Crystal Wall Secret Realm, Spiral Ring Star Continent.
Above a mountain range ravaged beyond recognition, Yang Zheng stared fixedly at the distant statue.
The statue, neither metal nor stone and shimmering with a chaotic luster, now hovered in midair like a living thing. Instead of falling, it eerily emitted a hazy, blood-colored halo.
As the blood-colored halo grew more solid, the strange statue even began to hum deeply, as though a key that had lain dormant for endless ages had finally found its chance to unlock something.
Rumble!!!
The entire Spiral Ring Star Continent shook violently at that moment. This was no localized tremor-the whole continent, a full 1.3 light-years in diameter, was letting out a deep groan.
"This is bad!"
Sensing danger, Yang Zheng immediately tried to teleport away, only to encounter what felt like a spatial barrier.
"Space Lockdown!"
With teleportation ineffective, Yang Zheng shot straight upward, racing toward the outside of the continent at nearly the speed of light.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Suddenly, the sky was dyed a deep blood red. Countless fine, blood-colored threads seeped out from every corner of the continent, surging madly toward the sky.
They intertwined and spread-
Countless blood-colored threads spread across the sky, completely covering the heavens above the Spiral Ring Star Continent. An unimaginably vast blood-colored dome formed, enveloping the entire continent.
It took only a single breath.
Before Yang Zheng could even escape the continent, the blood-colored dome had already formed around it, radiating a cold, cruel aura that made the soul tremble.
Across the Spiral Ring Star Continent, Prison Race experts preparing to leave were stunned by this sudden upheaval.
"What's happening?"
"The sky-why has the sky turned blood red?!"
"What is that thing?!"
"A dome of light?!"
Inside the Prison Race ships accelerating in an attempt to