He heard the Second Priestess's clamoring.
The Blood Abyss Demon Venerable looked as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world.
"Death is at your door, and you still dare to boast?"
He raised his hand.
A towering surge of blood baleful intent formed a colossal crimson hand that blotted out the sky and sun, then slammed toward the Myriad Gu Abyss.
"Let me see who gave you such confidence!"
Just as the colossal crimson hand was about to descend—
"Bzzzz!!!"
An exceedingly soft, slow flutter of wings suddenly sounded throughout this stretch of heaven and earth.
The sound was faint.
Yet every Divine Mansion Realm Great Expert present felt their heart tighten.
The instant that sound appeared, the colossal crimson hand blotting out the sky and sun froze unnaturally.
Then—
It began to dissipate without a sound.
"What?!"
The Blood Abyss Demon Venerable's heart shuddered.
The vicious grin froze on his face.
Everyone else's expression changed drastically as well, as though confronted by a formidable enemy.
A speck of purple-gold light slowly rose from the bottom of the Myriad Gu Abyss.
It was the palm-sized Man-Faced Eight-Winged Golden Cicada.
They hovered quietly in midair.
There was little outwardly miraculous about them.
But the ancient, timeworn aura they naturally exuded filled the Blood Abyss Demon Venerable and the others with dread.
"Wh-what the hell is that thing?"
The Blood Abyss Demon Venerable swallowed.
"A purple-gold body like glazed glass... a human face, eight wings..."
Lin Chiyan stared fixedly at the palm-sized purple-gold cicada, his voice dry.
"Th-this looks like the Man-Faced Six-Winged Golden Cicada recorded in ancient texts—the life-bound gu of the Southern Wasteland's first Great Priest!"
At those words—
All fourteen Divine Mansion Realm Great Experts drew sharp breaths.
The Southern Wasteland's first Great Priest?
He had