Just as everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief, the sky above the Immortal and Mortal Realms, once clear and bright, suddenly darkened. Rolling storm clouds swept in, blotting out the sun. Then, dazzling black lightning bolts lashed through the air like silver serpents, relentlessly striking the ground. Every blast left behind a bottomless crater. At the sight, the First Generation Inheritor's face turned deathly pale. He cried out in terror, "This is terrible! The situation is far worse than we imagined. Some evil force even more terrifying and powerful than before must be plotting in secret!"
Before he could finish speaking, a shrill scream rang through the heavens. A swarm of hideous, grotesquely shaped demonic shadows shot down from the dense clouds. They radiated a bone-chilling cold that made people shudder at the very sight of them. Snarling and clawing, they pounced toward the crowd while unleashing ear-piercing screeches, as though they intended to tear everyone apart and devour them. Faced with such ferocious enemies, the Sacred Bell did not hesitate to unleash its ultimate technique—releasing sound waves at full force. Yet it could only barely drive back a small portion of the demonic shadows and had little real effect.
Left with no other choice, everyone joined forces and gathered all the immense spiritual power contained within the seven Spirit Pearls in their hands. They swiftly condensed it into an enormous energy shield, hoping to use it to withstand the demonic shadows' fierce assault. However, although the defensive power created by the seven Spirit Pearls was already astonishing, it still could not completely stop the crazed demonic shadows from charging forward.
At that moment, the First Generation Inheritor sharply noticed something strange. After watching closely for a moment, he discovered in surprise that the demonic shadows did not seem