The protection formed from the Great Dao Origin Imprints of more than a dozen Supreme Ones—among them figures who even seemed to surpass the Supreme Ones—was something not even an Immortal Emperor could break through or lock onto.
Ruthless made her escape in broad daylight. Emperors' Protection tore through every blockade, fled into the unseen, and vanished completely.
The enormous palm that blotted out the sky paused for an instant in the Ancient Underworld, then disappeared. In its wake, the Red-Haired Immortal Emperor descended in his True Body.
The face beneath the Red-Haired Immortal Emperor's red glow was twisted with fury. He searched everywhere, but found no trace of Ruthless.
It was just like the last time those ants had vanished before his eyes.
The difference was that last time, Ruthless and the others had disappeared without a sound, and he had sensed nothing.
This time, he was not completely in the dark. He had felt something.
But what good did that do? The outcome was the same. He, an Immortal Emperor, had once again failed to stop a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
"Damn it!"
The Red-Haired Immortal Emperor could no longer hold back. This was another slap to his face.
Again and again. Would it never end?
If he could tolerate this, what could he not tolerate?
Immortal Emperor Aura surged wildly. The Ancient Underworld trembled, as though it could not withstand his wrath.
The Soul River, the Ancient Underworld, and the other places the Weird Race used as outposts all had extraordinary origins.
An Immortal Emperor had fallen in the Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit in ancient times. The other places were no less remarkable; all were connected to Immortal Emperors of ages long past.
Otherwise, the Weird Race would never have chosen them as its territory.
Yet beneath the Red-Haired