Chapter 372

Chapter 372: Someone Else!

Within the Tianmu space-time, Huaiqing, consumed by rage, unleashed the full force of his life into this one thrust of his spear, clearly intending to deliver a killing blow to Ye Tianming.

This divine technique combined with his own spear skills, plus the burning of his flesh and soul, had reached an absolute peak. Wherever the spear and waves of fire passed, the very space within the Tianmu space-time began to tremble and shift.

In the blink of an eye, Huaiqing charged toward Ye Tianming with spear in hand. Faced with this enraged Huaiqing, Ye Tianming’s expression remained blank as he raised his hand and drew his sword.

At the tip of the blade, countless points of starlight suddenly surged forth, like a volcanic eruption.

Boom!

A tremendous explosion suddenly rang out through the entire Tianmu space-time. Then, before the eyes of everyone present, the towering flames emanating from Huaiqing’s body were instantly shattered, and he himself was sent flying in an instant, shrinking into a distant black dot.

One sword strike to suppress all!

Ye Tianming swept his sleeve, and every flame in heaven and earth was reduced to ash in that moment.

Everything returned to calm.

And upon him, starlight surged. Deep within the cosmic river of stars, countless constellations gathered and aligned, forming a terrifying cosmic star formation.

This star formation never dissipated. Not only did it not dissipate, but the stars converging upon it only grew more numerous. Some bright, some dim, some large, some small, each star contained unimaginable power. They wove together across a river of stars into a magnificent and breathtaking tapestry.

Witnessing this scene, every person present wore an expression of profound gravity.

The Star God!

Once, this deity had existed for them only in legend, known solely as the God of All Stars.

But now, seeing this terrifying star formation, they finally understood why the other party was called the God of All Stars.

The Cosmic Formation!

This formation undoubtedly surpassed the formations of the Four Great Divine Halls and the Remnant Blood Mohe Divine Formation of the Mohe Divine Prison.

In the distance, after Huaiqing came to a stop, his physical body directly crumbled apart, countless flames scattering in all directions. Not only that, the spear in his hand also split apart at that very moment.

A complete defeat!

Huaiqing’s once-radiant face now looked utterly wretched. He had not expected that his all-out thrust would fail to cause the slightest real harm to his opponent. On the contrary, he himself had been struck by a single sword and had his physical body shattered.

He truly found it difficult to accept, and his pride simply could not bear it.

After all, Huaiqing was the most outstanding among all the divine descendants, never having lost to anyone of the same realm!

He could not accept this!

Sensing the gazes of the other divine descendants, Huaiqing’s expression gradually twisted into something ferocious. He suddenly raised his head and looked toward Ye Tianming in the distance. The spear in his hand seemed to sense its master’s fighting spirit and began to tremble violently. Countless streams of lava erupted from it, like a volcano, utterly terrifying.

Just as the furious Huaiqing was about to strike again, a voice suddenly drifted down from the sky. “That’s enough.”

The one who spoke was Shenqi.

Huaiqing looked up at Shenqi, who regarded him with calm eyes. “You are not his match. Strike again, and you will only be bringing destruction upon yourself.”

Huaiqing’s expression grew even more unsightly.

He looked toward Ye Tianming in the distance, his gaze still filled with unwillingness and defiance, but he did not strike again.

The spear in his hand slowly fell silent.

The repeated exchanges had made him realize that he truly was not his opponent’s match. As Shenqi had said, to strike again would be to court his own destruction.

He naturally had no desire to die!

Huaiqing fixed his gaze on Ye Tianming. “If you didn’t have this Star God’s inheritance, I could crush you with one hand.”

With that, he turned to leave.

Ye Tianming suddenly said, “Wait.”

Huaiqing’s expression darkened. He turned to look at Ye Tianming, and though he was wary, he refused to appear weak. He immediately said coldly, “What?”

Ye Tianming shook his head. “I can’t stand people like you who put on such an act.”

With that.

Whoosh!

Huaiqing’s pupils suddenly contracted. A flash of sword light appeared before him at a speed that surpassed his comprehension.

The breath of death closed in, and his instincts drove him to thrust his spear fiercely toward Ye Tianming. However, before his spear could even be thrust out, a sword had already pierced him between the brows.

Boom!

Huaiqing was pinned in place by Ye Tianming’s sword strike.

Huaiqing’s eyes went wide, his face full of shock. “You……”

Ye Tianming suddenly felt a touch of emotion. “You really are too weak.”

He suddenly realized that after fighting high-level battles against the older generation of the Yang family, going up against peers of his own era now truly felt effortless.

Hearing Ye Tianming’s words, Huaiqing instantly felt a profound humiliation. He let out a furious roar. However, before he could make any move, the Tianming Sword between his brows trembled violently, then began to madly devour his divine soul!

Devouring the divine soul!

Xiaohun did have this ability, but following Ye Tianming, she rarely used it.

Feeling the Tianming Sword devouring his soul, Huaiqing’s expression changed drastically. In that moment, he was truly afraid.

Because he realized that if he were truly devoured by this cursed sword, he might be unable to resurrect.

At this moment, he no longer cared about face at all. He immediately looked up toward Shenqi standing in the sky above and said in a trembling voice, “Big brother…… save me!”

“Ha ha!”

Jinqing suddenly burst out laughing. “I thought you, you neither-male-nor-female creature, had such great pride! Didn’t expect this! Turns out you really have no guts!”

Everyone: “……”

Hearing Jinqing’s humiliating words, Huaiqing’s expression became even more wretched.

Shenqi, meanwhile, looked at Huaiqing with calm eyes and showed no intention of intervening.

Seeing this, Huaiqing grew even more terrified. “Big brother?”

Shenqi said calmly, “I warned you at least three times, and every time you let it go in one ear and out the other…… Everyone must pay the price for their own actions.”

Huaiqing was instantly overcome with despair!

In that moment, he truly regretted it.

Why had he come here to stick his neck out?

Feeling his soul rapidly disappearing, Huaiqing suddenly looked at Ye Tianming with venomous hatred. “Ye Tianming, my father will not let you go. Just you wait, just you wait…….”

As he spoke, he was about to detonate his own soul.

But the Tianming Sword directly suppressed him, leaving him unable to move. At the same time, Xiaohun’s devouring speed accelerated, and very quickly, Huaiqing’s soul was completely devoured and absorbed by Xiaohun.

And the flame of incense within Huaiqing’s soul was also devoured and absorbed by Xiaohun along with it!

Witnessing this, Lingshao beside Shenqi felt a wave of lingering fear. Having one’s incense flame devoured meant there was no possibility of rebirth!

A true and complete erasure from existence!

After Huaiqing was devoured, Shenqi’s gaze remained calm throughout. He turned to look at Lingshao. “Remember, if you ever encounter someone you cannot defeat in the future, admit defeat and leave. Never force yourself to fight on.”

Lingshao nodded repeatedly. “Understood, understood.”

He knew that if Huaiqing had decisively admitted defeat when he was beaten and then left, he could actually have survived. Because he had noticed that Ye Tianming had not harbored much killing intent at the start.

It was Huaiqing who just had to throw out a parting threat as he was leaving.

Foolish!

So foolish.

Below, Ye Tianming reached out and gripped the Tianming Sword. He could feel that Xiaohun was very excited.

Ye Tianming smiled. “You enjoy devouring divine souls?”

Xiaohun giggled. “Yes, the more powerful the divine soul, the more nourishing it is.”

Ye Tianming said, “I’ll give you more opportunities to devour in the future.”

“Great, great!”

Xiaohun was thrilled beyond measure.

Ye Tianming smiled, then slowly raised his head and gazed outward. His vision pierced through space and arrived deep within the river of stars. At this moment, countless more stars continued to converge without end. His cosmic formation grew ever more vast. Around the river of stars, layer upon layer of constellations surrounded it. Those stars rapidly aligned within the cosmic river, varying in shape, some forming rings, some forming bands, interweaving with one another in an intricate and orderly arrangement.

Between the stars, mysterious light flickered. The brilliant trails traced by the stars were like threads of cosmic energy, binding the entire formation tightly together.

This was also the first time he had gone all out in unleashing this Star God’s path!

He had to admit, even he himself was somewhat awestruck.

As long as one was powerful enough, one could truly mobilize all the stars in the universe.

Simply put, the cosmic river of stars had no upper limit.

In truth, if this Star God had been able to continue developing back then, there would have been every chance of reaching the level of a Supreme God.

What a pity…… to have encountered something even more monstrous.

Ye Tianming withdrew his thoughts and looked up toward Shenqi. This was also his first time seeing the other party in person.

Shenqi smiled. “Young Master Ye, you should know who I am by now. Not only that, you should know quite a bit about us.”

Ye Tianming nodded. “Indeed.”

Shenqi said, “Ke Sheng has always been your man, hasn’t he?”

“Ha ha!”

Just then, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out across heaven and earth. Then Ke Sheng appeared beside Jinqing and the others.

Ke Sheng laughed. “Of course!”

Jinqing was somewhat stunned. “You……”

Ke Sheng smiled and said nothing.

Jinqing said in a low voice, “You actually went undercover!”

Ke Sheng nodded.

Jinqing gave a thumbs up. “You two are something else!”

Ke Sheng looked toward Shenqi in the distance. “You knew from the very beginning that I was a spy.”

Shenqi smiled. “What do you think?”

Ke Sheng was puzzled. “Then why did you still let me follow you?”

Shenqi did not answer Ke Sheng, but instead looked toward Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming said calmly, “He wanted to tell you that any scheme or stratagem is nothing but smoke in the face of absolute power.”

Shenqi smiled.

Ke Sheng’s expression was rather unsightly.

Shenqi looked at Ye Tianming. “Actually, I’ve long wanted to have a chat with Young Master Ye.”

Ye Tianming carried his sword and walked toward Shenqi. “Let’s not waste time. No matter what grand principles are at stake, in the end it all comes down to strength to decide the winner. So…… let’s fight! Whoever wins is the one with the right to speak!”

Shenqi smiled. “Indeed. However, your opponent is someone else.”

Hum!

A flash of sword light suddenly descended not far in front of Ye Tianming. As the light faded, a man appeared before him.

The one who had arrived was none other than Yang Jia!

Yang Jia held his sword and slowly walked toward Ye Tianming.

The humiliations suffered time and again, today was the day to wash them clean!