Chapter 657: The Judgment of the Sun Messenger

Boom!

The dazzling light of judgment erupted with full force. To everyone's astonishment, this power was indescribably immense, yet not a single spark of uncontrolled energy splattered outwards. Even the subsequent waves of power were, thanks to Chen Xi's unimaginable control, entirely concentrated within the small space occupied by the gray-haired elder's physical body.

Such an overwhelming disparity in power was truly despair-inducing.

All the golden light completed its frenzied release of power within three seconds. After three seconds, the clamor ceased abruptly, as if nothing had happened on the battlefield.

Only the spot where the gray-haired elder had just stood was now empty, reduced entirely to scorched earth.

Long Kun was enraged to the extreme, clenching his fists tightly, his eyes blazing with fury. He desperately wanted to resist, but he knew that doing so would be a meaningless suicide and might even implicate more people.

Therefore, he chose to endure.

Similar to him, Ling Yao beside him went through a nearly identical emotional journey. Fortunately, she didn't have much interaction with the gray-haired elder, so the emotional impact of a companion being obliterated was not enough to challenge the limits of her mental endurance.

“Heh heh, I’d love to know what kind of mental experience you're having right now. Watching your teammate being completely annihilated, you must be yearning to resist, aren't you? But it's regrettable that before a god, you will always be nothing more than ants to be slaughtered. Just like that trash who was just shouting at me, he has already been crushed into dust.”

No sooner had Chen Xi finished speaking than a somewhat pale wisp of soul energy slowly emerged precisely where the gray-haired elder had stood, immediately drawing the gaze of everyone except Xu Yang.

Within that wisp of soul energy was, astonishingly, an image of the gray-haired elder, reborn, making a defiant grimace directly at Chen Xi.

“Heh heh, little fool, trying to judge your grandpa? You’re still too green. Didn't you even think for a moment how an old good-for-nothing like me, with no special abilities, could have survived for hundreds of thousands of years in a dreadful place like Mount Yèhán, if I could be crushed by a mere flick of a finger from a young whippersnapper like you? Ridiculous! My young friend Xu Yang, everyone, I'm off to wander somewhere else. We'll meet again! Don't be scared, this kid is just showing off, he's nothing at all…”

“Pfft ha ha ha ha…”

Xu Yang finally couldn't hold back and was the first to burst into laughter. Following suit, Empress Isis and Zi Kuang behind him also began to laugh, this increasingly hearty laughter being the best way for everyone to vent their spiritual pressure.

“The most terrifying thing is sudden silence… My dear Divine General, I can understand your current mood. I forgot to tell you, the reason that old fellow was able to escape your immensely powerful divine judgment is because he is the sole leader of the endless zombie puppets throughout Mount Yèhán. He can freely switch his soul source and enter any part of Mount Yèhán. If you want to kill him, you'd have to destroy all of Mount Yèhán…”

Xu Yang's words were equivalent to slapping Chen Xi hard across the face once more. What was even more fatal was that no matter what Xu Yang did to him, Chen Xi could not lay a finger on him. This was the Divine King's command, and he absolutely dared not disobey it.

“Hmph, Xu Yang, don't rejoice too soon. I will personally deal with that old dog eventually. Our game continues. Soon, you will witness another one of your teammates fall before your eyes.”

Boom!

An incredibly powerful roar of rage erupted in the air, as Chen Xi once again spun the orb of light. The smile on his face gradually intensified.

This time, the light of judgment locked onto Empress Isis.

“Ah, senior, I truly didn't expect you would be the second main character to emerge in this game. It's regrettable that, as one of the four Guardian Divine Generals of the God Realm, I must honor my words. Even if you were the Divine Empress of old, the sole bloodline of the Divine King Fenghuo Wuji, today you can only be dealt with as a traitor to the God Realm.

Of course, Fenghuo Wuji is revered as a totem by all beings in the Endless Divine Realm, and as his only bloodline, I am willing to make an exception for you this once. If you are willing to confess your sins to the Light in the name of God, vowing to forsake your betrayal of the Divine Race, and personally execute one member of Xu Yang's team to cleanse your sins, I, as the Sun Emissary, will consider it and beg the Divine King to forgive your transgressions.”

Isis smiled, as if she, too, had begun to let loose.

“Forgive me? You arrogant little rookie, even if I didn't inherit the Divine King's throne, I am far from someone a junior like you can judge. The Divine King sent you to Mount Yèhán to find Xu Yang, yet he forbade you from touching him. Do you still not understand the implication? In the Divine King's eyes, you are utterly unworthy to be Xu Yang's opponent!

Your only purpose is to become a stumbling block to Xu Yang's progress. As for whether you can trip Xu Yang, that depends on whether he is willing to step on you!

It's audacious of you to act so mighty and put on airs here! Today, I'd like to see how many people your self-righteous game of judgment can truly obliterate!”

If the gray-haired elder's earlier outburst could be dismissed by Chen Xi as the desperate bravado of a petty individual, then the words from Isis, a former monarch with a truly noble divine bloodline, were like a sharp dagger, piercing deep into Chen Xi's heart.

To Chen Xi, the Divine King, next to the sun itself, was the most important and respected being. Isis's words directly caused a mottled blemish to appear on the Divine King's flawless image in Chen Xi's mind. For Chen Xi, this was more than just a simple insult; it even tainted his divine faith!

“It seems that if I don't judge you today, I will truly be unworthy of my name.”

Boom!

In an instant, a wave of sound from the far reaches of the ancient sky suddenly descended.

It was as if the most ancient of gods, assuming the posture of judging all beings, had unleashed the most potent power of annihilation.

“Light of the Sun – Path of Dawn and Dusk!”

In an instant, Isis's soul body was completely locked onto. This 'Path of Dawn and Dusk' technique was one of Chen Xi's most formidable secret arts, specifically prepared to obliterate Empress Isis's soul source in a single blow. Its power was so immense that even the void around Isis's soul began to twist and shrink.

It was clear that his resolve to eliminate Isis was now unstoppable.

“Perish, you sinner who betrayed the Divine Race!”

Boom!

The Path of Dawn and Dusk manifested as two primal sources, light and darkness, transforming into two scorching orbs of energy. They descended simultaneously from the sky, finally striking the surface of Empress Isis's soul body…