Endless, ink-dark chaos currents filled every corner.
Countless grains of black sand slowly grew larger, becoming like black meteorites as the black secret patterns on their surfaces lit up.
Then-
Boom! Boom! Boom!
An unimaginably crushing pressure descended!
Almost instantly, it compressed all the surrounding seawater together, flattening it into something resembling crystalline glass.
At the same time, that terrifying pressure bore down on Haolei Star Lord, King Zhengjia, and Qiu Yan Ancestral God.
They could not move at all, like insects sealed in wax.
Haolei Star Lord's eyes widened in shock, filled with terror.
That terrifying pressure!
It was far more terrifying than the Star Tower's suppressive force had been moments earlier.
It surpassed the ninth order by an unknown margin!
Looking down from above the Xuanze Sea, one would have seen an enormous sphere of black shadow appear at the edge of the central vortex on the seabed.
The sphere of black shadow was oval, like a smaller version of a Miniature Universe that had appeared deep beneath the sea.
It enveloped an area ten light-years in radius.
Without a sound or a trace!
No one knew when that oval Black Sphere had appeared.
Even the Universe Masters on the reefs, straining to see what was happening on the seabed, had failed to notice it.
It seemed that the enormous sphere of black shadow had appeared in the blink of an eye.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Move!"
"No! No! No!"
"Move! Move!"
Haolei Star Lord, King Zhengjia, and Qiu Yan Ancestral God all struggled frantically with everything they had.
They did move, but they were like ordinary people trapped in quicksand.
Just like someone sinking into quicksand, even the slightest movement was incredibly difficult.
Escaping was out of the question.
Even Qiu Yan Ancestral God, who stood