196: Ye Chen's First Divine War

As one invading army after another returned triumphantly to the Divine Realm, the elite forces within the Abyss gradually returned to their positions, only then launching a true offensive against the Troll Legion.

Under the leadership of the Fire Kirin, the demigods fiercely pounced on the Zandalar Troll.

At this point, the Zandalar Troll no longer dared to disperse, to avoid being defeated one by one.

They gathered together, chanting an unknown incantation in unison.

As each incantation fell, the figure of the Troll God suddenly appeared in the Abyss.

However, his strength was not affected in the slightest; he could still exert his original strength within the Abyss.

This was another method of a Middle God, allowing him to condense the laws he comprehended in his own Divine Realm onto himself for cross-realm combat.

This prevented the battles of the Divine Lords from being confined to their own Divine Realms.

The moment the Troll God appeared, Ye Chen's eyes lit up.

Since his promotion to the Divine Rank, he had not truly enjoyed the pleasure of battle, and now that such a formidable opponent was before him, he naturally could not let him go.

Black mist surged in the Abyss, and Ye Chen, seated on the obsidian divine throne, materialized under the gaze of thousands of abyssal creatures.

His figure, suspended in mid-air, carried an innate pressure, causing the Abyssal faction to erupt in thunderous cheers.

In their hearts, the power of the Lord of the Abyss was enough to suppress everything; now that he had made a move, this battle was surely won!

The Troll God bared his sharp fangs, and the runes on the stone staff in his hand suddenly lit up:

"Just a mere Lower God, yet you have the audacity to appear before me?"

With that, he sneered and charged forward.

"Kid, today I'll let you witness the difference in strength between a Lower God and a Middle God."

As he spoke, the stone staff in his hand was already raised high, emitting a grayish-white light.

Ye Chen, who was just about to Enter the Shadows space, was enveloped by the light, and a sense of crisis surged in his heart.

He couldn't dodge this blow!

Although he didn't know why he felt this way, Ye Chen still chose to trust his intuition.

At the critical moment, Ye Chen suddenly stood up, condensing a dark black Tang Dao in his hand to block the blow.

The Tang Dao and the stone staff clashed, emitting a crisp 'ding' sound, and then remained firmly suspended in mid-air.

"Impossible!"

This caused the Troll's pupils to suddenly contract; his full-strength blow had actually been blocked!

He was a Middle God who had comprehended three great laws, and with the blessing of the law of savagery, his strength was enough to crush ordinary Middle Gods.

But his full-strength blow was actually hastily blocked by this small Lower God, which was difficult for him to accept.

After taking this blow, Ye Chen felt a bit more confident; it seemed his strength really did surpass that of an ordinary Middle God.

Although the opponent had the blessings of three great laws, Ye Chen also had the blessings of the Abyss Power, Dark, and Shadow Laws, which were much stronger than what he had.

Furthermore, the Abyss Power's feedback to the divine body far exceeded the blessing of an ordinary Divine Realm; the combination of these factors gave Ye Chen strength beyond an ordinary Middle God.

The Troll naturally wouldn't be willing to be crushed by a Lower God in front of his believers; he swung his stone staff again, and a bloodthirsty glint flashed in his eyes.

His figure split into eight identical Trolls, attacking Ye Chen from all directions.

Ye Chen lightly raised his arm and calmly shouted:

"Annihilation!"

Black waves spread from the shadows behind Ye Chen, engulfing all the bodies of the Troll God's clones.

Under the surge of massive dark energy, the Troll's clones shattered one after another.

At this moment, the Troll's main body had also approached Ye Chen, heavily striking Ye Chen's head with the stone staff in his hand.

After gaining confidence, Ye Chen responded more and more gracefully; his saber light blocked the staff shadows one by one, and he even managed to stab the Troll a couple of times.

The Troll was made to look disheveled by Ye Chen's saber techniques, and even more wounds appeared on his body.

Fortunately, with the recovery provided by the law of regeneration, his combat power did not decrease.

Seeing that he was about to be slowly tortured to death by Ye Chen if he continued fighting, the Troll God suddenly retreated, his aura surging:

"Domain — Ancestral Spirit Temple!"

An ancient aura spread from the Troll's body, gradually enveloping all the surrounding areas.

The grayish-white domain slowly unfolded, carrying the weight of history.

An ancient and towering temple rose from the domain, occupying the entire sky.

This temple was very dilapidated, but its broken walls still showed its former solemnity and glory.

Judging from the weathering of the temple, it had existed for at least ten thousand years.

Vague runes were carved on the temple, and outside the hall, it was supported by four rune-covered stone pillars, identical in shape to the stone staff in the Troll's hand.

When the temple appeared, all the Trolls couldn't help but let out a mournful cry, as if recalling their glorious history.

Then the temple emitted a soft glow, seemingly comforting the Trolls.

The light shone on the Trolls, gradually calming them down, but the raging flames in their eyes could not be extinguished.

All the Trolls erupted with an aura that could sweep away armies and an unyielding morale.

And the Troll God had completely transformed.

The originally tall and burly young Troll had now become incredibly ancient.

The old Troll was clad in an ancient robe, wearing a verdigris-covered crown, and his withered hand tightly gripped a pitch-black, shining "walking stick."

But beneath the ancient exterior were eyes that could see through everything.

The old Troll stared calmly at Ye Chen, who was standing by in the void, and heavily struck the ground with his walking stick.

An invisible wave emanated from the point where the walking stick met the ground, sweeping towards Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's divine sense, which was observing the old Troll, was directly swept away by this wave, and before he could react, the wave brushed past his divine body like a gentle breeze.

His divine body, blessed by the three great laws, began to crack layer by layer under this blow, about to completely shatter in the next second.

At the critical moment, the Abyss Will intensely burned the stored Abyss Power, and a pure energy emerged from the void, rapidly merging into Ye Chen's divine body.

Under the continuous sustenance of the Abyss Power, Ye Chen's divine body constantly shattered and regenerated until this invisible wave completely dissipated, barely maintaining his divine body.

This blow startled Ye Chen; this old fellow was incredibly strong.

But Ye Chen also noticed something was amiss.

The Troll God's domain and the temple within it were incongruous, as if they were in two different dimensions.

And this ancient Troll was not transformed from the Troll King; it was more like some existence from within the temple possessed the Troll God, recreating part of its power from back then.

But it was precisely this partial power that almost killed Ye Chen with one blow!

This led Ye Chen to speculate that this temple might not have been condensed by the Troll God's domain, but rather an ancient existence from the long river of history, which was "summoned" by the Troll.

As for how it was summoned, Ye Chen did not know.

He only knew that if he couldn't deal with this old Troll, his Abyss would probably be in great trouble.

"Abyss Domain!"