"Devil..."
Whoosh! Gungun's fat face was filled with horror. It had barely uttered a word before the hand seized its face, covering its mouth. Then black vapor enveloped it and dragged it toward the passage.
"Hm?" Just as Gungun was about to be dragged into the passage, Houtu sensed something inside the Earth Emperor Hall. Her expression changed drastically, and her brows knitted tight. She immediately sent the Chaos Bell above her head flying out of the hall and over the River of Forgetfulness. The Chaos Bell swiftly expanded and shook violently, blazing with dazzling golden light as waves of ancient suppressive power spread outward.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Hum... Deep within the passage, a man sat cross-legged beneath a great tree, with a long spear planted in the ground beside him. Facing the Chaos Bell's suppressive power, he smiled faintly and flicked a finger. A black lotus appeared, shrouding the hundred meters of space around the passage and shutting out the Chaos Bell's suppressive power. Once Gungun had been dragged inside, he swept his hand, recalled the black lotus, and closed the spatial passage.
Bang! At the moment the passage closed, six enormous black holes appeared and slammed into it, sending ripples across its gateway. But... despite those ripples, the passage still closed successfully.
That meant... Gungun had fallen into enemy hands.
"Bastard!" Houtu roared inside the Earth Emperor Hall, her surging saintly might making the divine hall shake.
Then she swept her hand, gathering every trace of the lingering black vapor. Using it as a guide, she performed a divination and finally worked out a somewhat hazy location.
It was deep within Chaos. Was the Devil Ancestor's lair there?
Hum... Just as Houtu was about to call others to join her in rescuing Gungun, the black vapor in her