The Strongest Dandy in the City Chapter 2343 - 2332: The Power of the Dark Immortal Artifact
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The seal has been broken.
The entire pitch-black Coffin of Death began to stir restlessly.
The Coffin of Death shares a profound connection with Ye Chenfeng, as if sensing its master was in distress.
A colossal force erupted from the Coffin of Death, surging directly towards Ye Chenfeng.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
Struck by this power, Ye Chenfeng remained unharmed, while the chaotic lock that bound him was instantly shattered into countless fragments, cascading to the ground.
The chaotic lock was obliterated by the force emanating from the Coffin of Death. Luo Qianhai, Li Yuanmu, and Zhao Wenzhong, who had been relentlessly injecting spiritual energy into it, immediately endured a severe backlash, a metallic taste flooded their mouths, and blood erupted from their orifices.
Having freed himself from the chaotic lock, Ye Chenfeng rested one hand upon the Coffin of Death, his body leaning against its somber form.
Perhaps due to its prior refinement by Ye Chenfeng.
As soon as the Coffin of Death was unsealed, Ye Chenfeng was immediately affected, his countenance turned icy cold, and a distinct trace of bloodlust flickered in his eyes.
None present had anticipated that Jin Hongsheng's casual swing of his rod would lead to such an outcome!
Ye Chenfeng had actually summoned a peculiar coffin, and the Xiao Yao Palace’s immortal artifact, the chaotic lock, was shattered in an instant. Could it truly be so feeble?
The Coffin of Death originates from the Ancient Era's Initial Stage, a fact known to very few in this current age.
The Xiao Yao Palace’s immortal artifact is, at best, of the lowest grade among immortal artifacts. Conversely, the Coffin of Death reigned supreme during the Initial Stage of the Ancient Era. Its rank is undeniably superior to these lesser immortal artifacts, and not by a narrow margin.
A voice resonated within Ye Chenfeng's mind: "You should exercise caution! I am still within the Coffin of Death!"
This disembodied voice within Ye Chenfeng's consciousness was likely that of the ancient phantom residing inside the Coffin of Death.
Feeling an intensifying surge of bloodthirst, Ye Chenfeng transmitted a mental message to the ancient specter within the coffin: "Rest assured, venerable spirit, as long as I do not lift the lid, you shall remain unharmed."
While Ye Chenfeng was engaged in this mental dialogue with the ancient spirit.
Hua Wanchuan, wielding the Immortal Artifact Slashing Heaven Blade, observing the perilous turn of events, urgently declared, "We cannot afford to delay; this brat must be eliminated immediately. Spare no one, as he is far too bizarre."
Luo Qianhai, Li Yuanmu, and Zhao Wanzhong, with blood still trickling from their lips, rapidly regained their composure. Among them, Luo Qianhai felt a pang of intense heartache; the chaotic lock was a treasured immortal artifact of the Xiao Yao Palace! To have it destroyed so carelessly? The fury blazing in his heart ascended to its zenith.
Just as Hua Wanchuan and Luo Qianhai made preparations to strike in unison.
Ye Chenfeng, with one hand still resting on the Coffin of Death, suddenly channeled his spiritual energy into it.
With a thunderous "boom!"
The very fabric of space surrounding the Coffin of Death rippled, and layers of dense, dark death aura erupted violently from the coffin, spreading with astonishing swiftness in all directions.
Wu Lingxiang and Jiang Caixuan, who had been intending to approach Ye Chenfeng, suddenly received a mental message from him. Perceiving the imminent danger posed by the explosive release of death aura from the Coffin of Death—a power even Ye Chenfeng couldn't fully contain—they immediately executed a rapid retreat, shouting to Zhao Jinpeng and the others: "Withdraw swiftly!"
Wu Lingxiang, Jiang Caixuan, Zhao Jinpeng, and the others from the Ancient City of Heavenly Origin beat a hasty retreat, clearing the encroaching range of the death aura after putting several hundred meters between themselves and the source.
This was because Ye Chenfeng had not yet fully unleashed the Coffin of Death's true might. Had he done so, the death aura's dominion would have extended far more extensively.
Several cultivators who failed to retreat in time and strayed into the area enveloped by the formidable death aura from the Coffin of Death.
The death aura swiftly permeated their bodies.
Particularly those cultivators whose strength barely reached the first to fifth layers of the Heavenly God Realm, their forms rapidly turned ashen, their life force rapidly depleted, and within mere moments, they all met their demise.
Luo Qianhai and Hua Wanchuan, who had been advancing to attack Ye Chenfeng, received no warning and thus inadvertently entered the dense death aura's embrace.
Waves of dense, black death aura continuously emanated from the Coffin of Death.
The vegetation upon the ground instantly withered and decayed, the soil transforming into an eerie, blackened hue, as if ink had been indiscriminately spilled across it.
Although Luo Qianhai and the others were powerful cultivators of the Divine King Realm, the invasive death aura from the Coffin of Death assailing their bodies induced a profound sense of malaise, even impeding the natural flow of their spiritual energy.
It is crucial to comprehend that the dense death aura emanating from the Coffin of Death is no ordinary miasma.
This extraordinary death aura represents the Coffin of Death's most formidable power.
Holding the Slashing Heaven Blade aloft, Hua Wanchuan urgently commanded, "Quick, channel your spiritual energy into the Slashing Heaven Blade with me!"
Following Hua Wanchuan's directive,
Luo Qianhai, Zhao Wanzhong, Li Yuanmu, and Jin Hongsheng focused their spiritual energy into the blade, which Hua Wanchuan then expertly wielded.
The Slashing Heaven Blade erupted with a powerful, blood-red radiance.
A colossal blood-red blade shadow, capable of sundering the heavens and earth, materialized from the weapon and plummeted from the sky, aimed directly at Ye Chenfeng.
This strike, a fusion of Hua Wanchuan's and his allies' might, was overwhelmingly potent. The very ground outside the Ancient City of Heavenly Origin visibly subsided by approximately ten meters from its impact, with fissures snaking across the land like a fractured web.
Ye Chenfeng observed the descending attack.
He raised the Coffin of Death, relentlessly pouring his spiritual energy into it, and thrust the coffin's base directly against the oncoming blood-red blade shadow.
As the Coffin of Death drew near the blade shadow, an overwhelming pressure, characteristic of an extreme immortal artifact, radiated outwards, shrouding the entire coffin in an aura of dark death energy.
With a tremendous "boom!"
The blood-red blade shadow was instantly annihilated by the Coffin of Death, leaving the coffin itself completely unharmed.
As if this outcome was entirely predictable,
Ye Chenfeng, his face hardened with icy, bloodthirsty resolve, launched himself into the air. brandishing the Coffin of Death overhead. While continuing to pour more spiritual energy into the artifact, he charged towards Luo Qianhai and the others positioned below.
A relentless stream of death aura continued to emanate from the Coffin of Death.
Luo Qianhai and his companions began to feel increasingly unwell, their lifeforce steadily being consumed.
Jin Hongsheng, being the least powerful among them, reacted with fatal slowness while the others managed to evade.
Ye Chenfeng, with the Coffin of Death in hand, slammed it down upon Jin Hongsheng.
Jin Hongsheng immediately raised his Sky-reaching Rod, attempting to intercept the descending Coffin of Death.
Tragically, with a sharp "crack,"
The Sky-reaching Rod fractured instantly upon colliding with the Coffin of Death. As the coffin closed in, its potent death aura seeped into Jin Hongsheng's body, layer by layer, rapidly draining his vitality and paralyzing the circulation of his spiritual energy.
"Bang!"
The Coffin of Death finally obliterated Jin Hongsheng.
Jin Hongsheng was reduced to a bloody ruin, his essence seeping from the underside of the coffin.
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