Invincible Divine Sword Chapter 2044: Where Did This Old Geezer Come From

Observing Yang Xiaotian’s attempt to depart, Wu Yong, the Old Ancestor of the Bright Saint Clan, shifted his position to obstruct the group. "Planning to leave? Previously, had you assisted us in securing the Chaos Holy Heart Fruit, we might have granted them their freedom!"

"At this point, even if you deliver the Chaos Holy Heart Fruit to us, your escape is no longer an option!"

As he declared this, his hand reached out, intending to seize Yang Xiaotian.

However, the moment he initiated his strike, a monumental and violent force suddenly erupted forward.

Wu Yong had no time to provide a defense before he was propelled backward like a projectile by this immense power.

Boom!

The Old Ancestor collided with a distant mountain peak, remaining grounded for a significant duration, unable to rise.

"Dragon Corpse Energy!"

Wu Peng and the remaining Old Ancestors of the Bright Saint Clan were paralyzed with shock, their eyes fixed on the Dragon Corpse Beast in pure bewilderment. "Just who are you?!"

The Dragon Corpse Beast was the one who had just delivered that crushing blow.

While Wu Yong held the title of Old Ancestor within the Bright Saint Clan, he was simply not in the same league as the Dragon Corpse Beast, who was the direct offspring of the Lord of the Corpse Realm.

"He is the mount of Long Ye, the very same Dragon Corpse Beast from many years ago!" A voice suddenly resonated from the far reaches of the sky.

Leading a massive and formidable army, the Chaos Clan Leader arrived with overwhelming momentum.

"Long Ye’s mount!" The faces of Wu Peng and the other Bright Saint Clan Old Ancestors instantly turned ashen.

The beast that served Long Ye... wasn't that...?

It wasn't just Wu Peng's group whose expressions shifted; a massive wave of shock rippled through all the powerful cultivators gathered in the vicinity.

"Who exactly is Long Ye? And what is the significance of his mount?" An inner sect disciple, unfamiliar with the name, whispered a question to the sect elder standing beside him.

Upon hearing the youth refer to Long Ye so casually, the elder’s face darkened with anger as he hissed a reprimand: "How dare a mere junior like you speak Lord Long Ye’s name so disrespectfully!"

Cowering under the elder’s unusually fierce gaze, the disciple began to shake with anxiety.

Noticing the boy's terror, the elder’s expression softened slightly, and he continued in a more measured tone: "Lord Long Ye is distinguished as one of the Ten Ancestors of the Long Clan."

One of the Ten Ancestors of the Long Clan!

The disciple was stunned into silence.

He finally grasped the reason behind the elder’s intense reaction.

"Does that mean...?" the disciple began to speculate, his eyes wide.

"Indeed, Lord Long Ye is known as the Dark Dragon Ancestor of the Long Clan!" The elder spoke with profound reverence. "He is the firstborn son of the Long Clan Ancestor and the elder brother of Lord Long Yi!"

Long Yi’s older brother!

The disciple sucked in a sharp breath, his heart racing with fear.

Throughout the Holy Realm and countless other planes, Long Yi was a figure of legend.

There were even those who whispered in secret: if Long Yi had gained control over the Holy Realm’s Origin Power, how different would their world be today?

"Furthermore, the mount of Lord Long Ye is the son of the Lord of the Corpse Realm!" As the elder spoke these words, he looked toward the Dragon Corpse Beast standing next to Yang Xiaotian with a look of deep apprehension.

The son of the Lord of the Corpse Realm!

The disciple’s face drained of color.

Among the Ten Realms, the Corpse Realm was notorious as one of the most malevolent domains in the Eternal Realm and all the heavens.

This middle-aged man was actually the prince of that terrifying realm!

A wave of cold sweat broke out over the disciple as a shiver ran down his spine.

By this time, the Chaos Clan Leader and his forces had fully arrived, encircling Chaos Mountain so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through.

The Dragon Corpse Beast shifted his gaze toward the Chaos Clan Leader and the elder behind him, Hong Xing, and remarked: "Hong Bing, your people remain as contemptible as they ever were!"

In the past, the Chaos Clan Leader Hong Bing had used the same hollow pretexts as Hong Xing to target the treasures belonging to Long Ye and the Dragon Corpse Beast.

Naturally, at that time, Hong Bing had been ignorant of their true identities.

The Chaos Clan Leader looked visibly disturbed as the Dragon Corpse Beast brought up their history.

"Hong Bing, what is the meaning of this arrival?" The Dragon Corpse Beast asked, his eyes flashing with a predatory light as he watched the advancing army.

The Chaos Clan Leader looked at the beast and stated coldly, "The Source of Chaos within the Chaos Temple is the rightful property of our Chaos Clan." He then turned his piercing gaze toward Yang Xiaotian: "Brat, surrender every Source of Chaos you possess and return them to us."

"Do this, and our army shall withdraw!"

Hearing the Chaos Clan Leader’s bold claim over the Source of Chaos, the Dark Abyss Giant Beast let out a mocking laugh: "Little brat, the Source of Chaos is a treasure birthed by Heaven and Earth; it belongs to no one. You have quite the skin to claim it as your clan's private property."

Infuriated by the Dark Abyss Giant Beast calling him shameless, Hong Bing roared in a fit of rage: "From where did this old fossil crawl out? Begone!"

With that shout, he launched a sudden, powerful punch toward the Dark Abyss Giant Beast.

The impact seemed to shatter the very fabric of the world.

Chaos Qi erupted in wild, violent waves.

The surrounding experts were terrified by the sheer scale of the force. As a supreme ruler of the World Continent, the Chaos Clan Leader had not been forced to fight in years; now that he had, his strike carried the weight of divine wrath.

Faced with the attack, the Dark Abyss Giant Beast did not hesitate and threw a punch of his own.

As his fist moved, the entire world seemed to be swallowed by an absolute, suffocating darkness.

An infinite tide of dark power surged forth, as if all light had been extinguished permanently.

The onlookers were paralyzed by dread.

Sensing the overwhelming dark energy rushing toward him, the Chaos Clan Leader’s expression turned to one of pure horror: "This power?!"

He desperately pushed his Cultivation to its limits to counter the strike.

Following a deafening explosion, the Chaos Clan Leader was sent flying backward into his own army. Many disciples were unable to move out of the way in time and were crushed instantly by the impact.

Fresh blood stained the slopes of Chaos Mountain.

The crowd gasped in unison, watching the Dark Abyss Giant Beast with newfound terror after seeing the Chaos Clan Leader defeated in a single exchange.

The Old Ancestors of the Bright Saint Clan were particularly shaken as a realization began to dawn on them.

There was only one figure who could possibly wield such a sinister and overwhelming dark power.

"You... you are the Abyss of Darkness?!" The Chaos Clan Leader stammered, his fear now impossible to hide as he looked at the figure beside Yang Xiaotian.

The Abyss of Darkness!

The experts who had been guessing his identity recoiled in fright, stumbling back.

"The Abyss of Darkness!" one ancestor’s voice shook with terror.

A heavy silence fell over Heaven and Earth.

Though Hong Bing was a dominant figure in the Chaos Empire, he was a small fish compared to the legends on the Holy Realm List—a list he couldn't even qualify for despite ruling over tens of thousands of empires.

The Abyss of Darkness, however, was a legendary titan on that very list.

"Heh heh, brat, you at least have some vision. Out of respect for your Ancestor, I will spare your life today," the Abyss of Darkness chuckled darkly after being recognized. "Now, scram!"

The Chaos Clan Leader offered a respectful bow, not daring to utter another word, and fled in haste with his remaining army.

Seeing even the Chaos Clan Leader retreat in such a panic, the Old Ancestors of the Bright Saint Clan didn't dare linger. They fled immediately, followed by many other experts who feared being noticed by the Abyss of Darkness.

Only those with the strongest willpower remained, though they were barely holding on.

Once the Chaos Clan had vanished, Yang Xiaotian departed the area accompanied by the Abyss of Darkness and his companions.

He needed to immediately begin Cultivation using the Source of Chaos to form his second Chaotic King Totem. Only then could he break through to the Holy Emperor Realm, allowing him to take the World Academy entrance exam and become a disciple.

Knowing that his Primordial Dragon Holy Body would eventually be discovered by the Master of Holy Realm, he understood the urgency of securing a position as an Inner Sect Disciple within the World Academy.