The Vermilion Bird was wreathed in Southern Bright Flame that could burn all things to ash. Its wings spread wide enough to blot out the sky and sun, and it raised its head and let out a clear cry.
The Vermilion Bird's flames filled the sky and collided with the Emperor Dao aura, burning that stretch of sky crimson.
This Vermilion Bird was Jiang Fengming, the Holy Maiden of the previous generation of one of the four supreme ruling forces.
Her strength had likewise reached the limits of the Peak-Stage Grandmaster realm, making her one of the most outstanding prodigies on this layer.
In other places, darkness filled the sky, the River of Time surged, and Space Blades appeared. The prodigies from the various supreme ruling forces and even those at the level of the divine halls all used their own methods to resist the powerful Emperor Dao aura in the air.
Some summoned Golden Bodies nearly a thousand zhang tall and endured it with their tremendous qi and blood. Some unfurled their Supreme Domains and used the power of their domains to dispel the pressure. Others activated their Origin Divine Abilities, using profound divine power to contend with the Emperor Dao pressure.
The entire Second Layer of Emperor Fall Land was caught in an invisible struggle of strength.
Ordinarily, even a single wisp of Emperor Dao aura would be something that ordinary Great Grandmaster-level prodigies could not withstand.
Yet the Emperor Dao aura in the Second Layer of Emperor Fall Land was nowhere near a single wisp. It was an unknown fraction of one—perhaps one ten-millionth, or even one hundred-millionth.
Though its pressure remained terrifying, it had already been diluted to the extreme.
Only because of this could these monstrous martial artists barely resist it by relying on their