The guards let him through.
Karl entered the city without trouble.
But—
The moment he stepped within the city's bounds, the Heavenly Emperor Bell presiding over the Outer Battlefield suddenly trembled.
Dong—
Its clear, resonant chime rang throughout the Outer Battlefield.
What should have been an ordinary toll sounded to Karl like some terrifying presence. His soul felt as though it would explode at any moment.
Boom—
Without the slightest warning, his body suddenly exploded.
His flesh burst apart.
Karl's soul shuddered, and he felt as though it were being torn to pieces.
Enduring the excruciating pain, he fled toward the outskirts of the city without a second thought.
As for the other Void Fiends who had entered the city, their bodies had burst apart and their souls had been utterly annihilated the instant the bell rang.
However powerful a Demon Lord might be, they were still only heavenly beings.
Their souls could not possibly compare to those of Demon Kings.
The instant Karl fled,
a True Immortal of the Myriad Races stationed in the city struck from the air, sending a palm strike hurtling toward him.
"Void Fiend! You dared infiltrate the Outer Battlefield? You're courting death!"
This time, the True Immortals of the Myriad Races stationed in the city were truly furious.
How long had it been?
And yet more Void Fiends had already slipped inside.
Had the Heavenly Emperor Bell not sounded a warning, they would never have noticed.
Now that the Heavenly Emperor Bell's attack had exposed the infiltrating Void Fiends, they had to stop this one at all costs.
Otherwise,
they would have no way to answer to the Celestial Court.
After all, it was bad enough that Void Fiends had infiltrated before. Now it had happened again, and they had only noticed after the