Just as the Flame Emperor stabilized the overall situation within the Void Ancestral Land, deliberately stalling for time to clear the way for Lin Yi to send Qiu Yue away, Lin Yi outside the barrier had already been caught red-handed.
The surrounding space had been completely sealed off. The slender youth who had been hidden in the shadows stepped out slowly. It was none other than Great Emperor Zi Wei.
The moment he saw who it was, Lin Yi sighed softly to himself and completely gave up any thought of fleeing.
He stood where he was without making the slightest move to struggle or escape.
Among all the peak Emperor Realm experts in the Source Realm, Great Emperor Zi Wei was unquestionably among the very strongest. He cultivated both body and realm, possessed formidable combat power, and firmly ranked among the top five in the Source Realm.
Only with such terrifying foundations did he have the confidence to stand against Venerable Xuantian as an equal, yielding nothing.
Lin Yi knew his own limits. With his current methods, he could still fight a somewhat stronger late Emperor Realm cultivator, but before a peak Emperor Realm expert like Great Emperor Zi Wei, he had no chance of resisting.
Unless his Chaos Profound Bell finished gestating...
But even then, he likely still would not be Great Emperor Zi Wei's match.
At that moment, Great Emperor Zi Wei stood with his hands behind his back. His clear yet unfathomably deep eyes fell upon Lin Yi, sizing up this young cultivator with only early emperor realm cultivation. His tone carried a hint of amused curiosity. "A mere early emperor realm cultivator—who gave you the nerve to trespass into this forbidden area of the Ancestral Land? And who brought you here?"
After sighing, Lin Yi calmly