"It's one of the Black Emperor's avatars."
Bai Pu said, "Xiyuan Zhang, it seems that demon, Hundred-Eyed Lian, wasn't a demon servant you subdued. On the contrary... it was a demon transformed from the Black Emperor's Avatar, and you were its servant."
Thinking that all of their movements had been under the Black Emperor's watchful eye, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.
"Attack!" Bei Ming Ji Hu forced his battered body onward and thrust out his sword.
However, the Black Emperor's Avatar suddenly turned insubstantial, becoming demon power in the form of rippling water.
The ripples then abruptly reversed direction, passed through the water curtain of the Black Sky Absolute Palace, and fled back along the ground.
Everyone gave chase, rushing through the water curtain as well.
"Hehehe... welcome to the Black Sky Absolute Palace!"
A textbook villainous laugh rang out.
Everyone stopped in their tracks.
Beyond the water curtain stood a vast yet austere palace.
Upon a stretch of empty ground stood a ten-meter-tall black giant.
This black giant actually had four faces! One on each side—front, back, left, and right.
The face at the front was made of undulating water. Its lively eyes surveyed the group with ill intent. The villainous laughter and welcoming words from earlier had come from this face.
The face at the back could only be seen when the black giant occasionally turned its head. It was a flaming human face, its eyes shut tight as though asleep.
The face on the left glimmered with the heavy luster of obsidian. Obscenities poured from its mouth: "Black Emperor, you despicable, shameless wretch..."
Everyone recognized that voice. It was clearly the Rock Emperor's voice.
The face on the right had green hair like leaves and a brown, wrinkled visage like tree bark. Bai Pu