The rain poured down in torrents.
Crackling lightning tore through the Dark Clouds like rampaging thunder dragons.
Above the Underground City, twisted phantom images shot into the sky and converged into a massive vortex.
It was as though gods from another world had entered this one. Amid the vortex brimming with an aura of Destruction, a black pillar of light suddenly crashed down, piercing straight through the entire Underground City.
At the same time, while no one could hear them, a series of cold mechanical voices rang out in rapid succession within the System:
"Beep. A Fourth Order Peak lifeform has been detected breaking through the Small World Barrier."
"Beep. Warning. Punishment rules triggered. Expelling other 'Players.'"
"Beep. Warning. The target lifeform will disrupt this world's Doomsday Progress. Applying for Rule Advent."
"Beep. Punishment rules activated. This abnormal event is expected to be eliminated within three seconds."
"Hold on!"
"Establish a passage for the Emperor!"
Before the Bronze Gate, sixty-eight Overlord Xenomorphs wore frenzied expressions. Together with six King-level Xenomorphs, they desperately mobilized their Rule Power.
Like a woven net, a massive web formed from strands of Rule Power instantly appeared above the surface of the Underground City.
To kill Lin An without allowing the slightest accident, they had paid an unimaginably immense price.
It could be said that they had staked the sacrifice of all the vanguard Xenomorphs, along with tens of millions of their kin inside the gate, solely to allow themselves to descend first and then protect the Emperor as it entered this world.
As long as the Emperor descended, with the divine Combat Power of a Fourth Order Peak existence, let alone Lin An—even a single strike would be enough to destroy an entire continent!
"Buzz—buzz."
Strands of Rule Power intertwined into a curtain of light,