The baleful aura churned like a boiling sea of ink, surging madly, so viscous it was almost suffocating.
Within the Blackwater Abyss Prison Third Layer, unrest began to stir from the cells.
Those imprisoned here were all figures who had once carried fearsome reputations, and they were exceptionally sensitive to changes in aura.
"What is going on? Why has the baleful aura suddenly become so violent?"
"It's the old monster on the Fifth Layer below..."
"Haha, good! Chaos is good! Only chaos brings opportunity!"
"That old bald donkey Qiku's aura seems to have weakened greatly. Has heaven granted us this chance?"
All manner of discussions drifted faintly from behind the heavy stone cells, adding several degrees of turmoil to the already oppressive surroundings.
Chen Qing stood at the center of this storm.
The Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body was driven to its limit. His furnace of Qi and Blood blazed fiercely, continuously refining the encroaching baleful aura, yet the terrifying pressure and suction of baleful aura coming from the Fifth Layer still made him feel as though he bore a mountain on his back. The ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch.
The prisoners on the Third and Fourth Layers were all True Origin Realm experts. Though they had been tormented by baleful aura for years and their cultivation had suffered greatly, no one could guarantee that no terrifying figures among them were immune to its erosion. If they escaped amid the chaos...
Just as Chen Qing was resisting with all his strength, a whisper came from the stone cell beside him, where Qi Yu was imprisoned. "Has it finally begun...?"
Within the shadows beyond the cell door, Qi Yu sat cross-legged. The Buddhist restraints that Master Qiku's Buddhist arts had originally imposed upon her showed faint signs of