No one had expected such a turn of events on the Third-Heaven Battlefield!
No wonder the Five Realms had not brought a single Immortal Lord. They had been plotting together all along!
"Third Divine General."
The Divine Spear Saint Emperor finally spoke. His voice remained calm, but beneath that calm lay an edge that made hearts tremble.
"What a grand move by your Immortal Realm."
The Third Divine General smiled with easy composure, as though he had found the Human Realm's weak spot.
"Divine Spear, you have it wrong. The rules of the Emperor Path Battlefield allow us to apply for a battlefield upgrade."
"I merely followed the rules."
"What? The Human Realm has won two battles in a row and is riding high. Surely you aren't afraid?"
Laughter burst from the Five Realms' camp.
"Afraid? The Human Realm looks afraid to me!"
"You win two battles and think you're invincible under heaven? But the moment someone mentions an Immortal King Battlefield, you lose your nerve?"
"How many Immortal Kings does the Human Realm even have?!"
"Hahahahaha!"
The Five Realms' experts hurled taunts at them from every direction.
A thousand years of frustration, a thousand years of humiliation—all of it turned into vicious mockery.
In the Human Realm's camp, however, the atmosphere was stifling.
The Blood Moon Ancestor trembled with rage. The Purple Clan Ancestor clenched his fists, while the Golden Clan Ancestor ground his teeth.
"Those shameless, despicable bastards!"
"They can't beat us head-on, so they resort to dirty tricks!"
"We may have fewer Immortal Kings than they do, but ours are second to none!"
"Exactly! So what if they're Immortal Kings? Which of our experts didn't fight their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood?"
Yet venting their anger changed nothing.
High above, a surge