In the void, two terrifying auras intertwined and collided, causing the surrounding space to show signs of instability.
Within the hellish rift in the void, a towering figure could faintly be seen seated upon the Black Iron Crown.
Lin Sheng felt a gaze filled with boundless savagery fall upon him through the rift, making his recovering body begin to stiffen again.
"Still unwilling to give up? In that case..."
Surging Lightning Glow emerged beside Lin Sheng, revealing Xia Leisheng's towering figure.
The instant he appeared, dense bolts of lightning erupted across the sky. But as Xia Leisheng extended his palm, the apocalyptic spectacle vanished like a burst bubble. In the blink of an eye, all the Lightning Glow gathered in his palm, forming a small black sphere covered in crackling light.
With a thrust of Xia Leisheng's finger, the black sphere shot toward the Inferno rift.
The figure on the Black Iron Throne within the Inferno rift revealed a pair of scarlet eyes. Through the blazing Inferno Black Flame, the figure could faintly be seen drawing a black longsword and slashing out a blade of black flame.
The blade collided with the lightning sphere. The anticipated terrifying shock wave never came. Instead, after remaining locked against each other for a moment, both vanished together.
Yet the Inferno rift, several yards long, rapidly drew shut at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After a brief silence within the rift, an Inferno Hand reached out once more. This time, its target was not Lin Sheng, but the terrified Demonflame, whom it dragged into the rift.
Then the terrifying infernal aura slowly receded, allowing the rift to close, leaving behind only a hoarse voice steeped in cold brutality.
"Xia Leisheng, I will remember what happened today..."
As the words faded, the rift