In the sky, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's colossal Demonic Flame God Statue, ten thousand zhang tall, was slowly raising its massive right fist, preparing to deliver the final blow to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members below.
A cruel smile hung at the corner of his mouth. Once this punch fell, no living member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would remain upon these ruins.
However, at the very instant his fist was about to fall—
A hunched figure appeared in front of him without the slightest warning!
Compared to the ten-thousand-zhang Demonic Flame God Statue, that figure was as tiny as an ant.
Yet the appearance of this ant made the Demonic Flame God Statue's descending fist abruptly stagnate in midair!
"Hmm?"
The Demonic Flame God Statue's enormous eyes suddenly shrank!
He lowered his head and looked toward the hunched figure blocking his path.
It was an old man, one whose entire body exuded dense Death Qi, as though he might breathe his last at any moment.
Yet just such a person had actually appeared before him without a sound or trace, and had even kept him from sensing it in advance!
This old fellow... was not simple!
The old man slowly lifted his head, his deeply sunken eyes meeting the Demonic Flame God Statue's huge flaming eyes.
His gaze was cloudy and dim, as though it held no focus at all. But under that gaze, the Demonic Flame God Statue felt an indescribable pressure.
"How many years... has this old man been asleep?"
The old man's voice was hoarse and low, like two rusted iron plates scraping together, unpleasant to the extreme, yet carrying a desolation that made one's heart palpitate.
"I never expected that when I awoke, I would see someone bullying the juniors of my