Clang!
The Abyssal Sage King's fury surged. The Sky Saint Rift Halberd in his hand swept out in an instant, and the sky erupted with the clash of weapons and charging cavalry. A fierce halberd radiance tore through space and shot straight at Ghost Emperor.
To be provoked by an ant he regarded as nothing more than a lackey was simply a blatant insult to his authority.
Yet just as the halberd radiance was about to rip Ghost Emperor's body apart, a vast blue light abruptly emerged, transforming with a boom into an azure barrier. The boundless intent within it became a vast ocean, and countless torrents of seawater gushed forth, drowning half the sky.
After the fierce halberd radiance crashed into the seawater, it still cleaved everything before it apart. Countless surging waves churned violently on either side, but the radiance itself was gradually worn away.
In that brief delay, Ghost Emperor had already fled the Abyss frontlines with the members of the Holy Spirit Cult, heading farther away.
"Very good. But as you humans say, you may evade the first day, but can you evade the fifteenth?"
Watching Ghost Emperor and the others depart, the Abyssal Sage King's eyes brimmed with killing intent, and he sneered disdainfully inwardly.
"Demon Empress, do you see it? This is the Holy Spirit Cult you thought was united and loyal to you. How ironic."
Though his Abyss Plane had produced a traitor like Ba Emperor, he believed that the other Abyss Kings remained loyal to him. They had even offered up their lives for him during the previous two invasions.
He had never intended to spare Ghost Emperor and those Holy Spirit Cult followers in the first place. Now that they had betrayed him, he would have no need to hesitate when