"Hmph, Lord King Anan certainly knows how to scheme."
"I hope he gets here soon. Otherwise, I might not be able to..."
The Demon Emperor tried to make his performance as exaggerated as possible.
But under these circumstances, everyone was helpless. They had no idea how to handle the situation.
They lacked the strength to fight someone in the half-step Hongmeng realm.
Red-Pupil watched the battlefield nervously. The Demon Emperor was holding the entire battlefield together on his own.
If he truly failed to hold the line, they would be in serious trouble.
Red-Pupil looked around anxiously.
How he wished King Anan would arrive as soon as possible.
But there was no sign of any other powerful cultivators.
There was only the Demon Emperor's furious clash with that half-step Hongmeng realm opponent.
Although the Demon Emperor had the advantage in raw power, he could not inflict any fatal damage.
As the two continued fighting, the Demon Emperor finally realized what made his enemy so formidable.
The half-step Hongmeng realm was not as simple as he had imagined. Even against a puppet, one of the weakest beings in the half-step Hongmeng realm, the Demon Emperor still could not match its moves precisely.
He could only suppress it with overwhelming power.
But even he could not say how long that could last.
Demon Emperor Daochen looked at everyone. "When exactly will Lord King Anan arrive? I really can't hold out any longer."
Almost an hour had passed, and he acted increasingly exhausted.
The real problem was that if he kept this up, what would he do if he was forced to use his full strength?
Just as the Demon Emperor acted as though he was about to collapse...
King Anan finally appeared.
Clad in red robes, he slowly approached from the distance