While Huo Yuhao and the others enjoyed dinner, in a remote wilderness near the Extreme North of the Dou Ling Empire...
Wild forests intertwined, and the chirping of insects rose and fell. Even the moonlight could not penetrate the densely layered leaves. Only the fireflies barely brought a faint trace of light.
Amid the haziness, strange Dark Gray Micro-light quietly gathered. Visible to the naked eye, the space showed signs of cracking inch by inch.
Yet it seemed to be obstructed by something. The sensation of space shattering was forcibly contained, with no possibility of breaking through further.
"Chi chi."
A piercing scraping sound rang out, as though some creature were making the noise.
The moment the sound spread, all insect chirps abruptly vanished. Even the fluorescent green fireflies hid among the bushes, not daring to emerge, as if they feared something.
The dim sky was shrouded in haze, as though sunlight would never exist there. A rotten aura drifted everywhere. The barren ground was covered in reddish-brown soil. Within a massive mountain resembling an ant nest, countless passageways interconnected. Innumerable bizarre creatures moved through them, each radiating a fierce aura, like death warriors unafraid of dying.
At the very bottom of the mountain, within a circular area, a tall figure stood there. Strangely, though humanoid, his overall appearance resembled an ant more than a human.
A reddish-brown chitinous armor covered his surface. Two long antennae on his forehead swayed gently, while his eyes were also reddish-brown, filled with an intense aura of deathly stillness. In his left hand, he carried a Bone Blade, incomparably sharp.
Buzz buzz buzz...
Faint ripples of fluctuation spread outward. As the Emperor of the 108th Layer of the Abyss, the Ant King's expression abruptly turned respectful, and he lowered his head slightly.
Soon,