Mu Chen strode into the ancient palace. When he entered the Nine Dragon God-Killing Array, the nine dragons disappeared and the entire Array returned to silence. There wasn't any obstruction to Mu Chen's entry.
A few minutes later, Mu Chen finally arrived before the throne. But just when he was about to ascend the Royal Stairs, the Spirit-Slaughtering Army that had recovered their strength suddenly lit up and took a step forth. Instantly, the entire palace trembled and a terrifying pressure swept out, charging towards Mu Chen like a dragon.
Sensing the pressure, Mu Chen's face slightly changed and he took a step back. Instantly, the pressure disappeared and the Spirit-Slaughtering Army returned to their original positions.
"Even without any intellect, they're still protecting the Second Hall Master?"
Mu Chen's gaze flickered. Previously, the Spirit-Slaughtering Army had lost their strength, so they did not obstruct Su Qingyin. But now that they had recovered their strength, they naturally had to protect the Second Hall Master.
If the situation was like this, then as long as Su Qingyin stepped into the range of the throne, she would immediately attract the attacks of the 2,000 Spirit-Slaughtering Army.
"What a lucky woman."
Mu Chen sighed. Shortly after, he did not waste any more time. After a brief pondering, he decisively took a step forward.
Boom!
A lustre gathered in the empty eyes of the 2,000 Spirit-Slaughtering Army and a terrifying pressure swept out once again. Furthermore, there was a faint crimson lustre whistling in their bodies and a terrifying power was gathering above them.
It was the power of Battle Will!
But when the terrifying Battle Will that was comparable to an Earth Sovereign gathered, Mu Chen immediately took out the Commander's Seal and raised it with a single hand.
The mottled ancient Commander's Seal quietly laid in Mu Chen's hand.
At this moment, it seemed to have been attracted by something and started to tremble. Vaguely, there seemed to be an ancient bugle.
It was faintly discernible.
The sound of the horn seemed to have traveled through time and space from ancient times to the present.
When the horn resounded in the hall, the two thousand Spirit-Slaughtering Army, who were about to launch an attack, suddenly froze. A moment later.
The terrifying Battle Will gathered above them had also dissipated. Thereafter, they took a step forth and knelt on one knee in Mu Chen's direction.
Because they had already turned into Corpse Soldiers, they no longer had any intelligence, nor could they speak. However, when they knelt down, space seemed to tremble.
Mu Chen saw this scene.
Finally, he grinned.
It seemed that even after tens of thousands of years, even after these all-powerful Spirit-Slaughtering Guards had turned into Corpse Soldiers, this commander's seal was still useful.
However, Mu Chen did not rejoice for long before he calmed his emotions. He knew that he could only command the Spirit-Slaughtering Army with the Army Seal, but …
However, it did not mean that he had the ability to mobilize the Spirit-Slaughtering Army.
If he couldn't display the Spirit-Slaughtering Army's battle strength, it would only be a decoration even if he obtained it.
Mu Chen's eyes flickered and he decisively ascended the stone stairs.
He walked to the throne, looked down at the Spirit-Slaughtering Army from above, and then sat down cross-legged.
It had been a long time since he had commanded an army to fight, but this did not mean that his attainments as a battle formation master had stagnated. Similarly, as his strength continued to improve, he had not been able to make any progress.
Similarly, Mu Chen's attainments as a battle formation master had also deepened.
It was just that he didn't have a suitable opportunity to display it in the past.
But now, it was time to test the results of his cultivation as a battle formation master over the past year.
Mu Chen gradually closed his eyes, before abruptly opening them in the next moment. But this time, when he opened his eyes, his eyes were sparkling and a bizarre powerful fluctuation swept out like ripples in the sky.
That fluctuation didn't seem to possess much lethality, but when it appeared, the Spirit-Slaughtering Army, who were kneeling on one knee on the ground, seemed to be triggered. Their eyes shot out a seemingly corporeal blood-colored light, and the blood-colored light converged above their heads, turning into a thick blood-colored cloud that filled the sky and earth. The blood-colored clouds stacked together and spread throughout the entire hall.
A heart-palpitating ripple spread out from the thick blood-colored clouds, making Mu Chen's heart turn cold. The blood-colored clouds were the manifestation of the Spirit-Slaughtering Army's Battle Will, and the power contained within them could only be described as terrifying.
It was the most powerful Battle Will that Mu Chen had witnessed in the past few years.
Furthermore, it was under the circumstances that they had suffered great losses. It was hard to imagine how powerful the Spirit-Slaughtering Army was at their peak. Slaughtering Earth Sovereigns wasn't a joke.
However, Mu Chen did not retreat because of this. On the contrary, his eyes were blazing with greed. As long as he was a Battle Formation Master, he wouldn't easily give up upon encountering such an elite troop.
It was akin to a chef encountering the best ingredients, or a sculptor encountering the best material. It was the same for Battle Formation Masters. Only when they possessed an elite troop could they display the brilliance that belonged to them.
Without an army, the title of Battle Formation Master would only be a joke.
Mu Chen took a deep breath and suppressed his surging emotions. Thereafter, he formed a seal with a single hand. The strange ripples that swept out from his body suddenly distorted in the air, forming into countless runes that spread out.
Looking from afar, they looked like layers of dragon scales.
Mu Chen closely looked at those runes. Those were the manifestations of Battle Runes. Even if he had yet to gain control of Battle Will, Mu Chen could sense how many Battle Runes he could refine.
A year ago, Mu Chen was only an ordinary Ten Thousand Rune Battle Formation Master. But right now, he was no longer the same as before.
Peculiar runes swiftly spread out in the sky and in just a few breaths' time, the number had already reached a hundred thousand.
A Hundred Thousand Rune Battle Formation Master was comparable to a Ninth Grade Sovereign.
But even so, Mu Chen's gaze was still calm. A Hundred Thousand Rune Battle Formation Master that was unreachable in his eyes in the past was nothing in his eyes.
Furthermore, if he could only refine a hundred thousand Battle Runes, then there was no need for him to try and control the Spirit-Slaughtering Army, since it was practically impossible.
According to Mu Chen's estimations, the Spirit-Slaughtering Army, which had once besieged an Earth Sovereign, must have been controlled by a Million Rune Battle Formation Master. Although the Spirit-Slaughtering Army had suffered a great loss, he would at least need to reach 600,000 to 700,000 Battle Runes to fully control it.
"600,000 to 700,000 Battle Runes …" Mu Chen muttered as his eyes turned even more crystalline and his will burst out from the centre of his brows like a volcano.
In the air, the runes that had been condensed immediately spread out at an astonishing speed.
In just ten-odd breaths' time, the runes that had spread out in the sky had already reached a terrifying amount of 400,000.
It was a shocking amount, but Mu Chen still slightly knitted his brows. That's because it wasn't enough.
"Give me more!"
Mu Chen roared in his heart and a crystalline vortex vaguely appeared on the centre of his brows. All the will in his body had been squeezed out by him at this moment.
The number of Battle Runes in the sky had also increased once again.
430,000 … 460,000 … 500,000 … 540,000 …
When the number reached 560,000, Mu Chen's face was a little pale and the intense pain in his mind made him feel as if his head was being sawed apart.
It was a sign that his will was about to be overdrafted.
"A little more!"
However, Mu Chen still did not give up. He clenched his teeth and endured the intense pain as he tried his best to circulate the Battle Runes. In his mind, he felt dizzy.
Strands of crystalline lustre constantly surged from his eyes.
Thus, the number of Battle Runes that had stopped started to slowly climb once again.
Five hundred and eighty thousand … five hundred and ninety thousand … six hundred thousand!
When the number of Battle Runes finally reached 600,000, Mu Chen suddenly felt the world spinning and his ears buzzing. However, he couldn't care less about this. He took a deep breath and with a thought, the 600,000 Battle Runes in the sky turned into a torrent that swept across and crashed into the thick blood cloud above the Spirit-Slaughtering Army.
Only after experiencing the Spirit-Slaughtering Army's Battle Will would he be able to obtain true recognition and completely bring out the Battle Will of this army.
Boom!
When Mu Chen's will charged into the thick blood cloud, he immediately felt the scenery around him change. It should be an ancient battlefield filled with the flames of war.
Just as he was slightly stunned by the changes in front of him, he suddenly sensed an extremely terrifying energy fluctuation suddenly whistling in his surroundings.
He hurriedly lifted his head to take a look, and his scalp immediately went numb. There were thousands of troops standing in the sky around him, surrounding him.
This troop was donned in heavy armor and was enveloped in a crimson aura. Endless crimson Battle Will swept out in the sky, causing space to be extremely fragile under that power.
Looking at this terrifying troop, Mu Chen squinted his eyes and realised that this was the Spirit-Slaughtering Army. Furthermore, it was the most complete and powerful Spirit-Slaughtering Army.
Furthermore, what left Mu Chen shocked was that his appearance had drastically changed. He no longer looked young, but an aged face. However, there was a terrifying Spiritual Energy bursting out from his body.
That meant that he had stepped into the Earth Sovereign Realm!
Mu Chen was briefly stunned before he realised that the owner of this aged body was probably the Earth Sovereign that the Spirit-Slaughtering Army had annihilated!
Boom!
While Mu Chen realised, the surrounding Spirit-Slaughtering Army had unleashed their attacks. A million crimson lustre swept out with a destructive momentum that swept towards his will.
Sensing the terror of that attack, Mu Chen couldn't help feeling his scalp going numb.
(To be continued.)