Suddenly, his eyes lit up as though he had recalled something, and his tone abruptly turned grave:
"Oh, right—this seat has never been in the habit of living under another's thumb. So... I'll have to ask you to come down here and speak."
Before his words had even faded, he had transformed into a streak of black light that tore through the sky, vanishing in an instant!
"Hm?!"
Great Emperor Qinghua's brows furrowed. Before he could grasp what Li Tian meant—
In the next instant, Li Tian's figure appeared three feet behind him!
A fist struck out!
Mana surged like a burst dam, and a heavy punch carrying the force of a thousand jun descended with a thunderous crash!
BOOM—!!!
A deafening explosion erupted, twisting and shattering even the air!
Great Emperor Qinghua, who had been suspended above the sea of clouds, vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
In his place, a bottomless crater had caved into the cracked, scorched earth before the East Heaven Gate!
The already battered East Heaven Gate trembled beneath the aftershock. Its eaves flew apart, its golden pillars collapsed, and it was once again ground into pieces!
"Human Race... how dare you!!!"
From the depths of the crater, an incomparably violent aura shot into the heavens!
That was right—Great Emperor Qinghua had been smashed straight into the earth's core by Li Tian's punch!
He could hardly remember when he had last been so utterly wretched.
It could even be said that, since the dawn of primordial chaos, since first stepping out of the chaos, he had never suffered such humiliation!
At this moment, only one thought remained in his mind: tear Li Tian to pieces!
"Tsk, go ahead and show me what you've got." Li Tian stood above the vault of