"These human slave vermin aren't getting away!"
The Azureflame Ancient Imperial Heir gripped the Heavenly Flame Spear, the power of a million-strong army formation surging through him. His body swelled into a black-armored giant hundreds of yards tall. Like a giant who had split open the heavens wielding a pillar of chaos, he hammered the Nine Spirits Domain formation before him again and again. The earth shook, mountains trembled, and space collapsed without end. His might was terrifying.
His eyes were bloodred, his face twisted as though he had met a mortal enemy.
"Azureflame, watch your attacks!"
A rebuke rang out nearby.
It came from a giant hundreds of yards tall, shrouded in boundless darkness. Dark runes of the Order of Force spread around him. They were innate, not granted by Yama Hell's Equality King Yin-Yang Reversal Formation. His aura far surpassed that of the other Ancient Imperial Heirs.
"Netherheaven..."
The Azureflame Ancient Imperial Heir's gaze sharpened. He had no choice but to shake off some of his frenzy.
The Netherheaven Ancient Imperial Heir!
He was the Nethervoid Ancient Emperor's own son, a direct descendant of the Emperor—an Ancient Imperial Prince!
In truth, all nine Ancient Emperors of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan carried the Emperor's bloodline, and none had a closer claim by kinship. The Nethervoid Ancient Emperor and the Netherheaven Ancient Imperial Heir possessed strength far beyond the other Ancient Emperors and Ancient Imperial Heirs entirely because of their outstanding talent, their bloodlines' reversion to their ancestor, and the tempering of countless brutal battles.
After the Emperor revived, the Netherheaven Ancient Imperial Heir was crowned the Imperial Clan's Ancient Imperial Prince.
That meant the Emperor had recognized Mingtian and believed he had a greater chance of becoming an Emperor.
Why, then, had the Azureflame Ancient Imperial Heir not