Nine directions of colossal abominations stood in their respective positions. Thousand-zhang flower calyxes and stamens danced wildly. The ghostly woman trod upon layers of corpses and bones. A hundred thousand skeleton soldiers stood motionless in place. The enormous sea beast raised its eight claws high. The ten-thousand-zhang giant tree rustled its branches and leaves fiercely. The thousand-zhang golden Buddha stood in the empty zone between sea and sky, its two fingers pressed together in prayer. Countless ugly middle-aged figures hovered above the ancient city, all gazing uniformly toward one side. Behind the antlered youth, faint roars of beasts could be heard while flocks of creatures wheeled in the air.
All nine directions of colossal abominations stared fixedly at a point in the void beside the strange ancient city.
“Something seems about to emerge from there? someone asked in puzzlement.
There must be some great event about to happen. Otherwise, so many bizarre entities would not appear, and all those colossal abominations would not be staring in the same direction.
Could it be some immense terror?
It might also be a tremendous opportunity.
We’d better retreat a bit further. If those nine colossal abominations start fighting, the commotion will be enormous.
…
Everyone began to discuss heatedly. By now, almost all who had entered the Domain of Evil had gathered together.
The three great powers had also stopped attacking one another. Faced with greater strangeness and threat, they temporarily united again.
The unaffiliated cultivators, lacking their own Martial Saints, naturally wanted to stay close to the three great powers for protection.
Although the several thousand people present appeared calm on the surface, Zhan Meng and others kept watching the dozen-zhang floating heavenly palace controlled by Lin Xiao, ready to seize it at any moment.
After all, this was a supreme treasure of the highest order, whereas whatever might appear from the place watched by the abominations remained uncertain.
Following someone’s suggestion, the crowd retreated a considerable distance once more, though most could still see.
Those with weaker cultivation could no longer clearly discern the faces and forms of the abominations.
Of course, colossal objects like the ten-thousand-zhang giant tree, the gigantic sea beast, and the thousand-zhang flower calyx remained visible even from farther away.
The ten great skeleton armies were naturally still perceptible, though many people could no longer distinguish individual skeletons.
Thus, the nine colossal abominations and the crowd waited for a full hour.
During that hour, nobody left. Faced with such a grand spectacle, nobody wished to miss what was about to happen.
Boom!
Exactly one hour later, a disturbance finally began. The entire earth and sea surface trembled faintly, waves rising one after another.
Hundreds of li away from the diagonal side of the strange ancient city, ripples gradually spread through the void. A void fissure several hundred li long slowly split open, as though a lengthy gate of emptiness were opening. An aura of eternal desolation emanated from the widening crack.
Boom!
The earth quaked, the sea surged, and rolling fluctuations in the void drove enormous waves that rushed in every direction.
The fissure, hundreds or even thousands of li long, continued to widen. When it reached one zhang in width, everyone could see only a vast expanse of white inside, unable to discern what lay within.
Every gaze locked onto that void fissure.
The fissure grew larger and larger: from one zhang to three zhang, to five zhang, finally reaching a hundred zhang in height. Yet something seemed to obscure the interior, leaving only a white haze that prevented anyone from seeing clearly.
Nevertheless, the desolate aura carried the flavour of countless years. Whatever lay inside must have existed for an extremely long time.
It appeared likely to be a special profound domain or a unique separate space.
What on earth is inside? someone exclaimed.
No one answered, nor could anyone answer. At this moment, only the devil would know what was there.
A void fissure hundreds or thousands of li long and a hundred zhang high was something none of them had ever witnessed. Even the profound domain entrances they had seen before were never this enormous.
Once the massive fissure reached a hundred zhang in height, it seemed to stop expanding further.
At that instant, the entire world appeared to shudder, trembling as though emitting a mournful wail.
Hiss! Hiss!
Around the thousand-zhang flower calyx, countless gorgeously vivid blossoms sprouted, dancing above the sea and covering a hundred-li radius in dazzling splendour.
The giant tree that pinned the Yin Demon began to sway, resembling a heaven-reaching titan brandishing its limbs.
The enormous eight-clawed sea beast swung its eight limbs, sending out waves of fluctuation that raised layer upon layer of gigantic waves.
Within the hundred-li area where the Deathly Female Ghost stood, maple trees rose again, yellow flowers bloomed, and sea swallows flew past.
The ten skeleton armies simultaneously shifted their weapons from one-handed to two-handed grips, assuming attack stances.
Dong!
A heaven-shaking drum-like sound rang out. At the position of the black shadow, the sea surface was forced deep inward by the sound wave, pushing out a massive ring of waves.
Lin Xiao and the others felt their eardrums almost burst. In their sight, the black heart carried by the myriad black shadows suddenly throbbed once.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
The one-zhang black heart began beating continuously. Terrifying sound waves radiated in all directions. The sea surface kept caving inward. Among the crowd, some people suffered ruptured internal organs and bled from every orifice.
The three Martial Saints hurriedly released their pressure to block the sound of the heartbeat, only then easing the burden on everyone so that no further injuries occurred.
That heart was simply too bizarre and terrifying. Just a single heart, yet it could still beat, and each beat releasing such dreadful power through mere vibration.
Screeeech!!!
At this moment, one of the ugly middle-aged figures above the strange ancient city suddenly threw its head back and let out a piercing shriek.
Immediately afterwards, the densely packed ugly middle-aged figures charged toward the enormous void fissure.
Terrifying streams of power erupted from their hands, converging into a vast torrent that poured into the fissure.
Then, the entire ancient city covering a hundred-li radius uprooted itself, soaring horizontally through the sky with a fierce whistling sound, smashing toward the void fissure as though it would shatter the void itself, causing space to ripple violently.
After the city rose, the ground continued to shake, and seawater flooded the place it had occupied.
Boom!
Endless power surged into the void fissure. Once the colossal ancient city also crashed inside, the entire heaven and earth began to shake violently.
Even Lin Xiao and the others standing in the void felt their bodies become unsteady and sway.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At the same time, countless petals from around the thousand-zhang flower calyx shot toward another part of the several-hundred-li void fissure, red blossoms filling the sky like endless meteors in a spectacular scene.
While the petals streaked forth, the thousand-zhang flower calyx itself rapidly drifted toward the fissure. Its nine long stamens extended, stabbing toward the fissure as though to pierce through the void itself.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The entire void shook even more fiercely. The crowd could only retreat explosively once again.
