Wu Shaozhen also felt that terrifying presence, and his nerves tightened. One look at Zi You's expression told him who had arrived, making his heart nearly leap out of his chest...
Still, he kept searching through his Heaven and Earth Ring...
Finally, after considerable effort, he found the item he had almost forgotten: the token dropped by the Dark Night Lord.
Wu Shaozhen had no idea whether the token would work, but it was his only remaining shot. He quickly took it out and pressed it into the recess in the stone gate.
Before long, the stone gate slowly opened under everyone else's astonished gazes...
"It actually worked!?" Wu Shaozhen exclaimed.
"Go!"
There was no time to think. Wu Shaozhen grabbed Zi You and tried to run inside.
But Zi You shook her head. "It's too late. Get inside, all of you. I'll hold him off!"
"No! You're no match for him!" Wu Shaozhen said anxiously.
"I'm the one he's after. If you stay, you'll all die!" Zi You snapped.
"No! I won't let you face this alone again!" Wu Shaozhen said firmly.
"Then what can you do!? Fight someone at Transcendent God Tier? Don't you know your own limits!?" Zi You roared.
Her shout brought Wu Shaozhen back to his senses somewhat, but he did not back down. Instead, he pulled Zi You behind him and said, enunciating every word, "Today, even if the king of heaven himself comes, he won't lay a finger on you!"
Zi You stared blankly at the young man standing before her. Her eyes inexplicably grew moist, and countless emotions surged through her heart...
"Hahaha! A brat like you-who gave you the courage to say that?"
As the laughter rang out, two figures suddenly appeared before Wu Shaozhen and the others.
The middle-aged man