And the very moment the Spirit Emperor moved, he felt a faint breeze sweep toward him.
That faint breeze alone instantly alerted the Spirit Emperor that something was wrong. It felt like an oncoming blade, stirring an instinctive resistance to death in his mind.
The Spirit Emperor did not dwell on the reason at all. He immediately dodged sideways, then turned invisible.
The next moment, a streak of blue light flashed before the Spirit Emperor's eyes, missing him by the narrowest margin.
And the moment the Ice Spirit Spear pierced the ground, its terrifying power directly crushed the surrounding Abyss.
Just as the Spirit Emperor was about to block this shock wave, Huo Yuhao, holding the Ice Spirit Spear, turned his gaze toward the invisible Spirit Emperor beside him.
In that fleeting instant when their eyes met, the Spirit Emperor felt as though he had plunged into an abyss ten thousand fathoms deep. Those eyes filled with chaos made him feel the fear that only arose when he faced the Abyssal Sage King.
Even though the Spirit Emperor was invisible at that moment, his instinctive reaction was to flee immediately.
In a flash, the Spirit Emperor was already moving, all the power within him shielding his surroundings.
In that same instant, Huo Yuhao's toes touched the ground. He pulled the Ice Spirit Spear straight out of the earth, then slashed it directly toward the Spirit Emperor.
As a streak of blue light flashed past, a series of sounds rang out as energy was torn apart. Then the Ice Spirit Spear shattered every energy barrier the Spirit Emperor had deployed and swept straight toward his chest.
At that moment, the Spirit Emperor's fear of death reached its height, because that strike had already left him feeling his body being torn apart,