"Is that so? I'm afraid you won't get the chance."
Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, the True Phoenix Clan Ancestral Grounds.
As an icy, bone-chilling voice rang out, the smile on the young man's face vanished in an instant, replaced by terror.
The aura behind him, in particular, made him feel as though he had fallen into an ice cavern. It sent chills down his spine and made every hair on his body stand on end.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
The young man slowly turned his head in terror. It wasn't that his reactions were slow; fear had made his body sluggish.
"Heh, who am I? You'll find out soon enough," Xiao Tian Ce sneered, his eyes brimming with killing intent.
For a moment, the murderous aura in the room almost took solid form, making the young man feel as though he might be torn apart by five horses at any instant.
Clack, clack, clack.
Cold sweat streamed down the young man's face. He was so frightened that his teeth kept knocking together, clacking like those of a child freezing in winter.
"S-someone! Help!"
The young man couldn't move, but his powerful desire to survive drove him to shout for help. Though the unfamiliar man before him was incredibly powerful, this was the True Phoenix Clan's Ancestral Land.
The True Phoenix Clan possessed deep reserves of strength. Even the superpowers of the Great Thousand World dared not act recklessly here. The young man knew that as long as his cries reached someone outside, he would survive.
Yet Xiao Tian Ce merely sneered at his cries for help, then walked over to a nearby chair and sat down, quietly watching him shout again and again.
"Someone, come quickly!"
"..."
Once, twice, then more than a dozen times, but no matter how