Pain!
Unbearable, excruciating pain!
It was as though the scenes from the Third Demon Abyss, when they had fought Blood Leech Divine Lord and Demon King Huyan, were playing out again.
And yet.
The situation now was far graver, far more extreme than it had been in the Third Demon Abyss.
Back in the Third Demon Abyss, Yun Chang had also been in danger, attacked by Blood Leech Divine Lord, but at that time...
Yun Chang had merely been driven underground.
This time was different.
Self-detonation!
He was truly, irrevocably dead. There was no possibility of resurrection.
"Yun Chang is dead?"
A trail of clear tears welled from Qin Hao's eyes. He had considered the possibility that neither he nor Yun Chang would escape the Eighth Demon Abyss, but he had never imagined Yun Chang would help him hold off the Demonized Armored Soldiers.
After all, Yun Chang's strength was still far below his own.
"Why wasn't I the one who detonated himself?"
Qin Hao felt nothing but unbearable anguish.
Deep within him...
Even his unwavering Dao Heart seemed to falter.
Did cultivating like this... really mean anything anymore?
"That bastard actually detonated himself."
"Cough, cough... damn bastard! You got off easy!"
"There's still one left! Catch him and tear him limb from limb!"
"Don't let him get away!"
Elsewhere in the passage, the shockwave from Yun Chang's self-detonation had hurled the many Demonized Armored Soldiers away.
All of them were beside themselves with rage. They turned toward Qin Hao, then charged at him.
Qin Hao's expression was bleak. Without a word, he beat the Primordial Feathered Wings on his back. With a whoosh, he crossed that stretch of passage in the blink of an eye.
He plunged straight into the Ninth Demon Abyss Entrance.
The Ninth Demon Abyss.