Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Chi Ming's expression was icy, his tone thick with killing intent.

Nearby, Fan Yunshan was so terrified he trembled like a leaf.

Anyone could see that the red-haired young man before them was the type who would kill without batting an eye.

He clearly didn't care about anyone's background or who their backers were.

Facing such a brazen Divine Might Realm expert, he felt nothing but profound despair and regret.

'I never should have thrown in my lot with Song Qiantian!'

'Just great. Now I don't even know if I'll make it out of this alive!'

"Something's not right!" Fan Yunshan suddenly realized something was amiss. His large, fleshy face filled with a look of shocked suspicion.

This courtyard was less than a thousand meters from the Dongxuan Prefecture, located in the central streets of Dongxuan City.

The courtyard was surrounded by a Forbidden Array that shielded its aura from the outside and prevented anyone from sensing what was happening within.

'But with such a huge commotion, and even a Divine Might Realm expert making a move... Forget alerting the Dongxuan Prefecture; surely some other expert in the city should have discovered this by now?'

Especially now, during such an eventful period in Dongxuan Province. Countless Cultivators were converging on the city like rivers flowing to the sea, all for a chance to witness the grand opening of the Peach Blossom Banquet.

As a result, patrols within Dongxuan City were several times more frequent than usual, with teams led by Divinity Transformation Realm experts passing by the area from time to time.

'The Forbidden Array isolating the aura isn't even high-level. This place has been practically reduced to ruins, and the aura of a Divine Might Realm expert is as immense as a mountain. The outside world should have been alerted long ago!'

'But it's been so long. How can there be no reaction from the outside at all?'

Fan Yunshan's face was ashen. He'd never imagined someone would dare cause trouble in Dongxuan City, especially not in a subsidiary office of the Dongxuan Prefecture.

Ordinarily, experts from the Dongxuan Prefecture would have already arrived to suppress the troublemakers. Even a Divine Might Realm expert would have no choice but to surrender without a fight!

'Why is it so different today, with no response at all?'

And with no hope of external aid, Fan Yunshan, with his meager cultivation at the Peak of the Primordial Mansion Realm, didn't dare confront Chi Ming in the slightest.

All he could do was watch helplessly as Chi Ming attacked Song Qiantian.

If Song Qiantian hadn't been the young master of the Song family, with an absurd number of life-saving treasures on his person, he would have died at Chi Ming's hands long ago.

"Damn it!"

Song Qiantian's expression changed drastically as he watched Chi Ming casually shatter the thirty-three layers of protective talismans he had painstakingly activated. His eyes turned savage.

"Master Fan, why haven't you called for reinforcements?"

"Are you just going to stand there and watch these thugs rampage through Dongxuan City?" he demanded, his voice a hoarse, urgent cry.

After all, if this dragged on any longer, he would fall sooner or later!

But upon hearing this, Fan Yunshan's face twisted into an expression of utter misery.

"Young Master Song, it's not that I don't want to contact the Prefecture... It's that all contact between this place and the outside world has been completely severed!"

"My Divine Soul Transmission Skill... it can't get a message out!"

"What?!" Song Qiantian froze. A cold sweat drenched him, and his knees felt weak.

In that moment, he finally grasped the severity of the situation.

'These people... they're planning to slaughter every last one of us!!'

However, upon hearing Fan Yunshan's words, even Song Yubing was taken aback for a moment.

She, too, had been wondering why no experts from the Dongxuan Prefecture had come investigating the massive commotion.

Now she understood: all signs of the battle, all auras, had been completely sealed off!

Nearby, the Realm Spirit's gaze flickered. She lifted her cool, stunningly beautiful eyes and glanced up at the sky.

The sky was bright and cloudless for miles.

Yet she seemed to sense something amiss, and a slight ripple disturbed the depths of her gaze.

BOOM!

Chi Ming waved his hand. A crimson torrent of divine flames shattered the void, coalescing into the phantom of a ferocious bird that shot straight toward Song Qiantian.

Having learned that the young man who had been causing them trouble was from the Song family, Chi Ming had no intention of letting him escape.

"Damn it!"

Song Qiantian's expression fell. Powerless to resist, he had no choice but to play his final, life-saving trump card.

It was a projection of will from the Song family's old ancestor!

"Who dares harm the prodigy of my Song family!"

An ancient, phantasmal figure emerged. Its immense aura pressed down in all directions, so powerful it felt as though heaven and earth themselves might collapse!

"So powerful!"

'This old man's power... it might even surpass the Divine Might Realm!'

The Realm Spirit's beautiful eyes glinted as she felt the immense pressure radiating from the projection of will.

"It's just a projection of will," Chi Ming sneered. "Let's see how long you can hold out!"

With a gesture, Chi Ming gathered the sea of fire in the sky into his palm, forging it into a long spear wreathed in divine flames.

The tip of the spear flared periodically, radiating a piercing aura.

"Kill!"

Chi Ming wasted no more words. Spear in hand, he surged with killing intent and charged straight at Song Qiantian.

Song Qiantian, pale-faced, could only cower behind the projection of his ancestor's will, not daring to move an inch forward.

Fan Yunshan scrambled to hide beside him as well. He was on the verge of tears, his jowls trembling. "Young Master Song, what are we going to do now?!"

"Get away from me!"

Song Qiantian kicked Fan Yunshan away, his face contorted in disgust.

Under normal circumstances, even as a young master of the esteemed Song family, he wouldn't dare to so brazenly offend an official from the Dongxuan Prefecture.

But with his life on the line, he couldn't afford to care about such formalities.

'The ancestor's will is barely enough to protect me alone. How could I possibly worry about Fan Yunshan?'

"You, get over here!"

Seeing her chance, Song Yubing drew her sword. Her aura flared as she slashed toward Fan Yunshan.

Fan Yunshan fought back desperately, but as a mere Peak Primordial Mansion Realm cultivator, his resistance was futile against Song Yubing, who had already entered the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Song Yubing subdued him in just a few moves.

With a cold blade pressed against his neck, Fan Yunshan broke out in a cold sweat. His face was ashen, and he didn't dare move a muscle.

"If you don't want to die, you'll register us," Song Yubing said coolly.

"Y-Yes, ma'am!"

"Please, Miss, don't kill me! I was just following orders!"

Fan Yunshan hastily agreed, shaking uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, the battle between Chi Ming and the projection of the Song family's ancestor had reached a fever pitch.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

This was a clash between powers at the Divine Might Realm!

Each exchange between them unleashed terrifying shockwaves that nearly shattered the void itself, tearing massive fissures across the ground.

Chi Ming's expression grew increasingly grim.

'Even a mere projection of will can fight me to a standstill and make me feel genuinely threatened.'

'Just how powerful must the ancestor's true self be?'