The once-calm sea below churned with waves. A massive phantom formed from pure black mist slowly rose from the water, its outline blurred yet radiating a soul-chilling pressure.
The black mist phantom hovered in midair and spoke several sentences in the same obscure evil language as the four Emperor Evils, seemingly giving them instructions.
After listening, the four Emperor Evils lowered their heads in unison, their attitudes exceedingly respectful.
Then, the phantom raised a finger glowing with dim light and lightly tapped the void.
A bridge formed from pure black mist appeared out of nowhere above the sea. One end of this Dark Bridge connected to the Dragon Realm Secret Realm, while the other led into a bottomless darkness. Faintly visible at the far end of the bridge was the lair of the phantom Evil Creatures.
What startled Lin Yi even more was that within the darkness on the lair's side, countless minor Evil Creatures stood neatly along both sides of the bridge. Their numbers were several times greater than the combined armies of Evil Creatures from the two previous battles, stretching beyond sight.
As for their varieties, they were even more diverse and dazzling.
There were corporeal Evil Creatures like the Nether Fiend Bull Vipers, mutated from flesh-and-blood beings; ghostly evil spirits floating in the air with illusory bodies and no physical form; and countless insect evil armies crawling over the bridge, enough to make one's scalp tingle.
"Roar—!"
At that moment, the six-armed Emperor Realm Nether Fiend Bull Viper suddenly let out an earth-shaking roar. With a sweep of its large hand, it was the first to descend onto the Dark Bridge and stride toward the darkness beyond it.
Seeing this, the minor Nether Fiend Bull Vipers below did not dare hesitate. They hurriedly followed in groups, shoving