The void hole snapped shut after swallowing millions of monsters, and the entire void once more sank into silence.
Because all of this had happened in an extremely short time, those millions of monsters had been utterly unable to withstand that force. Before they were even expelled from Kui Lodge, they had all been torn into bloody fragments.
Yet no one present cared about those Taibo Monsters. All attention was fixed upon the newcomer. At this most critical moment, a Celestial Xia Venerable had arrived in person. Everyone's first thought was that the Profound Court had discovered their scheme.
Long's expression was incomparably grim. If the Profound Court discovered his involvement in all this, then his only path would be to flee to Nether City and Upper Firmament Heaven. That was not what he wished for.
However, he quickly calmed down.
For he discovered that the newcomer's aura was utterly unfamiliar, belonging to none of those he knew. Moreover, the other party had not come from the Inner Layer or Upper Layer, but had originally been in the Outer Layer or somewhere else. Otherwise, his true body could not have appeared here directly.
This meant that the other party might not be a Venerable sent by the Profound Court. If they could find a way to capture or suppress him, today's situation would not necessarily collapse completely.
Chaotic Void Ancestor and Venerable Fei also realized at this moment that, since another Venerable had appeared here in person and displayed hostility from the outset, today's plot was likely to encounter trouble.
But they had to continue, for they were unwilling to see their painstaking plans fail like this. Even without the Taibo Monsters, so long as this gateway remained standing, other forces would still invade the Inner Layer.
Furthermore, only if