"Otherwise!"
"There will be no need for you to exist."
As his words fell, a warship covered in runes, its entire hull the color of glazed glass, crushed through spacetime and slowly drifted out of the sword scar behind him.
Shi Qingyun descended before the warship. The might emanating from it pressed the Netherworld cultivators on the ground deep into the earth.
As soon as he spoke, the people behind Ming Yu paused for a moment before immediately erupting into an uproar, their murderous gazes settling on him.
"Boy, do you think you're invincible in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?"
"Why waste words on him? He's only an Escape One cultivator. Just kill him!"
"Invincible among those of the same realm? What could you do if we all attacked together?"
Shi Qingyun did not even glance at them as they prattled on. If not for the fact that they were all high-grade cannon fodder...
He would not have minded slaying them with a single stroke. With his current Escape One cultivation and Stars in his hand, in this age without True Immortals, he could, if not claim invincibility, at least barely rank among the very strongest.
Unlike the clamoring others, Ming Yu looked at the indifferent Shi Qingyun. Though he was still furious inwardly...
He also clearly understood the situation. This was a naked threat, and Shi Qingyun also held the moral high ground.
If they refused, another great battle would likely unfold across the already shattered Netherworld.
While he was still hesitating, a strand of divine sense transmitted into his mind from underground.
His conflicted thoughts immediately settled, and his expression grew silent.
Just as the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, and the Cloud Palace Disciples behind Shi Qingyun spread out to confront the Netherworld cultivators...
Ming Yu suppressed