Wild laughter rang across the sky, its echoes rolling over the ruined Imperial Capital.
"Hahaha... You pack of mangy curs! So what if you ganged up on me? I still slaughtered you! Tell that Saint Sect I said thanks for his help!"
Before the laughter faded, while ripples still lingered in the Void, Li Yun's figure vanished completely from the world.
All that remained was the devastated White Emperor Manor, the shattered and sunken earth, the Imperial Capital's Seal torn to shreds, and the blood-soaked ash and stench of Saint Emperors still lingering in the sky.
Of the twenty-eight Saint Emperors who had surrounded him, thirteen had fallen in this battle. Their Daos had perished and their souls had been extinguished. Not even their bones remained, only fine ash from their imperial Daos scattering on the wind.
The fifteen surviving Saint Emperors were drenched in blood, their auras feeble and their faces deathly pale. They stared at the empty sky, with nowhere to vent their fury and frustration.
They had been about to win.
Who could have imagined that the arrival of a Saint Sect expert would make them lose focus for a single instant, giving that damned bastard Li Yun the chance to break through their encirclement and cut down thirteen of them in one stroke?
Their frustration and regret were beyond words.
At that very moment—
At the summit of the heavens, an overwhelming sacred might ripped through ten thousand feet of cloud!
A streak of pure white light crossed the star sea and descended through the air.
The newcomer wore flawless white robes that shimmered faintly with the light of an emperor's Dao. A five-clawed white dragon was embroidered across his chest. His expression was cold and detached, and a dense Dao Resonance far beyond that of