After releasing the suppression on his spiritual power, Chen Xinjie first stored Long Yuye's body in the storage ring on his right hand. Then he used his spiritual power to cover the entire Shrek City. His gaze lingered for a moment on the experts worth noting. His expression darkened.
It seemed it was already a bit late. Those people were all heading this way, especially after he had revealed his Divine Origin realm spiritual power.
Yu Guanzhi and the others also sensed that Huo Yuhao and his group's auras were rapidly approaching, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord Chen, stop now."
Yu Guanzhi said, trying to buy time. "Even with Divine Origin realm spiritual power, you cannot simultaneously deal with His Majesty Di Tian and the reincarnation of a first class god of the divine realm, the Fire God."
"A first class god's reincarnation?" Chen Xinjie's pupils contracted slightly.
"Yes." Yu Guanzhi caught the fluctuation in his expression and continued to pressure him. "Shrek's true god personally confirmed it. That next heir of the Spirit Transmission Tower is the reincarnation of the Fire God."
Confirming that Yu Guanzhi's expression was not feigned, Chen Xinjie's heart sank.
Earlier, he had sensed the appearance of divine level fluctuations here. It should have been Shrek's true god. After that, the other party seemed to have been blocked by a Federation expert and had not taken all of Shrek's people.
But in his previous view, the one doing the blocking had certainly not reached the divine level. He had only used some means to make the true god wary. If it was only that, if he wanted to leave, the other party could not stop him.
After all, he also had a trump card to briefly break through to the divine level.
As a member of the Sea God Family, descendants of those who had once guarded the Sea God's inheritance, their family possessed a divine weapon passed down through generations, the Sea God Helmet.
In the past, he had needed to use it, burning his life, to briefly possess divine level strength. But after obtaining enough Sea God Divine Persona Fragments, his cultivation had improved further. He could use the Sea God divine weapon to briefly fuse those fragments, resonating with them to activate a period of true god level power. Although this also had a price, it was much better than immediate death.
Moreover, in that state, his aura would resemble that of a deity with a divine seat, and he would not be subject to planar sanctions.
(In the original work's Abyss battle, there were four who temporarily reached the divine level. Only Gu Yuena was struck by lightning for breaking the limit to the divine level. But Guan Yue and Tang Wulin could both be explained. Only Chen Xinjie maintained the divine level for a long time without being sanctioned by the plane, with no explanation. So this is how it is set here.)
This was also why, when he saw Yun Ming break through earlier, he had only felt that the other had gotten ahead of him and was not too surprised. Having a similar trump card, he was not afraid of Yun Ming.
It was precisely because the power of the divine persona fragments seemed still able to be activated that the Demon Soul Great White Shark King felt Chen Xinjie could reshape the Sea God's divine seat.
And once reaching the divine level, only Di Tian and the former Yun Ming in Shrek City had the ability to pursue and block him. Although Yun Ming was still alive now, he was barely holding on to life. He had no combat ability, let alone the divine level. So only Di Tian could do it.
As for the others, even the suspected re cultivator Snow Empress could not.
Yes, although Chen Xinjie had only glanced at Snow Empress's battlefield once, he had also noticed that her spiritual power had reached the Divine Origin realm. Since even Di Tian had not been able to break through to the Divine Origin realm, yet Snow Empress had accomplished it, the only possibility he could think of was that Snow Empress had undergone re cultivation.
An eighty thousand year savage beast, second only to Di Tian in age, re cultivating. Her strength was probably not far from Di Tian's normal state. But as long as Snow Empress did not have the strange divine weapon in Di Tian's hands and could not heaven conceally secrets, she could not stop him.
After all, attacks below the divine level could not serve to block a true god. And if Snow Empress truly had the ability to briefly break through to the divine level, then without Chen Xinjie acting, the plane's suppression and lightning tribulation would stop her.
So although it seemed that many experts had gathered in Shrek City, the only one who could truly stop Chen Xinjie from leaving was Di Tian, who could rival a true god in a different way. No one below the true god level could stop him.
He just needed to find a way to shake off Di Tian, and Chen Xinjie could escape.
And doing that was not difficult. After all, he had already seen Di Tian's hand. His spiritual consciousness was strong, difficult for divine consciousness to harm. But without the wonderful effect of divine consciousness, he could not see certain things.
In the end, although there seemed to be many divine level experts here now, they were all crippled. Not a single one was a complete, fully sublimated divine level expert. Each had their own weaknesses.
Without a divine body, some environments require careful protection of oneself. Without divine power, the speed and distance of spatial travel could not match a true god's, making pursuit impossible. Without divine consciousness, some things requiring divine consciousness to discern could not be immediately identified. Those who could break the limit to the divine level had nothing to conceal heavenly secrets.
All had weaknesses. That meant they could be exploited.
This was also the source of Chen Xinjie's confidence. As long as he wanted to, he could escape.
Of course, this was before hearing about a first class god's reincarnation.
Now, it was troublesome.
"How could it be? A first class god?"
The Demon Soul Great White Shark King in the Sea of Spirit also had an unpleasant expression.
"The Sea God from twenty thousand years ago was also a first class god. If such a being has reincarnated on the Douluo Continent, Xinjie, you might."
"He definitely has not recovered to his peak. But we must also prepare for the worst."
Chen Xinjie's tone was low.
The unknown was the most dangerous.
His confidence had been built on the earlier battles already revealing the trump cards of many experts, while the Federation experts were unclear about him. But the trump card of a deity's reincarnation was something he had not seen and did not want to see.
Thoughts raced through his mind. Ultimately, Chen Xinjie made a decision beyond the ordinary person's understanding.
In the Sea of Spirit, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King sensed the disturbance and her expression changed drastically.
"What are you doing? Stop."
"My decision is made. Do not try to persuade me." Chen Xinjie's voice sounded in the Sea of Spirit, carrying an unquestionable resolve. "That is a first class god's reincarnation. Even if not yet fully recovered, his methods and foundations far surpass our imagination. To gamble that he cannot stop me? That is a risk I cannot take."
The Demon Soul Great White Shark King's consciousness transmitted anxious fluctuations. "But there are still many Federation experts here. Yu Guanzhi, Dong Zi'an, even Harossa. They are all pillars of the Federation. If you act freely and capture them, or attack what they must defend."
"Enough." Chen Xinjie interrupted her, his tone carrying a trace of weariness, yet with an untainted solemnity. "I, Chen Xinjie, have been in the Federation military for two hundred years. Even if I am now in a desperate situation, bearing heavy crimes, I will never stoop to using comrades as hostages in such a despicable coercion. This is my bottom line. This is also my final account to this uniform."
With that, he no longer communicated with the Demon Soul Great White Shark King. His attention was focused entirely on the outside world.
Chen Xinjie's gaze swept over the familiar figures on the shore, his eyes complex. But he quickly put it all aside and spoke loudly, "Today, I, Chen Xinjie, resign from the positions of Sea God Corps Commander and War Temple Master. All my actions from now on are for personal reasons. They have no further connection to the Federation, the War Temple, the Sea God Corps, or my family."
His voice spread like a tide, clearly reaching every expert present, and also reaching the distant auras rapidly approaching, even everyone outside Shrek City.
From this moment on, he was no longer the respected palace master and corps commander. He was only a "sinner" who had forgotten the public good for private feelings and broken his oath. He would face the coming battle and escape as "Chen Xinjie" the individual, greet the inevitable pursuit.
In this way, at least the War Temple and the Sea God Corps would not be cast into deeper shadow because of his actions today. Chen Xinjie had made it clear that he would not use his identity as a bargaining chip. It would also allow Yu Guanzhi and the others to have fewer positional concerns in the coming battle.
This also clearly showed his attitude.
He knew what he was doing. There was no need to be soft.
Seeing the determination on Chen Xinjie's face, Yu Guanzhi sighed quietly.
He had voluntarily resigned from all his positions, severed his public ties with his family and corps, and announced it throughout Shrek City. This was equivalent to personally stripping himself from the Federation's meritorious veteran system, defining himself as a personal defector.
In subsequent handling, the Federation could separate his influence from the Federation as a whole, avoiding the political stigma of "purging a meritorious faction." It also greatly reduced the risk of his old subordinates or family members conspiring or resisting in defense of Chen Xinjie.
The more practical benefit was that since Chen Xinjie had already self-exiled and taken on all the blame, the "legitimacy" of large-scale implicating his family and old subordinates was greatly reduced. Overreacting might instead provoke unnecessary sympathy and backlash, pushing forces that might have remained silent or wait and see to the opposite side.
Then, in consideration of Chen Xinjie's past merits and two hundred years of diligent service to the Federation, as long as those connected to him were not foolish enough to offend the Federation, the Federation could handle things leniently and would not settle accounts.
He was, after all, a general of the Federation, unlike Shrek. Having come to his senses, he had already paved the final retreat for his family, old subordinates, and the Federation.
The next moment, having prepared the way for what came after, Chen Xinjie moved. He did not break out in another direction. He charged directly at Yu Guanzhi.
Yu Guanzhi's expression changed. He wanted to raise his brush, but with a surge of powerful divine consciousness force, his movements instantly stiffened.
Chen Xinjie raised his palm. Azure light flashed. The blow landed, and Yu Guanzhi was sent flying backward, coughing blood.
A Divine Origin realm Near Divine was not something a Semi Divine could withstand. Under the former's full power, an ordinary Semi Divine would be dead or severely wounded.
But Chen Xinjie held back, for the sake of their past friendship.
At this moment, a long prepared sword blade rapidly cuts through space, striking at Chen Xinjie.
"Your speed is fast enough. But you are no match for me now. And you cannot stop me."
Chen Xinjie glanced at Harossa and snorted coldly. He easily dispelled the attack with spirit power and spiritual power. Then, using a spiritual shock, he disrupted Harossa's movements.
"Our debt will be settled in the future."
With that, he did not look back. He tore through space and charged toward Di Tian.
In another scenario, the Blazing Emperor, with divine power but without the Heavenly Saint Split Abyss Halberd, facing three Near Divines, was able to kill two and severely wound one at the cost of serious injury. Even in a fight to the death, it was clear that the combination of two Semi Divines and Harossa could not stop Chen Xinjie.
Dong Zi'an, who was a step behind, frowned.
"He wants to leave? But why is he going after the strongest, His Majesty Di Tian?"
Dong Zi'an did not understand, but that did not stop him and Harossa from pursuing.
Yu Guanzhi took a breath, suppressed his complex emotions, and his voice turned to the cold sternness of official business, spreading across the field. "Chen Xinjie has defected from the Federation, betrayed military orders. His words and actions have no further connection to the Federation. From this moment, all his positions, honors, and privileges are revoked. The Federation's highest warrant takes effect immediately. He must be apprehended."
At the same time, Huo Yuhao and the others who had arrived here also heard his words.
Seeing this, Yu Guanzhi's eyes lit up. He came before them. "Lord Fire God, Chen Xinjie has resigned from all his positions for old feelings and defected from the Federation. Please help the Federation apprehend him."
Huo Yuhao said, "..."
Being called "Lord Fire God" felt strange.
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao still nodded. His gaze turned to the direction Chen Xinjie had left, and he frowned.
He, Snow Empress, and Gu Yuena had not been idle before arriving. While preparing the materials for Electrolux's resurrection, they had positioned themselves at three points, along with Di Tian on the other side, forming a four directional encirclement.
They were not sure if Chen Xinjie wanted to leave, but they had to be prepared.
However, Chen Xinjie's reaction was strange. He would rather face the strongest Di Tian, who could rival a true god, than avoid them?
Could it be that Er Ming's World-shaking Wisdom was still in effect?
Hearing Yu Guanzhi's account, Huo Yuhao roughly guessed what had happened. He smiled helplessly and headed toward Di Tian with Snow Empress and the others.
Before they arrived, a thunderous roar shook the sky. Powerful divine power fluctuations made many people's expressions change.
Yu Guanzhi exclaimed in shock, "Chen Xinjie also has a trump card to break through to the divine level?"
In the past, Semi Divines were great experts of the Federation. But today, with so many divine level experts appearing, he really did not know what to say. If not for the Spirit Transmission Tower's thick foundation and the many divine level existences, today might have been.
Sigh. Too much to say.
After his shock, Yu Guanzhi was somewhat relieved.
Although Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie each had their own abstract qualities, at least their conduct was Openly.
Otherwise, in a divine level battle, many of the Federation's encirclement troops and experts outside would not even be able to withstand the aftermath. Taking these people as hostages, they could easily leave. The Federation could not bear such losses.
Yu Guanzhi took a deep breath and asked, "Everyone, Chen Xinjie has broken through to the divine level. Do you have confidence?"
"You have asked similar questions several times today, have you not, Your Majesty Divine Brush?"
Huo Yuhao smiled and teased. Seeing Yu Guanzhi's embarrassed expression, he continued, "We will do our best."
The difference between fighting to the death and running away was huge. Several experts of the same level might not be able to stop one of the same level who was determined to leave.
If Yun Ming had wanted to leave, Di Tian could not have stopped him.
Unlike when they had trapped Da Ming and Er Ming, the foundation supporting Da Ming and Er Ming's divine level was the small plane. The small plane was right there. Da Ming and Er Ming had nowhere to run.
If they abandoned the small plane and fled, without divine level strength, there would be many in the Federation who could stop them. They could at least definitely keep one of them. So A Yin dared not gamble. She chose to give up the Golden Tree to avoid disaster.
But at the true god level, the only ones present qualified to stop him were him, Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and Di Tian. And each had their own flaws. Whether they could stop him depended on the situation, and whether they should use certain trump cards here, exposed to the Holy Spirit Cult, which was likely watching the battlefield.
As for the others, they would be down in one hit, more or less.
Refer to the Divine Origin realm Gu Yuena, who shattered the Hades Sword and severely wounded Harossa with a single angry strike. At that time, Gu Yuena had not even broken the limit to the divine level.
Thinking of Hades Douluo, Huo Yuhao looked at Harossa on the battlefield ahead, his pointed sword at Chen Xinjie, and the corner of his eye twitched.
Hades Emperor, standing on the Federation's side, sword pointed at the Federation's defector, Hanhai Douluo Chen Xinjie.
This scene was quite absurd.
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