In the blink of an eye.
Dozens of experts halted thirty meters above the Tianwu Great Hall plaza, looking down from on high. The overwhelming aura they exuded blanketed the entire square before Tianwu Great Hall and nearly two hundred thousand Celestial Martial Sect disciples.
At once.
Other than Li Yun and Chen Jiuxu, everyone felt a terrifying pressure, as though the heavens were collapsing.
"Night Emperor..."
The moment Chen Jiuxu saw who had come, his expression turned grim.
His eyes faintly reddened.
It truly felt like enemies meeting, their eyes blazing red with hatred.
Yet Chen Jiuxu did not act rashly.
Because he had long known that he was not today's protagonist.
"Hehe, Chen Jiuxu, didn't expect this, did you?"
"You didn't expect us to arrive so quickly, did you? Even if you had, it would have been useless, because none of you can escape. This was decreed long ago. The moment Li Yun appeared, he had to die. You had to die too. And the Celestial Martial Sect had to be destroyed!"
"By you?"
Chen Jiuxu snorted coldly. "You are not worthy of destroying my Celestial Martial Sect!"
"Oh? You're awfully tough today... Looks like Li Yun's return has given you tremendous courage..."
Night Emperor smiled disdainfully, his gaze abruptly falling on Li Yun.
"Li Yun, Li Yun. I truly never expected that a minor mistake several months ago—not decisively killing you and letting you escape Eastern Cloud Prefecture—would allow you to thrive so spectacularly in the Cracked Heaven Dynasty."
"At such a young age, you became a Heavenly Human Supreme, and even the Holy Son of White Emperor City... You even latched onto Bai Youruo, a Divine Martial Realm expert of the White Emperor Family."
"I almost thought I would never be able to kill you in