The earth trembled like rolling thunder. Amid the flying dust, a strange smile flickered across Imu's eyes, as though she had long anticipated all of this.
They slightly raised their head, their black pupils seeming able to pierce through chaos and see the figure gradually emerging from the abyss of darkness.
"Oh? Is that so? Then let's wait and see."
They murmured softly. Before their words had faded, heaven and earth seemed to answer her summons.
Boom—!
A deafening crash seemed to tear apart the sky, shaking Elbaf's very foundations until they began to crack.
The sky above Treasure Tree Adam instantly dimmed. The sunlight seemed to be forcibly devoured by some power as an ancient magic circle appeared on the ground, its patterns profound and intricate, every line containing unknown and terrifying energy.
The air was filled with a suffocating pressure that made it hard to breathe.
"Th-this... what is that?"
Someone cried out in terror, their legs going weak as they dropped to their knees.
Before anyone could react, the ground at the center of the magic circle suddenly split open into a gigantic abyss hundreds of zhang wide.
Countless black mists rose from the fissure like banished undead, their whispers, cries, and wails weaving together into a melody that threatened to shatter the mind.
Roar—
A low, oppressive roar, as though it came from the underworld, echoed across the heavens. An arm as massive as a mountain slowly reached out from the darkness and gripped the edge of the abyss. Then came another hand, followed by an enormous head slowly rising.
Jet-black scales covered its body, its eyes burned like lava, and its colossal form blotted out the sky like an emperor descending upon the world.
It slowly crawled out of the abyss. At that moment, the