With a deafening roar, the pillar of light unleashed by the Heavenly Demon Harp shattered, and simultaneously, a ripple of starlight spread outwards. "
Pfft, pfft, pfft..."
As the ripple of starlight swept across the ranks of the Harp Sect disciples, nearly half of the millions of disciples were instantly crushed into a bloody mist by the power of the stars.
The remaining disciples, though not killed instantly, coughed up blood, their faces filled with terror.
"How is this possible?" someone exclaimed.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they simply couldn't believe it; even after witnessing it, people still couldn't believe what they were seeing.
"Bare-handedly withstanding a blow from a Chaos Artifact—is this defying the heavens?" People couldn't help but look at Long Chen on the battlefield.
At this moment, Long Chen's star armor was covered in dense cracks, clearly indicating that he too had suffered a tremendous impact.
However, the eight enormous star gates behind Long Chen trembled, endless starlight flowing within them, and his nearly shattered star armor was rapidly recovering.
"It seems that Long Biluo's Nine Li Tower projection wasn't ineffective against Long Chen, but rather that Long Chen's power was too strong; Long Biluo's power was simply no match for him." People finally realized this.
"Retreat!"
Young Master Chunyang shouted, and the Qin Sect experts who had escaped death flashed and directly entered the enormous Heavenly Demon Qin.
"Boom!"
Just as they entered the Heavenly Demon Qin, Long Chen appeared, slamming his fist into it with a deafening roar.
"Pfft!"
With a single punch, a visible ripple of starlight penetrated the Heavenly Demon Qin's interior, instantly killing hundreds of thousands of disciples who couldn't withstand the shock.
Only then did people realize that the enormous Heavenly Demon Qin was actually divided into two layers, an inner and an outer one. Inside the enormous Heavenly Demon Qin was another Heavenly Demon Qin.
This inner Heavenly Demon Qin was the one Zi Yan used, but it was now bound by endless chains, firmly trapped in the center, unable to move, while Zi Yan herself had vanished.
"Boom boom boom..."
Stars surged around Long Chen as he swung his fists wildly, slamming them against the enormous Heavenly Demon Harp.
Each strike sent ripples of starlight through the harp's defenses, penetrating its interior.
"Pfft pfft pfft..."
The Qin Sect disciples inside the harp coughed up blood, their hands forming hand seals as they channeled their primal energy into the massive instrument, desperately trying to hold it up.
"Qian Jie, Long Biluo, are you just going to watch this? Long Chen is ruthless and vindictive. If we lose, you'll be next!" The Pure Yang Prince, having lost his previous composure, roared at the distance.
He was horrified to discover that Long Chen had become a terrifying monster, his strength impossible to fathom with common sense.
Long Chen's natal runes were incomplete; he couldn't even sense the power of laws, yet his power was capable of destroying the heavens and earth, utterly unstoppable.
"Long Chen, let Qian Jie test your strength!"
Qian Jie's figure blurred as he lunged at Long Chen. To everyone's astonishment, Qian Jie's aura was even stronger and more terrifying than before.
In that instant, everyone understood that the process of Qian Ding merging with Kun Ding had accelerated significantly, and Qian Jie's power had also increased accordingly.
"Qiankun Power - Break!"
Qian Jie struck out with his palm, and a bronze ancient cauldron appeared in his palm, instantly unleashing the power of Qiankun.
"Star River God-Slaying Spear!"
Long Chen raised one hand, and endless star patterns trembled on his entire arm. In Long Chen's palm, a star spear appeared. With a tremor of his hand, the star spear hurtled forward. With a loud
"Boom!"
, the star spear pierced Qian Jie's palm, blood splattering everywhere. Qian Jie's arm was shattered into dust by the star spear.
People were shocked. Even Qian Jie was no match for Long Chen. However, what was even more astonishing was that Qian Jie's arm shattered, yet he continued to charge forward, instantly reaching Long Chen.
"You've been tricked!"
Qian Jie grinned maliciously, slowly raising his other arm. To everyone's horror, they discovered that endless bronze runes flowed around this arm, making it appear as if it were cast in bronze.
"Boom..."
Qian Jie threw a punch at Long Chen. The power of the punch shook the entire battlefield, disrupting the laws of space and time, distorting the entire world.
No one could have imagined that Qian Jie's previous punch was merely bait; this was his true killing move.
"Whoosh!"
Just then, Long Chen opened his hands. Qian Dao runes appeared on his left hand, and Kun Dao runes surged forth on his right. He slammed his hands together, causing the heavens and earth to tremble. Yin and Yang clashed, and a Tai Chi diagram appeared between Long Chen's hands.
"This is..."
Qian Ding, watching from afar, was shocked by this scene.
"Boom!"
Long Chen pushed forward with both hands, and the Tai Chi diagram slammed into Qian Jie's bronze arm.
With a "poof,"
a shocking scene unfolded. The Tai Chi diagram, seemingly ethereal and indistinct, struck Qian Jie's bronze arm, instantly shattering it and sending him flying backward.
"Damn it, how is this possible? He emerged from seclusion early, his Nirvana wasn't complete, yet he could instantly fuse the power of Qian and Kun..." Kun Ding stared at Long Chen, his heart filled with astonishment.
Even if it had devoured Kun Ding, it would have needed a long time to fuse the power of Qian and Kun, achieving a dynamic balance between the two. Yet Long Chen fused the two powers so easily.
"Don't be afraid, this guy's Nirvana is flawed, his primordial power is unstable, and cracks have appeared in his Star Gate. He can't hold on for long." Qian Ding shouted loudly, his voice echoing throughout the battlefield.
People hurriedly looked at the Star Gate behind Long Chen. Sure enough, as Qian Ding had said, hair-thin cracks had appeared on Long Chen's Star Gate, almost invisible unless one looked closely.
However, upon closer inspection, one could see that within Long Chen's star gate, a massive star was trembling. The star gate and the star were out of balance; their forces seemed to be in conflict, pulling at each other and causing cracks to appear in the star gate.
"Boom!"
Long Chen repelled Qian Jie, but instead of killing him, he slammed his fist into the Heavenly Demon Harp again. With
a deafening roar, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the Heavenly Demon Harp's defenses, and a massive amount of stellar power surged into it.
"Puff puff puff..."
The stars raged, and the Harp Sect disciples tried to escape, but within the Heavenly Demon Harp's space, there was nowhere to run; they were all crushed by the stellar power.
Only those near the protection of powerful figures like Young Master Chunyang survived; of the millions of experts, only a few thousand remained.
Young Master Chunyang and his group wore expressions of terror. Behind them lay the Heavenly Demon Harp, but they could only seal it, unable to activate it.
Seeing that Long Chen could break through with another attack, Young Master Chunyang and his companions were on the verge of despair.
Long Chen's Star Fist was already raised high when suddenly his expression changed drastically.
"You're courting death!"
Long Chen's figure vanished instantly, reappearing beside the Dragon Blood Legion, delivering a powerful punch.
"Boom!"
The void shattered, and Long Biluo was sent flying backward in a sorry state.
"Everyone, don't fight head-on! Attack the Dragon Blood Legion and his women! Let's see how many he can save by himself!"
Long Biluo screamed as she coughed up blood after being blasted away.