Eternal Holy Emperor
Chapter 728 - 673: The Mysterious ’That Thing

Chapter 728: Chapter 673: The Mysterious ’That Thing

The death of a Semi-Saint dealt an undoubtedly terrifying blow to the entire Merchant Group, and in an instant, the group’s morale suffered a severe hit.

Many of the Mercenary Group’s powerhouses began to struggle, showing an increasingly severe trend of consecutive retreats.

Boom, boom, boom—

Above the Nine-layered Sky, endless fireworks exploded directly, rumbling thunderously, whistling through the heavens, dispersing layers of clouds, even the terrible black storms were obliterated and blasted apart in many places.

Only the epic battle between the two Great Saints truly pertained to the outcome of both sides, but it seemed there was no distinction between them, neither the eighteenth Great Bandit Wang Tian nor the Old Saint could determine a victor quickly, still locked in a stalemate.

Meanwhile, the battle on the ground had already begun to show a one-sided trend, with the Merchant Group completely on the retreat, and many had fallen into despair.

Even several powerful Mercenary Group leaders had been slaughtered, dealing an even heavier blow to their forces.

Ye Chen sighed faintly without any intention to rescue those people, for to venture deep into the Stealing Heaven Plain in pursuit of exorbitant trading profits signified readiness to cast life and death aside.

However, some people from the Merchant Group began to cry out in despair, hugging their wives and daughters in agony, adding a touch more misery to the scene.

"What on earth is it that Great Bandit Wang Tian covets so much, and why won’t they hand it over even now? Do they really need to wait until they’re completely cornered?" some lamented.

"Damn bastards, to hell with them!"

Some couldn’t help but curse loudly as it was all due to the mysterious "object" mentioned by Wang Tian.

The Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor suddenly said, "Little Yue Yue, don’t you want to know what that thing really is? For something to make the Great Bandit Wang Tian go mad, it must be extraordinary. Why don’t we make our move and seize that object ourselves?"

It was tempting Ye Chen to take action.

But Ye Chen just shook his head. "My goal has always been only the battle to seize Dark Night City, to enter the Ancient Divine Domain, and to meet Jingruo, Chen’er, Yii Wu, and the others—that’s all. I want to avoid giving undue attention to other matters, to prevent any complications."

Anything that could drive a Great Bandit insane could not be simple; it would surely attract many troubles, which were what Ye Chen currently did not desire.

"Well, I’m speechless. We better hurry up and leave," the Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor spoke.

"Mmm."

Taking advantage of the chaos, after Ye Chen had slain a bandit, he turned and strode away. With a whoosh, he transformed into a wisp of blue smoke and swiftly left, piercing the dreadful black storm and in the blink of an eye was ten miles away, rapidly distancing himself from that battlefield.

He swiftly left hundreds of miles behind, but even so, the black storm was still visible. One could see the appalling scene of the two Great Saints dueling in the Heavenly Dome, with the Heavenly Earth Power wildly destabilizing, in a genuine earth-shattering spectacle, pulverizing whole swathes of mountains and rivers.

Ye Chen turned and looked back, letting out a faint sigh, shaking his head. He could see that the Old Saint was gradually losing, though powerful, Wang Tian the Great Bandit was no less formidable, with even more vigorous and dominant Blood Qi. In a prolonged battle, the Old Saint wouldn’t stand a chance, bound to be defeated.

The outcome had turned predictable.

Ye Chen paused for a moment before attempting to leave, but his figure suddenly halted because not far away, two bandits were atop a hill, looking off into the distance at an intense battle happening a hundred miles away, discussing a topic that piqued his interest.

"One would never have expected Lord Wang Tian to make an appearance personally for that thing. It’s truly insane," one of the bandits couldn’t help but let out a soft sigh.

"The thing is," another bandit chimed in, "that object is connected to the once-in-ten-thousand-years siege of Dark Night City, and it even involves some crucial information from within the mysterious Ancient Domain. All the great bandits within Dark Night City are green with envy, so it’s only natural for Lord Wang Tian to show up."

"It’s just unfortunate for that Merchant Group. They are powerful with one Great Saint and three Semi-Saints, but what good does that do? They had the sheer bad luck of running into Lord Wang Tian, haha!"

Both bandits reveled in schadenfreude as an entire Merchant Group was about to meet its demise simply because they had encountered the Great Bandit Wang Tian.

Who didn’t know of the ruthlessness of the Great Bandit Wang Tian?

Boom—

A supremely powerful figure suddenly appeared in front of the two bandits, his entire body glistening with golden light and radiating Divine Radiance, as if an ancient god had descended to the mundane world. His overwhelming and extremely potent aura filled the air, shaking the heavens and earth, and blasting the two bandits away with sheer force.

Facing the overwhelming Dao Power of the Supreme Powerhouse, the two bandits felt like ants staring up at a towering giant dragon, filled with endless fear.

"I have a question for you," the divine being spoke directly and inquired.

"We bow before you, my Lord. What are your commands?"

The two bandits were quaking with fear as they knelt on the ground, struggling to speak coherently.

"What exactly is that thing?" the divine being demanded, his voice majestic and unequaled, his entire body surging with powerful Divine Radiance, growing ever more terrifying, as if the heavens and earth themselves could barely withstand it and might collapse.

The two bandits immediately responded, "To answer you, my Lord, we do not know."

"You don’t know?"

The voice of the divine being suddenly rose several decibels, tinged with a hint of anger.

Where could the bandits dare to speak out of turn? They hurriedly said, "We would never dare to deceive you, my Lord. It’s indeed the truth. We only know that the great bandits in Dark Night City are all searching for an object of legend, purportedly related to the Ancient Divine Domain, and it involves some highly important information. This is all we have heard through rumors."

The divine being narrowed his brows and said, "Tell me everything you know, do not conceal anything, do you understand?"

"If you don’t tell, I, Lord Dragon will immediately make you understand what ’a fate worse than death’ means," another voice suddenly emitted from beside the divine being.

Although surprised by this new voice, the two bandits dared not conceal anything and proceeded to tell the divine being everything they knew, detailing all the information they were aware of.

Finally, the divine being, who was in fact Ye Chen, covertly performed the Divine Searching Technique, and his immense Divine Thought directly probed into the Sea of Consciousness of the two bandits.

With his Cultivation level, the two Divinity Transformation Realm bandits stood no chance of resistance; he directly searched out many pieces of relevant information from them.

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