The Divine Lord's Dao manifestation withdrew his right hand and brushed nonexistent dust from his cuff, without so much as lifting his eyelids.
"Supreme One's killing weapon, combined with your law, is indeed formidable. But it means nothing."
The Divine Lord's Dao manifestation spoke evenly, with the composure of someone long accustomed to issuing commands.
Ji Chen tightened his grip on the damaged Heavenly Strategy Compass. The Supreme One remnant soul frantically sounded warnings in his sea of consciousness, and he stepped in front of A Gu, driving the Creation Barrier to its limit.
Zhou Xuan flicked his wrist, angling Judgment's blade toward the ground. He stared at the Divine Lord's Dao manifestation, his gaze razor-sharp.
The Divine Lord's Dao manifestation shook his head.
"That foolish avatar has been scurrying about outside, imagining he planned everything. Black Raven was never a traitor. He was merely a pawn I placed in the Wilds. That laughable ambition of his was something I bestowed upon him."
A mocking smile curled the lips of the Divine Lord's Dao manifestation.
Zhou Xuan's gaze darkened slightly.
"Without his unauthorized descent to the lower realm, without his feigned cooperation in handing over the bone fragment, how would someone as suspicious as you willingly bring the greatest variable into the grave I personally chose for you?"
The Divine Lord's Dao manifestation spread his arms. With that motion, the underground Divine Temple's remaining disguise tore apart completely.
The black mud beneath their feet turned to ash, and the surrounding rock walls collapsed with a thunderous crash, exposing a suffocatingly vast, pitch-black space before the three of them.
Countless ancient, intricate formation patterns covered the space's four walls. These patterns were bound tightly to the Wild Continent's earth veins, endlessly drawing out the death qi and resentment power accumulated across