When the powers of the Self-Crossing Scripture, the People-Crossing Scripture, the Daoist Scriptures, the lanterns, the suns, and the Evil Warding and Evil Vanquishing treasures provided by the Dao Court all poured into the newly born safe zone, it did not expand as quickly as everyone had expected. On the contrary, it was rather slow.
If it had simply been slow, everyone could have understood.
After all, this was the Fourth-Layer World, where the Evil was more terrifying. They could have accepted an expansion speed three to five times slower than in the Third Layer.
The only thing they could not accept was this:
As the safe zone expanded, ripples spread across the surrounding dark earth as though it were the surface of water.
Pfft!
A sharp claw reached out from within. The claws braced against either side, muscles bulging, and an Evil creature's head poked out.
The moment this Evil creature appeared, it cried out, "I was imprisoned for ten thousand years."
"Now, I have crawled out of the Abyss."
"All living beings, bow before me!"
"All living beings, worship me!"
"All living beings, kneel when you speak to me!"
"All living beings... ah! What are you doing? I was only just born! I'm still a pure Evil creature. I've never done anything bad."
"Please don't hit me?"
"Fuck, I'm going to die!"
Sizzle!
A wisp of blue smoke curled upward, and the newly born Evil creature was reduced to ash and scattered into nothing.
Clang!
A bronze diary fell to the ground.
Wang Quan picked it up and glanced through it. His mouth twitched, and he tossed it to Black Cloak, the Golden Core cultivator. "Refine this into your Divine Ability, and it'll become even more powerful."
Black Cloak, the Golden Core cultivator, glanced curiously at the diary