"Starlight insect... you've come far too late..."
That hoarse, viscous sigh seemed to cross endless dimensions, exploding directly in the depths of Han Yuchen's and Qian Renxue's souls.
As the voice faded, the huge dark-purple tumor in the center of the altar, pulsing like a heart, suddenly swelled violently without warning.
Boom—!
With a dull, muffled blast, the massive tumor burst apart, turning into a foul black rain of blood that filled the air.
However, no monster had been bred inside the tumor. Its rupture existed only to tear open the space below.
The once-solid altar of white bone collapsed in an instant, revealing a deep, pitch-black Underground Waterway flowing with viscous sewage.
A surge of Shadow Miasma more than ten times denser than before gushed out from the depths of the waterway like a broken dam.
"So it was just a loudspeaker and a watchdog."
Han Yuchen stood at the edge of the Starlight Domain, looking at the bottomless Underground Waterway, the corner of his mouth curling into an extremely mocking sneer.
In his glassy pupils, there was not the slightest reverence for high-dimensional power, only the coldness and arrogance of a hunter looking at his prey.
He ignored that provocation from across dimensions and simply slipped both hands casually into his pockets, stretched out his long legs, and walked unhurriedly into the dark Underground Waterway.
Qian Renxue clutched the loose black robe tightly and followed closely behind Han Yuchen.
The moment she stepped into the waterway, Qian Renxue felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation.
The Shadow Element here was so dense it had almost become tangible. The air was like solidified black glue, and every breath required an immense amount of strength.
The sewage flowing along the bottom of the waterway gave off a nauseating stench of rot.