"My master won't let you get away with this!" roared an Artifact Gate Nine-Step King with only half his body remaining.
"The Blood River is almost here! If you kill us, you'll all be buried here too!" Another Artifact Gate Nine-Step King had already been blasted apart once, but now he unfurled an ancient secret artifact and actually blocked Er Leng and Jiang Chen's Evil Self.
The aura of a Supreme Powerhouse swirled over it. Clearly, this was a measure left behind by the Master of the Artifact Gate.
Uncle Wei and the other three exchanged glances, all frowning slightly.
Although their strength far surpassed that of ordinary Nine-Step Kings, joining forces to block the Master of the Artifact Gate's signature technique earlier had consumed far too much of their power.
Now, killing everyone from the Artifact Gate before the Blood River arrived had truly become a problem.
"There's no need to kill them outright. Severely injure them all and force them into one small area." Jiang Chen's voice reached them, as though giving them a dose of reassurance.
"Sure thing, Dad! I knew you'd have a way!"
Tie Zhu struck first. Sunlight and moonlight appeared in the sky together, forcibly shattering an Artifact Gate Nine-Step King's trump card.
Before long, everyone from the Artifact Gate had been forced toward a small hill.
The surrounding powerhouses watched, transfixed. Suddenly, someone froze. "A hill... since when did the Grave Region have hills?"
"Yeah, that hill... holy shit, it moved!"
Then something even more astonishing happened. The small hill that had abruptly appeared in the Grave Region trembled bit by bit and rose into the air. Countless streams of pitch-black, ominous substance flowed over it as a black-robed figure lifted it up.
It was the River Earl.
Under Jiang Chen's control, it