"Mu Chen!"
When the Great Havenlaw Ruler's hoarse voice resounded, everyone in the Great Heaven Domain's side went silent for a brief moment. Thereafter, an unsuppressable uproar resounded.
Everyone was stunned as they looked at Mu Chen, who had a dumbfounded expression on his face.
Xu Qing and Zhou Yue were stunned as they exchanged a glance. The corner of their lips twitched, but in the end, they did not speak a single word. After all, it was personally chosen by the Great Havenlaw Ruler, so they did not dare to refute.
However, although they did not say anything, the doubt in their eyes was revealed. They had witnessed the battle between Mu Chen and Wu Tian, and knew that this youth wasn't as simple as he looked on the surface.
But when Mu Chen fought with Wu Tian, he still relied on the Jiu You Troop's Battle Will. But in this battle, he had to rely on the Commander's own ability. Thus, everyone couldn't help feeling doubtful.
An uproar resounded. Naturally, not only were everyone stunned, even Mu Chen couldn't help widening his mouth. Shortly after, he looked at Tang Bing with a weird gaze. The latter also had the same expression on her face.
Clearly, she had not expected that Mu Chen would be chosen by the Great Havenlaw Ruler.
Although many people had doubts in their eyes, the Great Havenlaw Ruler's prestige was too heavy. Thus, no one dared to refute it. Only the silence after the uproar was extremely unharmonious.
Jiu You looked at Mu Chen with a weird gaze. After a brief hesitation, he cupped his fists and said, "Ruler, Mu Chen is still inexperienced. Isn't it a little too risky to let him fight?"
These three bets were extremely important to him.
Therefore, the one who was chosen would have to bear great pressure. It would be fine if he won, but if he lost, the pressure he would have to bear wouldn't be small.
The pressure he would be bearing wouldn't be insignificant. Although Nine Nether wanted Mu Chen to stand out in this war, she didn't want Mu Chen to be in such a dangerous position.
Hearing her words, the Great Havenlaw Ruler waved his hand and said with a faint smile, "It's fine, it's him then."
Jiu You could only keep quiet after seeing the Great Havenlaw Ruler's insistence.
However, her gaze was a little weird. She had no idea why the Great Havenlaw Ruler would pay so much attention to Mu Chen.
With Mu Chen's current strength, he didn't have the qualifications to make the Great Havenlaw Ruler pay any attention to him.
When everyone saw this, they did not speak any further. The words of the Great Havenlaw Ruler held absolute authority in the Great Heaven Domain.
Since she had made up her mind.
Then no one dared to object.
Thus, the position of commander fell onto Mu Chen's head.
Countless experts of the Great Heaven Domain looked at each other and sighed inwardly. At the moment, they could only hope that they could win two rounds first. In that case, the result of Mu Chen's match would not be important.
In the face of countless sighing gazes, Mu Chen could only helplessly curl his lips.
He also didn't know what was wrong with the Great Havenlaw Ruler to actually want him to fight.
But …
"Haha, looks like the Great Havenlaw Ruler has already chosen his candidate." Sword Concealing Elder smiled.
His gaze swept at the drowsy Sleeping Emperor as a smear of fear flashed in the depths of his eyes. He must be clear that amongst the three Emperors of the Great Heaven Domain, the Sleeping Emperor was the most profound and unfathomable.
Thereafter, his gaze swept at the Asura King. The latter was donned in armour with no expression on his face. However, there was a terrifying killing intent surging in his calm eyes that made others feel fearful.
Amongst the Nine Kings of the Great Heaven Domain, the Asura King's strength was undoubtedly the strongest. It was said that the Asura King had the highest possibility of becoming an Emperor in the Great Heaven Domain.
In the end, Sword Concealing Elder's gaze fell on Mu Chen as he was stunned. Second Grade Sovereign?
Since when was the Commander of the Great Heaven Domain so weak?
Doubt flashed in the eyes of Sword Concealing Elder, but he did not show it on his face. He smiled, "Since the candidates have been chosen, then the Great Havenlaw Ruler will be the one to decide the battles."
Dense light surged around the Great Heaven Domain Ruler as he cast a glance at the Sleeping Emperor. The latter slowly walked out with a smile, "Then, let's start from the strongest."
He took a step forth and appeared in the sky. Thereafter, he looked at the Devil Compassion Sovereign and said, "I've long heard that the Devil Compassion Sovereign broke through the shackles of the Lower Planes and is a genius of the heavens. I'm truly fortunate to have the opportunity to experience it today."
The Devil Compassion Sovereign smiled as his figure lightly rippled, before mysteriously disappearing. Thereafter, it was like a ripple as it condensed before the Sleeping Emperor.
"I have long heard that Brother Meng's Great Dream Divine Scripture can be cultivated in the state of sleep and yet not sleep. I hope that you can enlighten me today." The Devil Compassion Sovereign stared at the Sleeping Emperor with his starry eyes as he slowly said.
"Sure."
The Sleeping Emperor smiled, but the drowsiness in his eyes had swiftly disappeared at this moment. Replacing it was a dazzling and sharp lustre.
He waved his sleeve and the azure sky practically distorted in an instant. A terrifying Spiritual Energy pressure that could shatter the sky had enveloped out in every direction.
Boom!
Boom!
Up in the heavens, all the clouds instantly exploded and space distorted as ferocious spatial cracks appeared. Shortly after, the Sleeping Emperor made a grabbing motion with his hand and those pitch-black spatial cracks appeared on his hand. They looked like pitch-black snakes, but only those with discerning eyes could understand how terrifying the power of those pitch-black snakes that were formed from the spatial cracks were.
It was the power of space.
"Controlling space, Eighth Grade Sovereign!"
In this region, countless experts sucked in a mouthful of chilled air. Controlling the power of space was something that only an Eighth Grade Sovereign could achieve. Clearly, the Sleeping Emperor had stepped into the Eighth Grade Sovereign Realm!
At the rear, the Sky Vulture Emperor and Spiritual Pupils Emperor helplessly smiled at this scene. It looked like the Sleeping Emperor was ahead of them. Although they had come in contact with the threshold of the Eighth Grade Sovereign Realm, there was still some distance before they could truly step into it.
"Truly worthy of being Lord Sleeping Emperor!" Tang Bing couldn't help praising. According to her knowledge, the strength that the Three Emperors had revealed should be around Seventh Grade Sovereign Realm. But clearly, that information was a little outdated.
Mu Chen gently nodded his head as he looked at the silhouette that stood in the sky. The power that was being emitted from his body could truly destroy the heavens and earth.
Under all the astonished gazes, the Sleeping Emperor gave the Devil Compassion Sovereign a light smile and flicked his finger. The pitch-black snakes in his hand had mysteriously disappeared.
Boom!
In that instant when the pitch-black snakes that were formed from the power of space disappeared, the space around the Devil Compassion Sovereign abruptly distorted. Shortly after, space was torn apart and sinister-looking spatial cracks appeared. They were like spatial scissors that shot towards the Devil Compassion Sovereign without any hesitation.
There wasn't any earth-shaking Spiritual Energy commotion in that attack. However, the danger contained within it far exceeded the clash of Spiritual Energy. The power contained in those spatial cracks could instantly tear a Fifth Grade Sovereign into pieces. Furthermore, the crucial point was that ordinary people couldn't avoid those attacks. No matter how fast they were, they couldn't be compared to the speed of space being torn apart.
The Devil Compassion Sovereign did not have any change in his expression when the spatial cracks tore over. He placed a hand before him and lightly smiled. Thereafter, the space around him abruptly distorted as well. Similarly sinister-looking spatial cracks appeared and clashed with the spatial cracks that were tearing towards him. Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Fine noises resounded in the sky as the spatial cracks clashed together. However, they were annihilated, there wasn't any astonishing fluctuation.
"Controlling space?!"
"The Devil Compassion Sovereign has actually stepped into the Eighth Grade Sovereign Realm!"
Someone exclaimed in shock. Anyone could tell that the Devil Compassion Sovereign had executed the same method, using the spatial cracks to resolve the attacks of the spatial cracks.
Clearly, the Devil Compassion Sovereign also possessed the strength of an Eighth Grade Sovereign!
"That fellow is truly a formidable figure that has broken through the shackles of the Lower Planes." Tang Bing said with her brows tightly knitted.
"Looks like there will be a fierce battle to determine the victor."
Mu Chen's expression was also grave. It was no wonder why the Devil Compassion Sovereign would be recommended to deal with the Emperors on their side. So it turned out that he had also concealed his strength. An Eighth Grade Sovereign should be the strongest amongst the three heads of the Hundred Battles Domain.
"This is interesting. It has been so many years since I fought, I hope that I won't get rusty."
When the Sleeping Emperor saw this scene, he couldn't help smiling. However, his gaze started to turn sharp. Such an opponent was already worthy for him to face seriously.
"Brother Meng, please give me some pointers." Devil Compassion smiled, but there weren't any ripples in his eyes.
The Sleeping Emperor smiled as he closed his eyes. As he closed his eyes, the vast space behind him started to distort. That region seemed to have turned into a black hole as it frantically devoured the Spiritual Energy between the heavens and earth.
As the Spiritual Energy turned into streaks of light and gathered together, a figure that was roughly a few thousand feet in size slowly took shape.
That figure sat in the sky, enveloped in a dazzling lustre. However, it wasn't an illusion. As the lustre circulated, it was no different from a real body. It was a genuine giant!
Furthermore, there seemed to be a golden dragon coiling around that figure. The dragon coiled on that figure with its head raised high, as if it wanted to devour the heavens and earth.
When that figure appeared, the entire sky started to tremble, as if it couldn't bear the pressure.
Roar!
The golden dragon roared towards the sky, shaking the heavens. Golden sound waves swept out, causing the heavens to crumble and the earth to crack!
Down below, Mu Chen couldn't help narrowing his eyes as he muttered to himself, looking at the massive figure and the golden dragon coiling around it.
"This is the Sky Dragon Celestial Body?"
The Sky Dragon Celestial Body, ranked 70th amongst the 99 Rankings of Sovereign Celestial Bodies!
(To be continued …)