The astonished cries of the crowd reached the ears of the power avatars, but they merely shook their heads and sneered.
"Heh, pathetic fools!"
"A mere sword cultivator at the early stage of the Main God realm dares to stop us?"
"As long as Lin Yu doesn't show up, what is there to fear?"
The crowd was worked up. Lin Yu had not yet appeared, leading them to secretly suspect that something had happened to him. Furthermore, as they were merely power avatars, they could easily retreat to their own worlds, hence their utter lack of restraint.
The arrival of the Sword God invigorated the human race.
"Senior Sword God is here, we are saved!"
"But, can Senior Sword God defeat them?"
"That's really hard to say."
"Look, they're fighting!"
"..."
Everyone looked and saw that the Sword God had indeed engaged them in a fierce battle. With a wave of his sword, sword qi poured out like a cascading galaxy, soaring straight into the heavens. The power avatars of the Golden Immortal realm, seeing the Sword God dare to attack them, were instantly enraged.
"You court death!"
"Heaven and Earth Hammer!"
"Vast Sea Great Hand Seal!"
"Dragon's Claw Strike!"
"..."
Rumble!!!
The various skills collided with a deafening roar. The world fell silent. All eyes turned to the sky. The Sword God, wielding his blood-colored longsword, unleashed a strike accompanied by nine streams of sword qi, each followed by its corresponding sword intent.
"Die!"
With a single strike, the Sword God killed a powerful cultivator at the early stage of the Main God realm. This, however, enraged the power avatars. One of the Golden Immortal-level power avatars roared, "Sword God, you've gone too far!"
The Sword God snorted, "Are you not going too far by so ruthlessly pressuring my human race?"
"Hmph, if your human race makes a mistake, aren't we allowed to speak of it?"
The Sword God was also infuriated.
"The auction is over, do you expect us to escort you?"
"That is your responsibility!"
"What responsibility? It's just an excuse for you to pressure my human race into giving up the position of alliance leader."
"Sword God, you speak wildly!"
"You are slandering us! You hypocrite!"
"You court death!"
With that, the Golden Immortal avatar slapped out. His full-force attack was comparable to that of a Golden Immortal. Seeing this, the Sword God's expression changed drastically, and he hastily retreated. However, the colossal energy palm followed closely, and at an even greater speed.
"Damn it, I was too overconfident!" At this moment, the Sword God realized his mistake. The vast gap in their realms was not something he could easily overcome. He could leap over one minor realm, but compared to these Golden Immortal power avatars, he was far too weak. Their casual strike was beyond his ability to resist.
"Retreat!" Even the indomitable Sword God, who never retreated, decided to pull back.
As the Sword God retreated, the Golden Immortal avatar chuckled, "Trying to escape? Is it that simple? Perish!" The giant palm suddenly enlarged tenfold, blotting out the sky and the sun, and slammed down towards the Sword God.
The Sword God's face contorted in fear. The other foreign cultivators revealed mocking expressions.
"A mere Sword God, trying to defy the heavens?"
"Overestimating himself, a path to destruction."
"Death is his only destination."
"Heh heh ~ a mere ant ~"
"..."
The colossal palm descended, sealing off the surrounding space. The Sword God was like the Monkey King under the Buddha's palm, seemingly with no possibility of escape. Despair washed over the Sword God's face. The human race members wept bitterly. Elder Ge looked on with self-reproach.
"How could this be..." he lamented in anguish. The Golden Immortal avatar flashed a relaxed smile.
"Human race, I bestow upon you death!"
Boom!
The giant palm landed!
...
"You dare be so presumptuous in my absence?"
"Have you forgotten my butcher's knife, or do you think it has lost its edge?"
"Heh heh ~"
A mocking voice echoed from afar. As the voice drew nearer, everyone turned to its source. A figure in white robes appeared in an instant beneath the descending palm. He looked up at the giant palm and extended his own.
"Have you ever seen a palm larger than the sky?"
As he spoke, everyone noticed an even larger palm had inexplicably appeared above the original giant palm. This palm was so vast that its true size was indiscernible. They strained their eyes, but could not see its boundaries.
A collective gasp of shock went through the crowd.
"What an enormous palm, is this Lin Yu's revenge?"
"Who said Lin Yu was in trouble?"
"He must have done this intentionally, watching from the side all along."
"We're finished, Lin Yu is back, and our plan is ruined."
"Surely not, Lin Yu is a man who understands the bigger picture."
"Right, right, if all those people are killed, there's no need for this alliance of various races to exist."
"Look, the giant palm is moving."
"..."
Everyone looked up and saw the palm slowly descending. But it was so immense that it felt as if the sky itself was collapsing. The Golden Immortal power avatar was stunned. He looked at the palm, his face growing increasingly grim. He had thought Lin Yu was surely in trouble, and at worst, he could afford to lose this avatar. But now that Lin Yu had returned, he began to feel a pang of fear. Could even his true body defeat Lin Yu? He couldn't help but wonder.
Rumble!!!
Lin Yu's giant palm descended. With a few cracking sounds, the opposing giant palm shattered, offering no resistance. As he was about to speak, a cold snort reached his ears.
"I am the Solar Sword Emperor, I can command the sun to hang in the sky and incinerate your body!"
"Die in endless flames."
Boom!
A sword burning with solar fire descended with immense force. He found himself locked by a peculiar power, utterly unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as the flaming longsword sliced through his body.
Boom!
Flames erupted.
"Ah........"
He was burned to ashes in the solar fire.
The onlookers stood stunned, speechless. Even now, the dying screams of the Golden Immortal avatar echoed in their ears. It was too terrifying! To be burned alive, with both body and soul consumed by flames. Looking at the man in white robes before them, they shivered inexplicably. A terrifying man!
The Solar Sword Emperor was a fusion avatar of the tens of millions-level, ten times more powerful than a million-level fusion avatar, capable of reigning supreme among Golden Immortals. The power avatar before them was merely a manifestation of Golden Immortal-level power from the Main God realm, a vast distance from the Sword Emperor.
"Hmph, to offend the human race is a crime worthy of death!" With these words, he let out another cold snort. He turned to look at the others. At this moment, absolute silence reigned. Only the rapid breathing of the crowd was extraordinarily loud.