The Ancestral Land.
Ren Ye used another Ground-Shrinking Talisman and arrived beside a small river. This time, however, he did not rush to leave. He summoned the Human Emperor Seal, mobilized the power of Destiny, and sensed his surroundings, his entire body taut.
He looked wretched, his whole body drenched in blood. The bones in his left arm were broken, leaving him unable to lift it. He resembled a wounded soldier who had fought countless battles, seemingly ready to fall and leave his bones on the battlefield at any moment.
As he concentrated on sensing his surroundings, the void trembled, and four blurry figures slowly emerged, carrying someone.
At the sight, Ren Ye instantly activated his Destiny, raised his right hand toward that patch of void, and roared as though staking his life on it, "Then fucking die with me, all of you!"
Rumble!
Dense strands of Destiny wound through the air. The sun, moon, mountains, and rivers flowing across the Human Emperor Seal grew clearer and more dazzling as it slammed into those four figures.
This was an ungraded Secret Realm, so the Human Emperor Seal naturally could not lower grades to suppress the Old Fisherman and the other three. Yet driven to its utmost by Purple Fortune, it could strike even heavier than the Human Emperor Sword.
The blow came shattering through the void.
Hum!
Immediately afterward, the Human Emperor Sword blazed with countless rays of rosy light. Bearing the weight of an entire commandery's power, it slashed toward the four old monsters with world-destroying force.
Passive defense was not the Human Emperor's style. He had to make his enemies understand that whoever they were, hunting him came at a price.
"Not good! This... this brat is ambushing us!"
The Old Fisherman roared and unleashed his strongest defensive