In a flash.
By the time everyone reacted, they realized they had somehow found themselves in a mysterious expanse of white, with no boundary between heaven and earth in sight.
"Where are we?"
As they wondered, an immense power bore down from overhead, mounting layer upon layer, growing ever fiercer.
Their knees could not withstand even a single instant of it. They buckled, dropping them to the ground.
Resist?
Resistance was impossible!
They struggled to raise their heads and look up. White clouds parted, revealing a colossal divine figure a hundred thousand feet tall, blazing with brilliant light.
It raised a hand, its five fingers blotting out the sky, then brought it down.
"E-Emperor's Might?!"
"Pfft!" Clutching their chests, they spat out great mouthfuls of blood amid bewilderment and terror.
Only then did they realize they had returned to reality.
Their minds and spirits had become extraordinarily feeble. Their souls had nearly scattered into oblivion.
Their Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivation, once a source of pride, was now utterly insignificant!
Looking at Chen Mu was like looking at that colossal divine figure. They realized just how tiny and fragile they were before him.
"We did not know a Great Emperor had arrived and have gravely offended you. Please forgive us, Great Emperor! Spare our lives!"
Led by Liu Tianhao, the Quasi-Emperor Realm experts knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Emperor's Might could not be insulted!
If a Great Emperor wanted someone dead, no one in this world could stop him unless they, too, were a Great Emperor.
Although the Heavenly Summit Auction was not being held within the Southern Region, Liu Tianhao could not be absolutely certain.
If Chen Mu truly cut him down in a fit of rage, would this world's guardian Great Emperor step in to uphold