Zhu Feng’s entire body seemed frozen. In moments, he dropped straight down, plummeting, a gaping crimson hole bleeding above his brow.

Silence descended upon the entire expanse.

Everyone stared blankly at Ye Chen, even Yue Ying was somewhat dazed. He felt Zhu Feng’s aura vanishing rapidly, slipping toward death, and his heart was filled with bewilderment.

Dead?

A Pseudo-God Realm expert had actually been slain by a Demigod?

One had to know, the higher one’s power, the harder it became to fight across realms, yet the scene before them appeared like an illusion, illusory yet so starkly real—unfolding right before their eyes…

Zhu Feng was dead!

A Pseudo-God Realm expert had fallen!

Every civilization watching this scene through their optical telescopes across the entire Thunder Roar Plaza fell silent, stunned dumb. Compared to Ye Chen’s previous feats, this was even more earth-shattering.

After all, what sort of existence was a Pseudo-God Realm expert? They were the very core of even the most massive sects, yet one had been killed!

Ye Chen’s eyes were chillingly cold as he surveyed the arena indifferently, fixing his gaze firmly on Yue Ying ahead, slowly taking a half-step forward!

The majestic, oppressive aura of the Dripping Sky surged as if it were tangible flame, enveloping his entire body. His black hair whipped wildly backward, making him resemble a demonic god stepping out of an Asura battlefield. His eyes were cold and merciless, invisible Demigod energy permeated the air around him, causing the very atmosphere to warp slightly.

“Die!”

Ye Chen raised a hand and pointed. The 0.35% Divine Blood power within him condensed at his fingertip. The Runic Space abruptly opened, and the Demigod Stones he had collected floated out, shattering into countless streams of Demigod power that flooded into Ye Chen’s meridians, causing his entire aura to surge violently!

One Demigod Stone equated to ten units of Demigod Power!

As countless Demigod Stones disintegrated, the depleted Demigod Power within Ye Chen rapidly surged, quickly recovering to twenty thousand points, and it didn't stop there; it continued to ascend!

“Thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand…”

His Divine Power swiftly broke past fifty thousand, reaching sixty thousand, thus breaking through to the High-tier Demigod Realm, entering the pinnacle of the Demigod stage!

This surging Demigod Power flowed out along his finger, wrapping around the Divine Blood power, aimed squarely at Yue Ying, and slowly shot forward.

Yue Ying’s eyelids twitched slightly. She hastily retreated at top speed, rapidly flicking her fingers. Vast Pseudo-God Power surged from her body, manifesting layers of Pseudo-God Power shields and defensive barriers before her.

She suddenly fumbled for a golden jade tablet at her waist, gritting her teeth slightly, and pointed a finger forward, injecting Divine Power into the tablet. The entire tablet lit up, hovering before her, emitting a vibrant, mesmerizing emerald green glow.

Moments later, cryptic runes slowly emerged from the jade tablet, gradually coalescing into a massive character: “Suppress,” which materialized to block the incoming attack. Whoosh!

The Divine Blood power, laced with over sixty thousand points of Demigod Power, shot out like a laser beam, shattering the many Pseudo-God Power shields Yue Ying had deployed. It swept straight forward until it met the barrier manifested by the jade tablet. A collision of emerald and yellow light erupted, sending wisps of light streaking away.

Under Yue Ying’s slightly astonished and tense gaze, the protective shield generated by the jade tablet finally succumbed to the pressure and exploded. The Divine Blood power slammed violently into Yue Ying’s chest, sending her entire body flying backward. She recoiled a thousand zhang before slowly halting, a trickle of blood tracing the corner of her lips, her hair disheveled, looking utterly ravaged.

Ye Chen’s brow twitched in displeasure. He gripped his hand, and the hundreds of thousands of Demigod Stones snatched from the Runic Space floated out like a small bridge, shattering and converting into streams of Demigod Power that poured into his body, causing his already depleted meridians to expand once more, his Divine Power advancing by leaps and bounds.

Just as Ye Chen prepared for another assault, Yue Ying, realizing the gravity of the situation, bit her silver teeth, activated her superhuman mode, and vanished in a blur of movement.

If a Pseudo-God Realm expert truly intended to flee, even peers would struggle to stop them. Ye Chen’s success in slaying Zhu Feng was purely due to his opponent being caught completely off guard.

“Using Divine Blood power combined with my own Demigod Power, I can deal with initial-tier Pseudo-God Realm experts. If the opponent possessed a mid-tier Pseudo-God defensive armor, I might not even be able to kill them.”

“I wonder, when I reach the pinnacle of the Demigod Realm, can I then contend with a mid-tier Pseudo-God expert by combining it with my Divine Blood power!” A sharp light flashed in Ye Chen’s eyes. He turned his gaze, his cold, merciless eyes sweeping across the entire field. The hundreds of starships closing in on him fell silent.

After a pause, as if suddenly jolted awake, a string of commands was issued from the warships.

“Prepare to fire!” “Activate maximum firepower!” “We must obliterate him!!” “Countdown commencing…”

As the warships scrambled into action, cold light flickered in Ye Chen’s eyes. He took a single step and lunged toward the nearest warship. The Runic Space followed him like a shadow, the Demigod Stones inside pouring out madly, shattering one by one, transforming into a pale golden mist that flowed into Ye Chen’s body, ensuring his Divine Power surged without pause.

En? Ye Chen suddenly frowned. “Saturated?”

The Demigod Power within him abruptly ceased absorption upon reaching one hundred thousand points, much like how the Ghost-God Realm halted further intake once one reached one million units of Ghost Qi, unable to draw in even a single extra trace.

“Saturated already?” Ye Chen was momentarily stunned and somewhat dismayed. He hadn't expected the saturation limit for the Demigod Realm to be so swift. However, he understood that for ordinary Demigods, obtaining even one Demigod Stone was incredibly difficult. Even the combined wealth of You Yue and Nan Tian amounted to just over fifteen thousand Demigod Stones, with the incomplete map to the Heavenly Que Cave consuming over ten thousand of those, leaving barely four thousand more.

This illustrated just how precious Demigod Stones were.

Still, looting seven or eight civilizations prior had provided Ye Chen with enough resources for a frenzy of withdrawal. Now, having absorbed tens of thousands of Demigod Stones and reaching saturation, Ye Chen waved his hand, closing the Runic Space. He then took a step forward, raised his hand, and pointed toward the starship, an ancient, enduring voice slowly echoing across the heavens and earth: “When I seek to ascend the heavens, all sentient beings shall be my stepping stones…”

“When I seek to slaughter the heavens, all sentient beings shall be my blades…”

“When I seek to defy the heavens, all sentient beings shall be my broken bones…”

The ancient Song of Heaven Treading resonated softly from Ye Chen’s lips. Around his body, celestial music and colored shadows seemed to flow through the passing ages. He raised his finger, aimed at that starship, and slowly pointed down!

Rumble~~~

The power within him erupted violently, condensing into a golden finger, a hundred zhang in size, spanning the expanse of heaven and earth, aimed directly at the starship, descending like a collision with Halley's Comet…

CRASH!

The hundred-zhang golden finger struck down. The defensive layer of the starship shuddered violently, then, with deafening booms, it exploded. The Ghost-God Realm warriors and Demigod experts standing on the deck stared at the golden finger that filled their entire field of vision, their hearts gripped by shock, their pupils contracting.

“Die!” Ye Chen’s eyes were glacial.

The golden finger pierced downward, landing upon the entire deck. A vast, oppressive might permeated the area. All Ghost-God Realm warriors caught in the radius scattered like dust, without even a scream. The remaining Demigod experts activated numerous defensive talismans, weapons, or special techniques to resist.

This golden finger acted as an unfeeling entity, pressing down inch by inch. One by one, the bodies of Demigod experts disintegrated, sent flying back, their fates unknown.

The golden finger, without hesitation, descended like an inverted mountain, striking the deck heavily. The entire starship trembled violently. The deck, made of special metallic alloys, concave under the impact and shattered. Many precise instruments and intelligent systems inside burst into sparking electric light and fire, completely wrecked.

Ye Chen clenched his hand. His body acted like a bottomless black abyss, drawing in all ambient energy and the corpses of several Demigod experts. Furthermore, he slapped down, seizing the corpse of Zhu Feng—which had fallen onto the open ground of Thunder Roar Plaza and which no one dared approach—and ruthlessly tossed it into the Runic Space without a second glance.

Then, he turned.

He faced the entire sky.

Whoosh, whoosh… Streams of white lasers shot toward him. The Demigod experts aboard the many starships watched in shock, unable to believe that a High-tier starship could explode under a single finger strike from Ye Chen—even a peak Demigod expert couldn't achieve that.

In reality, that strike channeled Ye Chen’s full power, amplified doubly by the Song of Heaven Treading and the Meteorite Profundity, its destructive force far exceeding the ordinary attack of a peak Demigod.

Facing these white lasers, Ye Chen’s expression remained cold. He channeled Demigod Power into the Divine Flame Armor Set. Only after breaking through to the Demigod Realm did Ye Chen realize he could truly control the Divine Flame Armor Set! Previously, the armor only provided automatic protection via its divine flames; now, he could actively manipulate it. Upon his breakthrough, all information regarding the Divine Flame Armor Set flooded his mind.

Attack Immunity from High-tier Demigods. 99% reduction against attacks from Peak Demigods. 90% reduction against attacks from initial-tier Pseudo-Gods. 10% reduction against attacks from mid-tier Pseudo-Gods!

Furthermore, it possessed two defensive systems, one offensive system, and one scanning and reconnaissance system.

“Divine Flame Shield!” Ye Chen pointed a finger. The Divine Flame Armor Set instantly flared with brilliant light. Countless protective divine flames intertwined, condensing into a mysterious rune that finally transformed into a massive golden shield, like an eggshell, enveloping Ye Chen completely in a 180-degree radius.

Boom, boom, bang!

Countless laser shells pounded against it. Each shell carried enough destructive power to instantly kill a mid-tier Demigod. Now, a hundred beams converging amplified the power tenfold. Even a peak Demigod would be instantly annihilated, and an initial-tier Pseudo-God would surely be injured!

Ye Chen’s body shuddered; he felt as if his bones were rattling, his limbs numb. He was forced backward a continuous thousand zhang, then he clenched his fists, stamped down on the void, and abruptly halted his movement.

“Explode!” Ye Chen’s eyes were icy cold. Enduring the bombardment of the endless laser shells, he slowly took a single step forward.