The Night Emperor naturally knew how formidable Ye Xiwen was. Ye Xiwen had previously slain two figures at the level of the Ten Great Emperor Lords in succession.
But he still did not believe Ye Xiwen could utterly crush him. He did not need to do much—he only needed to hold Ye Xiwen back. Once the Lightning Emperor killed the Battle Emperor, Ye Xiwen would die all the same.
To enlist the Lightning Emperor, he had no idea how great a price he had paid. Naturally, he had immense confidence in the Lightning Emperor.
"Hmph, a frog at the bottom of a well!"
Ye Xiwen snorted coldly. "What a nuisance. If I weren't afraid you'd run, I'd have gone to kill the Lightning Emperor first. At this moment, only he is worthy of being my opponent!"
"Arrogant fool!"
Seeing that Ye Xiwen did not take him seriously at all, the Night Emperor could not help flying into a rage. Ordinarily, he would never have been angered by such words. But Ye Xiwen was different. What had once been an ant he could crush beneath his feet at any time now wished to stand above him—how could he possibly accept that?
A dark radiance flickered in his hand. Yes, a dark radiance. The heavens were filled with that glow. He had cultivated the laws of darkness to the utmost extreme, allowing darkness to give birth to radiance. The aura of night surged forth like a raging tide.
There were tens of millions of these laws of darkness. They swept up completely, transforming into a heaven-shaking giant that descended upon Ye Xiwen.
The Night Emperor attacked swiftly, but Ye Xiwen was even faster. In the span of an instant, he struck after yet arrived first.
At some unknown time, a streak of