Faced with this terrifying pressure, first-tier cultivation forces could rely on their Tribulation Transcendence cultivators to withstand it. Second-tier cultivation forces, with their Mahayana cultivators, could block part of the pressure as well, preventing their own cultivators from being affected too severely. After all, while Zhongchuan Xian's power was terrifying, it was directed at the entire Imperial Capital and the countless cultivators beyond it, rather than at any one individual. Thus, Mahayana cultivators could still barely resist it.
But aside from those forces, cultivation factions below the second tier were not having such an easy time.
Fusion-stage cultivators simply could not withstand Zhongchuan Xian's pressure. Empowered by the fortune of the Nine Emperor Cauldron, the pressure became even more terrifying and oppressive, leaving many without even the thought of resistance.
"Your Majesty, it is not appropriate for you to force the cultivators of the Central River Continent like this," Lin An said calmly, yet beneath the gaze of countless people, he was the first to step forward.
Buzz!
White light erupted from the Eye of Creation between Lin An's brows. An aura of the Great Dao of heaven and earth spread outward, tearing apart Zhongchuan Xian's terrifying pressure and allowing the cultivators below the Fusion stage to catch their breath.
"Presumptuous! You are merely a Mahayana cultivator. What right do you have to question His Majesty's will? You even dare challenge His Majesty's authority! I will take you down first today!" The speaker was Elder Daofei of the imperial family. The instant his words fell, he reached out with his right hand and grabbed toward Lin An.
He was only a mere Mahayana cultivator. Before a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, he was nothing more than a slightly stronger ant, someone Daofei could crush with a wave of his hand.
Lin An