They couldn't dodge it, they absolutely couldn't dodge it. This claw strike was aimed directly at killing them.
Innate Sacred Beings possess extremely high essence; they are magnificent existences nurtured by Heaven and Earth. As long as the Honghuang World retains traces of them, they will not perish.
But this claw, with its boundless power of Chaos and disorder, sought to erase their existence and wipe out their traces within the Honghuang World.
Once they were killed in the current space-time, the remaining power would follow their timeline and kill their past selves as well.
As for the future, that was unfortunate. Innate Sacred Beings nominally gather their past and future, but the past is fixed and the future is uncertain. Once the present and past space-time are annihilated...
...then the future would become illusory, and destroying it would be incredibly easy.
Hongjun and Luohu stood side by side, their eyes filled with shock.
Something was wrong. This Beast Emperor was too strange. They were beings of the same era, so why was he so powerful?
But now, it seemed it was already too late; it would be difficult for them to evade this claw strike.
At this moment, the space around them seemed to change, with layers of space interwoven.
Faintly, streaks of light and shadow could be seen.
It looked like a very short distance, but in reality, the distance between the beast claw and Hongjun and Luohu was the difference between heaven and earth.
And this boundless space continued to multiply.
Hongjun and Luohu did not hesitate at this moment. Having gained this slight delay, they quickly retreated into the distance.
Not far from them stood a man in green robes, holding a willow branch, watching everything with a serious expression. This was exactly Yang Mei.
Hongjun did not hesitate. He walked toward Yang Mei and said to him:
"Space Sacred Being, be careful. This Beast Emperor is very strange. He is far from what ordinary Innate Fierce Beasts can contend with; the difference is like heaven and earth."
Yang Mei stepped on the Void Realm, looking at this Beast Emperor, his eyes also filled with dread.
Chaotic and disorderly, just like Chaos itself, this Beast Emperor felt to him less like a living being and more like the entirety of Chaos.
He was not an opponent, and even if the three of them joined forces, they still wouldn't be.
Just as they were about to flee, a massive roar broke through the countless layers of space.
The aura of Chaos and the aura of disorder originated here.
A unique aura unfolded from the Beast Emperor. Its gigantic, sky-shrouding wings spread open, and an inexplicable aura gradually began to extend.
Chaotic and disorderly, even the Laws of the Great Dao seemed to have fallen into disarray.
Within this Domain, whether it was Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, or Time and Space, everything seemed suppressed, unable to unleash its full power.
Beast Emperor Shen Ni looked at Hongjun and the others, filled with greed. If he devoured Innate Sacred Beings, his power and strength would become even greater.
Yang Mei could only continuously wave his willow branch, manifesting countless spaces, hoping to block Shen Ni and successfully escape.
But it wasn't enough. Chaos is disorderly, while the world is orderly. The power emanating from the Beast Emperor transformed the power unleashed by Yang Mei's Dao of Space into a state of disorder.
Within Chaos, time and space cannot be distinguished.
"Sword of Time, Slay!"
Within Beast Emperor Shen Ni's Domain, an illusory long river seemed to stretch forth from nothingness—this was the river of time.
And upon this long river, an Innate Sacred Being, holding a long sword, slashed toward the Beast Emperor.
This sword light seemed to flow backward along the current space-time, seeking to kill his past.
Yet, in Shen Ni's eyes, there was still disdain. The two Innate Sacred Beings of Time and Space were inferior to Hongjun and Luohu on the level of the Great Dao.
Their strength lay not in raw power, but in how difficult they were to deal with.
Shen Ni looked at the sword light without the slightest hesitation. The power of Chaos and disorder filled his own timeline, and the sword light, gathered from boundless temporal power, gradually dissolved under this chaotic and disorderly force.
"The three of you, go first. I will cover the rear."
Behind Shichen, an illusory river of time had not dispersed, and boundless temporal power reinforced his body.
Hongjun and the other two did not hesitate. They were not fools who would waste time arguing here. The three combined their efforts, condensing three terrifying streams of power, and directly tore open a breach in the Domain.
"How dare you! Die for me!"
A trace of fury appeared in Beast Emperor Shen Ni's massive beast eyes. His gigantic claw struck out once more, grabbing toward Hongjun and the others.
The power of Chaos and disorder manifested on the gigantic claw, but Shichen merely smiled and slowly uttered a few words.
"Beast Emperor, goodbye."
With a deafening boom, Shichen instantly self-destructed under the disbelieving gaze of Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
That's right. Without the slightest hesitation, he exploded directly.
Shichen, along with the illusory river of time, completely burst open at this moment.
Boundless temporal power permeated the area. The power of the self-destruction completely tore apart the Beast Emperor's Domain.
At this sight, Hongjun, who was fleeing, was also full of question marks. What was that? Why did he just self-destruct?
But he did not hesitate and continued to urge the power around his body, flying toward the distance.