The Nine Heavens Alliance was too powerful for the Great Flame Dynasty to contend with alone.
Thus, faced with this Celestial Immortal ancestor of the Ji Family, Lin Fei had no choice but to give ground.
He wanted to adopt a "neutral" stance to avoid a direct clash with the Nine Heavens Alliance.
But the Ji Family's Celestial Immortal ancestor took his words to mean that the Great Flame Dynasty lacked strength and wanted to hide like a turtle with its head tucked into its shell.
Over the years.
The spies the Ji Family had planted on the Southern Heaven Continent had long since uncovered the full extent of the Great Flame Dynasty's strength.
In the Ji Family ancestor's eyes, the Ji Family alone had enough power to wipe out the Great Flame Dynasty.
That was why he dared to act with such overbearing arrogance.
"Hmph, coexist peacefully?"
"Don't think I can do nothing to you just because you refuse to leave your city-protecting formation."
The Ji Family ancestor's Celestial Immortal Avatar waved a hand and tore open a spatial rift.
At the other end of the spatial rift lay a mortal city.
Black Obsidian City.
It was the closest city to Heavenly Capital City, named for its abundant deposits of black obsidian.
He reached into the spatial rift, and a massive hand appeared above Black Obsidian City.
That enormous hand held tremendous divine power. Countless mortals were swept up by spatial force as buildings toppled and collapsed into rubble, all of it gathered into his palm.
Countless mortals panicked, wailing and screaming.
In mere moments, over a million people vanished.
The entire Black Obsidian City was reduced to ruins as well.
"Flame Emperor brat, if you keep hiding inside your city, I'll slaughter every city within the Great Flame