The domineering, invisible Blade Intent pressed down so hard that even the crimson flames wreathing the Burning Sea Lord surged violently.
His eyes locked onto the black-robed, middle-aged man who stepped out with a saber in hand.
After a brief moment of astonishment, the Burning Sea Lord burst into wild laughter.
"So it's you, brat! I was wondering who it could be!"
The Burning Sea Lord's gaze brimmed with undisguised contempt and mockery for Zhao Wujiu.
"Zhao Wujiu, you were once nothing but a rogue cultivator wagging your tail and begging for scraps in this world. You only stumbled into the Divine Mansion Realm by becoming Li Xinge's dog."
"What? You've only been the Li Family's watchdog for a few days, and you already think you're somebody?"
Zhao Wujiu heard him out.
He showed no anger.
Instead, he said calmly, "Being the Lord's dog is my honor."
The smile on the Burning Sea Lord's face froze for a moment.
But he quickly gave a cold snort.
"Zhao Wujiu, open those dog eyes of yours and take a good look!"
He pointed behind him at the Four Seas Alliance's spirit vessels and warships that blotted out the sky, and the towering columns of Divine Mansion Realm blood energy that pierced heaven and earth like signal smoke.
"Fourteen Divine Mansion Realm experts! An army of tens of millions!"
"The Four Seas Alliance has come out in full force! Never mind a mere brat like you who has only just reached the early-stage Divine Mansion Realm—even if your master Li Xinge came today, he couldn't hold Jade Prefecture!"
Amplified by his formidable spiritual power, the Burning Sea Lord's voice rolled like heavenly thunder across the land, hammering at everyone's hearts.
"Surely you don't think Li Xinge can still come to save you?"
"How