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The most unlikely of people had reached cooperation first...truly, reality is tight in this world.

The Nanhai Sorcerers following the Emperor each had not anticipated that they themselves would become the primary targets of attack. Before they could react, the bloody massacre began.

Indeed, the cooperation had been established almost instantly.

Red phantoms, like reapers cutting down grass, harvested the elders of the Nanhai Sorcerers.

It was then that everyone realized that the Dragon Transformed Sorcerers, who claimed to be fearless in close combat, were almost powerless to resist. Instant Techniques had no chance to be activated; before they were even conscious of what was happening, their bodies were already torn to shreds.

It was at this time that many realized that the so-called fearlessness against Warriors was only because after Dragon Transformation, even without using Techniques, their physical reactions could keep up with those of ordinary Warriors.

Hence the saying. But at this proximity, when facing a true powerhouse, they realized how foolish this saying was.

The bloody massacre was swift. Any who knew Spatial Techniques desperately tried to escape. A group of top Magicians, when faced with such sudden misfortune, none thought about how to respond—all were frantically fleeing while others were being slaughtered.

Their organization was worse than that of bandits. It made one wonder where these were the Magicians of a Great Noble Family? They were even more of a rabble than a rabble...

Amidst the bloody rain, the only being capable of stopping the massacre did not move.

The Emperor stood within, looking at Shen Yue in the distance.

The division of labor between the two was clear: the High Priest good at Spatial Art was responsible for slaughtering the sorcerers, while Shen Yue was in charge of watching him.

A person’s reputation is like the shadow of a tree. The president of the Shenwu Guild, one of the Venerables who had ruled the world for who knows how many years, was still in the form of a daughter—even if it was just an Incarnation of a mind demon, it was enough to merit attention.

He was proud, but he wasn’t foolish. He could bear the humiliation and burdens under the Black Empress’s scheme, which led to the tragic death of his Empress—this in itself showed he wasn’t someone who failed to understand the situation.

The two were separated by a distance of roughly thirty feet, but among experts, everyone knew that this distance was akin to being face-to-face.

"Your Majesty..." Shen Yuan struggled to stand up.

"Sit down, don’t bother..." The Emperor didn’t turn around, cautiously watching Shen Yue in the distance as he said faintly, "No one will lay hands on you with your condition..."

Hearing this, Shen Yuan nodded. With his condition, everyone would want to study him. Even if they could not win him over, they would at least not kill him. He looked at those noble Magicians who were now being slaughtered like pigs and dogs and felt extremely complicated inside.

Times had drastically changed, what was the difference between the once noble and ordinary ants?

"I thought that with your bitter hatred, you would never cooperate."

The Emperor’s words were, of course, directed at Shen Yue in the distance.

"Oh?" Shen Yue covered her mouth with a smile from afar, "I thought, an ambitious ruler like you who could outwit the Black Empress wouldn’t be so naive, to speak of bitter hatred. He is the leader of a clan; survival and expansion are his top priorities, not hatred. What do you think?"

"Well, that’s true..." The Emperor nodded, "Do you understand?"

Shen Yuan was stunned, not immediately grasping what the Emperor meant.

"For survival, anything can be set aside, but why is it that they cooperate with each other instead of with me?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan froze. Indeed, he hadn’t thought about why, amidst the three-way power struggle, it was the Emperor who was first targeted.

To say that the Emperor had the Nanhai Sorcerers at hand, but when it came to danger, the Ancient Demon holding the geographical advantage was clearly more perilous. Their schemes targeted everyone, and the Ancient Demon experts hidden behind them were unknowable in number.

Shen Yue as well, with a powerful background.

Even though she hadn’t shown overt dominance on the surface, she surely wouldn’t bring fewer hidden forces than the Ancient Demon Clan.

With such beings not considering an alliance with the Emperor, they chose to cooperate and take down this Human Race Emperor who had already exposed all his cards. What exactly was the reason?

The Emperor didn’t turn around, but still sensed his confusion and thus chuckled, "Actually, it’s very simple.

Both parties want to test the other’s strength.

From an analysis of the situation, cooperating with me would be best, but they didn’t, because I am a person, I am the Emperor of the Human Race. Do you understand?"

Shen Yuan: "..."

"The demons in this world thrive on the nourishment of the Human Race, no matter whether they are Reincarnators or Ancient Demons, it’s actually the same.

If the Human Race rises, then this world will become uncontrollable.

Whoever loses or wins among them simply decides to whom this world will belong, but if the Human Race rises, then it will no longer have anything to do with them. It’s a matter of stance!"

"Your Majesty means..."

"I mean to say," the Emperor grinned, "that these Reincarnators and demons are the same.

Though they have their differences, their strategies differ, but their ultimate bottom line stance never changes.

Using humans as nourishment to sustain themselves is an everlasting karmic truth—Reincarnators are like that and so are the demons! "

Shen Yuan stood there, stunned, temporarily at a loss for words.

"Trying to brainwash people?" Shenyue asked with a laugh.

"I am not that bored," the Emperor said firmly, staring back at the other, "I am telling him the truth of this world. Humans are humans, and you are you. It’s as simple as that..."

Upon hearing this, Shenyue’s smile faded, and he nodded in agreement, "From the moment you stabbed King of Qin in the back, I knew you were a dangerous person, more dangerous than anyone I’ve ever known. I really don’t know where the Black Empress gets her confidence that she can control you."

"Senior flatters me."

"That is why you must die here today!" Shenyue stepped forward, saying no more.

That single step carried the momentum of mountains collapsing and seas surging, as if tangible.

Nothing had happened, yet the Emperor felt as if the heavens were crumbling down upon him, that oppressive force creating a visual shock so intense it seemed as though the surrounding spatial currents intensified a thousandfold.

In that instant, the Emperor felt as though he was faced with the high heavens, and he was but an insignificant ant.

He had encountered this feeling three times in his life.

The first was when he had met the King of Qin, who had demonstrated remarkable insight and unprecedented power, leading him, at one point, to believe that the King of Qin was the light of the Human Race, the beacon of hope he would follow.

The second was the Black Empress, whose methods were even more terrifying, her displayed background far outstripping the King of Qin, something he had never even dared to imagine before. Her presence then was also such, rendering him unable to muster the courage to even look up.

By nature, humans are weak and, when faced with the first batch of demons from beyond the stars, they were like ants encountering the sun.

But this could not always be the case, for they... are the true masters of this world!

Golden flames surged into the sky, their might nearly matching the Elemental Light from the Four Holy Ritual. In an instant, even the approaching dust was being melted away. At this moment, the Emperor was like a living Golden Crow!

"Always claiming how the Human Race and demons are different..." Shenyue faced the terrifying force, his expression unchanged, but his face full of scorn, "Isn’t the power you’re using now the same as a demon’s?"

"I am different..." The Emperor took one step forward as well, a move that felt like the movement of the sun itself. Shenyue was momentarily taken aback, sensing that the once insignificant ant had become as perilous as the sun.

"What’s different?"

"Using power and having power serve you are two different things." The Emperor clenched his fist, and the surging flames immediately drew back, seemingly vanishing in an instant, but Shenyue knew that the flames hadn’t disappeared.

For that terrible high temperature was still there.

Shen Yuan, standing behind the Emperor, seemed to be protected and did not feel that terrifying heat, but he still sensed something was off. The surroundings... seemed different.

The water vapor... was disappearing bit by bit!

"I am the latter!!"