Chapter 455

"But what happened to Guo Hongyu and the others? Were they all wiped out...?"

"No, not quite—they still have a breath left!"

Su Han immediately understood the situation before him.

He couldn't help but feel the urge to complain.

These two teams probably ran straight into a Beast Emperor while causing trouble in another world—thinking of this, Su Han's teeth ached again.

How bad would your luck have to be to run straight into a Beast Emperor? The Emperor-level lifeforms in the Earth Caverns, though more numerous than Grand Masters in the real world, still face a vastly larger territory than Earth.

Overall, encountering an Emperor-level lifeform in the Earth Caverns is harder than encountering a Grand Master in the real world.

How many lifetimes' worth of bad luck did it take to end up like this? The Black Armor Dragon Emperor sensed something, lowered his head, and saw the temporal rift.

His gaze flickered, dimming and flaring, his voice low, shaking the cosmos.

With a hint of complexity.

"So it really is you... Huaxiada Sect's Grand Master!"

The Black Armor Dragon Emperor's voice returned to coldness, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"Good. It seems you truly were the one who last time seized and devoured our souls, gaining the Earth Caverns' coordinates..."

Last time, when many Beast Emperors returned, they found their souls damaged and suspected Su Han had devoured their souls to obtain the Earth Caverns' coordinates.

Yet, deep down, they had all clung to hope.

Hope was hope.

The Black Armor Dragon Emperor and two other Beast Emperors mobilized their entire clans, flipping over the entire rear of the Earth Caverns and launching full-scale surveillance.

Should anyone spot a human appearing deep in the Earth Caverns' rear,

They were to report it immediately, and then an Emperor-level lifeform would act.

Yes, it wasn't that Guo Hongyu and the others had bad luck and ran into an Emperor-level beast.

It was merely that Guo Hongyu and the Huaxiada Sect's senior Grand Masters had underestimated the Black Armor Dragon Emperor and the other two Beast Emperors' fear of... Su Han, their dread of... Su Han, and the insane frenzy born from that desperate terror.

"I will kill these humans you sent here—your future hopes—right before your eyes!"

The Black Armor Dragon Emperor's face twisted with savagery, his eyes locked on the temporal rift as he extended a claw, stepping gently toward Guo Hongyu and the others.

A low growl rumbled from his throat.

"I will make today's scene your eternal heart demon!"

The Black Armor Dragon Emperor intended to crush Guo Hongyu and the others utterly before Su Han's eyes.

"Grand Master Su, don't come over... this is all a trap set by these beasts..."

Guo Hongyu breathed faintly, a bitter expression crossing his face.

He admitted—it was his and the Huaxiada Sect's Grand Masters' arrogance.

But their arrogance cost Guo Hongyu and these students their lives—that was acceptable.

It was not worth making Su Han pay the price.

Guo Hongyu knew the Black Armor Dragon Emperor waited until Su Han opened the temporal rift to kill them, precisely to wound Su Han's spirit.

To cloud his heart.

Beyond that, the Beast Emperors might also be trying to lure Su Han into forcibly breaking through the boundary.

Even if Su Han was powerful, forcibly breaking through would suppress his strength—he might not be a match for the Black Armor Dragon Emperor then.

This was entirely a trap laid by the Beast Emperors.

It wasn't aimed at Guo Hongyu—Guo Hongyu alone didn't have the stature to warrant it.

From the start, the Beast Emperors' target was... Su Han.

Su Han watched this scene, utterly calm.

Suddenly, Su Han's eyebrows twitched several times—he smiled.

"How fascinating! I was just thinking how regrettable it was last time you escaped with your lives—but this time..."

Su Han's smile vanished; he fixed his gaze on the Black Armor Dragon, his voice turning instantly: icy.

"I think I might get to eat dragon meat today!"

No sooner had he spoken than Su Han stepped forward boldly, forcibly breaking through the boundary.

If the Black Armor Dragon Emperor dared show himself before Su Han, he had no intention of returning alive.

Forcibly breaking through might suppress his power—so what if Su Han's strength was partially suppressed? What confidence did the Black Armor Dragon Emperor have to fight a weakened Su Han? Even if his power was suppressed beyond imagination, Su Han was not afraid.

He had just gained the power of talismans.

Combined, it was definitely stronger than the opponent's.

As for injuries from forcibly breaking through—just the Ma Talisman's cure-all power was enough to eliminate any such concerns for Su Han.

Su Han broke through not for Guo Hongyu and the others.

Saving them was merely incidental.

After all, he had said from the start he bore no responsibility for them.

He broke through.

Solely to kill the prey who had escaped him last time—the Black Armor Dragon Emperor—and then enjoy a lovely meal of dragon meat with his two maids.

Push.