Chapter 546: Carnage
"Insolence!" Divine Alliance disciples' eyes burst with countless divine glints as they coldly spoke.
"Arrogant!"
"This youngster is too presumptuous. Does he intend to take on a hundred by himself?"
The people from the Feather Alliance and the Rain People Clan also angrily cursed, wishing they could tear Qinchuan to shreds right there and then.
But Dian Lai and Xue Linkong suppressed the crowd.
Now that Jiang Yan had made a breakthrough to the Heavenly God realm, he would certainly have the upper hand; they needed to preserve their strength to deal with Jiang Yan and the Divine Alliance.
Both knew very well that Jiang Yan had gone to great lengths to set up the Heaven-Sealing Great Formation with the initial purpose of targeting the Feather Alliance and the Rain People Clan.
"There is no need for others to act. I alone am sufficient to slay you!" Jiang Yan, seeing that 'Heartburn Bone Erosion' was unable to kill Qinchuan, now manifested four black banners behind him once more, those banners suppressing the four directions, enveloping Qinchuan right at the center.
Yet another terrifying magical treasure.
Within the blacks banners, countless figures roared and howled; in this instant, the place seemed to fall into a purgatory on earth, with ghosts and demon shadows emerging continuously.
"The Jiang Family's Southern Frontier branch's Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner has also been brought to the Lower Realm by Jiang Yan!" Dian Lai said with utmost gravity.
This Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner, the Clan's Treasure of the Southern Frontier Jiang Family, is said to cause the heavens and earth to spin and the stars to fall upon its deployment. No matter the cultivation level of those suppressed by these banners, they would be trapped on a path to death.
How could this supreme treasure of a major clan appear in the Lower Realm?
"No, this is not the real Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner; it's an imposter artifact," Xue Linkong said in a low voice, his blood-red eyes fixated on the banners.
"I once traveled the Divine Realm and was fortunate to witness a great battle between the Southern Frontier Jiang Family and a certain supreme being. The Jiang Family deployed the Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner. The real Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner was far more terrifying than this treasure."
It was then realized that, although Jiang Yan's Four Directions Banner looked exactly like the Jiang Family's world-renowned Divine Artifact Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner, its power was far from the legendary strength.
Although just an imitation, this Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner must have been refined alongside the real banners, and it bore a hint of terrifying Divine Intent—although just a strand, but undoubtedly, it was an aura unique to the true Clan's Treasure, the Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner.
The might of these banners should not be underestimated.
"Boy, taste my true methods. Perish under the suppression of the Four Directions Demon Banner!"
"I must admit, you have some skill to have forced this master to even use the Four Directions Demon Banner!"
"But this is as far as it goes. With the emergence of the Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner, only when it drinks blood will it return!" Jiang Yan's aura was like a rainbow, bursting forth to the extreme with divine might.
Qinchuan stood amidst the boundless Demonic Qi, his whole body aglow, like a Divine Lotus blooming in darkness.
"Hmph, even if the real Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner were here, I would not fear it, let alone an imitation?" Qinchuan scoffed repeatedly, ridiculing.
"I have no patience to continue this game with you all. It's time for all of you to hit the road."
"Emperor Soul, arise!"
Qinchuan moved. His eyebrows stood erect, his pupils like two miniature suns, emitting blazing divine skills that illuminated the world. The aura emanating from his body underwent an earth-shattering transformation.
At that moment, within his brow and the sea of consciousness, his Emperor Soul that had been nurtured for a million years opened its eyes.
"Boom!"
A fearsome Dharma Aspect emerged from above Qinchuan's head. It was the Heaven-Earth Dharma Aspect formed by the condensation of the Emperor Soul, immensely vast, tens of thousands of feet high, its end out of sight.
This Dharma Aspect was too horrifying. Real substance bloodlust spurted forth like waves, crashing silently onto the shore.
He was like an Asura who had crawled out of the eighteenth level of Purgatory, suppressing heaven and earth, captivating souls.
The Dharma Aspect opened its crimson eyes, and two blood-colored beams, like blood suns, bloomed in the void, piercing through layers of mist, striking upon the black fabric of the Four Directions Banner.
This was an Asura Dao Intent filled with violence and slaughter.
With a "bang," the Asura Dao Intent instantly scattered the Four Directions Banner, splintering the black shards. A Supreme Magic Treasure was directly shattered.
The endlessly effective Four Directions Demon Shadow Banner hadn't even begun to unleash its true power before it was torn apart.
"What? My Four Directions Banner!" Jiang Yan's heart was massively shaken, stirring up a surge of shock.
"How did he suddenly become so strong?"
"Impossible! He can't be this strong! This is under the oppressive might of the Heaven-Sealing Doomsday Great Formation."
At this moment, everyone was filled with immense fear and horror, their hearts pounding with shock.
Under the terrifying pressure of the Emperor Soul, whether it was Jiang Yan, Dian Lai, and others, or the divine envoys from the other three major powers, they all couldn't help but feel a sense of wandering and trembling in their hearts.
This feeling, it was like being targeted by an ancient killing god.
They wanted to resist, but were powerless to do so.
In the distance, countless cultivators on Divine Demon Island couldn't withstand the majestic pressure. Their bodies exploded into a blood mist at that moment.
Even the few remaining Great Emperors on the ground, due to their proximity to the battlefield, were crushed by the terrifying pressure, their Spiritual Platforms shattering.
At this moment, only numerous Divine Envoys remained on Divine Demon Island.
"This... this... what is this thing?" The divine envoys were terrified and trembling, their hearts chilled.
This was Qinchuan's Emperor Soul.
Because of the effects of the Heaven-Sealing Doomsday Great Formation, even the Great Dao Response could be isolated, naturally, it could also block out the aura of the Emperor Soul.
If it wasn't for this formation, Qinchuan wouldn't dare to use the Emperor Soul so recklessly. But now, as everyone was within the Heaven-Sealing Great Formation, he could employ the Emperor Soul without any worries.
This Emperor Soul was the Asura Emperor Soul. Once the Dharma Aspect was condensed, it turned into a genuine Asura killing god.
Qinchuan's Dharma Aspect's eyes blazed once more with brilliant light, looking towards Jiang Yan.
"Ah—"
Jiang Yan, despite his Heavenly God talents, faced with this terrifying Emperor Soul, felt like an ant facing a towering Divine Peak, utterly insignificant.
"Escape!" At this moment, the only thought in Jiang Yan's mind was to flee.
He reacted swiftly, his movement technique pushed to the limit, leaping tens of thousands of miles away.
"Puff, puff, puff"
Jiang Yan was fast, but the remaining divine envoys from the Divine Alliance and others were not so lucky. Crushed by the divine skills of the Emperor Soul, countless Divine Cultivators exploded into a sky of blood rain, drifting into the vast sea.
To their deaths, they had not expected that they, exalted beings of the Divine Realm, would fall in this small Divine Wilderness Continent.
"Kill!" The Emperor Soul's illusion-transformed Dharma Aspect incarnation became a hunter of divine envoys, relentlessly reaping the lives of those from the Divine Realm.
This Emperor Soul, having been condensed from slaughter and sleeping for a million years, was now exceptionally excited.
It had been quiet for too long, it wanted to hunt with gusto. Numerous divine envoys fell one after another under the oppression of the Emperor Soul.
"Run! This guy is unbeatable!"
Everyone came to their senses, crying out in alarm, utterly panicked. After witnessing this terrifying Emperor Soul, none could muster a shred of resistance.
The fall of countless divine envoys left everyone deeply chilled.
"Escape! Escape! Escape!"
At this moment, whether it was the Divine Alliance, the Feather Alliance, or the Rain People Clan, they all leapt up, pushing their movement techniques to the extreme, trying to escape the hunting range of the Emperor Soul.