A white-robed figure towering ten thousand zhang high cast its indifferent gaze in their direction, instantly making everyone present feel as though they had nowhere to hide.
It was as if they had been thoroughly seen through, as though no secret could remain concealed beneath that gaze. Everyone's faces filled with terror.
They had come for the treasures in the first place. Now that the true owner had appeared, beyond their fearful reverence, they could not help feeling ashamed of themselves.
Someone seemed to be trying to bolster his own courage and muttered in an exceedingly hopeful tone:
"His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor is a hero of the Great Thousand World. He must have sensed the demonic aura around Lu Heng and awakened to slay demons and eliminate evil..."
Lu Heng merely sneered without speaking.
Boom!
A terrifying pressure swept over them. Boundless spiritual energy crushed down like a tidal sea, causing everyone present to suffocate. Then their pupils abruptly widened, as if they had witnessed something unimaginable.
The white-robed figure moved. Though as enormous as a towering mountain, it moved with lightning speed, flashing over in an instant.
Its massive hand clenched, and vast spiritual energy surged forth, gathering and dispersing into a Heavenly Emperor's Sword ten thousand zhang long.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With a slight movement of the Heavenly Emperor's Sword, violent gusts of sword wind tore through heaven and earth. Cracks split across the sky, revealing the endless black void beyond.
"Ah—"
Someone wailed, but the cry came to an abrupt halt moments later. Sword qi crisscrossed heaven and earth, vast and mighty enough to tear apart all creation.
Anyone brushed by that sword qi—whether a Supreme Expert, a Low-level Earth Supreme, or a High-level Earth Supreme—was instantly shredded into a mist of blood.
As the towering