Chapter 1968: War Spirits

Ye Yuan felt a slight chill in his heart; this should be a Heavenly Emperor from the Jian family.

The Jian family was truly formidable, actually using a Heavenly Emperor to guard the Ancient God Battlefield.

Xuanji Heavenly Emperor had lived for far too long, and his descendants had also lived for far too long.

With his fortune, the Jian family likely had no small number of Heavenly Emperors.

This clan was too terrifying.

Ye Yuan even had a feeling that the Jian family might be the number one clan in the Tongtian Realm.

As Ye Yuan pondered, that voice continued to echo faintly, shaking the soul.

"The ground you stand on was opened up by Ancestor Xuanji with his great divine power, and it is the only safe place on this Ancient God Battlefield. The battle between those two just now was not an illusion either..."

This Heavenly Emperor spoke at length, detailing the dangers of the Ancient God Battlefield.

It turned out that countless powerful beings had fallen on the Ancient God Battlefield.

Before their deaths, a breath of unwillingness in their chests traversed the river of history, occasionally drawing upon the world's spiritual energy to transform into images of their former selves and once again battle their opponents.

The two figures just now were the battle scenes of two Heavenly Emperors from their lifetimes.

Though such battles could not compare to the earth-shattering conflicts of their prime, they could still cause powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.

Those energy fluctuations were real!

Once caught in that spiritual energy, one would die without knowing how.

As soon as Ye Yuan entered, he sensed a mysterious energy fluctuation around him, like a protective barrier.

Thus, when those two experts fought, he did not react.

He believed that those who had not moved were like him, having sensed this fluctuation.

These people had a profound understanding of the Heavenly Dao and were not easy to deal with.

Ye Yuan had already secretly memorized the faces of these people; if he encountered them again, he would be careful.

Of course, there was also this Liu Yi.

After hearing the Heavenly Emperor's words, everyone's faces turned grim.

This Ancient God Battlefield was too dangerous!

"Now, you may begin to seek your own fortunes. You can act collectively or individually. Of course, this Emperor suggests you act collectively, as the chances of obtaining treasures are greater. You have three years. After three years, this barrier will disappear, and you will remain here for ten thousand years. However, if you are afraid, you can stay within this barrier until the passage closes."

With that, the voice vanished, as if it had never existed.

These chosen ones began to form alliances.

Of course, these people came from different great imperial capitals, and most formed alliances based on their imperial capitals.

Song Yu returned to his confident demeanor and said, "Everyone, do you plan to act alone or come with me? But let me make it clear: if we go together, you must follow my orders. If anyone wavers, I will kill them without mercy!"

Song Yu's gaze swept over them, his face full of authority.

He naturally had the right to say this; his strength at the True God Triple Heaven level stood out among the Jiyun Imperial Capital.

"Hey, who do you think you are? I am also a chosen one. Why should I follow you? Farewell!"

"No need, I plan to act alone!"

...

Just then, a commotion broke out not far away.

Clearly, these people did not want to follow the main group but intended to act alone.

Acting alone was dangerous, but any fortune gained would be entirely one's own.

With many people, there would inevitably be disputes, and it was uncertain who would come out on top.

One could say there were pros and cons to both.

Everyone here was a chosen one, the pillars of their respective imperial capitals. How could they be willing to be subordinate?

Thus, some directly took their leave.

The protective barrier was not large, and those few quickly stepped out of its range.

With a few taking the lead, more and more people decided to go it alone.

Several figures gradually moved away, when suddenly the situation changed.

Outside the barrier, illusory figures began to coalesce.

A surging killing intent, nearly materialized, pierced through the protective barrier, causing everyone's hearts to race.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

...

Outside the barrier, the clamor of battle shook the heavens. The first few chosen ones who had left were quickly surrounded.

Everyone's expressions changed as they watched in horror.

"This... are these the war spirits the Heavenly Emperor mentioned?"

Earlier, that Heavenly Emperor had said that war spirits were everywhere on the Ancient God Battlefield.

The strength of war spirits ranged from the Divine God realm to the Heavenly Venerate realm.

These war spirits were formed from fragments of the souls of powerful beings from countless years ago.

The environment of the Ancient God Battlefield was very special; those soul fragments could not enter reincarnation and could only drift through the world, eventually forming new spiritual entities.

After so many years of evolution, their strength had become extremely fearsome.

Powerful war spirits could even reach the Heavenly Venerate realm.

However, such war spirits were very rare.

The war spirits outside now were mostly at the Divine God realm.

The important thing was that there were too many of them!

Those few chosen ones were quite strong, most at the True God Double Heaven level.

Otherwise, they would not have dared to go out alone.

They were strong, but they could not withstand the sheer number of war spirits.

"Not good, there are True God realm existences among these war spirits!" someone suddenly exclaimed.

Indeed, those chosen ones each encountered opponents and were soon entangled by True God realm war spirits.

These war spirits were extremely ferocious and utterly fearless of death.

With the True God realm war spirits holding them back, the Divine God realm war spirits could play their part.

Even if their attacks caused only a tiny bit of damage, the accumulation would be terrifying.

As a result, under everyone's gaze, those chosen ones were hacked to pieces by the war spirits.

Inside the barrier, the chosen ones turned pale, frightened by the scene.

The war spirits were extremely murderous, seemingly knowing only slaughter, completely unreasonable!

Those who had planned to act alone silently retreated.

This scene made them deeply realize the danger of the Ancient God Battlefield.

Song Yu, however, sneered and said, "Well, does anyone still want to act alone now? You can go; I won't stop you."

The others fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Guo Jingyang spoke up, "I'll join!"

"I'll join too!"

...

They were not fools; submitting to someone was better than losing their lives.

Song Yu chuckled and said, "You can join, but let's get this straight: I take fifty percent of all treasures obtained!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed.

Guo Jingyang frowned and said, "Song Yu, aren't you being too greedy?"

Song Yu smiled faintly and said, "Greedy? Earlier, when I suggested you join, you all had your own agendas. Now that you see danger, you want to seek my protection. Since when is the world so generous?"