Within the abandoned cave dwelling, the gentle fire essence of the Fire-Gathering Formation still circulated slowly, yet it could not suppress the sudden tremors in space.
Su Qinghan's stabilized breath rippled again with a stray disturbance. He cried out in horror, "Is this... a fluctuation of spatial annihilation?"
Zhao Yan shot to his feet, the Pure Fire Law around him instantly tightening as a warning Rune condensed between his brows. His gaze swept over the cave entrance, his expression so grim it seemed water could drip from it. "This isn't an ordinary fluctuation. It's a collapse on the level of laws. That aura just now... was at least Saint King level."
Li Lie also let out a long breath. "It wasn't just one aura. There was the violence of Demonic Essence and the coldness of evil qi. Even stranger... it was mixed with the Merit Golden Light unique to the Divine Court."
The three exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the others' eyes.
Ever since the fire beast had retreated, they had thought they could finally heal in peace. Yet they had never expected wave after wave of terrifying fluctuations to erupt from deep within the inner region.
The pressure made it impossible for them to properly recover from their injuries.
A clash between Saint Tier kings was enough to shake heaven and earth.
Even if the battlefield lay within an independent space, the leaking remnants of the laws still weighed upon their hearts like mountains.
This pressure and these fluctuations from superior experts severely interfered with cultivators, making them difficult to escape.
Demonic Essence and evil qi intertwined, shaking even the Earth Veins of the entire Flamewind Valley. That pressure faintly spread across the edge of nearly half the Eastern Domain.
Even more bizarre was that strand of Merit