42: Battle of Heroes

The two God Lords stood frozen on the spot, staring blankly at Ye Chen, evidently still not grasping the profound meaning of his words.

Seeing this, Ye Chen sighed helplessly and had no choice but to explain again:

"Aren't you spending money to buy my life? Now I'm giving you this opportunity. As long as you can find helpers to defeat me, I will naturally let you go."

As these words fell, the two God Lords finally understood.

It turned out that Ye Chen wasn't raising the price to buy their lives, but rather, he was making them raise the price to hire people to take his own life!

However, they dared not defy Ye Chen, fearing that his army would descend and wipe them out.

So, the two of them, in unison, began to attract helpers.

"Are there any big shots willing to earn some extra cash? As long as you can defeat this kid opposite, 50,000 divine power value will be immediately offered."

"That's right! This kid has already had a lot of his troops consumed by us. Now, he's just one final blow away from being taken down, and the 50,000 divine power value will absolutely not be a single cent less!"

Their shouts quickly attracted everyone's attention, and many people gathered around.

At this moment, an illusory God Domain slowly approached, and a voice of inquiry came from within:

"Is it true there's 50,000 divine power value for defeating this kid?"

The two God Lords quickly gave their assurance.

Inside the illusory God Domain, Shadow Master secretly rejoiced.

His dependents were extremely special, excelling at ambushing the enemy's God Domain Core.

In his opinion, what was the difference between this 50,000 divine power value and picking it up for free?

Before the two God Lords could say more, he impatiently established a passage with Ye Chen's God Domain, attempting to repeat his old trick.

The God Domain passage opened, and Ye Chen waited for a long time but did not find any dependents emerging from it.

He dispatched a Worm unit through the passage to the opposing God Domain to investigate the situation.

As soon as a team of Worm passed through the passage and arrived in the opposing God Domain, they were inexplicably cut down.

Ye Chen, not believing in evil, sent over a thousand Worm Army troops into the opposing God Domain.

This time, although the Worm were still constantly decreasing in number, their speed clearly slowed down.

Ye Chen did not rush to have the Worm burrow underground, but instead focused intently on observing the cause of their deaths.

Ye Chen stared intently at the surroundings of the Worm.

Suddenly, the space rippled with a strange fluctuation, and a short blade appeared out of thin air without any warning.

The blade lightly sliced across the Worm's neck, and in an instant, the Worm was split in two, dying on the spot.

Ye Chen's pupils constricted slightly.

This is... spatial magic?

After careful sensing, it didn't feel like it; what emanated from that space was clearly a power leaning towards darkness.

Shadow Power?

Ye Chen guessed.

In his understanding, only Shadow Power fit the conditions of darkness and concealment.

Shadow Power is a special ability that allows one to Enter the Shadows to carry out assassinations.

This ability is very practical; whether for self-preservation or assassination, it is very powerful.

However, facing this invisible enemy, Ye Chen was a bit stumped.

It seemed that among his own dependents, there was no existence that could Enter the Shadows.

The only Little Devil with Shadow affinity talent had not yet comprehended the skill of Enter the Shadows.

Should he add a Enter the Shadows talent to the Worm?

After thinking about it, Ye Chen still gave up on this idea.

Although the Shadow talent was very practical, he didn't have that much Abyss Power either.

Adding another talent required 48,000 Abyss Power.

He hadn't yet broken through the God Domains of those two God Lords, so he temporarily couldn't produce that much Abyss Power.

Ye Chen, at a loss, decided to adopt the most direct method—breaking through the opponent's God Domain.

Since he couldn't get in, he would force him out.

With this thought, Ye Chen no longer hesitated.

Three thousand Worm Army troops surged rapidly underground like a black torrent, sweeping towards the opposing God Domain.

To prevent any accidents, he also dispatched Apollo and four hundred succubi to launch a surprise attack on the enemy God Domain from the air.

On the other side, Shadow Master's expression suddenly changed.

Although his dependents were Tier 2 extraordinary units, their number was only over eight hundred. Aside from their outstanding assassination and life-saving abilities, they had no other advantages.

In the past, he always relied on Shadow Power to ambush the enemy's God Domain Core, catching his opponents off guard.

This time, he originally intended to follow suit and steadily claim 50,000 divine power value, but he didn't expect Ye Chen's God Domain to contain hidden depths.

The early stage went smoothly; he successfully entered the opposing God Domain using his Enter the Shadows ability and was not discovered by the opponent.

But he didn't expect the opponent's God Domain to be so strange.

His own dependents had clearly found the God Domain Core and had been slashing at it countless times with their blades, yet they still hadn't broken through the God Domain Core.

This was naturally Ye Chen's doing.

Ever since his disguise was seen through by the snake people last time, he had specially custom-made a solid spherical iron ball and placed it at the God Domain Core.

Now, attacking this iron ball gave a physical sensation, but had no effect whatsoever.

Even if they ground the iron ball into iron powder, it wouldn't harm the Abyss in the slightest.

Shadow Master naturally didn't know any of this; he only knew that the opponent's God Domain Core was exceptionally tough, and even after dulling their short blades, it hadn't shattered.

Secondly, his own guard dogs really couldn't hold on anymore.

Facing the 30,000 Worm Army, four hundred succubi, and Apollo, the Shadow Hound at home had already been completely annihilated.

Now, only some servant troops were left, scurrying around in fear.

Shadow Master's face turned red with anxiety, and he constantly urged his Shadow troops to intensify their attacks.

It was too late to return to reinforce now; even if it were possible, these few hundred Shadow troops wouldn't affect the overall situation.

His own God Domain Core wasn't that tough; if he couldn't break it before the opponent broke his, then...

Thinking of this, Shadow Master was filled with regret.

Why did you meddle in this muddy water for no reason?

Why couldn't you see the situation clearly?

Those two God Lords had already fallen, and you were still rushing to join in.

But now it was too late to regret.

Just as he was filled with remorse, a crisp sound came, and his God Domain Core was broken by Ye Chen.

He also ended his sinful life.

Having successfully broken through the opponent's God Domain, Ye Chen was very satisfied.

This time, he not only gained a powerful Shadow troop, but also acquired a batch of Shadow Hound.

From now on, we will also have guard dogs; they will be the Devil Hounds of the Abyss.

He reclaimed all eight of the opponent's God Domain fragments, earning another 30,000 Abyss Power.

He separated the Shadow God Domain into a distinct layer of the Abyss, making it the fifth layer of the Abyss.

However, the Shadow troops still hadn't appeared, and he hadn't obtained their souls either.

Now that the opposing God Domain had been completely absorbed, even if the Shadow Assassin troops hadn't died, they would eventually succumb to the erosion of the Abyss environment.

No rush, just wait.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen moved over three hundred Little Devil to the disguised God Domain Core.

He let them feel the surrounding Shadow aura, attempting to comprehend the skill of Enter the Shadows.

The Little Devil already possessed the Shadow affinity talent; if they could successfully master this skill, each of them would be able to transform into a top-tier Shadow Assassin in the future.

He no longer bothered with these Little Devil; as long as they could comprehend the Enter the Shadows skill, even if they were killed by a Shadow Assassin, he wasn't afraid; he would revive them.

However, that group of Shadow Assassin still hadn't appeared, whether they had given up resisting or had fled somewhere was unknown.