Gu Sovereign of the Myriad Gu Abyss.
It was the most perilous forbidden land in the entire Southern Wasteland.
The Myriad Gu Abyss never saw daylight year-round. Yin winds howled in fury, and the poisonous miasma was so dense it had liquefied, forming a vast, dark-green lake.
The void split open.
The Second Priest stepped out of the spatial rift, looking somewhat bedraggled.
The moment she landed—
Her expression froze.
On the altar at the center of the Myriad Gu Abyss, two familiar figures were huddled together.
The Third Priest, Meng She.
The Fifth Priest, Yan Kui.
The two were trembling all over, their faces deathly pale.
Where was even a trace of the imposing dignity befitting the priests of the Witch God Hall?
"You... you two..."
The Second Priest trembled with rage, unable to speak for a moment.
The Witch God Hall was on the brink of destruction, yet these two, pillars of the Witch God Hall, had actually hidden in the Myriad Gu Abyss like turtles retreating into their shells?
When the two saw the Second Priest—
Their old faces reddened, and their gazes darted away, not daring to meet her eyes.
Their cringing appearance only infuriated the Second Priest further.
She roared, "You've utterly disgraced the Witch God Hall!"
Hearing this—
Meng She said awkwardly, "Second Priest, you misunderstand. Yan Kui and I came here to beg Lord Gu Sovereign to act and turn back the tide before the collapse."
Upon hearing that—
The Second Priest laughed in extreme anger.
"What a grand 'turn back the tide before the collapse.' You make clinging to life and fearing death sound so righteous?"
Meng She's expression changed.
"What do you mean, clinging to life and fearing death? Second Priest, spare me that sanctimonious face when lecturing me! Didn't you