"What on earth... is this doing?" Cloud Soaring Quasi-Emperor could not help asking in a trembling voice.
No one could answer.
Even beings as powerful as Quasi-Emperors still found everything before them alien and terrifying. At last, they watched as half of Boundless Sea accelerated into the vortex, only to be swallowed whole.
Half of Boundless Sea was gone. All that remained around them was the empty Void Rift World and that enormous vortex.
The next instant... whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The Quasi-Emperors saw it again: the Five Heavenly Emperors had appeared beneath the vortex, leading the mighty warriors of five great armies.
The Five Heavenly Emperors looked at one another. Hesitation showed on every face. They could still sense the powerful, unknown force contained within the massive vortex, as though it could lead them to a breakthrough...
Yet when faced with the unknown, they—who had long wielded immense authority and were almost immortal and indestructible—did not quite dare venture inside.
At last...
Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor said with intense frost in his eyes, "If the legends are true, if there truly is a broader heaven and earth, then whether it is the King of Night Charms or the new generation's Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, one day they will far surpass us."
"If we do not take the risk, then we are merely waiting here to die—waiting for them to return and seek revenge on us."
By this point, Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had long forgotten about the Sword Extinction Totem. With a flash, he charged straight into the vortex.
He continued in an icy voice, "Even if we do not venture forth, we absolutely cannot let the King of Night Charms and the new Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts live. Otherwise, we will not even sleep in peace. We