Chapter 1417: Main Divine Artifact Protection

Hundreds of thousands of warriors wore expressions of utter disbelief. Only a select few of his companions, those who had truly faced life and death with Xu Yang and understood him, realized that he possessed the capability to achieve all of this.

“Don’t worry,” a voice reassured. “When has our leader ever gone back on his word? Since he’s so confident, we must be on the verge of victory in this battle! Let us now bear witness as Leader Xu Yang completes the final epic of this war! After all, it is a shared honor for all of us cultivators to see the supreme power our leader is about to unleash. This was originally an ultimate profound inheritance that our leader could only display in the Greater World. While I’m not sure how he created the conditions to unleash this most powerful strike, none of that matters anymore. Achieving victory is the common outcome we all hope for.”

As time slowly passed, the Star Empress's soul aura gradually weakened, until eventually only a faint wisp of her spiritual consciousness remained in the center of the battlefield. Just as Xu Yang had suggested, she was to witness her dream shatter before her very eyes. The Star Empress herself was eager to know how Xu Yang would personally destroy her grand vision.

She found it impossible to believe that Xu Yang, acting alone, could achieve such an incredible, world-shaking feat: stopping her ultimate trump card and destroying the entire civilization and heritage of the Yingzhou Continent.

Concurrently, as her remaining soul power gradually dissipated, the light point in the minds of hundreds of millions of Specter Warriors of varying strengths throughout Treasure Mountain slowly vanished. That light point was the time bomb the Star Empress had placed in their lives, her sole means of freely controlling and commanding them.

Once that light point dissipated, the Specter Warriors became completely independent entities. All they sought was to unleash their desire for slaughter with abandon across the Yingzhou Continent and strengthen themselves by absorbing the life essence of its beings. This was their singular goal. As the seals around Treasure Mountain gradually unlocked, some deceased beings of the Yun Clan's imperial lineage, originally sealed in this area, were also forcibly endowed with regenerative capabilities by these powerful Specter Warriors in a very short time. They crawled out of their graves, transforming into Specter Warriors of various forms, and together, launched a furious conquest in every direction around the Yingzhou Continent.

In an instant, Treasure Mountain became like a surging, unrestrained flood, sweeping relentlessly with the force of a raging torrent towards every corner of the continent.

Hundreds of thousands of peak human experts, forming a formidable army, quickly reassembled under Xiao Hua's unified command. Following her guidance, they fled to a relatively stable, high-level node.

From this location, hundreds of thousands of warriors looked up at the light screen in the void, calmly awaiting Leader Xu Yang's descent with the most powerful world-destroying profound ultimate, intending to conquer the hundreds of millions of Specter Warriors in one fell swoop.

Simultaneously, the area where these hundreds of thousands of human army warriors were located had already been equipped with a relatively strong protective barrier by Xiao Hua, as per Xu Yang's instructions. Xu Yang also directly suspended the Ice Emperor Pagoda, a main divine artifact, above the heads of the hundreds of thousands of army warriors, serving as their strongest protection against the power of the Law of Light.

“My goodness,” someone exclaimed, “isn’t that the legendary guardian artifact of the gods? It’s here, controlled by our leader himself! Truly worthy of being the sole ruler capable of unifying the entire Yingzhou Continent! Leader Xu Yang has never disappointed us.”

Undoubtedly, such meticulous arrangements completely convinced the hundreds of thousands of top experts in the army of Xu Yang's foresight. In their minds, Xu Yang was no longer merely a powerful cultivator, but a truly resourceful leader with a vast vision.

The Ice Emperor Pagoda began to change its form repeatedly, releasing the purest ice-blue light, which condensed into a massive halo. This halo enveloped the hundreds of thousands of human warriors, protecting them completely.

At this moment, the strength of the protective barrier unleashed by the Ice Emperor Pagoda surprisingly surpassed that of the thick ice wall between the extreme northern wilderness and the Central Territory. It could be said that this was the strongest protective power the Ice Emperor Pagoda's spirit could unleash after detaching from Leader Xu Yang's direct support. If even this power couldn't withstand the radiation of the Law of Light, then these hundreds of thousands of army warriors would inevitably be affected to some degree.

However, this was the only viable option; at the very least, to suppress this catastrophe, Xu Yang's Law of Light absolutely had to descend.

“Now is the time to go all out, young one!” a voice resonated in Xu Yang’s mind, an encouraging message from the soul aura of the Ancient Tree of Life, which had been reborn within the soil of his heart. “The entire world awaits the reverberations of your move; the true epic, the most perfect stroke, will be written by you personally!”

Upon receiving this encouragement and guidance from the ancient senior, Xu Yang no longer hesitated, beginning to frantically unleash the ceaseless essence of life force from the depths of his heart sea. He used this continuous, powerful life force to spread throughout the area around Treasure Mountain, aiming to encompass a wider battlefield within the limited time available. This would allow more ordinary people to receive powerful life force protection, thereby preventing them from being instantly refined by the power of the Law of Light that Xu Yang was about to unleash.

“Roar!” After breaking free from their mental shackles, hundreds of millions of Specter Warriors unleashed their ambitions and bloodlust. This was their innate instinct, an indelible characteristic inherited from the life forms born of the Star Civilization. Only through continuous slaughter and plunder could their desire to survive be satisfied.

The tide-like Specter army surged madly, covering an increasingly vast surrounding area. At the same moment, Xu Yang slowly ascended, thousands of meters above the ground, bearing the watchful anticipation of countless beings.

At this moment, Xu Yang was so far above the ground that he appeared as merely a soybean-sized silhouette. Yet, as long as his faint figure remained, the hopes of all beings on the Yingzhou Continent, hundreds of millions strong, did not fade. Everyone at this moment eagerly looked up, awaiting the arrival of Xu Yang's most powerful strike that would ultimately change the fate of the entire continent's inhabitants.

At this moment, Xu Yang was oblivious to everything, his mind as calm as still water. He had almost forgotten his goals and mission, perceiving and contemplating only the gentle breeze and drifting clouds around him.