All the illusions vanished without a trace. Hao Ren looked around at the spaceship cabin, which had returned to normal. Lia and Vivian had reappeared beside him, and both wore their usual expressions—as it seemed, he was the only one affected by the illusion.
Or rather, the Destruction Goddess—the Lord of Madness—had merely found him and said a bunch of inexplicable things.
He could not help shaking his head and muttering, "Trying to be mysterious."
"She knows we're here." Lia's expression was perfectly calm as she looked toward a certain direction inside the cabin. There was only a silver-white metal wall there, but her gaze seemed to pierce through it and see the distant reaches of space. "Everyone, get ready..."
Almost the instant Lia finished speaking, a powerful pressure suddenly surged into the hearts of Hao Ren and Vivian.
The sensation was like facing a giant beast capable of devouring all things. All their strength was meaningless before it. Even the mightiest powerhouse would be regarded as food and torn to pieces without the slightest ability to resist.
Without hesitation, Lia unleashed her divine protection and took out the Holy Scripture. As its pages opened, divine script recording tens of millions of orders and laws appeared in midair, enveloping the entire spaceship.
Lia neutralized the brief mental influence. Hao Ren immediately drew the two long swords from his personal storage space and shouted to Vivian, "Just focus on your task later. Don't worry about the two of us!"
Several flashes of teleportation swept across the three of them. The next second, they had arrived in the upper-deck area of the Giant Turtle Rock Platform. The vast, boundless dark universe, filled with chaos, instantly rushed toward them.
As the chaotic spacetime disintegrated, the deep regions of the Dark Abyss and its