As the last Otherworld Being vanished behind the Teleportation Gate, the entire battlefield fell into deathly silence. Everyone panted heavily from exhaustion, yet their faces shone with the joy of victory. But before they could celebrate, the Teleportation Gate slowly closed without a sound...
Although the crisis had been resolved, everyone knew full well that this incident was only the beginning. After all, the boundless universe concealed countless unknown dangers and challenges, and the sacred, arduous mission of protecting the Immortal and Mortal Realms would require them to defend it for the rest of their lives. But who could have expected that, at the instant the Teleportation Gate completely sealed shut, an eerie fluctuation far stronger than anything before suddenly erupted and spread madly between the Immortal and Mortal Realms with lightning speed? Sensing this exceptionally powerful and utterly unfamiliar fluctuation, the Mysterious Old Man, who had been silently observing the battle from the side, went pale and cried out, "This is bad! This fluctuation far exceeds anything we have encountered before. I'm afraid some terrifying existence is watching us from the shadows!" Before everyone could fully shake off the extreme fatigue of battle, the once-clear sky abruptly darkened, as though covered by an immensely heavy black cloth. In an instant, countless vicious, twisted bolts of ink-black lightning tore through the heavens and struck fiercely toward the ground with world-destroying force.
Then, an enormous Shadow Figure gradually emerged from the churning dark clouds. It resembled a colossal dragon, yet its entire body was shrouded in a nauseating aura of decay. With every slow, heavy breath it took, space and time around it seemed to tremble violently, accompanied by faint cracking sounds.
This terrifying dragon suddenly opened its blood-filled maw, large enough to swallow dozens of people. What poured from it