Rumble!
The pyramid rose from the ground and rapidly expanded.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, it burst out of the underground ocean, smashed through hundreds of thousands of meters of strata, and emerged from the long-collapsed desert ruins, where a massive Black Hole had formed!
Huge.
Terrifying.
Vast.
Like a towering mountain, the pyramid finally revealed its fangs.
"Gigglegigglegiggle—!"
A strange laugh.
It came from the dark clouds spreading through the black haze atop the pyramid, but Jiang Qiao, who was inside it, heard that the sound was actually coming from within the pyramid.
Layer upon layer of terraces.
The runes, ancient characters, and statues that seemed to have come alive had all grown bizarre flesh and blood.
It looked like human flesh.
Yet it also resembled some kind of fungus.
The moment they appeared, the eight Great Evil Spirits surrounding them began to rot and decay uncontrollably. They were clearly only phantoms, yet they had grown real, blood-red fungal mats.
Fine patterns.
Veins upon veins.
They twisted hideously and densely covered the fungal mats.
Before they even had time to react, these eight Great Evil Spirits, nurtured by the World's Dark Side and capable of displaying terrifying powers, collapsed and rotted away, turning directly into puddles of minced flesh.
Meanwhile, atop the pyramid—
On the hexagonal altar, the Six City Gods' faces had already turned pale, but they did not stop chanting.
The Bronze Cauldron in the center of the altar.
Inside the mouth of the cauldron, covered in purple incense smoke—
Faintly—
There seemed to be a strange laugh.
It was identical to the eerie laughter heard outside, yet for some reason, despite the close distance, the sound became thin and indistinct, impossible to hear clearly.
Jiang Qiao looked at the Bronze Cauldron, then at