Fang Yun had fought multiple Emperor Realm foes before, but none of those encounters had truly been battles to the death.
Emperor Langtuo had only recently advanced, while the Bear Effigy Emperor had remained suspicious throughout and never exerted himself. Elephant Kui Emperor had been gravely wounded before he could even unleash his full strength. As for those three Emperor Realm foes who could not use their blood energy at sea, they hardly bore mentioning.
This Bull Emperor Ancient Corpse was different. His skin looked as though it had been cast from black iron, and corpse qi burned around his entire body. Surging waves of his aura became tangible force that poured outward like rivers bursting their banks, battering everything in every direction.
The eyes could not see this force, but divine sense could. From where the Bull Emperor Ancient Corpse stood, white power flowed outward like river water, blanketing heaven and earth in an endless torrent. This was the Emperor River.
Fang Yun and the other three felt as though vast currents were constantly battering their bodies, piercing through the power of all their protective war poetry.
Fang Yun fared somewhat better. The Tortoise Armor Battle Body he wore could block this force. Even at its center, he remained entirely unaffected.
The other three were different. Without their Realm of Family, State, and World to protect them, even their powerful Great Scholar bodies could not withstand it as easily as Fang Yun. Their bodies frequently swayed or even stumbled backward, and tiny tears appeared in their robes.
Apart from their Realm of Family, State, and World and sacred qi, the three had no power capable of blocking the Emperor River.
Yet none of them could bear to expend sacred qi, so they could only endure it head-on.
And this