Chapter 423: Impact × Rice paddies × Conflict
Boom!
The impact seemed to strike everyone's hearts, but the closed gate was not destroyed, allowing everyone to breathe easy again.
Just then, they sensed the Life Energy in their bodies draining away at a terrifying speed.
The moment they reacted, they all entered Zetsu at once.
But darkness enveloped them as well, leaving them unable to make out their situation at all, and a sense of danger rose within them.
Before that feeling could build, however, faint light appeared on their clothes. Dim though it was, it was enough to illuminate a meter or two around them.
All of this was caused by the God Script on their clothes.
Once they could see one another clearly, Beyond's team finally breathed a sigh of relief. Though they knew the danger had not passed, they were relatively safe for the moment.
After all, they really could not imagine anything that could compare to that terrifying Nurarihyon.
The terrifying pressure back then had even given them the feeling that, if they were caught, their souls would instantly be ripped out and subjected to brutal torture.
The place they were in now, however, was precisely where Beyond had been searching for.
When he had led them on that roundabout trip to obtain the clothes and Key, his goal had not merely been to open the Stone Gate, but also to reach the Sealed Gate beyond it.
All these things had been recorded in the information he had obtained on his previous trip. He had paid an enormous price to have those documents translated and had devoted a great deal of time to it as well.
Now that he had finally arrived, he only needed to take one more step and find what he sought, and