"The seal has loosened! Someone must have done something outside. Could it be the Illusionist and his people from earlier?"
Li Ling, too, was caught off guard by the sight.
He had never imagined that the place where Lu Xing and the others harvested orchid of the secluded valley was precisely where the Netherworld Sect planned to invade the West Sea.
Now that he had arrived, he had found none of what he wanted. Instead, he had been dragged into the Netherworld Sect's plot to open the Water Demon Palace and release what lay within.
Yet even more terrifying than the colossal serpent before them was the endless blood river surging toward them, threatening to swallow the entire world in a flood.
Recalling You Yuque's words about the Blood Sea plot, he could not help suspecting that the clash of the Heavenly Dao had already begun.
"We're finished. This time, we're really finished."
"The West Sea will be plunged into slaughter and misery..."
Although the others could not see the starlight spears pinning down the serpent, they could feel the changes in the surrounding space. Horror filled every face.
What worried them even more was that this place was like a sealed chamber, with nowhere left to flee.
"The blood hasn't spread here yet, but it will surge over sooner or later. What will we do then?"
"Yes, we need to think of something quickly..."
"There's no way out through the passage anymore. Space seems to have been warped..."
Among those present, Lu Xing and his companions were experienced Ruins Seekers, while the Twin Heroes of the Long Sky and the people from the Heaven-Piercing Tower were seasoned veterans.
But not one of them had ever encountered a situation this perilous.
Given their cultivation and strength, if they had, they