Yue Guan and Gui Mei's expressions changed at the same time.
They were bound at the center of the domain, yet they could sense everything outside—Da Ming had come, and Da Ming had left.
Xiao Wu was gone.
Tang San had gone berserk.
Worse still, the domain could no longer hold.
At the twentieth second, the cracks widened. Fragments began peeling away from the inside of the gray-gold sphere, and the entire structure trembled on the verge of collapse, like an egg about to hatch.
Inside the sphere, Iron Wall, who had been frozen for ten minutes, moved an eye.
Su Chen sensed it.
Through the Summoning Chain—that invisible chain extending from the depths of his sea of consciousness—he felt Iron Wall's awareness surging back.
It was not a gradual awakening.
It was a violent activation.
The Soul Power core that had lain dormant for ten minutes ignited in an instant. Dark-gold energy surged from Iron Wall's heart through his limbs, making even Su Chen's Summoning Chain tremble.
"Everyone, leave the canyon."
His voice was not loud.
Yet every word poured directly into the ears of everyone present.
The Six Abyssal Generals moved at once.
Jiang Tieyi supported Yan Wuji as he half-dragged, half-carried him backward. Mo Qianye walked on his own, his steps unsteady but needing no support. Ling Shuang helped Chu Yao along; Chu Yao's gu bottles were all empty, and blood stained her fingers where shattered porcelain had cut them.
Ye Linglong was the last to leave.
Her crimson eyes remained fixed on the canyon entrance. She kept her mental web spread until everyone had evacuated before withdrawing it.
"Tang San."
Su Chen glanced at him.
Tang San stood where he was, unmoving.
He gripped the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand. The red Spirit Ring had