However, the Evil You Ancestor wasn’t finished. Having finally gotten a fight, he was determined to revel in it. He struck again, his blow so fierce that it seemed capable of shattering stars. The Crownless God Monarch screamed in agony.
From another direction, the Heavenly God Monarch attacked, unleashing the "Heavenly Seven Twenties!"
"Pathetic!" the Evil You Ancestor sneered, tearing the technique apart. The Heavenly God Monarch had made his move, but he fared no better than the others and was swiftly defeated.
However, when the Evil You Ancestor turned, he discovered that the Heavenly God Monarch had already taken the Crownless God Monarch and was fleeing.
"Damn it!" The Evil You Ancestor launched a beam of power that pierced the Heavenly God Monarch’s body. He cried out in pain but still managed to escape his pursuer with the Crownless God Monarch in tow.
The Evil You Ancestor was furious. In this whole battle, he had only managed to kill the Fei Ying God Monarch. He considered it a personal insult—no, a humiliation. For a mighty Subcestor to kill only one Divine Monarch while letting two escape was a stain on his reputation. Still, there was no point in regret.
Ye Fan was utterly stunned. The Evil You Ancestor had single-handedly fought three Peerless Divine Monarchs, killing one and forcing the other two to flee with heavy injuries. And yet, he still looked displeased. I should give this guy a prize for being such a show-off. When it comes to acting cool, the old masters really are the best.
The Evil You Ancestor had won.
Below, the battle between the Main Gods raged on, though the Hu Ben Main God and the Yunxiao Main God were merely putting up a desperate, final struggle. Having witnessed the defeat of the Divine Monarchs, they knew their own fate was sealed. All they wanted was to escape.
But the relentless assault from the other Main Gods gave them no chance. "Don’t push us too far!" the Hu Ben Main God roared.
"You’re the one I’m here to kill!" the Red Sand Main God retorted. The Hu Ben Main God had been so arrogant before. Now that he was on the verge of defeat, the Red Sand Main God couldn’t resist the chance to kick a man while he was down.
The Hu Ben Main God bellowed, "Power of Hu Ben, sweep across the land!"
Instantly, his power erupted, causing all the surrounding trees to wither and die in a scene of utter devastation. The Red Sand Main God was ecstatic. "Stay back, all of you! I want to test my strength against his!"
Yet, no sooner had the words left his mouth than a streak of purple light flashed past. The Hu Ben Main God’s head tumbled to the ground, cleanly severed from his body.
The Seven-Colored Demon Empress remarked coolly, "Why waste so much time? You might have all day, but we don’t."
The Red Sand Main God was mortified and incredibly frustrated. He had just declared his intention to fight the Hu Ben Main God one-on-one and had even pinpointed his opponent’s fatal weakness. He just hadn’t expected the Seven-Colored Demon Empress to find it first and end the fight with a single strike. He was left with a building surge of power and nowhere to release it. The frustration was unbearable.
Elsewhere, three Main Gods ganged up on the Yunxiao Main God, shattering the divine statues he summoned. In terms of sheer brutality, these three were perhaps the most vicious of all the Main Gods. The Great Wilderness Main God and Hua’e Fairy were fighting with a romantic flair that deeply annoyed the God-Slayer, who felt completely left out of their cooperative assault. He could only curse under his breath, "A damn couple, that’s all they are!"
The two of them didn’t hear him. They were locked in the final moments of their battle with the weakened Yunxiao Main God, about to deliver the killing blow.
"Damn it, this pisses me off!" the God-Slayer roared. He raised his blade, Mo Ye, and beheaded the Yunxiao Main God just as the latter was about to summon his power a second time.
"HAHAHAHA!" The God-Slayer’s wild laughter echoed. All his pent-up frustration was released in that single moment. He had succeeded! He had beaten them to the kill, and the feeling was indescribably exhilarating.
The Great Wilderness Main God and Hua’e Fairy were utterly dejected. They had done all the work, crippling the Yunxiao Main God, only for the God-Slayer to swoop in and steal the kill with a single move. The bitter taste of that moment was almost identical to what the Red Sand Main God had just experienced. But the man was dead. What could they say? All their efforts had merely set the stage for the God-Slayer’s glory.
With that, the battle in the skies concluded. The Evil Divine Lineage had suffered a devastating blow. Not only were all their Main Gods wiped out, but even one of their Divine Monarchs had fallen. Such a catastrophic loss hadn’t been seen since the era of the Ancestor of Tianyuan. And the one leading this charge was merely a junior from a younger generation.
It had been a long time since they had felt such a cathartic, resounding victory. The once-unbeatable and arrogant Evil Divine Lineage was finally on the road to ruin.
The assembled Main Gods breathed a collective sigh of relief. This was survival against all odds. They had grown stronger in the face of annihilation and had successfully slaughtered the mighty Evil Divine Lineage.
As the sun began to set, the battle on the ground below was also reaching its final stages. The Red Sand Main God declared, "The battle between the higher-ups is decided. It’s time to end the war below as well!"
He began to gather his Red Sand Power, ready to reshape the battlefield, but Ye Fan stopped him. The Red Sand Main God immediately retracted his energy.
"An opportunity like this is rare," Ye Fan said. "Let them use it to temper themselves. More training means more growth!"
Hearing Ye Fan’s words, the other Main Gods understood.
Below, on the front lines, Mu Chen Dong and Wu Fa were fighting relentlessly, using the battle to hone their skills and gather the power needed to break through to the Divine General realm. Huang Ji, Su Qingxue, Heather, and the others were also launching their own fierce assaults. Who said women were inferior to men? On this battlefield, their heroic figures were a match for any man. After all, every one of them was a genius of this era. They had only been overshadowed by a monster like Ye Fan; otherwise, any one of them could have contended for the title of this era’s hegemon.
The Evil Divine Lineage was in full retreat. With their leaders dead, the lower-ranked forces stood no chance and were slaughtered even more miserably. By the time it was all over, the battlefield was littered with corpses.
"Exhilarating!" Mu Chen Dong shouted. "That was truly exhilarating!"
Wu Fa laughed in agreement. "That’s right! I wonder how many more chances we’ll get to fight in a battle of this scale. Every moment of fighting truly helps you grow!" These were their heartfelt sentiments.
The call to withdraw the troops sounded, shaking the world. All the Main Gods of the Evil Divine Lineage had been killed in battle, and even a mighty Divine Monarch had fallen. The Evil Gods’ power was drastically reduced. The Righteous Divine Lineage was on the rise, its former glory restored. Everyone knew that the Evil Gods could not last much longer. Soon, the Evil Divine Lineage would be nothing more than a legend. The challenge they had initiated had ended in their own utter defeat.
The Red Sand Main God laughed. "I thought this battle would drag on for two thousand years. I never imagined it would end so quickly. Junior Brother, you’ve truly forced us all to see you in a new light!"
The other Main Gods also looked at Ye Fan with joyous expressions.
Ye Fan replied, "In this war, if not for my senior brothers fighting so valiantly and buying me enough time to prepare, victory would have been impossible."
"Alright, alright, stop flattering each other," the Evil Punishment Main God interjected sullenly. "I’m filled with regret that I couldn’t personally take part in this war. What a pity." He was deeply frustrated. A severe injury had nearly killed him, preventing him from participating in the battle and witnessing this historic moment. But time could not be rewound; regret was useless.
At that moment, the Evil You Ancestor spoke up. "Don’t celebrate just yet. While we’ve achieved a temporary victory, they still have five Divine Monarchs. Those five are incredibly powerful. If they join forces, even I would have a difficult time killing them. The Evil Divine Lineage has stood in the Divine Domain for so many years; I suspect they still have some tricks up their sleeve." This was his primary concern.
The other Main Gods sobered, agreeing completely with his assessment. The Evil You Ancestor’s analysis was sound; the matter was far from over. Although the Evil Divine Lineage had been defeated, its foundation was still intact: they still had five Divine Monarchs. In contrast, on the side of the Righteous Gods, aside from the newly joined Evil You Ancestor, there wasn’t a single person who could stand against one of them.