"You are not allowed, and that is final!" The Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor's voice brooked no dispute.
"I could act before I regained my freedom, yet now that I can move freely, I cannot act instead? What kind of logic is that?" Tiangang pressed.
"By rights, he should be allowed to act." Xia Huanyu looked up, believing Tiangang had a point.
"I agree as well," Gu Wuliang said.
"So do I," Jian Lingyun added.
The emperors voiced their opinions one after another. All of them felt he should be allowed.
"This is an Immortal Emperor Battle, a battle between you. This person only appeared as a trial for you. Even if he has regained his freedom, he cannot take part. Otherwise, what meaning would the Immortal Emperor Battle have?" the Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor shouted.
"You know it has no meaning too?"
Xia Huanyu laughed and looked at the emperors present. "Ask them—who still has any interest in fighting the other side to the death? The meaning was ruined by your ridiculous stunt!"
"His appearance was an accident," the Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor said.
Tiangang's appearance had indeed been an accident.
The reason traced back to the first stage of the Immortal Emperor Battle.
"Accident or not, I have already been born. That is an unchangeable fact."
Tiangang stood with his hands behind his back, his black hair drifting in the wind. "Besides, Xia Qiuer was able to remove my restrictions. Does that not prove her methods and strength? Now, I should listen to her. If she orders me to fight, then I should fight."
Those words left even the Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor unable to refute him.
Indeed, if Tiangang had broken free on his own, that would have been one thing. But he had