Chapter 770: Deep Foundations Fully Revealed

Before the battlefield, Ye Fan stood alone, his long sword pointed skyward, its blade stained with blood. No one from the Wang family dared to step forward to fight; there was a deathly silence.

"Where is Wang Teng? Is there anyone brave enough to fight?" Ye Fan challenged the multitude of powerful figures by himself.

Still, no one stepped forward. Ye Fan knew Wang Teng was definitely not in the clan; otherwise, given his personality, he would have appeared much earlier and certainly wouldn't have waited until now.

Before the divine land, the Wang family's morale plummeted. Not a single person dared to advance, causing many to feel a sinking heart and mourn silently, sensing a loss of their innate ferocity.

On the other side, the Barbarian King and the Dark King engaged in a fierce, life-or-death struggle. Ancient barbarian battle energy surged, and dark demonic energy billowed as the battle reached a fever pitch.

"Pfft!"

A shocking spray of black blood erupted, streams of dark demonic blood, each drop piercing the void and leaving trails of dao marks, with faint images of gods and demons appearing.

The Barbarian King tore off one of the Dark King's forearms, leaving it bleeding profusely. However, the Dark King, enraged, retaliated by shooting demonic blood from his severed arm, piercing the Barbarian King's chest.

Two kings clashed: one renowned throughout the world for thousands of years, the other having cultivated in seclusion in the Southern Ridge for over a millennium, now re-emerging. Their confrontation was truly a clash of titans.

However, all the Wang family members looked grim, as they knew the Dark King couldn't hold on for much longer. Their so-called trump card would be exposed and rendered useless unless they could quickly slay the Barbarian King; otherwise, the tide of battle could not be turned.

The battle intensified, with both sides now competing in their mastery of the Great Dao, employing various secret techniques.

At this moment, strange phenomena descended from the sky, sweet dew sprang from the earth, lotuses floated in the air, and the celestial sounds of the Great Dao enveloped the two kings below.

"Children, what are you waiting for? The time has come to avenge our kin! Trample the Ancient Aristocratic Family and erase them from existence!" The Barbarian Chief waved his hand and personally blew the horn of victory.

"Woo-woo..."

The ancient ox horn emitted a sound like muffled thunder, as if a colossal beast was lowing, making people's ears ring. Tens of thousands of armored cavalry charged forward simultaneously. This sight was terrifying, like a black mountain torrent erupting from both the sky and the earth.

Up in the sky and down on the ground, figures swarmed everywhere, their battle cries shaking the heavens!

"Kill!"

"Trample the Ancient Aristocratic Family!"

"Ride over the Wang family, erase them from the world!"

The barbarian cavalry roared in unison, making the sky seem to collapse under their might, like thousands of massive drums thundering, deafeningly loud.

Conquering an ancient aristocratic family seemed like a fairy tale to ordinary people, unimaginable on a normal day, yet now it genuinely appeared possible.

Tens of thousands of armored cavalry surged into the Northern Plains, entering the Wang family's stronghold, their battle cries shaking the sky!

The Dark King tried to stop them, but it was impossible. He was already entangled with the Barbarian King and was in constant danger of falling.

"Kill!" Ye Fan, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi also launched their attacks, charging through the sea of people and slaying powerful opponents.

Ye Fan, wielding a long saber in his left hand and an iron sword in his right, charged through, cutting down swathes of enemies with each sweep. Young skeletons and white-haired heads fell; he was unstoppable, irresistible.

War chariots, ancient ships, and castles all rose into the sky, confronting the barbarian army. The sky turned crimson, and skeletons piled up like mountains on the ground.

In the assault of a large army, individual power, unless exceptionally strong, would appear minuscule and quickly be overwhelmed.

Ye Fan, unmatched in his bravery, shattered several divine cities forged from fine gold. He charged into the divine land, fighting fiercely in all directions.

"Kill!"

This was a world of flowing blood, a demonic land covered in bones and corpses, filled with cruelty and gore.

Any major battle was like this. All talk of glorious radiance or divine halos was merely embellishment by later generations.

A true battlefield was filled with blood and bone, brutal and terrifying, teeming with slaughter, devoid of right or wrong. In that moment, there was only life or death.

At this point, no one thought of anything else but bloody combat. To survive, to live, they could only fight to the end, to determine victory or defeat.

"Kill!" People shouted, beasts roared. Many lost their voices, weapons blunted from hacking, bodies covered in blood and wounds, yet they continued to charge.

"We must reveal all our trump cards now, even if it means exposure and the end of our connection to the Ancient Aristocratic Families forever, because we have no other choice. Otherwise, extermination is upon us!" roared an elder of the Wang family.

"As acting patriarch, I command all my uncles to open the eternal divine vault, unleash all our hidden powers, and annihilate all enemies!" Wang Cheng Shen roared.

Within the divine land, a terrifying aura suddenly emerged. A purple lightning hammer flew up, emitting a brilliance that illuminated the ages, dazzling to the point of horror!

This was the Wang family's supreme Saint Weapon, crafted by a Human Saint, a hundred times more terrifying than the damaged hammer Ye Fan had seized.

The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, with its countless patterns, intertwined around it, and thousands of purple lightning bolts spread out, like primordial purple energy steaming.

The terrifying Saint Weapon's might instantly halted tens of thousands of armored cavalry, as if it could destroy three thousand great worlds.

With a loud boom, a stone axe belonging to the barbarian army hung high, suspended in the sky, emitting an equally terrifying aura, as if it could pierce through past, present, and future.

It also intertwined with countless dao patterns, and millions of divine power threads protected all the cavalry within.

"Pfft!"

A spray of black blood bloomed. On the other side of the battlefield, the clash of kings reached its conclusion.

The Dark King's body was severed; his upper half, covered in large patches of black blood, flew horizontally. He had been literally thrashed into two pieces by the Barbarian King's swinging bone club, his lower half already reduced to pulp.

"Ah..." the Dark King screamed, his body gushing black blood, his upper half cracking.

The Barbarian King's divine power was astonishing. With a mighty roar, mountains and rivers trembled. He swung his bone club, bringing it down heavily. The powerful gale scoured the earth dozens of feet deep, sending rocks scattering into the clouds.

He pressed his advantage, unwilling to give the opponent a chance to retaliate. Otherwise, a dying attack from a peak king would be extremely terrifying, and unforeseen changes might occur.

"Nine Heavens, Ten Earths, darkness..." Indeed, the Dark King was roaring faintly, emitting a curse-like sound.

"Kill!" The Barbarian King's voice shook the heavens. He swung his great club down, forcing the Dark King to halt his words.

"Whoosh!"

Simultaneously, a streak of green light flew forth like an arrow, piercing through the Dark King's body. The Azure Dragon had acted at a crucial moment; its last remaining dragon horn detached, severing the Dark King's head.

"Die!" the Barbarian King roared, bringing his bone club down. With a wet thud, he smashed the Dark King's head, brains and blood splattering, utterly annihilating his form and spirit.

A terrifying demon king, who had cultivated for over four thousand years and then sealed himself away for another fifteen hundred, was thus slain. The Wang family fell into chaos!

With a roar, a majestic man emerged from the purple lightning hammer within the divine land. His eyes shot forth purple lightning; he was full of heroic spirit, looking down on the world, his body enveloped in traces of the Great Dao.

Without a word, he swiftly lunged at the Barbarian King, aiming for a single, fatal blow.

"Arctic Immortal Light!"

The Barbarian King was shocked. He shot into the sky with extreme speed, reaching the zenith, gripping the supreme stone axe, and powerfully cleaved downward.

"Boom!"

The power of the Great Saint Weapon erupted, vast and overwhelming, colliding with the man. The very sky trembled.

"This man is terrifying, almost stepping into the realm of a Saint!" Li Tian exclaimed in horror.

At this critical moment, the deity imbued within the stone axe revived and surged out. It was a mass of hazy light that blocked the man, preventing him from breaking through.

"Boom!"

The Goddess Cauldron revived. Ye Fan used it to protect the barbarian warriors, fearing that other hidden powers of the Wang family might emerge to attack.

The majestic man was extremely formidable, confronting the deity within the stone axe, causing heaven and earth to collapse and wreaking havoc in all directions.

Finally, after a moment, he gradually faded, slowly vanishing, no longer existing.

The divine light receded into the stone axe. The Barbarian King coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, gravely wounded. Even with the Great Saint's weapon protecting him, he had nearly perished, which showed how terrifying that man had been.

"I never imagined your Wang family's hidden powers included a strand of Arctic Immortal Light!" The Barbarian King stopped his bleeding, swallowed a precious pill, and recovered his vitality.

Many were astonished; even few within the Wang family itself knew they possessed such a hidden power.

The Arctic Immortal Light, also known as the Light of Immortality, could merge with a person's primordial spirit, preserving immortality, and unleash a world-shaking strike when necessary.

However, once it unleashed a single strike, it would dissipate, existing only for a fleeting moment and unable to last long. Normally, it was suppressed by a supreme Saint Weapon, never to emerge.

It existed only in the Arctic, with only one wisp ascending every hundred thousand years. From ancient times until now, only a few individuals had ever seen it. This was the first time people witnessed someone merging with the Arctic Immortal Light.

"The one who collected and refined the Arctic Immortal Light had not yet fully become a Saint after all, otherwise, I would already be dust," the Barbarian King murmured to himself.

The Wang family possessing such a hidden power was beyond everyone's expectations. The barbarian cavalry retreated, temporarily halting their attack under the protection of the stone axe and the Goddess Cauldron.

"Unleash all our hidden powers! We must kill all these barbarians!" Wang Cheng Shen and others were frantic. Dozens of powerful experts were on the verge of being completely wiped out, and two hidden powers had already been lost. If they couldn't turn the tide of battle, their clan would surely be annihilated.

All Wang family members retreated into the divine land and jointly activated the purple lightning hammer, which emitted billions of rays of light. The Saint Weapon had fully revived, like an ancient Saint resurrected, a purple glow surging into the sky.

At this moment, countless major powers across the entire Northern Plains were terrified. Many experts simultaneously looked up at the distant sky, watching that purple light.

"Roar..."

Tens of thousands of armored cavalry gathered together and also activated the stone axe. An ocean-like surge of Saint power erupted, and this weapon also revived.

"And we have this one!" Ye Fan shouted, summoning the Goddess Cauldron, which floated high in the sky.

It was impossible for one person to fully revive a Saint Weapon, but with tens of thousands of armored cavalry acting together, it was different. Their vital energy surged, and as everyone activated it together, the Goddess Cauldron also erupted in dazzling brilliance.

Moreover, at this very moment, it expanded completely, instantly filling the sky. It was no longer fist-sized as it had been in Ye Fan's palm. Now, it displayed its true form, capable of crushing all heavens.

The faces of all Wang family members turned ashen white, and they trembled. The simultaneous appearance of two Great Saint Weapons was truly terrifying. How could they, with only one inherited Saint Weapon, contend against that?

"Don't be afraid, our clan's foundation is profound, they can't win."

"Our clan has over a dozen hidden powers; we will not be defeated!"

"Bring out the clan's strongest hidden power, even if it means rivers of blood and millions of corpses throughout the world, this is our only option!"

The Wang family members roared, making their final desperate stand.

"Boom!"

The purple lightning hammer flashed with light, and from its evolving inner world, a crystal-like, snow-white source stone flew out.

Ye Fan was startled. This was definitely a divine source, but unlike common ones, it wasn't dazzling; it sparkled like stars, its radiance soft.

In the past, a beautiful girl was unearthed from such a divine source in the Northern Region's Divine City.

Now, within this source stone was a terrifying beast with three heads: a dragon's head in the center, flanked by an ape's head and a bird's head.

It wasn't very tall, just over two meters long, its body covered in scales like divine iron, robust and powerful, incredibly intimidating.

The moment it emerged, it trembled slightly, then an overwhelming aura emanated from it, causing half the people to instantly collapse to the ground.

"This is our clan's strongest hidden power! If you can defeat it, we will concede and await our demise. Otherwise, you will all die!" The Wang family's authorities screamed frantically; they were truly almost mad at this point.

"Primeval Ancestral Beast!" The Barbarian King exclaimed in shock.

"This... I feel an aura as mighty as a Saint!" Li Tian felt a chill down his spine.

"You actually used a supreme Saint Weapon to suppress such an ancestral beast! If it were to emerge, blood would flow like rivers; it would go on a rampage everywhere!" the Barbarian Chief shouted.

"You forced our hand! All of you, go to hell!" The Wang family members shrieked maniacally.

"Not necessarily! No matter how many hidden powers you possess, our barbarian clan fears nothing! We only need one War God!" the Barbarian King roared.

"Boom!"

The stone axe in the sky opened its inner small world, and a tall man, sealed within a divine source, appeared, like a war god.

This was a complete divine source, clearly condensed from divine source liquid, with no seams, over two meters tall.

Within it was a formidable man, thirty to forty years old, with beard like steel needles, a wide mouth, bell-like eyes, bronze skin, and dressed in animal skins, as if a war god reincarnated.

"What?! Formed from divine source liquid, not even dying upon exposure, they have such a hidden power!" The Wang family members despaired, for they felt an aura capable of suppressing their ancestral beast, making it tremble.

"Buzz!"

This man, like a war god, though still encased in the divine source block, seemed to awaken at this moment, instantly intimidating heaven and earth, making all ten directions tremble.

"Long live the War Ancestor!"

"Long live the Seventeenth Generation Ancestor!"

All barbarian warriors shouted, their cries resounding through heaven and earth.

"Boom!"

The man, like a war god, did not break out of the divine source, but charged forward with the source block, his supreme might causing almost everyone to fall to their knees.

The ancestral beast also did not break free from its source. It rose into the air and turned to flee, its fear evident.

All the Wang family members despaired. They knew the great catastrophe of their clan's annihilation had arrived. Even with all their hidden powers unleashed, they were powerless to reverse the situation; no one could stop that War God!

"The Wang family is finished!" Ye Fan knew. No miracle could happen now; the barbarian clan's hidden power was truly world-shaking!

This battle was about to conclude, and the Five Regions were on the verge of a major upheaval.

It was an unprecedented feat in a hundred thousand years: trampling an Ancient Aristocratic Family. An immortal legacy was about to meet its end.