Eternal Holy Emperor
Chapter 310 - 275: The Nine Layers of Divine Rings Empowerment Reveals Invincibility!

Chapter 310: Chapter 275: The Nine Layers of Divine Rings Empowerment Reveals Invincibility!

Blood splattered, yet it was not the mysterious king who ascended from beneath the stone gate but the Flame Dragon King, Pang Xia.

Many were shocked, for the Flame Dragon King hailed from the Demon Race and was a king among the Candle Dragon clan, flowing with an exceptionally pure Candle Dragon bloodline, showing signs of ancestral regression. Moreover, with the innate strength of the Demon Race’s physical body, few among his contemporaries could match him, let alone surpass him. It was unexpected that he would be inferior to his opponent.

Indeed, this mysterious king was very powerful, able to injure the Flame Dragon King.

The Flame Dragon King himself was naturally surprised; he hadn’t expected to find someone of his generation who could wound his fists in close combat. This was the first time since his debut he had encountered such a challenger. The king emerging from the stone gate was far more extraordinary than he had imagined.

King Hao and other young kings also evidently held some apprehension. The Flame Dragon King was wounded, proving the opponent’s kingly combat strength.

Standing on the Green Stone Heavenly Ladder between the Seventh Level and Eighth Level of the Trial Gate, Ye Chen was surrounded by a Nine-layered Divine Halo, appearing ever more extraordinary and holy, as the Divine Radiance diffused and spread around him, drowning everything else.

In it, Ye Chen gleamed as each strand of his hair shone with Divine Light Radiance. An absolutely divine and peerless king, he climbed the steps with great strides, the Dao shackles on his body clanking loudly but failing to truly restrain his movements.

"You are strong. It may be true that you’ve injured me, but it is of little significance. If one cannot even make me bleed, then one is not a true king," said the Flame Dragon King in a deep voice. His physical body was strong, but it was not impossible for a king to make him bleed—if one used true strength. So, all of this did not prove him inferior to Ye Chen.

"Your physical strength is quite impressive. Among the younger generation, you are the strongest after me. Unfortunately, it’s still not enough."

Ye Chen shook his head, evaluating the Flame Dragon King as if a senior were commenting on a junior.

His tone caused astonishment among many, and it angered the Flame Dragon King, who snorted coldly and continued his attack. His entire body transformed into a fire body with Divine Flames so intense they could collapse the void, causing the temperature of the entire world to rise significantly.

The Dao shackles on his body turned bright red as if they were about to melt into molten iron at any moment.

"This is... the Flame Dragon Body!"

Many exclaimed. It was one of the Flame Dragon King’s killing techniques. The Flame Dragon King’s entire body was aglow with red light, his bronze skin bursting forth with blazing blood radiance, rolling flames raging around him. Untold amounts of red Divine Flames poured down like a flood, submerging the entire Green Stone Heavenly Ladder, burning everything.

At this moment, the aura of the Flame Dragon King surged dramatically, even more powerful than before, as he charged towards Ye Chen and unleashed Divine Arts. A mountain of fire erupted and subsequently exploded. Magma reversed its flow, threatening to turn everything to ash.

"Ice that seals all things!"

Ye Chen uttered softly. Who was he? In this life, and in past lives, he had experienced countless great battles. Even he couldn’t recall how many near-death situations he had survived. The current challenge was simply trifling to him; it did not alarm nor faze him. His cool demeanor made hearts shudder.

At this moment, he exhaled a chill white cold flame. It was the Ice Flame Dao of the Ice Flame Heavenly King, Emperor Xia, which he had comprehended in the Trial World.

Having reached his level of Cultivation, the power of Ice Flame naturally multiplied tremendously. It was just a cluster of flame, strangely white, but at this moment, it unleashed an unprecedented chill, freezing swathes of fire to ice, unapproachable.

The intense magma rapidly froze into rock.

"Such an odd flame; it is clearly a flame, yet colder than Profound Ice, much like the Ice Flame of the absolute Heavenly King from millennia ago," lamented several distinguished individuals who had been closely watching the scene from afar.

The Flame Dragon King also showed a change in color, but he kept the fierce attack going, drawing out two Flame Divine Hammers shaped like dragon heads, draped in crimson phosphorous, with purple Divine Fires burning fiercely as he struck at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen operated the Nine-layered Divine Halo as if opening up layers of heaven and earth upon himself. Divine Radiance flowed over his form, carrying an aura that made him seem immune to all techniques and transcendently detached. At this moment, he boldly engaged in close combat, unleashing Divine Arts with world-shocking combat power in his hands. The entire Green Stone Heavenly Ladder shook apart, rolling waves of fire were blasted open, and the heavens and earth trembled.

Mountain Embrace Seal!

He held out his hands in an open gesture, and a massive mountain appeared before him, a thousand feet tall and towering into the clouds, dwarfing even the Eighth Level of the Trial Gates. And thus, Ye Chen hurled it out, smashing it towards the Flame Dragon King.

"Mere parlor tricks!"

The Flame Dragon King snorted disdainfully. With a breath, he exhaled a thousand-foot-long giant flame dragon that climbed the sky and coiled around the mountain, its fires so intense they burned everything, shattering the mountain, annihilating all.

But Ye Chen simply flicked his Spirit Rhinoceros Sword Finger, unleashing a terrifying Circle of Destruction. Everything in its path disintegrated instantly, ceasing to exist—the thousand-foot-long flame dragon vanished into nothingness.

The two young kings battled fiercely all the way, stirring the entire Green Stone Heavenly Ladder. The devastating waves spread outward, and apart from the few young kings, nobody dared to come too close.

Boom— Boom— Boom—

A series of terrifying battles unfolded, affecting a wide area. The void was repeatedly shattered, and the Dao chains rattled loudly, as if they were about to be completely broken by the two combatants at any moment.

Undoubtedly, this was a splendid battle of kings, rarely seen throughout the ages, only truly witnessed during a Human Emperor’s struggle for supremacy.

Every collision between the two could collapse the void and obliterate everything. Even a Divinity Transformation Expert would only have death awaiting them. Such was the terrifying true manifestation of a king’s combat strength.

The Flame Dragon King’s Flame Dragon Battle Body was indeed frightening, with Divine Flames raging and burning, the very void around it collapsing due to the immense power of the flames. Each punch and kick could pierce through the void, unstoppable.

Unless one stood above the Fifth Layer Heaven in the Divinity Transformation Realm and ruled as a Super Expert, those below would likely be unable to block and would be pierced through.

Because this was the young kings, far too powerful, having cultivated every aspect to nearly the Absolute Peak, grasping extraordinary Dao, the power they unleashed was naturally terrifying to the extreme, reaching the level where they could slay a Divinity Transformation Expert.

But the mysterious king was just as terrifying. Adorned with the Nine-layered Divine Halo, it seemed as if he was manifesting the Invincible Divine Skill of the Immortal True King Yuan Yang God King, employing it at this level. With the Divine Ring upon him, immune to all techniques, rejecting all evil, he possessed an invincible aura, with Divine Radiance flowing around him, engulfing his form. The Flame Dragon King’s Flame Dragon Battle Body was unexpectedly unable to penetrate this youth’s defense.

Several young kings paid close attention to everything, particularly to the mysterious king, a supreme foe. They all sought to find a crack in his flawless Nine Layers of Divine Rings defense.

Several dignified figures were watching keenly, trying to discern who this youth was, from what power he hailed. It was impossible for a young king to emerge so abruptly; he must possess an extraordinary origin and background.

However, as time passed, the real powerhouses’ pupils shrank because, at this moment, the overwhelmingly powerful Flame Dragon King was somewhat at a disadvantage.

Boom—

A terrible explosion sounded, Divine Light resplendent, with vivid blood splattering across the Green Stone Heavenly Ladder, staining the steps red, but it was not Ye Chen’s—it was the Flame Dragon King’s.

Everyone gasped in shock; the mysterious king was too strong. Even the powerful Destructive Fire Body failed, wounded by his attack. A punch brought down, causing half a shoulder to nearly shatter, blood falling and burning like flames.

The towering figure of the Flame Dragon King retreated continuously, blood spraying intermittently, staining the Green Stone Heavenly Ladder. He looked at Ye Chen with an ugly expression, as he was at a disadvantage in the fight—an ominous sign, proving Ye Chen to be even more powerful than him.

Indeed this was so, at least Ye Chen’s physical strength was greater. Each of his own body’s collisions, his prideful Flame Dragon Battle Body, could not prevail. Even more important was that his fists throbbed painfully with each collision, as if they were about to burst.

His opponent’s body was extremely powerful, superior even to his Flame Dragon Battle Body.

Ye Chen was like an Immortal True King, the Nine-layered Divine Halo upon him, one layer after another, as if layers of the Great World were overlapping on him, displaying Supreme and invincible Divine Power, immune to all techniques, untouched by evil, overwhelmingly advancing.

Dao Treasure Bottle Seal!

Ye Chen quickly executed this world-shocking Divine Power, a Dao Treasure Vase rapidly taking shape, crystal clear, the entire body of the vase shimmering with splendid light, resplendently bright, as if mysterious Dao Traces had been imprinted and turned into form, possessing Immortal Divine Radiance flickering brilliantly.

This Divine Power immediately caused a change of color among the strong, as the Dao Treasure Bottle Seal was world-shaking no matter where it was used.

Boom—

An Immortal Light burst forth, breaking through layers of fire to hit the Flame Dragon King, and exploded completely. The Light of Destruction flooded all around, unstoppable.

The young contenders at the Eightfold Trial Gate immediately retreated, not daring to be touched by even the slightest bit, fearing annihilation.

They knew deeply the destructive nature of this Divine Light.

Other young kings changed color but did not retreat. As strong as they were, they could naturally cope, each emitting a piece of Dao Trace Divine Light to protect themselves.

As long as the main attack was not directed at them, they could easily handle everything.

The Flame Dragon King’s muscles felt like splitting; even the Flame Dragon Body was insufficient as he was beaten until he was covered in blood, suppressed and struck by the opponent’s move.

"How dare you!"

Suddenly, at this moment, King Hao and other kings who had not yet taken action all changed color. The aura of the strongest kings erupted, overwhelming the skies, all directed at Ye Chen, seizing the opportunity to rush at him—the void instantly collapsed.

It seemed faintly visible that a human body was blasted apart, utterly obliterated.