The brief calm did not last long. Just as Li Wuyang's consciousness began to recover and he joined forces with the Great Elder and the others to stabilize the furnace body and mend its injuries, a terrifying pressure that made souls tremble swept in like a tide from the distant void!
This pressure brimmed with boundless greed and brutality, a thousand times stronger than the Shadow Shuttle Division from before! The void twisted and wailed beneath it!
"Not good! It's the Taotie Demon Lord! He came in person!" The Great Elder's expression changed drastically as he shot to his feet.
Aidera and Jiyun's expressions turned grave as well. A quasi-Saint had arrived in person—he was worlds apart from the lackeys they had faced before!
Bao Bao curled into a ball in terror, silver light flashing wildly around him.
Inside the furnace, Li Wuyang's newly restored consciousness also sensed this destructive pressure, and his heart sank. What was coming had come at last!
The next instant, the void ahead was forcibly torn apart by the phantom of a gigantic maw that blotted out the sky! The Taotie Demon Lord's mountain-like, bloated true body, radiating overwhelming demonic aura, slowly squeezed out through the rift! Its single eye locked tightly onto the Eternal Furnace, especially the dim yet incomparably high-grade spark deep within its mouth, blazing with searing greed!
"Eternal Furnace! Origin Starfire! Hahaha! I have finally found you!" The Taotie Demon Lord let out a deafening laugh, its voice making the void tremble. "And you insects actually dared ruin my plans! Today, I'll devour you all along with this furnace!"
Before its words had faded, it opened its enormous maw. Terrifying devouring power transformed into a massive black hole, enveloping the Eternal Furnace and the nearby Star Chaser starship! This time, it