Chapter 423: Chapter 291: Blood Flame Throne: The Celestial Demon’s Rebellion Suppresses the Immortal Soul (Part 1)

Atop the high-rise, Yi Beidou pushed off lightly from the twentieth-story rooftop. He landed with a thunderous boom, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The other Donghua Martial Artists sprang into action as well, rushing toward the battlefield in a blur of movement.

"Damn it, I can’t see anything!"

Liu Xue and Brother Yu snapped out of their shock. With Yi Beidou and the others gone from the rooftop, their current position no longer offered a clear view of the Donghua Group’s actions.

But in this situation, there was nothing they could do. Even if they moved to another building, there was no guarantee they’d find a better vantage point.

They were still too weak. The battles of "Deities" were truly not something mortals could hope to witness.

The agents from the other Secret Organizations, however, had an unobstructed view of the Donghua Group’s every move.

Their expressions were all grave. It seemed a disruptor had appeared.

The moment Yi Beidou landed, his senses immediately locked onto the Duke of Destruction and Destruction Heaven. From these two, he felt not only an immense aura and a powerful threat, but also an extremely peculiar sensation.

The Demon Flame burned in his eyes, allowing him to see through all falsehoods and clearly perceive the abnormalities on the two of them.

Within Destruction Heaven’s palms, two clusters of incredibly intense light throbbed. It wasn’t merely the glow of a magnetic field, but a powerful life-force fluctuation.

It felt as if he had grown an extra, miraculous organ.

Yi Beidou got the same feeling from the Duke of Destruction. Deep within the man’s abdomen, a terrifying fluctuation clearly resided.

This couldn’t help but remind him of the intelligence the God-Sealing Alliance had provided on the Sleepers.

’Possessing a special form distinct from normal life-forms.’

Previously, Yi Beidou hadn’t understood the meaning of this description, but now he was beginning to.

The two before him likely had similar traits. Even if they weren’t the legendary Sleepers, they were probably something very close.

He was quite eager to find out what made such figures so unique.

With a push of his foot, Yi Beidou charged toward the heart of the battlefield.

"Stop him! Don’t let him disrupt the situation!"

The voice of the Eye of the Sun echoed in the minds of the Illuminati members. At the same time, the colossal Celestial Eye in the sky cast its gaze downward, a distinct change glittering within its pupil.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Clusters of black light suddenly erupted around Yi Beidou, exploding like bombs and madly tearing at his Demon Flame.

This was an offensive Technique launched remotely by the Eye of the Sun through the Celestial Eye in the sky.

Sunspot.

However...

BOOM!!

Yi Beidou’s Demon Flame burned fiercely. The destructive power of the Sunspot technique could damage the outer flame and even threaten the inner flame, but it was unable to penetrate the core of the flame in the slightest.

At the core of the Demon Flame was the most condensed Magnetic Field Power, resembling amber glass and faintly revealing the shape of a throne.

The Eye of the Sun was certainly powerful, having condensed a horizontal eye on his brow, but he wasn’t physically present. He was far away, somewhere in the city. The Eye of Omniscience Technique was fundamentally for controlling the overall situation; its strengths lay in detection, concealment, and illusion—mostly support functions. Its direct combat capabilities were average.

Otherwise, the Eye of the Sun wouldn’t be an Ancient One; he’d be called a "Sleeper."

In his state of the Seventh Layer of Reverse Chaos, Yi Beidou was now difficult to affect with the Eye of the Sun’s various long-range methods. To stop him, they had to rely on the Illuminati members who were actually on site.

The Illuminati members understood the priorities. Once the battle with the Duke of Destruction was over, the situation would be settled. They truly could not let the Donghua People act recklessly at a time like this.

But the members of Secret Technique Heaven were no fools. They were at a disadvantage and needed a disruptor, so naturally, they did everything in their power to stall.

It seemed the Donghua Group was about to have a clear path forward.

「In a basement somewhere in Jun City.」

"How troublesome."

The Eye of the Sun muttered to himself as blood suddenly streamed from his mouth and nose, but the horizontal eye on his brow abruptly bloomed with a miraculous light.

He couldn’t affect Yi Beidou with the Eye of Omniscience, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t affect others in the city.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Sunspots exploded across the battlefield, briefly affecting the Ancient Ones from Secret Technique Heaven and allowing the Illuminati members fighting them to break away.

One after another, the Ancient Ones moved to intercept the Donghua Group.

CLACK CLACK CLACK!!

Zhou Qingchen’s expression sharpened. Her footwork shifted as she executed the Ascension Technique. Her entire body seemed to be made of jade-like glass, and as if embodying the Fallen Immortal’s Descent, the radiance around her grew even brighter. With each change in her steps, the magnetic field in the surrounding area roiled, suddenly kicking up a furious gale.

It wasn’t just a gale; the natural magnetic field around her was also agitated, seemingly transforming into sharp blades of wind.

She had summoned the Celestial Vault Gang Wind!!

This was the upgraded version of her Dustless Sword Step, a Technique called Celestial Spirit Sword Step.

In ancient times, there was the Gang Step: Treading Gang and Stepping on the Stars to Call the Wind and Summon the Rain.

Zhou Qingchen had integrated this mystical footwork, allowing her to summon the power of the Gang Wind for her own use.

She hadn’t used a similar Divine Power when she fought Yi Beidou before, because this particular Divine Power was one that harmed its user.

To summon the Gang Wind, one had to bear the damage of the Gang Wind oneself. It was a Magic that harmed the enemy and the user alike.

But now she was facing a true Ancient One. The lesson from the Pale Knight was still fresh in her mind, and she didn’t dare hold anything back.

First Layer!

Second Layer!

Third Layer!

...

The sky held Thirty-Three Layers of Gang Wind, and the Celestial Spirit Sword Step likewise had thirty-three realms. However, Zhou Qingchen could only reach the level equivalent to the number of tribulations she had passed.

In an instant, her Celestial Spirit Sword Step reached the Twelfth Layer. Her body was already nimble, but amidst the howling gale, she seemed to levitate in midair.