Primordial Star Scripture-Chapter 1170 - 1110: Poison and Killing

Originally, Yu Shendu speculated that he might be the only genius below the Divine Master Realm daring enough to venture into the third treasure cave passage.

Even if there were exceptions, at most Ning Xiaoxiao, who similarly had two Cosmic Emperor-level treasures, would enter.

However, Yu Shendu had no idea that Ye Chen would follow him into the passage!

Instead, Ning Xiaoxiao didn’t enter.

This made Yu Shendu extremely surprised.

Even though Yu Shendu already knew Ye Chen might be even more of a genius than him, after all, no matter how talented, if the strongest combat power isn’t enough, one shouldn’t risk life and death.

However.

Everyone had already taken action, and Yu Shendu wouldn’t pretend to be polite to Ye Chen and others anymore.

After a slight stirring in his heart, Yu Shendu directly continued forward, without any intention to act together with Ye Chen.

In Yu Shendu’s mind, he wouldn’t shield Ye Chen in the slightest from the great dangers of the third treasure cave passage; instead, he secretly hoped Ye Chen would perish in this passage.

After all, if Ye Chen dies, he would more securely occupy the position of the top genius among the low realm talents in Bluegold City!

At the end of the passage.

Yu Shendu glanced back, then continued forward without hesitation, which Ye Chen saw clearly.

"This Yu Shendu, it seems he doesn’t want to pay attention to me and even hopes I won’t survive the dangers of this third treasure cave passage."

Ye Chen could easily guess Yu Shendu’s thoughts.

Ye Chen smiled slightly, indifferent to Yu Shendu’s actions.

Since he dared to venture into the third treasure cave, he never expected to rely on others; Ye Chen himself was confident in passing this challenge!

Of course, even though he was confident, Ye Chen wasn’t careless at all.

Anyway, even if one enters the third treasure cave, they can only choose one treasure; the number of selectable treasures is fixed, there’s no need to rush.

Ye Chen walked unhurriedly behind, observing the surroundings carefully and vigilantly.

After advancing about several kilometers, suddenly, Ye Chen sensed a dangerous aura approaching.

"This is..."

Ye Chen’s face changed, his hand formed a spell, and a strange light enveloped his body.

Following this, Ye Chen saw a barely perceptible green gas begin drifting towards his position.

"Poison?"

The defensive power didn’t hinder Ye Chen from observing the green gas that gave him a sense of danger; upon inspection, Ye Chen instantly realized the terror of this green gas.

It was actually a terrifying toxin he had never seen before!

Ye Chen had once acquired the Medical Canon and Toxic Scripture; even without reaching the Cosmic Emperor level, they still gave Ye Chen tremendous understanding of toxins.

Ye Chen could sense that even though the green toxin was currently faint, it could erode or kill ordinary Divine Masters and even weaker Masters.

If Ye Chen hadn’t activated a defensive divine treasure from the Refining God Chart, based on his current combat power and defensive strength alone, he probably couldn’t walk far in the green toxin!

Ye Chen looked towards the deeper part of the passage, where an inexplicable force of Divine Sense obscured vision, preventing far exploration.

However, even if he could only probe a few dozen feet, Ye Chen could feel that the deeper he went, the more terrifying the green toxin became.

Yet, he hadn’t reached the third treasure cave yet, and he had to keep moving forward.

After a moment of contemplation, Ye Chen’s finger moved, activating another defensive divine treasure that again enveloped his body.

This defensive divine treasure was specially designed to counter toxins from the Refining God Chart, far more valuable than the prior one Ye Chen activated.

With the new defensive divine treasure in place, Ye Chen cautiously continued forward.

"This toxin seems off."

After walking another several hundred meters, Ye Chen glanced at the now thick green toxin around him, his face suddenly changing.

Ye Chen felt almost instantly that the toxin not only corroded him, but also subtly influenced his Divine Soul.

If Ye Chen’s Divine Sense weren’t unusually powerful, and his defensive divine treasure didn’t inherently defend against Divine Soul attacks, he might have been unaware when his Divine Sense was disrupted by the toxin.

This made Ye Chen even more alarmed.

Clearly, the toxin in the third treasure cave is far from simple!

If one weren’t careful, they could fall into Divine Soul madness!

This led Ye Chen to activate defensive power for the third time; a protective divine light from a Divine Soul defensive divine treasure was also added to his body.

If anyone saw Ye Chen’s defensive divine light, they would be astonished; Ye Chen simply had too many treasures to use.

However, these people would never have guessed that Ye Chen, as an Immortal Divine Venerable, even possessed the wealth of a peak Cosmic Emperor!

Ye Chen remained unharmed in the toxic fog, but others weren’t so lucky.

As Ye Chen continued not far forward, he directly heard a painful roar coming.

It’s the voice of Yu Shendu!

Ye Chen looked ahead and directly saw that Yu Shendu was now covered in a dense Divine Light, obviously having activated a powerful Defensive Divine Treasure to defend against the toxic gas.

However, it was clear that he had been careless, and the toxic gas had already seeped into his Divine Soul, affecting it.

At this moment, Yu Shendu seemed to have gone mad, desperately attacking all around, even though there was nothing there, he continued to attack frantically.

"The effect of this green toxic gas on the Divine Soul is unexpectedly terrifying."

Seeing Yu Shendu’s state of madness, Ye Chen couldn’t help but feel a heaviness in his heart.

Ye Chen didn’t know how much of Yu Shendu’s Divine Soul remained clear, fearing it might only be one or two tenths.

As Ye Chen looked at Yu Shendu, Yu Shendu, ahead, seemed either affected by the toxic or had a last sliver of awareness, suddenly stopped attacking, turned his eyes sharply, and looked towards Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen?!"

Yu Shendu looked at Ye Chen, completely unharmed, utterly incredulous. Suddenly, his eyes turned a fierce red, and he roared at Ye Chen, "Impossible, I couldn’t withstand the corrosion of this toxic gas on my Divine Soul, how could you be completely unaffected?"

At this moment, Yu Shendu was immensely envious of Ye Chen.

Yu Shendu could already feel the corrosion of the toxic gas on his Divine Soul, as if it were a soul-corroding poison, which he could not eliminate. That last sliver of clarity was likely to be completely devoured soon.

By then, he feared he would lose his Divine Soul entirely, genuinely erased by the toxic gas!

Yu Shendu couldn’t accept this outcome.

Yu Shendu did not want to believe that he, the strongest genius sent to Bluegold City of the Primal Beginning Universe, ranked number one in the universe governed by Primordial God Mountain, would die in this Chaotic Heavenly Hall.

"Why!"

"Why can’t my Cosmic Emperor-level Life-saving Scroll resist this toxic gas’s corrosion on my Divine Soul!"

"Why am I dying here while Ye Chen, whose Realm is far beneath mine, is fine!"

The last sliver of clarity in his Divine Soul didn’t allow Yu Shendu to think of a way to survive. Of course, he had no way to think of it, and in his final madness, he couldn’t hold back his killing intent towards Ye Chen, deciding that even if he died, he would drag Ye Chen along with him.

With this thought, Yu Shendu moved like lightning, directly driving the power of the Cosmic Emperor-level Divine Treasure within him towards Ye Chen.

The power not only contained that of Yu Shendu’s Cosmic Emperor-level Life-saving Scroll but also drove out the power of another Cosmic Emperor-level treasure.

Yu Shendu intended to kill Ye Chen, even if it meant his own death!

Ye Chen never expected this final madness from Yu Shendu would target him.

Seeing Yu Shendu’s frenzied state and formidable Killing Force, Ye Chen snorted coldly, his face suddenly turning stern.

He had been considering whether to help Yu Shendu, but with Yu Shendu acting like this, Ye Chen wouldn’t hold back.

"Think of harming me? I’m afraid your wish will fall through!"

Ye Chen instantly surged with the vast, extreme power of a Cosmic Emperor-level, a force countless times stronger than Yu Shendu’s attack!

Yu Shendu only had two Divine Treasures with Cosmic Emperor-level power.

But Ye Chen had many times more Divine Treasures than Yu Shendu.

He had the assets of a Peak Cosmic Emperor; though many treasures were inconvenient to reveal in front of others, since only Yu Shendu was present, Ye Chen had no fear of exposing his treasures.

Boom!

Under the detonation of Ye Chen’s formidable Divine Treasure power, it directly collided with the incoming force of Yu Shendu’s attack, creating a completely unbelievable scene for Yu Shendu, as he was knocked back thousands of meters by Ye Chen’s power!

Yu Shendu was utterly submerged in the dense green toxic gas, like a sea of green.

His Divine Soul was completely corroded in an instant.

Before his last sliver of clarity faded, Yu Shendu’s Divine Soul could only think of one thing: why, when the Peak Lords examined Ye Chen earlier and found no Cosmic Emperor-level treasures on him, could he unleash such terrifying Cosmic Emperor-level power?!

"This Ye Chen is a monster!"

Yu Shendu only had time to say this one sentence before his entire Divine Soul was completely consumed, and his being utterly died. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Ye Chen had initially thought that after Yu Shendu, submerged in toxic gas, died, his Divine Soul would be completely taken by the toxic gas, becoming a toxic zombie-like living dead.

But when Ye Chen arrived beside Yu Shendu’s corpse, he was utterly surprised.

The green toxic gas, after killing Yu Shendu’s Divine Soul, did not cause any mutation in Yu Shendu but instead seemed completely uninterested in him, using the toxic gas to start corroding his entire body.

In just a few breaths, Yu Shendu’s entire body had already rotted, becoming riddled with holes, with green slime oozing out.

As Ye Chen watched Yu Shendu’s body for a moment, it was entirely corroded into a puddle of green water.

Seeing Yu Shendu, hailed as the number one genius among the low-realm talents arriving at Bluegold City, die in such a manner, Ye Chen couldn’t help but shake his head.

Yu Shendu’s final attack on him only hastened his death; it was his comeuppance.

However, a great genius falling like this was absolutely brutal.

Recalling the dead Peak Cosmic Emperor and other Challengers who died in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall, Ye Chen understood that treasures and death coexist, and to seize treasures, one must always be prepared for death.

To survive, one must absolutely have the power to survive!