On the battlefield.
Immortals and mortals alike stared in terror at the horrifying results Li Changsheng had wrought across the battlefield with the Great Dao of [Mortality Shedding]. Amid the ruins, scarred beyond recognition, lay nothing but steel and shell casings devoid of spiritual energy. The destroyed [War Puppets] crackled with sputtering electricity.
As the Child of Destiny, Su Chen had just destroyed a War Puppet. Clutching his shoulder, where a bullet had left a wound, he looked toward the place where Li Changsheng had vanished into the Heavenly Palace, still shuddering with fear.
"Is he even human?" Li Chuyuan stood beside Su Chen and swallowed hard. He had already worked unimaginably hard, thinking that with such effort, perhaps he could stand alongside the Azure Cloud Li Family's fourth generation. Yet Li Changsheng's appearance had utterly shattered that fantasy. Gritting his teeth, he said, "He still entered the Heavenly Palace. He... is finished."
Su Chen's expression was cold. "Li Changsheng... he had never made a move against anyone before. This time, he did."
He had once been in the Azure Cloud Li Family, so of course he knew Li Changsheng. In his memories, Li Changsheng had always been lying atop Old Tree. Thinking back now, that man, tormented by 'Human Emperor Blood' since childhood, had constantly fought against the Human Emperor Blood within him, whether on Old Tree's branches or in his wheelchair.
But Su Chen knew that the torment of flesh and mind had made Li Changsheng endure solitude amid extreme suffering, filling him with an obsessive need for control. Tianli Hall had become Li Changsheng's hidden blade. That venomous snake was ruthless in his methods, willing to do anything to achieve his ends. Who knew how many geniuses had fallen to his filthy schemes? It was as though