"Are you sure you want to challenge me?"
Shi Yi asked expressionlessly.
He had now recultivated five Dao Markers and struggled against the current for hundreds of thousands of years amid the brutal Dharma-Ending conditions of the Emperorfall Era. Even he was unsure just how powerful he had become. After all, he had never fought and had no point of comparison.
But he was certain that among human Dao beings, aside from Shi Hao, who possessed an Immortal Emperor's arts and had become a Mortal World Immortal, no one else was even qualified to make him act.
"Come out and meet your death!"
It was a Supreme of the Imperial Clan, standing at the peak of human Dao. Incomparably powerful, he was confident he could suppress any opponent who was not an Immortal Dao Being.
"Very well. I'll grant your wish."
Shi Yi spoke softly, but his feet did not move. He did not even release the arm around Demoness's waist. Holding his beloved just like that, he extended his other hand past the Imperial Pass's magic array and reached for the Imperial Clan challenger.
Demoness felt as though she were dreaming. Not long ago, Shi Yi had still been competing with the younger generation. Now, he already stood at the pinnacle of human Dao.
She tilted her head back to look at Shi Yi's stern face. He seemed so much more weathered, and her heart ached for him.
The "invincible champions of the Imperial Pass" beside them were even more horrified. That was an Imperial Clan Supreme. Even figures as powerful as Meng Tianzheng and Wang Changsheng had to face such an opponent with utmost seriousness and fight a brutal battle before victory could be decided.
Yet Shi Yi, himself a human Dao being, intended to suppress his opponent