At this sight!
Though the priests and Divine Envoys were filled with doubts, none dared to be negligent. They immediately bowed and saluted, saying:
"We pay respects to the Progenitor and wish the Progenitor sacred peace!"
"...We wish the Progenitor sacred peace!"
"..."
After the Divine Envoys and priests gave a deep salute...
The instant they straightened up, their peripheral vision inadvertently swept over the enormous golden dragon bell that reached from heaven to earth at the end of the void.
And at that very moment...
A contemplative look surfaced in the depths of their eyes.
Clearly.
Although the Purgatory Clan's foremost experts showed no change on the surface, they had vaguely guessed something in their hearts.
Yet the Purgatory Clan Progenitor seemed to have no intention of explaining!
Nor did he pay it much attention.
He merely gave a slight nod, his gaze falling upon the half-concealed golden giant bell at the end of the void.
"Old loach, this time, I will certainly give you a proper welcome!"
As he muttered.
An icy glint flashed through his eyes.
The next moment.
The Purgatory Clan Progenitor's figure flickered, and he vanished from this stretch of void.
Time rewound to one breath earlier...
At the instant the Purgatory Clan Progenitor activated that secret art...
Ao Zhenghai, who had transformed into the giant bell, immediately felt a sense of foreboding rise in his heart.
Before he could make a move, Prison Twelve, who had been hiding within the multicolored hemisphere, vanished into thin air!
In his place stood a junior of the Purgatory Clan.
At this sight.
How could he not know that Prison Twelve had used a trick of grafting blossoms onto another tree to escape the fatal trap he had laid!
At that moment, Ao Zhenghai's fury surged, and