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Chapter 363 The Cicada Awaits: First Battle a Success

Chapter 363 The Cicada Awaits: First Battle a Success

"Duyi, those three demons have suddenly split up! What a great opportunity!"

"Even the strongest, the Azure Thorn Venerable, has given chase!"

The two Venerables of the Thorn Ring Alliance, who had been flying far away but still occasionally looking back to check on the treasure, immediately stopped and focused intently on the situation in the distance.

"No rush, let's see who's coming this time." The Venerable One-Hat suppressed his restless thoughts and continued to observe.

The saying goes, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." These two seem to be the first to be eliminated, but as long as there are enough variables on the field, there is still a chance!

"That's... the Golden Horned Beast?"

"Do you recognize which Venerable One from the Starry Sky Beast Alliance this golden-horned behemoth belongs to?"

The two were far apart, and the light was too dim to see clearly, but the race of the enormous body could still be identified.

"Look! That damn bird has swooped down!"

The Single-Hat Venerable narrowed his eyes. The flying demon venerable was the fastest and most agile among the three demons, named Crimson Lightning Venerable.

Although Venerable Jiangdian's raw strength was only that of a beginner-level Venerable in the universe, his unparalleled mastery of the Time Law Flight Technique had caused them considerable annoyance and restricted their movements during the battle just now.

"Let's see how this newly emerged Golden Horned Beast Venerable deals with it."

Before everyone's eyes, Venerable Jiangdian had already approached within a 100 million kilometer radius of Ye Yang.

"Hehehe! Where else can you run to?"

The Crimson Lightning Venerable let out a strange cry and suddenly released his Time Law Domain!

Whether it's the eight lower-level laws or the laws of time and space, as long as you fully comprehend them, you can master the corresponding law domain. For example, Ye Yang can now release the fire law domain. However, this law domain is only useful for suppressing world lords or weaker immortals, and it's not very effective against experts above the rank of Marquis.

The same applies to the realm of the laws of time. It seems rather useless in battles between Venerables of the same level, but it's a piece of cake when dealing with Immortal Gods who are a whole realm lower.

Ye Yang instantly felt the flow of time in the surrounding space become disordered. Not only did his body and mind begin to disconnect, but the circulation of divine power within his divine body also became sluggish and chaotic.

Within his own domain of laws, Venerable Crimson Lightning was several times faster!

They attacked Ye Yang relentlessly.

If it were an ordinary immortal god, he would probably have difficulty moving at this time. Even the most powerful invincible king-level expert could only barely block a few attacks before being seriously injured.

But who is Ye Yang?

Its divine body, in behemoth form and over 90,000 kilometers tall, possesses strength 1 billion times that of a peak World Lord, completely comparable to the divine body of a Universe Venerable at 100 times the level of life genes!

Moreover, it was exceptionally enormous; the divine body, over 90,000 kilometers in height, exerted terrifying pressure on this domain of the laws of time.

The moment Venerable Crimson Lightning unleashed his domain of laws, he sensed it, and his expression changed slightly.

"I'm waiting to create some distance, what are you waiting for?" The giant beast Ye Yang suddenly turned around and revealed a ferocious smile. A world ring in his hand suddenly shattered, and a human clone wearing the Ten Extremes Berserker Armor appeared.

"Hmm?" Venerable Jiangdian was taken aback. He was surprised to see the human Ye Yang, thinking he was another hidden human powerhouse.

He could then sense the divine power aura emanating from the other party, which was completely identical to that of the giant beast Ye Yang!

Clearly, this is Ye Yang's human avatar. Not only is its divine body much smaller than the 90,000-kilometer-tall Golden Horned Beast avatar, but its aura is also several times weaker.

So what's the point of releasing such a useless clone at this time?

"Whatever you're doing, just die!"

Crimson Lightning Venerable roared, "It's better to break one finger than to injure all ten. Since Ye Yang dared to release his human clone, I will kill the weakest one first!"

With a flap of its wings, it unleashed a massive bolt of lightning. The lightning traced a complex path, seemingly taking a detour, yet it moved swiftly and arrived before Ye Yang in the blink of an eye.

"So fast!"

Human Ye Yang activated the Ten Extremes Beast Armor to its second level, the Ten Extremes form, which is the strongest in terms of power and defense. At the same time, his divine body had already entered the Void Dragon True Body state.

With both the powerful battle armor and the material defense technique weakened, the lightning bolt that struck the human Ye Yang did not cause him any damage whatsoever!

On the contrary, Ye Yang actively burned his divine power, which damaged his divine body.

"Damn it!" Ye Yang sneered. He burned his divine body to launch an attack, and he had already begun to lay the groundwork before the opponent unleashed the lightning.

He had already transmitted the "mind-mapping algorithm" information to this Crimson Lightning Venerable. The other party had unknowingly fallen for it; all it needed was a trigger switch—

Ye Yang's ethereal divine power instantly enveloped the opponent, and even after penetrating its precious armor, it was not weakened much, directly permeating every part of its divine body.

boom!

The consciousness of Venerable Crimson Lightning roared, but deep within his soul, a frantic roar and tremor still resounded: "Get out! Get out of my way!"

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Although it mainly follows the path of a martial artist, it is not ignorant of powerful soul defense techniques, and even cultivates a soul amplitude technique with a soul amplitude of about 8 times.

However, just as it was trying to defend against the invading soul attack, its thoughts suddenly stopped, and its mind went blank.

Not only subjective consciousness, but also subconsciousness and instinct have come to a standstill.

At the same time, a small corner of the mysterious totem constructed by the soul defense technique of this demon clan venerable collapsed, and Ye Yang's ethereal divine power suddenly surged into the core of his soul from this small corner, attacking it wildly!

Bang!

In reality, even the Crimson Lightning Venerable was slapped away by the giant beast Ye Yang.

"Uh—me?" It finally came to its senses, then its face filled with terror: "My divine body is only 70% left!"

"Is that all?"

This is truly terrifying. Losing more than 10% of one's divine body in just one round shows that the two sides are not even on the same level in a battle between strong individuals!

"This human is merely immortal? How is that possible?"

It immediately turned and fled.

At this moment, Venerable Qingji arrived.

"Bluethorn! This human is definitely strange! We must be careful!!!"

The Crimson Lightning Venerable transmitted its divine power, recalling that moment when it had inexplicably lost its focus, and a sense of fear arose spontaneously, which it could not resist.

It's embarrassing to admit, but as a supreme being of the universe, it actually lost its will to fight and was traumatized by a mere human immortal.

It was also puzzled. To reach the level of a cosmic sage, one's will must be incredibly strong and resilient. How could one be so easily traumatized?

But the growing fear within it made it difficult to think so much.

"Hmph, so useless!" Seeing its cowardly appearance, Venerable Qingji snorted coldly and attacked Ye Yang's two clones.

Facing Ye Yang, the Crimson Lightning Venerable felt fear, but it was also somewhat angry at the Azure Thorn Venerable's disdain.

"Just you wait, you'll definitely suffer too!" it thought to itself, and hovered on the outskirts of the battlefield, not daring to approach.

The ensuing battle was extremely fierce. As expected, Venerable Qingji suffered a loss due to carelessness and was injured by Ye Yang.

However, Ye Yang also temporarily lost his human clone.

Then the two beasts engaged in a fierce battle. Their divine power was comparable, but the Azure Thorn Venerable's understanding of the laws and his secret techniques were more refined and faster!

So he kept Ye Yang on the defensive.

However, the colossal beast Ye Yang's divine body was a full 90,000 kilometers high, making the already large Qingji Venerable seem like a tiny speck in comparison. The two entered into a phase of mutual attrition.

"Damn it! At least do something helpful!"

The Azure Thorn Venerable had burned more than one-tenth of his divine body, resulting in a slight decrease in his strength. Meanwhile, Ye Yang's Golden Horned Beast clone had been weakened by about 15%, so the Azure Thorn Venerable clearly had the upper hand.

But it was clear that Venerable Qingji did not want to continue like this and wanted to call Venerable Jiangdian down to help.

But how could Venerable Jiangdian not see Venerable Qingji's intentions?

"Tch~ You're just after that top-tier treasure armor set that human is wearing, and you want to snatch it before Venerable Ni Tong arrives. Then you hand over the human's treasure, keep the armor set for yourself, and leave me only the scraps."

"You expect me to risk my life without getting any real benefit?"

It was clever; knowing how powerful this human was, it no longer wanted to go all out.

Just keep dragging it out until Venerable Ni Tong arrives.

"I'm badly injured! All I can do is harass him for you," it replied.

"You—very good." Venerable Qingji's voice was somewhat gritted through his teeth.

But for the sake of his own life, and to prevent that human from resorting to desperate measures, Venerable Crimson Lightning was willing to offend Venerable Green Thorn.

The more Qingji Venerable invested, the greater his sunk costs became, and the more determined he became to kill this human genius and seize his treasures.

Meanwhile, Venerable Crimson Lightning watched the spectacle from the outskirts of the battlefield, proceeding with extreme caution.

Finally—both sides' divine bodies had been damaged to a very dangerous degree.

"Is Venerable Ni Tong being held back by something? Why is he arriving much slower than expected?"

The moment a question popped into Venerable Crimson Lightning's mind, he saw that the battle on the field had entered its final stage.

"Demon race—you just wait!"

"Explode!!!"

Ye Yang's incredibly weak golden-horned beast clone roared suddenly, and then self-destructed!

"What?!" The closest Venerable Qingji's expression changed drastically, and he tried to escape, but it was too late.

Not far away, Venerable Jiangdian also suddenly changed his expression. Even after continuous wear and tear, the power of this divine body, which was over 90,000 kilometers tall, was still terrifying when it self-destructed.

It immediately turned and fled, cleverly hiding behind the Greenthorn Venerable.

At this moment, the giant beast Ye Yang, Venerable Qingji, and Venerable Jiangdian were aligned in a straight line.

boom!

A horrific explosion occurred, washing away and engulfing everything within a radius of 400 million kilometers.

In the core area of ​​the self-destruction, ordinary treasures shattered instantly, while top-tier treasures that were close to supreme treasures also suffered some damage, such as minor cracks.

Only the most precious treasures can survive intact in such a powerful self-destruction.

As for the strong—I'm afraid even a cosmic overlord clad in supreme armor would not be able to survive if his divine body was slightly smaller.

"Aaaaaah! This is killing me!"

The Crimson Lightning Venerable cried out in terror, for at this moment his divine body had less than 7% left.

If this kind of injury were to result in a King-level Immortal, the person would immediately fall into an eternal slumber, and would most likely die during that slumber due to the worsening of their injuries.

But it is a supreme being of the universe, with a stronger consciousness and will, which is why it can desperately resist falling into a deep sleep.

But it was only a hair's breadth away from its demise.

Fortunately, it was far away when the explosion occurred, and it happened to be hiding behind the Azure Thorn Venerable. It was protected by the Azure Thorn Venerable's top-tier heavy armor and his physical body.

Even though it wasn't weakened much—the explosive power was reduced considerably after traveling more than 200 million kilometers, which is why Venerable Crimson Lightning was able to barely save his life.

"Such a massive divine body, just like that, self-destructed! This human—is insane! Terrifying!"

With such a large divine body avatar lost, it would take Ye Yang countless epochs to replenish it, but that was not something Venerable Jiangdian needed to consider.

Now—Ye Yang's two clones and Venerable Qingji have all died in this battle, so doesn't that mean—

"A priceless treasure! Ye Yang must possess a priceless treasure!"

"Otherwise, how could he be so strong? Otherwise, how could he have withstood the soul attacks of powerful individuals when he was still weak?"

"These treasures are all mine! They're mine! They all perished together, now no one can take them from me!"

Despite being extremely weak, Venerable Crimson Lightning rushed into the explosion zone with great joy in search of treasures.

"Hahahaha! The Ten Extreme Beast Armor is only slightly damaged!"

"This little bell—good heavens! It truly is a supreme treasure for soul defense!"

"And there's a star-sealing artifact—oh, this is Venerable Qingji's most prized treasure—"

"I'm rich! I'll become incredibly wealthy after this battle!"

"I am the ultimate winner!"

After collecting all the usable treasures, Venerable Crimson Lightning immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the distance.

Soon after, in a silent starry sky, Venerable Crimson Lightning arrived via teleportation from the Divine Kingdom.

"I can't recover slowly anymore; I can only exchange other precious treasures for items to restore my divine body."

"Even if only the Ten Extreme Beast Armor and this Soul-Suppressing Bell remain, it's still worth it!"

Crimson Lightning Venerable quickly recovered his divine body, recognized the Ten Extremes Frenzied Beast Armor as his master, and then began to recognize the supreme treasure, the Soul-Suppressing Bell, as his master.

Through the message left inside the treasure, it learned that this treasure was part of a set and had some special features. It felt a little strange when it recognized its owner, but that was all normal.

The Soul-Suppressing Bell is extremely precious because it can protect the soul, which made Venerable Jiangdian incredibly excited and eager to begin the process of recognizing a master.

"Hmm—indeed, the feeling of the soul when the Soul-Suppressing Bell recognized its master was indeed a bit strange, itchy, and memories kept flooding back—strange—it feels like—"

"Soul enslavement?"

"what!"

It suddenly froze, and its face abruptly turned ferocious.

His eyes held a mixture of terror, shock, horror, despair, and anger!

"An illusion?! How could this be an illusion?!?"

Although everything around him remained incredibly real, at the very last moment, the most crucial moment, Venerable Jiangdian managed to forcefully break free by relying on his will at the level of a Universe Venerable.

"Once you are enslaved by your soul, there is no turning back!"

"Don't even think about it! You're dreaming!!!"

In desperation, it self-destructed.

boom-!

In reality, when Ye Yang saw this scene, he frowned and clicked his tongue.

The explosive force impacted his two clones, but they could not shake them.

"you----"

When the newly arrived Venerable Qingji saw this scene, his pupils contracted and his eyes showed extreme fear.

In the blink of an eye—

How come Jiang Dian was killed by this human genius?

It seems he was forced to self-destruct by a soul attack; was it soul enslavement?

I've heard that Ye Yang, this human genius, is indeed a very strong illusionist.

Then look at that enormous and ferocious behemoth, 90,000 kilometers tall, with boundless divine power; its material attack capabilities must be quite formidable.

Each of Ye Yang's two clones, taken individually, likely possesses the combat power of a mid-level Venerable in the universe, and the two combined—

Qingji Venerable didn't really want to fight anymore.

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