Inside the Darkness Temple, there was deathly silence.
Helian Tieshan's burly body stood in the center of the Great Hall like a towering mountain, firmly shielding Lin Langtian behind him.
His words—Commander of the Black Abyss Army under the Black Emperor—were like a boulder cast into a calm lake, stirring monstrous waves in everyone's hearts.
Under the Black Emperor... Commander of the Black Abyss Army...
Either of those titles alone was enough to shake the hearts of the Experts present, yet they had appeared on the same person... a man who had just recovered from the state of a Demonic Corpse and stood alive before them!
A change finally appeared on Heitian Jue's impassive face.
He narrowed his eyes slightly. His ink-black hair drifted gently beneath the dim light as his gaze settled on Helian Tieshan, carefully assessing this Expert who had suddenly appeared.
Peak Earthly Supreme, only one step away from Heavenly Supreme... Even he could not take such strength lightly.
"Commander of the Black Abyss Army..." Heitian Jue murmured in a low voice, a trace of reminiscence flashing through his eyes. He had seen that name in the records of the Black Heaven Ancient Clan.
Ten thousand years ago, the Ancient Black Emperor had stood among the Peak Experts of the Great Thousand World. Under his command were five great legion commanders, every one of them an unrivaled Expert who had shaken an entire region.
The Black Abyss Army was the strongest in combat power among those five legions. The fact that Helian Tieshan had become its Commander spoke for itself.
An Cang's expression was even uglier. After staggering back five steps, he had barely managed to steady himself, yet his face remained incomparably grim.
A Peak Earthly Supreme was a rarity throughout the Great Thousand World, an