Buzzz-
The void above the Waterside Pavilion twisted violently, erupting with blinding blood-red light.
Dozens of figures squeezed out of the spatial rift, accompanied by the pungent stench of blood and savage auras, and crashed into the center of the square.
The people of the Great Yu Dynasty appeared first.
Yu Cheng'an's dragon robes were stained with blood, and his expression was thunderous. Beside him, Tuoba Hong and the Third Elder had barely stopped the bleeding from their severed arms, and their auras were feeble. The few dozen Nascent Soul generals remaining behind them were all wounded and visibly terrified.
Seeing Yun Sheng and her three companions unharmed, Yu Cheng'an's pupils contracted, and overwhelming hatred surged in his eyes. But sensing the depleted true essence within him, he forcibly suppressed the urge to attack.
Then the void tore open again.
Zhuge Xuan, Yu Ji, and Ancient Shu King Yu Hou of the Ancient Shu Royal Court descended. They were equally disheveled, their bronze armor covered in claw marks and scorched patches. Clearly, they too had endured a brutal killing formation.
The Fire Phoenix Clan's Deity Transformation Ancestor followed close behind with the surviving clan members.
The various factions arrived one after another. The once-empty Waterside Pavilion square instantly grew crowded, its atmosphere oppressively tense. The Deity Transformation powerhouses eyed one another warily, and no one spoke first.
"Looks like this damned place really is a sieve," Changqingzi muttered, hiding behind the Star Moon Demon Saint.
Yun Sheng kept her hand on her sword hilt, silently circulating the Azure Origin Sword Art within her, remaining vigilant.
Suddenly, the pale golden barrier enclosing the entire space gave a teeth-grating crack.
A terrifying, suffocating demonic aura forced its way through the newly healed spatial rift like a tsunami!
Boom!
The rift was violently