"Die!"
Yang Zhenren spat out the word coldly.
In the next second, he raised the ruler in his hand and swung it towards Ying Chen from afar.
Rumble!
A colossal phantom of a ruler suddenly appeared beneath the night sky.
It seemed to have transformed into a bridge spanning across the sea, stretching for thousands of meters.
Figures of demon gods were instantly activated, standing tall on the bridge, looking down at Ying Chen with contempt.
The entire world seemed to buckle under the intense and heavy pressure, fluctuating and distorting.
Hu Daheng and Min Ziqiong's parents trembled under this pressure.
Thump!
Hu Daheng, already weak, couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed to the ground.
He had fainted!
Min Ziqiong's parents were slightly better, but not by much.
They huddled together, slumped on the ground like two quails seeking warmth in winter.
Yang Zhenren acted as if he hadn't seen Hu Daheng fall, showing no intention of stopping his swing.
The colossal ruler phantom descended mercilessly from the sky, its demon gods eager to devour Ying Chen at the first opportunity!
Ying Chen's head was completely obscured by the ruler, rendering the sky invisible.
Only the heavy aura cascaded down. Beneath this aura, the tiny Ying Chen was like an ant at the foot of a mountain!
Insignificant and fragile!
Finally, the ruler phantom descended completely, engulfing Ying Chen.
The demon gods on the ruler greedily opened their mouths and extended their claws.
They fought and tore, each wanting to claim Ying Chen's meal for themselves.
"Why bother? If you had cooperated earlier, would you have ended up like this?"
"Not only did you waste your life, but you also wasted one use of my Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang."
"Counting the previous uses, Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang now only has three uses left!"
"What a pity."
"Fortunately, I will soon obtain a brand new fragment of a magical artifact. I have already negotiated with that renowned master artifact refiner; he is willing to help me forge a new artifact that perfectly complements my life. Then I won't have to rely on Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang."
Yang Zhenren sighed.
He then glanced at the distant battlefield.
The ruler phantom was like a mountain range lying across the land, unmoving.
Beneath the mountain range, Ying Chen had long since disappeared.
It was unclear whether he had been crushed into a pulp by the ruler or completely devoured by the demon gods on it.
Regardless, Yang Zhenren no longer cared.
He was only concerned about the fragment of the magical artifact hidden by Ying Chen.
"I hope he left me some remains, otherwise, how will I find the artifact fragment?"
Yang Zhenren muttered to himself.
Then he raised the ruler.
He widened his eyes, searching intently, trying to find Ying Chen's corpse immediately.
To avoid it being completely swallowed by the demon gods.
But to his shock and disbelief, there was no corpse beneath the ruler, only a person!
A living person!
Ying Chen!
"Hi." Ying Chen waved at Yang Zhenren, looking relaxed and at ease.
It was as if the full force of Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang's attack had just given him a massage!
Not only was it not painful, but he also seemed to enjoy it!
"How about you do it again, please?" Ying Chen said.
Upon hearing this, Yang Zhenren was instantly enraged.
Without hesitation, he raised the Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang in his hand high again.
His internal energy surged wildly, and his killing intent boiled.
The demon gods on Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang seemed to come alive, roaring one after another.
Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang glowed crimson, as if flames had ignited on the ruler's surface!
Rumble!
This time, the ruler phantom that emerged from Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang was even larger than before!
The pressure was even more intense than before!
It was as if the heavens were collapsing and the Milky Way was falling, yet it reached the ground in the blink of an eye, lying across the land!
And Ying Chen was, as expected, once again crushed beneath the ruler phantom.
But this time, the force of the ruler phantom's descent shook the entire land!
Rumbling sounds echoed incessantly.
A strong shockwave emanated from underground to the surface. Min Ziqiong's parents, who had been barely holding on, were instantly struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood each and passing out!
They lay side by side with Hu Daheng, making one wonder if Yang Zhenren's target was the three of them, not Ying Chen.
"You should be dead this time, right?"
Yang Zhenren panted heavily, muttering.
This attack had consumed a considerable amount of his strength.
He had never unleashed his full power like this even in the most dangerous of times.
Yang Zhenren wanted to raise the ruler to check the situation, but remembering the scene from before, he decided to let it press down for a while longer.
However, while Yang Zhenren didn't want to raise the ruler, someone else lifted it for him!
The colossal ruler phantom, like a mountain range, slowly rose.
Beneath the ruler phantom was a figure stretching lazily.
"This time it was strong enough! I almost fell asleep from the comfort..."
It was none other than Ying Chen!
Ying Chen was still unharmed!
Still looking composed and calm!
Yang Zhenren's expression finally changed, and a flicker of panic appeared in his eyes.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation!
The first time he had encountered someone who had withstood two consecutive attacks from Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang and remained unharmed!
This completely surpassed his understanding and imagination!
"Who... who exactly are you?" Yang Zhenren asked, his voice trembling.
"Me..." Ying Chen's lips curved into a playful smile. "Aren't I the one who stole your artifact fragment?"
"Hurry up, I'm counting for you. Your ruler can be used two more times."
"Don't give up, try again! Maybe I'll be killed by you?"
Hearing Ying Chen's words, Yang Zhenren's face turned from red to pale.
In the next second, Yang Zhenren suddenly gritted his teeth.
His eyes became ferocious and violent.
"I don't care who you are! You must die today!"
"Borrowing power from heaven and earth, Jin Liang Jia Hai!"
The veins on Yang Zhenren's neck bulged, and his entire aura surged wildly, like a turbo-charged engine operating at maximum capacity, disregarding all cost and potential!
A ferocious and domineering aura instantly radiated from Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang.
A ruler phantom, more terrifying and colossal than before, half burning with flames and half rippling with seawater, descended from the sky and smashed towards Ying Chen!
The space between heaven and earth seemed to be torn apart by Yang Zhenren's desperate strike, with large amounts of turbulent airflow pouring in.
Before the ruler phantom even touched the ground, the ground itself began to collapse.
The colossal ruler phantom extended from the summit of Shouyang Mountain all the way to the sea below, stirring up monstrous waves on the sea surface, as if a tsunami had erupted!
And all of this was merely the residual wave of Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang. The true power of Jia Hai Chi Jin Liang was now concentrated in the central area, directly above Ying Chen!
The terrifying power that swept across the land enveloped Ying Chen.
It was like a ten-thousand-ton forging press operating at full power, solely focused on crushing a small, fragile glass ball!