The countless broken fragments swiftly gathered together, forming a winged humanoid powerhouse known as the “Yechen King.” The Yechen King’s aura was feeble, and this sight shocked Luo Feng, who had been attempting to escape the chamber. Based on his energy perception, the Cangjin King had, with a single strike while burning his immortal divine body, caused the Yechen King to lose nearly half of his own immortal divine body!
50%!
The loss of half his soul meant that although Yechen King still had 50% of his divine body, he could only unleash one tenth of his previous peak combat strength. The soul was indeed crucial.
“Cangjin King, don’t push me!” Yechen King, who had just reformed his body, glared fiercely at Cangjin King and mentally transmitted.
At this moment, Cangjin King was at his most formidable state.
Even if Yechen King burned his immortal divine body, there was no escape… his only hope was that Cangjin King might spare his life.
“If you push me too far, I…” Yechen King stared only at Cangjin King.
“Self-destruct? Haha, you dare to self-destruct… do you think I’m afraid? My immortal divine body won’t suffer even a bit of damage from your explosion! Haha, I’ve already destroyed half of your immortal divine body. If I destroy the remaining half, you will perish. Why should I spare you? Die!” Cangjin King no longer held back.
“Remember… remember… I will return for revenge!” Yechen King mentally roared.
“Explode! Explode! Explode!”
Yechen King roared.
The remaining 50% of his immortal divine body was completely detonated at this moment. Previously, when Cangjin King struck and destroyed half of his immortal divine body… it was due to mutual annihilation between Cangjin King’s immortal divine power and Yechen King’s divine body, annihilating half of the immortal divine body, so no terribly catastrophic explosion occurred.
But now, Cangjin King could stand alone and endure the blast; no one would be so foolish.
Cangjin King had only one choice—retreat rapidly!
“Boom~~” The self-detonation of a peak King-level powerhouse was so devastating that it shocked and infuriated everyone present—Zizhong King, Bingren, Husi King, and Luo Feng—except for Cangjin King.
The self-destruction of a peak King-level powerhouse was comparable to the combined assault of a million Monarch-level armies!
It could kill High-level Kings and severely injure Peak Kings! It might even cause a Peak King to perish, though that would depend on luck…
Although…
Yechen King had only 50% of his immortal divine body left, his self-destruction still possessed half the power of a perfect Peak King-level self-destruction. Unlike Cangjin King’s attack, which mutually annihilated with his own, this time the explosion fully radiated outward in all directions. In a self-destruction, the divine being perishes, and the energy radiates in all directions, impossible to control and direct toward a single target.
“No!!!” Bingren, who had been entangled with Husi King at the chamber door, turned pale, “Cangjin King, you’ve doomed me!!!”
Bingren panicked and fled.
“Boom~~” The powerful shockwave instantly struck him, and Bingren, a High-level King, was instantly reduced to dust, which then completely annihilated.
“Yechen King, even in death you must drag me down with you!” Husi King was also terrified as he rushed into the chamber.
“Boom!”
The shockwave seemed like an endless flood crashing over Husi King. His armor shimmered, and then his entire body exploded, but shortly afterward, he reformed into a single entity.
“Boom!” The shockwave struck Zizhong King, who gritted his teeth as a faint bell-shaped shadow flickered over his body, resisting slightly, but soon he exploded into dust, which then reassembled.
“Boom!” Luo Feng folded his wings and endured the blow once more!
…
Cangjin King, Zizhong King, Bingren, Husi King, and Luo Feng were all struck by Yechen King’s full-range self-destruction. Some emerged unscathed, some were injured, and some perished instantly!
It wasn’t just the five of them.
Even the “Sacrificial Tower” could no longer remain stable under the self-destruction of a Peak King-level powerhouse. The ritual inscriptions on the corridor walls and chamber walls of the tower flickered incessantly before exploding into fragments, while the walls themselves collapsed and shattered. The shockwave radiated outward in all directions.
Each layer of walls flickered and trembled before being shattered. However, after breaking through layer after layer, the power of the shockwave continuously weakened until it finally subsided.
Within a 60-kilometer diameter range, a complete spherical area, was completely turned into ruins!
The ‘Sacrificial Tower’ itself was a special law weapon forged from some F-grade metals, much like many weapons that can change in size. The tower could also expand or contract, somewhat similar to ‘Divine Base’ or ‘Star Fortress’ weapons, with different areas inside having varying levels of defense.
For instance, the two most important treasure chambers—the ‘Inheritance Chamber’ and the ‘Second Treasure Vault’—had the strongest defenses.
The outer shell of the core area was also extremely well protected.
However, many of the walls inside the chambers were relatively cheaply constructed. Even with the assistance of the mysterious ritual inscriptions, the explosion from Yechen King’s self-destruction still destroyed a 60-kilometer diameter area.
…
Silence.
Inside the Sacrificial Tower, amidst the ruins, all was quiet.
Luo Feng and Husi King exchanged glances.
“Yechen King’s self-destruction still cost me 6% of my immortal divine body. What a loss,” Husi King mentally transmitted, “But Yang, we’re in trouble now. With Yechen King’s death, our strength has greatly diminished. Although they also lost Bingren… but Bingren was merely a High-level King. Losing him has little impact on Cangjin King and Zizhong King’s side.”
“Poor Yechen King,” Luo Feng mentally replied.
“What’s there to pity? Isn’t he human? You humans… place immense value on the strongest among kings. Even if they fall, they will eventually be revived through the reversal of time. The great founders of humanity—like the Axe Creator, the Chaos City Lord, the Dragonwalk Sovereign, and the Void Gold Sovereign—…”
“They will collectively revive a large number of human elites at some point!”
Those revived would either be extremely powerful, have significant merits, or have teachers and others to help pay the price…
However—
Revival was not without cost.
For a monarch-level existence, the cost of reviving a being like Ye Chenwang is negligible. However, this “minor cost” is only considered trivial in comparison to the monarch itself. Monarchs would never bear the loss themselves; ultimately, the price must be repaid by the revived powerful individual personally, either by fighting for humanity or by acquiring treasures for humanity.
“Poor Yechen King. Even if he is revived, he will likely spend a very long time fighting desperately for humanity,” Luo Feng mused, “But being revived is already fortunate. Among other alien races… some races don’t even have Sovereign-level existences. Even those aliens who joined the Hong Alliance would face much higher requirements and costs for revival compared to humans.”
No one wished to perish!
The stronger one was, the higher the cost of revival.
The Chaos City Lord once said that reviving a Cosmic Sovereign would cause him to suffer backlash from the cosmic laws, leaving him severely injured.
If he were to revive ‘Hierodo’ or ‘Tian Shi Sovereign’, cosmic overlords, the backlash from the cosmic laws would even lead to his own demise! Although the Chaos City Lord was far stronger than Hierodo and others, the fact that reviving Hierodo could lead to his death clearly showed how terrifying the backlash could be.
Yechen King would eventually be revived in some distant future!
The price he would have to pay was beyond imagination.
…
“Cangjin King, Yechen King was already trying to escape. Why did you have to push him to his death?” Zizhong King was both anxious and furious, “Bingren died because of this!” Bingren was also a member of the Qixiang race. As a fellow clansman, although Zizhong King didn’t hold Bingren in high regard, they had always traveled together and, being of the same race, naturally trusted each other.
“I was also injured because of the shockwave from Yechen King’s self-destruction,” Zizhong King angrily said, “Moreover, humans are one of the four peak races, with those great Sovereign-level existences among them. One day in the future, Yechen King may very well be revived again.”
“Shut up!” Cangjin King mentally roared, “Who knows when that revival will happen? Even if he is revived, he will still not be my match. All I know is… by killing him, I can obtain his wealth.”
With a wave of his hand, Cangjin King directly collected all the world rings and other artifacts left behind by Yechen King and Bingren after their demise.
“Don’t let that human escape,” Cangjin King fiercely shouted.
Whoosh!
Luo Feng, far in the distance, flapped his wings and activated the Threefold Cosmic Drift, rapidly accelerating and darting like lightning into a distant corridor.
“Don’t think you can escape!” Cangjin King chased after him.
“Hmph,” Zizhong King also quickly followed from behind.
Husi King, however, hovered in midair above the ruins, watching the scene unfold, then coldly smiled to himself, thinking, “They’ve gone mad fighting over the treasures of the Sacrificial Tower, either perishing or burning their immortal divine bodies… With Cangjin King enraged, I’d better lay low. Going after them now would only be suicide.” Husi King then swiftly flew down another corridor.
…
The core control chamber of the Sacrificial Tower.
The four native powerhouses—Elder Qiu Chika, Sovereign Puei, Menbu, and Latimer—were all staring intently at the surveillance holographic projections.
Upon witnessing the self-destruction of King Yechen injuring other powerful figures and the fall of Bingren, the natives all displayed expressions of astonishment and delight: “Look, the talismans!”
“It’s the talismans indeed.”
With Yechen King and Bingren’s demise, the talismans that had been fused into their bodies indeed fell into the ruins.
“Go on, go on, all of you, quickly leave,” Elder Qiu Chika silently wished, “You alien invaders, leave the talismans behind.”
But to their dismay, Cangjin King waved his hand and collected all the belongings of the two deceased Kings, including the talismans, in one sweep.
This immediately caused Qiu Chika and the others’ faces to darken.
“They’re fleeing toward the outside of the Sacrificial Tower!”
“And the talismans are with them,” Sovereign Puei anxiously transmitted, “Third Brother, once they escape and teleport away, we will never be able to open the Inheritance Chamber again.”
Elder Qiu Chika gritted his teeth and transmitted sharply, “Listen to my command.”
Puei, Menbu, and Latimer’s eyes lit up as they eagerly listened for the elder’s orders. They knew… it was time for them to act!
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