The immortals, dead to the world, carried a huge iron pot and followed the newly appointed Forbidden Zone Master to intercept Chu Qing.
After deducing the route Chu Qing was bound to take, they moved ahead to block him.
The Forbidden Zone Master snapped his fingers. "Light the bonfire and set up the iron pot!"
"Let me see how much soup this great dragon can be stewed into."
The immortals in this sector had spoken with Chu Qing before. They had even knelt before him.
They knew how formidable Chu Qing was.
Seeing the newly appointed Sovereign act so arrogantly, someone kindly tried to persuade him.
"Lord Sovereign, this great dragon slaughtered its way out of Qingzhou. The one coming must be some terrifying existence."
"We people are no match for him at all."
"If we truly want to deal with him, we'll need to mobilize dozens of Emissary of Heaven legions before we have any hope."
The Forbidden Zone Master froze for a moment, then threw back his head and laughed. "No wonder not a single native from your sector dared compete for the position of Forbidden Zone Master, forcing an outsider like me to come serve as Sovereign."
"So it turns out you're all a bunch of cowards."
"No matter how powerful a human expert is, can he be stronger than me?"
"What terrifying existence? Is he more terrifying than I am?"
The many immortals nodded one after another.
The Forbidden Zone Master's expression darkened. "You really boost others' prestige while extinguishing your own spirit."
"You lot—utterly hopeless!"
"Get out of the way. He's merely a human expert who has broken a thousand times the speed of sound. Killing him will be as easy as turning over my hand!"
With a crash!
The immortals retreated dozens of miles.