The Destruction Dragon Emperor looked at the one human and three beasts as if saying goodbye, and couldn't help but speak: "You've done well enough to be proud of yourselves. If I hadn't received the inheritance early, I might have truly fallen at your hands."
Chu Chen heard this but shook his head with a cold smile: "It's not a maybe, but a certainty. The victor becomes king, the loser a bandit, there's no point in further words."
"Hmph! You're straightforward. In that case, I'll send you on your way. With the power of three intermediate gods, my strength should advance even further." With that, it gathered the Power of Destruction and shot towards Chu Chen.
Watching the approaching Power of Destruction, Chu Chen's eyes were filled with unwillingness. Just a little more, and he could have destroyed the formidable enemy before him, but unfortunately, he no longer had a chance.
With reluctance in his heart, he slowly closed his eyes, his mind entering the Soul Sea, intending to bid a final farewell to the Cage and Feng Shuang and the other beasts.
Finally, his gaze landed on the Slaughter Atlas. Without it, he might have just been a mediocre commoner, not even having the opportunity to leave Celestial Star City, or perhaps already dead in the Beast Tide.
He stood in front of the Slaughter Atlas and said with complex emotions: "Thank you for choosing me, allowing me to witness the magnificent scenery of the Blue Star, and letting me live an extraordinary life. Unfortunately, you may have to choose a new host."
As Chu Chen finished speaking, the Slaughter Atlas seemed to understand, suddenly radiating a terrifying Golden Radiance.
At this moment, the Power of Destruction was already close, and the corners of the Destruction Dragon Emperor's mouth slightly lifted, as if it could already see three Divine Formats.
But the next moment, its smile froze on its face, only to see a Golden Radiance bloom from Chu Chen's forehead, and the Power of Destruction dissipated instantly like snow meeting fire.
"This... how is this possible, what have you done?" The Destruction Dragon Emperor said with a face full of shock.
However, it quickly snapped back to reality and once again unleashed the Power of Destruction at Chu Chen.
But whenever the Power of Destruction approached the Golden Radiance, it would dissolve one after another.
"Damn, I'm going to kill you." With that, its body flickered towards Chu Chen.
But when it was a hundred meters away from Chu Chen, it stopped, the power of the Golden Radiance was terrifying. Just a tentative touch of the Golden Radiance made it feel the Power of Destruction within it dissipating at an astonishing speed.
At this moment, the Soul Sea of Chu Chen was enveloped by the Golden Radiance, the hundreds of millions of Slaughter Value emptied instantly, it flew above the Soul Sea, billions of Golden Radiance directly plunged into the seawater.
The seawater surged, the azure water instantly turned golden, the sea level continued to rise, and the bottleneck of Emperor Level Peak shattered instantly.
Chu Chen felt his own Soul Power, his expression became extremely brilliant, for he became a Divine at this moment, and his Divine Format turned out to be the mysterious Slaughter Atlas.
Could it be that it was indeed a Divine Format, and it seems he passed its test, but what was its trial.
Was it gratitude towards the Slaughter Atlas, or the unyielding nature faced with death, or perhaps the hundreds of millions of Slaughter Value.
However, none of this mattered anymore, what significance did his breakthrough now hold, was it to provide yet another Divine Format for the Destruction Dragon Emperor.
Just as Chu Chen was lost in thought, the Slaughter Atlas suddenly shot a beam of Golden Radiance into his soul, and a fragmented memory surged into his mind.
Moments later, Chu Chen had absorbed all of this memory.
The Slaughter Atlas is the Divine Format of the highest level Divine, the God of Slaughter. The God of Slaughter perished during a battle with extraterrestrial demons, not even leaving behind a remnant soul.
The Divine Format suffered severe damage, requiring a strong soul to nurture, and since Chu Chen carried memories of a past life, his soul was naturally different from ordinary people.
During the recovery period of the Divine Format, it absorbed a large amount of Chu Chen's Power of the Soul, which was also why he was so average in talent.
Because of the severe damage to the Divine Format, Chu Chen is currently only a lower-level Divine and would still inevitably face death in front of the Destruction Dragon Emperor.
Yet, Chu Chen wasn't dejected but rekindled his fighting spirit, for within the God of Slaughter's inheritance, a secret trump card remained.
Chu Chen suddenly opened his eyes wide, the Golden Radiance at the center of his brow slowly faded, but a golden book imprint remained on his brow.
"Master, are you alright?" Lei Yao inquired with concern.
Chu Chen heard this and shook his head with a smile: "I'm not just alright, I've never been better."
At this moment, the Destruction Dragon Emperor sneered: "I thought you had some turnaround strategy, turns out you merely broke through to a lower-level Divine. But this, for me, is a cause for celebration; it means my power can advance yet another step."
Chu Chen heard this and coldly retorted: "Is that so? You're rejoicing a bit too soon." With that, he raised his hand and summoned all the beasts, including Cage.
Noticing this, the Destruction Dragon Emperor sneered: "Are these Emperor Level Guardian Beasts your trump card?"
Chu Chen heard this and calmly said: "Congratulations, you guessed correctly, but unfortunately, there's no reward." With that, he raised his right hand and tapped the imprint on his forehead.
A golden book slowly emerged from his brow, radiating terrifying energy waves.
Upon sensing this wave, the Destruction Dragon Emperor's expression turned grim.
The energy wave emitted by this damaged Divine Format was even more terrifying than its own Divine Format, indicating that it was actually the Divine Format of a highest-level God.
Thinking of this, it suddenly burst into laughter, as if gaining this damaged Divine Format would offer the possibility of becoming a highest-level God.
Chu Chen didn't concern himself with whatever the other was imagining; he focused on executing his secret trump card.
Under Chu Chen's control, the Slaughter Atlas once again radiated an incredibly astonishing Golden Radiance. This Golden Radiance turned into nine golden threads, respectively entering the bodies of Lei Yao and the other beasts.
The golden threads instantly wrapped around them, then pulled them into the Slaughter Atlas.
After the nine Guardian Beasts entered the Slaughter Atlas, it returned to the center of Chu Chen's brow.
An awe-inspiring Golden Radiance bloomed across Chu Chen's body, his aura climbing at an incredible speed from early, mid, to late lower-level Divine, then early, mid, intermediate Divine... until it reached late high-level Divine, finally stopping.
Feeling Chu Chen's aura, the Destruction Dragon Emperor's face turned exceedingly grim.
"This is impossible, damn human, I will kill you." With that, its figure flickered, intending to rush towards Chu Chen.
But in the next moment, Chu Chen astonishingly discovered that the opponent was fleeing towards the sky, evidently having just pretended to deceive him.
Chu Chen's eyes grew cold as he said in a low voice: "Now you want to escape, too late." With that, he reached out towards the Destruction Dragon Emperor.
His palm directly crossed space, appearing above the Destruction Dragon Emperor's head.
"Boom"
The palm struck down heavily, directly slamming the Destruction Dragon Emperor into the ground.
Chu Chen utilized the Power of Space, his trump card technique called Fusion, leveraging Divine Power to amalgamate the strength of all Guardian Beasts into his own, while also allowing the use of any single Guardian Beast's power.
The Destruction Dragon Emperor, enduring excruciating pain, emerged from the ground, swiftly trying to flee towards the direction of the Five Great Armies.
It sought to coerce the Five Great Armies to compel Chu Chen to comply.
Seeing this, a glint of frost flickered in Chu Chen's eyes. With a backhand, he cast a Time Cage to firmly trap it, then amassed Elemental Power into a multicolored giant palm of immense size, reaching towards the Destruction Dragon Emperor.
Sensing the terrifying aura exuded by the multicolored palm, the Destruction Dragon Emperor's eyes were filled with unwillingness and despair.
The multicolored palm seized the Destruction Dragon Emperor and then clenched forcefully, annihilating its body and soul in an instant, leaving only a dragon-shaped jade pendant.
Chu Chen raised a hand to summon and collect the dragon-shaped jade pendant into the Soul Sea.
This was a high-level Divine Format, an unparalleled artifact, whether he absorbed and refined it himself or bestowed it to his Guardian Beasts.
