In the eyes of the Zhao Imperial Clan, and indeed all living beings in the Black-Yellow Realm, only imperial clans could give birth to Emperor Realm experts, whose presence they now felt!
Of course, exceptions were not out of the question.
Over countless years, Emperor Realm experts had also emerged from forces subordinate to imperial clans, such as the Wang Family, once a subordinate family of the Su Imperial Clan.
When the Su Imperial Clan chose to go to the Realm Sea alone to suppress the Devil Race, they chose not to bring their subordinate forces with them.
In fact, the Wang Family should have become a vassal of the Liu Imperial Clan by now.
The emergence of an Emperor Realm expert in the Wang Clan might even have been thanks to the Liu Imperial Clan!
"You're dead! Hahahaha! You lowly devil beasts! The Black-Yellow Realm belongs to the human race, and humans are the masters of this land! Reinforcements for our Zhao Imperial Clan have arrived. Just wait for death!"
The presence approaching from afar lacked the Devil Race's sinister chill and obscurity, which inspired instinctive revulsion.
That was how the members of the Zhao Imperial Clan knew the newcomers were human, not devils.
As the other clansmen began cheering and weeping tears of joy, Zhao Fengtian, patriarch of the Zhao Imperial Clan, narrowed his eyes slightly.
Their plea for help had only just been sent out. Even an Emperor Realm expert from the Feng Imperial Clan, their closest neighbor, would need at least five or six days to get here.
Could an Emperor Realm expert from another imperial clan have happened to be in Flying Moon Province and rushed over upon receiving the message?
Whatever the case, Zhao Fengtian breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the newcomer was human, as long as they were a human Great Emperor, they were an ally.
In the face of the Devil Race's great calamity, no human could possibly remain unscathed by staying out of it.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Before long, eleven figures descended above the floating island.
Their leader was none other than Su Ya, the Su Imperial Clan's grand elder!
"The Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Realm?!"
When the eleven figures came fully into everyone's view, nearly all eyes turned to Su Ya.
Every Emperor Realm expert in the Black-Yellow Realm was a person of renown.
For example, if a new Emperor Realm expert emerged in the Zhao Imperial Clan, they would surely announce it throughout Flying Moon Province.
In less than half a month, news of the Zhao Imperial Clan's new emperor could spread across most of the Black-Yellow Realm.
Even though more than ninety-nine percent of those people would never meet an Emperor Realm expert in person in their entire lives, they would already have committed that expert's name to memory.
Zhao Fengtian looked at the unfamiliar Emperor Realm expert in the void, bewildered.
He actually didn't recognize him?
With cultivation at the Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Realm, the man would rank among the top four in the Zhao Imperial Clan!
Unlike Zhao Fengtian, Zhao Qianjun, and the other members of the Zhao Imperial Clan,
the five great Devil Emperors led by the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor had eyelids twitching wildly the instant they saw the newcomers!
They even withdrew the attacks they had been using to suppress the Zhao Imperial Clan and looked warily at Su Ya and the others.
They were naturally familiar with Su Ya!
And not just Su Ya. Even these Devil Emperors knew everyone in the Su Imperial Clan at the Quasi-Emperor Realm or above.
Of course, it wasn't Su Ya they feared.
A cultivator at the Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Realm couldn't even defeat the weakest of their five Devil Emperors. They had no reason to fear him.
What they truly feared was the Su Imperial Clan's ancestor, Su Chen, who stood behind Su Ya-or rather, backed the entire Su Imperial Clan now!
A terrifying being suspected of being an immortal.
It could be said that the five Devil Emperors and the surrounding Devil Race army were all "survivors" of Su Chen's attack.
With Su Chen's warning, they couldn't be sure that if they attacked the Su Imperial Clan's people now, Su Chen wouldn't send down a strand of divine sense the next instant, leaving not even their bones behind.
Besides, Su Ya had clearly only been a Peak Quasi-Emperor before, and only about a month had passed since they left the Realm Sea.
Yet Su Ya had risen from the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor Realm to the Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Realm?
But considering Su Chen's terrifying methods, raising a Quasi-Emperor to the Emperor Realm didn't seem all that difficult?
They even thought the increase was a little too small.
Surely he should have been raised to the Peak Emperor Realm to match the Su Imperial Clan's current prestige, right?
"May I ask which clan you hail from, friend?"
Zhao Fengtian took in the reactions of the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor and the other devils. He could actually see that the four Peak Devil Emperors and one Lesser Perfection Peak Devil Emperor were wary of a human at the Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Realm.
Their wariness definitely didn't stem from the man himself, so it most likely came from the power behind him.
And as far as he knew, only one power in the Black-Yellow Realm could command such fear... the foremost imperial clan, the Liu Imperial Clan!
"Could you be from the Liu Imperial Clan?" By now, even Zhao Fengtian's voice carried a note of delight. "Please lend us your aid. We would be endlessly grateful and would pay you a personal visit another day!"
The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor was wary of this man, so he might have a trump card powerful enough to threaten all five Devil Emperors!
As long as they drove the devils back for the time being, they could raise their clan-protecting formation again.
And having learned from their earlier mistake, the Zhao Imperial Clan would be prepared this time, so the Devil Race couldn't easily break the formation again.
Su Ya gave no answer to Zhao Fengtian's question.
That stirred a trace of anger in Zhao Fengtian!
He was a Peak Emperor Realm expert, after all. The man might be from the Liu Imperial Clan, but the gap between their cultivation levels was plain to see. What gave him the right to put on airs before him?
"Su Ya? Are you going to stop us?"
The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor looked at Su Ya cautiously, her voice slowly spreading through the void.
Since Su Chen had spared them that day, he should have tacitly permitted them to attack the other humans of the Black-Yellow Realm. The Devil Emperor of All Living Beings, the leader of the devils, had guessed the same.
So why had someone from the Su Imperial Clan appeared here now?
In any case, she had made up her mind. As long as Su Ya said this was Su Chen's intention, she would withdraw from the Zhao Imperial Clan without a moment's hesitation, not staying a second longer.
After all, she didn't want to die!
"Sorry, you've got the wrong idea. We're just passing through!"
Su Ya looked slightly surprised at her words, then smiled as he replied.
To look at him, it really did seem as though he had just happened to pass by, as he claimed.
The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor plainly didn't believe him, however, and couldn't help rolling her eyes.
"Are you sure? If that won't do, we can take the Zhao Imperial Clan's people, and you can have all their resources!"
The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor clenched her teeth.
The Zhao Imperial Clan was one of the twelve biggest slices of cake in the Black-Yellow Realm. She truly didn't want to give it up.
"Of course! We of the Su Imperial Clan mean what we say. I trust you all know that!"
In the past, Su Ya would never have imagined he could stand before a Lesser Perfection Devil Emperor and speak as an equal.
Though, as things stood, it didn't look very equal. The wariness in the eyes of the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor and the others was plain to see.
All of this was thanks to the warning from their Su Imperial Clan's ancestor.
Besides, if these devils truly intended to kill him, he could simply crush the sub-formation of the Nine Heavens Profound Origin Reversal of the Starry River and Heaven and Earth Formation hidden in his hand, and they could be transported back to the Eternal Imperial Palace in an instant.
That was the reassuring trump card that let him face five Devil Emperors without the slightest fear!
"I'm over five thousand years old, and I've fought your Devil Race for more than four thousand years. I've spent more than half my life on you devils. My brain would have to be scrambled for me to keep being that stupid!"
"As for that bullshit about protecting the living beings of the Black-Yellow Realm, from now on, it doesn't have a damn thing to do with me!"
The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor didn't entirely believe Su Ya, but much of the wariness in her eyes faded. "Fine!"
They had also experienced the Su Imperial Clan's way of doing things. For the most part, they didn't play underhanded tricks.
Just like the Su Imperial Clan's first ancestor a hundred thousand years ago: he was utterly straightforward, and had won his reputation through sheer force with his own two fists.
One moment he'd be arguing with you; the next, his fist would already be crashing down.
"Su Ya? Someone from the Su Imperial Clan?"
The two had made no effort to conceal their conversation, so Zhao Fengtian and the other members of the Zhao Imperial Clan could hear it clearly.
The more they heard, the more the expressions they had just managed to put on froze on their faces.
No wonder he didn't recognize the man. So he was from the Su Imperial Clan?
From the look of it, what the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor truly feared was the Su Imperial Clan.
The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor and the other devils had looked at the Zhao Imperial Clan with disdain, yet they were deeply wary of Su Ya, who was only at the Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Realm, and even spoke to him in a probing tone.
Since when had the Su Imperial Clan possessed such powerful foundations?