Battle Emperor felt as though his entire worldview was about to collapse. He had once vaguely felt that none beneath heaven could rival him—the heavens were first, the earth second, and beneath the Celestial Venerables, only he mattered.
Yet now, he felt as if he had been slapped in the face again and again. First Lightning Emperor, then Ye Xiwen, and now this Hunyuan Emperor Lord—each one was more terrifying than the last, each one more utterly shattered his understanding of the world.
He suddenly felt somewhat old. This world truly seemed as though it no longer belonged to him.
At that moment, the clash between the two sides had just ended. Ye Xiwen stood rooted like an ancient tree, as if he had taken root in the earth itself, utterly motionless. With a raised hand, he blocked Hunyuan Emperor Lord's kick.
A cold smile flickered across his lips. "Hunyuan Emperor Lord, do you really think I am still that junior you hunted down so many years ago?"
A trace of astonishment appeared on Hunyuan Emperor Lord's face. Though he believed he had already thought highly of Ye Xiwen, he had still underestimated his strength.
"If your true body were here, perhaps I would have to avoid your edge. But you are merely an avatar, and you wish to kill me?" Ye Xiwen continued.
After their exchange just now, he was one hundred percent certain that even Hunyuan Emperor Lord was merely an incarnation. It was simply that this incarnation was exceptionally powerful. Though it had not reached the Celestial Venerable Realm, it completely surpassed ordinary Emperor Lords.
Yet not reaching the Celestial Venerable Realm meant not reaching it, after all. Once they fought, the difference was absolute. Ye Xiwen could clearly sense that.
Ye Xiwen's words stirred an uproar