#1252 - The emergence of the cosmic consciousness
The eyes of the Divine Martial Great Emperor stared intently at the spear he had thrust out, refusing to believe that he would fail to block that sword energy this time.
However, just as the spear energy he unleashed touched the sword energy of the Blood Soul Sever, it dissipated instantly, just like his previous attacks.
At this moment, the Divine Martial Great Emperor's heart became extremely agitated, as he couldn't understand what was happening, or why Lu Chen's power had such terrifying suppression over him.
Logically, shouldn't the power of the Heavenly Devil restrain the spiritual power of cultivators? Why was his Heavenly Devil power being so thoroughly restrained by the power Lu Chen was using?
Where exactly was the problem?
Soon, the Divine Martial Great Emperor's gaze fell upon the four hundred Great Emperors behind Lu Chen. He suddenly realized something: Lu Chen had gathered the power of four hundred Great Emperors, combining various Great Dao powers.
Perhaps after these Great Dao powers mixed together, the resulting power was different from pure spiritual power and instead suppressed the power of the Heavenly Devil. After considering this possibility, the Divine Martial Great Emperor immediately ordered all the Heavenly Devil Great Emperors to attack Lu Chen's Spirit Gathering Formation.
In an instant, the Heavenly Devils surged towards Lu Chen's rear like a tide.
But when those Heavenly Devils collided with the sword energy of the Blood Soul Sever, they turned into dust one by one. However, it was precisely because of these Heavenly Devils' successive charges that the power of the Blood Soul Sever was greatly weakened.
Just as the Blood Soul Sever was about to touch the Divine Martial Great Emperor, a layer of blood-red light suddenly appeared on the surface of his body. Immediately afterward, a huge, blood-red armor Dharma form appeared outside his body, and the sword energy Lu Chen unleashed struck that armor.
When the sword energy collided with the blood-red armor, a violent explosion occurred instantly, and the Divine Martial Great Emperor was blasted back tens of light-years. The shockwave from the explosion destroyed the surrounding Heavenly Devils and all kinds of worlds.
For a time, this starfield was filled with dust, as if a sandstorm had appeared.
Although the power of the explosion was enormous, Lu Chen sensed that the Divine Martial Great Emperor was unharmed. Only a crack had appeared in the blood-red armor on his body, but he himself was not injured.
This…
Lu Chen was slightly stunned. Although he hadn't used his full strength, his power had an extremely terrifying suppressive effect on the Heavenly Devils. Yet, he still hadn't been able to eliminate the Divine Martial Great Emperor.
What level of spiritual artifact was the armor on the Divine Martial Great Emperor? Why hadn't the Divine Martial Great Emperor taken out this armor when he was in the outer domain last time?
Seeing that the sword strike Lu Chen unleashed had only left a crack on his Celestial Zenith Armor, the Divine Martial Great Emperor laughed heartily, as if he understood something.
Although Lu Chen's power had a very terrifying suppressive effect on him, that power couldn't have too much effect on the Emperor Artifact he had refined. Fortunately, during the dozen years of his seclusion, he hadn't only focused on cultivation but had also spent some time refining an Emperor Artifact, or else he would have truly perished today.
The Divine Martial Great Emperor then asked, "Lu Chen, what do you think of the Emperor Artifact I refined?"
Hearing the Divine Martial Great Emperor's words, Lu Chen chuckled. So it was an Emperor Artifact refined by the Divine Martial Great Emperor. No wonder it was able to block his sword strike.
But then again, he hadn't used his full strength in that sword strike just now, and he hadn't fully activated the God-Shattering Sword either.
The God-Shattering Sword was a celestial artifact. If fully activated, even an Emperor Artifact wouldn't be able to withstand it.
The reason Lu Chen hadn't wanted to fully activate it was mainly because he was worried that the power would be too great and would directly cut out a cosmic abyss.
There was that strange black gas in the cosmic abyss, and he was worried that the Great Emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty would also turn into Heavenly Devils after coming into contact with this black gas.
But now that the Divine Martial Great Emperor had an Emperor Artifact, it seemed that he had no choice but to use his full strength.
Lu Chen chuckled and then said, "Then we'll see if you can still block it next time."
As he spoke, Lu Chen mobilized the power of the seven colors, then mobilized the power of the source within his body, and finally poured the spiritual power from his body into the God-Shattering Sword.
After the three forces merged into the God-Shattering Sword, the God-Shattering Sword immediately emitted a dazzling white light.
Feeling the pressure emanating from the God-Shattering Sword, the Divine Martial Great Emperor's heart trembled.
Just the pressure emanating from this sword made him feel that his life was threatened.
He now only felt that he might not be able to withstand the next sword strike.
No, this can't go on.
The Divine Martial Great Emperor then also mobilized the power of the source. He was already a Heavenly Emperor, after all, and the power of the source he could mobilize was obviously greater than Lu Chen's.
However, he didn't know why, but when he mobilized the power of the source, he discovered that the source of this universe had a great rejection towards him, as if refusing to let him use the power of the source.
The Divine Martial Great Emperor shouted, "This Emperor is the Heavenly Emperor!!!"
After this sentence, the Divine Martial Great Emperor frantically extracted the power of the source, but the feeling of being rejected became more and more obvious.
The Divine Martial Great Emperor was extremely unhappy. He was now already a Heavenly Emperor, yet he was still not recognized by this universe.
Why!
Lu Chen, someone who was not a Heavenly Emperor, could mobilize the power of the source, while he was restricted by this universe when using the power of the source.
Thinking of this, the anger in the Divine Martial Great Emperor's heart was completely ignited. If this universe would not give him the power of the source, then this universe should no longer exist.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Divine Martial Great Emperor was preparing to attack that universe consciousness.
At this time, Lu Chen was stunned in the void.
In his eyes, a huge cosmic black hole appeared above the Divine Martial Great Emperor, and a pair of blood-red eyes seemed to appear in the black hole, surrounded by red filaments.
Lu Chen thought to himself, could it be that the Great Cataclysm of the Epoch had begun?
This is troublesome!
Thinking of this, Lu Chen was preparing to have the Great Xia Dynasty's fleet evacuate.
However, he now discovered that those Heavenly Devils of the Divine Moon Dynasty didn't seem to notice the abnormality of the Divine Martial Great Emperor at all and were still frantically surging towards the Great Xia Dynasty's fleet. And the more than one hundred Great Emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty who were responsible for protecting the Spirit Gathering Formation also took the initiative to meet them at this time, and the great battle between the two sides broke out.
Lu Chen seemed to understand something, and then he asked the Thunder Great Emperor through voice transmission, "Thunder, did you see the black hole above the Divine Martial Great Emperor's head?"
The Thunder Great Emperor was stunned for a moment, "Black hole? What black hole?"
Then, the Thunder Great Emperor specially sensed it, but he didn't see anything. He only saw the Divine Martial Great Emperor suspended in the void, and the power of the Heavenly Devil on his body became more and more intense. It was just that the Divine Martial Great Emperor's cheeks were very distorted, and he looked very uncomfortable.
Lu Chen thought to himself, no wonder the two sides had no intention of escaping at all. It turned out that they couldn't see it at all.
(End of this chapter)