Within Blackwind Abyss, Qin He's heart suddenly sank. A bone-chilling sense of foreboding spread through his soul.
It was neither the danger of the law torrent nor the unknown lurking within the skeleton, but an inexplicable chill, an imposing majesty, and a murderous intent that brooked no resistance.
The Divine Court must be here.
Even through the chaos barrier, even weakened by the Ancient Battlefield's time law, that pressure woven from merit and order remained terrifyingly distinct.
And this was nothing like the Saints' earlier encirclement. The sheer weight of this aura far surpassed that of any Divine Court expert he had ever encountered—a High God-level being had likely arrived as well.
He leaned against the stone wall beside the skeleton, his fingertips brushing the Black Demon Banner in his palm. The dark-gold devouring runes grew faintly hot, as though warning him.
Trapped in this chaos prison, with a Divine Court High God watching like a hungry tiger outside, a law torrent raging within, and a Dark-Gold Skeleton of unfathomable strength beside him, he was truly at a dead end.
Suppressing the agitation in his heart, Qin He opened his eyes again. For now, he could only take one step at a time—meet soldiers with generals and stem the flood with earth.
His gaze instinctively fell upon the seven Order Divine Chains, and a glimmer of light instantly flashed in his eyes.
At some point, the seven tightly interwoven Order Divine Chains had begun to tremble faintly.
The ancient runes on the chains flickered between light and darkness. Their radiance no longer circulated steadily as before; instead, it showed traces of disorder.
The law torrent around the outskirts of Blackwind Abyss grew increasingly violent, causing even this Ancient Battlefield held under Time Binding to begin trembling ever so slightly.
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