Buzz!
A tremendous sound wave rolled out, followed by a massive hand crashing down. The hand spanned tens of millions of zhang, descending like an entire sky.
The hand did not fall quickly, yet its terrifying might seemed to cast an immobilization spell, freezing the girl and her group where they stood. Unable to move, they could only watch as the hand descended, about to crush them to death alive.
At that moment, many people within Di Bie City cried out in alarm, but there was no time to stop it. They could only watch helplessly as the hand fell. Besides, even if they wanted to intervene, they likely could not.
All beneath an Emperor were ants. That was not merely empty talk. They were not even Quasi-Emperors; stopping it was utterly impossible.
Suddenly, the Nether Dragon Halberd in the girl's hand seemed to have received an immense provocation and challenge. It erupted with a humming cry as invisible Dao Might swept outward, as though a dreadful power had burst forth from within.
The Nether Dragon Halberd had truly been unsealed. This was the power it possessed upon unsealing. Its might was simply too terrifying, so it had remained sealed for long periods. Otherwise, once it erupted, even someone with the girl's cultivation would struggle to control it, and disaster would inevitably follow.
But this time was different. That descending hand was equivalent to an Emperor's attack. It was as though the Nether Dragon Halberd had encountered another's provocation; it awakened at once, becoming even more powerful and even more terrifying.
If the girl had wielded the Nether Dragon Halberd with such power earlier, she would not have needed to slash three times. A single strike would have reduced that old man, also a Peak Quasi-Emperor, to ashes in an