"Old Man Zhong!"
Seeing that familiar figure, Gu Yuanzhou felt his heart settle.
Zhong Chang didn't turn around. He stared silently at the shadow he had split in two with a single slash, his brows knitted tight.
It looked as though it had stopped expanding and gone still, but in reality, it was slowly recovering.
That slash just now had been empowered by [Knock Gate]!
By all rights, he should have inflicted considerable damage on its mind or essence. How could it have had so little effect?
Even he couldn't tell at a glance what this thing was.
A miniature black hole... judging by its behavior alone, it resembled King of Cysts' eighth-tier skill, [Chaos Black Hole].
But the damage and the way it was triggered were worlds apart.
When using [Chaos Black Hole], King of Cysts had to sacrifice one or more cysts, making them 'collapse' before it could fully unleash the skill.
Its power was enough to easily destroy a Base City. Compared with the thing before them, it was in a different league.
Still, judging by its composition, it possessed both powerful Shadow Power and Spatial Power. It had to be a Calamity of Chaos ranked among the top twenty, at the very least.
But King of Cysts, Primordial Shadow, and Abyssal Eye—none of them fit...
Zhong Chang's heart sank as he seemed to realize an unsettling possibility.
They had been at peace for over a century, yet this huge upheaval had happened now of all times.
Could it be...
He didn't dwell on it, instead issuing an order at once.
"Xiao Gu, move the stone tablet and protect Meng Yao!"
Whatever else could wait. First, they had to deal with the thing in front of them.
"Yes!"
Gu Yuanzhou saluted, then hurried toward the underground research