Lu Yang stopped moving his foot and looked toward the voice, but he sensed no Great Emperor aura from the newcomer.
Instead, the man's aura was remarkably similar to that of Huo Cheng beneath his foot.
Meanwhile, Chen Mu used the system to open the newcomer's personal attributes page.
[Name: Huo Enxiang] [Gender: Male] [Identity: Huo Family Ancestor] [Cultivation: Peak Quasi-Emperor Realm, Half-Step Great Emperor]
After reading through it, he had practically stripped the man's identity bare, right down to his underwear.
He learned that, were it not for the Clearwind Realm's existing Great Emperor, this man would be the most likely person in the entire realm to break through to become one.
He had sealed himself inside the Ice Lake in the imperial forbidden grounds for centuries, clinging to life through a Secret Method, waiting for the day something happened to the Clearwind Great Emperor so he could take his place.
"Ancestor?!"
Even Huo Cheng was astonished. He had never expected the Huo Family Ancestor to still be alive.
"Ancestor, save me!" he shouted.
Rather than dwell on why the Ancestor was still alive, Huo Cheng wanted to use his power to survive.
"My descendant was ignorant. Please show mercy, Great Emperor, and spare his life."
Huo Tianhao was already dead. Huo Cheng could not die as well!
Otherwise, who knew whose lap the Luoshu Dynasty's magnificent lands would fall into?
Huo Enxiang had no desire to watch the realm he had painstakingly conquered change hands.
Left with no other choice, he had emerged from seclusion early to stop Lu Yang.
"What if I say no?" Lu Yang showed no intention of moving his foot. Instead, he pressed down harder, sinking half of Huo Cheng's face into the dirt.
"Leave a little room today, and we