Ye Xiwen had originally intended to test Di Ni's strength, but the moment they exchanged blows, he understood that he could gain no advantage against a fully formed Emperor Lord like Di Ni.
Everyone seemed somewhat able to accept this now. He was absurdly powerful—able to contend with an Emperor Lord-level expert without being instantly crushed to death. Throughout the ages, every such figure had shaken the ages with their name. The most famous was Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, one of the Three Sovereigns of the human race. When he had just achieved Dao Proofing and Becoming God, he had already escaped from an Emperor Lord's hands. Afterward, he soared forward by leaps and bounds, eventually proving his Dao and becoming an Emperor.
In that chaotic era, being ambushed by Emperor Lords had been a highly probable occurrence. Emperor Lords joining all manner of battles had not been particularly strange either. Its chaos far surpassed that of the present day.
That era had produced super geniuses one after another, to the point where even Emperor Lords had regarded them with immense apprehension and been forced to personally move to erase them.
Of course, few could escape from an Emperor Lord's hands. Yet the achievements of every person who did escape were beyond measure, and several of them ultimately became Emperor Lords.
It could be said that this had nearly become a standard by which one was judged.
Di Ni's expression was also extremely ugly. Though he had already highly estimated Ye Xiwen's combat strength, the fact that he still had not managed to kill Ye Xiwen thoroughly set the fury in his heart ablaze.
In his eyes, Ye Xiwen had become the largest cockroach in heaven and earth—impossible to kill no matter what, yet irritating to the extreme.
"Ye Xiwen, no