"Wh-what?! Di Jun, the Heavenly Emperor of legend?!"
The remaining four stared in disbelief when they heard Di Jun's name.
They had been chosen from different worlds and brought to the Main God Space, but each of their worlds had legends of him. Now that legend stood before them, and their minds went blank.
The young man leading them spoke with a tremor in his voice. "Impossible... Isn't Heavenly Emperor Di Jun just a legend? How could he be in this world?!"
They exchanged glances and saw the same thought in one another's eyes.
Run! Run now! Use everything we have to escape!
But before they could think any further,
Di Jun extended a finger and pressed it gently toward the four of them.
That single finger of a Sage bore the blazing majesty of heaven. Like a giant crushing a few ants, it suppressed every scrap of power in their bodies. Everything around them seemed to empty, and all they could see was the descending finger.
"Senior! Please leave one alive for interrogation!"
The black-robed priest cried out in alarm, but Di Jun paid him no mind. He did not even glance at him.
"No—!"
The brief scream stopped dead. Three of them were crushed into nothingness, while the land for a million li around them split apart.
The burly man was left in the form of a soul. Sun True Fire burned around him, twisting his features into an agonized grimace.
"You insulted the Dao Lord. Atone by burning in Sun True Fire for a hundred thousand yuanhui!" With that, Di Jun swept the burly man's soul into his sleeve.
At the sight, the black-robed leader fell silent.
He opened his mouth as if to speak, then closed it again.
He knew that for such a terrifying being