Between heaven and earth, silence reigned. Everyone involuntarily stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky, their eyes wide.
High above, three towering figures, each ten thousand zhang tall and wreathed in baleful energy, held their attacking poses. Endless baleful energy, beams of light, and ripples of force surged toward Lan Guanzhu, unleashing terrifying waves of power.
But now, all that baleful energy, those beams of light and ripples of force—including the three Evil Emperors—had frozen in place, like a three-dimensional painting suspended in the sky.
Everyone was horrified. Even the ten other Evil Emperors on the Evil Clan's side were visibly shaken.
The fluctuations of the sacred laws radiating across heaven and earth were so vast that they all wondered which ancient Human Saint had made a move.
On the Human Clan's side, everyone jolted before erupting with excitement. Had reinforcements arrived? Which border pass had they come from? Which ancient Saint?
Lan Yuxiang stared up at the sky, his gaze full of shock. But once the shock subsided, confusion crept in. He had heard of most of the ancient Saints on the Human Clan's side, yet none seemed to possess spatial divine abilities powerful enough to suppress three Evil Emperors at once. Had an ancient Saint just broken through? Or was this a newly ascended Great Sage from some Holy Land?
As soon as those thoughts arose, he dismissed them. An ancient Saint's breakthrough would cause an extraordinary celestial phenomenon; there was no way no one would have heard about it. And a newly ascended Great Sage was even less likely. Reaching the peak of the Saint Venerable realm was already incredibly difficult, and even a Great Sage couldn't defy heaven by sealing three Evil Emperors whose strength rivaled that of peak Saint Venerables.
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