A flash tore through the rolling demon clouds as Russell arrived at the border of the Underworld. From afar, he saw the pitch-black continent split in two.
An awe-inspiring force hung over the entire Underworld, crushing this world into fragments.
What had shattered was not the Underworld, but the body of the abyssal Underworld itself—Tartarus!
Russell could not sense Gaia's aura, but another presence no weaker than hers occupied the depths of the darkness, currently resisting the force imposed upon the Underworld.
It was at a disadvantage, in a completely one-sided fifty-fifty stalemate.
Starlight condensed ahead, and the vast power of the stars was extraordinarily dense. Great swathes of brilliant starlight surged like a viscous liquid.
It filled every direction, completely isolating the Underworld from the mortal realm.
Electric Arc flickered in Russell's palm as he suppressed the continuously struggling Immortal Slaying Sword. He swung it fiercely, releasing sharp sword qi that spanned the heavens.
With a crisp tearing sound like brocade being ripped apart, the thick curtain of starlight split in two. He accelerated forward and saw from afar a gigantic banner fluttering without wind, suppressing the entire Underworld.
Chaos currents churned endlessly within the banner. Whenever threads descended from it, they suppressed the abyss below, making it tremble continuously.
Russell's sharp eyes spotted the Demon Master sitting cross-legged beneath the banner. The Immortal Slaying Sword swept out, and its vast sword qi bloomed like waves and tides, exuding an endlessly oppressive aura.
In an instant, terrifying sword light blotted out the sky and charged unstoppably toward the Demon Master.
The great banner swayed, cleaving down a stream of Chaos Sword Qi that extinguished the Immortal Slaying Sword's light before continuing toward Russell.
The Chaos Sword Qi was incomparably solid, yet the aftershocks of the space-shaking impact spread far