Dragon-Marked War God

“Puff——”

Jiang Chen spurted out a mouthful of blood. His body had been battered to the extreme, and his strength was damaged. He could no longer use one body becoming nine Supremes. He was utterly at the end of his strength and could only keep retreating to buy time for Dragon Shisan, Wu Ningzhu and the others to get away. Using Dead Spirit Kill Soul at the end had left him weak to the extreme once again. Now, whether in strength or in soul realm, Jiang Chen could hardly do anything more.

Even standing with his sword as a crutch was extremely difficult for Jiang Chen. He knelt on one knee, his face deathly pale. He had expected this scene. No matter how strong he was, even with one body becoming nine Supremes, he could not possibly be a match for four Half-step Divine Emperors. Even his last resort, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, was gone. Jiang Chen had no retreat left at all.

But he had to do it. If he could not even protect the people he loved and his brother, what was the point of cultivating? Jiang Chen had never thought he had done anything wrong. On the contrary, this was simply the way he did things. Although Wu Ningzhu and Yan Qingcheng might blame him, he had no choice.

“Truly peerless in benevolence and courage, with loyalty that reaches the clouds. Heh heh heh. It seems I really underestimated you. Willing to trade your own death for the women you love and your brother. Even I’m a little moved.”

Dou Qing looked at Jiang Chen with an amused smile. The Profound Connection Divine Palace was now in shambles. Although everyone else had escaped in the end, they had only one target, and that was Jiang Chen. As long as he was still here, this battle was not lost.

“Killing me won’t be that easy. Plenty of people want me dead. Who do you think you are?”

Jiang Chen reached out a finger and gently wiped the blood off the Heavenly Dragon Sword. His icy eyes flashed with the look of someone who regarded death as a return home. With his back to the river, he would fight to the last like a true hero. Even if he died, he would drag someone down with him.

“On the verge of death and still so stubborn. If you hand over the Immortal Execution Great Emperor’s inheritance now, maybe I can still leave you a whole corpse.”

Dou Qing said coldly.

“Dream on.”

Jiang Chen shook his head and looked at Dou Qing as if he were looking at an idiot. What a conceited guy.

“Fine, fine, fine. Second Palace Lord, it seems that unless we kill him, we won’t be able to relieve the hatred in our hearts.”

Dou Qing’s words made the Second Palace Lord very grave as well. What he wanted was Jiang Chen’s Immortal Execution inheritance, and this guy also had his eye on what was his. He really would not give up his greed. Telling them about the Great Emperor’s Tomb had been a real mistake. It let them find their ancestor inside, yet they were still not satisfied. Greed was like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. These guys clearly coveted more. If not for the existence of his Big Brother, they might have moved against the Profound Connection Divine Palace long ago.

The deterrence of a Divine Emperor expert was no joke. Even the Battle God Clan did not dare to ignore it. Between a Half-step Divine Emperor and a Divine Emperor, there truly was a difference as vast as heaven and earth. A Divine Emperor expert could be called a peerless great power, while a Half-step Divine Emperor seemed insignificant before one. This was also why the Second Palace Lord had been refining Heavenly Lightning Crystals for tens of millions of years. As long as he fused the Heavenly Lightning Crystals, he would have the chance to push for the Divine Emperor Realm. Only a Divine Emperor expert was a true great power of heaven and earth, qualified to be called a peerless supreme who looked down on the world.

With his Big Brother now wandering the four seas, the Profound Connection Divine Palace was quite a bit weaker than the Battle God Clan. After all, their position was the weaker one. Besides, this time it really was Dou Qing coming to the rescue that had allowed the Profound Connection Divine Palace to survive. Otherwise, Jiang Chen might really have destroyed the Profound Connection Divine Palace.

“Kid, after today’s upheaval, your time is over.”

The Second Palace Lord led the charge, pressing Jiang Chen relentlessly. Jiang Chen gripped the Heavenly Dragon Sword and put up his last resistance. Sword shadows kept striking out, yet he was forced back again and again. Failure was not frightening. What was frightening was falling after failure and never being able to stand up again.

“Battle God Army-Breaking Strike!”

Dou Qing slashed down again, and Jiang Chen had no means left to resist at all. The four of them kept forcing him back. Jiang Chen gritted his teeth. His will was still silently holding on, but he did not have much time left.

“I’ll treat a dead horse as if it were alive. Eastern Emperor Bell, it’s up to you.”

Jiang Chen had no other way now. To save him, the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda had already been taken away by Dragon Shisan. He was now trapped, and even saving himself was a problem. All he could do was place his hopes on the Eastern Emperor Bell. Although the Eastern Emperor Bell had long since lost its former Great Emperor aura, it was a true peerless Emperor weapon, every bit as good as the Cold River Stone, if not better. The Eastern Emperor Bell was the most terrifying divine weapon of the primordial era, and Donghuang Taiyi had been one of the foremost rulers of that age.

Placing his hopes on the Eastern Emperor Bell was a desperate gamble, because he truly had no other way.

“Eastern Emperor Limitless Art, God Sealing Prohibition!”

Jiang Chen tried it with the attitude of giving it a shot. But the four Half-step Divine Emperors changed color, because the body of Jiang Chen’s Eastern Emperor Bell was far too hard. Even though it no longer had its glory of hundreds of millions of years ago, the Eastern Emperor Bell still blocked their attacks. It was, after all, a Great Emperor divine weapon from hundreds of millions of years ago. Jiang Chen was delighted. Heaven had not doomed him yet. As long as he was not killed, there was hope of living.

Jiang Chen took a deep breath. At this moment, the will to live in his heart, which had been about to go out, was rekindled.

“What kind of treasure is this? How can it be so hard?”

Dou Qing could hardly believe it. Not even the four great Half-step Divine Emperors could leave a mark on Jiang Chen’s divine bell. And this guy Jiang Chen was hiding inside and refusing to come out. With him inside the divine bell, killing him was extremely difficult.

“I don’t know, but a divine bell this terrifying shouldn’t be anything ordinary.”

The Second Palace Lord said, his eyes lighting up. This Jiang Chen really had an extraordinary number of treasures. He was simply a walking treasury. Of course, in his view, all these divine weapons and treasures had been obtained from the tomb of the Immortal Execution Great Emperor.

After a wild bombardment, they still could not break Jiang Chen’s divine bell. At this moment, Dou Qing and the others were growing furious with humiliation.

“Force him into Lightning-Gathering Peak. There’s a Soul-Devouring Lightning-Sealing Formation laid down by my Big Brother there. Force him in, and I’ll have a way to deal with him.”

Dou Qing and the other two nodded at the same time and kept forcing Jiang Chen back. Although they could not break the divine bell’s defense, Jiang Chen’s strength was already extremely weak, and sustaining the power of the divine bell was not so easy. Jiang Chen retreated step after step and was finally forced into Lightning-Gathering Peak!

Everyone cried out in alarm. Jiang Chen had been forced into Lightning-Gathering Peak. At this moment, storms were sweeping through Lightning-Gathering Peak and lightning was shaking it. This was the peerless formation the Palace Lord had created back then to suppress the Heavenly Lightning. The methods of a Divine Emperor expert were naturally beyond comparison for ordinary people.

Inside Lightning-Gathering Peak, thunder surged and the formation formed on its own. It was like the end of the world. Even Dou Qing and the other two changed color.

“What a terrifying formation!”