Li Tianming believed in Ye Lingfeng!
So he was certain that in the next instant, the Emperor who had everything under control would suddenly twist in pain, collapse across the board, have his front broken through by him, and then be ground into dust!
Too many opponents had been slain by Li Tianming in just this way!
To be honest, the Emperor's cold, even somewhat arrogant gaze had made Li Tianming feel ten thousand kinds of discomfort all along.
"You will die!"
As those three words roared out, the sword-blade storm grew even more powerful.
Yet the Emperor had persisted until now, making Li Tianming suddenly sense that something was wrong.
Suddenly!!!
"Get out!"
Soulfiend's panicked scream came from within the Emperor's body. In that instant, Ye Lingfeng had already charged into the Emperor's sea of consciousness. His sword, forged from blazing fire and gathered hatred, was about to annihilate the Emperor's Four-Realm Emperor Soul—yet, against all expectation, he ran straight into Soulfiend, who was fleeing head-on!
"Retreat!"
Ye Lingfeng froze.
All his killing intent, all his boiling blood, seemed to freeze solid in that instant.
In that flash of lightning and flint, he glanced inside.
It was only a fleeting glimpse.
Yet he saw it with absolute clarity.
The Emperor's Four-Realm Emperor Soul wore a faint smile, looking at him with the gaze of one who held the reins behind the curtain—like a wily old elder watching an impulsive greenhorn.
"With just this much skill, you want to be my son-in-law? You are not worthy."
He said.
The Emperor himself was not terrifying. He was Ye Lingfeng's prey, and Ye Lingfeng had been confident that this Soul-Rending Slash could kill him!
But—
What chilled Ye Lingfeng's entire soul was that the Sun Emperor's soul now lay within an upright