The soft murmur of Eternal Night abruptly ceased.
That fleeting monosyllable, carrying a hint of confusion, sounded utterly out of place in the passage filled with roaring energy and the screech of rending space.
"Gah?"
Every Ninth-Order being engaged in battle froze in unison.
The Martial Immortal on the human side instinctively extended his divine sense beyond the passage, sweeping over the battlefield outside.
Then they all fell into a daze.
The Abyssal powerhouses likewise sensed the anomaly outside.
But their reactions were entirely different from those of the humans.
Shock, bewilderment, disbelief.
In the end, all those emotions transformed into surging fury and uncontrollable madness!
Those Seventh- and Eighth-Order beings outside had not sprung from cracks in rocks.
Aside from a few unaffiliated cultivators, most of them were disciples and followers of the Ninth-Order powerhouses present—even their blood descendants and close kin!
They had thought that, by pouring out in full force and crushing their opponents with an advantage of nearly four to one, this would be an easy and leisurely armed parade.
Crushing the humans' delusions should have been as effortless as lifting a hand.
Who could have imagined that the humans would be so despicable as to leave a Ninth-Order expert on the battlefield...
No!
Sixth-Order?
How could she be Sixth-Order?
Sixth-Order!!!
That woman who stirred the winds and clouds and slaughtered their juniors showed none of the signs of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top or Five Qi Facing the Origin!
She truly was only Sixth-Order!
But this combat power...
Forget it. Whether she was Ninth-Order or Sixth-Order, who cared?
The Abyssal powerhouses had only one thought at this moment.
Break out!
Save them!
Boom—!
"Kill that woman!"
Mu, who was locked in fierce combat with Xiao Yilan, erupted with intense violet-black light.
She abandoned defense