physical body as his top priority in cultivation. Therefore, he understood very well that only the bones of a supreme strong could remain immortal for millions of years, reaching a state of coexisting with heaven and earth. Of course, whether there are immortals in the world is still undetermined; nothing truly coexists with heaven and earth. It’s just that the skeleton on the Divine Throne is extremely powerful and astonishing.

What made Ye Tianchen’s scalp tingle was that he seemed not to be mistaken. He very much wished he had been wrong, as this skeleton sitting on the Divine Throne was not the Poison Saint. However, when the skeleton opened its mouth, Ye Tianchen tightly knitted his eyebrows. To be honest, he was also sweating nervously, even though he possessed a fearless Taoist heart and an unfazed personality. Despite this, facing a peerless figure like the Poison Saint, he was somewhat intimidated. Even though the Poison Saint had become a skeleton, far from being as powerful as in former times, he was beyond Ye Tianchen’s ability to confront. The gap in strength was too immense, he had to admit.

A beam of white light came for the kill. Ye Tianchen didn’t even know where it came from; all he knew was this white light aimed directly at his head with an intent to kill in one blow and obliterate both body and spirit. Ye Tianchen was greatly alarmed by the formidable and aggressive power of the attack. Without a second thought, he hastily retreated and launched a strike with a Vajra Divine Fist.

Bang!

The Vajra Divine Fist emitted a golden punch radiance, blasting towards the white light. Unfortunately, it didn’t last even a moment. Everything turned into nothingness in the presence of the murderous white light, even slicing through the air to form swirling black voids, leaving Ye Tianchen horrified and in cold sweat. He had never encountered such a powerful killing move before, but there was no time to ponder it. A Vajra Divine Fist couldn’t fend off this murderous white light even for a second. As the white light’s lethal intent approached instantly, Ye Tianchen swiftly retreated, his whole body flashing with golden light. He had already cast the ”Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill” on his body while employing Divine Movement Skill to escape the deadly white light.

Puff!

Blood splattered from Ye Tianchen’s left shoulder. The white light murderous strike hadn’t hit him directly, but it paused when he released the Vajra Divine Fist, causing the lethal intent of the white light to linger for a moment. His left side almost got destroyed. Fortunately, the Divine Movement Skill was exceptionally powerful and unbelievably fast, leaving Ye Tianchen only with a wounded left shoulder; otherwise, it would have been perilous.

”Vajra Divine Fist, Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill, Divine Movement Skill... To have acquired these three Martial Arts Divine Skills, which have lost their inheritances, indeed remarkable!”

Ye Tianchen heard the skeleton on the Divine Throne speak but didn’t respond or say anything. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but there wasn’t even a chance or time—he was driven to a desperate situation by a beam of white light with killing intent. This was the first time Ye Tianchen had encountered something so overwhelmingly powerful, it was essentially an irresistible force.

Though Divine Movement Skill was formidable, and Ye Tianchen had pushed it to the limit, in this space there was a natural binding force. When Ye Tianchen executed the Divine Movement Skill to avoid the white light’s lethal attack, he found that he couldn’t escape this space. It looked the same from all sides with no exits or entrances and no different places; yet the white light killing intent followed closely, not any slower than Ye Tianchen’s Divine Movement Skill.

Puff!

In the process of evading, Ye Tianchen’s right shoulder was hit again, bleeding profusely. This time the injury was even more severe than the one on his left shoulder; the entire right arm seemed unusable, drenched in blood.

Seeing the white light killing intent closing in from behind, just less than half a meter away, it was clear he would be killed if it continued. Gritting his teeth, Ye Tianchen turned around, looking as fearless and death-defying as an Overlord, striking a punch.

Thump!

Puff!

Ye Tianchen flew backward, severely injured but not dead, coughing up large amounts of blood. He was utterly shocked—what on earth was this white light lethal energy? It was his first encounter with a battle where he had no chance to fight back; it was incredibly frustrating. He had just unleashed a powerful blow with his Great Success Realm ”Overlord Fist,” believing that even if it couldn’t smash the white lethal energy, it could at least stall it for a moment. This would give him a chance to use the Divine Movement Skill to gain some distance, avoiding an immediate attack and providing time to figure out a solution. Yet, the blow of his Great Success Realm ”Overlord Fist” didn’t even momentarily halt the white lethal energy. This realization shocked Ye Tianchen as he was sent flying, blood streaming ceaselessly from his mouth, suffering from severe injuries.

”A Great Success Realm Overlord Fist, impressive, impressive. It seems you’ve inherited the Yijin Jing. This Immortal Treasure Manual had been lost for nearly ten million years, and for you to obtain it, you must be someone with great fortune. No wonder you dared to break into the Five Poison Sect with just Mid-stage Martial Sovereign cultivation. I’m quite curious to see what other tricks you have up your sleeve...”

”Cough, cough...” Ye Tianchen, covered in blood, barely survived just one encounter. That white light lethal energy nearly killed him; he had no power to fight back. He used the Vajra Divine Fist, Overlord Fist, Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill, Divine Movement Skill, but none could escape the assault of the white light lethal energy. This marked the first time he was beaten so miserably without any power to retaliate.

Upon hearing the words from the skeletal figure on the Divine Throne, Ye Tianchen’s eyes suddenly flashed with a glimmer of understanding. He seemed to comprehend something; a slight smile appeared on his mouth as he said, ”You are not the Poison Saint!”

”What makes you say that?” The skeleton sitting on the Divine Throne was momentarily stunned, yet asked calmly.

”If you were the Poison Saint, with my current strength and cultivation level, it would be impossible to evade your killing blow. Moreover, you’re very familiar with the Martial Arts Divine Skills I use, indicating you are an ancient existence. Yet, I dare say you’re not human. You’re not the Poison Saint, just a divine spirit within the Poison Saint Intense Flame Banner!” Ye Tianchen coldly gazed at the skeleton on the Divine Throne as he spoke.

As soon as Ye Tianchen finished, the skeleton on the Divine Throne shot out two beams of Divine Radiance, striking directly at Ye Tianchen. At this moment, knowing the skeleton was not the Poison Saint, Ye Tianchen felt somewhat relieved in his heart. Facing the formidable lethal energy released once more by the skeleton, he resorted to using the ”Holy Heaven Prison.” Originally, Ye Tianchen intended to use the Taie Sword, but he wasn’t yet adept at controlling it and couldn’t unleash its full power. Although the skeleton on the Divine Throne wasn’t the Poison Saint, it was still a powerful divine spirit from the Poison Saint Intense Flame Banner, ancient and extraordinarily strong, with comprehensive knowledge of the Poison Saint’s matters. Thus, Ye Tianchen could not underestimate him and had to fight with all his might, hoping for a chance to suppress him.

The twin beams of Divine Radiance struck with lethal energy, and Ye Tianchen lifted the ”Holy Heaven Prison,” confronting them with a shock kill, shattering both beams. A pervasive Chaos Qi emerged, annihilating everything in its wake. Though the twin beams were powerful, they were unable to withstand the Chaos Qi within the ”Holy Heaven Prison.”

”This... the Holy Heaven Prison, how did you obtain it?” The divine spirit on the Divine Throne looked utterly shocked, seemingly unable to remain calm any longer.

”Enough nonsense. You wish to suppress me in the name of the Poison Saint, but now I will never let you succeed. I’m very curious to know whether the Poison Saint Intense Flame Banner will still exert its formidable power once its divine spirit is destroyed!” Ye Tianchen resolutely declared, raising the Holy Heaven Prison and charging forward.

A divine spirit resides within every treasure, becoming stronger as the treasure becomes mightier. It is said that the divine spirits within the strongest Emperor’s Artifacts possess autonomous spirituality, capable of self-initiated warfare. Even if the Emperor figure were to pass away, the Emperor’s Artifact would remain in the world, immortal. The divine spirit within thus becomes a formidable entity, wielding the artifact’s power to become an alternate form of a powerful being—something far beyond the capabilities of ordinary martial artists, incredibly frightening and terrifying.

Ye Tianchen knew well that the divine spirit within the Poison Saint Intense Flame Banner was exceptionally strong. If he were to defeat it, his only reliance would be the ”Holy Heaven Prison,” as he had no other means. This divine spirit, albeit not the Poison Saint, was still a divine spirit controlled by the Poison Saint’s artifact. By being constantly exposed, it would learn some of the Poison Saint’s Martial Arts Divine Skills and know much about the ancient secrets. Its combat power was incredibly strong, requiring full effort to counter.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Ye Tianchen raised the ”Holy Heaven Prison” with both hands, smashing it down three times consecutively, all targeting the skeleton on the Divine Throne. In truth, within the treasure, the divine spirit had no physical form; the skeleton was merely a manifestation, just like when Ye Tianchen was pursuing the Ten Thousand Year Old Ginseng, which transformed into a naked woman. Ye Tianchen understood fully that if he couldn’t subdue this divine spirit in a short time, it would be nearly impossible to escape the Poison Saint Intense Flame Banner. This mission to annihilate the Five Poison Sect would entirely fall apart, and the lives of Qing Chengyue, Dongfang Meng, Tianshuang, and Xie Yuhe, four beauties from the Ancient Martial Sect, would be gravely threatened! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)