The void was dead and silent.
There was no sky or earth in sight, only an endless expanse of blood-colored currents slowly flowing, as if one were deep inside the body cavity of an ancient giant.
Fourteen imperial experts stood suspended in this void, none of them uttering a word.
Behind each of the eleven royal knights, energy wings unfurled as they pushed their internal battle qi to the absolute limit.
They resembled fully drawn heavy bows, waiting only for the string to be released.
The three sixth-rank experts were even more so.
Treading upon the void, they radiated energy that continuously pushed back the nearby blood-colored cloud-mists.
Yet their gazes were fixed unwaveringly on the figure seated cross-legged ahead, not daring to slack off for a moment.
Because that person was too quiet—it was unnerving.
The fact that they had been able to advance all the way here without obstruction already spoke volumes.
It wasn’t that there were no obstacles.
Rather, the master of this place simply did not care whether they came or not.
Just then, the red-haired man seated in the void slowly opened his eyes.
In that instant, everyone’s breath seemed to stall for a moment.
Those eyes had no pupils or whites—only a pure, flowing crimson, like two miniature seas of blood, calm and profound, reflecting no emotion and bearing no warmth of living beings.
His gaze swept lightly over the group, and then he unexpectedly revealed a hint of a smile, speaking in a soft voice: “Not bad. You have courage, to actually come here.”
The man’s voice was very gentle, even pleasant to the ear.
It did not come through the vibration of air, but seemed to resound directly in the depths of everyone’s souls—clear enough to make their scalps tingle.
At the same time, his tone was very casual, as if he were chatting with old friends.
But the more so he acted, the more a chill of dread crept into the hearts of the fourteen.
One of the sixth-rank experts slowly stepped half a pace forward, forcibly suppressing the instinctive tremor in his body, and spoke in a deep voice:
“We never imagined we would be so fortunate in this life as to behold the countenance of a god.”
Upon hearing this, the red-haired man’s smile deepened, adding an indescribable wickedness to his already handsome face.
He shook his head slightly.
“You flatter me. I am not the true body—only a manifestation of a part of my will. The true body cannot enter yet.”
“The gate to your continent… is not so easy to pass through. I must first send some things in, cooperating from within and without.”
As if recounting an interesting anecdote, he raised his eyes to look at them and smiled.
“I am currently at a critical stage, so I can probably only exert power equivalent to sixth-rank in your world—roughly on par with the three of you.”
“If you wish to stop my descent, this is your last chance.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire blood-colored void seemed to grow even colder.
This man was truly arrogant—calmly revealing his own condition without a trace of fear, completely disregarding the imperial experts.
“Attack!”
A thunderous shout.
Boom—!
In an instant, fourteen auras erupted simultaneously, shaking the entire blood-colored void.
The three sixth-rank experts struck first.
Raising their hands, vast energy surged like a river bursting its banks, transforming into three devastating torrents that blasted head-on!
The eleven royal knights followed closely.
With a flap of their wings, battle qi condensed before them into various weapons of extreme sharpness, and they all pressed forward in unison!
The combined power of fourteen people was so terrifying that if it were unleashed into the outside world, it could level entire mountain ranges, evaporate rivers, and destroy several large cities in an instant.
But the red-haired man seated cross-legged in the void did not even stir.
He merely lifted his right hand casually—so casually, as if brushing away a speck of dust.
The next moment.
All fourteen terrifying attacks of various attributes froze simultaneously, as if an invisible giant hand had sealed the entire space.
Then, amid everyone’s horrified gazes, the torrents of energy began to silently disintegrate, like snow melting under the sun.
One after another, the streams of battle qi dissolved just three feet away from the man, reverting into fundamental energy particles.
These were then easily swallowed by the vortex that automatically formed around his body, absorbed completely.
“Thanks for the meal.”
He smiled, not even a lock of his hair disturbed.
“He really is a god… beyond what human strength can contend with.”
A sixth-rank expert sighed softly.
He was now fully convinced—this being had definitely transcended the scope of humanity; he was not putting on an act.
This was a difference in dimension.
No matter how powerful an attack from a lower dimension, how could it threaten a higher-dimensional existence?
From the very beginning, it had lost all meaning.
But what could be done?
An evil god descends, tens of thousands suffer.
No one could escape.
They had to fight with all their might!
They could not die cowardly.
“Continue!”
Another roared, clapping his hands together sharply.
Using himself as the center, he drew on the energy of the area, forming a war blade dozens of zhang long that cleaved downward!
At the same time, everyone else also shouted, each unleashing their strongest killing moves.
In a mere instant, the void was in turmoil, attacks overwhelming the sky and earth.
Yet the red-haired man remained seated cross-legged.
As the giant blade came chopping down, he simply flicked his finger.
A crisp ding sound, like jade striking jade.
The next moment.
The enormous battle-qi war blade began to shatter inch by inch from the center, light rain splattering.
Even the sixth-rank expert who had unleashed it suffered a heavy blow, letting out a muffled grunt as he was sent flying backward.
Then, with a slight turn of his gaze, he directly disrupted the surrounding laws of nature, causing the incoming attacks to explode from within.
Or he flicked his finger, easily taming the power that should have belonged to the imperial experts, redirecting it back to engulf them!
This was the might of a higher-dimensional being—able to freely manipulate the threads of a lower-dimensional world, effortlessly dissolving every offensive.
“Fall back!”
Someone shouted, but it was too late.
The killing moves they themselves had unleashed were now like tamed beasts, charging back at the imperial experts themselves, forcing several royal knights to defend clumsily and sustain injuries on the spot.
Too easy.
Even though the fourteen were decisive and had entered a life-or-death state, disregarding consequences, caring nothing for life or death, pushing their battle qi to the utmost limit—it was still useless.
Again and again they attacked, again and again they were casually crushed.
How long had it been?
All the imperial experts were wounded, blood trickling from their mouths, their auras wilting.
And the man in red seemed to be playing—he didn’t even need to be serious, his indifference calm and unhurried.
Puh!
A royal knight finally couldn’t hold on.
The man casually flicked his sleeve, sending the knight flying far away.
The knight coughed up blood, part of his wings dissipated, and he nearly fell.
Then came the second, the third.
One by one, the imperial experts were wounded.
Their battle qi was nearly exhausted, their auras rapidly declining.
Just then, a change occurred.
The blood-colored cloud layer that covered the entire heaven and earth suddenly stopped churning.
The continuous heavy oppressive pressure began to diminish rapidly.
Everyone felt their bodies lighten, as if a great mountain pressing on their shoulders had been lifted.
They were completely relaxed.
But in that moment, everyone’s faces turned extremely grim.
Because they saw that the blood clouds covering the sky were now, like a hundred rivers flowing to the sea, converging rapidly from all directions toward the central figure with the red hair!
Layer by layer, wisp by wisp, they were returning, merging into his body!
“He’s withdrawing the power maintaining the passage!”
Someone shouted, their voice distorted.
Even seeing this phenomenon for the first time, their experience was vast—they had read countless ancient texts.
How could they not understand what this meant?
The blood clouds were flowing back because the man no longer needed those external preparations.
He was using them as the final step.
The descent was about to be completed!
The next moment, the originally somewhat illusory figure of the red-haired man visibly solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye.
An indescribable presence emerged—the pressure of a rank falling, a god dwelling beyond the domain finally casting his form into the present world.
The faces of the group turned deathly pale.
They certainly felt that the pressure on themselves had weakened.
They could exert their power more fully, even beyond their normal limits.
But it was obviously useless.
The red-haired man remained seated cross-legged, and for the first time, he truly struck!
He lifted his hand and casually pressed a palm forward.
In an instant, the space let out a pained groan, unable to bear the strain.
Large cracks spread out, each accompanied by terrifying gale winds, as if to tear apart everything tangible and intangible.
The first to bear the brunt were several fifth-rank royal knights.
They roared in unison, joining hands to erect a battle-qi barrier, trying to withstand it.
Then, crack!
The battle-qi barrier shattered like paper.
The chests of several knights shuddered at the same time, blood spurting wildly.
They flew back like kites with broken strings, their armor cracking all the way, their energy wings completely dissipating.
They lost combat capability on the spot and were only prevented from falling by their companions supporting them.
At this moment, the last wisp of blood cloud also completely sank into the red-haired man’s body, making his entire form fully solid.
That body was too perfect—it did not seem like flesh and blood, but rather like the most magnificent jade carved, radiating an eerie and noble luster.
The man sat cross-legged in the void, red hair falling loose, crimson currents flowing slowly in his eyes.
The entire heaven and earth seemed to come to a halt at this moment.
The evil god, after unknown ages, truly descended upon the present world once more.
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