Demonic Qi Leakage, Abnormal Strength of Demonic Creatures

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye amid an ever-heavier atmosphere.

As noon drew near, in the deepest part of the Western Heaven Battle Hall's forbidden ground, rolling black mountains lay like crouching ancient beasts, shrouding this stretch of heaven and earth in a gloom that never dispersed all year round.

In the Core Land encircled by the mountains, a Giant Gate forged entirely from Nine Heavens Black Iron divine stone stood silently between heaven and earth.

The Giant Gate towered ten thousand zhang high. Its surface was covered in profound and intricate array patterns, every line flowing with faint golden light. They were the Demon-Suppressing Runes the Ancient War Emperor had personally carved with his own battle will before his death.

Countless golden chains as thick as bowls extended from every side of the Giant Gate. One end plunged deep into the indestructible underground rock layer, while the other vanished into the twisted void. Like golden dragons, they firmly linked the Giant Gate to the entire world around it.

Every chain was densely engraved with Demon-Suppressing Runes.

Even after tens of thousands of years, they still radiated a vast, righteous pressure that suppressed all evil. Merely standing before the Giant Gate was enough to feel that unyielding battle will from ancient times.

This was the only entrance to the Demon-Suppressing Secret Realm.

Under ordinary circumstances, even Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign elders of the Western Heaven Battle Hall were not allowed to come within half a step of this place. Anyone who disobeyed would be treated as one colluding with demons and killed on the spot.

For ten thousand years, the only ones qualified to step into this forbidden ground had been the Western Heaven War Emperor, who had obtained the Ancient War Emperor's inheritance and commanded the