Lu Yin watched the Frost Emperor’s performance with rapt admiration, and he was certain that Monster Chi did not suspect anything.
Lu Yin’s hunches were correct, as Monster Chi did not see any issue with the situation at all. He was fully confident that the Royal Frost Continent only had this single Enlighter protecting them and that their Envoy realm expert must have already died.
After receiving Monster Chi’s confident report, Leader Hong finally moved out. He raised a foot to take a step forward, disappearing. When he reappeared, he was already next to the cracks in the void. When he took another step, he passed through the cracks and entered the dimension containing the Royal Frost Continent.
When Leader Hong entered the Royal Frost Continent, the entire continent trembled. Clouds formed from flames quickly spread through the sky, melting the ice that covered the ground. The once white Royal Frost Continent quickly thawed, and fierce floods raged throughout the city.
The Frost Emperor raised his head. “He’s finally here.”
After that, his body disappeared.
Lu Yin looked up at where Leader Hong was standing next to the spatial crack. This person was an Envoy. Lu Yin had faced them more than once before, and he had even killed one of the Sixth Mainland’s Imprinters, though that had only been possible due to his power vessel. Despite Lu Yin’s recent increase in strength, he was still helpless against an Envoy. Even Enlighters with power levels above 400,000 would find it difficult to deal with an Envoy.
Envoys were different from all of the cultivators below them as they fought on a different level. Supposedly, they used stellular energy, not star energy.
That was a fundamental difference in level, and Lu Yin could not yet understand the level at which Envoys stood.
After Leader Hong appeared, his eyes immediately looked at Subzero City off in the distance. The moment Lu Yin saw the man, the Envoy felt it. As soon as Leader Hong looked at Lu Yin, the Frost Emperor appeared in front of the Blaze Realm’s master. The Frost Emperor did not say a word, but Leader Hong was frozen for a moment as he stared at the Frost Emperor in amazement. “You- you’re not dead?”
The Frost Emperor shouted, “Of course I’m not dead!”
He then slapped a palm out at Leader Hong. In response, his eyes opened wide as flames filled the sky and caused the Royal Frost Continent to shake.
Lu Yin was scorched by the terrible heat, and he was forced to continuously fall back. By the time he looked back up, the two powerhouses had already vanished.
He looked around in confusion; where had those two gone?
This was a battle between Envoys. Yuan Shi had once mentioned to Lu Yin that fights between Envoys took place in the true universe, which meant that the two had entered a different plane.
In outer space, humans could only see the most common dimension. Different creatures could see different spectrums of light, and spatial dimensions were actually in a similar situation. Some creatures could see deeper into the various dimensions, and this was rather common for certain creatures of the Astral Beast Domain.
Lu Yin felt a chill spread throughout his body. At this moment, if Leader Hong attacked Lu Yin, it would be impossible for him to mount any sort of resistance at all.
Upon thinking of this, Lu Yin hurriedly donned his universal armor.
At that moment, the sky suddenly broke open, and a spatial crack spread across the entirety of the Royal Frost Continent. Flames fell down from the sky like waterfalls, but they were quickly frozen by the cold air. It was a spectacular scene that made it look as if the continent was collapsing.
Countless people in Subzero City became terrified. If those scattered flames had fallen, then the entire Royal Frost Continent would have been burned.
A streak of red appeared high in the sky, but then it disappeared.
The Frost Emperor then reappeared. He stood high in the sky and stared at the crack in the void before slowly descending next to Lu Yin. “When will the sylvan dragons and the Ross Empire appear?”
Lu Yin answered, “Soon.”
“Are you certain that the allure of a secret technique will not cause the entire Innerverse to attack my Royal Frost Continent?” The Frost Emperor had become anxious once again.
Lu Yin had already answered this question before, but he calmly answered it once again, “Yes. It is truly impossible for everyone to target this place, and not everyone would believe such a ruse either. The Blaze Realm only trusts this information because of their greed and where they are located.”
The Frost Emperor’s worries were not calmed.
Lu Yin continued, “There’s no other way. Do you want the Royal Frost Continent to freeze over and let hundreds of millions of people die? Or, do you want to take this risk? Are you willing to gamble on President Geoffrey waking up sooner than predicted?”
The Frost Emperor felt helpless. “I hope that you’re telling the truth.”
…
Leader Hong suddenly appeared in Blazing Mist Flowzone, just outside the crack in the void near Planet Coo. As he did so, he nearly collapsed. His face was pale, and there were traces of blood at the corners of his mouth.
He did not allow anyone from the Blaze Realm to see his condition, and he immediately moved into a spacecraft.
Monster Chi, Si Penghai, and the others all looked at Leader Hong and were shocked at what they saw. “Realm Master, what happened?”
Leader Hong lifted his head, revealing a fierce light in his eyes. “The Frost Emperor isn’t dead.”
Everyone present was stunned.
Monster Chi could not believe the news. “How is that possible? I went in several times and found no trace of the Frost Emperor.”
Leader Hong gritted his teeth. “It was all a part of their plan.”
Kun Ban was terrified of the prospect that he would be implicated by the existence of such a plan. He might very well be shunned after this, so after thinking quickly, he said, “Realm Master, there’s no reason for the Frost Emperor to pretend to be dead. Even if he did pretend to be dead, there’s no way for me to have learned of it from the Gasfire Alliance. There’s no motive behind this possibility.”
“That’s true. Realm Master, the Royal Frost Continent has been at peace with our Blazing Mist Flowzone for so many years, and there’s no reason for them to purposely dupe us right now,” Si Penghai said.
Leader Hong looked up. “What if they’re cooperating with the Gasfire Alliance?”
Monster Chi shook his head. “The Gasfire Alliance is made up of nothing but a bunch of trash. They don’t qualify to cooperate with an Envoy.”
Leader Hong was in a rotten mood. “Let’s pull back first before surrounding this place. I want to see what that old ghost, the Frost Emperor, wants to do.”
“Yes, Realm Master.”
Suddenly, Leader Hong stood up and stared to the east, upon which his expression drastically changed. “Sylvan dragons.”
Everyone was caught off guard, and Monster Chi frowned before quietly saying, “The sylvan dragon clan is here.”
Off in the distance, hundreds of large sylvan dragons swam through space, headed straight for Planet Coo.
Many wary eyes from the Blaze Realm’s forces watched the approaching dragons.
The spacecraft looked rather small in front of the massive sylvan dragons, and at the front of the crowd of dragons, there was one who was several times larger than any of the others. It was Long Yi, the Envoy realm patriarch of the sylvan dragon clan.
As Long Yi moved forward, his massive eyes swept across the area, terrifying the Blaze Realm’s forces to the point where not a single one of them dared to make even the slightest sound.
The Heavenflame Army was the Blaze Realm’s most elite army, but its members were still quite terrified by the sight of so many great dragons.
“Old friend, Leader Hong, since you’re here, then why don’t you come out and greet me?” Long Yi’s voice caused space itself to tremble.