Jia Gu Luo Breaks Free
Everyone stared in shock at the black torrent surging straight into the sky. The State Lord, Qingzhou's strongest, had been unable to withstand it for even an instant. The torrent's power had torn him apart and utterly snuffed out his life.
Their minds reeled. They forgot how to think, their brains turning blank.
The black torrent shot skyward like a volcanic eruption. The air around it seemed to be swallowed on contact, twisting out of shape.
It felt as though a massive boulder pressed down on everyone's heart, leaving them stifled and oppressed.
They had no idea what this black torrent was or why it had erupted.
Elsewhere, after the black torrent swallowed the State Lord, Jiang Shu and the other powerful cultivators reacted as if facing a great enemy. They frantically retreated, putting as much distance as they could between themselves and the Chu Family.
Within the black torrent, they sensed an aura of danger unlike anything they had ever felt.
They certainly didn't think they could endure any more than the State Lord had.
As Jiang Shu retreated, his mind reeled.
For the sake of the Azure Divine Venerable's Cave Mansion, he had gathered a great deal of information about him. He had also learned that, six thousand years ago, the Azure Divine Venerable and a demon had perished together. Looking at the black torrent now, a question suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Could it be that six thousand years ago, the Azure Divine Venerable hadn't completely erased that demon, but had sealed him inside the Cave Mansion instead? And now Bi Fan had opened the mansion and gone inside, only to release him?
His own idea startled him, but looking at the black torrent, he couldn't help thinking along those lines.
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