Human Clan Defender

Chapter 1126: Chapter 161-162: Netherworld

"It’s just a small matter."

The Bai Emperor slightly shook his head, his calm gaze falling upon Shen Changqing.

In that moment.

Shen Changqing’s entire body bristled.

Being targeted by a Divine Lord, the terror was imaginable.

He directly clutched the Universe Moving Talisman, ready to use it to escape if the Bai Emperor made a move.

However.

Just as the Bai Emperor was preparing to act.

An elder with a hunched back and dressed in black, holding a Bronze Ancient Lamp, trembled as he emerged from the void.

"Cough, cough, the old me greets the Bai Emperor!"

The elder spoke in a slow voice, as if he might run out of breath at any moment.

Elder You!

Upon seeing the black-clad elder, Shen Changqing’s pupils involuntarily contracted.

During his time with the Zhongshan Clan, he had been intensely curious about this mysterious elder.

Back then, he concluded that the elder was anything but simple.

But at this moment.

The elder’s identity and strength seemed even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Otherwise.

How could a mere Divine King face a Divine Lord so unflinchingly?

Upon seeing Elder You’s arrival, a subtle change appeared on the Bai Emperor’s face.

"So it’s you!"

"It’s been a million years since we last met, Bai Emperor. Nowadays, rivalry among the Proud Heavens often results in casualties, inevitable as it is. As a Divine Lord and an Emperor of a Divine Clan, why bicker over a junior?"

Elder You spoke slowly.

The withered right hand holding the Bronze Ancient Lamp, with its green flame flickering slightly.

At these words.

The Bai Emperor’s face remained calm: "Any Proud Heaven is deeply blessed by fortune, and no obstacle can deter them. Only such individuals deserve the title of Proud Heaven. If they fall midway, they do not deserve the name."

"Likewise, if today he survives me, it shows he is blessed by fortune. If he falls, it indicates his lack of fortune."

Shen Changqing’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The opponent, worthy of being called a Divine Lord, spoke of bullying the weak so grandiosely.

Though Elder You was mysterious, whether he could really contend with the Bai Emperor was still questionable.

In the moments to come.

Should anything seem amiss, he would immediately use the Universe Moving Talisman.

But.

The Universe Moving Talisman was not something to be used lightly.

If luck turned sour, it might even place him at the enemy’s doorstep.

Yet compared to the vastness of the Heavens, such a risk was minimal. With his own heavenly fortune, Shen Changqing refused to believe he would be so unlucky.

Elder You rasped: "So it seems, Bai Emperor leaves no retreat."

"If the Candle Master were here, Bai Emperor might show some face, but you alone do not qualify."

The Bai Emperor shook his head.

At these words.

Elder You sighed deeply: "Very well, if Bai Emperor refuses the old me any retreat, then I must overestimate myself."

His right hand holding the Bronze Ancient Lamp wobbled, and the green flame within flew forth, slowly drifting towards the Bai Emperor.

The weak flame seemed snuffable with a mere breath.

Yet—

Upon seeing that flame, the Bai Emperor’s expression grew serious.

His right hand gently sliced the air, as if severing space-time, giving Shen Changqing the illusion of millions of miles between them.

From there.

He seemed to see the shadow of the Rule.

Clearly.

Being in the Divine Lord Realm meant grasping the Rule on a higher level, unobtainable by other Realm cultivators.

The flickering green flame slowly approached the Bai Emperor, but that scar-like separation slowed its advance.

"Extinguish!"

The Bai Emperor pressed his finger forward again.

That finger, like Heaven and Earth thunder, struck the flame fiercely.

In an instant.

The green flame visibly dimmed.

Then Elder You shook the Bronze Ancient Lamp once more, and the previously dim flame, as if replenished, brimmed with vitality.

Seen as the green flame burned in the void.

Then.

Elder You tossed the Bronze Ancient Lamp into the void.

The Bronze Ancient Lamp transformed into a massive bronze door, appearing directly in the void.

"What is that!"

Shen Changqing stared at the bronze door, astonished.

From the bronze door, he sensed an ancient desolate aura, seemingly aged beyond fathom.

Beneath the ancient aura lay a chilling cold that sent shivers through him.

"You’ve actually managed to reach this point!"

The Bai Emperor’s face shifted abruptly.

Upon seeing the bronze door, he seemed as if witnessing something horrifying.

Elder You’s voice remained hoarse: "My centennial accumulation, today, let the Bai Emperor experience it, and see how it compares to the past!"

As his words faded.

The bronze door shuddered, revealing a modest crack.

An ominous aura seeped from it.

Where the aura flowed, the void began to wither like a blooming flower.

Just as the aura began to spread, the flickering green flame enveloped the bronze door and Bai Emperor in its light.

The emanating aura was repelled by the faint green hue, unable to advance.