359: Chapter 359 Divine Soul Warrior, Tricked!

Cao Yang pondered to himself, "Fine, since it has come to this, I will play along. Anyway, even if I cannot completely kill him, I can just chase him all the way; I will definitely be able to kill him eventually!"

Just then, he heard the Yintian Great Emperor speak coldly, "Fellow Daoist, the way I see it, your Chaos Tribulation seems to be descending again. At this very moment, do you truly still dare to compete with me?"

As he said this, his already gloomy face revealed wisps of mockery and an undisguisable sense of triumph.

As it turned out, in the eyes of the Yintian Great Emperor, Cao Yang had already used his ultimate trump card to successfully neutralize the previously aggressive Chaos Divine Thunder.

After all, during the previous battle, he had witnessed with his own eyes how Cao Yang had instantly caused that terrifying Chaos Divine Thunder to vanish into nothingness.

Therefore, the Yintian Great Emperor was convinced that the current Cao Yang probably couldn't even safely survive this new round of Chaos Tribulation, let alone have the energy to continue fighting him.

Thinking of this, the Yintian Great Emperor couldn't help but secretly gloat.

Because he knew very well that if Cao Yang were truly unfortunate enough to be severely injured or even killed under the Chaos Tribulation, the other two unfathomably powerful big shots present would definitely not sit idly by and would absolutely not allow him to attack Cao Yang again.

If that happened, wouldn't his wish to kill Cao Yang with his own hands and vent his anger fall through?

No, he must not let such a thing happen!

Consequently, the Yintian Great Emperor came up with a plan; he deliberately spoke these provocative words in front of Cao Yang and his companions, aiming to make Cao Yang lose face in front of his beloved women, thereby severely striking this opponent he hated to the bone and causing him to reveal a flaw while Undergoing Tribulation.

However, facing the Yintian Great Emperor's sarcasm, Cao Yang remained completely unmoved.

He let out a cold snort and responded proudly, "Hmph, what Chaos Tribulation? It is nothing but a petty trick. I can easily extinguish it with a wave of my hand. Today is the day we two truly decide the victor!"

Before his voice had even faded, an incomparably powerful Aura erupted from Cao Yang's body, as if it were about to pierce through the clouds.

In that instant, Cao Yang and everyone else present focused their gazes on the second layer of the Chaos Tribulation.

From the depths of the endless Void Realm, countless Divine Soul Warriors clad in heavy black armor and wielding red battle spears suddenly emerged!

These Divine Soul Warriors surged forward like a tide, densely filling the entire Void Realm. At a glance, it was a pitch-black mass that struck fear into the heart.

One must know that these black-armored Divine Soul Warriors were extraordinary; they were all formed by the Fusion of the true spirits of peerless experts who had resolutely chosen self-destruction within the Chaos.

The purpose of their existence was to specifically target and attack the true spirits of Cultivators, and their power was extremely formidable.

Moreover, because these Divine Soul Warriors only followed the instructions of the chaos consciousness, they were completely immune to the vast majority of physical attacks in the world, as if they possessed an immortal body.

Only when the attacker's Realm had broken through to above the Chaos Realm was it possible to cause them substantial damage.

However, despite being so difficult, it was not without a solution.

After all, the Realm of all the black-armored Divine Soul Warriors was only at the Pseudo-Chaos Realm.

Therefore, if one could unleash attack methods with Chaos Realm strength, although it would be difficult to completely annihilate them, one could at least inflict a certain degree of injury upon them.

But to achieve this, how could it be easy?

At this moment, although these black-armored Divine Soul Warriors had not yet truly approached Cao Yang, the keen-minded man had already felt his true spirit constantly sending out strong signals of crisis.

In an instant, Cao Yang suddenly realized that the feeling that had been making him restless earlier was precisely caused by the terrifying Aura invisibly emitted by these black-armored monsters.

Thinking of this, Cao Yang's heart sank, and he pondered to himself, "It seems this second layer of the Chaos Tribulation is far more dangerous than I imagined..."

"Hmph! A mere Chaos Tribulation? To think you would dare to be so pretentious!"

Cao Yang's lips curled into a disdainful smile, and after a cold snort, he did not hesitate to take out the mysterious staff emitting the Aura of Chaos from his Inner Universe.

The staff was pitch black as ink, with complex and ancient runes engraved upon it, faintly shimmering with a weak light.

Cao Yang held the chaos level staff, his figure transforming into a bolt of lightning as he sped straight toward the group of black-armored Divine Soul Warriors ahead.

Wherever he passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a sharp, piercing whistling sound.

Meanwhile, the Yintian Great Emperor, watching the battle from afar, stared coldly at this scene and sneered inwardly, "What an ignorant and fearless brat! You will have a hard time later."

The Yintian Great Emperor knew these black-armored Divine Soul Warriors very well; after all, a long time ago, he had witnessed with his own eyes a Chaos Realm expert in a neighboring Great Universe encounter difficulties during this type of tribulation.

Back then, that Chaos Realm expert had gone through countless hardships before successfully breaking through to the Chaos Realm.

However, just as he was Undergoing Tribulation, this same group of black-armored Divine Soul Warriors suddenly appeared.

Although the number of monsters that appeared at that time was far less than this time, even so, that fierce battle was still breathtaking.

In the end, although that expert who had just stepped into the Chaos Realm luckily repelled the black-armored Divine Soul Warriors, his own true spirit suffered heavy damage and severe losses.

According to the Yintian Great Emperor's estimation, it would probably take a long time of dozens of Years of Calamity for that Chaos Realm expert's damaged true spirit to potentially fully recover.

However, once one stepped into the Chaos Realm, it meant possessing a nearly endless Lifespan and eternal existence.

For these Chaos Realm experts, time was no longer a shackle binding them; therefore, slight damage and a long recovery period might not be much of a problem for them.

Below the Chaos Realm, many experts possessed endless Lifespan, which, to some extent, was not much different from immortality.

However, if one day the second Origin Great Universe they relied upon were unfortunately destroyed, even an expert who had reached the Peak Source Emperor Realm would find it difficult to escape and would suffer heavy damage.

Not only that, but their path to breaking through to become a Chaos expert would be almost completely severed.

It was precisely because of this that beings like him, who were Guardians of the Great Universe, came into existence, shouldering the important mission of protecting all Great Universes and maintaining balance and stability.

Returning to the present, in the Yintian Great Emperor's broad experience, it was almost a certainty that Cao Yang would be severely injured by the Chaos Tribulation; there was no suspense at all.

But what puzzled him greatly was that this brat before him was clearly only at the ordinary Chaos Realm level, yet the power of the Chaos Tribulation he faced was extraordinarily strong, far exceeding the Chaos Tribulation experienced by the Chaos Realm expert he had witnessed in the past.

Could it be because this kid usually committed many evil deeds, so much so that even the Chaos Tribulation gave him special "attention," thus becoming so large in scale?

But regardless, as long as there was even a glimmer of an opportunity to eliminate this kid, he would definitely not let it go easily.

After all, he had already formed a grudge with the other party; if he didn't eliminate him early, he feared he would become a major threat in the future.

As for those two supreme existences in the Chaos Cave Master Realm, even with Yintian's current strength, it was difficult to contend with them in a normal confrontation.

However, if he just wanted to escape, even such peerless experts would likely be helpless against him if he were determined to flee.

Just at this moment, the Yintian Great Emperor was secretly pondering countermeasures, while on the other side, Cao Yang was already fiercely fighting with the numerous black-armored Divine Soul Warriors.

Cao Yang's movements were as agile as a ghost, and the staff in his hand, which had originally shimmered with the crystalline light of Source Power, was now surrounded by a thick, gray Chaos Power.

This Chaos Power was incredibly domineering; every swing of the staff carried the power to destroy heaven and earth.

With a crisp "crack," a black-armored Divine Soul Warrior was instantly severed in two at the waist, its miserable howl coming to an abrupt end.

Following that, Cao Yang shuttled back and forth among the group of black-armored Divine Soul Warriors like a Dragon emerging from the sea. Wherever he passed, countless black-armored Divine Soul Warriors were struck dead by his staff, their severed limbs flying into the sky before falling into the endless Void Realm.

Meanwhile, the women on the flying ship, seeing the pitch-black mass ahead emitting a terrifying, heart-palpitating Aura, all had their heartstrings tightened. Their hearts instantly jumped into their throats, and they all broke into a cold sweat for Cao Yang's safety.

But when they witnessed Cao Yang fighting fiercely with those black-armored monsters, being so brave and invincible, with every strike of the staff resulting in the death of a black-armored monster on the spot, the hanging hearts of the group finally calmed down slightly.

"How can he be so powerful? This is simply beyond imagination!"

The Yintian Great Emperor muttered in disbelief, his face full of astonishment.

He had originally thought that the person in front of him would not pose much of a threat to him, after all, he had not sensed any dangerous Aura from him.

However, the facts were completely beyond his expectations; the strength displayed by the other party was actually so terrifying.

The Yintian Great Emperor pondered to himself: Even if I were to take action personally, I am afraid it would be difficult to do as he did, easily taking out those black-armored Divine Soul Warriors one by one!

It seems that he had ultimately underestimated this person's true strength.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but give a little more importance to this opponent in front of him who dared to challenge him.

However, although he felt some surprise and astonishment in his heart, the Yintian Great Emperor did not feel any worry or fear because of it.

Because only he knew deeply that these Divine Soul Warriors could not be easily slaughtered to extinction.

Sure enough, only a short few minutes had passed.

The fragments of the black-armored monsters that had been knocked away and fallen into the Void Realm previously now began to undergo strange changes.

They appeared as if they possessed life, rapidly wriggling and aggregating together, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into brand-new black-armored monsters.

These reappearing black-armored monsters were identical to the previous ones, and even appeared more powerful and ferocious.

Cao Yang gradually slowed down his actions of killing the black-armored monsters, his brows tightly knitted together, forming a deep wrinkle.

He shouted, "These black-armored monsters are actually so troublesome!"

He had originally thought he could easily cope with them, but he had not expected their vitality to be so tenacious.

Recalling the previous battle scene, nine out of ten of the black-armored monsters he had successfully slain had now resurrected.

Even more bizarrely, this resurrection was not simply returning to their original state; rather, when their bodies were torn into several segments, each segment would rapidly evolve into a brand-new black-armored monster.

After a fierce battle, although the number of Pseudo-Chaos Realm black-armored monsters had plummeted from the initial nine to less than five, at the same time, Peak Source Emperor level black-armored monsters had sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and their number reached as many as hundreds.

What was particularly terrifying was that these Source Emperor black-armored monsters all contained remnants of Chaos Power within their bodies, which made their strength exceptionally powerful; a single attack was enough to kill an ordinary Peak Source Emperor expert.

Not only that, but in this melee, some monsters far more powerful than the Pseudo-Chaos Realm would occasionally be born.

Although this type of monster still appeared weak in the eyes of a true Chaos Realm expert, they appeared endlessly, and could not be killed off; the more they fought, the more they appeared, and in the end, they would inevitably pose a threat that could not be ignored to the true spirit of a Chaos Realm expert, and inflict a certain degree of injury to their true spirit.

If Cao Yang himself unleashed a full-strength attack, he could completely kill countless black-armored monsters, but if he did that, the Yintian Great Emperor would run away, so Cao Yang had not used his full strength before.

"Damn it! Why are these monsters so difficult to deal with?"

Cao Yang couldn't help but curse, veins popping out on his forehead, and sweat pouring down like rain.

But the movements in his hand did not stop for a moment; he continued to wield the incomparably heavy Chaos staff, engaging in a breathtaking life-and-death struggle with the endlessly surging monsters.

The Yintian Great Emperor watched this scene from afar, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing an imperceptible look of joy.

He pondered to himself: "Haha, it seems today is my great opportunity; as long as this kid cannot hold on, I will be able to take him down in one fell swoop!"

Thinking of this, a flash of greed and ruthlessness shone in the Yintian Great Emperor's eyes.

Time passed second by second, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

At this moment, Cao Yang was already exhausted; he weakly leaned on the Chaos staff that had followed him many times and was now slightly tattered, kneeling tremblingly in the Void Realm.

His once surging Chaos Power was now flickering, as if a candle in the wind, likely to be extinguished at any moment; and his true spirit was even more unstable, flickering with a weak light, clearly having suffered heavy damage and being in critical condition.

"Sister Sipan, I beg you, hurry and help Brother Cao! If this continues, he will lose his life!"

Beside her, Second Senior Sister Su Xuan was anxious, her tears falling uncontrollably like a breached flood.

She tightly grabbed Hong Sipan's sleeve, her face full of pleading.

Hong Sipan helplessly looked at Su Xuan, then turned her head to look at the other women around.

She saw that all the women had worried expressions; many even held back their tears, their gazes not daring to move away from Cao Yang for even a moment, fearing to miss any instant.

Hong Sipan took a deep breath, gently patted Su Xuan's hand, and comforted her softly, "Sister Xiaoxuan, you also know clearly that this is a great tribulation that must be experienced when breaking through a Realm. If we rashly intervene, not only will we be unable to help Brother Cao, but we might even make the situation worse."

Right now, all we can do is believe in Brother Cao, and believe that he will definitely be able to survive this tribulation with his own strength!"

After speaking, Hong Sipan once again cast her gaze toward the swaying figure in the distance, silently praying for a miracle to happen.

In fact, Hong Sipan knew Cao Yang's strength; it was impossible that he could not win, and she believed that this was Cao Yang's intention.

As for why she didn't tell the other women, she also wanted to see, since Cao Yang was usually so good to them, these sisters, how these sisters would react when Cao Yang encountered danger.

Tian Qing looked at Hong Sipan strangely; when one's Realm reached their level of the Chaos Cave Master Realm, interfering with a great tribulation was not a difficult matter.

The Yintian Great Emperor saw that the two big shots on the flying ship had no intention of taking action to save that kid, so he shouted, "Fellow Daoist, I have come to help you Undergoing Tribulation!"

He instantly disappeared from where he was and flew toward Cao Yang, who was kneeling in the Void Realm leaning on his staff.

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