At the summit of Perched Phoenix Ridge.
Shattered stones littered the ground, and the flames had yet to die out.
It was as though a blazing sun had fallen onto Perched Phoenix Ridge.
The mere presence of that figure standing there was enough to leave everyone struggling to breathe.
The Lu Clan was indeed on the rise.
Not only had they climbed onto the lofty branch of Azure City Mountain, but their clan had also produced a once-in-a-millennium prodigy like Lu Changfeng, who had reached the tower-climbing middle realm at such a young age.
Including several of their elders, the Lu Clan had no fewer than five tower-climbing combatants out in the open.
And that was without counting the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper...
Even so.
The elders' eyes were still filled with terror.
"What?"
The Crimson Heavens Demon Emperor shook his body and tilted his savage wolf's head, mockery filling his golden eyes. "Now that the Lu Clan has become Azure City Mountain's dog, do you really think you're immortals yourselves?"
"You even let my words blow past your ears like wind?"
"I told you to kneel... are you... deaf?!!"
Boom-
Before his words had faded.
Crimson demonic energy shot into the sky.
The aura emanating from the Demon Emperor alone made the Lu Clan guards cough up blood on the spot and collapse, utterly drained.
Only a few of the oldest Lu Clan elders could barely remain standing beneath that pressure.
One elder forcibly suppressed his terror, his expression dark as still water. "Demon Emperor, this is far too overbearing."
"Our Lu Clan and the Great Marsh have always kept to our own waters, neither well nor river troubling the other. Does the Manor Lord... know what you're doing here today?"
At those words.
The Crimson Heavens