Chains scraped without cease as the enormous Devouring Serpent slowly rose from the Abyss.
"The Devouring Serpent, Aldris! Hahahaha! After all these years, I never thought I'd see you again." Rodriguez burst into delighted laughter.
The giant beast turned its murky, icy gaze toward them. A chill ran down their spines, as though it might swallow them the next instant.
Yet neither Rodriguez nor Spilger showed the slightest alarm. Neither did the other native deities.
Clearly, these native deities understood the creature best. Since they had said the real Devouring Serpent was dead, they must have some way to deal with it.
Sure enough, the Devouring Serpent opened its jaws. It sucked in the countless waves of Killing Intent, revealing the Purple Dusk Demons within.
By then, most of the Purple Dusk Demons had mutated and fallen under the Killing Intent. Even those who had not were under attack by the Criminal Ghosts around them. Their plight was miserable beyond words...
Then the Purple Dusk Demons were drawn into the Devouring Serpent's maw along with the Killing Intent, vanishing without a trace.
"The invaders can already control the Devouring Serpent. They've sent every one of those creatures into the Divine Domain. Spilger, it's up to you now. We must seize back control of the Devouring Serpent!" Rodriguez shouted.
Spilger sneered. "I don't need you giving me orders!"
But he turned to Tang Changsheng. "Great one, I possess the Devouring Serpent's eyeball. I can try to seize control of the Devouring Serpent Shadow.
"Once we have its shadow, those invaders will only be able to watch helplessly. Getting down to the Netherworld will become extremely difficult for them.
"And we'll be able to use the Devouring Serpent Shadow to strike into the Heavenly Realm whenever we wish!"
No wonder the native