"What—what?!" For the first time, the composure on the emperor's face broke, giving way to genuine shock.
Yu Lian was shocked too, of course. But as he looked at the emperor's incredulous face, he suddenly felt that this had made the whole trip worthwhile. He even forgot to be shocked.
So there was an even stronger player?
A new Void Lord? No, absolutely impossible! If an existence from such a higher dimension had really arrived, it wouldn't have done something so technically sophisticated!
The gravitational force was far beyond anything he could have imagined, and the timing was so ingenious it was astounding. It caught the emperor off guard and dragged him off balance. The space behind him rippled and split like water, revealing an unknown spatial passage!
The mighty emperor of the empire, master of this space, was being forcibly dragged into the distorted light and shadow.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How dare you, you rats!"
Blood-red spirit light surged over the emperor, as if it were seeping from his pores and between his cells, then crystallizing. It was a spirit-energy armament forged by the "Spirit Ruins Forge," just like the one Yu Lian was using now—and just like the one the emperor had worn in Dragonfall Palace before.
But this time, it was darker and more condensed.
High-dimensional spirit-energy armament was forming into an unshakable mountain around his body. Even facing a spatial maelstrom, he could not possibly lose control. He shouted, "This is my world! These are the laws I control, the world I rule, I am the one who—"
His furious cry abruptly cut off. Before the red crystal armament had spread over his entire body, Yu Lian had already raised his own halberd without a word and slammed it into the emperor's face.
The man was