With that, he turned his gaze back to Yun Che, whose expression remained indifferent. The fact that the other man was unaffected by his pressure displeased him greatly.
"Ding! Malice from Yu Changwang +1."
"You little ant do have a few tricks. A mere early-stage spirit god, yet you can ignore our pressure. I suppose you're carrying a Treasure that resists pressure!"
Yun Che took a step forward and said coldly, "Have you considered another possibility? That I'm actually stronger than you!"
"Oh? Stronger than me?"
As though he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, Yu Changwang forced a savage smile onto his withered face.
"Boy, do you know who you're talking to? I am a retained elder of the Heaven-Reaching Divine Pavilion, an upper position god! Killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!"
The divine power around him suddenly surged, and pressure even stronger than before bore down on Yun Che's head. The air seemed to solidify, creaking under the unbearable strain.
The ground before the ancestral hall cracked apart again, sending rubble flying. Some of the weaker clansmen were knocked unconscious outright.
Yet Yun Che remained standing firmly where he was. The invisible barrier around him did not budge, like a mountain unchanged through the ages, standing immovable despite the wind and rain battering it.
He did not even raise his eyelids, merely saying flatly, "Noisy."
Before his words faded, an aura many times stronger than Yu Changwang's abruptly awakened like a slumbering primordial beast and erupted from Yun Che's body!
The terrifying aura changed the color of heaven and earth and sent wind and clouds churning backward. The space throughout the Fire God Residence trembled violently, as though it might collapse at any moment.
The smile on Yu Changwang's