At the edge of Abyss Layer 92.
The black rift that had just closed was torn open again by brute force.
Qin Chuan strolled out of it with his hands in his pockets.
Season Star followed in the three-hundred-meter-tall Truth Judgment. Night Cherry Tangle and Dies Martin emerged from the void on either side.
The four uninvited guests had returned. Across the battlefield, which had been calm for less than half a minute, the atmosphere froze.
Aboard Heaven Country's main warship, twelve True Gods turned at once, their gazes locked on Qin Chuan's conspicuous black coat.
Below, the Gluttony Monarch stopped regrouping his Abyss Kin. His enormous eyes rolled toward them.
After a brief silence, all hell broke loose.
"Heretic! You dare come back!" Veins bulged on the leading True God's hand.
The Long-Bearded True God abandoned all composure. Raising his Scepter, he roared toward Qin Chuan, "Heaven Army, heed my command! Turn around, all of you! Blast those heretics into oblivion!"
The Gluttony Monarch's grating voice rang through the Abyss.
"I'll swallow you alive today!"
The two sides had been at each other's throats moments ago. Now they both turned on Qin Chuan and his three companions.
Judgment Beams and abyssal gravity spheres came crashing down from every direction.
The barrage covered such a vast area that it left no opening to dodge through.
Qin Chuan had no intention of taking it head-on. He tapped a finger against the Blade Hilt of [Moment of Utmost Darkness].
[Temporal Acceleration] activated.
Time around them was forcibly accelerated to a hundred times the rate outside.
The Judgment Beams, impossibly fast a moment ago, now crawled slower than turtles.
The gravity spheres spat out by the Gluttony Monarch hung motionless in midair.
"Split up. Do as you please," Qin Chuan ordered over the