Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.
A pitch-black pillar of light shot from the High Tower at the Heavenly Abyss Domain Node, connecting with the blood-red crescent moon hanging high overhead.
The Di Nian Evil Spirit hovered with his arms folded across his chest, his back connected to Evil Eye.
Once the node network established a deep connection, sharp, hornlike bone spikes rose around the tower platform, pointing straight at the sky as the High Tower entered full operation.
With a fleeting thought, permissions were unsealed.
The Blood Vein Demon God tore through the heavens and appeared first. Weblike cracks instantly covered the sky, and scalding blood cascaded from the celestial fissures like waterfalls, gathering to the Di Nian Evil Spirit's left into a burly figure wearing a crown of thorns. Dark red eyes slowly opened, the air sizzling as it burned, while an intangible pressure piled up in almost tangible layers.
"Boss Di Nian," Blood Vein said in a deep voice, looking at the Di Nian Evil Spirit hovering ahead.
"Mm." The Di Nian Evil Spirit nodded slightly and looked up at the sky.
Another inky fissure split the sky. Gray-black miasma surged out wildly as though alive, weaving a hazy image in midair. A pitch-black heart beat with an eerie rhythm, each pulse spewing purple poisonous mist. Finally, all the mist converged on the High Tower like swallows returning to their nest, forming a projected figure to the Di Nian Evil Spirit's right.
"Boss Di Nian," Rotting Heart said with a vicious grin.
Just then, a dense flurry of sounds came from overhead, like swarms of bats beating their wings at once. A vast breach opened in the sky, and a gigantic mouth filled with interlocking white fangs tore through the heavens and thrust out. Green venom poured from the