Heavenly Dao, Did You Catch a Virus? (Netherworld Rifts, Surging Ghost Tides, a Ranking Unveiled in the Nine Heavens)
The instant everyone on the list stepped onto the Azure Cloud Road, the Nine Heavenly Roads sealed shut.
Suddenly,
Rumble!
The Azure Jade Heaven Tier spanning heaven and earth trembled wildly!
Most terrifying of all, the once-stable space of the Immortal Domain began cracking apart, inch by inch!
Dozens of Netherworld Rifts flowing with viscous black qi tore open between reality and the void. Netherworld Death Qi steeped in ten thousand years of venomous resentment came howling out!
The sky abruptly darkened. Vitality was ruthlessly suppressed, and even the spiritual qi grew polluted and sluggish.
"Netherworld Rifts? This is an invasion from the Ghost Ruins!" Yun Qing's Double Pupils pierced the layers of sinister black qi, clearly revealing the "things" crawling out from deep within the cracks.
"The Ghost Ruins, the Nine Netherworlds Ghost Realm... a forbidden land that forms the reverse side of the Heavenly Origin Continent. In ancient times, the passages between the two realms occasionally loosened, and even the little ghost qi that leaked through caused great disasters." Yun Tianluo's refined smile froze at the corners of his mouth, his expression shifting slightly.
"Fuck!! Why did the First Elder and the others have to guess right? The good predictions never come true, but the bad ones always do!" Yun Jinglei hurriedly darted out from the gap between reality and illusion. The densely packed Ghost Creatures in that gap had made him shudder.
Yun Li's expression was even grimmer. He sharply addressed the disciples aboard his Cloudship. "Everyone, stay alert! Ghost Creatures retain some of their awareness and combat techniques from life. They're cunning and vicious! Living blood and qi attract them, and they'll prioritize anyone with vigorous blood and qi or an unusual Divine Soul!"
As though to prove his words,
"Screee-!"
A ghostly shriek piercing enough