Xiao Xuan and Gongsun Lin exchanged a glance, each seeing the gravity in the other's eyes. Even if they joined forces, a Half Emperor's attack would inflict no small amount of suffering if they were even slightly careless.
Without a word, the two rose into the air in tacit understanding, facing the Meteor Arrow descending from the heavens. Energy within a thousand-mile radius began to surge, continuously converging toward them and forming an Energy Tide that spread across the entire sky.
Hun Tiandi flashed above the sea of magma and snorted as he watched the two strong individuals deal with the Half Emperor's attack. The Ancient Jade in his hand suddenly shot out a dazzling Light Pillar, which swept down from the sky and struck the ancient Stone Gate within the magma.
"Boom!"
As the Light Pillar descended, the ancient gate that had remained sealed for ten thousand years suddenly began to slowly wriggle. Fine cracks emerged across it.
"Emperor Extreme Sword!"
"Mysterious Flame Palm!"
Two fierce shouts echoed across the battlefield as Gongsun Lin and Xiao Xuan unleashed their most powerful killing moves.
The Meteor Arrow, flame palm, Heaven-Piercing Giant Sword, and slowly opening Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion—in an instant, the entire battlefield was shrouded by four strange phenomena. The earth-shaking tremors made everyone's bodies sway, forcing them to halt their slaughter as horror filled their eyes.
Yet, as the towering Stone Gate slowly opened to both sides with a creaking sound, an Ancient Aura suddenly surged out from behind it. Everything was suppressed into stillness for an instant by that aura before being blasted away. Even the arrows, sword shadows, and palm imprints in the sky abruptly froze under its influence.
The might of a Dou Di, after ten thousand years, once again revealed its terror that stood