The speaker was the Great Heng Empress.
Yet barely had her words fallen when a subtle but immensely powerful surge of Primordial Spirit power erupted from the ruins of the Imperial City, hurtling straight toward Zhang Yuan, the weakest among them.
"Holy Son, watch out!"
Tan Duanchang was closest to Zhang Yuan. At the sight, he had no time to think and immediately stepped forward, casting a spell to block the surge of Primordial Spirit power.
But it was useless.
Tan Duanchang was only in the early Ascension Realm, far beneath the Great Heng Emperor. Not only did he fail to stop it, but the Primordial Spirit power sent him flying backward.
The Great Heng Emperor's Primordial Spirit reached Zhang Yuan and moved to slip into his sea of consciousness.
"Possess me? Damn you, [Immaculate Primordial Spirit], get to work!"
Zhang Yuan's expression shifted slightly. His sea of consciousness churned as he unleashed his innate talent, [Immaculate Primordial Spirit], at full strength, preventing the Great Heng Emperor's Primordial Spirit from advancing so much as an inch into it. He was completely barred outside.
Unable to enter Zhang Yuan's sea of consciousness, the Great Heng Emperor seemed to grow anxious. He began wielding the Great Heng Founder's mighty Divine Master power, attempting to break through [Immaculate Primordial Spirit].
With power at the Divine Master level intervening, [Immaculate Primordial Spirit] did begin to falter.
"With all these people here, he just had to pick me to possess. Is the Great Heng Emperor blind?"
Zhang Yuan's expression darkened.
With [Immaculate Primordial Spirit] in place, even if the Great Heng Emperor breached his sea of consciousness, that was as far as he could go. He could never penetrate Zhang Yuan's Primordial Spirit in the slightest, so possession could not succeed.
Even so, he was