"Thud!"
Lin Yu, who had been forced back into the Divine Kingdom by the shadows through that "opening," fell to the ground. He then stood up and patted himself off.
Although, as part of the Divine Kingdom, the Eternal Prison naturally had no dust or dirt on its ground, patting oneself off after getting up was still an instinctive, subconscious action for humans.
After getting to his feet, Lin Yu also let out a breath.
"Phew... As expected, escaping from here isn't going to work either..."
Although the opening in the Boundary Wall did lead directly to the outside world, connecting straight to the Divine Realm...
Leaving the Eternal Prison did not mean that everything would be fine.
Although the God of Shadows had temporarily seized control of the entire Eternal Prison, that did not mean he had no way to affect the space outside the Eternal Prison!
So...
When Lin Yu had briefly stuck half his body through the opening into the Divine Realm just now, he had sensed it in the outside world...
A vast amount of the Authority of "Shadows."
Unbroken shadows had covered and enveloped the entire Eternal Prison, completely "hiding" it.
That was probably also why the God of Fairness and Judgment had temporarily lost control over this part of the Divine Kingdom.
After all, the Authority of "Shadows" inherently possessed the functions of concealment and hiding, as well as the property of being able to "swallow" something whole.
And this had resulted in...
Although this "opening" could serve as Lin Yu's exit from the Eternal Prison into the Divine Realm, after arriving in the Divine Realm, he would still have to clear a second hurdle—he would still need to escape from the vast shadows covering the Eternal Prison.
Obviously...
Lin Yu could not do