"Just a bunch of gatekeeping beasts with their seals broken, and they dare call themselves kings of this Heavenly Path?"
The moment these words fell, the monster army erupted into chaos. The creatures that had been emitting constant low growls suddenly began letting out frenzied roars—more precisely, agonized screams.
Yes, they were undoubtedly screams. Though
And under that light, no matter how enormous these monsters were—towering like mountains, numbering as vast as an ocean, boundless and infinite, every last one a Martial King-level powerhouse—not one of them had the slightest power to fight back.
All they could do was watch helplessly as their physical bodies were ground to dust and then refined, until their very existence was utterly erased.
"That feeling... it's Emperor's Might!!!"
Chu Feng was profoundly shaken, because he could sense just how terrifying the power surging within that light truly was. It felt absolutely unstoppable, capable of annihilating everything. Even the Steel Bodies of Martial King powerhouses would be utterly powerless against this force—and this power was called Emperor's Might.
A Martial Emperor. Right here, right now, Chu Feng had actually encountered a Martial Emperor on the Heavenly Path.
"What on earth is happening here?" In this moment, not only was Chu Feng alarmed—even Dantai Xue was completely at a loss, unable to make heads or tails of the situation before them.
"You bastard! Do you have any idea where we come from?! How dare you try to wipe us all out—believe it or not, we'll... ugh!" Sensing that the other party intended to annihilate them completely, the ninth-grade Martial King monster attempted to issue a threat.
But before it could finish, it let out a piercing scream. And after that scream, it vanished entirely.
Once that ninth-grade Martial King monster disappeared, the wails that had been ringing out from all directions gradually fell silent. The monsters seemed to have vanished completely—there was nothing but desolate stillness all around.
At the same time, that blinding light began slowly receding, and darkness once again shrouded the area.
"Th—"
Chu Feng could finally open his eyes. But when he saw what lay before him, even he—who had experienced countless killings and great battles—couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
Every single monster was dead. Millions of monsters at the Martial King realm—all of them dead. Not one remained.
However, they hadn't completely disappeared. All around Chu Feng, their enormous, grotesque severed limbs still drifted through the air, along with the foul-smelling mist of blood.
This blood mist and these remains stretched on without end, as though they occupied the very fabric of heaven and earth. A single glance was enough to feel overwhelming terror.
"So this is the power of a Martial Emperor!!!"
Imagining the previously boundless, horrifying horde of monsters, then looking at the carnage surrounding him now, Chu Feng couldn't help but marvel at the might of whoever had struck. A Martial Emperor—a legendary existence. Their power truly exceeded all imagination.
*Boom... boom... boom... boom...*
But what was truly terrifying now were the rumbling sounds that began echoing from the distance. The noise was like meteorites crashing into the earth—deafening, soul-shaking. But in truth, those were footsteps.
Hearing those successive footfalls, even Chu Feng's brow furrowed, because he knew who was approaching. It was the one who had, in the blink of an eye, annihilated millions of Martial King-level monsters. It was that Martial Emperor.