Zhang Yang suddenly vanished before their eyes, and everyone froze for a moment.
Then, the many Emperor Realm experts abruptly rose to their feet.
The other Emperor Dao Realm experts all retreated.
This had been agreed upon beforehand: Emperor Realm experts would join the battle, while Emperor Dao Realm experts would watch from behind.
Yet everyone quickly discovered a terrifying fact.
That crimson tide swept over everyone!
"Boom—"
All the Emperor Realm experts immediately unleashed their full strength, desperately resisting the crimson tide.
The many Emperor Dao Realm experts did the same.
The Sage Master, too, was submerged within the Crimson Tide.
While the others were still struggling to resist the Crimson Tide, the Sage Master saw the truth clearly.
This Crimson Tide had not come to kill them at all.
He sighed and said to everyone, "There is no need to resist. This has nothing to do with you!"
Everyone was stunned. What did he mean, it had nothing to do with them?
Yet they discovered that although every one of them was resisting with all their might, they could not stop it at all.
Despair filled their hearts.
Was this it?
They had been ready for a great battle, only for it to end like this?
Then everyone quickly realized that although they had been engulfed by the Crimson Tide, they had not died.
They could not help but look toward the Sage Master. What was happening?
When they looked at the Sage Master, they saw something flowing out from his body.
It was as though Vast Righteous Qi were leaking from him.
At that moment, the Sage Master stood tens of thousands of zhang tall. Countless books and characters circled around him, continuously colliding with that crimson power.
Amid the unceasing collisions, the Sage Master arrived at