"Strange, what's happening outside? Why such a huge commotion?"
Within a peculiar space,
Chu Tianyang frowned as he looked upward,
sensing something might have occurred in Qingyang City.
With their Beast Tamer dead,
the two contracted spirit beasts suffered severe backlash,
their souls grievously wounded
as they clutched their heads and howled endlessly!
"Kill them!"
Striking while the iron was hot,
Golden Saint Elder attacked decisively,
his ruthless, unrestrained blows landing on both opponents' heads,
instantly exploding the two Emperor-tier spirit beasts.
"The Beast God was right - he truly doesn't regard Emperor-tier experts as threats!"
Golden Saint Elder sighed while watching the bloody mist outside Qingyang City.
A peak Emperor-tier expert
had actually been unable to withstand a single sound from the Beast God!
"Perhaps the Beast God truly can overthrow Hell's Gate!"
"But why doesn't he act himself, instead nurturing the Chu family to do so?"
Golden Saint Elder couldn't understand.
With the Beast God's power,
he could easily establish a transcendent force opposing Hell's Gate,
yet he chose to nurture the Chu family instead!
How strange!
BOOM!
Two massive bodies came crashing down,
landing in the Nine Heavens Mountain Range behind Qingyang City.
The tremendous noise snapped all the stunned martial artists in Qingyang City out of their daze.
"Heavens! What did I just witness? I actually saw Emperor-tier experts perish? And four at once?"
Someone finally exclaimed in shock.
Was this something weaklings like them should be seeing for free?
Coming to their senses, the crowd was astounded.
Rather than celebrating their survival,
they were all marveling at the fall of Hell's Gate's four Martial Emperors.
If the demise of Martial Emperor Chi Mie had only been hearsay before,
today they had witnessed it with their own eyes.
"What hidden strength does the Chu family possess? Besides that immensely powerful Beast God, they actually have a Demon Emperor too?"
This left everyone incredulous.
Having one Emperor-tier expert was shocking enough,
but now the Chu family had two?
And the key point - Hell's Gate currently seemed powerless against them?
"Is Hell's Gate all bark and no bite?"
Doubt arose in everyone's hearts in Qingyang City.
They'd only ever heard of Hell's Gate's supposed might -
how any Emperor-tier expert without their approval would inevitably die.
Yet now Hell's Gate had lost so many Emperor-tier experts,
while the Chu family remained unscathed?
"Elder, are Hell's Gate's Martial Emperors really this weak?"
The major powers who'd been observing this scene through various means fell silent at their juniors' questions.
This was completely different from what they'd imagined!
Shouldn't Hell's Gate have crushed the Chu family's Demon Emperor with overwhelming force?
Why was the situation reversed?
"This was just Hell's Gate being careless! The Chu family and their Demon Emperor are doomed - that's inevitable!"
"You youngsters shouldn't question Hell's Gate's power. Remember, they only dispatched one Martial Emperor this time. When they get serious, the Chu family won't stand a chance!"
"Just wait and see!"
"It won't be long before the Chu family is wiped out!"
Some senior experts declared confidently.
Hell's Gate's accumulated strength was beyond what their younger generation could imagine.
When they truly revealed their power,
these youngsters would be scared out of their wits!
"How could this happen?"
The Chu family of Cang Region was stunned.
Hell's Gate's Ten Thousand Beasts Martial Emperor had fallen?
That was a peak Martial Emperor!
Did the Chu family's mysterious Demon Emperor surpass even peak Martial Emperors?
Impossible!
What could be stronger than a peak Martial Emperor?
"Why couldn't you just die quietly to the Ten Thousand Beasts Martial Emperor?"
"Must you make us all nervous too?"
Chu Dingtian said grimly.
If not for lacking the strength,
he would have sent Chu family Martial Saints to eliminate them,
eradicating all potential threats!
"Absolutely outrageous! How can a mere abandoned branch family surpass our main lineage?"
This fueled Chu Dingtian's fury.
He couldn't comprehend -
what incredible luck had that Chu family stumbled upon,
to have such powerful guardians?
"Let's just hope Hell's Gate eliminates them soon."
But what puzzled everyone was
Hell's Gate hadn't immediately acted after learning of events in Qian Region!
"How strange. Has something happened to Hell's Gate, leaving them preoccupied?"
"Otherwise they wouldn't remain indifferent to such provocation!"
Speculation began.
Some peak Martial Saints even grew restless -
perhaps this was their chance to break through to Emperor-tier!
But soon,
news spread from Hell's Gate:
once they conquered the forbidden land,
the Chu family would be annihilated.
"So that's it! I knew Hell's Gate wouldn't tolerate the Chu family's existence. They're busy attacking the forbidden land!"
Many had sudden realizations.
The Mortal Realm contained several forbidden lands.
If Hell's Gate was the eternal overlord of the Mortal Realm,
controlling all life and death within it,
then the forbidden lands were eternal existences -
places even Hell's Gate dared not enter.
Yet now Hell's Gate was targeting a forbidden land? No wonder they couldn't focus on the Chu family!
"Hmph! Compared to a forbidden land, what's one insignificant Chu family?"
"Once Hell's Gate is free to act, won't the Chu family be destroyed in an instant?"
Chu Dingtian snorted,
immediately feeling much better.
Meanwhile in Qingyang City,
far from driving people away with fear,
the recent battle had attracted even more martial artists,
with some even renaming it "Mortal City,"
hoping the Chu family's Demon Emperor would lead them
in tearing open a corner of Hell's Gate's endless reign,
making the Mortal Realm truly humanity's domain,
where martial artists capable of reaching Emperor-tier
could break through without Hell's Gate's permission.