"Since he's your enemy, how about I kill him for you?" Ian Song suddenly spoke up.
"I want to do it myself!"
Winter Emperor declared resolutely.
"Alright!"
Ian Song nodded.
Hugh Changji's expression changed drastically. He immediately fled into the void—his opponent was an upper-segment God Emperor, while he was only an upper-segment God King. The gap was far too great; only by escaping did he have any hope of survival.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Winter Emperor called out coldly, pointing a finger toward a spot in the void.
"Pfft!"
Blood sprayed everywhere as a figure tumbled out of the void—a thumb-sized bloody hole in his brow. It was Hugh Changji.
Everyone present was stunned by the scene.
Elder Yu was an upper-segment God King, yet he was killed with a single finger strike.
"Winter Emperor, how dare you!"
Just then, a thunderous voice rang out. In a flash, three figures appeared—three God Emperors.
"Greetings, Lord Sunbright."
"Greetings, Lord Tigervigor."
"Greetings, Lord Snow God."
The crowd all bowed to the three.
"Winter Emperor, last time you barely escaped with your life. Now you dare come here and slaughter people of Endless Rift Temple? You've really grown tired of living!" Sunbright God Emperor stepped forward, glaring at Winter Emperor, his tone accusatory.
"Endless Rift Temple massacred countless disciples of my Nightless Temple. Killing one of yours is nothing!" Winter Emperor replied coldly, her face frosted with anger.
"That's right, kill if you want to kill. If anyone's not happy about it, just fight—what's with all the pointless chatter?" Ian Song strode forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with Winter Emperor, his tone impatient.
He'd come to Endless Rift Temple precisely to draw out their Holy Emperors, so the bigger the commotion, the better.
"Who do you think you are? Just a mere God King, and you dare talk big in front of me? Get lost!" As he spoke, Sunbright casually waved his hand, intending to send Ian Song flying.
"Heh, you try to attack me—you're dead for sure!"
Ian Song let out a strange laugh and suddenly vanished.
"Pfft!"
A flash of sword light streaked past, and Sunbright's body suddenly split in two.
After breaking through to mid-tier God King, even outside the chaos universe, Ian was now invincible beneath the Holy Emperor level.
"What...?"
"How is that possible?"
"Lord Sunbright was actually killed by a single sword strike!"
For a moment, everyone wore expressions of disbelief—especially the other two God Emperors, whose faces looked as if they'd seen a ghost.
"You two can go to hell as well!"
A sudden voice rang out, and the bodies of the other two God Emperors split open as well.
He actually killed three God Emperors in a row!
Liam Nine-Song's face turned pale. He'd always thought Ian Song was at most God King level, but never imagined he could kill a God Emperor with a single sword strike.
Meanwhile, Ian Song returned to the mountain gate, picked up his wine cup, and took a satisfied sip. "Good wine, truly good wine!"
About half a quarter-hour passed.
Young Master Lucian Heartless arrived with a group of people.
When he saw Ian Song's face, his own expression turned ugly and a cold light flashed in his eyes. But at last, he suppressed his killing intent, stepped forward, and bowed respectfully. "I did not realize Senior had arrived. Please forgive me for failing to greet you properly!"
At those words, the accompanying God Emperors all turned pale.
The Dao Child was a late upper-segment God Emperor, yet even he addressed the young man as 'Senior.' That meant the youth before them was a Holy Emperor.
"So it's the Dao Child! It's been a while. Why not sit down and have a drink?"
Ian Song invited him.
"Thank you, Senior. Then I shall be bold!"
Lucian Heartless smiled as he took a seat, then picked up the wine jug and filled Ian Song's cup before pouring his own. Raising his glass, he said, "Junior offers Senior a toast!"
"Heh!" Ian Song chuckled. "You're quite something—I've killed your people and yet you still toast me. Are you thanking me for doing a good job?"
At these words, Lucian Heartless's face twitched, but he replied, "They offended Senior and deserved to die!"
"Well said—since you can swallow your pride like that, I have to drink this cup!"
Ian Song raised his cup and clinked it against Lucian's, then drained it in one go.