Netherfire blazed across the plains, a vicious hound descended, Netherfire burned the heavens, and demonic vines split the sky!

A suffocating heaviness filled the air.

It was as though the entire sky were slowly pressing down, intent on grinding every living creature in the world to dust.

Standing at the head of the Black Coffin, Ye Tian's white robes shone especially brightly against the darkened world.

Divine sense from the Sea of Consciousness between his brows spread like a tide, covering ten thousand miles of space in an instant.

"They're here."

Ye Tian murmured calmly, his voice carrying a composure that seemed to see through the ages.

Within his perception were two utterly different yet equally terrifying auras.

They were closing madly on his position from the east and west, moving faster than lightning.

To the east, fierce flames burned the heavens. A savage, scorching aura of Netherfire, brimming with the desire for destruction, reduced everything along its path to nothingness.

To the west, all was cold and deathly still. A greedy, bloodthirsty ripple of darkness that seemed capable of swallowing light slipped silently through the layers of space.

Two mighty fiends of God Venerable Rank!

Their oppressive presence made fine cracks appear even in the surrounding space.

It seemed unable to withstand the impending collision.

"Hiss!"

Beneath Ye Tian's feet, the recently subdued Heaven-Splitting Demon Mantis had clearly sensed the lethal threat as well.

Its battered body abruptly tensed, and its twelve newly grown pairs of thin wings trembled rapidly.

It raised its two forelimbs high. Though not fully recovered, they remained sharp, and a vicious light flashed in its emerald compound eyes.

Although it had only just recovered from grievous injuries, its ferocity as a Primordial Variant instinctively drove it to protect its master.

It wanted to charge forward and tear apart the intruders who dared challenge the majesty of a God King.

"Stand down."

Yet just