"What's happening?" Chen Fan asked.
"Some big shots have arrived outside the city."
"Hmm?"
"There are Title Emperors appearing outside Freedom City."
"Title Emperors?"
Chen Fan raised an eyebrow, then was shocked: "What do Title Emperors want?"
Wu Sheng: "..."
"Oh, I get it."
Seeing Wu Sheng's expression, Chen Fan knew the reason: "The Title Emperors you're talking about are looking for me?"
"Yes."
"Oh."
He really couldn't muster much enthusiasm.
Title Emperors were top-tier existences below the Emperor realm.
Twelve Emperors, a monumental event.
"Anything else?" Wu Sheng seemed to have more to say.
Wu Sheng said directly: "Those people haven't said anything, but their auras are growing stronger, sealing the heavens and locking the earth. It seems... they are going to make a move on Freedom City."
"Hmm?"
This news was quite unexpected.
"If they dare to attack Freedom City, aren't they afraid of Yi Fu's wrath?" Chen Fan asked in surprise.
"Yi Fu can't leave the city."
Wu Sheng narrated the news he had gathered over the past few days: "Yi Fu seems to be suppressing some existence beneath Freedom City. If he leaves, that entity might immediately break free."
Chen Fan: '...'
He understood.
So, this city not only made Yi Fu, but also trapped him here.
Yi Fu could not leave the city.
If the twelve Title Emperors attacked in unison and dragged him out of the city, even Yi Fu would be powerless.
After all, he couldn't leave the city.
After a moment of thought, Chen Fan finally got up: "I'll go take a look."
"I'll go with you."
Wu Sheng followed him out of the room.
...
Going downstairs.
In the restaurant, everyone now knew Chen Fan's identity.
Their gazes towards Chen Fan were filled with unreadable meaning.
Some were gloating, some harbored hatred, while others were indifferent and detached.
Chen Fan walked through the crowd and straight out of the restaurant.
He didn't care about their stares.
As soon as he stepped out of the restaurant, a powerful aura drew Chen Fan's gaze upwards to the sky.
In the sky, twelve figures sat cross-legged.
Their dragon-like vitality shook heaven and earth.
Silently.
The twelve Title Emperors intimidated Freedom City with their auras.
"Buzz."
The moment Chen Fan walked out of the restaurant, one of the twelve Title Emperors opened his eyes.
His gaze was like a scorching sun.
Blinding and earth-shattering.
No one dared to meet an Emperor's gaze.
"Chen Fan."
The Emperor who opened his eyes spoke: "I am Dou Huang, from the Endless Fire Domain. I will give you one chance: kneel and surrender all you have, and enter my Endless Fire Domain as a slave for a hundred years. After a hundred years, you will be free."
Chen Fan: "???"
Who is this idiot?
"Endless Fire Domain?"
Chen Fan smiled: "Is Young Master Huo not here? Sending a mute dog is truly... tsk tsk..."
His tone was full of disdain.
"Presumptuous."
The strongman from the Endless Fire Domain's gaze was terrifying.
It shone down upon Chen Fan.
His condescending gaze was as if he were looking at an ant.
"Heh."
Chen Fan sneered: "What are you? What, are you going to attack? Come..."
He provocatively beckoned to the sky.
If you're not convinced, come here.
Don't forget, this is Freedom City. Anyone who dares to attack Chen Fan within the city would be challenging Yi Fu's bottom line.
Within this city, Yi Fu was an invincible existence.
Unless the Heavenly Emperor appeared, no one could do anything.
"Boom."
Dou Huang rose in the air.
His powerful aura shook heaven and earth.
Just the release of his aura made Chen Fan breathless.
The pressure from his distant aura was terrifying.
"Is this the might of an Emperor?" Honestly, he was envious.
But...
The opponent's physical body seemed to have six light wheels flashing.
Light wheels, Emperor Qi.
"Hahaha."
Chen Fan laughed: "Achieving Emperor with six rings of Emperor Qi, truly a waste."
"Boom."
The moment his words fell.
Eight rings of Emperor Qi appeared on Chen Fan's body.
His aura was like a true dragon, coiling and swimming.
He cast a challenging glance at Dou Huang again: "I, your City Lord, have effortlessly condensed eight rings of Emperor Qi. If I wished, I could step into the Emperor realm at any time. Six rings, hahaha... too much of a waste."
Contempt and disdain.
This was Chen Fan's pride.
He continued: "I don't even care for eight rings of Emperor Qi, heh, what kind of trash are six rings? Believe it or not, I can become an Emperor and crush you right now?"
"..."
The world fell silent.
Swallowing Emperor Qi, opening Dao acupoints.
The standard for becoming an Emperor.
How arrogant was Chen Fan?
Facing an Emperor, facing a Six-Ring Emperor, his eyes were filled with disdain.
"Hahaha."
Chen Fan continued to laugh: "Trash, waste, hahaha..."
His laughter was contemptuous, echoing over Freedom City.
"You court death."
Dou Huang finally became enraged.
He was an Emperor, yet he was provoked by a weakling who had just condensed Emperor Qi.
"Boom."
Dou Huang attacked ferociously.
His body was like a blazing sun, suppressing heaven and earth.
A single palm pressed down, shattering the void.
Covering the sky with one hand.
Truly covering the sky with one hand, that hand was even larger than Freedom City itself.
Dou Huang had attacked.
"Buzz."
A celestial crown appeared.
It was very small, slowly rising from the central thatched hut.
It had no earth-shattering aura, only a sense of returning to the mundane.
It looked like an ordinary crown, with no trace of power.
"Stop."
In the void, another Emperor spoke.
His aura was stronger than Dou Huang's.
The moment his eyes opened, the palm descending from the sky shattered, and heaven and earth returned to clarity.
Looking at the speaker, he had pupils like crescent moons.
"Moon Emperor."
Dou Huang looked at Moon Emperor, his eyes filled with rage: "What are you doing?"
Moon Emperor was a woman with an unparalleled face, like an ice mountain, her eyes like crescent moons. She didn't even look at Dou Huang, but instead turned towards the area of thatched huts in the center of the city and said, "Does Lord City Lord truly intend to go against everyone's wishes and become an enemy of the entire Eastern Continent?"
These twelve Title Emperors all came from the Eastern Continent.
The forces of the Twelve Palaces were located in the Eastern Continent.
"Boom."
Blinding flames pierced heaven and earth.
In front of the first thatched hut closest to the central one, a fiery light shot into the sky.
Long Ling's gaze was fiery, and three rings of Emperor Qi emanated from him: "Moon Emperor, you are challenging the authority of Freedom City."
Moon Emperor shook her head: "No, I am merely offering a suggestion, hoping that Lord City Lord will not be stubborn."
"Heh heh."
Long Ling sneered: "If you have the guts, attack within Freedom City. Empty words are meaningless."
After speaking, Long Ling closed his eyes.
He sat down again in front of the thatched hut, retracting his Emperor Qi.
Long Ling already possessed three rings of Emperor Qi.
...
The world fell silent.
The awakened Long Ling said no more pointless words.
More words were useless. If you have the guts, attack within Freedom City.
In the sky, Moon Emperor's aura faltered.
A murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Boom."
A monstrous killing intent erupted from Moon Emperor.
On his physical body, ten Dao acupoints shone.
A Title Emperor, he, Moon Emperor, was a Title Emperor.
What was Dou Huang to him? Dou was not Dou Huang's title. If he was being polite, he would be called Dou Huang, but if not, he would be called by his true name, Dou Qian.