76: Chapter 76 Another Breakthrough

Deep in the center of the infinitely distant Star Domain.

Inside a luxurious palace.

An elderly man with a withered face and an Aura as obscure and unfathomable as an abyss slowly withdrew the palm he had extended across space.

He lowered his head and glanced at his palm; there were no wounds there.

However.

The backlash from the majestic Imperial might and the incomparably domineering Power of Imperial Fortune, transmitted across the endless Void Realm during their clash, still caused his mind to waver slightly.

"Hmm?"

A trace of surprise flashed in the old man's turbid yet profound eyes.

"Interesting. I didn't expect there to be such a powerful expert at the edge of that Star Domain! To think they could use a palm strike across Realms to defeat the 'Star-Plucking Hand' condensed by thirty percent of my power..."

"Could it be that some other faction is planning to lay their hands on that desolate region?"

After the old man finished speaking.

His face showed no anger at the failed rescue; instead, he revealed a look of intrigued curiosity.

With his level of strength,

he had long grown accustomed to the many cycles of life, death, and shifting factions over the long years.

The lives or deaths of three outer hall deacons were merely matters of ants to him and were not worth his genuine anger.

Instead, the person who had suddenly appeared and managed to block his strike piqued his interest even more!

"Oh well, I have already memorized their Aura. I will challenge them again when we meet next time."

In truth,

it was not that he did not want to settle scores with Wang Chen right now.

It was that he could not.

The reason he had been able to strike from across space just now was that he had the Soul positioning of the one who had called for help.

However, this kind of Soul positioning could only be used once. In other words, he only had one chance to strike; once used, he would never be able to find the opponent's coordinates again.

Therefore,

even if he was unwilling, there was nothing he could do; he had to let it go...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Inside the Yankong Imperial City in the Wilderness World.

After lingering in the Void Realm for a moment, the giant golden hand slowly dissipated.

Along with it,

the suffocating and terrifying pressure between heaven and earth also vanished.

But the dead silence on the battlefield did not last long.

"Die!"

Ge Nie's cold voice instantly broke the silence.

He did not even look at the dissipating giant golden hand, as if he had long anticipated Wang Chen's intervention.

The moment the golden hand vanished, his long sword had already been drawn once again, slashing out a beam of Sword Qi that was pure and fast to the extreme!

In the distance,

the three envoys of the Star Remains Hall were already plunged into despair.

Facing the Sword Qi slashed by Ge Nie, they seemed frightened out of their wits, forgetting even to defend themselves.

Three heads.

Were sent flying by the Sword Qi almost simultaneously!

Immediately after,

the three headless corpses and heads began to disintegrate inch by inch, eventually turning into the finest dust. Even their remaining Divine Soul imprints were thoroughly shredded and purified by the residual Sword Qi!

The three Peak Land Immortal envoys of the Star Remains Hall were thus destroyed in body and Soul!

Ge Nie sheathed his sword.

His expression remained calm, as if he had just performed a trivial task.

His gaze swept across the battlefield below, which had fallen into a stupor due to the recent turn of events, and then he uttered two words.

"Continue."

Such calm words.

Fell upon the ears of the crowd like hailstones, instantly awakening all members of the Divine Martial Guard.

"Kill—!!!"

After a brief pause,

a more violent and efficient slaughter swept through the entire Yankong Imperial City once again!

After witnessing that terrifying scene in the Void Realm, the remaining experts of the Wilderness World completely collapsed.

Resistance became sporadic and feeble, replaced mostly by desperate fleeing and wailing.

The Divine Martial Guard acted like cold reapers, precisely eliminating every target at or above the Great Grandmaster Realm.

Amidst the sweeping Sword Qi, they uprooted the last stubborn strongholds one by one, dragging out and executing every expert who was hiding or fleeing.

In less than half an hour,

the once magnificent and luxurious Yankong Imperial City was reduced to a graveyard of ruins.

The Imperial Dynasty's central power and top experts were almost entirely wiped out!

The few experts and the large number of low-to-mid-level Martial Artists who had survived no longer had the courage to resist when facing the hundreds of Divine Martial Guards hovering in the sky.

"Clang!"

"We surrender! Don't kill us!"

"We surrender! We are willing to submit!"

"Please, my lord, spare our lives!"

"We submit..."

Shouts and pleas for mercy merged into a chorus.

The surviving Yankong Imperial Dynasty troops, officials, and Martial Artists knelt on the ground in droves.

They all kowtowed frantically toward the Divine Martial Guard in the sky and the direction where the giant golden hand had disappeared, tears and snot streaming down their faces.

The slaughter

finally came to a halt at this moment...

A thick scent of blood and death permeated the air above the ruins.

Ge Nie stood in the air, watching the surrendered soldiers kneeling below, his gaze remaining calm.

After the battle ended,

the members of the Divine Martial Guard acted quickly, starting to clear the battlefield and releasing their powerful Divine Sense to scan the entire Imperial City ruins and its surroundings, ensuring there were no fish that had slipped through the net or hidden threats.

And shortly after the Divine Martial Guard had initially brought the situation in Yankong Imperial City under control...

"Hum—!"

The massive spatial passage connecting Xuantian and the Wilderness World shone brightly once again!

Immediately after,

like a floodgate opening, countless uniform figures, their Evil Qi soaring to the heavens, began to pour out of the passage in an endless stream!

At the very front were five million human troops with powerful Auras.

Behind the human troops were the Yao Beast legions, composed of various powerful Yao Beasts with particularly ferocious Auras!

Although these Yao Beasts had all cultivated the "Transformation Art"!

However,

even after transforming, they were all burly and rugged!

With millions arranged together, that terrifying Aura was indeed awe-inspiring.

In the sky,

Imperial Dynasty commanders led by General Chu Batian, along with newly promoted generals, stood proudly.

General Chu Batian's gaze was like lightning.

He swept his gaze over the Yankong Imperial City below, which had become scorched earth, and then issued an order.

"Pass the order: According to the established plan, using Yankong Imperial City as the center, radiate outward to receive and occupy all cities in the Wilderness World!"

"Anyone who resists along the way is to be executed! Anyone who voluntarily surrenders and cooperates with the takeover will have their lives spared and be resettled according to the laws of the Imperial Dynasty!"

After the orders were passed down,

the ten-million-strong army started up with a roar, like a precise and efficient war machine!

Starting from Yankong Imperial City, they turned into torrents of steel, rolling out in all directions across the Wilderness World!

This Wilderness World, which had just experienced a brief unification and had not yet caught its breath from the flames of war, nor had time to savor the taste of "peace," was met with an even crueler war of aggression.

Along the way,

there was indeed sporadic resistance.

Some city holding out in desperate resistance, some army harboring loyalty to their former nation...

However,

in the face of the powerful strength of the Tianxuan Dynasty, all resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; it was instantly and ruthlessly crushed!

In less than three days,

the entire Wilderness World was completely occupied by the Tianxuan Dynasty.

And the moment the Wilderness World fell,

"Roar—!!!"

On the Xuantian Continent,

above the capital of the Tianxuan Dynasty,

the Golden Dragon of Fortune, which was already massive, suddenly let out an even more resonant and majestic Dragon roar that shook the heavens!

The Golden Dragon's body expanded and solidified rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

It was also at this moment that

Wang Chen's strength, which had been at the Peak of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, instantly achieved another Breakthrough...