His words fell.
Li Xinge slowly raised his hand.
With that one simple motion.
The spiritual radiance surging throughout heaven and earth froze all at once.
Dozens of Demon Kings, dozens of Divine Mansion Realm cultivators, and the entire Chu Army stopped attacking as one.
Their gazes all fell on Li Xinge.
They knew.
The King of Chu was about to act in person.
Leaning on his cane, the Turtle Chancellor withdrew to one side.
His drooping eyelids slowly lifted, a keen light flickering in his eyes.
"Withdraw."
Hearing that single word, all the Demon Kings retreated without the slightest hesitation, withdrawing far into the distance.
Inside the city.
The emperor stared fixedly at Li Xinge.
A sudden trace of unease arose in his heart.
But he quickly snuffed it out.
Li Xinge was strong, but so what?
He had just said that even a Celestial Person could not break the formation.
Though that had been something of an exaggeration.
It was still enough to show how sturdy the City-Protecting Formation was.
High in the sky.
Between his brows.
A Golden Crow Mark suddenly lit up.
Its radiance was overwhelming.
So overwhelming that it eclipsed the great sun overhead.
"Screee!!!"
A clear, piercing cry rang out from the depths of his sea of consciousness, resounding through the nine heavens.
A Three-legged Golden Crow spread its wings and emerged from the mark.
When the Golden Crow first appeared, it measured only a few dozen feet.
But every beat of its wings sent its body swelling larger.
In the blink of an eye.
Its wings spanned tens of thousands of miles of sky.
With its appearance.
The temperature between heaven and earth instantly soared.
Even the void writhed violently, warped by the intense heat.
At the very moment the Golden Crow