Amidst the astonishment of the crowd in the viewing area, Ye Chen appeared once more in front of a one-star Sovereign-level Demon Polluted Beast. With a slash of Divine Light, he exterminated the beast on the spot.
On the light screen corresponding to Ye Chen, the total number of Demon Polluted Beasts he had slain had reached an impressive "thirteen."
Superior Realm of Demon Polluted Beasts.
Standing before the thirteenth beast's corpse, Ye Chen gently nodded.
"Finally completed this last selection task."
The Spirit Clan spectators did not know how Ye Chen managed to escape the encirclement of dozens of high-level Sovereign Demon Polluted Beasts, nor did they understand how Ye Chen could slay a beast every time he appeared.
They had no inkling that Ye Chen's success was due to the Changeable Divine Ability, the Great Divine Power corresponding to the "Taiyi Chapter," the fifth chapter of the Primordial Star Scripture.
Under the Great Divine Power of "Changeable," Ye Chen transformed instantly into a speck of dust, indistinguishable from real dust, such that even those high-level Sovereign Demon Polluted Beasts could not tell.
And with the gentle breeze, the transformed speck of dust representing Ye Chen smoothly escaped the encirclement of high-level Sovereign Demon Polluted Beasts.
Having evaded the high-level beast group's encirclement, Ye Chen did not immediately revert to human form.
He maintained his form as a speck of dust, flying around the Superior Realm of Demon Polluted Beasts.
Only upon discovering one-star and two-star Sovereign Demon Polluted Beasts that he could slay would he reveal himself and transform back to human form.
And each time he faced a one-star or two-star Sovereign Demon Polluted Beast, Ye Chen undoubtedly succeeded with every attempt.
Due to this, he smoothly completed the fourth selection task in one-tenth of the allotted time, slaying over ten Superior Realm Demon Polluted Beasts!
At this moment, having thoroughly completed the task, Ye Chen's mind could finally relax.
However, with the task's two hours not yet concluded, he could not leave directly.
Ye Chen contemplated, "These Demon Polluted Beasts are hazardous to the Spirit Clan and countless races throughout the universe. Since I'm here, I should slay as many as possible."
"Lest the number of Demon Polluted Beasts exceed limits in the future, threatening the Spirit Clan and other races!"
"With nine-tenths of the time remaining, let's continue slaughtering Demon Polluted Beasts. Even if I can only slay one-star or two-star Sovereigns now, reducing their future growth is worthwhile!"
With this thought, Ye Chen moved instantly, once more employing the "Changeable" ability to transform into a speck of dust, flying toward other places in search of Demon Polluted Beasts.
In the time that followed.
Having completed the extermination task, Ye Chen continued his relentless slaying of Demon Polluted Beasts.
With each one-star Sovereign and two-star Sovereign Demon Polluted Beast falling to Ye Chen, the number of Superior Realm Demon Polluted Beasts he had slain soared on the light screen.
After an hour passed, Ye Chen had astonishingly slain 169 Superior Realm Demon Polluted Beasts!
Meanwhile, none of the task selectors in the Mid Realm and Lower Realm had completed their respective tasks of slaying God King Level or Divine Venerable Demon Polluted Beasts!
Lacking the "Changeable" ability, even when attempting concealment methods, these selectors were discovered by the beasts before approaching them, resulting in sluggish progress.
Many selectors encircled by hordes of Demon Polluted Beasts found themselves unable to escape, let alone complete their tasks.
Three-quarters of an hour later, only about a hundred individuals in the Lower Realm had completed tasks, each slaying ten God King Level Demon Polluted Beasts, while in the Mid Realm, only one foreign Sovereign among three had succeeded in tracking the enigmatic Divine Venerable Demon Polluted Beast.
At this rate, with the selection time past two hours, if three to four hundred of the remaining selectors out of over three thousand from the previous rounds complete their tasks, it would be a blessing!
And now, Ye Chen's light screen showed that he had slaughtered over three hundred Sovereign Demon Polluted Beasts!
Surpassing the task's required number by tens of times!
Even more astonishing, in three-fourths of the allotted time, Ye Chen flew through nearly all regions of five Superior Realm areas, eliminating every one-star and two-star Sovereign Demon Polluted Beast encountered.
Currently, the entire five Superior Realm areas have not an inkling of a one-star or two-star Sovereign remaining, all swept clean by Ye Chen!
The remaining Demon Polluted Beasts in the five Superior Realm areas are all above two-star Sovereign level!
It was then that Ye Chen halted in the Superior Realm.
Ye Chen gazed at a four-star Sovereign Demon Polluted Beast lingering nearby, sighing internally, "Alas, my combat power is insufficient. Although the remaining Sovereign Demon Polluted Beasts can't harm me due to the Infusion of Divine Light from the Immaculate Body-Protecting Divine Skill, their realm is too high; even if left unchallenged, I can't slay them."
"If only my combat power were higher, then I could kill all these high-level Sovereigns, thoroughly cleaning the Superior Realm of Demon Polluted Beasts!"
With a quarter of the hour remaining, unable to continue slaying high-level beasts, Ye Chen naturally sighed.
Yet just as Ye Chen sighed.
Something unusual occurred.
Earlier, the golden Infusion of Divine Light exceeding Sovereign level protected him from harm by Demon Polluted Beasts.
But following Ye Chen's lament, he suddenly perceived that the superlative Infusion of Divine Light within him, originally received from the "Lord Yan" divine statue, began conveying a sensation—as though he only needed to channel it, transforming its defensive power to offensive, capable of aiding in slaying high-level Demon Polluted Beasts!
This change made Ye Chen suddenly shocked.
"Beyond Sovereign-level infusion divine light, can it transform from defense to attack? Can it help me slaughter demon polluted beasts?"
"Even if the infusion divine light left by the more powerful than Divine Master 'Lord Yan', specially designed to deal with demon polluted beasts, has never been heard of transforming from defense to attack!"
"Could it be because I'm receiving extraordinary infusion divine light, beyond Sovereign-level, unlike those God King Level, Divine Venerable, and Sovereign-level infusion divine light that can only defend?"
Ye Chen was completely puzzled.
However, being puzzled, there was no need to understand.
As long as he can slaughter the high-level Sovereign-level demon polluted beasts!
"Whether this strange sensation can truly work. Whether the infusion divine light beyond Sovereign-level can transform from defense to attack, helping me slaughter high-level demon polluted beasts!"
"Just try and you'll know!"
Thinking of this, Ye Chen looked again at the four-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast not far ahead, with no longer a sigh but filled with anticipation, his eyes bright.
Instantly, Ye Chen shot to the front of that four-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast.
Ye Chen's mind and spirit moved, the infusion divine light beyond Sovereign-level within him suddenly flashed out, turning into a golden light that enveloped Ye Chen entirely.
Ye Chen's mind and spirit moved again, something incredible happened.
The golden infusion divine light that could previously only be a passive defense, transformed directly from defense to attack in an instant.
On the golden defensive light shield, a divine light like a golden sharp sword appeared instantly, directly slashing towards that four-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast.
This golden sharp sword divine light touched the four-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast as if slashing through wood, easily reducing it to void!
Completely slaughtered it in the arena!
This slaughtering power was even easier than Ye Chen previously using other methods to slaughter one-star and two-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beasts!
After all, this is power beyond Sovereign-level, after transforming from defense to attack, the Sovereign-level demon polluted beasts stand no chance!
Wanting to kill, one move can completely slaughter!
Seeing the infusion divine light beyond Sovereign-level having such great utility, Ye Chen certainly wouldn't waste any more time.
Indeed, this time, he didn't need to specially find weaker one-star, two-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beasts to slaughter.
Whenever encountering demon polluted beasts, no matter the stage, no matter how many stars, as long as it's Sovereign-level, Ye Chen can use the infusion divine light beyond Sovereign-level to slaughter.
In an instant, Ye Chen had already flashed several hundred miles away.
There, only one six-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast existed, Ye Chen's hand holding the golden infusion divine light executed a slash, and this six-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast died instantly.
Next moment, Ye Chen moved again, several dozen miles away, another five-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beast was slaughtered.
Ye Chen was practically sweeping everything, encountering a demon polluted beast, slaughtering a demon polluted beast.
In less than a few dozen breaths, Ye Chen had completely cleared all the demon polluted beasts in one of the five superior realms!
However, just when there wasn't much time left till the task's completion of two hours, after Ye Chen had slaughtered several dozen demon polluted beasts, he suddenly discovered a mysterious cave at a place teeming with six-star Sovereign-level demon polluted beasts.
"Isn't this the realm specially left by 'Lord Yan' for demon polluted beasts? Why is there a cave?"
Ye Chen used Divine Sense to explore the cave below.
Upon probing, Ye Chen was suddenly astounded.
His Divine Sense could probe tens of thousands of miles of realm, yet this probe couldn't even reach the cave's bottom!
"What's beneath this mysterious cave?"
"Where does it lead?"
Ye Chen hesitated, pondering whether to go down and explore.