Chapter 697: Old Madman Kills Ancient Ancestor King

**Chapter 700: The Old Madman Kills the Primordial Ancestral Kings**

The young Old Madman resembled a demon lord, terrifying and formidable, his eyes brimming with madness, deterring anyone from approaching. Neither heaven nor gods held any sway in his eyes; even deities who appeared would be slain. This was an aura of extreme self-confidence, an "I am invincible, only I can prove the Dao" spirit, where everything would prostrate at his feet.

Ye Fan's heart trembled; he felt as if he didn't know this person. The young Old Madman's demeanor had completely transformed from before, becoming incredibly dominant, ready to trample even gods underfoot.

The young Old Madman etched dao patterns into the void, evolving them with supreme power. He was truly calculating the whereabouts of dozens of Primordial Ancestral Kings. This was a mad decision. Was one person truly going to single-handedly confront so many ancient kings, intending to kill them all with a single blow? It was utterly shocking!

The divine sense Ye Fan had transmitted to him faithfully appeared, and a bronze warship was imprinted by him into the void's dao marks to perform heavenly secret divination.

"You have truly arrived. This battle begins now!" the youth, like a god or demon, declared coldly. Ye Fan understood his intention: he was going to single-handedly kill all the Primordial Ancestral Kings and the three Great Saints! What astonishing dominance! The young Old Madman was truly heart-stopping and, at the same time, incredibly awe-inspiring. Such power and demeanor could truly be described as "swallowing mountains and rivers."

"What's wrong with this Saint? This aura is too intimidating! What is he going to do?!" In the distance, everyone else trembled. Even sect masters felt dread under the aura emanating from the ancient Saint.

"Bang!"

The young Old Madman took a step, and instantly, millions of dao patterns burst forth on the ground, forming a teleportation array. With a point of his hand, a spatial passage immediately appeared, flickering with five-colored divine light. This path seemed to pass through heaven, leading to the eternal end. The young Old Madman stepped into it, powerful and ruthless, pressing forward fearlessly, departing without a backward glance, disappearing into the ancient void path.

The ancient bronze warship had arrived in the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain, bringing great peril to humanity. Hundreds of millions of corpses would not be enough; dozens of ancient kings had descended and would seize the lives of countless humans to revive themselves. It could be said that this would be a catastrophe of rivers of blood and mountains of bones, concerning the very survival of an entire race!

Now, who could step forward and fight?

The Old Madman was going to kill dozens of Primordial Ancestral Kings, including the three Great Saints, one of whom was the Thousand-Handed Demon God. It could be called an astonishing battle, yet he said little. He departed with overwhelming power, without even a furrow of his brow, incredibly cold and ruthless, truly possessing an unrivaled heroic spirit!

Ye Fan's heart pounded. Had the Old Madman gone beyond the starry sky? That seemed unlikely. Could he really step onto such an ancient path with just one stride?

"This is... too terrifying!" someone exclaimed. "The Saint's methods are unfathomable. With one step, a divine array capable of traversing eight million li appeared!" Some people who had studied array patterns rushed over, observed the coordinates, and were all utterly astonished, wide-eyed.

"What..." Ye Fan's heart tightened. Could it be that the ancient bronze warship from primordial times had truly arrived in the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain? Its target was indeed here! But how did it arrive? If it traversed on its own, drifting through the void, it would certainly take hundreds of generations.

"Let's go and see what the ancient Saint intends to do!" Someone spoke up, repaired the array patterns, and then crossed over. Where there was one, there were others, and many powerful cultivators began to traverse space. Ye Fan also set off; he couldn't stop. He followed some powerful figures, eager to witness the Old Madman's methods. The Saint's methods were endless. With one step, millions of dao patterns were etched, forming such an astonishing teleportation array, and a large group of people followed.

Five colors flashed and ten lights shimmered. When people emerged, they found themselves in a vast wilderness, a scene of primordial beauty with dense ancient trees, towering green mountains, sea-like vast lakes, and expansive giant valleys. This was a boundless wilderness, covered everywhere with vegetation, but something was different: it seemed to lack some vitality.

"This is a vast wilderness in Luzhou, boundless and endless, of unknown countless li. Many people who enter never come out in their lifetime."

"What happened? Why is this vast wilderness so silent? Why are there no wild beast roars, no fierce beasts appearing? Even the plants are yellowing. Something must have happened!"

Everyone felt surprised, showing astonished expressions. Only Ye Fan knew that a great change had occurred!

"Ahead, that Saint has not concealed his aura and has entered the depths of the wilderness." Everyone followed the traces left by the young Old Madman, giving chase, eagerly wanting to see what was happening.

"Heavens, what happened? Why has a place rich in vegetation become so dead and desolate?!" Soon, people showed surprised expressions. Along the way, there were many animal carcasses, including some extremely powerful fierce beasts, and ancient trees and thorns had all withered, devoid of life.

Entering the ancient forest, yellow leaves drifted everywhere, a desolate autumn scene, exuding a sense of coldness and desolation. After venturing deep into the wilderness, people were completely stunned. Was this still the ancient wild land that was once sparsely populated and echoed with the roars of wild beasts? The green sea had completely disappeared, now transformed into a golden desert. All mountains and rivers had shattered, becoming a vast Gobi Desert.

"This is impossible! This was a vast expanse of wilderness; how did it turn into a desert? What unbelievable thing happened?!"

"Just a year ago, I came here looking for that legendary ancient medicinal king, and it was boundless with life and lush. How did it become like this?!" Many people cried out in alarm, unable to believe any of it. This change was too swift; a vast wilderness had become a barren desert, a monumental transformation.

"This is the skeleton of a Skyroc. So powerful, it was actually a terrifying Saint Lord-level fierce beast. Yet it died suddenly and was buried in the sand." People were shocked. Under this vast desert, there were many skeletons, all with withered flesh and blood, having died from depleted vital essence, their deaths horrific.

"All of them died abnormal deaths. It's as if a monstrous demon god sucked dry the lifespans of all living beings. How could this happen? The great wilderness has become an unparalleled ominous land!"

"When did this begin? It's terrifying!"

Suddenly, people felt a heart-pounding sensation, almost suffocating. Upon arriving in this area, they felt as if they were being stared at by primordial fierce beasts, a sensation like thorns in their backs, as if a monstrous, ferocious entity had locked onto everyone.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a terrifying wave, like an ocean, surged forth. The Old Madman's vital energy was at its peak, sweeping across the entire desert. The heart-pounding sensation immediately vanished. Everyone returned to normal, exchanging astonished glances.

"What's up ahead? Is this Saint here to eliminate evil? Let's go see!" Many people moved forward, wanting to witness the truth, heading into the depths of the desert. Ye Fan's heart sank. The bronze warship had indeed descended upon this world; there was no mistake. If it wasn't dealt with, this would be a catastrophe!

"What?! Tens of thousands of li in all directions have turned into desert, not a blade of grass grows, all living forests have died, losing their vital essence!" This was the terrible outcome everyone witnessed, making it hard to accept. Everything was too strange and horrifying, and the news had not even reached the outside world.

Finally, people arrived at the deepest part and saw the young Old Madman, as if petrified, confronting a massive ancient bronze ship. "Such a massive ancient ship, how does it feel as if it has survived from the primordial ages, so incredibly ancient?!" The ancient bronze ship was mottled with rust, filled with an ancient aura, as if it had traversed all of ancient history, existing since the beginning of heaven and earth.

But it also made people's minds want to split. All negative feelings originated from it, and by this point, people instinctively knew that the formation of this great desert was most likely caused by it!

"What is that? Why is my soul trembling, almost suffocating?!"

"I can't bear it anymore; my primordial spirit is about to shatter!" Many powerful cultivators screamed, then rapidly retreated as if fleeing from primordial fierce beasts. The ancient ship seemed to press down like all the heavens of eons, threatening to shatter people. Everyone retreated, including Ye Fan. This was the might of a Saint; a mere wisp of their aura could pierce a Saint Lord. It was irresistible.

"Boom!"

With a violent tremor, the young Old Madman's thick black hair flew like a waterfall from the nine heavens. He walked step by step forward, approaching the bronze war chariot.

"He's really going to make a move!" Ye Fan's heart was shaken. People only stopped when they had retreated one thousand five hundred li away, because it was a Saint's battle, which could affect a vast area, easily causing the sky to crack and the earth to collapse.

An old sect master, who had cultivated the Celestial Eye, stood in the sky, gazing into the depths of the desert and imprinting everything he perceived into the sky. "The Saint has made his move!"

The young Old Madman was extremely powerful. Walking step by step, with a raised hand, he set down an astonishing array of patterns, including two incomplete emperor patterns, sealing himself and the ancient bronze ship within it. Ye Fan's heart jolted. The Old Madman had left himself no retreat; if he didn't kill these dozens of Primordial Ancestral Kings, he would die inside!

"Human, very powerful, extremely powerful, supremely powerful!" Such terrifying fluctuations emanated from the bronze warship, assessing the young Old Madman. "But do you think you alone can offend us? Knowing you will surely die, yet still coming to obstruct us, your courage is commendable." These ocean-like fluctuations actually spread for thousands of li. Everyone at the horizon was horrified. What a powerful existence! This was truly defying the heavens!

People's hair stood on end. Even after retreating so far, they were not in a safe zone. The battle power of a Saint was simply unimaginable, likely capable of annihilating everyone with a single blow. Whether you were a powerful sect master or a heaven-defying demon cultivator, as long as you were in this great wilderness transformed into a desert, you were within the attack range.

"The Saint's methods are too terrifying!" This was everyone's inner thought.

In the great desert, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth had a cold expression, without a hint of hesitation, his steps firm, pressing forward fearlessly, like a demon lord descending across all heavens!

"Boom!"

An ancient creature resembling a divine phoenix flew out from the bronze warship, its entire body bathed in monstrous divine fire, like an immortal phoenix descending to the mortal realm. The moment it appeared, terrifying waves surged heavenward, and the vast wilderness completely collapsed, spreading out instantly, causing the sky to shatter and the earth to crack!

"Heavens, just this normal fluctuation is enough to cause tens of thousands of li in all directions to directly collapse! This is a Primordial Ancestral King!"

"It's over, we're all going to die! Just this normal aura is enough to shatter all of us!" People were almost in despair. The true might of the Primordial Ancestral King exceeded imagination!

"Boom!"

The young Old Madman waved his hand, and all the array patterns he had just laid down revived. Light soared into the sky, engulfing this heaven and earth, instantly severing everything and blocking the fluctuations of this divine phoenix-like Primordial King here. In ancient times, battles between Saints had to be conducted outside the domain, otherwise, the earth might be completely destroyed. But now, to fight, the Old Madman used a divine array to protect the earth.

"Human, you are but one person. Do you think you can stop dozens of our Ancestral Kings? And three Great Saints? Do you think you are an Ancient Emperor?!" This ancient king, like a divine phoenix, possessed supreme majesty. Its divine sense fluctuations surged like an ocean, vast and mighty, causing heaven and earth to tremble, and people one thousand five hundred li away were shaken uncontrollably.

"They're all alive?!" Ye Fan felt a great sense of foreboding. He thought only the Thousand-Handed Demon God Great Saint was still alive; he hadn't expected that the ancient kings, whom he thought had long since aged and died, also had life and had revived! This was truly bad news. Even if the Old Madman was powerful, he would still bleed. How could he fight this?!

"You intend to let hundreds of millions of living beings fall as corpses, dyeing the earth with blood, to revive yourselves?" the Old Madman asked calmly.

"Since you have already seen through it, why ask more?" this Primordial Ancestral King replied indifferently, no different from an immortal phoenix bathing in fire, intimidating the mortal world.

"In that case, I will kill all of you!" the young Old Madman said coldly. At this moment, he made his move. No one could see clearly; they only witnessed heaven and earth shattering in the great desert, the universe violently shaking, chaos surging, and the aura of creation being exhaled and inhaled, submerging everything.

"Ah..."

Finally, a loud cry echoed, and all light vanished. Only a youth stood alone in the field, covered in blood, holding a divine phoenix torn into two halves.

"That's..."

Everyone was stunned. What powerful combat strength was this?! A Primordial Ancestral King was thus slain. This was an ancient creature resembling a divine phoenix, a dignified Primordial Ancestral King.

"Ah..."

The ancient creature, split into two halves, trembled all over, blood flowing and dyeing the desert red, still roaring. But the Old Madman pointed with his hand, and a streak of light shot out, instantly shattering its primordial spirit and killing it completely. He threw the two halves of the bird's body onto the ground as if discarding the corpses of chickens or ducks, completely unconcerned, his eyes icy cold and filled with insane killing intent.

In the distance, people were stunned to the point of near idiocy, covered in cold sweat. This was heaven-defying offensive power, unseen even in ancient times. This was truly too terrifying. Whether they were prodigies or sect masters from various regions, they all trembled from the depths of their souls!

What kind of method was that just now? No one saw clearly; chaotic light submerged everything, various forbidden techniques were unleashed simultaneously, and the victor was quickly determined.

"Legend has it that in ancient times, Saints would not make a move in a duel unless absolutely necessary. But once they fought with their lives on the line, life or death could be decided in an instant. Victory was victory, defeat was defeat, with no room for delay. Who would have thought it was true!"

"He killed a Primordial King! Am I dreaming?!"

At this moment, in the desert, a youth with cold eyes pressed forward fearlessly, approaching the bronze warship. He was actually going to confront all the Primordial Ancestral Kings alone!