Each space in the nine-square grid was independent. Even though the Sage Emperor had died, only the space occupied by him and Jiang Hai collapsed.
With the Sage Emperor's fall, the expressions of the other eight Abyssal Quasi-Gods changed drastically.
They had spun cocoons only to trap themselves.
If Jiang Hai could not enter their grid spaces, then even with the Sage Emperor dead, their battles would still have been relatively fair. But Jiang Hai possessed the ability to alter the grid spaces. An additional Demigod joining any one of those spaces could upset the balance of the battle within.
"Soul storm!" The Spirit Emperor let out a shriek like a siren's, yet far more terrifying. Mental power-materialized mental power-became storm after storm that swept toward Tang Hao.
The Spirit Emperor belonged to the Abyss Spirit Dragon race, one of the races most skilled at soul attacks. He ruled the second layer of the Abyss, a terrifying existence second only to the Abyssal Sage King of the first layer. His mental power had truly broken through to god level.
A Quasi-God was merely comparable to a divine being; differences still existed between them. But the Spirit Emperor had already completed the transformation of his soul, converting his mental power into the divine consciousness possessed only by divine beings. The mental storm he unleashed now was powered by that divine consciousness.
The Spirit Emperor had also unleashed the mental storm to draw Jiang Hai over.
He knew that none of the other battlefields could withstand another Quasi-God joining the fight. Only he and the Blaze Emperor, the two strongest Quasi-Gods in the Abyss, stood a chance of holding Jiang Hai back. Moreover, they had already resolved that once Jiang Hai entered their grid space, they would kill him outright, even if