Convergence I

Great Abyss.

On the gray-black stone wall, a red dot moved rapidly downwards.

That was Zhang Rongfang, who controlled eight bloody tentacles.

He is descending in a zigzag pattern, which helps him avoid the dangers below too quickly and allows him to search for Void platforms on a larger scale.

The fog grew thicker and thicker, and the air currents whistled strangely in my ears, like the mournful cries of a person.

Zhang Rongfang felt the temperature around him getting lower and lower, and the light getting dimmer and dimmer.

The stone wall rushed past him, and as he looked down, he felt as if he were falling into a bottomless abyss.

Click.

Suddenly he stopped walking.

A little to the right in front, on the stone wall, a semi-cylindrical Void Platform can be vaguely seen.

Like the other platforms, that platform was embedded in the stone wall.

But unlike others, it is extremely dark.

It was a shade darker than any other platform Zhang Rongfang had ever seen.

Zhang Rongfang paused for a moment, then without hesitation, headed straight for that place.

Swoosh.

He leaped and landed steadily on the platform from the stone wall.

The solid, stable ground gave him a great sense of security.

He exhaled deeply, blowing away the fog in front of him.

If it weren't for his Dark Light Vision, he might not be able to see anything at this point.

'As usual, leave the Blood Spots first. Use them as coordinates.'

He flicked his finger, and a Blood Spots flew out, splattering onto the platform wall not far away.

Then, Zhang Rongfang looked up and walked towards the semi-cylindrical passage of the platform.

The passageway was pitch black.

Even he could only vaguely see a little bit of the field of vision.

Soon, he reached the very center of the passage, which was the location of the Void Gate.

Zhang Rongfang silently stared at the metal door before him at the Void Gate.

The door was covered in rust, the handle had fallen to the ground, and there was even a large hole in the upper right corner.

Judging from the angle of the bulge in the metal, the hole was created by someone forcefully smashing it from the inside out.

But now it seems...

It seems the other side failed. So only a hole was left.

Zhang Rongfang's body paused, and his height suddenly swelled and grew larger.

It quickly grew to the same height as the hole.

He looked straight ahead, peering into the cave.

It was pitch black inside, and you couldn't see anything. It felt like you were connected to an endless void.

Suddenly, a pair of black hands shot out from the hole, grabbed his head, and pulled him inside.

The immense force acted on Zhang Rongfang, even pulling him off balance.

In desperation, he grabbed the black hands tightly with both arms and pulled them outwards.

"Get out here!!"

Boom!...

The master of the black hand was pulled and slammed against the other side of the Void Gate by an even stronger force.

Zhang Rongfang's body rapidly expanded to five meters! Then, with even more exaggerated force, he grabbed the black hand and pulled it outwards again.

Ah!!

Suddenly, a sharp scream rang out.

With the burst of power, the black hand suddenly collapsed and disappeared into black smoke.

Everything returned to calm.

Taking two steps back, Zhang Rongfang snorted coldly and kicked Void Gate.

Boom! A terrifying force slammed into the door, denting it inwards. Thin cracks appeared on the door.

Large amounts of black smoke began to escape from the crack.

Boom! Another kick.

Zhang Rongfang kicked the door handle hard.

Finally, the Void Gate twisted and deformed, then plummeted inward with a thud.

I fell into the endless darkness behind the door.

Call!!

Large amounts of black smoke billowed out of the black hole left behind by the disappearance of the door, like a volcanic eruption.

A sudden alarm bell rang in Zhang Rongfang's mind. His Intuition Warning screaming warnings, but he had no time to think about it.

He retreated at full speed, and more than a dozen bloody tentacles propelled him toward the outside of the Void Platform.

With a whoosh, he rushed out of the platform passage, clung to the stone wall, and climbed away into the distance.

Boom!

A deafening explosion came from behind.

Zhang Rongfang looked back.

The Void platform was now completely enveloped and covered by a large amount of black smoke surging from inside the gate.

Thick black smoke billowed out, and large pieces of gravel and debris kept falling from inside.

Not long after.

About ten seconds later.

The black smoke rapidly contracted and diminished, then suddenly Minor Accomplishment a black bead the size of a fist. It plummeted downwards and disappeared into the bottom of the pitch-black Abyss.

Zhang Rongfang silently watched all of this unfold, and the black smoke gave him a very bad feeling.

It's like an ordinary person encountering a ferocious beast, a knife's edge, or flames.

That was the instinct of life reminding us of danger.

Until the black bead fell into the Abyss.

Zhang Rongfang waited a little while longer, making sure there were no new movements around before continuing to move down.

The speed gradually increased, and the fog around them became thicker and thicker, to the point that it was almost impossible to see one's own hand in front of one's face.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Suddenly.

With a soft "poof," Zhang Rongfang felt as if he had passed through an invisible membrane and entered a new place.

The fog in front of them vanished instantly.

He remained clinging to the rock face, but the thick fog that had been so dense just moments before had vanished completely.

He turned around and looked up.

The Heavenly Light above was still bright, but the light was much dimmer than where he had come down.

Turning his head, Zhang Rongfang looked down.

This time, he saw it.

At the bottom of this Abyss lies a patch of dark water that is constantly surging and churning!

'Should we continue?'

Zhang Rongfang hesitated for a moment, but still chose to continue.

Since we're already here, let's uncover the secrets of the Forgotten Abyss in one go.

He continued downwards, slowing his speed, and approached the black water.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. The almost precognitive effect of Enemy Anticipation, combined with his Intuition Warning, was reminding him to be careful of danger! Zhang Rongfang stopped in his original position, about two or three hundred meters above the water.

He looked to the left and right, and could see on both sides the dilapidated Void Platform, embedded in the distant stone wall.

Wisps of black smoke were emanating from within them, suggesting that they were not far from disintegrating.

'What's going on?' Zhang Rongfang looked around. Although nothing around him had changed, his body was still sending out intense alert signals.

He quickly glanced at his Intuition Warning.

' Intuition Warning: You seem to have arrived at a mysterious place unlike any you've ever been before. A great danger lurks here; it's best not to linger, or you may encounter some unknown and immense threat.'

Retreat!

Zhang Rongfang immediately made a decision.

He turned his body, paused for a moment, and then exerted force suddenly.

Whoosh!!

In an instant, a loud noise came from behind him.

The sound approached rapidly, at an astonishing speed. In just an instant, Zhang Rongfang felt a chill run down his spine; something was rapidly approaching.

Without thinking twice, he leaped upwards at full speed.

In a flash.

He leaped up with a swift, precarious motion, like a fish leaving the water.

Drawing an arc in mid-air, bloody tentacles flew from Zhang Rongfang's body, stuck to the stone wall, and forcibly pulled him back to the stone wall.

He glanced back quickly.

Below him, a vast expanse of jet-black threads, seemingly alive, shot out from the water's surface and rushed toward him.

'Take me away!'

'Leave! I want to leave!'

'I'm not reconciled. Why?'

Who am I? Tell me. Tell me now!

Countless voices traveled across distances and reached Zhang Rongfang's mind.

Some of these sounds were familiar, some were completely unfamiliar, and some even included a strange howl.

They all originated from the black line.

The hundreds of millions of black lines formed a surging torrent of black lines, flying rapidly towards Zhang Rongfang.

Just looking at it from afar, Zhang Rongfang the illusion that an ocean was pouring over him.

His scalp tingled, and he grew larger at full speed, frantically climbing upwards.

Suddenly, a portion of the black line accelerated independently, flying towards Zhang Rongfang at a speed several times greater than before.

He quickly dodged, but his arm was still slightly grazed.

What's terrifying is that his flesh and blood disappeared the moment they came into contact with the black lines.

It's not just injury, it's complete disappearance.

There was an extra linear indentation in that area of flesh; the spot that should have been injured had automatically become smooth skin.

It was as if he had never had that flesh and blood.

From the surface, it looks as if the flesh under the skin has been swallowed up all at once.

It rushed upwards at full speed, and soon, after a soft, slight sound.

Zhang Rongfang broke through an invisible membrane once again, and a large patch of gray-white fog suddenly appeared before his eyes.

The sense of danger that had been looming over him vanished instantly.

Clinging to the rock face, Zhang Rongfang gasped for breath.

He wasn't tired; rather, the terrifying sense of crisis he had just experienced had forced him to expend too much mental energy in a short period of time.

"You're really amazing."

Suddenly a voice drifted from the fog on the left.

"Who!?" Zhang Rongfang suddenly looked in the direction of the voice.

In a place like this, someone is actually talking!?

In the mist, at the edge of his vision, a blurry figure, just like him, was hanging on the stone wall, slowly climbing towards him.

A howling wind blew outside the Lingxiao Hall.

The airflow whipped up sand and gravel from the ground, scattering it into the air beyond the edge of the stone pillar.

The chains were also blown about, making a rattling sound.

Several Spirit Flight Teaching spies, who had come with the Saint Dance Jin Ling, were waiting at the edge of the Lingxiao Hall, in front of the chains, for the battle inside to end.

"The lock-on time is only one hour. The Heaven and Earth Convergence is imminent, and many God Lords will be cut off from their connection with the earth. I wonder if Saint Dance can completely suppress Jin Yuyan?" A solemn old man said in a deep voice.

"Jin Yuyan indeed very strong, but he is still far from being as powerful as the first Second Divine General at their peak. So there's no need to worry about this situation," the other person said calmly.

"Have all the other families been appeased?"

"Naturally, with the Prefecture Lord absent, and most of the experts here being dispatched elsewhere, the remaining ones are all juniors, so the situation can be controlled without any explanation."

"We are also making necessary sacrifices for the future development of the clan, and I believe they can understand that."

The group quickly exchanged ideas.

In reality, they may not be that loyal to the Spirit Flight Teaching, but everyone understands the principle of not putting all their eggs in one basket.

Therefore, for the Twelve Clan Estates, they are first and foremost twelve Lineage. Only on the premise of ensuring the continuation of their Lineage can they guarantee the continuation of their sects and cults.

Bang!

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed from the Lingxiao Hall.

Suddenly, the entire Lingxiao Hall was flashed with a golden light. Then it quickly fell silent.