The moment those words were spoken.
Goosebumps exploded across Lu Chen's entire body.
"Your Excellency? You... you are..."
The handsome youth smiled, amusement flickering in his expression. "You've got plenty of tricks up your sleeve, kid. Why not take a guess at this one's origins?"
As soon as he spoke, the tall man and the burly man beside him also revealed enigmatic smiles.
Lu Chen took two steps back, pointed at the handsome youth, and said in utter disbelief, "C-could it be that you... aren't human?"
The handsome youth remained perfectly composed. "And then?"
Lu Chen sucked in a cold breath. "Don't tell me..."
He scrutinized the three men from head to toe. The longer he looked, the stranger they seemed. "You're some yellow weasels here to seek investiture, aren't you?"
The smiles on all three faces instantly froze.
"You little brat, what did you say?!"
The burly man glared furiously and barked.
Yet in the next moment, Lu Chen flashed a crafty grin and cupped his hands in salute. "May I ask which mighty figures of the Netherworld have descended? This junior offers you his respects."
"Heh, you really are a bold little brat." Great Emperor Fengdu did not hold it against him. He merely raised a hand lightly.
An invisible force instantly rippled outward, swallowing everything.
At that moment, if one looked down from above.
The vast Jiangdu City was frozen in an instant—humans, beasts, birds, and insects alike.
Even Ma Shilong, Yu Feng, and the others engaged in fierce battle nearby were no exception.
Lu Chen's pupils contracted sharply.
An extraordinarily strange sensation rose from the depths of his heart.
It was as though he had been completely severed from heaven and earth, like a lone boat helplessly tossing amid raging waves.
"Y-you truly are...?"
"Kid, why