From that single exchange, the Emperor Lord had already realized that his opponent was no ordinary Quasi-Emperor. His combat strength far exceeded his estimates.
The Emperor Lord stood at the Quasi-Emperor peak, close to attaining the Dao, and his cultivation was considerably higher than Jiang Zhu's.
Even so, after entering the God Forbidden Domain, he had failed to suppress Jiang Zhu in an instant, a testament to his opponent's strength.
At the same time, the Emperor Lord recognized his opponent: Jiang Zhu, the young prodigy whose reputation had recently soared across the Star Sea.
Precisely because of this, the strength Jiang Zhu displayed struck the Emperor Lord as unbelievable.
How many years had this opponent even cultivated? How could he clash head-on with him at the Quasi-Emperor second heaven?
How many levels did his Divine Forbidden Domain span? Why was his flesh so powerful? To the Emperor Lord, all of this was inconceivable.
"Scree!"
The Vermilion Bird soared into the sky, raised its head, and shrieked, spewing towering waves of fire. Heat swept across the heavens, its scorching temperatures melting some stars into liquid before reducing them to dust.
The eighteen ancient characters, previously dimmed, blazed brilliantly once more as the bird itself charged forward.
Jiang Zhu swept his palm, and the Yin-Yang Fish appeared, bearing vast powers of Taiyin and the sun as they pressed down and collided head-on with the blazing waves, unleashing a storm of annihilation.
"Hiss!"
The Vermilion Bird's piercing cry resounded through the universe. The Emperor Lord, in Vermilion Bird form, spread his wings and soared before diving as a streak of blood-red lightning.
This strike could shake the ages, far beyond ordinary comprehension. The Vermilion Bird's body held world-surpassing divine power, its wings sweeping through the sky as it reached Jiang Zhu in an