The Abyssal Sage King steadied himself and struck again.
This time, he did not use the Heavenly Saint Rift-Abyss Halberd. Darkness surged in from every direction, pressing around Yin Hongye in layer upon layer.
It was the power of the Abyss Plane.
The Abyss Plane was like a colossal beast newly awakened, treating Yin Hongye as a foreign body, squeezing, pushing, and rejecting him from every direction.
"You shameless bastard!" Yin Hongye roared. "Give me a little more time, and I'll kill you!"
"So what if I'm shameless?" Standing at the heart of the darkness, the Abyssal Sage King's voice finally regained its composure. "This is the Abyss. I am its ruler. Drawing on the plane's power is my rightful authority. Sooner or later, that state of yours will end. When it does, you will no longer be my match."
He was right. Yin Hongye's increase in power came from a Soul Skill, and it did indeed have a time limit.
Still, Yin Hongye did not mind farming it all over again.
At worst, he could just blow up the Douluo Continent.
Better to make Tang Hao suffer a little than suffer himself.
He already had the Moral Blackmail Formation, anyway. He refused to believe Tang Hao could really do anything to him.
The plane's repulsive force forcibly pushed Yin Hongye out of the depths of the Abyss.
No matter how formidable Yin Hongye was, he could not withstand an entire plane.
He reappeared in the Abyss Passage, covered in wounds.
The fighting inside the passage continued. The Black Empress and the Bee Emperor kept up their assaults, while the golden light of the Blood God Formation held firm at the entrance.
Zhang Huanyun was the first to rush over. "Red Lotus Douluo! Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." Yin