"He's here!? Lord Avīci... he actually came!?"
The six-star Light-Gathering Nether King looked at the teardrop-shaped warship, then at the utterly familiar figures inside, his eyes brimming with the joy of finding a way out of certain death.
He had kept insisting that his peerless Nether King, Avīci, was rushing here at full speed and would arrive in an instant, but he knew that a mere six-star Nether King like himself could hardly summon an existence whose name appeared in the Heavenly Book!
He could only hope that his peerless Nether King would suddenly take an interest in Aurora, this newcomer to the Great Dao Golden Immortal Ranking, and deign to move his noble feet.
To his surprise, that hope had actually come true!
Avīci Nether King had actually left the Blood Dragon Sea, where he had been "besieging a position to strike its reinforcements" and hunting experts from the Human Race's camp, of his own accord. He had headed straight toward them and Aurora Immortal King, saving him just as he reached the end of his rope.
At that moment, Light-Gathering Nether King felt an urge to weep with gratitude.
Had circumstances permitted, he would absolutely have fallen to his knees and bowed before Lord Avīci, pledged his heartfelt allegiance, and sworn to devote his entire life to serving and working for him.
The teardrop-shaped warship came to a steady halt in the void.
Avīci Nether King, who appeared roughly three meters tall, with dark skin etched with numerous golden patterns, stood proudly within the blood mist.
Beside him, eight mighty experts rose into the air at the same time, standing in attendance behind and around him, surrounding him like planets orbiting the sun.
They did not deliberately release their pressure, powerful enough to suffocate any ordinary Mysterious Immortal,