"You think too highly of yourself," Qianhuan Ying sneered.
"Stop now, while you still can," Qianhuan Qing said coldly. "The Myriad Realms Eternal Empire didn't order any of this, but the Lifeless Thousand Illusions Sect is its subordinate. If you dare touch us, you'll bring disaster down on your head!"
"And what if I refuse?" Li Tianming sneered.
"Then you can wait to die!" Qianhuan Linyi said coldly.
They seemed certain Li Tianming wouldn't dare kill them. One after another, they clamored for him to release them and back down.
Some even went so far as to demand that Li Tianming kowtow and confess his crimes.
Yet Li Tianming laughed at the sight.
His laughter baffled Qianhuan Linyi and the others even more, and voices rose from among them.
"You're at death's door, and you can still laugh?"
"Once a major figure steps into this fight, they'll have ten thousand ways to destroy your sect!"
"Enjoy your arrogance while you can. Let's see if you can keep it up when calamity strikes your sect and you can't even save yourself!"
They were all powerful cultivators, yet faced with Li Tianming, they sounded almost like a noisy crowd.
Whatever they had to rely on, they clearly weren't entirely at ease.
Li Tianming ignored them and asked Silver Dust with a smile, "Is Little Fish almost here?"
"Almost. But Little Nine needs to act," Silver Dust said.
"What a bother. I'm on it!" Little Nine said impatiently.
Hiss—!!
As soon as she spoke, a rift seemed to split open in the boundless Dark Universe!
The space shrouded in Dark Energy was torn apart by force, black mist swirling within the rupture.
Beyond it shone the brilliant stars of the outside world, making the Dark Universe seem all the more oppressive and terrifying.