Master had already fallen, and the Ghost Domain was collapsing.
We had nowhere left to flee, nowhere left to go.
Were we only waiting to be annihilated here along with the Ghost Domain?
Holding the Phoenix-Pattern Jade Pendant, I called softly for Xiao Yu.
Perhaps Xiao Yu was the only one who could save us.
But even now, Xiao Yu still had not appeared.
Perhaps, just as the Great Fiend Eye had said, she truly could not get in...
The sinister "hehehe" laughter continued, driving the atmosphere of despair to its peak.
The cracks continued to spread. Faintly, we could see eyeballs appearing throughout the Ghost Domain.
They watched us from afar, but now they cracked apart one after another, turning into black mist and vanishing.
At last, another sound arose within the Ghost Domain. A "whooshing" sound—perhaps the sound of cracking, perhaps the sound of wind.
Enormous fissures kept linking together, merging before continuing to collapse, eventually forming a black hole.
With one glance, we could see a massive black vortex abyss behind us.
It devoured everything. The entire Ghost Domain would be swallowed by it, then annihilated within.
It kept spreading toward us, generating an immense pulling force that sought to drag us in...
To be sucked into the black-hole fissure and annihilated seemed to be our final destination.
Even Master, whom I was supporting, despaired at this moment.
In a hoarse voice, he said:
"Are we really finished this time?"
The instant we heard those words from Master, who had never admitted defeat,
Everyone's hearts went cold.
There truly was no way out...
Senior Brother suddenly blamed himself.
"Master, I'm sorry. It's my fault for not discovering beforehand that there was a Great Fiend Ghost Domain here!"
But he had been confined to a room for twelve