Emperor Lord Hun Tian took out a pitch-black talisman, its surface rippling with countless faces twisted in pain and despair.
It was a Barrier-Breaking Blood Talisman he had refined using his own essence blood and the souls of living beings, capable of briefly disrupting the sealing formation.
"Go!"
The talisman turned into a streak of blood-red light and sank into a relatively weak node in the Soul-Suppressing Demon-Sealing Formation.
"Sss, sss, sss..."
A piercing sound of corrosion rang out. The sealing formation's light flickered violently, and the node grew dimmer and thinner at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Moments later, a tiny rift, barely wide enough for one person to pass through, was torn open with great difficulty!
Almost simultaneously, countless shrill screeches came from beyond the rift, making scalps crawl and souls tremble!
The Nightmare Beasts imprisoned for ten thousand years had sensed the long-lost scent of "freedom" and swarmed madly toward the gap!
"Quick! Use the Blood-Soul Lures to guide them toward the lower heavens!" Emperor Lord Hun Tian barked, tossing out several more Blood-Soul Lures saturated with the aura of living beings and emotions of fear.
The Blood-Soul Lures burst in the void, turning into countless fine threads of blood-red light. Like invisible tethers, they caught the first batch of several dozen Nightmare Beasts squeezing through the rift—the hungriest and most savage of them all.
All were at the early Emperor Lord stage, and they were guided toward the Seventh Heaven.
"Roar...! Hiss...!"
Excited, savage, bloodthirsty roars resounded through the void.
Dozens of strange, constantly twisting shadows, exuding gray-black mists of fear, hurtled toward the Seventh Heaven!
As the sealing formation repaired itself, the rift slowly closed. But the first batch of Nightmare Beasts had already escaped their cage!
Watching the gray shadows vanish into